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Best Cycling Locations by Andy Schleck

December 17, 2020 at 9:53 am5 min reading

Road cycling

Where should you go cycling if you want to train like the Tour de France winner Andy Schleck? What does he consider the hardest, most memorable, and most beautiful cycling routes in the world? Where would he send you for a cycling vacation? Here is…
Was the 1910 Tour Ready for the First-Ever Crossing of the Pyrenees?

September 3, 2020 at 11:59 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The beginnings of the Tour de France were wild. It was getting harder every year and the riders had to deal with increasingly crazier challenges. In 1910, the organizers decided that the cyclists should cross the Pyrenees mountains. How did they do it considering there…