Tag: procycling
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Ardennes Roundup
Sadly, I was too busy to give these races the attention they deserved. I did not preview Fleche Wallonne nor Liege-Bastogne-Liege, but I will recap all three Ardennes races in this essay. The Amstel Gold Race was won by Tom Pidcock with Mathieu van der Poel not having his best legs. That’s to take nothing…
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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Preview
The Tadej Pogacar Show on Repeat. The next World Tour stage race of the year gets going on Monday, March 18th. The Volta is one of the oldest races in the world and usually a really good one. Last year R&R had an epic duel with the Slovenian taking a narrow victory partially due to…
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Paris-Nice Preview
Another Roglic-Remco early season face-off after Catalunya last year. Stage One took place yesterday, and Stage Two is currently going on. I won’t spoil what happened yet, but I’ll preview the remaining stages. Stage Three is a 27km Team Time Trial with a few small hills. They won’t affect the outcome, this is all about…
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Weekly Recap
It was another jam-packed week with a WorldTour stage race and a season opener for one of the Big Four. This will be brief due to its tardiness and the imperative of getting Strade Bianchi, Paris-Nice, and Tirreno-Adriatico previews up in short order. In the UAE Tour, there were four pan-flat sprint stages, three won…
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview
The Belgian Cobbled Classics season is upon us. It goes like this every year, it seems: January and early February, those arctic, gloomy weeks commencing each year, drag out for an eternity, then all of a sudden, spring comes in rapid order. And with it, some of the best bike racing on the calendar. That’s…
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Tour Down Under Preview
The 2024 World Tour season kicks off on Tuesday, January 16 in Australia with the 24th Tour Down Under. This is a six-day stage race that takes place exclusively in the hills around Adelaide, South Australia. The field for stage wins and the GC is wide-open, but let’s examine the parcours before running through the…
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