Tag: racing
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A Tale of Two Transfers
There are an eerie number of parallels between two of the biggest transfers of this cycling off-season. Tom Pidcock and Maxim Van Gils are both just 25 years old. Both riders have ridden four professional seasons and have five victories. They are the exact same type of rider (solid lightweight puncheurs with decent long-climbing abilities…
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Primoz Roglic to Ride the Giro/Tour Double in 2025
A few weeks ago, Red Bull – Bora -Hansgrohe announced that the OG Slovenian superstar would target the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France next year in what is likely to be his swan song as a top GC contender. So what to make of this? Well, my reaction is similar to when Tadej Pogacar…
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A Half-Announcement
This cycling off-season, less than two months old, is already drawing out our collective agony to a place that was almost unfathomable on October 12, when Tadej Pogacar mastered Il Lombardia for the fourth consecutive year and all was (mostly) well in the world. But since that day, there has been an impending sense of…
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Remco Evenepoel 2025 Program
Tour Down Under, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo, E3 Saxo Classic, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Criterium du Dauphine, Tour de France, Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec, Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal, World Championship Time Trial, World Championship Road Race, Il Lombardia It’s a loaded schedule, but with one Grand Tour, he has lots of chances for one-day races.…
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Tadej Pogacar 2025 Program
I’m going to offer a slightly different take on what I think Pogi should aim for next year. But I have already changed my mind significantly from when I tweeted just three days ago. The like to that post can be found here. Here’s what I now think he ought to do next year: Strade…
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Jonas Vingegaard 2025 Program
With all of the big riders done racing for the year, and just a few races remaining on the calendar in 2024 (mostly in Asia), I’m ready to start thinking about what those riders’ schedules will look like in 2025. I have just written a piece reviewing Pogi’s 2024 rampage, so I’ll start this series…
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Reflecting on a Historic Year
It’s been a while. I got pretty burnt out on this blog after the Tour and skipped the rest of the season. It was a special year, and hopefully I can recapture some of that in this essay. Some call it boring. Some call it farcical. But I think the majority of cycling fans call…
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Olympic Games Road Cycling Preview
This is an event that happened three years ago that happens once every four years. Okay, now that I’ve got my punchline out of the way, let’s discuss the second-best part (behind Athletics) of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris, France. The Olympic Games for road cycling consists of two one-day races: a…
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Tour de France Reflections
I’m not sure where to start. What a race! This post will be a little bit different from what I normally write after Grand Tours. But this was a special race, so it deserves a special essay. And to be honest, I’m looking to change things up with this blog. I haven’t been getting the…
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Week Three
The 2024 Tour de France has reached its conclusion. I’m sad that it has to end, but happy with the result. Stage 16: A sprint stage won by Jasper Philipsen. Biniam Girmay crashed in the final kilometer and limped to the finish; I thought his green jersey dreams were over. Stage 17: With crosswinds and…
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