Tag: racing
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Weekly Recap
Another week packed with action. I’m a little late getting this up, but enjoy nonetheless. The one-day action for the week commenced in Spain with the Clasica Jaen, a 158km hilly, gravel-y day in Southern Spain. Wout van Aert, Sepp Kuss, Juan Ayuso were some of the big hitters on the start list. But my…
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Weekly Recap
Mads Pedersen is on a farming spree this year, Remco did a Remco, a new UAE Team Emirates superstar? And much more. I don’t even know the word for the number of races that took place this week (there were six at .1 level or higher on the men’s side on Saturday alone plus the…
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How did Brandon McNulty win the Volta a la Communitat Valenciana?
American cyclists winning GC titles in European professional bike races are few and far between. So Brandon McNulty taking the Tour of Valencia – a hotly-contested (with a field including a Grand Tour winner in Jai Hindley) 2.Pro race at the beginning of the season – is a feat that needs to be analyzed. In…
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Weekly Recap
A tripleheader for most of the week. The first race to get going was the AlUla Tour in Saudi Arabia. This is the Saudis’ version of a national tour. As mentioned in my February Preview, it is a 2.1 race. Stage One was a bunch sprint surprisingly taken by Casper van Uden of DSM. Stage…
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February Preview
*All schedule information, as always, courtesy of ProCyclingStats.com. The shortest month of the year is absolutely packed with cycling. Most of the professional racing in February will take place in warmer climates like Spain, Portugal, Southern France, and the Middle East. There are too many races to preview each with the detail that most deserve,…
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Challenge Mallorca Recap
A series of five consecutive one-day races on the Spanish island of Mallorca sort-of kicked off the European cycling season (Spain hosted a few one-day races before Mallorca, won by Dylan Groenewegen and Michael Matthews, respectively). The first race of the series, called Trofeo Calvia, took place on January 24. This race was 150 kilometers…
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Arnaud De Lie’s Potential
Let’s start by introducing the man: Arnaud De Lie is a 21-year-old Belgian riding for Lotto-Dstny. Weighing in at 78 kilograms, he looks to be a Classics rider/Grand Tour stage hunter in the making. De Lie has already won 19 races in two professional seasons, though only one was at WorldTour level. Strava nerds/wattage geeks/cycling…
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Tour Down Under Recap
This race delivered some surprises and a surprising level of excitement. Disclaimer: I watched none of the stages live due to the race taking place in Australia, which is in a very different time zone to the one I live in. Thanks to NBC’s YouTube channel, I was able to watch the extended highlights of…
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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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