Tag: sport
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Tour de France Preview
Le Grand Boucle. It’s here. The most anticipated Tour de France in at least a decade, perhaps many decades, is upon us. The 2024 Tour de France kicks off in Florence, Italy, on June 29th. I started writing this preview on June 10th, to help ensure I got it done in time due to its…
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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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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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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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Mathieu van der Poel in 2024
The best Classics rider in the world had a spectacular, if not prolific, 2023 season. What can he do to back that up in 2024? Currently, MVDP is absolutely laying waste to the competition in the Cyclocross world, so far having won 11 out of 12 races, and the only defeat was the result of…
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