The Tour of Flanders has witnessed fluctuations in its length over the years. While the average distance stands at 253.67km…
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Like London buses, shock transfers are appearing in numbers. Even while we’re still getting accustomed to the prospect of seeing Primož Roglič…
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Although the time trial purists were not wholly swayed by the new format for the team time trial at Paris-Nice today…
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It was one of those finishes where such a complete team performance merited hand holding, arms aloft, pats on the back…
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AnalysisClassics
SD Worx dominated Opening Weekend, but their rivals are primed for the Classics ahead
For many years now, SD Worx in their various incarnations have been considered the best team in the women’s peloton…
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Matteo Jorgenson always comes into my mind when I’m riding up the pass towards the top of the Pyrenean valley where I live…
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When the prospect of relegation entered the horizons of some men’s WorldTour teams last season, it felt like something of a last-minute realisation…
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I can’t recall any winters when the end of the cyclo-cross season has cast a shadow over the start of the road racing season, …
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This weekend, cyclocross fans will be tuning in to watch the head-to-head battle between two of the sport’s biggest…
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Looking back over the professional cycling winter, the weirdest saga of them all was the Mark Cavendish contract soap opera…
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A few days back I wrote about one of the stories that had held my attention over the off-season. Now I’m looking at another, …
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Among the stories that I’ve been enthralled by over recent months has been the apparent rise and the then very evident collapse of the …
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Packed crowds lining the roadside, a far from straightforward final kilometre, a frantic and chaotic sprint finish: ah, I’m so glad that it’s Giro …
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What is it about Deceuninck-Quick-Step and Gent-Wevelgem? The race may lack some of the importance of other one-day WorldTour events…
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Continuing our look back at the 2020 season, as Sunweb prepares to become Team DSM, Nick Bull celebrates one of their finest wins…
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So, congratulations then, Tao Geoghegan Hart. The first man to win the Giro d’Italia without wearing the maglia rosa on the road and…
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And then there were two. We can be confident that this year’s Giro d’Italia, a race that has come alive in its final week, …
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At last, a general classification shake-up in the Giro d’Italia. As was the case in the Tour de France, when the much-hyped debut of …
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Spoiler alert: this year’s Ronde van Vlaanderen was actually a tale of four world champions…
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Who doesn’t love a #FlashbackFriday? With memories of how they wreaked havoc on peloton on the Côte de Luzençon and…