Pro Cycling Opinion & Analysis
Winner of the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d’Italia, Gastone Nencini is one of only two riders to finish all three Grand Tours in the top-10 in the same year. He accomplished this in 1957, by winning the Giro, and finishing 6th and 9th in the Giro and Vuelta, respectively. Additionally, he…
Georges Speicher was the first rider to ever win the Tour de France and the World Championship in the same year. He accomplished this almost 100 years ago, in 1933. He stands in illustrious company as one of only three French riders to win the Tour de France, the World Championship, the French National Championship,…
Any given Sunday, right? That’s the saying often used in sports to illustrate that when two teams play a game (usually on Sunday) anything can happen. The underdog can come out on top, no matter how much the odds are against him. Well, that saying mentions “any given Sunday”, not “some given Sundays” for a…
For a brief period in the early 2000s, Ivan Basso was the only one keeping up with Lance Armstrong in the mountains of the Tour. He looked like the heir apparent to the American. Nobody from the new generation was on his level, and it looked like the Tour was going to belong to Basso…
The Giro d’Italia 2022 Route was announced this week and to follow are the stages’ descriptions, along with some thoughts and comments on them and the overall course. Stage 1 Flat stage with a finish on top of a 5.7km long, 4th category climb. Stage 2 9.2km time trial that also finishes on top of…
Now that more than month has passed since the last World Tour race we have to get progressively more creative to fill the time. Well, today let’s look at the cycling transfers 2022 that have already happened. Which are the most impactful ones? Can we predict which signings are going to be a home-run? And…
Fred de Bruyne is a name that might not ring a bell. He was born in Belgium in 1930 and rode during the 1950s. Unlike previous entry on this list, Robbie McEwen, Fred did not have a long career. In fact, it spanned just nine years, from 1953-1961. Additionally, most of his results came in…
After posting about the most disappointing teams of the 2021 season, here is part 2 of the discussion about the UCI World Tour Team Rankings of 2021. This time we take a look at the most successful teams of the season. The ones that will look back fondly at 2021. I published the full article…