Pro Cycling Opinion & Analysis
The rider who made Great Britain dream about a Tour de France win. In fact, Wiggins not only won it but, in the process, achieved one of the greatest seasons of all time by any road cyclist ever. In 2012, the British rider won the Tour de France, the gold medal in the individual time…
The first entry of this list epitomizes the saying “quality over quantity”: Roger Lapébie won the 1937 Tour the France (in controversial fashion as we will see below), placed 3rd in the 1934 edition of the race, and won 9 stages in the Tour from 1932 to 1937. He won the 1937 Paris Nice and…
My first thoughts when I analyzed the 2022 Tour de France route (keeping in mind that some stage profiles still haven’t come out) is that it looks very exciting from the last day of the first week onwards. My main worry is that no contender is knocked out of the race on the cobbles of…
After the introductory article for this project about the Greatest Cyclists of All Time, I think it’s appropriate to start with the riders that barely missed the cut. To be frank, it’s hard to argue that these riders aren’t just as skilled that the ones that are going to be mentioned later. But 100 names…
Looking at other sports, they all seem to have various sources ranking its performers based on several factors like achievements, talent, longevity, etc. I don’t see the same thing for cycling: many lists that I see are either incomplete, not extensive enough, or just simple mathematical computations. In reality, this might be because such a…
After the chaos of one week ago in Roubaix it was nice to go back to a more relaxed race in Northern Italy. I could actually make myself an espresso during this race. I could even understand what was going on at any given time. Even though I enjoyed Il Lombardia 2021 edition I must…
The European champion Sonny Colbrelli won the Paris Roubaix 2021 beating Florian Vermeersch and Mathieu Van Der Poel in a three-man sprint in the Velodrome of Roubaix. The Italian took advantage of the work of his breakaway companions to outsprint them for the most important win of his career. Results 1 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain…
Long gone are the predictable times of Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara trading victories in this race. Lately the velodrome of Roubaix has been a fertile ground for uncertainty, with some non-favorites at the start of the race taking the win and many tumbling through the ranks of the Hell of the North. I would…