Grand Tour Leader’s Jerseys – Wearers

All statistics accurate as of 28/1/2017 It is fairly well established that a day in the leader’s jersey at one of the three Grand Tours – the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana – can be as valuable for a rider’s career as if they had won a stage of the same...

Is Italian cycling in the doldrums?

This comes, of al things, out of a Twitter interaction with Daniel Friebe, of Mountain High and Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal fame. Friebe posted: Italian teams in 1997 Giro d'Italia: 16* Italian teams in 2017 Giro d'Italia: 2 San Marino, for purposes of my argument, you're Italy. — Daniel Friebe (@friebos) 18 January 2017 Italian...

2005-2017 Peloton Fashions

As with previous years, I've updated my graphic of team jerseys so that it now covers from 2005 to 2017, a whopping 13 years. The march of the increasingly black kits can now been seen much more clearly, as the peloton's colour palette becomes ever more subdued and corporate. I've also changed the naming column...