by Simon Crisp
2024 will mark the first season where no rider from the original 2005 intake of the ProTour will be still be riding in its successor competition, the WorldTour. Similarly, the last couple of weeks have seen Geraint Thomas extend his Ineos contract till 2025, meaning he'll have served 16 seasons on the British team by... Continue Reading →
Rugby famously advertises itself as a "game for all sizes", which is fast becoming a desire rather than a reality. A few years ago, the RugbyPass website put together a "World under-85kg XV", which was notable for two reasons. Firstly, the subtitle indicating that this was the "lightest" team, and thus that 85kg was somewhat... Continue Reading →
BMC Racing Team How did they do in 2017? In terms of volume of success, BMC had a stellar 2017, wracking up the highest number of victories in the team's lifespan, with almost all of the team taking a win of some kind. They also managed to finally secure their first Monument win courtesy of... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Stage wins, yellow jerseys and top 10s As mentioned before, the Tour began with 198 riders, of which there where three previous winners of the race, as well as five other Grand Tour winners. There were also 36 previous stage winners, who had won 106 stages between them, as well as eleven previous wearers of... Continue Reading →
Well done Utrecht. Although you wouldn't know it from watching British commentary (who oddly enough don't seem to comment on the numbers of people attending when they're on the continent - well, unless its Carlton Kirby being patronising, that is), "Utrechtians" turned out in droves to witness some some fine examples of time trialing prowess around... Continue Reading →
The 2015 Tour de France has the potential to be a real humdinger. Of the riders who have won a Grand Tour who are still riding (Contador, Nibali, Basso, Cunego, Hesjedal, Quintana, Scarponi, Froome, Wiggins, Horner and Valverde), the cream will be present, and with a mouth watering course available on which to demonstrate their... Continue Reading →
This is part of my project to analyse the Grand Tours by looking at the times of the top ten riders in relation to the race leader. This produces some rather lovely graphs which show an interesting picture of the race, showing the time gaps between riders at different stages, the rate of gain they... Continue Reading →
This is part of my project to analyse the Grand Tours by looking at the times of the top ten riders in relation to the race leader. This produces some rather lovely graphs which show an interesting picture of the race, showing the time gaps between riders at different stages, the rate of gain they... Continue Reading →
It's 2015, which means that before we know it, we will be at the Giro, and the Grand Tours will be under way. So, as an interesting aside, I thought it would be novel to look at just how many riders actually win a Grand Tour stage. Since (and including) 1999, there have been 48... Continue Reading →
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