by Simon Crisp
Three US Presidents, six British Prime Ministers, 127 new riders, 298 Tour de France stages and 339 UK Number One singles after July 25th 2008, Cofidis no longer have to reference a rider who retired five seasons ago as the last rider to win a Tour de France stage for the team. Yes, Sylvain Chavanel... Continue Reading →
Marc Madiot is bringing back two speed cycling, and calling for Budget Caps (...) This is based on looking at research by Belgian newspaper Dernière Heure, which pointed out that 73% of World Tour races up until April 15th had been won by just four teams: Ineos, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Jumbo-Visma, and UAE Emirates. The suggestion was... Continue Reading →
Rather than generate actual excitement, the current "relegation battle" between WorldTour teams seems to be creating lots of exercises for statisticians and data analysts in trying to explain the UCI's labyrinthine points system to cycling fans, who you'd kinda expect to know a great deal about the sport in the first place, but simply cannot... Continue Reading →
This is one of a series of looks at advertising in cycling, mostly informed by looking back through past issues of Procycling magazine. We all love a good advert, don’t we? Those little snippets of language or imagery created with the sole intent to make us feel part of something, or to instil a desire... Continue Reading →
"We apologise in advance if our ads look like they're written by engineers. We figure you would rather read and add designed by an Engineer than ride a bike designed by a marketing department."
Winning. It's sort of the point of cycling teams, in order to drive that all important exposure for the sponsors that pay their bills. Below is a series of thrilling charts that show the progression of wins across the year, as well as which teams won at which grand tours, the top ten ProTour/WorldTour... Continue Reading →
Quick Step. CSC. Fassa Bortolo. Phonaesthetic names that roll off the tongue well, but do you know what they actually do? Cycling teams are after all literal rolling billboards, advertising the wares of their benefactors to across the world from the deserts of Dubai to the industrial fields of Flanders. With some rare exceptions, teams... Continue Reading →
How good is your favourite team? Is there a better way to actually assess how good teams are and how well they’ve done over the years? At the moment, we can go look at the various team rankings, whether they be official (Pro/WorldTour) or unofficial (ProCycling Stats [PCS], Cycling Quotient [CQ]). Problem is, they all... Continue Reading →
You could be forgiven for looking at the WorldTour in 2017, with its races in Australia, Abu Dhabi, Great Britain, Canada, the United States and China, as well as teams licensed to Bahrain, Kazakhstan and South Africa and assuming that given its name and make up it has always been driven towards the proliferation of... Continue Reading →
After the graphic based version of "peloton fashions", I went and made a version with actual photos in it. It doesn't include Bora, Domina Vacanze or Bahrain Merida (yet), but otherwise, it should, hopefully, be accurate. Enjoy! You'll probably need to open the image in a new tab to, er, see it in all glory.... Continue Reading →
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