by Simon Crisp
One day into Tadej Pogacar’s season, and already the commentators are rolling out the “we’ve run out of superlatives” cliché, having watched the Slovenian ride away with 80km to go at Strade Bianche, surpassing his previous record of 49km on his prior triumph. Whilst Pog’s victory was all the more impressive due to his literal... Continue Reading →
A straw man often employed by the media is that cycling claims to be a green sport, but is nothing of the sort. They cite the team cars, air travel and plastic bidons as being indicative of hypocrisy, yet teams have rarely, if at all bothered to push any sort of environmental cause as part... Continue Reading →
Now that the hangover from the Miracle of Risoul has subsided somewhat, we can reflect on the 2016 Giro, and view it without the pink haze that surrounded Vincenzo Nibali's incredible turn around to retrieve his second maglia rosa. In a cycling world where we seem to think races are being increasingly controlled and predictable,... Continue Reading →
The Classics of 2012 wheren't to wheel out the old cliche, a vintage year, especially in the context of the excellent 2011 season that saw, especially in the Spring, a remarkable variety and surprise injected into the events. 2011 was also a year where 4 riders who had never won a Monument before took their... Continue Reading →
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