Is Ben O’Connor a potential Tour de France top 5 contender? Because that is the goal the 29-year-old Australian and his Jayco AlUla team have set for this year. It sounds like a modest objective, but in fact it’s quite ambitious given the opposition.
There’s a strange stillness to summer riding. Not on the roads themselves, necessarily. Those can be buzzing with tourists, heat waves, and the occasional ice cream truck. But in the group chats, the ride invites, the Sunday rituals. Suddenly, the familiar rhythm of weekend bunch…
When it comes to women’s cycling, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and Giro Donne understandably steal the headlines. They’re grand, dramatic, and full of star power—must-watch events that continue to elevate the sport. But if you stop there, you’re missing half the story.…
Cycling great Eddy Merckx was given the nickname “The Cannibal” because of his insatiable appetite for gobbling up victories, and the moniker has occasionally also been used to describe the immense appetite for wins of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG), who will almost certainly record…
