Professional cycling has become a perfectly engineered sport. Bikes are wind-tunnel tested, nutrition is calculated down to the gram, and every effort is measured in watts. Then March arrives, and for some odd reason, the best in the business decide to throw all modern advantages…
Jonas Vingegaard returned from the accident and illness that disrupted his spring to score such a commanding victory in the Paris-Nice that it reminded onlookers of his rival and nemesis, Tadej Pogačar. The winning margin to the rider who finished second, Daniel Martínez (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe),…
There was never a moment over this seven-day race when Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) did not look like the inevitable winner, not even when his good friend and rival Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) took over the GC lead by 2 seconds after Thursday’s…
Professional cycling celebrates winners. The images we remember are the finish-line celebrations, the arms raised in triumph, the podium ceremonies, and the leader’s jersey pulled over a rider’s shoulders. Yet those moments rarely belong to one rider alone. Behind almost every victory is a lesser-told…
