The race director of Paris-Roubaix Thierry Gouvenou went on his traditional reconnaissance ahead of the famed Classic. To his surprise, he found the rough cobblestone farm roads in surprisingly good condition. ASO even went on to strip one star of difficulty from the 2022 Paris-Roubaix.
With sickness rife in the peloton at the moment, it is dashing some riders’ chances for a successful classics campaign. However, it means the door has been left ajar for others to make a name for themselves. But who will be able to take this…
Most sports fans surely know what the word relegation means. Most often used in football and rugby, it refers to the mechanism whereby teams in the top league of the sport are dropped to a lower league if they finish last or second from last.…