Gravel has come a long way from being the scruffy cousin at cycling’s family reunion. What started as a rebellion against smooth tarmac and training data has turned into one of the sport’s most unpredictable and exciting battlegrounds. And this October, all roads, paved, dirt,…
Let’s start with the second-biggest transfer of the year so far, after Remco Evenepoel’s move from Soudal Quick-Step to Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe: Juan Ayuso breaking his contract with UAE Team Emirates–XRG and signing for five years with Lidl-Trek.
It starts with a cloud. You check the forecast. You check your phone. You check the sky. A 40% chance of rain. That’s not really a thing, is it? That’s just… possibility. Probability. Schrödinger’s weather.
From now on, I will use a template to write the first line of every story about a Grand Tour or one-day race in which world, and now European, champion Tadej Pogačar rides. It will read like this: Tadej Pogačar won the [name of race]…
