We live in the Age of Hyperbole, aka Hype. Everything that happens is ‘historic’, ‘unprecedented’, ‘magnificent’, ‘legendary’ or ‘record-breaking’. In sports especially, no superlative goes begging to describe events and players, and every sport, according to commentators at least, is now blessed with dozens of…
World road race champion Tadej Pogačar overcame a late crash and a brave and daring ride by Tom Pidcock to win his third Strade Bianche, tying him with the retired Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara in that category and adding another tale to his growing legend.
After last weekend’s opening of the spring Classics season, things will be heating up this weekend with the Classic Strade Bianche, which will be followed by two important early stage races, Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.
Ah, the Spring Classics—a beautiful blend of cobbled chaos, mud-speckled warriors, and lung-bursting climbs that make you question whether cyclists are humans or just Lycra-clad extraterrestrials. For those of us already indoctrinated into the two-wheeled cult, these races are sacred. But what about the rest…
