The L’Étape du Tour is a beloved official Tour de France sportive with locations across the Americas, Europe and Southeast Asia – with the newest addition of the United Arab Emirates. We’ve invited Jozef Pukalovic of the main three-member organisational, promotional, and planning team to…
The first weekend of the new year provided good news for Wout van Aert and his many fans. The 30-year-old Visma–Lease a Bike rider won both cyclocross races of the weekend, including a dominating victory in Sunday’s World Cup race in the deep mud of…
This winter is turning into a kind of power play for the Belgian cyclo-cross rider Michael Vanthourenhout, who turned 31 on December 10 and seems finally to be getting the hang of the sport after years of undistinguished results. Going into the pre-Christmas weekend, he…
The year that is now slinking toward the exit was an exciting period for road racing, with astonishing performances by Vélo d’Or winner Tadej Pogačar and Vélo d’Or runner-up Remco Evenepoel, both of whom achieved historic successes. But for me, the sport was marked by a series of…
