Two recent men’s cyclocross races were a perfect illustration of what I am calling the “Pogačar Effect.” The Pogačar Effect is what happens to a race in which the best rider in the world participates: it reduces the primary interest for spectators to riders fighting…
When you’ve tackled more than a thousand climbs on your bike and someone tells you this one is among the toughest in the world, you think, “Eh, a climb is a climb.” That’s exactly what I thought before finding myself two kilometres from the top…
I doubt if there’s ever been a cycling post-season as uncertain, and even inscrutable, as this one. This uncertainty concerns three teams that have had sufficiently successful seasons to ride on the WorldTour next year: the current Pro teams Lotto and Israel–Premier Tech and the…
Toon Aerts of Belgium and the Netherlands’ Inge van der Heijden overcame deep sand, stiff North Sea breezes, and two strong favourites to win the Elite Men’s and Women’s European Cyclocross Championships over the weekend.
