For many French cycling fans, and likely for many fans around the world, the highlight of the 2023 Tour de France took place on the slopes of the penultimate climb of stage 20, the Col du Petit Ballon, when Frenchman Thibaut Pinot rode past with…
There are many good climbers in a World Tour peloton, capable of winning a stage at any of the Grand Tours. And as the Grand Tours are today putting more emphasis on mountain stages, because they are the most dramatic and therefore attract more people…
Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogačar won the year’s final Monument race, the Il Lombardia, for the third year in a row when he made a signature solo breakaway of nearly 30 km and was never threatened by a tired pursuing group, which included his Slovenian compatriot…
The other shoe has finally fallen. The German team BORA-Hansgrohe has confirmed rumours that it had signed three-time Vuelta winner Primož Roglič to a contract of “more than one year,” team manager Ralph Denk told journalists during a virtual press conference on Friday. This year’s…
