Anquetil versus Poulidor. LeMond versus Hinault. Coppi versus Bartali. Road racing over the years has been the arena of some bitter rivalries that have become part of the legend of a sport where even mountains are legendary. Rivalries like these benefit primarily the fans because…
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceunick) took advantage of a flat tire suffered by his arch-rival, Wout van der Aert (Jumbo-Visma), with 15km to go in the race and rode away to victory in a brutal Paris-Rubaix. The puncture occurred on the five-star (for extremely difficult)…
Why has everyone been on Wout van Aert’s case since he gifted victory in the recent Gent-Wevelgem to his Jumbo-Visma teammate and good friend Christophe Laporte? Surely the photo past the finish line of that race, with the two riders arm in arm, is a…
