After a few bumpy rides since 2020, the famed La Vuelta is once again taking place in Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, this time between 19th August and 11th September 2022. As the last Grand Tour of this season, the 77th year of this historic…
Over the last few years, the Vuelta a España has always delivered in terms of explosive, exciting racing. In many ways, as a racing proposition, it has arguably been more exciting than its senior Grand Tour counterparts, the Giro and Le Tour, perhaps due to…
Switzerland had a very good day on German roads on Wednesday when two of its star cyclists, Stefan Bissegger and Marlen Reusser, won the men’s and women’s European Time Trial Championships. In addition, another Swiss, Stefan Küng, finished second in the men’s race, beaten by…
In its beginnings, La Vuelta a España was perceived as a smaller-scale Spanish stage race and a way for the pros to prepare for the season’s bigger highlights. Much has changed since then. This year’s La Vuelta will take place between 19th August and 11th…
We’re in for a surprise. The organizers of La Vuelta have changed the way points are awarded to stage winners. This was clearly done to give sprinters a better chance of winning the Škoda Green Jersey in a race famous for its many mountain stages…
The Dutch star rider previously announced that he intended to retire at the end of the current season. However, the Klasikoa San Sebastián at the end of July was his final race. Tom Dumoulin decided to end his cycling career with immediate effect.
Can you think of a better way to spend your summer weekends than going down a mountain at speeds that would make an athletic cheetah look like an overweight sloth? The fresh air, the thrill, the coolness of the forests, and the general serenity all…
Sodium is a crucial electrolyte during exercise, it is responsible for water absorption and muscle contraction. If you sweat during a ride, you are sure to lose sodium. Can sodium consumption improve athletic performance? Let’s take a look at what experiments show.
Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen crowned his comeback from a horrific crash in the 2020 Tour of Poland by winning the Elite Men’s European Road Race Championships on Sunday with a powerful sprint. He finished a bike length ahead of France’s Arnaud Démare, with Tim Merlier…
