The season is already underway and with women’s cycling set to continue coming into its own in 2020, there is plenty to get excited about. At this critical stage of the sport’s development, each new year presents huge opportunities and exhilarating first-time events. With new…
The “curse of the rainbow jersey” says that the current cycling world champion will experience a lack of wins in the season following the one they won the title. Are Mads Pedersen and Annemiek van Vleuten at a high risk of bad results in 2020?…
The road race world champion sold some of her cycling clothing in order to buy MTBs for a cycling club, WV Ede. The event at the Peerenboom bike shop in Wageningen, the Netherlands, was well attended and far exceeded Van Vleuten’s expectations. The Dutch superstar…
ASO does hold a one-day race for women in July called La Course. However, the words of the Tour de France director suggest that an equivalent three-week Grand Tour will not happen any time soon. The main reason is the difficulty of getting the permits.
The final rosters have been announced, things are already underway in the Southern Hemisphere, and we’re looking forward to lots of epic women’s road racing in 2019. With upcoming stars emerging and some veterans trying out a new team, we’ve no doubt that we’ll have…
So far, the 2018 UCI World Road Championship has given us a lot of epic women’s cycling. The event, taking place in Innsbruck, Austria, will culminate in this weekend’s final road race. With the riders starting stronger and going faster than ever before, these women…
The Dutch dominated the podium, with Annemiek van Vleuten defending her title, Anna van der Breggen coming in second and Ellen van Dijk finishing third.
Some bike-racing fans might consider the 2018 UCI Road World Championship, to be held between September 22 and 30 in Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria, an anticlimax of the road race season, since it follows the three Grand Tours. But that would be a mistake.
The Mitchelton-Scott pro gained 1,230 points thanks to his 10 days in the red jersey and managed to overtake Peter Sagan in the lead, if only by 80 points. Meanwhile, Alejandro Valverde moved up to third place after taking two stage wins at the Vuelta.
