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    Pogačar Sets out Ambitious 2024 to Reclaim Title as King of the Road
    Road cycling

    It’s not surprising that Tadej Pogačar has planned a very ambitious racing schedule for 2024, a schedule that, if everything falls right, could have him potentially win the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, the World Championship, and an Olympic gold medal. That would certainly…

  • van-aert-vs-van-der-poel-a-rivalry-for-the-ages

    Van Aert vs. Van der Poel: A Rivalry for the Ages
    Road cycling

    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…

  • criticism-of-wout-van-aert-reveals-a-generational-divide

    Criticism of Wout van Aert Reveals a Generational Divide
    Road cycling

    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…

  • can-remco-evenepoel-stay-the-course

    Can Remco Evenepoel Stay the Course?
    Road cycling

    When you think of countries that are cycling powerhouses, which ones come to mind first? I bet Belgium made the list. And that’s thanks to the country’s deep roots in the sport and its long list of past and present cycling superstars like Eddy Merckx,…

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    Enormous Evenepoel and ITT upset at 2022 World Championships
    Road cycling

    In many ways, the Elite Men’s side of the 2022 World Road Championships, held in Wollongong, Australia, provided two enormous races. On the first day of the competition, there was an enormous upset in the individual time trial as an unheralded Norwegian, Lukas Foss, beat…

  • who-will-win-the-yellow-jersey-at-this-years-tour

    Who Will Win the Yellow Jersey at This Year’s Tour?
    Road cycling

    Picking the winner of this year’s Tour de France yellow jersey is easy. The reason it’s so easy is that Tadej Pogačar, who has won the Tour GC competition the last two years, is head and shoulders the best rider in the race and, all…

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    When Top-Class Cycling Runs in the Family
    Socialising and Culture

    Sport has always had the ability to produce fairy-tale stories where from generation to generation, the talent gene is passed down from father to son, mother to daughter – and the other two iterations in this narrative – allowing families to compete at the highest…

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