Ketone supplements took the cycling world by storm, promising amazing benefits. Several professional cycling teams openly admitted that their riders are using ketones in Grand Tours. But is all the hype warranted? New research is shedding light on the relationship between ketones and endurance performance.
The name van der Poel is well known among cycling aficionados because of the freakishly talented Alpecin-Fenix rider, first name Mathieu, who has won prestigious races in road racing, MTB and cyclo-cross and most recently out-thought and out-pedalled none other than two-time Tour de France…
Though the Tour de France is six months away, it is still possible to speak with near certainty about who the favorites and their main rivals will be (barring an unexpected event, such as illness or injury).
The sports story of this young year has so far been the saga of the world’s number one tennis player Novak Djokovic and his attempt to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against Covid, in contravention of Australian lockdown restrictions.
This has been a very unusual year for the Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin – and it has nothing to do with the Covid-19 pandemic. In January, the 30-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider decided to take an indefinite, unpaid time-out from the sport.
Brexit has made life more difficult for a lot of people on both sides of the new divide – and that includes UK professional cyclists. The post-Brexit end to free movement between the UK and Europe has put many UK cyclists based in Europe or…
The Dutch sprinter (24) has deviated from his line and caused a serious crash of Fabio Jakobsen (24) during the opening stage of the Tour of Poland in August. He has not raced since and has now been suspended from racing for nine months. The…
