In the summer of 2017, Peter Sagan was disqualified from Le Tour de France following a collision with his arch-rival Mark Cavendish. Cavendish was badly injured and arguments about who was at fault spread like wildfire across social media. Let’s see it at full speed.
The first thing to know about road race sprinting is that it isn’t only about the final burst of speed near the finish line. The sprinter needs to get in position to be in that final sprint group, which means not being the 50th or…
Tear gas, disappointing retirements, and yet a new generation of cyclists look set to take the peloton by storm. This year’s Tour was a mixed bag – so let’s try to make sense of the results of the ASO’s weird and wonderful 2018.
First day in the Tour and a first win. Fernando Gaviria couldn’t do any better than that and he sent a strong message to all Sagan’s fans out there. This year is not going to be a walk in the park for the world champ.
Whether by chance or by design, Le Tour organisers seem to have created a route of chaos where anything may be possible. Who are the winners and the losers in this game of chance?
In her 1914 book, American novelist Mary Hunter Austin described the State of California as “the land of the sun” and this description still very much applies today. A quick online search will show you gorgeous pictures of sunny beaches, the snow-capped Sierra Nevada, and…
