After a dominant performance throughout the whole race, the 22-year-old secured the general classification, young rider, and mountains classifications again. Last year he became the only rider to win these simultaneously. He is now the only rider to do it twice in a row. One…
With only three stages left – and no mountains – it’s time to pay tribute to 36-year-old Mark Cavendish who returned from years of cycling frustration to light up this year’s Tour de France with a spectacular performance. Barring accident or illness, Cavendish will win…
One big story about this year’s Tour de France is about the riders that are not riding in it, whether they dropped out before the start, like Sam Bennett, or during the race, like last year’s runner-up Primož Roglič and, before stage 12, seven-time green…
Today it is taken for granted that the leaders of the various classifications of a multistage bicycle race wear coloured jerseys to distinguish them from the other riders. But, of course, that wasn’t always the case. For the first dozen or so years of the…
His selection for the Deceuninck – Quick-Step squad might have been the biggest surprise in all the squads. However, the cycling legend took his first real chance at a stage victory and turned it into his 31st Tour win.
This year’s race for the Tour de France green jersey looked like a thrilling three-man contest that might be decided on the final sprint to the finish in Paris – until the late announcement that last year’s winner, Sam Bennett of Deceuninck-QuickStep, will not be…
He didn’t get to wear the rainbow jersey at a lot of races because of the worldwide pandemic. However, he wants to change that. As he said in a pre-season press conference it’s the World Championships Pedersen will be targeting the most in 2021.
