Steven Kruijswijk Archives

It’s Time to Take Extreme Measures to Prevent Mass Crashes in Road Racing

June 7, 2024 at 10:12 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Another big road race. Another mass crash. More injuries, more riders forced to abandon a race, more riders forced to sit out the Tour de France. And another stage that had to be neutralized because all the available ambulances were taking the injured to local…

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“I can get a little bit better,” Vingegaard Sets Eyes on Tour de France After Dauphiné Victory

June 12, 2023 at 9:10 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The 75th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné witnessed the forceful performance of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) as he clinched the overall title and triumphed in two solo stage victories. With this, the Danish cyclist marked the third WorldTour stage race victory of his career, having…

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Vingegaard Loses Roglič and Kruijswijk: ‘It was quite a bad day for us’

July 18, 2022 at 9:00 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Dane himself crashed but managed to get to the finish line safely. Unfortunately, for the Jumbo-Visma team, that was not the case with Kruijswijk and Roglič.

The 2021 Tour de France Will Be a Cliffhanger

June 21, 2021 at 11:09 am6 min reading

Road cycling

The 2021 Tour de France, which starts on June 26, is both the easiest race to call and the most difficult. I don’t think you need a super-computer to predict that the winner of the yellow jersey will be one of three riders. And the…

UCI Introduces New Safety Measures for the 2021 Season

January 11, 2021 at 2:20 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

Covid-19 was not the only reason the 2020 racing season will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. There was also an unusually large number of serious accidents, starting with Fabio Jakobsen’s horrific crash in the Tour de Pologne, in which the race barriers collapsed…