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Disaster at the L’Étape du Tour: What Happened to Cameron Jeffers?

August 15, 2022 at 8:55 am4 min reading

Enjoying the atmosphere of the Tour and watching the peloton from the seat of a car and later of a helicopter is one thing. Becoming one of the pack and tasting the actual torment of climbing the Col du Galibier in the saddle is another.…

Should the White Jersey Rules in the Tour de France Be Changed?

August 11, 2022 at 7:10 am6 min reading

Road cycling

Most spectators recognize the yellow, green and polka-dot jerseys in the Tour de France but what about the white jersey? It’s easy to miss, especially if you don’t stick around to watch more than the podium for the stage winner and the yellow-jersey presentation.

How Charly Gaul Became the Angel of the Mountains

August 4, 2022 at 5:18 am7 min reading

Road cycling

No other sporting event has produced as many legends as the Tour de France in its century-old history. Every generation has at least 2 or 3 cyclists worthy of becoming household names (at least in the cycling community). However, just a few deserve to be…

Egan Bernal’s Return May Be Sooner Than Expected

August 3, 2022 at 2:01 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

After the conclusion of an exciting Tour de France, which featured a dramatic duel between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar, it’s an appropriate time to wonder how the 2019 Tour winner Egan Bernal is doing. Since becoming the first Latin American winner of the Tour,…

What We Learned from this Year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

August 1, 2022 at 2:14 pm6 min reading

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The (nearly) inaugural Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift has come to a close, and what a ride it has been! Annemiek van Vleuten’s overall victory served as a well-deserved cherry on top of a career that may be in its twilight but continues to…

Kasia Niewiadoma: “I’ve been enjoying the first couple of days”

August 1, 2022 at 10:19 am5 min reading

Road cycling

The Canyon-SRAM rider and We Love Cycling expert has reached a result she’s been ‘dreaming of’. She finished third overall at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after defending the podium in stages 7 and 8.

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2022 Tour de France Femmes’ Race for the Škoda Green Jersey

August 1, 2022 at 9:31 am7 min reading

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What a race. Cycling fans got a thrilling prize with Mariana Vos’ performance in the Tour de France Femmes. Vos lit up the race and impressed with her all-around skills, racking up stage wins and taking possession of the yellow and green jerseys for a…

Van Vleuten wins Tour de France Femmes: “That’s actually a dream that comes true”

July 31, 2022 at 5:37 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) wins in the yellow jersey on the Super Planche des Belles Filles and secures the overall title.

When a Child Saved the Day for Jens Voigt at the Tour

July 29, 2022 at 2:55 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

The Tour de France is, without a doubt, the most thrilling sports event in the world. No other race has so much drama, so many adrenaline-pumping moments as this race does. Tears of joy, heartaches, celebrations, and drama always come hand in hand when hundreds…

Recovery After a Grand Tour

July 28, 2022 at 1:40 pm5 min reading

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Racing for three weeks straight, covering 3,000 km and scaling the Alps and Pyrenees mountains in the process takes a huge toll on the body. What do the pros do to recover day to day? And what happens when their efforts at the Tour finally…