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Tour de France Week 2 Offered More Drama Than a Soap Opera

July 17, 2023 at 11:55 am4 min reading

Road cycling

This year’s Tour de France is like a wealthy and generous uncle, it keeps giving and giving and giving. Just when you think that the race cannot get more dramatic, it does. And despite all of the drama of the past week – and there…

Wout Poels on Winning Stage 15: “I always dreamed to win a stage at the Tour”

July 17, 2023 at 8:33 am3 min reading

Road cycling

The 15th stage of the Tour de France, a gruelling mountainous race to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, bore witness to an astounding solo victory by Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious). Amidst the aggressive competition between Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Poels emerged victorious, outpacing…

The Ways to Recover: A Perspective of a Rider, Coach, and Physiotherapist

July 14, 2023 at 10:10 am5 min reading

Health & Training

Recovery is essential to professionals at the Tour de France as well as amateurs cycling anywhere around the world. We talked to a coach, physiotherapist, and a pro rider to see what recovery looks like from three different perspectives. You are sure to discover something…

Philipsen Defies Trolls and Rivals to Dominate Tour Sprints

July 13, 2023 at 1:21 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Jasper Philipsen had the perfect response to the threats and other messages of hate he has received because of his string of victories in the Tour de France: he won again. Since his victory in stage 7, his third bunch sprint win in succession in…

Complete 20 Kilometres By Bike and Win a Made-to-Measure Festka ONE Dream Frame

July 13, 2023 at 1:10 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Win a custom frame set by Festka in a special Tour de France summer challenge. We Love Cycling joined forces with the Czech bicycle manufacturer Festka that will be giving away a bespoke carbon-fibre frame set of their ONE model in a one-off design. The…

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Bilbao Dedicates His Victory to Mäder: ‘I needed to to do my best for Gino’

July 12, 2023 at 9:04 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Bahrain Victorious’s Pello Bilbao turned personal grief into professional glory with his maiden victory at the Tour de France, dedicating his triumph on stage ten to his recently deceased teammate, Gino Mäder. Mäder, who tragically passed away following a crash at the Tour de Suisse…

How Has the Nutrition of the Peloton Changed – Recipes You Can Try

July 11, 2023 at 6:57 am3 min reading

Health & Training

In this next part of our interview with performance chef Hannah Grant, we keep asking for recipes. You don’t have to be a professional chef to make the ones in this article. Give it a try and fuel like the pros at the Tour de…

New Tour de France Route Strategy Produces First-Week Fireworks

July 10, 2023 at 11:11 am4 min reading

Road cycling

You have to take your hat off to the Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), the company that owns and organizes the Tour de France, for wanting to shake up the traditional narrative of the race. In the past, the first week of the Tour has usually…

Michael Woods on Winning Stage 9: “It’s nothing less than a dream come true.“

July 10, 2023 at 10:09 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Canadian cyclist Michael Woods couldn’t contain his joy following his lone triumph on the ninth stage of the Tour de France, culminating at Puy de Dôme. Woods referred to it as the pinnacle of his cycling career.

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The Battle for the Škoda Green Jersey: Philipsen (and van der Poel) Seize the Lead

July 7, 2023 at 8:49 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Just to be different, I’ll open this blog about the race for the Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey with a video, courtesy of Eurosport (the pertinent footage begins at 2 minutes). It shows Mathieu van der Poel leading out his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Jasper Philipsen…

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Tour de France Week 2 Offered More Drama Than a Soap Opera

Wout Poels on Winning Stage 15: “I always dreamed to win a stage at the Tour”

The Ways to Recover: A Perspective of a Rider, Coach, and Physiotherapist

Philipsen Defies Trolls and Rivals to Dominate Tour Sprints

Complete 20 Kilometres By Bike and Win a Made-to-Measure Festka ONE Dream Frame

Bilbao Dedicates His Victory to Mäder: ‘I needed to to do my best for Gino’

How Has the Nutrition of the Peloton Changed – Recipes You Can Try

New Tour de France Route Strategy Produces First-Week Fireworks

Michael Woods on Winning Stage 9: “It’s nothing less than a dream come true.“

The Battle for the Škoda Green Jersey: Philipsen (and van der Poel) Seize the Lead

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