Sam Bennett arrived at the Tour with an ambition for stage wins. After a few near misses, however, it looks like he may be a challenger to the resident owner of the Škoda Green Jersey, the seven-time winner of the points competitions, Peter Sagan. Funnily…
When the Tour’s leading car arrives, so does the anticipation. Everyone waits for the race director, Christian Prudhomme, to wave the flag from his ’mobile captain’s bridge’ and then the action is on. However, at the start of stage 5 of this year’s Tour, the…
The beginnings of the Tour de France were wild. It was getting harder every year and the riders had to deal with increasingly crazier challenges. In 1910, the organizers decided that the cyclists should cross the Pyrenees mountains. How did they do it considering there…
Teams with the talent to dominate the Tour de France and walk away with the yellow jersey usually go into the race with a distinct strategy. They can pick up a stage win or two during the first two weeks while keeping a close eye…
For the first time ever in the history of the biggest cycling race in the world, the pros were led by an all-electric vehicle. Only yesterday, the Škoda ENYAQ iV was revealed at the world premiere in Prague and, later today, millions of cycling fans…
Škoda, formerly Laurin and Klement, took its baby steps in a small bicycle workshop in 1895 in then Austria-Hungary, today’s Czech Republic, so it’s only natural that two-wheelers feature heavily in the brand’s present-day activities. In 2004, Škoda became the Tour de France’s official vehicle…
Škoda’s next all-electric flagship, the brand-new ENYAQ iV, was officially introduced to the world about an hour ago today. Given the car manufacturer’s Czech heritage, the ENYAQ iV’s global debut took place in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, at 7 PM CET. To…
Tour riders are famous for the extreme amount of food they have to consume to keep going for the full 21 days. But it’s not as simple as trying to eat as much as possible. Their diet changes every day and one of the big…
