It all began, perhaps, a little over 30 years ago with the brilliant and misunderstood intuition of Graeme Obree, the Scottish cyclist who made a bicycle with scrap metal and bearings from a washing machine, designed a helmet that widened towards the shoulders and, using a posture copied from downhill skiers, neck over the handlebars, … Read more
Mar 03, 2024 at 5:04 PM Update: 3 days ago Olav Kooij won the first stage of Paris-Nice on Sunday. The young Dutchman from Visma-Lease a Bike beat Mads Pedersen, among others, in the sprint and immediately captured the first leader’s jersey. The opening stage of the ‘Course to the Sun’ was over a hilly … Read more
Two-time winner of the Tour de France, Pogačar ended last year in October with the first place in the Tour of Lombardy monument, and after five months in Italy, he also started this year’s season. With around 81km to go in the 215km race, the UAE Emirates team leader broke away from the leading pack … Read more
Juan Pujalte, a young 18-year-old Murcian rider from the Valverde Team, died this Thursday after suffering an accident while training near Escombreras, in Cartagena, as reported by the Cycling Federation of the Region of Murcia (FCRM) through a note of condolences that he issued through his X account and later his team also confirmed on … Read more
Juan Pujalte, a young 18-year-old Murcian rider from the Valverde Team, died this Thursday after suffering an accident while training near Escombreras, in Cartagena, as reported by the Cycling Federation of the Region of Murcia (FCRM) through a note of condolences that he issued through his X account and later his team also confirmed on … Read more
… The Visma leader succeeds Tiesj Benoot on the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne winners list at the end of the 196.4 kilometers which made up this 76th edition! He won at the end of a three-way breakaway, which managed to break away 80 kilometers from the finish. Accompanied by Tim Wellens and Oier Lazkano, several times on the … Read more
Vingegaard attacks on Mount Aloia under the deluge followed by Lenny Martínez.Luis Angel Gomez / SprintCycling (EFE/ SprintCycling) Wind that tears off antennas and knocks down trees; rain that falls in torrents and Jonas Vingegaard, who in cannibal Galicia devours everything and wins all the stages that counted for the general classification, the last three, … Read more
All roads lead to Rome, the saying goes, and Ezequiel Mosquera, who is Galician and organizes O Gran Camiño, a cycling race that always revolves around Santiago, corrects him. “All roads come from Paris, like children and their storks,” he says. “Or from Rome, even.” Furthermore, they could add, they even come from Copenhagen, and … Read more