VeloVoices Podcast 131: The falling leaves and the rising heroes
Midge, Luke and Euan run through all the action as the cycling season fades away. They’re full of love for Italian … Continue reading
Il Lombardia 2018: Pinot solos to his first Monument
Thibaut Pinot has had a marvellous season and it’s fitting that it’s been capped off by the Frenchman’s first Monument … Continue reading
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: FINAL KM DAY 8
Day eight and the last rainbow jersey up for grabs at Innsbruck all came down to one 3km wall of … Continue reading
VeloVoices Podcast 130: World class, baby!
Kathi, Midge, Luke and Euan run through all the action from the 2018 World Championships in Innsbruck. From a promising young … Continue reading
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: FINAL KM DAY 7
The long parcours made for a brutal women’s race. It really did come down to one imperious display, two 40 … Continue reading
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: FINAL KM DAY 6
Day six and the spotlight fell on the U23 men, where some slick Swiss precision teamwork led to rainbows for … Continue reading
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: FINAL KM DAY 5
Day five and the juniors took the World Championships by the scruff of the neck and made them their own. Austria celebrated a home win and the Belgian prodigy struck again. WHAT – A – DAY – OF – RACING!!
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: FINAL KM DAY 4
Day four and Rohan Dennis destroys a world class time trial field to romp home to rainbows.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: FINAL KM DAY 3
Day three belonged to the lowlands. A delivery of such promise from a young Belgian hotshot. A whole orange podium as a triptych of insanely strong Dutch women time- trialled to perfection on the road to Innsbruck.
Videos
Davide Formolo (Cannondale-Garmin) delivered for the team at this year’s Giro d’Italia with a popular solo win on stage four. Called up only a fortnight before the start, he hadn’t specifically trained for the race, which leaves us wondering whether he might have bettered his overall 31st place if he’d targetted this race. Keeping the pink glow going, he looks back at his first Grand Tour.
Created in 1993 to enable amateur cyclists to personally experience a stage of each year’s Tour de France, L’Etape de Tour is THE cyclosportive. This year’s event takes place on Sunday 19th July over 142km from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to La Toussuire.
All places are taken for this year’s Etape (unless you get a place with a tour operator or through a charity). Places go fast as soon as registration opens so if you want to get a jump on proceedings for next year, take a minute to register with ASO Challenges. Registration details are here. Also, follow l’Etape on Twitter and Facebook for news all year round.
Links: Official website
Images
To many of us, the Grubers’ work really epitomises the Belgian Cobbled Classics. If you haven’t seen their gallery for Cannondale-Garmin, go now!
http://slipstreamsports.com/2015/03/30/gallery-gent-wevelgem-gruber-images/
“We’ve tried to go down roads and go through places that are far more interesting than the number of watts we’re putting out and the speed we’re averaging.” Gus Morton
The Australian cycling site, Cycling Tips, just goes from strength to strength in my book. Up on the site now is Thereabouts, a 45-minute documentary made with Gus and Lachlan Morton about their experience riding from Port Macquarie to Uluru – riding over 2,000km in just 12 days. Why did they do it? To reconnect with the reasons why they started riding in the first place. Click here to read more about their story.
Read about it, watch it, get inspired by it.
Asides
All of the history and excitement of the world’s most famous one-day bicycle race in one coffee-table book. Paris-Roubaix: A Journey Through Hell is an essential read for anyone interested in this spectacular race.
Want your own kit or need something special for your cycling club? Contact G4 who provide a custom service!
http://www.calameo.com/read/003111411e32746b42755
Quotes
“Riders like me and Cancellara don’t think about the points, just the win.”
Vincenzo Nibali bemoans the lack of fierce joy in the riders of the peloton, many of whom he believes play it safe and ride just for points, not the win.
Read his straight-talking interview on Velonews.
When asked what animal he would like to be, Bernie Eisel answered ‘My cat. She has the best life you can imagine!’
I happen to know that there are a whole lotta ladies out there who would kill to be Bernie’s cat. I’ll leave that there …
The face a million women love (Image: Team Sky)
Here is Team Sky’s 20 Questions to the Ladies Favourite
