Author: Henri Giroud

Mallorca will host the 2022 edition of Zafiro Palma Marathon on October 9th. The race, which will take place in the beautiful city of Palma, offers 3 distances, marathon, half marathon and 10 km. Here is what you need to know about Zafiro Palma Marathon: All the activities are performed outdoors, including the pick-up of race documents, expo, pasta party, finish party, etc., thanks to its mild average temperature. And with its location in the heart of the city, only a few meters from the most emblematic buildings of Palma, bars, cafés and restaurants are very close in case the…

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the organisers of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships today revealed that the event’s road time trials will take place in the Scottish city of Stirling (Great Britain). The historic city – and its surrounding area – is the seventh location to be announced as a host of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, taking place in Glasgow and across Scotland from 3-13 August 2023. It is the second venue announced outside Glasgow, after Dumfries & Galloway for the para-cycling road competitions. Stirling, dominated by Stirling Castle, is situated in central Scotland, just over…

Here’s a boost for women’s cycling. NBC Sports will be the officially broadcaster of the Women’s Tour de France (or, as it’s affectionately known in the land of baguettes and berets, Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift) in the United States on Peacock and CNBC beginning. The richest and most prestigious stage race in women’s cycling, the 2022 Women’s Tour de France (July 24-31) will be held for the for the first time in 33 years after the previous iteration of the race ran annually from 1984-1989. The eight-day Women’s Tour de France will cover 751 miles. Beginning on July…

The Management Committee of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) met at an extraordinary session today to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the measures that the UCI means to take in this respect. The UCI again expresses its very great concern over the situation in Ukraine and firmly condemns the aggression of the Russian and Belarusian governments and their non-respect of the Olympic Truce. The UCI wishes to see a return to peace as rapidly as possible and calls for the respect of Olympic values. Indeed, sport in general and cycling in particular are vehicles of peace, friendship, solidarity and…

The Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2023 will be the second in Spain and particularly the Basque Country, following the race’s visit to San Sebastián in 1992, at the beginning of Miguel Indurain’s reign in yellow. The three Basque provinces will feature on the programme for the three days that will mark the start to the 110th edition. From Bilbao to San Sebastián, the pack will also ride through the streets of Vitoria and tackle often steep roads on which the most glorious pages of Spanish cycling history have been written. The relief of the Basque Country will incite the…

Taking place from July 5th to 9th 2022, the very first edition of the All Around eMTB will see e-bikers from all over Europe compete along a route comprising Valle d’Aosta’s brand-new single trails. An innovative stage race format that combines competitive spirit with the equally important spirit of sharing. To give fans a taster of the trails, All Around eMTB turned to 33 year old Trento-based mountain bike instructor and diehard all-season mountain enthusiast, Steve Ude. “Even though I haven’t been involved in the competition world for years, I was completely behind this project from the start because…

The Triathlon of Portocolom, which will take on the 10th of April, is traditionally one of the first triathlons in the calendar year and the “unofficial” date which opens the season in Europe. Year after year, it is the best rated triathlon in the Balearic Islands by the athletes themselves, due to many reasons such as the great atmosphere and high quality of the setting of the race, its original format and the spectacular courses with a swimming part in the impressive port of Portocolom, thedouble climb to Sant Salvador in the cycling course and thestunning run course through the historic…

Kitsbow, maker of premium cycling clothing and accessories, was purchased by its employees with the assistance of a group of local North Carolina investors on January 3, 2022 after 10 years of private ownership. Effective immediately, employees will own a majority of the shares in Kitsbow Apparel, PBC, which is organized as a Delaware public benefit corporation.  A public benefit corporation (PBC) empowers leadership of the organization to embrace “social and public good” of both customers and employees, while operating in a responsible and sustainable manner, and place the interests of shareholders on equal footing. Diversity and inclusion are also values threaded…