Author: Henri Giroud

Highlights Women’s Race Men’s Race Report Women’s Race The Movistar Team has experienced a truly special moment on Sunday: winning the Tour of Flanders, one of the most prestigious one-day races in the world, never conquered by a Spanish team. Annemiek van Vleuten raised her arms victorious in Oudenaarde, her second success in ‘De Ronde’, to crown a big gamble from the Telefónica-backed squad and offer them a first success – and an incredible one- in the UCI Women’s WorldTour. Protected by Guarischi, Biannic, Erić -part of the initial moves- and Norsgaard from the start of the 154km ‘Vlaanderens Mooiste’,…

The portrait in Alejandro Valverde’s attic continues to age. He’s taken the Movistar team’s second win in a week with a sensational series of attacks near the end of GP Miguel Indurain. The day he stops, he will do so with a level as extraordinary as the legacy he’ll leave. There’s very few doubts about that after Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) showed again at Saturday’s 2021 GP Miguel Indurain, the big Navarra race back after the pandemic hiatus, the legs of his best days. The ‘campeonísimo’ from Murcia reached the finish line at Estella’s Paseo Inmaculada solo, following a display…

Following a 2020 cancellation due to challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alabama Cycling Classic returns to Calhoun County in its traditional weekend format of national bicycle races for amateur and professional athletes on July 3rd and 4th. The City of Anniston will be the showcase for high-velocity, two wheeled bicycles. The Alabama Cycling Classic event begins on Saturday with the Sunny King Criterium, held adjacent to the popular Main Street Anniston’s Noble Street Festival in downtown Anniston. Sunday’s race features the newly created Piedmont Criterium, which will be held in downtown Piedmont, Ala. This marks the 19th year for the…

Guest article by The Guardian’s minestrone correspondent, Douglas Prenthall First published February 2010 Many of us say we want to go green, but leaving the car at home is as hard as it sounds. Often you’ll be running late and simply won’t have time to not sit in a traffic jam for an hour. Or maybe you’ll want to go to the gym to use the running machines and don’t want to be tired when you get there. Whatever the case, here’s a handy guide so you can be a cycling superexpert who’s no longer scared of hurtling head-first through…

Highlights Men’s Race Report Women’s Race: It was an unforgettable day in the history of the Movistar Team. The Telefónica-backed squad’s first ever win in a cobbled classic in Belgium came from one of the team’s biggest hopes for their new era, where women’s cycling has full participation and a center stage in the sport. It was their leader, Annemiek van Vleuten, who stepped onto the highest step of the podium for the Blues at Dwars door Vlaanderen, held on Wednesday over 122km around Waregem, with its last third dominated by the European champion’s impressive performance. Van Vleuten tore the…

Following a disappointing Milan-Sanremo and abandons at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Gent-Wevelgem, the 2017 Tour of Flanders winner will take a period of necessary rest, both physically and mentally. Gilbert hopes to be back for the Ardennes Classics, but this is not yet certain. “We decided with the team that I would take a period of rest now because it is not going well at all”, explains Philippe Gilbert. “It’s been a few weeks now that things haven’t been going well. We took the time to analyse everything there was to discuss and we came to the conclusion that it…

The Tour of Norway will not take place in May. Although there hasn’t been a new Covid-19 breakout along its route, Covid-19 related travel restrictions will make it difficult or impossible for teams to enter the country. The organizers are looking for an August or September date for the race. Which means it will clash with the Arctic Race of Norway. Huh. Maybe they know something we don’t. Maybe they just want to piggyback on the fact that a bunch of riders will already be coming to the country. Wild. Here’s what the organizers told us: “The current situation regarding…

Highlights Men’s Race Women’s Race Report Men: Van Aert to victory in Wevelgem thanks to Van Hooydonck Wout van Aert has written the classic Gent-Wevelgem to his name. By being in the right echelon early on with the very strong Nathan Van Hooydonck, the Fleming was able to sprint to the prestigious victory on pure power. In the opening hours it immediately became clear that the wind was going to play a role. Team Jumbo-Visma rode attentively from the front and had two men in the first echelon with Van Hooydonck and Van Aert. The early breakaway was caught and…