Highlights Report Team DSM spectacularly opened their winning account for the 2021 season, with Cees Bol producing a dominant sprint victory on stage 2 of Paris-Nice. On a day fret with crosswind danger, the team remained calm throughout the stage, always alert for any possible danger before turning their attention and focus on the sprint. Arriving with a plan and peeling off one-by-one in the finale, through the twisting and technical run in to the line, the team always ensured Bol was in the perfect position. Opening up his sprint at the perfect moment, Bol powered across the line in…
Author: Henri Giroud
Henri Giroud
Fifty years of pro cycling journalism and television commentary. It gets easier after the first forty years.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Team BikeExchange rider Teniel Campbell wanted to find out exactly what each of her new teammates thought about one another, things that they usually may think but not directly say. In her own unique and inspiring way, Campbell set out to find out and then share with the world… Teniel Campbell Every human being has a story and a driving force that constantly keeps them going. Usually most of these stories are hidden and unknown to the public and those surrounding them yet is so easy for people to judge an individual without knowing the…
Highlights Report Meet Sam. He loves France, riding his bike and winning. And when all these happen at the same time, then he’s over the moon. It was the case last year, when he donned Le Tour’s green jersey on the famed Champs-Élysées, and again on Sunday, not far from Paris, in Saint-Cyr-L’École, where he took the glory at the end of a chaotic stage 1 of Paris-Nice. On paper, the 165.8km opening day should have been a quiet one, but the attackers had other plans and as consequence they attacked in waves inside the last 40 kilometers, forcing the…
Women’s Highlights Men’s Highlights Results 1Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix4:40:292Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep0:00:053Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:204Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma0:00:515Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:546Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Qhubeka Assos7Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates8Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos0:02:259Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech10Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious0:02:39
After some stubbornness that looks rather foolish in retrospect, last year’s Paris-Nice had to be cut short due to Covid-19. The final, hilly stage was removed, and the race whimpered out of sight… taking the rest of the cycling season with it. Now the Race to the Sun is back, with a great lineup of riders, including some impressive sprinters. Expect cold, windy days to start, and sun* in Nice to finish. There’s an early time-trial and hills throughout. It’s going to be wild. *sun not guaranteed Where to Watch The 2021 Paris-Nice will be broadcast in 190 countries, across…
Lumen sent us the below study. They make an innovative, breath-based metabolism measurement device, giving you a whole new set of numbers to obsess over. It’s also perfect for when you want to check if the cardarine you ordered off the dark web is legit without having to pee on anything. Here’s Chris Froome earning a few quid chatting about it: Lumen, the creators of the world’s first metabolism measurement device through the breath, have further validated the effectiveness of HIIT (high-intensity interval training) workouts by measuring their impact on our metabolism. Based on data from over one million metabolism…
Report After their grim performance in Omloop het Nieuwsblad, Trek-Segafredo recovered with a big win in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. In 24 hours, Trek-Segafredo went from the bottom of the barrel to the top of the podium. There was little to say after the team went missing in Omloop het Nieuwsblad, a 63rd place their best result in the opening classic they won in 2020. After Saturday’s dismal performance, Jasper Stuyven and Mads Pederson combined to give the best response in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Sunday. “It was super nice to finish it off today and make a result after yesterday. What can we say? We fucked…
Report: Men’s Race Davide Ballerini netted Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s fourth Omloop Het Nieuwsblad win after the race came down to a bunch sprint, something that had last happened more than a decade ago. This unusual scenario was possible due to the strong headwind and a strong effort of the entire Wolfpack, who flawlessly controlled the race in the last 15 kilometers, drilling the pace and preventing any late attacks that were still possible considering the sizable peloton. “It’s my second time in Omloop, and to win it after crashing at my debut two years ago is some incredible”, an elated…