Author: Henri Giroud

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), representatives of women riders (CPA Women, and Marianne Vos in her role of member of the UCI Athletes’ Commission and riders’ representative on the UCI Road Commission), organisers (AIOCC and organisers of UCI Women’s WorldTour events) and women’s teams (UNIO*) have joined forces to enable women’s road cycling to come through the current crisis (coronavirus pandemic) in the best possible conditions with a view to the resumption of the 2020 season. As a reminder, the UCI confirms that as of today, organisers of some 800 events across all disciplines and categories have requested the postponement…

We left him in third place at the top of Colmiane, a little over a month ago, in Paris-Nice. The Covid-19 crisis has since passed through there. From his native Haute-Saône, where he maintains his body and his farm, Thibaut Pinot brings his first reactions to the postponement of the Tour de France at the end of the summer, evokes the difficulties of the crisis in terms of sport and people and confides more fully on his life in the countryside, close to nature and animals. Thibaut, the Tour de France was officially postponed from August 29 to September 20. How did you…

Trek-Segafredo will take part in the first-ever Giro d’Italia Virtual Women’s Pro race, an event that kicks off this Saturday, April 18th and will cover 7 iconic stages of the recently postponed 2020 Giro d’Italia. The challenge is open to men and women’s pro teams but also the general public and aims to raise funds for the Italian Red Cross via participant donations. Lizzie Deignan and Elisa Longo Borghini will headline Trek-Segafredo’s team* which will go up against Movistar, Astana and the women’s Italian national cycling team in the virtual quest to seize the iconic Maglia Rosa. It will be…

Bianchi’s iconic celeste and La Gazzetta dello Sport’s pink are now united in an exciting new international partnership. For three years starting from 2020, Bianchi will be the official sponsor and exclusive bike brand of the Giro d’Italia, the most famous and iconic Italian race on the international stage, organised by RCS Sport and La Gazzetta dello Sport. The collaboration between Bianchi and RCS Sport springs from shared intents and a common vision, which aims at internationalising Italian excellence through sporting events like the Giro d’Italia. The race reaches more than 800 million people in more than 200 countries around…

At a video conference meeting organised today by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in the context of the current coronavirus pandemic, which saw the participation of all the principal representatives of professional road cycling’s families – organisers (AIOCC, and leaders of ASO, RCS, Unipublic and Flanders Classics), teams (AIGCP) and riders (CPA) –, several decisions concerning the revision of the 2020 UCI International Road Calendar were unanimously agreed by the different parties concerned: The period of suspension of competitions on the UCI International Road Calendar was extended by one month, until 1st July, and until 1st August for UCI WorldTour events.The Tour…

The 2020 Tour de France will now take place from August 29 to September 20, following a presidential announcement that large events would be banned in France until mid-July. Previously, the event was due to run June 27 to July 19. This author’s birthday is in September. So, Birthday Tour stage: very cool. Here’s what ASO have to say: Following the President’s address on Monday evening, where large-scale events were banned in France until mid-July as a part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19, the organisers of the Tour de France, in agreement with the Union Cycliste Internationale…

Since the start of the truce caused by the coronavirus pandemic, words have already been given to the sport and performance poles of the Groupama-FDJ cycling team. Today, it is the medical pole’s turn, through the voice of its director Jacky Maillot, to raise the problems linked to the current period, and in particular to training on home trainer. The opportunity, too, to learn more about the functioning of the cog in the mechanics of the team. Jacky, the rider have moved over to their home trainers for a week. Are there any risks inherent in this activity? The first pitfall can be…

We’re all learning very quickly that there’s a lot more to cycling, and to life than racing bikes. But the lifestyle of cycling and its benefits to personal and public health is something that is forefront in the minds of many, including Rally Cycling rider, Leigh Ann Ganzar. Ganzar hails from Texas, and when she’s not training or racing on the world stage, she works at the Michael and Susan Dell Center of Healthy Living, a research center within the University of Texas. “When I’m home, I normally work 20-25 hours per week coordinating data collection and going into elementary schools to…