Blues to enjoy Firecrest and NSW wheel lineups as they tackle their UCI WT / WWT competitions in 2020, their 41st season of uninterrupted activity Zipp and the Movistar Team proudly announced Thursday a new partnership, part of SRAM’s new sponsorship to provide the team with componentry and wheels through 2021. Founded in 1980, with more than 900 victories to date, the men’s team is the longest-running and most successful team in the UCI’s WorldTour. That tradition continues today with team captain Alejandro Valverde (ESP) among the sport’s biggest stars and young Spanish star Enric Mas, singed as a Grand Tour…
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Henri Giroud
Fifty years of pro cycling journalism and television commentary. It gets easier after the first forty years.
Prestigious brand to support Telefónica-backed squad with top componentry for the next two years in both the UCI WorldTour and Women’s WorldTour SRAM and the Movistar Team proudly announced Thursday their sponsorship agreement, which will see the Blues using SRAM componentry and Zipp wheels through 2021. Founded in 1980, the men’s team has featured a long list of dynamic and predominantly Spanish cycling legends who’ve won a significant number of national, world, and grand tour titles. Amazingly, the team had three riders finish in the top ten at the 2019 Tour de France, including a current captain, Alejandro Valverde (ESP). Young Spanish…
The Pitch You have a column in a newspaper. Well done you. As jobs go its pretty piss easy – you don’t have to able to write or even spell as the paper will provide some minion to do all the hard stuff for you. All you need is to be fairly famous and be able to spout about 1500 words of guff on a weekly basis. Ideally, the column should appear ‘edgy’ despite all opinions expressed falling broadly into the mainstream. This can easily be achieved by picking on the right sort of minority groups. The Target Ideally, a…
Watch highlights from the 2019-2020 UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Heusden-Zolder.
Wout van Aert finished fifth in the Azencross in Loenhout on his return to cyclocross. It was the first time since his crash in the Tour de France that the 25-year-old Belgian from Team Jumbo-Visma has appeared at the start of a race. Van Aert had a good start, got the holeshot and was the first rider to enter the field. During the race the Team Jumbo-Visma rider showed that he had not lost his touch. Van Aert maintained his place in front, in a chasing group that fought for fourth place. A big boost for Van Aert after a…
NTT Pro Cycling can confirm that rider Nicolas Dlamini sustained a broken arm after being stopped by SANParks officials in the Silvermine section of Table Mountain National Park on Friday. Following the incident, which was caught on film by a fellow cyclist, Nicholas was taken to False Bay Hospital where x-rays were carried out and was confirmed that he suffered a fracture of his left humerus. He has since been transferred to another local hospital where further specialist consultation, together with our team’s medical department, will decide on the next course of action to treat the injury. NTT Pro Cycling…
Fueling for endurance activities requires its own kind of training, practicing and experimenting to nail down a strategy that works for you. Dr. Allen Lim from Skratch Labs shares some of his tips after decades of coaching pro endurance athletes to help you find a fuel and hydration strategy that will help your body and mind perform at its best. 1. Eat and drink early and consistently Create a schedule for eating and drinking so that you don’t get behind. While every situation is different depending on the environment, as a general rule be prepared to have access to at least 1…
To save you the bother of watching the video, we made it the thumbnail for this article. “We are happy to present our new jersey for 2020! Next year we will #RideTogether with our new kit courtesy of Champion System.”