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Author: Harold Dalton
Harold Dalton
Cycling industry professional with two decades of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.
The 25th Tour of Magnificent Qinghai concluded on the shores of Qinghai Lake. Watch the highlights as Jonathan Klever Caicedo Cepeda secures the overall yellow jersey after eight intense days of high-altitude racing on the Tibetan Plateau.
A luxurious training camp in the south of France quickly descends into chaos. Watch the Stool Aid squad navigate rival riders, club kids, and a surprise police raid in Chapter Nine.
Is the pro peloton run by mastermind geniuses, or just fragile egos and cheap sponsors? In this chapter deep dive, we analyze Chapter 8 of Striking the Sun, dissecting the banality of capital, corporate incompetence, and why the hardest part of the pro dream is paying your own baggage fees.
Corporate vanity projects, missing wages, and a disastrous new sponsor. Susan and Dominic both face the grim realities of their chosen careers in Chapter Eight.
Mathieu van der Poel just played a terrifying game of chicken with a charging peloton and won by six seconds. Watch the Stage 9 highlights to see MVDP orchestrate a lethal breakaway on the melting roads of Corrèze, ruthlessly out-sprinting Tom Pidcock in a frantic finale before the Tour hits the rest day.
While football players get mandated timeouts to sip electrolytes, professional cyclists are expected to survive 35°C heat while dodging crashes at 50 km/h. As the UCI triggers extreme weather protocols in Corrèze, we break down why official hydration breaks will never happen in the WorldTour and how teams are bio-hacking the heat instead.
Liam Slock almost pulled off the breakaway heist of the century, but the sprint trains refused to be denied. Watch the Stage 8 highlights as the peloton executes a frantic late catch, setting up Tim Merlier to crush the Bergerac sprint and secure his second victory in 24 hours.