Dominic’s arrival at his new Belgian cycling team’s training camp is met with an abandoned hotel, awful coffee, and a missing bed. Read Chapter 15 of Harold Dalton’s serialized cycling novel, Striking the Sun.
Author: Harold Dalton
Harold Dalton
Cycling industry professional with two decades of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.
Mathieu van der Poel collapsed in the Arenberg, Filippo Ganna did acrobatics, and Wout van Aert finally out-sprinted Tadej Pogačar for a tearful, redemptive victory in the Roubaix velodrome.
Active clothing pioneers Santini and Polartec have combined forces to let you physically wear greenhouse gases while you ride your bike. Here is everything we know about the new Aero Race Jersey.
Meet Gradient: Cyclry’s new, completely free indoor training app. We stripped away the bloat and subscription fees so you can instantly connect your smart trainer, ride your own routes, and just focus on your intervals. Available soon for Apple, Windows, and Linux.
Paris-Roubaix is entirely flat, but the damage is done through 55km of attritional cobble-based trauma. We break down the 123rd Hell of the North, the heavyweight favorites, and the women’s velodrome finale.
Probably not. Don’t think he’ll win Roubaix next weekend, even. We mean no discredit to him with this statement. Better than Merckx, to be honest. The TV commentary was a bit shit this weekend too wasn’t it. Not sure we’re allowed to say that with the state of this article though.
The longer you ride, the less you want anything sweet. Enter Puresport’s Unflavoured Energy Gel. It’s clear, it tastes like absolutely nothing, and you are going to squirt it into your mouth to overcome flavor fatigue. Just do it, peasant.
Is Issue 10 the first time we leaned into full 1980s retro? Revisit our October 2008 edition where we mocked Lance Armstrong’s comeback, got unsuccessfully sued by the BNP, and provided a highly cynical guide to spotting dopers in the peloton.