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.
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It wouldn’t be the eve of Paris-Roubaix without the UCI sticking their noses into something. Days before the Hell of the North, the governing body has officially banned Visma-Lease a Bike’s in-race tire pressure management system on a corporate technicality.
Tadej Pogačar inches closer to a Monument sweep, Demi Vollering enacts the ultimate revenge plot on the cobbles, and half the peloton might lose their driver’s licenses over a commuter train. Here are five things we learned from a totally unhinged 110th edition of De Ronde.
Probably not. Don’t think he’ll win Roubaix next weekend, even. We mean no discredit to him with this statement. Better…
The ritual of shaving your legs is as sacred to cycling as overpriced espresso. But where do you actually stop? From the mid-thigh fade to the full “pro” look, here is our definitive guide to the various lengths of the cycling shave.
There is a beautiful hypocrisy at the heart of the Spring Classics. Pro mechanics are ditching aerodynamics for “Frankenstein” setups involving 1x drivetrains and double-wrapped tape just to survive the cobbles of Flanders.
When your electronic derailleur battery dies 40 miles from home, your $10,000 superbike becomes a useless hamster wheel. Here are the six stages of cycling grief, from roadside bargaining to the ultimate walk of shame.
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.