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…
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.
Help me steptwin, I’m stuck on the 17%. That’s it. That’s the article. Steptwin. It’s funny enough to stand on…
Well, that was a weird video. You were sick but now you’re well and there’s bike racing to do, as…
In short? Lotta hills, not a lotta time-trials. That makes things difficult for some riders, but opens the door to…