Road Cycling

A few thoughts to throw around before turning to the main event... The big news is the interruption of Trek-Segafredo, formerly my top-ranked team coming out of the early spring races thru…

I’m going to confess, the title of this article is what it is, but I’m probably not in a great position to judge “best race” when my memory is as selective as it’s become. But I have a slight…

With the arrival of the bikes and bags and riders and soigneurs in Flanders, fresh off the traditional Italian late-winter escape, another Cobbled Classics season is upon us. From the stones to the…

The dark truth about being a cycling writer is that as every year rolls around, you face the prospect of writing a race preview that you’ve written many times before. And if I were to fall into…

If you’re reading this, the deadline for entering the 2021 FSA Directeur Sportif competition has passed. Sorry! If you had a team almost done, email me and I can help you finalize it, but…

A ramble through some of the things I found most interesting about the team selections for this year’s FSA-DS. With apologies, this is focused purely on the men’s side – time doesn’t permit a…

Five days into the 2021 Cycling season, can I just say... OMG we are five days into the cycling season! And only one brush with catastrophe! The “preseason” (aka FSA DS signup season) is behind us…

So, there I was, minding my own business on a quiet Thursday evening, when from the back of our darkest cupboard, I heard a knocking. Reader, I wish I could tell you it was just a poltergeist.…

A whistle-stop tour of the last week in cycling, taking one lesson from each of the countries that’ve hosted men’s cycling. In Belgium we learned that an armchair ride matters I suppose that we…

Saturday sees the men’s and women’s pelotons taking on Strade Bianche. Sunday sees the start of one of the most competitive and exciting weeklong stage races of the season in Paris-Nice, and…

It’s Ronde van Vlaanderen season, don’t you know? So yes, I am here to write about the week’s ongoing races, all of which are nice little practice events for the Ronde van Vlaanderen.…

Photo by Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images A brief commotion was raised on Saturday as race leader Primoz Roglic powered past Gino Mäder to win stage seven of Paris-Nice, his third…