Features RSS

Features, Interviews, jolien d'hoore, Racing -

Ready for nothing: Belgian sprinter Jolien D’hoore looks past an empty spring

With nothing but a blank, race-less spring ahead, Jolien D’hoore headed for Roubaix last Sunday. The day after her 30th birthday, the ride was her boyfriend’s idea, an effort to take the former Belgian champion’s mind away from the uncertainty every cyclist — indeed all athletes — are currently experiencing. The couple were out the …

The post Ready for nothing: Belgian sprinter Jolien D’hoore looks past an empty spring appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Features, Strava, Tech, Tech news -

Strava overhauls Routes feature with loop suggestions

Strava has been keeping rather busy as of late with a flurry of app updates and new features. The latest is something dubbed Routes – a paid subscriber-only feature that draws on the ride data of Strava’s some 3 billion activities and 50 million users to suggest popular activity routes. Available in the latest app …

The post Strava overhauls Routes feature with loop suggestions appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Adventure, Atlas Mountain Race, bikepacking, Features, Morocco, Rides, ultra-endurance -

Photo gallery: The savage beauty of the inaugural Atlas Mountain Race

In February 2020, 185 riders from 27 countries headed to Morocco for the inaugural edition of the PEdALED Atlas Mountain Race. This 1,150 km, single-stage, unsupported bikepacking race saw riders test themselves against each other and the harsh environment of the Atlas and Anti Atlas Mountains. The race was as stunning as it was tough, …

The post Photo gallery: The savage beauty of the inaugural Atlas Mountain Race appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Endurance amnesia, Features, Learn, Psychology -

‘Endurance amnesia’: Why do we return to rides we swore we wouldn’t?

Have you ever done a ride or race that pushed you to your absolute limit then promptly sworn you’d never do it again? Have you ever looked back on that ride a little while later, convincing yourself it wasn’t as bad as you remember, then signed up to do it all over again? We’ve all …

The post ‘Endurance amnesia’: Why do we return to rides we swore we wouldn’t? appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Daily News Digest, Features, News -

Olympic postponement talk, Tour forging ahead for now: Daily News Digest

Supported by

(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers. While race postponements and cancellations have been all over the headlines lately, plans for one of the biggest events of the year (of every four years, for that matter) have remained officially unaltered – but that seems set to …

The post Olympic postponement talk, Tour forging ahead for now: Daily News Digest appeared first on CyclingTips.

Read more

Tags