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Features, Hannah Ludwig, Interviews, Racing, women's cycling - November 11, 2020

Her race was cancelled at the last minute, so she rode 1,000 km home

Hannah Ludwig of Canyon//SRAM recently rode 1,000 km over five days from a cancelled race in Bretagne back to her home in Germany. Speaking to reporter Amy Jones a few days after finishing, the 20-year-old gave her account of 200 km stints in the saddle, her route into pro cycling, lockdown in Germany, and what …

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Features, Interviews, Racing, Will Barta - November 4, 2020

Will Barta’s Vuelta time trial and his hopes for the future

Will Barta was one second away from his first professional win in Tuesday’s stage of La Vuelta a España. Only the race leader Primoz Roglic could clock a faster time. Barta’s second place was, however, a career-best for the 24-year old rider from Boise, Idaho. “I didn’t have a great night’s sleep but not a …

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A week on the couch and an eye on the future: A chat with Jai Hindley

Jai Hindley rolled down the start ramp of the last stage of the Giro d’Italia wearing the maglia rosa and a fair bit of pressure on his shoulders. 15.7 km later, he’d relinquished both to Tao Geoghegan Hart, claiming second overall in this strange season’s second Grand Tour. In a turbulent and at times tense …

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The short, bright career of Katie Hall has reached its end

Katie Hall had one of the brightest, shortest careers in women’s cycling. A career capped by COVID and an unfortunate, but not altogether sad, ending. It began in college, racing against small and inexperienced fields, and rose to the Giro Rosa, the only “grand tour” for women, and the Tour of California. Her career is …

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Ashleigh Moolman Pasio on the demise of Paule Ka and her future with SD Worx

Few riders are as willing to put their head above the parapet as Ashleigh Moolman Pasio. Having started in the sport relatively late, the South African now has upwards of 10 years in the pro peloton under her belt and is as qualified as anyone to critique what she sees as the systematic successes and …

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