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Coronavirus, Features, Geopolitics, Hong Kong, Racing, Track cycling, women's cycling - March 4, 2020

The sprinter, her struggle, and the storm raging back home

Sarah Lee's bronze medal at the Berlin Track World Championships wasn't the biggest result of the meet – but after weathering a social media outcry, the Hong Kong protests, the death of her coach and the threat of coronavirus, it was one of the most meaningful.

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Brendan Johnston on overcoming cancer, winning the Warny, and advice for two old blokes

Brendan Johnston (aka ‘Trekky’) is a four-time XCM National Champion of Australia, he finished 24th in the Elite category of the 2019 Cape Epic (with partner Cam Ivory), and just won one of the world’s oldest road races, the Melbourne – Warrnambool. Trekky is not only an extraordinary human being because of his race results, …

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How do you solve a problem like Gianni?

Gianni Moscon pedalled disconsolately through green fields under the grey skies of Flanders, glanced over his left shoulder, and saw the TV moto watching to see what he’d do next. The Ineos rider reached back for his race number, demonstratively pulling one off and throwing it to the ground, before trying to tear the other …

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Features, Photo galleries, Racing - March 2, 2020

Photo gallery: Spring Classics season has begun

The international cycling season has been underway for almost two months, but for many cycling fans, the season only really began this past weekend as the men’s and women’s pelotons headed to northern Europe for the first Belgian races of the season. For the men’s peloton it was Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. For the …

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Kasper Asgreen muscles his way to Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne win

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Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) held off a charging peloton to take a solo victory at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday. The main field, led by Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT) and Alexander Kristoff (UAE-Team Emirates), closed within 50 meters at the finish line, but could not overhaul Asgreen. With the day’s break fading, Asgreen bridged up to and then …

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