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2020 Tokyo Olympics, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing - January 7, 2020

7 storylines that will shape the 2020 racing season

With a new decade upon us, it’s high time to start feeling the hype for the year ahead. Building on a 2019 that had its fair share of great moments for racing fans, 2020 offers plenty of its own reasons to be excited about what’s to come. There will be intra-team leadership battles to enjoy, …

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Chloe Hosking and Sam Welsford take overall honours at the 2020 Bay Crits

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Australia (CT) – Chloe Hosking (Lexus of Blackburn) has taken out her second overall title at the Bay Crits after claiming her second stage win in as many days. Hosking won the bunch sprint in Williamstown on Sunday despite having the support of just two teammates — Sarah Gigante and Jess Allen. Hosking’s teammate …

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As Australia burns, bike racing doesn’t feel all that pressing

GEELONG, Australia (CT) – There are some days that sport doesn’t feel all that important. Days when the sporting contest, as engaging as it might be, feels secondary to far more pressing matters. The opening day of the Bay Crits was one of those days. It was the first day of Australia’s summer racing season, …

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Hot or not? The kits of the 2020 WorldTour, ranked

Each new season is pregnant with possibility – a story with pages unwritten, a blank canvas ready to be painted, an Adobe Illustrator file called ‘2020 Jersey Template.ai’ waiting to be filled out by a cycling team’s graphic designer. Some team kits become iconic – just look to Mapei or anything Eddy Merckx wore for …

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Features, Racing, wout van aert - December 29, 2019

Wout van Aert isn’t done yet

Five months and ten days ago, Wout van Aert lay on the baking tarmac in Pau, fresh blood oozing thickly out of a deep gash in his right thigh as his team car screeched to a halt behind him. It was the nightmare end to a dream debut Tour for van Aert, who’d helped Jumbo-Visma …

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