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E-Bikes, Features, News, Racing - August 23, 2019

How to do e-bike racing wrong

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E-bikes are here to stay, and because humans are human, we’re going to race them. There’s no way around it, it’s what we do. That fact has led to a bit of a tiff between cycling’s governing body, the UCI, and the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM), over who gets to control the future of e-bike …

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Yes, you should watch the Vuelta a España – here’s why

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It’s hard to blame anyone for seeing the Vuelta a España as the little brother of cycling’s Grand Tour family. It’s the newest of the trio, “only” in its 74th edition this year. The red winner’s jersey lacks the mystique of the maillot jaune or the maglia rosa, perhaps because it’s only been red since …

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Slop and slide: International CX season opens in muddy Melbourne

The 2019/20 international cyclocross season got underway last weekend with the Melbourne Grand Prix of Cyclocross (Melbourne GPCX). Now in its third year, the 2019 Melbourne GPCX was held over two days at the State Motorcycle Complex in Broadford, roughly an hour north of Melbourne. The event is Australia’s only international cyclocross event and this …

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Features, Post-Tour criterium, Racing - August 22, 2019

The make-pretend races of Etten-Leur

I wonder what one of the Tour de France’s founders and cycling’s greatest writers, Henri Desgrange, would think about the make-pretend time-trial and criterium, hosting the top riders in the world, held in the small Dutch town of Etten-Leur in the weeks after the Tour de France. Would Desgrange channel Emile Zola, his working-class hero …

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Preview: 22 things you should know about the 2019 Vuelta a España

It’s time for the Vuelta a España, the third and final Grand Tour of the season. The race gets underway this Saturday in Torrevieja and will be contested over 21 stages and 3,272km. Here’s what you should know about the 2019 Tour of Spain. The 2019 Vuelta is the race’s 74th edition. The Vuelta is …

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