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The Role of Maltodextrin in Cycling Nutrition: Guidelines, Benefits, and DIY Sports Drink Recipe
Discover the secrets of carb-loading and fueling your ride with maltodextrin. Learn how to tailor your carbohydrate intake and create your own sports drink mix for optimal performance. Save money while maximizing your energy on the bike! 🚴♀️
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Zwift ‘Ride Like King’ Event Returns for 2020
Ride Like King is a celebration of all things cycling! Giant and Liv Cycling host this pedal party every year. Since their inaugural event in 2009, it’s gotten bigger, better, and more fun. This year, Ride Like King is leveling up again by helping get bikes to those who need them with the help of…
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2019 Vuelta a Espana Guide: Route, Stage Previews, Start List & How to Watch
The 2019 Tour de France is finished and its youngest winner in over a hundred years is home in Colombia. Now we look forward to the season’s third Grand Tour. The 2019 Vuelta a Espana starts with a team time trial on Saturday the 24th August and concludes three weeks later with a carnival stage…
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Quintana Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 18 as Alaphilippe Clings on to Yellow
Nairo Quintana soloed to victory in today’s stage 18 of the 2019 Tour de France. The first big day in the alps saw the Colombian deliver a powerful attack that left the small group of breakaway survivors gasping for air behind him on the slopes of the Galibier. Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) grabbed second on…
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Matteo Trentin Solos to Victory on Stage 17 of the 2019 Tour de France
Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) won Sage 17 of the 2019 Tour de France today after going solo on a day when the peloton was more than happy to allow the breakaway to stay away. Trentin timed his attack well and went clear with around 14km to go to the finish line. The break’s advantage crept up…
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Simon Yates Does it Again at 2019 Tour de France Stage 15
Stage 15 of the 2019 Tour de France offered up plenty of action. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) took his second stage victory of this Tour de France out of the breakaway. Further down the road, the GC contenders were busy throwing attacks at one another. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Mikel Landa (Movistar) took second and third…
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Julian Alaphilippe Crushes 2019 Tour de France Stage 13 Time Trial
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) absolutely crushed the 2019 Tour de France Stage 13 time trial today. Not only will he retain the yellow jersey, but he took the stage victory as well. Defending champion Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) finished 14 seconds down to take second place over the 27.2km course. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) took third…
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A Nearly Complete List of 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles
I got a few emails telling me the list of rider Strava profiles I shared the other day was incomplete, missing a favorite rider, etc… So here you all are, a damn near complete list of 2019 Tour de France rider Strava profiles: 2019 Tour de France Rider Strava Profiles TEAM INEOS Dylan Van Baarle…
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Van Aert Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 10 and Some Big GC Contenders Lose Time
What a day in the Tour de France! Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) sprinted to his first career Tour de France stage victory today on Stage 10 and a handful of GC contenders lost serious time. Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education First), and Mikel Landa (Movistar) all gave…
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Daryl Impey Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 9
Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) won stage 9 of the Tour de France today, beating his breakaway partner Tiesj Benoot (Lotto-Soudal) in a duel to the finish. “It’s the seventh time I’m riding the Tour de France and have been in a number of breakaways. To finally nail it today, it’s a dream come true,” Impey said.…
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2019 Tour de France Stage 8 Recap
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) won stage 8 of the 2019 Tour de France as the last survivor of the day’s breakaway, having held off a late chase by Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step). “I had a really good feeling all day so I believed in it all day,” De Gendt said. The duo…
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Peter Sagan Wins 2019 Tour de France Stage 5 After Several Near Misses
Peter Sagan was the best of the remaining opposition after the pure sprinters had been dropped on the climbs that littered Stage 5 of the 2019 Tour de France through the Vosges. Despite Team Sunweb controlling the peloton for most of the run into the finish, Michael Matthews was boxed in when the sprint began…
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Elia Viviani Sprints to 2019 Tour de France Stage 4 Win
The almost entirely flat parcours of the 213.5-kilometer Tour de France Stage 4 today had the sprinters’ hopes up from the start. Bad news for the day’s three-rider breakaway, when the sprinters smell blood you’ll never get too much breathing room. Such was the story today, as the final breakaway survivor Michael Schär was caught…
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Alaphilippe Takes Stage 3 Tour de France Victory
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunick-Quick-Step) was my pre-race favorite for stage 3 of the Tour de France, the stage was practically built for him. How he did it though, was a bit of a surprise. Instead of holding out for the uphill sprint, he put in an attack with a little over 15 kilometers to go and…
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Jumbo-Visma Takes Decisive TTT Win in 2019 Tour de France Stage 2
Two days into the Tour de France and Jumbo-Visma already has two stage victories. The Dutch team took a decisive win in today’s stage 2 team time trial in Brussels, leaving Ineos in their dust by a good 20 seconds to secure the victory. Stage 1 winner Mike Teunissen will keep the yellow jersey another…
