Tech & Data
Watching the Tour de France on television and seeing the suffering on rider’s faces is one thing. Comparing their efforts to your own on Strava is something else entirely. What effort does it take to stick with the peloton for 120 miles? To launch a breakaway? To solo to
Road
Dylan Teuns took the victory atop La Planche des Belles Filles as the yellow jersey slipped away from Julian Alaphilippe in today’s Stage 6 of the 2019 Tour de France. The breakaway took the day as Teuns (Bahrain-Merida) and Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) outlasted their 12 compatriots to fight for
Road
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
Bikes & Frames
Orbea’s Orce Aero is one of the better deals out there in the aero-road-racer market. The Orca Aero, has received a small make-over for 2020. The biggest change is a new more aerodynamic fork which features deeper blades thanks to the UCI’s relaxed dimensional ruling. There are some
Culture & Opinion
Rapha’s latest EF Gone Racing video goes behind the scenes of the 2019 Tour de France with Rigoberto Urán.
Road
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
Road
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
Road
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
Culture & Opinion
Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) took a surprise sprint victory today at Stage 1 of the 2019 Tour de France, besting Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) to the line and to be the first to wear the yellow jersey in this year’s race. Things were looking down for Jumbo-Visma
Culture & Opinion
NBC Sports choices for the eight scariest crashes in Tour de France history, I think they missed one of the most devastating:
Culture & Opinion
Despite a new face taking the win last year (Geraint Thomas), last year’s Tour de France has faced some fair criticism for being boring. Despite Thomas’ win, it marked the sixth win in seven tries for Team Sky (now Team Ineos). And the first week of racing in 2018
Culture & Opinion
After a great weekend in Santa Fe, I’m back in Denver with a quick race report from the inaugural GFNY Santa Fe. After many years of rapid expansion overseas, GFNY had its first event in the US to go alongside the New York City championship. The 75 mile Long