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2019 Tour Of California Stage 4 Recap
Fabio Jakobsen sprinted to victory on the fourth stage of the Tour of California today. The big story, though, is that race leader Tejay van Garderen will hold onto the yellow jersey after an incident-packed day of racing. Deceuninck-QuickStep rider Jakobsen of the Netherlands held onto the stage win despite a strong late burst from…
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2019 Tour Of California Stage 2 Recap
Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) took the second stage of the Tour of California today, edging out Tejay van Garderen who conceded the stage win but seized the overall leader’s yellow jersey. For 24-year-old Asgreen this is his first World Tour victory. Asgreen rode aggressively in the second half of the stage eventually making his way…
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Tour Of California Stage 1 Recap
Is Peter Sagan back? Apparently a return to California was just what he needed to jump-start a disappointing start to his 2019 season. The three-time road cycling world champion took stage one of the Tour of California with a definitive spring, holding off Travis McCabe. The win brings his record for stage wins at the…
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2019 Tour of California Preview
The Amgen Tour of California kicks off its fourteenth edition on May 12th. In just 13 years it has gone from a small February race to a WorldTour event. Here’s a look at the route, the contenders and how you can catch the action. The Tour of California conflicts directly with the Giro d’Italia starting…
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Julian Alaphilippe wins La Flèche Wallonne 2019
Julian Alaphilippe and Jakob Fuglsang, whose lack of accurate time gap information may have cost Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, continued their 2019 WorldTour rivalry in today’s La Flèche Wallonne. The Frenchman won a second successive La Flèche Wallonne with a well-timed jump on the Dane to continue his formidable form in the spring Classics. “It’s…
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Van der Poel takes stunning Victory at Amstel Gold
In the most shocking northern classic finish in a very long time, Mathieu van der Poel crossed the gap from nearly a minute behind race leaders Jakob Fuglsang and Julian Alaphilippe at three kilometers remaining to go to win the 2019 Amstel Gold Race with a powerful sprint finish. It wasn’t long ago that the…
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2019 Amstel Gold Race Preview
It’s the 54th edition of the men’s Amstel Gold Race. A race named after beer. And it falls on Easter. Who will rise to the challenge? The cobbled classics are sadly done for the year, now we move to the Ardennes Classics, starting with the Amstel Gold Race this Sunday. Here’s what you need to…
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2019 Paris-Roubaix Preview
Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North. The most exciting one-day race of the year is this Sunday. Cobbles, crashes, the Roubaix velodrome finish. Here’s what you need to know before Sunday’s 117th edition. The Course The Paris-Roubaix, contrary to its name, starts in Compiegne which is about 80km north of Paris and winds its way…
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2019 Tour Of Flanders Preview
Who’s ready for the ‘hardest one-day race’ on the WorldTour calendar, the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen)? “It is, without question, the hardest one-day bike race ever created,” George Hincapie, who finished a record 17 times, wrote in his biography. Here’s how the race got its start: The History of the Ronde van Vlaanderen…
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Who Will Win Gent-Wevelgem?
Will Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem end with a solo move or a bunch sprint? Gent-Wevelgem’s 251-kilometers of racing includes; three climbs up the Kemmelberg and the road between Deinze and Wevelgem features 10 steep cobbled climbs. Those climbs annihilate the field throughout the day. Add in the race’s infamous gusting winds and rain from off the North…
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2019 Milan-San Remo Recap
The first of the five 2019 Monuments took place in Italy on Saturday at Milan – San Remo. The “sprinters’ classic” saw Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain – Merida) escape on the Poggio and ride solo to the finish last year, avoiding a sprint. The big question for 2019, would the race end in a sprint once…
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2019 Milan-San Remo Guide: The Longest Race of the Year
The 110th edition of Milan-San Remo is this Saturday, the first of five Monuments for the 2019 season. Here’s a look at the course and the riders to watch. The Course Milan-San Remo is the longest single-day race on the professional cycling calendar. The race covers a rather horrifying 291km which will see riders in…
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Fabio Aru Heading to Colorado to Prep for Giro
Fabio Aru is looking to hit reset heading into the 2019 season after his “darkest moments” yet during 2018. Aru abandoned the Giro d’Italia, renounced his sponsors during a crash at the Vuelta a España, and sat out of Italy’s World Championships team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaqs6_RslM8 “I want to cancel 2018, one of the darkest moments of…
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Sagan Bags First Win of the Season
Three-time world champion, Peter Sagan, grabbed his first victory of 2019 on just his third day of racing. It’s a fresh season of racing for Peter Sagan, and everyone else, he’s got a new haircut, a few new tattoos and for the first time since 2015, he’s not wearing the rainbow stripes. The end result,…
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I Told You Aluminum Bikes Were Still Cool
During my wet and windy ride over the weekend I stopped for water and a guy I passed a little ways back stopped to do the same. “I really need to upgrade to carbon” he said, I think implying the difference between my carbon bike and his alloy rig explained the difference in speed. Wrong.…
