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Velodrome outside of Boulder, Colorado set to close after going under contract with a buyer who plans to demolish it The Boulder Valley Velodrome, a one-of-a-kind high-altitude, 250 meter track, is likely to close at the end of the year after a trying run for owners Frank Banta and Doug Emerson. The velodrome has survived... Continue Reading →
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 course in Santa Fe, with 7,150... Continue Reading →
Belgian and European individual time trial champion Victor Campenaerts set a new Hour Record yesterday at the velodrome in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The record, 55.089km in sixty minutes was set aboard a custom Ridley Arena TT track bike, putting Campenaerts 563m or 1.03% further than Bradley Wiggins’ mark set in 2015. Campenaerts’ custom Ridley Arena TT... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Despite the real racing season still being about 3 weeks away I’ll be very happy to watch guys racing bikes on terrain that doesn’t look like the Tour of Las Vegas this weekend! No more desert(ed) highways, no, now come the spring classics starting with the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad For years this race was a rival... Continue Reading →
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