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Fast Start Intervals for Fast Times
TOOLBOX: For shorter time trial efforts like the track kilometre, pacing with a fast start results in the fastest overall times. What about intervals? Should you pace them evenly or are there greater training benefits by pacing them with a fast start? Interval training for Wout Most cyclists understand the concept of high intensity interval […]
Gallery: 10 stunning photos from Giro’s snowy ascent of Passo Giau
As the first Grand Tour of the season, Giro d’Italia always delivers thrilling drama in the high mountains. And, with snow still clinging to the taller peaks, the thrilling race imagery to match. On Monday’s Queen Stage, weather forced race organizers to shorten racing. Though two high-mountain passes were cut from Stage 16’s parcours, Egan […]
GIRO’21 Stage 16: Bernal Stamps His Authority On the Giro
Giro d’Italia Stage 16: What was going to be a decisive stage was shortened and due to the weather was without live TV for the finalé. This didn’t stop the race leader, Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers), stamping his authority on the climb of the Passo Giau and soloing to the finish in Cortina for the […]
Bernal extends lead on Giro’s extreme weather-shortened queen stage
Giro d’Italia pink jersey holder Egan Bernal soloed to victory on what was supposed to be Monday’s queen stage in the Dolomites, before extreme weather protocols forced the removal of two high mountains from the route. Bernal’s second stage win of the 104th edition padded his lead in the GC. Simon Yates, who started the […]
Giro’21 BREAKDOWN: Bernal Bounces Up the Zoncolan!
Race Breakdown: As we enter the final decisive week of the 2021 Giro d’Italia, Spencer Martin breaks down the action so far and looks ahead to what we can expect from the stars. This year’s Giro is far from over and there is bound to be more surprises and upsets. It’s not over yet – […]
The heartwarming reason George Bennett rode up the Zoncolan twice
Saturday’s Giro d’Italia stage 14 finished with the toughest climb in the 2021 Giro, and George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) rode it twice. Riding up the Sutrio side of Monte Zoncolan the riders took on an average gradient of 8.5 per cent over 14.1 kilometres. The climb features brutal 20 per cent sections and cyclists fought their […]
Record-setting centenarian cyclist Robert Marchand dies at 109
Robert Marchand, the multiple world record holder centenarian cyclist, died May 22 at a care facility in Mitry-Mory, France, outside Paris. He was 109. Hadjiretou Timera, the care facility’s director, confirmed the death but did not specify the cause. Marchand was born in 1911, in Amiens, France and lived through two World Wars. He travelled […]
Qhubeka-Assos rules Week 2 of the Giro with three victories as breakaway prevails again
Victor Campenaerts finally won a Grand Tour stage on Sunday’s Slovenian excursion at the Giro d’Italia, giving his Qhubeka-Assos team its third victory in five days. The Giro’s GC riders called a truce on Sunday, perhaps racing conservatively after an big crash early in the stage caused a four riders to abandon. For the eighth […]
GIRO’21 Stage 15: Victor Campenaerts the Victor!
Giro d’Italia Stage 15: The World hour record holder Victor Campenaerts won stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia in the Slovenian town of Gorizia. The Qhubeka Assos rider out-sprinted Oscar Riesebeek of Alpecin-Fenix on a wet day. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) finished in the peloton to hold his pink jersey. *** Full ‘PEZ Stage Report’ […]
How to sell your bike (or bike parts) online
There’s never been a better time than now to sell your used bike (or bike parts). Ongoing supply shortages are showing no signs of letting up and, at the same time, there’s been a boom in new riders. Selling in an online marketplace can be simple, if you make it easy. Here’s a quick guide […]
GIRO’21 Stage 14: Fortunate Fortunato Takes the Zoncolan!
Giro d’Italia Stage 14: An unbelievable finish to the toughest Giro d’Italia stage of 2021 so far. Lorenzo Fortunato of the eolo-Kometa team crossed the finish line first on the summit of the Monte Zoncolan. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) put time into all the other GC rider to lengthen his overall lead. The Colombian now […]