Tadej Pogacar reminds us all that he needs to be feared, executing a flawless UAE tour en route to victory. Ineos shows us how they will (or will not) be racing differently this year. And Deceuninck Quickstep puts on a masterclass in leadouts, both in the sand at UAE where Sam Bennett won two stagesContinue reading "Pogacar rules the UAE tour, Ballerini wins again"

Will Barta nearly upended the stage 13 ITT at the 2020 Vuelta, finishing 2nd and just one second behind Primoz Roglic. This success was in part what led him to sign with EF Education-NIPPO for the 2021 season. Will talks about life in France, his recovery from an offseason injury, and most importantly…what to eatContinue reading "A discussion with Will Barta of EF Education-NIPPO"

Davide Ballerini takes two in Tour de la Provence and nearly makes it a third. Sosa runs away with the title atop Mont Ventoux and Phil Bauhaus is victorious for Bahrain Victorious (and we were not sure how many times we’d say that this season). Alaphilippe was all over the roads and one of theContinue reading "Ballerini is ballin in Provence"

Four days we have waited for all winter as we see the debut of world champion Julian Alaphilippe alongside a stacked Deceuninck Quickstep team and long list of strong sprinters and GC contenders. The four stages will bring opportunities for everyone with punchy stages, a trip to Ventoux and a straight sprint into Provence onContinue reading "Tour de la Provence – Race Preview"

Tim Wellens wins the Étoile de Bessèges thanks to his decisive win from the breakaway on stage 3 and solid stage 5 ITT. A review of each stage and notable takeaways about Wellens, Christoph Laporte, Egan Bernal, Filippo Ganna and Greg Van Avermaet. The supertuck is cancelled! Outlawed by the UCI, a summary of yourContinue reading "W is for Wellens, Supertuck is Cancelled, and COVID strikes the hulk"

The podium at this years Étoile de Bessèges will look quite a bit different from last year as the typically quiet French opener gets an influx of world class talent following the cancellation of races in Spain and Portugal. Ineos leads the charge with a team including Thomas, Bernal, Kwiatkowski, and Ganna while other headlinersContinue reading "Étoile de Bessèges Race Preview"

An orange crush in Belgium as the Dutch sweep all 4 cyclocross championship races in Ostend this weekend. Mathieu van der Poel wins his 4th title, outlasting Wout Van Aert who finished 2nd. Wout looked a bit frustrated heading into the finish and its no surprise as he finished a frustrating 2nd in the worldContinue reading "MVDP reigns supreme"

Bad signs for racing as the Volta ao Algarve is canceled ahead of the Feb 17th start, a bad omen for the race calendar in neighboring Spain which is meant to start in Valencia the first week of Feb. Looking further ahead, teams are stacking up for the TDF with more firepower in the pelotonContinue reading "Reasons for concern and why the TDF is already getting hot!"

We have heard a lot about races NOT going off, Tour down under, San Juan, Tour of Colombia…so which ones can we expect to mark the start of the 2021 road season? I outline what you can expect for the first two months of 2021 racing. We also review rider news coming from camps andContinue reading "Return to Racing 2021"

I analyze the a few countries that underperformed in 2020 including Colombia, Spain and the Netherlands. I explain why Colombia will be the comeback country of the year in 2021 and why Spain shouldn’t have the same optimism. Also, will Marc Hirschi see even more success in 2021 with UAE than he did in 2020?Continue reading "Colombia – Comeback country of 2021"