Mar 30, 2024 | Australia, Cadel Evans, Giro d'Italia, Professional Cycling, Road Bikes, Road Racing, Strade Bianchi. Paris-Nice, Tour de France
The Professional Cycling Season 2024, has well and truly started. Road racing captivates cycling enthusiasts worldwide, standing as the pinnacle form of bicycle racing in terms of the sheer number of competitors, prestigious events, and crowds of spectators it...
Feb 14, 2024 | Cycling, Giro d'Italia, Marco Pantani, Road Racing, Tour de France
20 years ago, on the evening of 14th February 2004 (St Valentine’s Day), Marco Pantani was found dead at a hotel in Rimini, Italy. Pantani was an Italian Road Racing Cyclist, who was regarded as the greatest climber in the history of professional cycling. He was a...
Aug 25, 2020 | Giro d'Italia, Greg LeMond, Laurent Fignon, Road Cycling, The Professor, Tour de France
August 2020 represents 60 years since the birth of Laurent Patrick Fignon and a short 10 years since his death. Fignon (Le Professeur – The Professor), 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010; was a French Professional Road Cycle Racer, who won the Tour de France in 1984 and...
Jan 13, 2020 | Giro d'Italia, Marco Pantani, Tour de France
Today we celebrate a special 50th Birthday of one of the most charismatic riders of the Professional Peloton. Marco Pantani (13th Jan 1970 – 14th Feb 2004) was an Italian Road Racing Cyclist, who was regarded as the greatest climber in the history of professional...
Sep 15, 2019 | Giro d'Italia, Hour Record, Tour de France
Today, the 15th September 2019 would have been the 100th Birthday of one of the greatest Road Cyclists of the 20th Century. Angelo Fausto Coppi was the dominant road racing cyclist just after the Second World War. He was an all-round cyclist, excelling at all levels,...
May 6, 2018 | Eddy Merckx, Giro d'Italia, Road Racing, Tour of Britain
Eddy Merckx, a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer, who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling, was born on the 17th June 1945, and this month; May 2018, is the 40th Anniversary of his retirement from competitive...
