Jan 25, 2021 | Road Racing, Santos Tour Down Under, Sportive
The Santos Tour Down Under is a professional cycling race held in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is usually the first event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 World Tour Teams. It also incorporates a UCI Women’s Pro Series event and a one day circuit...
Oct 24, 2020 | Cycling, Road Cycling, Road Racing, The Rules, Velominati
Moving on from my original article in September 2017, I thought we would revisit “The Rules – The Way of the Cycling Disciple.” As a reminder, there are 95 Rules contained in the book, that all cycling enthusiasts are encouraged to follow. However, many of the Rules...
Sep 3, 2020 | Road Racing, Tour de France
The Tour de France was scheduled to run from the 27th June – 19th July 2021. It was the 107th edition of the race. However, due to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, it was postponed to the 29th August 2021and it finished in Paris on the 20th September. It was a strange...
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...
Jul 10, 2020 | Bradley Wiggins, Eurosport, Olympics, Road Racing, Tour de France
Money woes continue for Olympian and Tour de France winner Sir Bradly Wiggins. At the end of 2019 he wound up two of his companies with debts of more than £1m after the failure of his Team Wiggins cycling team. A report has revealed that Wiggins Rights Ltd, the...
