all words by Mike Franchetti
Welcome back to the warped world of What Won’t Happen at the Giro d’Italia. If any of the following events unfold, it’s definitely time to stop watching pro cycling. May 6th – Stage 1: Budapest to Visegrád (195km) | Flat/Hilly 50-year-old Davide Rebellin negotiates his way to a place on Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli after offering
Ahead of the 2016 season, I named Strade Bianche as one of “the best races you might not be watching” alongside De Branbantse Pijl (still always awesome) and, erm, the Arctic Race of Norway (can’t win them all). In the years that have followed, Strade Bianche has undisputedly become a blockbuster day on the calendar.
In an Olympic year, the most awkwardly placed race on the pro calendar gets a little more awkward. This isn’t necessarily a problem; San Sebastián is well-equipped to attract a smorgasbord of riders with fresh legs, tired legs, and quite possibly oh-dear-what-happened-to-my-legs. But do you really want to have thousands of Tour miles in
Even the most cursory of scrolls through social media last month would have revealed the tale of Redditors vs. Hedge Funds, and likely sparked a previously undiscovered curiosity in the stock market. Should we all be trading stocks? If so, which ones? And when? And why? Luckily, the world of pro cycling is a far
The 2010s are over and we’ve been made well aware of the hungry twenty-somethings ready to devour every race for the next ten years. The end of the decade felt timely with a number of big-name riders misfiring over the last few years or, in some cases, coming up short in fascinating cross-generational duals. 2019
It’s time for the fifth annual Just Pro Cycling Pub Quiz, which I do purely for the love of pro cycling and not at all for the wonderful spike in website views. How well do you know the 2019 season? It’s tough this year… There aren’t enough pro cycling quizzes, trivia and games on the
Bad contracts, loss of confidence, terrible luck, or just a mid-career crisis. There’s plenty of reasons why talented riders’ careers stall. Here’s seven riders who used to have the cycling world excited, but now struggle for space on any website. Ruben Fernandez It might be a little harsh to accuse former Vuelta race leader Ruben
They say a picture speaks a thousand words. I say 500 is a more accurate figure. Shortly after this photo was captured, the flag-holding, arm-pumping, Marianne Vos admitted that she had forgotten what it felt like to be the world champion. The Dutch superstar had previously snatched a road world title in 2006 at the age
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