Author name: Mathew Mitchell

My name is Mathew Mitchell, 30-something from Staffordshire, UK. Over the last few years, I've got more and more into cycling, from the first innocent Sportive events to Audaxes, Go-Races, British Cycling racing, Time Trials and now Cyclocross.

Training through a pandemic

Training through a pandemic

Trek-Segafredo Head of Performance Josu Larrazabal outlines the challenges of managing the riders’ physical and psychological conditions over the last months and preparing for an abnormal season. Uncertain times Just like everyone across the world, the Covid-19 pandemic brought unfamiliar feelings of uncertainty. For professional athletes, no one knew when or if competition would resume, …

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Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig jusqu’en 2022

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig jusqu’en 2022

Nous sommes heureux de partager avec vous la prolongation pour les 2 prochaines saisons de Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig au sein de notre équipe ! Malgré un début de saison tronqué, l’équipe et Cecilie ont trouvé un accord pour poursuivre l’aventure pour deux saisons supplémentaires, preuve d’une confiance mutuelle et d’une bonne intégration de notre jeune …

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Men maintain second in V-TdF GC, while women stack top 15 on stage 2

Men maintain second in V-TdF GC, while women stack top 15 on stage 2

The first weekend of the Virtual Tour de France wrapped up with a tough climbing stage that saw the men’s and women’s pelotons spread all over the Epic KOM climb. Krista Doebel-Hickok drove the team home in 11th, after leading a desperate chase attempt to bring back the race leaders who went clear over the …

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Julien Bernard powers to victory in Stage 2 of the Virtual Tour de France

Julien Bernard powers to victory in Stage 2 of the Virtual Tour de France

The French climber takes a dramatic victory from a select group in the mountainous second stage. In a nail-biting finish, Julien Bernard came from behind and sprinted to glory on the mountainous 29.5km second stage of the Virtual Tour de France. The 28-year-old Frenchman rode strongly on the main difficulty of the day, a cat-2 …

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Team earns V-TdF’s first white jersey, sits second on GC

Team earns V-TdF’s first white jersey, sits second on GC

A brilliant performance in the sprint finale on stage 1 of the Virtual Tour de France saw Pier-André Coté snatching second place, putting Rally Cycling into the lead of the white jersey classification for best young rider, as well as securing second in the yellow jersey classification for best overall team.  Not content with having …

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Stage one success at Virtual Tour de France for Canyon SRAM

Stage one success at Virtual Tour de France for Canyon SRAM

We had a successful start to the opening stage of the Virtual Tour de France, raced today on Zwift. The team took the lead in the green jersey sprint classification with Tanja Erath, the white jersey youth classification with Hannah Ludwig, and the team classification. The stage was won by 19 year old April Tacey …

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