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Women's Cycling
A brief history of the Simac Ladies Tour
For almost three decades, the Simac Ladies Tour developed into the Netherlands' leading women's stage race, growing from a relatively modest national event into...
Men's Cycling
Tour de France 2026 in historical context
The Tour de France 2026 will be remembered first for Tadej Pogačar winning a fifth yellow jersey, but reducing the race to that one...
Men's Cycling
Discovery Channel team history: the uneasy second act after US Postal
Discovery Channel arrived in professional cycling as a new title sponsor, but almost nothing about the team itself was new.
The blue and black kit...
Men's Cycling
A brief history of Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa
The Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa is one of those races that explains itself through the road.
It is not a Monument, but it often feels...
Men's Cycling
The greatest Tour de France winners
The Tour de France has never been a simple test of who can climb fastest or time trial hardest. It rewards dominance, but it...
Men's Cycling
A history of Alpe d’Huez at the Tour de France
Alpe d’Huez is not the longest climb in the Tour de France. It is not always the hardest. It is not even used every...
Men's Cycling
US Postal team history: dominance, myth-making and the cost of an era
The US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team became one of the most recognisable teams in cycling history because it seemed to represent a new...
Men's Cycling
7-Eleven team history: how an American squad forced its way into Europe’s biggest races
7-Eleven did not arrive in European cycling quietly. It arrived brightly, awkwardly, ambitiously and unmistakably American. The kit looked like a convenience-store sign had...
Men's Cycling
A brief history of Tour Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes
Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes is a new name for one of cycling’s oldest and most revealing stage races. Before its 2026 rebrand, the race...
Men's Cycling
Men’s Santos Tour Down Under history: from 1999 to the present day
The men’s Santos Tour Down Under is not just “the first stage race of the season”. It is its own sporting ecosystem: January heat,...
Pro Cycling
Alpe d’Huez: why the Tour still fears the 21 bends and its history
Alpe d’Huez has never needed to be the steepest climb in the Tour de France to feel like the hardest. It simply has to...
Pro Cycling
Height Comparison of Top American Cyclists and Their Achievements
Professional cycling thrives on a spectrum of body types, where height and build shape an athlete’s tactical role within the peloton. Every centimetre matters,...
