Coppi

Il Lombardia is the final Monument of the men’s road season and one of cycling’s most distinctive one-day races. The Italian Classic is built...

The 21 hairpins of Alpe d’Huez form the most recognisable countdown in professional cycling. The bends begin with hairpin 21 at the bottom of the...

Alpe d’Huez is neither the longest nor consistently the steepest climb used by the Tour de France, but no summit finish has produced a...

The Tour de France has always been shaped in the mountains. The yellow jersey can be won in time trials, defended on flat roads...

The Tour de France has never been a simple test of who can climb fastest or time trial hardest. It rewards dominance, but it...

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...

The Giro d'Italia has always felt slightly different from the other Grand Tours. It has the prestige and scale of one of cycling’s defining...

Milano-Sanremo has always occupied a slightly unusual place in cycling. It is one of the sport’s great Monuments, but it does not behave like the...

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...

The Puy de Dôme has always been more than just a climb in the Tour de France. Over the years, this volcanic peak in...

The World Championships is the pinnacle one-day race of the cycling calendar. The list of winners contains so many iconic cyclists over the decades.

La Classicicissima is another old old bike race, starting up in 1907 (and an amateur 2-day version in 1906). The soon to be 2-time Tour de France winner Lucien Petit-Breton won the first race. The 1920s were dominated by Costante Girardengo who won the race 6 times and had 5 further podium places. The Italian dominance continued into the 1940s with heavyweights like Alfredo Binda, Gino Bartali & Fausto Coppi all winning the race.