Flashback

Flashback to the 2013 Giro della Toscana Femminile rider strike

The 2013 Giro della Toscana Femminile, a race with a reputation for chaos, ended in controversy as safety concerns led to a dramatic stand-off between the riders and organisers,...

Looking back at the last time the women’s peloton raced in the Middle East – the Dubai Women’s Tour 2020

At the time, the Dubai Women's Tour was quite a groundbreaking moment. It would be the first time the UCI women's peloton had raced in the Middle East (although...

Flashback to the 2016 Women’s Tour – Stage 2

Stage 2 of the 2016 Women's Tour took place across Warwickshire and therefore on my local home roads. The stage started in Atherstone in the north of the county...

Flashback to the 2018 La Course by the Tour de France

For the 2018 La Course by the Tour de France, a similar mountainous race was put forward for 2018. The first 3 editions had been run on the same...

Flashback to the 1924 Giro d’Italia

The 1924 Giro d'Italia still holds a unique place in cycling history. Nearly 100 years later, it's the the only time that a woman has raced in the men's...

Flashback to the Mapei 1996 Roubaix 1-2-3 podium finish

After the first Flashback piece of the season back at the Tour Down Under, this one looks at the all Mapei-GB podium of the 1996 Paris-Roubaix. With 86km to...

Flashback to the 1999 Tour de France

The 1999 Tour de France was labelled 'the Tour of Renewal' in reaction to the Festina Affair the year before. The 1999 Tour was supposed to be a new...