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Grading the team performances at the 2023 Tour de France Femmes

The 2023 Tour de France Femmes is now done and in the record books. Demi Vollering took her first victory after dominating the upper slopes of the Tourmalet and...

Lorena Wiebes wins Stage 3 of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes

Lorena Wiebes emerged as the winner of the third stage of the Tour de France, outpacing Marianne Vos in a mass sprint. This came after Julie Van de Velde...

Liane Lippert retains German road race title

Liane Lippert has once again become the German road champion, just as she did last year. The Movistar cyclist managed to break away on her own from a small...

Wiebes beats the break in closing metres to win Stage 3 of Vuelta Burgos

Lorena Wiebes has won the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas to go with her win on the opening stage. Wiebes was the quickest in a chase...

EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 2023 Roster Preview

2022 Season Summary It was a solid start to the 2022 season with a few top-10s dotted here and there during the classics period. As April turned into May though,...

Thüringen Ladies Tour 2022 Race Preview

The Thüringen Ladies Tour has a long history in women's cycling. First run in 1986, the race was one of the key races on the eastern side of the iron curtain. With the Peace Race a major event for male cyclists (and told well by Dieter Wiedemann in his book) the Thüringen Ladies Tour tried to emulate that for women.

Pro Cyclist FTPs 2022

During Covid lockdown in 2020, I wondered what FTPs pro cyclists were putting out. With everyone stuck indoors, Zwift became super popular and a whole new way to check...

EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 2022 Roster Preview

2021 Season Summary Kristen Faulkner became the focal point of the team in 2021. She took a series of strong results during the spring classics peaking with 4th at GP...

What does a pro cyclist FTP look like?

What is FTP cycling? FTP is the acronym for Functional Threshold Power. In theory this is the max power that you can sustain for an hour's riding. Once you know...