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 rider data was available. Once the pros started doing races on Zwift, you could see their FTP on the Zwiftpower site. Not only their FTP but …
Every year there are riders who don’t quite deliver to high expectations, often due to injury, but they come back stronger the following year. 2020 was a strange season with the Covid lockdowns but there were a number of riders who came through the experience with strong results. No doubt due to being able to …
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The Established Names Mikayla Harvey It’s been a bit of a tough follow-up season for Harvey. Changing teams, with a new pecking order, has seen chances limited for the young Kiwi. There have been some good results, like 5th in GC at the Tour de Suisse and top-10s dotted around. However, with Kasia Niewiadoma taking …
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The Ladies Tour of Norway is back in 2021 after being another major race to suffer a forced COVID postponement in 2020. The undoubted queen of the race is Marianne Vos who has won the last 3 editions in a row, although it feels like a 4th victory will be tough. Stage 3’s climb to …
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The women’s Tour de Suisse is new for 2021, here are 5 riders to keep an eye on throughout the race. A couple might be in the hunt for the GC, whereas others will be more focused on a stage win. The women’s Tour de Suisse takes place on Saturday 5th June and Sunday 6th …
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The Vuelta a Burgos has risen quickly in its race level in recent years. The race has a history of being one of the major Spanish domestic level races but became a UCI race for the first time in 2019. That year it was a 2.1 level race and was set to be boosted to …
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The Festival Elsy Jacobs is the first race to take place after the Spring Classics part of the season has come to a close. This race is a homage to Luxembourger Elsy Jacobs, the first-ever women’s world road race champion. The second stage is hosted by her own town of Garnich and the country is …
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Fleche Wallonne sees the riders take on the Mur de Huy once more. A climb that’s so steep and hard the race is almost always decided on the last ascent of its slopes. The race has been utterly dominated by Anna van der Breggen in recent times, who is on a run of 6 straight …
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The women’s Amstel Gold Race returns after a year off due to COVID-19. The race this year is heavily altered due to the pandemic but at least it gets to take place. The Cauberg remains, however many climbs have fallen by the wayside. The organisers have created a local loop that the women’s peloton will …
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The women’s Brabantse Pijl sees the Spring Classics move eastwards. The Flandrian part of the calendar is over and we’re only a few days away from seeing racing in the Ardennes region of Belgium and the Netherlands. The race begins at Lennik in Flemish Brabant before heading south, skirting around the bottom of Brussels. It …
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