Pelissier

Il Lombardia is cycling’s great autumn Classic, a race shaped by the lakes, climbs and descending roads of northern Italy and by more than...

French cycling and the Tour de France are almost impossible to separate. The race began as a French newspaper project in 1903, travelled first...

Paris-Roubaix has always stood apart. Even in a sport built on hardship, it developed into something more severe, more elemental and more mythic than...

The 'Hell of the North' is one of cycling oldest still active race - the first edition taking place in 1896. The owners of Roubaix's new velodrome were looking for ways to increase business so began the race with Paris newspaper Le Vélo.