The 2024 Tour de France Femmes route has been announced and is set to be the toughest and most exciting parcours for the race to date.
The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes is unlike anything we’ve seen in the previous two. With many new and unique features to the 2024 route, it is certain to have cycling fans on the edge of their seats throughout
Cycling enthusiasts know that the annual Tour de France is about much more than the competitors battling it out across a grueling 3,500 kilometers.
In the midst of this epic athletic event, another breed of competitor emerges: the Tour de France superfans.
The Haute Route Alps is fast making a name for itself as the most challenging amateur cycling race in the world.
The Haute Route Series feature 3, 5, and 7-day cycling events, which will bring a tear to the eye of most seasoned riders.
Eleven years since they began, these multi-day stage races have it all; monumental mountains, famous climbs, and fellow riders from all over the world.
Since its release in 2014, Zwift has revolutionized indoor training on your bike during the off-season with its virtual world. Zwift is an online cycling app or platform that enables cyclists to ride, train, and race in a virtual cycling world known in the Zwift universe as Watopia. Particularly if you have a smart trainer, … Read more
Greg LeMond won the yellow jersey in the 1989 Tour de France – the closest and arguably most fiercely fought Tour in history – by a margin of just 8 seconds.
Often regarded as the greatest edition in the race’s history, the 1989 Tour de France winner was decided in its final moments in dramatic scenes never matched before or since.
A switchback is a sharp 180-degree hairpin turn cut into the side of a steep hill or mountain to make it rideable. They reduce the gradient by zig-zagging up the slope rather than going straight up — turning a 20% wall into a more manageable 6–9% climb. Famous switchback climbs include Alpe d’Huez (21 turns) … Read more
Conquering Alpe d’Huez is often top on the bucket list of anyone who has fallen in love with cycling. After Fausto Coppi won the first Tour de France stage to summit the fearsome climb in 1952, the snaking mountain road immediately established its legendary status. Alpe d’Huez is infamous for its 21 brutal but beautiful hairpins, each equipped with … Read more
Marco Pantani (1970–2004) was the last cyclist to win both the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia in the same year (1998). Nicknamed “Il Pirata” for his bandana and earrings, he was one of the greatest pure climbers in cycling history — his 1997 Alpe d’Huez ascent in 37’35” stood as the record until 2024. … Read more