Report: How to improve your cycling betting skills?
By @EchelonsHub As with any sport, cycling has a small section of fans who are into betting. Regardless of whether you’re with it or against it it’s a part of sport, and whilst the attention is mostly given to the risks – with good reason – and failures that come from it, I am exploring stories…
Interview: Johan Jacobs: “In 2022 people can expect a better, stronger version of myself”
By @EchelonsHub Having signed his second 2-year contract at Movistar Johan Jacobs is slowly moving up the ranks in the peloton and is consistently solidifying his role in the Spanish team despite the multiple obstacles put in his way in his first experiences at the highest level.
Interview: Jens Dekker, the retired young promise who challenged Van der Poel and Pidcock
By @EchelonsHub It’s the 1st of November of 2019. As every year, this is a date to mark on the calendar for cyclocross fans as the mythical Koppenbergcross is on the menu, one of the hardest and most iconic tracks in the circuit.
Etoile de Bessèges 2021 – Stage 2 Preview
By David Hunter Saint-Geniès > La Calmette 154km The second stage looks like a straightforward affair, we should get our first big sprint of the season. There are a couple of climbs along the way, but nothing to worry the peloton. The last little kicker is 800m at 4%, and it crests with around 9km…
Riders to watch in 2021 – Sarah Gigante
By David Hunter Sarah Gigante burst onto the cycling scene at the start of 2019, when she sensationally won the Aussie road race at the tender age of 19. Before that point, most outside of her native Australia hadn’t really heard of her, but all that changed one sunny day in Buninyong, where she defeated the…
Riders to watch in 2021 – Ben O’Connor
By David Hunter “Knowing you could win each day is just so bloody exciting, no?!” Every so often you get a rider who enjoys a purple patch during a grand tour, when it seems inevitable that they’ll win stages. You know what I’m talking about, a breakaway rider who is so far ahead of the others…
Riders to watch in 2021 – Keegan Swirbul
By David Hunter Without doubt, Keegan Swirbul is one of the most interesting characters I’ve come across. His story is unique, almost unbelievable at times, and one that has many chapters still to write. A cyclist who has mainly ridden in America, he might need a little introducing to some. He hails from Colorado and started…
Interview – Riders to watch in 2021: Quinn Simmons
By David Hunter Come on without, come on within, you’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn. Manfred Mann knew what he was talking about. You see, there’s a kid who’s just 19 years old, but he’s already had a season at world tour level and he’s ready for another. Quinn Simmons destroyed everyone in his…