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.
Paris Tours 2021 – Preview
By David Hunter Chartres > Tours 213km As the cycling season starts to draw to a close, it’s time for the 115th edition of Paris-Tours. The organisers have stuck with much the same route as previous years, that means we have nine sectors of gravel in the last 50km of the race, the sectors add up to…
Il Lombardia 2021 – Preview
By David Hunter Como > Bergamo 239.3km It’s time for the final monument of the year, and we’re in for a treat. The race finishes in Bergamo for the first time since 2016, a move that has a massive impact on the race. We have 4400m of climbing, that’s an awful lot at this time of…
Paris Roubaix 2021 – Preview
By David Hunter Compiègne > Roubaix 257.5km Paris-Roubaix in October? Yes please! We’d normally be winding down for the year, but with two monuments to be won in October, this period is perfect for those riders who go well at the end of the year. The big question is who has carefully managed their resources to…
Giro dell’Emilia 2021 – Preview
By David Hunter Casalecchio De Reno > San Luca 194.5km The end of the season is fast approaching, that means our usual series of one-day races in Italy. First up, the beautiful Giro dell’Emilia, and this year it’s harder than usual. The organisers have decided to insert a rather tasty looking climb before the usual lap…
World Championships 2021 – Men’s Road Race
By David Hunter Antwerpen > Leuven 268.5km When I first looked at the route, I thought it was relatively easy, then I compared it to the Tour of Flanders, and was surprised to see that it has 80m more climbing. Is it really harder than Flanders? As we don’t have the cobbles of the Oude Kwaremont…