A vintage photo of Greg LeMond on a training ride with his Z-Tomasso team in the early ’90s. The guy who rides the scooter is Otto Jacome, he was Greg LeMond’s soigneur during his career.
Category Archives: Races
Complete List of UCI Elite Men Road Race World Champions
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Here’s the complete list of the UCI Elite Men Road Race World Champions. The first professional world championship took place in July 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany, where legendary Italian Alfredo Binda won …
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Santini creates a UCI Worlds 100th anniversary collection
The UCI Road World Championships reaches its 100th anniversary in 2021 and Santini is celebrating the event with a special collection including a men’s and women’s jersey decorated with the names of male and female UCI Road World Champions, plus a Limited-Edition jersey with gold details.
Granfondo Stelvio Santini 2021 Results
In between all cycling lovers of the 9th edition of the Granfondo Stelvio Santini, the top-ranked men and women in each category were crowned Kings and Queens of the Mountain on the basis of their overall time trial results on the Long, Medium, and Short Routes.
A dragonfly hitchhikes on Steven Kruijswijk’s shoulder
During the final Time Trial stage of the Vuelta a España 2021, an interesting scene occurred: a dragonfly hitchhiked on the shoulder of team Jumbo-Visma’s Steven Kruijswijk.
Santini and Vuelta a España 2021: eco-friendly jerseys for the leaders
The 2021 edition of the Vuelta a España plays out between August 14th and September 5th, spanning 21 classic stages spread across Spain. The race starts on August 14th from Burgos Cathedral and finishes on September 5th at Santiago de Compostela. The event gets underway with an 8-kilometer time trial and also ends with a …
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Tour de France Winner Groupsets, Year by Year
Tour de France is the world’s most popular and prestigious bicycle race. Wining “the Tour” is a great victory for cyclists, as well as groupset producers. Here are the Tour de France Winner Groupsets, since 1937, year by year (also the average speeds of each year’s winner).
Astronauts aboard the ISS were watching the Tour de France live
The 2021 edition of the Tour de France was concluded on July 18, Sunday with Slovenian Tadej Pogačar defending his title. At the end of the last stage, Eurosport connected to the International Space Station (ISS) and it turned out astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory were watching the Tour de France live.
Sella Italia, Official Partner of The Maratona dles Dolomites-Enel: 32 Years Of History
Once again this year, Selle Italia will be alongside Maratona dles Dolomites-Enel: the Treviso-based company is ready at the starting line of one of the most loved and popular marathons, to celebrate 32 years of collaboration.
How many calories do riders burn during the Tour de France?
Imagine you begin pedaling from the start of Stage 17 of this year’s Tour de France. First, you would bike approximately 70 miles (112 km) with a gradual increase in elevation of around 1,300 feet (400 m). But you’ve yet to hit the fun part: the Hautes-Pyrénées mountains. Over the next 40 miles (64 km) …
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