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2025 Men’s and Women´s Pro Cycling Calendar
The 2025 cycling calendar will be quite unchanged, with slight modifications before the restructuring planned for 2026. The…
Gewiss Ballan in Euskal Bizikleta 1995: the Unbreakable Performance
With the Tour of the Basque Country taking place at the beginning of April, why not look back…
Arkéa and Astana fall deep into the relegation zone, as Decathlon fly away | February UCI Ranking Analysis
Life goes on as usual in 2024, with Visma sweeping the opening weekend and UAE dominating other races…
The Top 10 Climbing Performances of 2023
With the 2023 season behind us, it is once again time to rank the best of the best - the top 10 climbing performances of the year. The climbing level this season was so exceptionally high, that performances that would have cracked the Top 10 in each of the last 20 years had to be left out (they will be listed as honourable mentions). This is mostly thanks to a certain Dane, who had what might be the most dominant climbing season we have ever seen.
Winners and Losers of the Tour de France 2023 First Week
We have seen one of the most explosive and entertaining starts to a Tour de France in recent years, thanks to a difficult parcours and a brilliant general classification duel. Vingegaard and Pogačar are in a league of their own in the mountains, but each of the teams and riders have a lot of pressure to perform in the most important race of the year, even if it is not for the ultimate victory. In this article we will take a look at who is getting the most out of their riders at the once a year opportunity the Tour provides.
The Giro Rewards Breakaways with Israel Securing 2024 Wildcards | UCI May Ranking Analysis
This Giro d'Italia has been the first Grand Tour after the change in the scoring system, which has increased the amount of UCI points distributed in Giro, Tour and Vuelta. While the podium was once again occupied by the three big teams (Jumbo, Ineos and UAE), other modest teams such as Jayco and Israel made the most of the race, benefitting from several successful breakaways. The points won by Israel are particularly important, as it gives them an almost unassailable lead of 2500 points over TotalEnergies in the fight for the 2024 WorldTour wildcards.
The Climbs of Il Giro d’Italia 2023
Once again, the Giro d'Italia has presented a spectacular 2023 route with the hardest mountain stages in pro cycling. However recent history cautions cycling fans to lift their hopes too much, and it remains to be seen how many of them will actually take place. Next to the six mountain stages (three of them in the third week ), the parcours also features an extremely difficult mountain time trial to Monte Lussari and another two, mostly flat, time trials, which are 20km and 34km long respectively.
EF Education-Easypost Prosper as Jayco-Alula Struggle Again | UCI April Ranking Analysis
The season of classics and one-week races has been dominated by a few players, as 19 out of 21 WorldTour races (90.5%) have been won by Jumbo, UAE, Alpecin or QuickStep. Despite this, teams such as Trek or EF Education-Easypost have surprised positively, while others such as Jayco-Alula and, above all, Astana continue to struggle to get results. In this article, we will analyse the teams' main sources of points and how their performance has changed compared to last season.
Jumbo and UAE in a league of their Own whilst Astana Crumble | UCI March Ranking Analysis
The WorldTour calendar kicked off in earnest this March with all the stars of cycling appearing in races. This leaves a ranking that is much more representative of the strengths of the various teams compared to this time in February, with a few standout teams both positively and negatively. In addition, we will address the consequences of the new UCI regulations for Grand Tour wildcards, which give greater importance to sporting merit.
How Clean is Cycling? Analysing the Anti-Doping Fight
The sport of cycling has unfortunately been marred by doping throughout its history, both the acts itself and the speculation surrounding its prevalence in the peloton. But how does cycling stack up against other sports?