With the UCI Cyclocross Worlds arriving in Fayetteville, Arkansas on the near horizon—they’re happening January 28-30, 2022—it seems like a moment to discuss the anti-trans legislation that the state enacted in the spring of 2021. […]
The Olympics is a monster. Part of me wishes it can be killed off. There are so many reasons to dislike the Olympics. I’ll start with the smaller-bore problems. I don’t like listening to athletes […]
The pandemic caused all sorts of realignments, many messy, life altering, and profound. The bike racing world was hit as well. In March 2020, racers were either on the verge of starting their racing seasons, […]
This originally appeared in 1994, after riding the Iditasport in February, 1993. I’m posting it now to honor the event, set to take place this weekend, but was cancelled due to the pandemic. It’s expected […]
The final kilometers of the men’s and women’s 2020 UCI World Road Championships in Isola, Italy were thrilling. The helicopter shots of Alaphilippe and van der Breggen and the chasers racing full-throttle along the ridge […]
For seven of the past eight years, Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan made winning the Tour de France Green Jersey look easy. (In 2016, he was set to make it look easy until he was wrongly disqualified […]
Two former Tour de France champions were taken off their team roster this week. Four-time champ Chris Froome was seen as not good enough to ride for his team. Same goes for 2018 winner Geraint […]
An earth-shattering rumble was heard in Europe last week, as the Everesting record was shattered by a relative unknown, taken by 23 minutes, and an up-and-coming star stormed to a comfortable solo victory at Strade […]
Racing must continue. In 2020, not 2021. The sooner the better. For everyone’s sake. I’m not just writing that as an addict, as someone who has written a book on the Tour de France, but […]
It’s a relief that Tejay van Garderen didn’t win the 2019 Tour of California. This isn’t aimed at him, but at the fact that the UCI race commissaires issued a terrible decision on the fourth […]
