Author: cyclical
OVO Energy Women’s Tour – Stage 2 Preview
After Jolien D’Hoore’s sensational return from broken collarbone to the winner’s podium in stage 1, the riders face a route more akin to a European Classic on day 2 of the OVO Energy Women’s T... Read More
OVO Energy Women’s Tour 2018 – Stage 1 Preview
If all goes to plan, the sprinters should have their day on the opening stage of the 2018 OVO Energy Women’s Tour. Then again, things don’t always go to plan on the opening stage: Exhibit ... Read More
OVO Energy Women’s Tour 2018 Preview
One of the biggest, best and richest women’s races on the calendar kicks off again tomorrow – the fifth edition of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour. It’s a race that attracts a stellar cast and hug... Read More
Understaffed, under-resourced, not over there
Anna van der Breggen will not, after all, defend the Amgen Tour of California empowered by SRAM title she won in controversial circumstances last year. Not only that, her Boels-Dolmans team will not e... Read More
Healthy Aging Tour 2018 Preview
It’s very difficult to call this race anything other than its original name, the Energiewacht Tour, even if this is the second year under its rebadging as the Healthy Aging Tour. Run in the Groninge... Read More
Anna van der Breggen Storms Flanders
In the end, it wasn’t even close. Anna Van der Breggen soared to a glorious solo win at the Women’s Tour of Flanders as her checklist of career goals comes ever closer to being filled. The Dutch O... Read More
Tour of Flanders 2018 Preview
Is this the most beautiful race of the year? Probably … a brutal course, iconic climbs, cobbles. Spring is just beginning to win the battle for the freshly-ploughed Belgian soil, while the trees... Read More
Van Dijk Singing In Vlaanderen’s Rain
The only surprise about Ellen Van Dijk powering to a solo victory in a Classic or a semi-Classic like Dwars Door Vlaanderen is that the tactic works so often. The Dutch TT specialist virtually posts a... Read More