Climbing speeds at the Tour de France are higher than ever with Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar putting out mind-boggling numbers on the climbs. Has 7W/kg become the new 6W/kg? Si and Conor discuss why they are so fast! We also look at other news from the world of cycling and a whole lot more!
From new bikes, flash paint jobs and hidden shifters the Tour de France is the pinnacle of bike tech. We have Si on the ground to bring you the best and brightest tech from the biggest race of the year, including Israel-PremierTech’s unreleased Factor 02 VAM, Tadej Pogačar’s blinged-out Colnago V4Rs and reigning champ Jonas Vingegaard’s 1x Cervélo S5!
From CyclingWeekly.com
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Now showing in theaters nationwide, the new Greg LeMond feature film is so much more than another Tour de France documentary
If the Netflix series “Unchained” doesn’t rapt American audiences, perhaps the new Greg LeMond feature film will connect them to cycling in a new way.
Premiering today in theaters across the country, “The Last Rider” is a feature-length documentary that chronicles Greg LeMond’s rock bottom year and his legendary comeback at the nail-biting 1989 Tour de France.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Alex Holmes, the race almost serves as a backdrop. Instead, viewers are offered an intimate portrait of one of America’s greatest athletes of all time as he maneuvres betrayal, childhood sexual abuse, getting shot, and coming back from the brink of death to face his rivals and win the Tour de France by just eight seconds — the closest winning margin in the race’s history till this day.
The film features never-before-seen footage from the 1989 race as well exclusive interviews with LeMond himself, his former coach Cyrille Guimard and his wife Kathy, whom LeMond credits for his success.
The 2023 road racing season is just around the corner. With mouthwatering battles in the spring classics, an inevitable Vingegaard vs Pogačar rematch at the Tour de France, Annemiek van Vleuten’s final season as a pro rider, and much much more on the menu, we are all set for a cracking 2023 season! Here are the reasons why you won’t want to miss it!
From Cyclingnews.com
There were gasps from the audience in the Palais des Congrès in Paris when the men’s 2023 Tour de France route was unveiled and the severity of the course was confirmed.
The 110th edition of cycling’s biggest race includes just a single 22km hilly time trial in the Alps and mountain stages in all five of France’s mountain ranges on the road between the Grand Départ in the Basque Country and the finish in Paris.
Race director Christian Prudhomme openly admitted that the 2023 Tour route was for the climbers as he revealed the multiple mountain top finishes and steep roads.
The very limited amount of time trialling and preponderance of mountains no doubt pleased French riders Thibaut Pinot, David Gaudu and Romain Bardet. However, Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglič and Geraint Thomas are more likely to target the Giro d’Italia, which has three times the amount of time trialling and arguably fewer mountains.
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