Pro women cyclists don’t get the respect they deserve. These elite athletes, competing at the pinnacle of sport in races such as the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, are unbelievably talented. Ollie goes head-to-head in a race up the Alpe du Zwift against a virtual version of top climber Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio to find out just how blisteringly fast these pros really are!
The Tour de France is the pinnacle of road cycling, a grueling 3-week-long stage race where the best of the best riders cover 3,404KM to finish in Paris. It’s the biggest sporting event in the world, BUT what about the bikes they race on, how much do they cost? We are going to RANK the bikes from the 2023 edition of Le Tour from cheapest to most expensive!
Italy will host the start of the Tour de France for the first time in 2024.
Race organisers confirmed on Wednesday that the “grand dpart” will take place on June 29 from Florence to Rimini to mark 100 years since Ottavio Bottecchia became the first Italian rider to win the Tour.
Italy will host the first three stages of the 2024 race, which will end on July 21 in Nice instead of Paris because of the Olympic Games. It will be the first time since 1905 that the finish is not the French capital.
The start was brought forward by one week, a customary change during an Olympic year.
Climbing is one of the top things us cyclists would rather we were better at, and seeing the pros make it look so easy at the Tour de France got us thinking about our top tips we can all do to make climbing that little bit easier for us mere mortals. Hank and Manon are in Saalbach to give you their climbing advice!
The Tour de France is well underway, but before it started Si headed out to Copenhagen in Denmark to spy out the hottest new bike tech the pros are using including massive chainrings, gold cassettes and chains (fist bump) and unreleased prototype bikes!
