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Lost Boys: Poland’s forgotten track talents and their tragic end
Imagine a generation of riders gone before their prime, just wiped out in an instant — a fiery, tragic instant. That’s what happened to a...

What I’ve Learned: Sean Kelly
A tough, driven, gritty competitor, Sean Kelly is one of the most successful riders in the history of professional cycling. He topped the...

Doping for a documentary: An interview with Icarus director Bryan Fogel
For the documentary Icarus — which won the first-ever Orwell Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in January, and was released on Net...

Fatherhood and cycling: How to keep riding once you have kids
Becoming a father for the first time is an undoubtedly life-altering experience. Most that have been there will tell you it’s the proudes...

Analysis: Is a pro cycling sponsorship worth the cost?
A casual Tour de France viewer might assume that a team contending for an overall victory in the sport’s biggest race would have multiple...

Commentary: When it comes to equipment, it's time to bid adieu to 'gentleman’s rules' in stage racing
Road racing is a sport steeped in tradition, and nowhere is that more evident than at the Tour de France, with its plethora of rules — wr...

What I’ve learned: Cadel Evans
Cadel Evans is arguably the best, and most versatile, Australian cyclist of all time. He started out as a mountain-bike racer, winning th...

Rewind: Punch-up in Paris leads to bizarre Tour de France disqualification
Countless riders have been disqualified from bike races over the years, but previous few have exited the race in such a bizarre way as Je...

Odd man out? Elia Viviani is a world-class sprinter on a Team Sky built for Grand Tour contenders
As the biggest event in professional cycling, the Tour de France draws the best riders in the sport — a peloton made of classics winners,...

Remembering Super Prestige Pernod, the season-long battle for title of best rider in the world
Perfection, in the game of Jenga, where you pile brick upon brick to build a tower, comes just before the final brick is added. The diffi...

200 bikes and a lot of cash: What it costs a bike brand to sponsor a WorldTour team
Paolo (not his real name) is a mid-level foot soldier within the management of a UCI WorldTour team. He has been working inside the pro p...

Travis McCabe: The most successful American not racing on the WorldTour
A year ago, the lead to this story would have been simpler: Travis McCabe is the best American rider who is not racing at the WorldTour l...