Cycling’s New Arms Race: Why the Sport Is Faster, Younger and More Ruthless Than Ever
Professional road cycling is not just getting quicker. It is transforming at a pace that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago. Speeds are rising, the talent pool is deeper than ever and the entire landscape of the sport has shifted. After covering more than thirty five Grand Tours including twenty five Tours de France, I can say this with confidence. The last ten years have changed cycling more than the previous thirty. The numbers tell the story. The first Tour de F
The Day the Stars Aligned: Allan Peiper, Tadej Pogacar and the Ride That Changed Everything
The 2020 Tour de France will always be remembered as the Tour that refused to follow the script. It was the pandemic edition, the one with masked crowds, empty mountain roads and a peloton living inside a bubble of uncertainty. It was a Tour where every stage felt fragile, where the race could have been shut down at any moment. And yet, out of all that tension came one of the most astonishing final weekends the sport has ever seen. Primoz Roglic had worn the yellow jersey for
Tina Arena’s Champs Élysées Serenade: The Anthem, The Aussie Win, and the Shot I Had to Take
Cadel Evans had finally done it. After years of near misses, heartbreaks, crashes and sheer stubborn resilience, he became the first Australian to win the Tour de France. Paris felt different that day. There was a quiet hum running through the Australian contingent, a mix of disbelief, pride and the sense that we were witnessing something that would be replayed for decades. And then Tina Arena stepped onto the Champs Élysées to sing Advance Australia Fair. It was the cherry o
