Racing Recap: 1-14 April 2023
A run-down of all the action from men's and women's road racing from 1-14 April 2023
Katy Madgwick
Writing about cycling - the stories, the facts, the opinions, the interviews, the silly poems, the movie comparisons. You name it, if it's about bike racing, I'm stringing sentences together about it.
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RACE-OFF: 2023 Cobbled Classics Edition
Images: Justin Britton I’d like to welcome you to a new occasional feature, which will pit a group of writers from the team against one another as they argue over which race was the best within a given category. Over the course of the season we will have SERIOUS...
A Roll of the Cobblestone: Paris-Roubaix 2023 in review
Race recap and reflection on the men's 2023 edition of Paris-Roubaix
Femmes in Hell: the least expected day
Images: Justin Britton It’s sometimes hard to believe that Paris-Roubaix Femmes is just three years old. The racing is so epic and the stories it produces so many and varied that each edition of the race feels like several days’ worth of action. The first two editions saw victories...
Blow by Blow: the beauty and brutality written on the cobbles
De Ronde van Vlaanderen is perhaps more than any other Monument a race that is connected to its location via the heart of the people. While of course the inhabitants of every iconic race step out onto their doorsteps with pride, there’s just something about Flanders – the history, the...
To the sun, two the seas: a week of two races
There’s something about this week, every year, in cycling that makes me shiver. The thrill of opening weekend has subsided and the adrenaline rush of the major classics is yet to come. It’s too soon to give any real credence to the relative form of riders and yet...