PILOT FISH PRESENTS: The Olympic Games Road Race
The first in a new series guiding new, casual or curious cycling fans through the intricacies of the sport, this preview post takes a closer look at the Olympic Games road race.
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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