AntBanter! Fantasy lessons to be learned
Not so long ago, I was holding out for the onset of some hors categorie climbs to breathe new life into my ailing Fantasy Tour de France team. I should have known better than to think that my downward...
View ArticleAntBanter! March Rider of the Month
For saying March is a month that carries the optimism of spring, we cycling fans seem to like it brutal and gritty don’t we? There may not have been any ice-encrusted riders this year, but we had the...
View ArticleAmstel Gold preview
Now that the cobbles have taken their toll on the peloton, it’s time for Ardennes week where the climbs will kick butt. It all starts on Sunday with the 49th edition of the climb-tastic Amstel Gold....
View ArticleFleche Wallonne preview
After Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, the Ardennes classics continue with the 78th running of the ‘Walloon Arrow’, Flèche Wallonne. Can Philippe Gilbert make it three wins in the space of a week? The...
View ArticleAntBanter! April Rider of the Month
We’re already a few days into May but still reeling from the thrills and spills of April’s racing and facing the difficult task of confirming our April Rider of the Month. After much debate and...
View ArticleVuelta a Espana 2016: Stage 2- Meersman wins, Kwiatkowski in red
Stage two and a rare opportunity for the sprinters. Quickest of the bunch in a frantic, crash-disrupted finale was Gianni Meersman, who once launched from his Etixx-Quick Step train never looked like...
View ArticleMilan-San Remo 2017: Kwiatkowski takes the photofinish
It’s the first of the five Monuments and if this is anything to go by, we are going to be in for a hell of a year. Known as the sprinter’s Monument, Milan-San Remo is 260km of wearing down (riders and...
View ArticleFinal KM: Clasica San Sebastian and Tour of Poland Stage 1
A week after the Tour de France and WorldTour racing is back with a BANG! Let’s give it whirl in Spain and Poland. Clasica San Sebastian Team Sky made all the plays in the finale and Michal Kwiatkowski...
View ArticleVeloVoices Awards 2017: Best Men’s Race Finish
We had a lot of photofinishes this year – and some amazing solo wins – and everything in between. Here are our picks of the best finishes in the men’s pro peloton. Vote now! Previous winners: 2015 –...
View ArticleFinal KM: Stage 2, Vuelta a Andalucia, Volta ao Algarve
Spicy, fizzy and feisty GC action as Team Sky double down. Vuelta a Andalucia St 2, Otura to La Guardia de Jaén, 140km The first summit finish produced a GC ding dong with more spice than a dish of...
View ArticleFinal KM: Paris-Nice Stage 8, Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 5, Ronde Van Drenthe
It’s a wrap for Paris-Nice, a moving day at Tirreno-Adriatico and a hard fought 2nd race in Women’s WorldTour schedule. Oh, and rain – lots of it. Paris-Nice Stage 8: Nice to Nice, 110km A short, sharp...
View ArticleFinal KM: Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 6
Last chance for the sprinters in the Race of the Two Seas. Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 6: Numana to Fano, 153km It was fast, chaotic and ended in victory number two for Marcel Kittel and his...
View ArticleTour Moments of Joy: Stage 13 – Kwiat crushes on Grand Colombier
Michal Kwiatkowski (INEOS – Grenadiers ) took a magical solo victory on stage 13 of the Tour de France. Riding away from his breakaway companions with 11km of climbing on Le Grand Colombier still to...
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