Classic climbsvallter 2000

In the closing years of the last millennium, Vuelta a España director Enrique Franco was searching for a spectacle to help his race compete with its more famous French and Italian rivals. He believed

For one morning each April, the birds of Mallorca have to swallow an annual dose of their own medicine. At an ungodly hour, for once it’s them being woken against their will by thousands of freehubs b

The speed, power and excitement of the 2025 Tour is spelled out by the drama of its data

Thirty-six years after Superbagnères played a starring role in the iconic 1989 Tour, the legendary climb is back. Peter Cossins takes it on

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

‘What a fantastic climb that the Tour de France has decided to include this year. Les Montvernier, 17 corners, it took no less than six years to build. They started building it in 1928 and finished it