2021 Amstel: A Grudge Match Sprint (Written)

“The three went away, and Brabantse Pijl déjà vu flashed in all of our minds. Instead of Trentin, it was Schachmann today who had to play the third—sorry, fifth and sixth—wheel for a grudge match between the cyclocross rivals.”

THE GREATEST RACE OF TRUTH

TDF 2020, Stage 20 Lure – La Planche des Belles Filles ITT 36 km. THE GREATEST TIME-TRIAL RIDE IN THE HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE WAS PRODUCED TODAY as major GC shifts take place on the La Planche des Belles Filles penultimate day Time Trial

JUMBO-VISMA REACHES THE SUMMIT ON THE GRAND COLOMBIER

TDF 2020, Stage 15 Lyon – Grand Colombier 174.5 km. Jumbo-Visma dominate up Grand Colombier, Bernal and Quintana lose minutes, but Pogacar still wins stage in a sprint.

THE CARNAGE CAM AND A CHAOTIC FINALE ON THE PEYRESOURDE

TDF 2020, Stage 8. Nan Peters wins from the break. GC battle on the Peyresourde sees Pogacar take back time while Pinot, Alaphilippe lose big.

A CHANGING OF THE GUARD ON ORCIERES-MERLETTE?

As in 1971 on the same climb, a giant was upset. Is this the first lethal blow dealt or is it too early to proclaim a changing of the guard?