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Guide to Understanding Professional Road Cycling: Racing and UCI Rankings

At first glance, the professional cycling calendar can feel overwhelming, packed with dates, locations, and names like the Tour de France, Paris–Roubaix, Strade Bianche, the Dauphiné, and the Vuelta a Burgos. But each race has its own history, significance, and purpose within the season. While it’s not essential to understand… 

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Guide to Understanding Professional Road Cycling: An Introduction

Cycling is one of the toughest, most complex, and most fascinating sports in the world. Behind every stage we watch on television lies a universe of tactics, teams, hierarchies, regulations, sacrifice, and beauty that often goes unnoticed. This series is designed for anyone who wants to understand that world, enjoy… 

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Cycling for beginners: A basic guide to heart rate training

Before power meters became a thing, heart rate training was the main tool for building a solid, strong foundation and improving the cyclist’s performance. And while power meters are becoming increasingly more popular and accessible, heart rate monitors are closing in on them. Here’s a basic, easy guide to get… 

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Bicycle on an indoor bike trainer: care and maintenance basics

Indoor cycling really gained traction during the pandemic. However, it had already been a pretty popular choice, both among pros and amateurs who wanted to keep training despite the bad weather outside and among recreational cyclists as an effective way of exercising at home. The improvement of materials and technology,… 

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Cycling essentials: 15 items every cyclist should take with them

Picture yourself out on a ride, with a huge smile on your face, feeling the wind on your skin, and then… BOOM! You get a flat tire. Now, you’re suddenly stuck somewhere without an inner tube replacement. What if you’re about to pass out from hunger? You have your phone… 

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