INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA - SEPTEMBER 25: Podium / Anna Van Der Breggen of The Netherlands Silver Medal / Annemiek Van Vleuten of The Netherlands Gold Medal / Ellen Van Dijk of The Netherlands Bronze Medal / Celebration / during the Women Elite Individual Time Trial a 27,8km race from Wattens to Innsbruck 582m at the 91st UCI Road World Championships 2018 / ITT / RWC / on September 25, 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)In June 1667 the Dutch Navy launched an audacious attack on British warships moored off the Kent coast. Having taken the town of Sheerness, they bombarded Chatham and Gillingham before capturing HMS Royal Charles, the British flagship. Next week eight Dutchwomen could mount...
LANGNAU IN EMMENTAL, SWITZERLAND - JUNE 15: Geraint Thomas of United Kingdom and Team INEOS / during the 83rd Tour of Switzerland, Stage 1 a 9,5km Individual Time Trial from Langnau im Emmental to Langnau im Emmental / ITT / TDS / @tds / #tourdesuisse / on June 15, 2019 in Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. (Photo by Heinz Zwicky/Getty Images)It is half past four in the afternoon, but Geraint Thomas sounds like he’s just woken up when he answers the call from Cycling Weekly. “Sorry, I forgot you were going to ring,” he says. “I’d dropped off for a bit. I’ve not long been home after travelling back from the Tour of Germany, and […]
Can Peter Sagan reclaim the rainbow jersey? (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA)We are just over a week away from crowning a new world champion in Yorkshire, and the excitement is ramping up.