A look at the budget and accounts for the Lotto-Soudal team. While other squads have seen budgets soar over the years, this one’s not kept up. The team has been a World Tour stalwart but it faces headwinds if it wants to remain one.
2022 Pro Cycling Calendar
Happy New Year. Here’s the pro cycling calendar for 2022, free to download for your diary or phone. It’s packed with racing and probably a lot more user-friendly than the revamped UCI website so if you’ve got a season to plan, want to visit a race or just need to schedule sofa time, here it is…
How Did The Neo-Pros To Watch For 2021 Do?
The final review of the year, a chance to see how the ten neo-pros picked for 2021 fared.
In past years you’d look at a neo-pro attacking in a mountain stage of the Dauphiné and applaud the progress and potential, likewise if they finished a grand tour with enough energy to make the breakaway in the third week, these were often clues they’d go onto big things in later years. Now performances by the likes of Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel have blown expectations out of the water. Amid the ten below there’s a mix of instant success and quiet progress.
The Christmas Quiz Answers
Here are the answers to the Christmas Quiz questions. As usual there’s the answers and some opinion and comment added on.
How Did The Riders To Watch For 2021 Do?
At the start of the season some riders were picked to keep an eye on for the season. How did they do?
Christmas Quiz
Headache? Could be too much to drink, could be the virus, or it could be this quiz. As ever there’s a mix of fun and fiendish questions, and if you’re left scratching your head, don’t worry. Nobody can know all the answers and some questions should make Google DNF… so wait for the answers next week which might be more interesting that the questions.
The 2022 Points Race
One big issue for half the men’s World Tour teams in 2022 is going to be winning UCI ranking points. Several squads are locked in a relegation contest with their World Tour status at stake, possibly their survival. It could even affect race tactics.
Highlights of 2021 – Part IV
The fourth pick of the season. This time it’s the Olympics and Anna Kiesenhofer’s stunning win in the road race.
Highlights of 2021 – Part III
The third instalment of some picks of the season, a chance to review some racing and apply some hindsight.
The pick here is the first week of the Tour de France, or at least most of it.