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2023

European Championships Road Race 2023 - Betting Favourites

Date: Sunday, September 23rd 2023 - Men's Date: Saturday, September 22nd 2023 - Women's Men Totalling just shy of 200km, this ain't your Glasgow course. Six laps of the 14km circuit once they enter, but not that technical. The hill is essentially a blip,

Favourites

European Championships ITT 2023 - Betting Favourites

Date: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 - Men's and Women's We expect roughly a repeat of the World Championships ITT here - give or take a few dark horses. The course is shorter at only 29.5km for both men and women, along with not a hill

FAQ

How do you score UCI Points?

Points are awarded per race, per stage of multi day stage races, and for final results of multi day stage races. The UCI points scale currently gives much more importance to Grand Tour, Monuments, and stages in World Tour races. Pro, dot one, and dot two level races will still

FAQ

How much does it cost to film a cycling race?

Recently drones have been making their debut at more and more races, and one might be curious, just how expensive is it to film cycling races? Are drones dropping the price of filming these races? Surprisingly not by much. It only costs around €600 an hour to fly the helicopter

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What does 1 by mean in cycling?

It’s more and more common in this era of modern cycling to see riders opting for a “1-by” setup, compared to a “2-by” setup. This simply means that instead of having the usual two cassettes on the front of the bicycle (the ones close to the pedals) the rider

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What are Marginal Gains (in Cycling)?

In the 2012 Olympic Games the British National cycling team made history by cleaning up in a number of categories compared to their dismal performances in the previous Olympic Games. They attributed their success to the use of marginal gains; where they made micro improvements in wide swathes of categories

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What is Peaking in Cycling?

“Peaking” has been mentioned numerous times in this blog. But we’ve never fully explained it, and instead relied upon context and the intuition of the reader. But we’d like to give it some more love because of just how important it is. Peaking, is the attempt to maximize

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What is Motorpacing in Cycling?

Unlike Moto-drafting, Motor or Moto-pacing is a training technique in which cyclists are paced by a motorized vehicle to train for race scenarios. This allows cyclists to benefit as much as possible from the vehicle’s slipstream and to train race-specific skills, for specialized scenarios. For example, riders use moto-pacing

Rider Profiles

Corbin Strong 🇳🇿

Cyclists, given the nature of having to be incredibly thin, tend to look far below their years. Corbin we feel is the opposite. He seems to look in his mid thirties in all his pictures. But don't let the photos dissuade you that this lad is over and

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What is the black jersey in cycling?

The black jersey in cycling, also known as the maglia nera was awarded to the last placed rider at the Giro d'Italia grand tour. It was offered between 1946 and 1951 and was often fiercely "competed" for by seeing who could lose the most time. In

2023

BEMER (Hamburg) Cycling Classic 2023 Betting Favourites

Country: Germany Level: World Tour Type: One Day Classic Course: LFR We'll handle this one as we typically handle one day Classics. We'll dig into the route changes from the prior year, compare to the winners of the prior year, and then attempt to inspect for

Rider Profiles

Tobias Halland Johannessen 🇳🇴

Tobias is quietly having a great year, and that makes us excited, especially as bettors. Given the subtle nature of his rise, the bookmakers are still giving Johannessen value odds. There's going to be a breakout soon and we're amped to take advantage of it. Johannessen

2023

Albert Withen Philipsen 🇩🇰

There's not enough stats on Philipsen to yet display a worthwhile rider profile but after watching the race a few days back we wanted to write a post to exclaim the extreme prowess of what should be an exceptional cyclist in a few years. Philipsen blew away the

FAQ

What is the "ridge of death" in cycling?

In Belgium and Flanders they have what is colloquially known as the “ridge of death” or “death ridge” on their roads. This is a thin center strip that connects the two road halves into one. Given the construction of the roads, which are two giants slabs of concrete, one for

FAQ

What is road furniture in cycling?

Road furniture refers to any and all traffic flow impediments to riders. From the classic European roundabout to speed bumps on the roads. Depending on the type of course these may play heavily into the result of a race. Take for example, if the race is being run on a

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What is Moto-pacing in Cycling?

Unlike Moto-drafting, Moto-pacing is a training technique in which cyclists are paced by a motorized vehicle to train for race scenarios. This allows cyclists to benefit as much as possible from the vehicle’s slipstream and to train race-specific skills, for specialized scenarios. For example, riders use moto-pacing in training

FAQ

What is "peaking" in cycling?

“Peaking” has been mentioned numerous times in this, uhm, textbook. But we’ve never fully explained it, and instead relied upon context and the intuition of the reader. But we’d like to give it some more love because of just how important it is. Peaking, is the attempt to

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What are the Fair Play Awards in Cycling?

Most of the grand tours will have a fair play award which is awarded based, on a descending basis, on the number of warnings or infringements the team receives. So for example if a team receives a penalty for littering or a sticky bottle they’ll receive a point, which

FAQ

Do cities pay to host the Tour de France?

As in most World Tour stage events, which include the Tour de France, towns will actually pay to receive the ability to host the start or end of a stage. The race generates tourism and visibility to small towns and villages to a much wider audience than they’d normally

2023

Deutschland Tour 2023 Favourites

Country: Germany Level: Pro Total Stages: 5 Mountain Stages: 2 Sprint Stages: 2 Time Trials: 1 Stages: LFR Odds haven't dropped yet, so stay tuned for that, but we've got the stages up and we'll do a brief rundown. Names are slowly starting to

FAQ

How does a break form in cycling?

In a multi day race, the peloton behind with potential general classification contenders may only give the break a gap up to (and usually with a buffer) the amount the virtual GC leader is ahead by. So if rider A is in first by six minutes, his team would only

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What's the purpose of a break(away) in cycling?

While we’ve discussed a few of these points in the introduction above, it’s worth explicitly stating the main purposes of a break. Forcing a Pace Having a rider in a break is generally optimal for teams as it allows more control over the race. One of those control

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What is a lead out man (or women) in cycling?

The “Lead Out Man” is a term used to describe the final rider who will drop off the lead out train prior to the lead sprinter attempting to make his mark, sprint, and win the stage. In Mark Cavendish’s case in 2023 this was supposed to be Cees Bol,

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What's the 3km rule in cycling?

The 3km rule exists to make the finish of races less risky for general classification riders and for their to be less pressure to fight and tussle for a specific position in the sprint. It was implemented as a safety measure assuming it would decrease the risks riders took over

2023

Tour of Denmark 2023 Betting Favourites

Country: Denmark Level: Pro Total Stages: 5 Mountain Stages: 0 Sprint Stages: 4 Time Trials: 1 Don't let the jagged nature of the stage profiles confuse you. Denmark is not hilly. We don't even know why they categorized those climbs. Like 200m? Whatever. We expect Pedersen