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Rider Profiles

Romain Grégoire 🇫🇷

Grégoire is fast and people don't quite know it yet. But we won't blame them because this man is only twenty years of age. Grégoire picked up the general classification win at 4 Jours de Dunkerque, and in that feat won a stage and nearly missed

Cycling

What's a fake news climb?

A fake news climb is akin to judging a book by its cover. Sometimes a cover speaks volumes, but often times it doesn't. A fake news climb is a climb where its outward average gradient masks a much harder actual ascent. We've been guilty of judging

Cycling

Has anyone won all three Grand Tours?

The short answer is no. The longer answer is sorta. And the longer answer is sorta and probably never again. What is a Grand Tour? As a reminder a Grand Tour is one of the three major three week cycling events that span the calendar year. These are, in order

Cycling

The Hardest Stage of La Vuelta 2023

La Vuelta takes place over twenty one days, places plenty of challenges on the riders, but the most difficult day is colloquially known as the "Queen" stage. Usually it's not explicitly stated as the Queen stage, and more implicitly known, but race organizers do sometimes explicitly

Betting

Arctic Race of Norway 2023 Favourites

Country: Norway Level: Pro Total Stages: 4 Mountain Stages: 2 Sprint Stages: 2 Time Trials: 0 Stages: LFR Race Profile Previously won in 2022 by Andreas Leknessund. The race was closely fought, and decided on the final day by a handful of seconds. Doesn't seem like Leknessund had

Betting

San Sebastian Klasikoa 2023 Favourites

Elevation Gain: 4023m [LFR] Clocking in at just over 230km San Sebastian is colloquially known as Spain's Monument. Occurring just after the Tour de France, prior to COVID the race was often won by an assortment of Tour riders hoping to double up. No longer has that been

Podcast

Cycling Explained - Ep. 5 - Head To Head Strategies

In the fifth episode, we'll dive into national champs and the Tour de France betting options now that it's just around the corner. Finally, we'll discuss head-to-head bets and some intermediate strategies for punters!

Betting

Tour de France Femmes 2023 Betting Favourites

Country: France Level: World Tour Total Stages: 8 Mountain Stages: 3 Sprint Stages: 4 Time Trials: 1 Stages: LFR Betting Overview Obviously the markets are favouriting the two big names, especially after van Vleuten's incredibly strong performance at the Giro recently. Planned her peak to perfection if you

Cycling

What is CdA?

CdA is an abbreviation for the coefficient of aerodynamic drag. It’s a dimensionless number (no units), which is the result of a body’s drag size, shape and surface texture. CdA depends on the size, shape and surface texture of the object. The most important component of the size

Betting

Tour de Pologne (Poland) 2023 Betting Favourites

Country: Poland Level: World Tour Total Stages: 7 Mountain Stages: 3 Sprint Stages: 3 Time Trials: 1 Stages: LFR Race Profile There's enough hard climbs in this seven day event that we expect a strong climber with a decent time trial to take the GC. The time trial

Favourites

World Championships Time Trial 2023 - Betting Favourites

Date: Friday, August 11th, 2023 The individual happens after the road race this year, so expect almost everyone to attempt their hand at it. Key Players Will another dark horse like Foss make a remarkable run and claim the crown this year? Or will it fall to the tried and

Favourites

World Championships Road Race 2023 - Betting Favourites

Date: Sunday, August 6th, 2023 We've been a tad busy lately so haven't been pumping out as much content, but thankfully other than the Tour de France not as many races to cover as the spring. That's about to change though with a jam

Cycling

The Hardest Climbs La Vuelta 2023

Stage Date Rank Elevation Gain (m) Climbs 2 Aug 27 12 2542 2 3 Aug 28 7 3468 2 4 Aug 29 15 1798 2 5 Aug 30 14 2384 1 6 Aug 31 6 3976 3 8 Sept 2 8 3608 5 9 Sept 3 9 2899 2 11

Betting

La Vuelta 2023 Betting Favourites

Country: Spain Level: World Tour Total Stages: 21 Mountain Stages: 7 Sprint Stages: 5 Time Trials: 1 Team Time Trials: 1 Stages: LFR The runt of the litter, La Vuelta occurs last of the grand tours, and is commonly used as a backup option for riders who perform badly or

Cycling

What is “Group Two” Syndrome?

Group Two Syndrome is a colloquialism used to describe the problems that occur in the group behind the breakaway or lead group at the time. Group two could be the peloton, but also a pursuing group apart from the peloton, which is often the case at the end of a

Podcast

Cycling Explained - Ep. 4 - Betting Simplified

In the fourth episode, we'll dive into betting on cycling, the basics, what bets to stay away from and some beginner strategies for getting started!

Betting

Baloise Belgium Tour 2023 Betting Favourites

Country: Belgium Level: Pro Total Stages: 5 Mountain stages: 0 Time Trials: 1 It's Belgium. What can you say. It's pretty flat with a couple of hilly courses at the tail end. Evenepoel won in 2019 and 2021, and Mauro Schmid in 2022. Let's

Betting

Tour of Slovenia 2023 Betting Favourites

Country: Slovenia Level: Pro Total Stages: 5 Mountain stages: 1 Time Trials: 0 Not too many heavy mountains to speak of, except on stage four. You can expect a non-dominant mountain rider to potentially win. But there's enough climbs that a climber will do better than a rouleur

Cycling

What is the "Jumbo" effect?

While Jumbo is leaving the sport in 2024 as a sponsor, it had an incredible team from 2019 onwards, redefining the sport as part of the new modern era of cycling. Jumbo was so special as a team, that when a rider joined their team from another team, their performance

Podcast

Cycling Explained - Ep.3 - UCI Points & Relegation

In the third episode we'll dive into the UCI relegation battle that many first-time viewers may not even know is occurring behind the scenes during professional cycling races.

Cycling

Cycling Explained - Ep.2 - Jerseys & Nature Breaks

In this second episode, we'll dig into questions about professional cycling teams, how riders take nature breaks, and grand tour jerseys.

Podcast

Cycling Explained - Ep.1 - Initiation

In this episode we'll explore a multitude of questions that may arise for first-time watchers of professional cycling.

Cycling

The Hardest Tour de France Stage 2023

The Tour taking place over twenty one days, places plenty of challenges on the riders, but the most difficult day is colloquially known as the "Queen" stage. Usually it's not explicitly stated as the Queen stage, and more implicitly known, but race organizers do sometimes explicitly

Cycling

Derek Gee's Contract Extension

Derek Gee, also known as the Canadian Goose due to his avid bird watching past time recently signed a five year contract extension with Israel Premier Tech, also known by the acronym IPT. Let's dig into who Derek Gee is, why he resigned and what this means for

Race Series

KLM Tour 2023 Favourites

Country: Netherlands Level: Pro Total Stages: 5 Mountain stages: 0 Time Trials: 1 We're not entirely sure why they have five days of clear sprint stages, and yet make the riders ride for 200km prior to what each should be a bunch sprint. We guess the prologue mixes