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The Worst Descenders in Pro Cycling

Descending is an undervalued skill. It can make or break a great general classification rider's chances. We're thinking Enric Mas in 2021 and 2022 or João Almeida in general. The Best Descenders in Pro Cycling | Pro Cycling BetsWe analyze the best descenders in professional cycling and

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The Best Descenders in Pro Cycling

Descending is an undervalued skill. It can make or break a great general classification rider's chances. We're thinking Enric Mas in 2021 and 2022 or João Almeida in general. We'll have a corresponding article as to the worst descenders in the pro peloton that

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How to read cycling race course maps (aka is this a big hill)?

You'll often see course maps shown on PCS or shared on Twitter prior to races. But how can you parse them and deduce how they'll dictate the outcome of a race? What hill length and percentage gradient is counted as hard? We try and break it

Cycling

What's a relegation in cycling?

A relegation in cycling can refer to one of two things. During a race, for a variety of rule infringements a rider can be relegated. Relegation in this sense refers to giving the rider who has broken the rules the time of the last rider in their group. This is

Cycling

What's a deviation in cycling

Sprinting is stressful. Sprinters may not have to work as long or as hard as climbers, but in those seconds close to the finish line, so much can go wrong. Crashes aren't a given, but they're also not unlikely. To reduce the likelihood of these crashes,

Cycling

How much power do men and women sprinters output?

We all know that professional cycling sprinters are fast. But just how much power are they putting behind that speed? Obviously the results differ between men and women and we offer a brief analysis on what consitutes "impressive" at the world tour level. Men In the 2018 Tour

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Critérium du Dauphiné Favourites 2023

Startlist: Link Stages: 8 Startdate: June 4th Individual Time Trial: 1 GC Defining Stages: 7, 8 (final stages) The prelude to the Tour de France, the Critérium du Dauphiné brings down the riders from their altitude camps to test the legs prior to the most prestigious event of the year

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What is a lead out in cycling?

A lead out, is a group of cyclists (generally from the same team) who maintain their lead sprinter in a good position right until the end of the race and "drop" them off at a predefined spot before the finish line - typically between 50-300m before the line.

Cycling

What are the levels of pro cycling?

Often we get asked what the levels of pro cycling are. Some of the typical questions being: What does UWT means? What a UCI 2.1 race is? What a UCI C2 race is? We wrote a guide on the topic here: What are UCI Race Categorizations? | Pro Cycling BetsAnalysis

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Tour of Norway Favourites 2023

Startlist: [Link] Country: Norway (surprise, surprise 🙃) Number of Stages: 3 + Prologue Race suited to: Climbers This race should prove to be a fun one. The initial prologue features only 7.4km at which 3.4km of that is up a climb with an average gradient of 9% and kickers of

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How are betting probabilities assigned?

We recently saw Thomas Gloag at 26.00 odds to win the stage, and Gino Mader at 126.00 to win the same stage. But head to head the betting house had Mader at 1.68 to beat versus Gloag at 2.65 to beat Mader in the head to

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Itzulia Women's 2023 Favourites

Country: Basque Region Stages: 3 Stage types: Medium Mountain Hot on the heels of a tremendously exciting inaugural La Vuelta Femenina comes the Itzulia Women's 2023 tour. Featuring similar terrain to the men's multi day event that took place earlier in the year, we expect SD

What does "Neo Pro" mean?

Neo pro is a term used to describe a rider who is riding in their first year with a World Tour or Pro level team. If we're being pedantic it isn't necessarily synonymous with a first year pro, but generally it is used as such. One

Rider Profiles

Gaia Realini 🇮🇹

Rider Type: Climber - Age: 21 - Weight/Height: 26.66 kg/m Gaia Realini, also known as the "pocket rocket", is an incredibly slender climbing machine that has broken onto the women's world tour cycling scene with panache. Recently she's shown her dramatic

Cycling

Which cyclists perform well in the cold?

Weather and it's nuances is a variable that can affect cycling races in a wide variety of ways. From it being too hot, to having wicked cross-winds in Belgium in the early spring races. Cold is just another one of those factors, and one that we're

Cycling

The Hardest Stages of the Giro 2023

Everyone loves to say "this year's Giro is the hardest" or "this year's Tour is the hardest" - when in reality they're generally all hard. As INEOS rider, Geraint Thomas, put it in his recent podcast the Giro is "

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What's a barrage in cycling?

Recently there was a small maelstrom caused when the commissaire of La Vuelta Femenina decided to "barrage" Niamh Fisher-Black during stage five, but allowed Mavi Garcia another rider through. 🤡🤡🤡 @UCI_cycling https://t.co/QjUQUEZOaz — Finn Fisher-Black (@finnfisherblack) May 5, 2023 Some may be wondering what a barrage

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Cobbles Races & Seated Power

As we wrap up this years' spring classics - it's worth touching on that when it comes to the "cobbled" classics - the key indicator of a rider's ability to do well is seated power. Rider's need to be able to

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How to bet on pro cycling

Betting on professional cycling in incredibly entertaining, and is the sole reason we started this publication. We wanted to increase engagement for a burgeoning North American and hopefully young audience. Here's our guide to frequently asked questions that may be holding individuals back from placing bets. Betting Apps

Cycling

Who are the Big Six Cyclists?

You may have heard the term "the big six" thrown around when it comes to the professional cycling circuit. This refers to the six biggest named riders in the professional peloton: Wout van Aert, Matthieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard, and Remco Evenepoel. Between

Rider Profiles

Cian Uijtdebroeks 🇧🇪

Rider Type: Climber / GC - Age: 20 - Weight/Height: 36.75 kg/m Cian Uijtdebroeks has been a standout star the past couple of years, and at only 20 years of age we're incredibly excited to see where he goes. Cian recently placed sixth at the Tour

Tour de France

The Hardest Climbs in the Tour de France 2023

While everyone loves to say "this year's Giro is the hardest" or "this year's Tour is the hardest" - this year's Tour de France 2023 is definitely something special in terms of the sheer amount of elevation compared to previous

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Tour de Hongrie (Hungary) 2023 Favourites

Country: Hungary Total distance: 881.95 Km Total Stages: 5 Medium mountain stages: 2 Individual time trials: 0 The Tour of Hungary unfortunately gets situated right at the peak of Giro fever. Starting on May 10th, when the first of the major general classification stages gets underway in the Giro,

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What is a Queen stage in cycling?

A "Queen" stage is the hardest climbing stage of a multi-day stage race. Usually it's not explicitly stated as the Queen stage, and more implicitly known. There is sometimes debate between which two stages should claim the crown of the hardest climbing stage. One could calculate

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The Hardest Climbs in the Giro d'Italia 2023

While everyone loves to say "this year's Giro is the hardest" or "this year's Tour is the hardest" - this year's Giro d'Italia 2023 is definitely something special in terms of the sheer amount of elevation and brutality