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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

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What is “Group Two” Syndrome in Cycling

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

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What is stage hunting in cycling?

It’s not uncommon for the general classification winner to have never won a stage in the grand tour but take the win overall given their consistency. So out of the twenty two teams that are invited there are usually six to ten teams who have a rider with a

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What is a golden kilometer in cycling?

The Golden Kilometre is a facet of some races, specifically always in the Tour of Belgium, where a rider can earn bonus seconds in any kilometre chosen by the race organizer between 20 to 25 kilometres from the finish. Within the golden kilometer, there are three intermediate sprints. The winner

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What is the white jersey in cycling? (or Tour de France)

The white jersey is used by all three of the grand tours: Tour de France, La Vuelta and Giro d'Italia to denote the rider who is currently in the lead of the young rider classifications. Unlike the other classifications (general, points, and king of the mountain) this is

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What is the polka dot jersey in cycling? (or Tour de France)

The polka jot (aka King or Queen of the Mountain) jersey is used by both the Tour de France and La Vuelta grand tours to denote the rider who is currently in the lead of the King of the Mountain (KOM) classification. La Vuelta's polka dot jersey, instead

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What is the Green Jersey in Cycling? (or the Tour de France)

The green jersey is used by both the Tour de France and La Vuelta grand tours to denote the rider who is currently in the lead of the points classifications. The other major grand tour, the Giro d'Italia, uses a red jersey, the Maglia Ciclamino to denote the

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What happens when a Tour de France rider needs the toilet?

If you're watching the television or stream of the Tour de France, or any other bike race for that matter, and you think you see a rider going the washroom off their bike, but you can't really believe that's actually the case. Your eyes

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What's a roadbook in cycling?

A roadbook in cycling is the guide to each and every stage of the multi day event. It is provided by the race organizers and can either be incredibly detailed or incredibly sparse depending on the size and budget of the event. For example, the Giro 2023 edition roadbook was

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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Team Profile: Trinity Racing

With the recent shining star of Ireland's Ben Healy, it's no wonder that Trinity Racing, a small British based Continental team has been on the lips of many a pundit. Trinity has produced recent stars such as Thomas Pidcock (and his brother's in the

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What's the purpose of a breakaway in cycling?

The breakaway is a fundamental aspect of professional cycling. While we describe what a breakaway is in the following post we'll dig into potentially why a break is used by teams at all. What’s a break (away) in cycling? | Pro Cycling BetsInformation and visual descriptions of what

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Which cyclists are good in wet conditions?

We have a corresponding post for which cyclists perform in the cold. But as you may know yourselves, being cold isn't necessarily the same as being wet. Especially with road conditions. Just because the road is cold doesn't mean it's treacherous. But throw some

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What happens to my bet if the race gets cancelled?

Recently the final stage of the Tour de Hongrie got cancelled due to inclimate weather. Wait. Is the CPA finally starting to get it's act together you say? Maybe. Just maybe. What is the CPA in Cycling? | Pro Cycling BetsWe describe what the CPA is in professional cycling

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What is the ASO in Cycling?

The ASO stands for the Amaury Sports Organization, and is best known in cycling for organizing the Tour de France and La Vuelta grand tours. Founded in 1992, it a French based private company that is part of the larger Amaury family media company Éditions Philippe Amaury (EPA). L'

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What's the RCS in cycling?

The RCS, shortened from RCS Sport, is a sports and media company that hosts the majority of the Italian cycling events including the well known grand tour the Giro d'Italia. Based mainly in Italy it also hosts other well know Italian cycling events such as Milan San-Remo, Il

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What is the CPA in Cycling?

Like all good terms in cycling 🙃, the CPA stands for Cyclistes Professionnels Associés and is intended to safeguard and represent the interest of riders on a holistic level with race organizers and teams. It is similar to player associations found in other major sports such as the MLB or NBA.

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What's a (super) domestique in cycling?

Domestiques are the life blood of a cycling team. Teams on a whole are comprised at the World Tour level of thirty riders, of which six to eight are sent to races depending on the start list size of the race. Teams will generally have one, two or three riders

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The Best Last Man Lead Out Cyclists

Lead out cyclists are undervalued. If your team has a strong sprinter but not a strong lead out to back them you're almost dice rolling on every finish - especially if there's headwinds. What is a lead out in cycling? | Pro Cycling BetsWe describe what a

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How much does it cost to film cycling races?

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 euros an hour to fly the

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How much do UCI World Tour cyclists earn?

With the ever increasingly popularity in the sport of cycling you may be wondering just how much cyclists earn per year? And how much they earn per level (eg. Do UCI Continental riders get paid?). While it's not public knowledge, we break down what we know from our