,,Sprintersritten hoeven niet perse in een sprint te eindigen. Ik herinner me etappes waarvan iedereen riep dat het een saaie dag met een massasprint zou worden, maar dat het urenlang een spektakelstuk was. De waaierrit in de Tour de France van 2013 naar Saint-Amand-Monrond waar Mark Cavendish zegevierde is een[…]

Nils Eekhoff is the only rider entitled to the world title cycling U23. World Championships Cycling U23: Doncaster-Harrogate 171 km. Cause: Winner Nils Eekhoff was disqualified after the WK2019 in Harrogate. Explanation UCI: “The rider was disqualified for hiding behind a vehicle (4.7 of article 2.12.007) for more than two[…]

“Financial fairplay is definitely an issue. Cycling is not a prosperous sport. If you see how teams and organizers have to survive, it would be very strange if you should tell companies that they should sponsor less than they actually want. It can not be that a company says that it wants to sponsor 50[…]

“Power meters are allowed on the bike, but the rider is not allowed to see his values during the race. You want to analyse after a race. The watt output is very valuable for this. But you don’t want riders to get addicted to the numbers they see in the races. My proposition is that the power meters cause riders to miss their[…]

“Sprint stages do not necessarily have to end in a sprint. I remember stages of which everyone said it would be a boring day with bunch sprint, but it was a spectacle for hours. The windy stage in the 2013 Tour de France to Saint-Amand-Monrond where Mark Cavendish won is a good[…]