Let’s have a short retrospective on the biggest moments in cycling of 2021.
### Mathieu van der Poel in yellow
It was Mathieu van der Poels first Tour de France. The king of cross and rising
star in road cycling did want to win a stage and get into the yellow jersey in
remembrance of his grandfather Poupou who back in his days became second at the
tour several times but never wore the yellow jersey. Mathieu managed to
accomplish that goal on the second stage and managed to keep the yellow jers
After the mens race today, tomorrow we have the olympic womens race on the agenda. Prepare yourself for a race with many favourites and fierce battles for the medals.
Tomorrow the olympic mens mountainbike race of the Tokyo 2020 olympics takes place on the Izu MTB course. Here are the favourites you should keep an eye on
This is the international race calendar on the highest level in cross country for next year. The world wide Covid-19 pandemic is still going on so all these dates could be postponed or even cancellad as seen in the just finished season of 2020.
When I got to know Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt she was World Champion in three cycling disciplines. In Cross Country, Cyclocross and on the Road. But she had a serious low. In the first race I saw with her she pulled out after some laps and stood at the sideline to cheer up her team mates.
After a very short Cross Country season as a conclusion we have two worthy European Champions on the driest course we saw this year.