The 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki - held from Saturday 19 July to Sunday 3 August - threatened to turn into a sporting...
With the Tour de France Femmes, in the summer of 2022 a full-fledged Tour for women will be held again. In eight stages, the riders cover more than...
What do the athletics decathlon and heptathlon, modern pentathlon (fencing, swimming, horse jumping, shooting and athletics) and triathlon have in...
It took a long time before the United States could claim a role in the global development of cycling. There had always been love for cycling, but...
Thorough historical research can give a kick. Especially when you find a quote that calls into question decades of historiographical glorification...
At a world championship, participants distinguish themselves by wearing country-specific jerseys that refer to the colours of the national flag or...
In his most successful years American cyclist Greg LeMond lived in the far south of West Flanders, a proverbial stone's throw from the...
It could just be a question on a cycling quiz: who became the 2019 European champion stayer? A few diehards will undoubtedly write down the correct...
Flanders is race, race is Flanders. Not surprisingly, our flat country is home to a lot of service courses of foreign cycling teams. Team Sky...
In 1921, exactly 100 years ago, Shozabura Shimano started his business of making chain rings for bicycles in Japan. After the Second World War,...