Chain Links: Cycling News - January 1, 2021
Dutch Mathieu Van Der Poel celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's race of the Bredene cyclocross cycling event in Bredene, race 6 out of 8 in the 'Ethias Cross' trophy, Wednesday 30 December 2020.
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Welcome to my new series here on The Podium Cafe, as I provide a selection of cycling news links from across the internet. I do the work so that you don't have to.
First, a quick introduction, my name is Ken and I'm a long-time cycling fan. I'm also a rider, although I am old, very slow, way too chubby and "Fred" like to call myself a cyclist. I'm a long-time member of Podium Cafe, but I haven't posted in a very long time.
I'm also an Assistant Editor at SBNation's Windy City Gridiron where I (not surprisingly) do the WCG links page 6 days a week. If you visit, look for "The Bear's Den".
I plan to develop this over time and use various sub-sections to split things into categories. For right now I'm starting off simple. I'm not sure at the moment how many days a week I will post, I'm shooting for three to start with, more during the main cycling season.
The main focus of the links will be professional road cycling because I'm a cycling fan and that's what interests me most... and cyclocross when it's that time of year.
Sure, you could search all around the web for all of this stuff, but isn't it better just to have a "that looks interesting!" one stop shop for cycling headlines? Give it a try!
OK? Let's get started!
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- The Izagirre brothers, along with former cyclist Joseba Beloki and Pello Bilbao have shown that they can also sing and move to the rhythm of music.
- How are fresh-faced riders barely out of their teens managing to win at the highest level? Aspiring pro Joe Laverick has a personal investment in finding out.
- The fitness app Strava released their global figures for the year and it showed a 108% rise in the median activities of women aged 18 to 29 in Britain.