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Enough of hot deserts? Maybe some cold cuts instead? 

Norway's longest standing (of a few not very long standing) stage race is about to start up.
The event follows its own traditions and includes 5 stages alternating between flat and hilly terrain. After a couple of years with high mountain passes included, which were typically climbed in 0 degrees wet and windy conditions I think those are more or less off the table for the indefinite future: it is just too early in the year...

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Amgen Tour of California 13th - 19th May



Stage 1  »  Long Beach  ›  Long Beach (133km)



Stage 2  »  Ventura  ›  Gibraltar Road (155km)



Scene o...

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I thought that we could collect all the WWT races in this one thread instead of having separate threads for some and next to no information for others. Starting with yesterday's

Strade Bianche, 136 km (incl. 31.6 km sterrato)

[nb]RCS cuts off those parts of the map that don't con...

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Classifica a punti

The temporarily red jersey for the winner of the Giro d'Italia points classification turned cyclamen again for the 100th edition last year, and so it will be again in 2018. The points scheme remains the same as in recent years. Notw...

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After a busy Spring racing calendar, the month of May has come around fast and with it the Giro d'Italia: the only three weeks of the year when stage racing can actually be unpredictable and pink looks cool on blokes.

Now usually the facile business of trying to sum up an event in a single word happens long after the winners' podium has been dismantled but, before a crank has even turned in 2018, we ca...

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Was just purging my old laptop of its stuff when I found this.... First part of a few which will be completed in time, weekly, monthly, quarterly. I can't say for sure. The posts will go in a chronological manner as far as possible.



The Austral Wheel Race is Australia’s longest surviving professional bicycle race, and the oldest continuing handicap race in the world. The start date of the Aus...

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Velorooms is happy to announce a Q&A session with Paul Voß, "Ex-Pro but not yet retired". You can ask your questions over the next week and we will send them to Paul at the weekend.

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Paul Voß is a cyclist from Rostock/Germany, who was riding for the German based Bora - Argon 18 team for the past couple of years. He is a...

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Rarely will you find a developing rider more in demand than Tao Geoghegan Hart. Be it sponsor representation, photo or video shoots, magazine columns or even book deals, it is plainly clear why the Hackney-born Londoner feels himself pulled so many directions when he is off his Specialized bicycl...

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One week and about half an hour from now, the Giro d'Italia starts in the quiet, typically Italian, town of Jerusalem.

Teams are beginning to be released, adverts are appearing on EuroSport: it must be time to get the game ready. 
Discussion in the Vuelta thread last season was in favour of following the UCI in reducing the size of teams, but keeping the budget the same.  Who can dethrone Fauniera, last year's winner?


Team of exactly eight riders  ...