Tag: pro cycling
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What Is a Domestique? Cycling’s Selfless Riders, Explained
Watch any big bike race and most of the riders on your screen are not trying to win. They are fetching water bottles, blocking the wind, chasing down attacks, and — if things go badly — handing over a wheel at the roadside. These are the domestiques, and professional cycling does not function without them.…
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What Is a Puncheur? The Riders Who Win on Short, Steep Climbs
Curated by Gary Edgington · Race Results Some days at the Tour de France are not decided by the sprinters and not by the pure mountain climbers, but by a third kind of rider who thrives on the awkward ground in between. Stage 2 of the 2026 race — 168.5 kilometres from Tarragona to Barcelona,…