🐎 Stage 106: Ride up, ski down

cycling advice for women and the roadies get to play on gravel

This week we have a Colnago that can’t quite decide what it is, as well as the World Tour pros enjoying the gravel of Italy. There’s also a new Cannondale and an interview with Sagan!

Hello,

Welcome to another N+1 Newsletter.

I’m feeling a little under the weather and have been for the last week or so. I managed to pick up a slight head cold and it’s really set me back. While my symptoms have been minimal, its kept me from training as I’d like.

I’m hoping it clears by this weekend as I’m heading to my first race of the year. On Thursday, I will fly to Rhodes and stay there for two weeks. I have both a one day and a stage race on the island.

Here’s to a quick illness recovery, and good legs for the weekend!

Happy Pedalling,

Joe

Feel free to email me at joe@nplus1.cc if you have any questions, or feel I’ve missed something that is worth putting in the Newsletter.

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N+Read 🗞

Strade Bianche Special

Of course, it was Tom Pidcock who did something special AGAIN in the men’s peloton and won “the sixth Monument” solo. On the women’s side, Demi Vollering led home a controversial SD-Worx 1-2.

The beauty of Strade is the off-road sections. Here’s the tech from the day.

⏱ 4-minute read

When Cycling Meets Skiing

Some of cycling’s most iconic climbs — Alpe d’Huez, Italy’s Passo Fedaia below the Marmolada, Arcalis in Andorra, or Spain’s Sierra Nevada — zig-zag up to Europe’s biggest winter playgrounds.

Ride up and ski down? The ultimate day out?

⏱ 3-minute read

The New Cannondale Road Bike

There’s a new Cannondale roadie in town. The SuperSix Evo 4 is an attempt to turn a climbing road machine into a do-it-all aero machine.

I saw this bike getting tested around Girona and confirm it looks good. I cannot confirm if it rides well…

⏱ 3-minute read

Gravel Takeover Continues

There’s a European Championships coming to Gravel racing. Add that to the World Series, Earth Series, BWRs and SBTs it can get quite complicated.

The good news, gravel is here to stay. I’m looking forward to it!

⏱ 4-minute read

The All Road Colnago, for $15,000

Is it a road bike, is it a mountain bike, no it’s a gravel bike. Or is it? What happens when something isn’t a road bike or a gravel bike, but something in between? Wait, what?!

Colnago just released an “All Road” bike. It’s beautiful, I’m just confused as to why.

If ⏱ 5-minute read

Women-specific Cycling Advice

Most training advice in cycling is based on research done on men. It’s an unfortunate truth that we hope will change in future. Until that point, we need to tackle the “traditional” cycling advice and make it women-specific too.

In this article, seven traditional cycling approaches are ridiculed and adapted for women!

⏱ 7-minute read

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N+Tweet 🎲

GCN Racing @GcnRacing

Now this is something you don't see every day! A horse wanted to join in on the action today at #StradeBianche 🐴 Luckily it didn't stirrup much trouble for @demivollering Watch the race highlights over on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/racetv

A two-horse race to the line!

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N+Listen 🎧

Peter Sagan is everyone’s favourite cyclist. He dominated the World Tour throughout the 2010s and was one of the first to look like he was having fun at the same time! Some say that Sagan walked so Van Aert and co could run.

In this pod, he chats with Geraint Thomas about life racing and his upcoming retirement.

⏱ 57-minute listen

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N+Watch 👀

Fuelling is without a doubt the hardest thing to get right while training. Most amateur riders are under fuel, there’s no doubt about that. In this video, ex-pro Alex Dowsett goes through 5 Nutrition Tips.

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