World Championships, breakthrough performances and big questions for the future of the sport. We look beyond the rainbow jerseys to the riders shaping what comes next, ask whether American cycling has finally turned young talent into elite success, briefly look at the UCI’s plans to rethink professional road racing, and discuss Rapha’s latest troubles. Plus, after Fin Tarling, has cycling really learned enough about safety?
📸 Alfredo Binda won the inaugural UCI Road World Championships in 1927, but it would be another 31 years before women were given the same opportunity. Luxembourger Elsy Jacobs won the first women’s title in Reims in 1958. Nearly seven decades later, women’s cycling looks very different — but the rainbow jersey remains the ultimate prize. (Harry Pot/Dutch National Archives Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Netherlands license)
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