Tag: world championships
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2020 SOL World Championship: Andy Weir Takes The Title
Andy Weir surprised the world with a top time this week, earning his first World title. Weir’s rainbow jersey effort capped off a busy Thursday on the Speed of Light course, and while his title deserves the accolades and attention of the globe, the real story may be the deafening ticking of the clock. With […]
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2020 Road Race World Championships
There’s no Tour de France hangover this year. Just a week after Le Grand Boucle wrapped up in Paris, the UCI World Championships take place in Italy. Like every race this fall, the World Championships have found an unnatural and never-to-be-repeated slot on the weekend between the end of the Tour and the opening stages […]
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2020 Speed of Light World Championships!
Surprise! We’re doing it. Kind of. It just so happens that the 2020 UCI World Championships fall in line with what would have been our ‘normal’ Speed of Light World Championships, and it’s a #synergy any low-level marketing employee would be a fool to pass up. It’s simple. Go snap into a Slim Jim and […]
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2019 Speed of Light World Championships: Wakeley, O’Hearn Earn Their Stripes
In the final Speed of Light of 2019, two riders earn titles to carry them through until next May. It was an early end to a grueling season, but with one of the highest honors in the world of fake mountain bike racing, two dozen riders toed the line to have a shot at the […]
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2013 Road Race World Championship Preview: Big Names Forced To Whittle Off Sprinters
Oddly enough, the big names of the Grand Tours have a rare shot at the rainbow jersey, but they’ll have to contend with two Classics specialists.