This Week in Bike Racing:  Tour of the Basque Country

This Week in Bike Racing: Tour of the Basque Country

The Tour of the Basque Country, in Spanish: Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, in Basque: Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia, is an annual cycling stage race held in the Basque Country, Spain, in April. (I know there are a lot of commas in that sentence, but I had no...
This Week in Bike Racing: Gent–Wevelgem

This Week in Bike Racing: Gent–Wevelgem

The Gent–Wevelgem is a Flanders Classics cycle road race held in Belgium in late March each year. The event was first run in 1934, and it is often called the sprinters’ classic due to its flat finishing terrain (sounds like my kind of race!). Its early-season...