Richard Pestes

Utter confusion was the look on my face when Alessandro handed me the old newspaper and said it was a gift. Upon closer inspection, I realized I was holding the official program of the 1952 Giro di Lombardia – in mint condition! Once I…

Sometimes you gotta point the car at the cliff and give ‘er some stick. Okay, maybe heading out for an awesome solo ride may not be quite the same... but sometimes heading into the unknown is best approached with a ‘give ‘er’ attitude, and…

Today ZWIFT launches their new Zwift Hub smart trainer - designed to make connecting to and riding the popular training platform even easier. I got a sneak peak at Zwift HQ and this one looks impressive - and priced at under US$500, it is…

I recently had the good fortune to join a select group of cycling media at ZWIFT headquarters in Long Beach CA for a sneak peak at some cool new features to the Zwift platform ahead of the fall / winter training season.  It was all Top…

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Castelli sent me their newest bibshort - the Free Aero RC - for a closer look and review. I was skeptical about how much new-ness they could engineer into a high-end cycling bibshort. But after several rides, a few things have stood out…

VIDEO: I talk with ITALCycling Bike Tours' about their new bike tour through Tuscany on the actual routes that Gino Bartali road while evading Nazis to help save Italian Jews from persecution, and also about their Custom Training Camps, led…

Travel:  Stage 11 of the 2022 Tour de France climbed the mighty Col du Galibier at 2645 meters altitude, in the middle of a brutal first day in the Alps and enroute to a summit finish atop the Col du Granon.  I "rode" the Telegraphe /…

VIDEO: In 2003 I went to cover my first Tour de France as part of the press. I had almost no readers and even less money, so I rented the cheapest car I could find. It was small, and had no a/c, but I managed to capture some of it on…

VIDEO: The 2022 Giro d'Italia stage 18 looks on paper like a mostly downhill run from Borgo Valsugana to Treviso.  It runs through the lush vineyards of the Prosecco region - where Italy's answer to French champagne is produced.  But hidden…