It's complicated, the battle between good PR and winning stages in the biggest race on the planet - Should Mark Cavendish start the 2022 Tour de France, or is Fabio Jakobsen a safer bet for stage success? Spencer Martin gives us his thoughts on the Quick-Step - Alpha Vinyl quandary.

Dutch 'boy-wonder' Mathieu van der Poel has had to call a halt to his cyclo-cross season due to his back problems - How will this affect his spring Classic campaign and the future of his Alpecin-Fenix team? Spencer Martin gives us his Takeaways on the 'Van der Poel effect'.

The Time Trial is King: How Primoz Roglic Won the Vuelta a España - Roglič’s dominant win at the 2021 Vuelta shows us the time trial is still king when it comes to winning grand tours. Spencer Martin gives us the 'Breakdown' and the 'Takeaways' from the 2021 Vuelta a España win by Primoz Roglič.

Eventually Team INEOS Grenadiers announced that they were extending the contract of Geraint Thomas. Spencer Martin looks at what that means on both sides, but also there are still many WorldTour rider without contract - What are the implications for the US gravel scene.

Now that we know the 2022 Vuelta a España route, Spencer Martin takes a good look and gives us his 'Breakdown' and his 'Five Takeaways' on the Spanish Grand Tour. The Vuelta could be 'the best Grand Tour of 2022'.

It won't just be Tadej Pogačar leading the UAE Team Emirates charge on the Grand Tours in 2022. Spencer Martin breaks-down the Emirates plan for further domination with their acquisition of João Almeida.

Could Alpecin-Fenix Supplant Deceuninck - Quick-Step As the Top Belgian Team? Recent developments suggest Alpecin-Fenix could take Deceuninck - Quick-Step's Belgian cycling crown in the near future.

Three time World champion, Tour and Giro points competitions winner, classics, monuments, stage races.... The list of Peter Sagan's palmarès goes on. But the wins have thinned out for the Slovakian. Spencer Martin breaks down the reasons for the dip or decline in the career of 'Peter The Great'.

It's a tough job to predict a bike race and even harder to guess how each team will perform over a full season... Spencer Martin has given it his best shot, here are his findings.