Photojournalist James Startt remembers USA's pressroom pioneer Abt after they spent years together chasing Le Tour: 'Bike talk never got better than with Sam.'
A fascinating interview with one of the most captivating personalities in cycling, who died on Friday.
Merckx was at the height of his career, and seemed simply unstoppable. But on this day, Ocaña simply destroyed 'The Cannibal.'
For James Startt, no visit to Venice is ever complete without visiting the jewel that is the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Reflecting on the life and legend that was Marco Pantani.
Reflecting on the life and legend that was Marco Pantani.
A historic start in Budapest saw Mathieu van der Poel wear the leader's jersey in another grand tour, and Mark Cavendish again won a sprint finish.
Highlights from the time trial on stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia.
A strange sense of déjà vu, from stage 3 the 2021 Tour de France, which also saw the Lotto-Soudal sprinter on the ground.
‘When you are racing bikes you have to be able to lie a little,’ says the rider once known as ‘The Sheriff’.
Five tunes that Dario Pegoretti's (RIP) right-hand man can't live without
Throwback Thursday: Where does Liège-Bastogne-Liège rank among the classics?
Sometimes for cycling photographers, the best images come at the very end of the day.
Dusty roads and lack of visibility made for a very different race than the previous edition of the ‘Hell of the North.’
Sun, dust, and hoisted cobbles at the second edition of Paris Roubaix Femmes.
Pro men and women test their legs and their equipment ahead of this year's ‘Hell of the North.’
The cobblestoned roads of northern France are the cruel setting for cycling's most spectacular singular day of racing.
Andrei Tchmil wins on a Caloi frame produced by Eddy Merckx with a RockShox fork and Vittoria Super Pavé tires.
The four-time Paris-Roubaix winner tells us his greatest fear, whom he most admires, his greatest achievement, and his greatest regret.
‘When other kids were reading comics strips I was reading about riders,’ said Pascal Sergent.
The legendary film “A Sunday In Hell,” the quintessential documentary on the Paris-Roubaix classic.
Though it's not in the race for 2022, we look back at the climb simply known as the Muur.
Who does the three-time world champion most admire? What makes him happiest? And what qualities does he most value in others?
Johan Museeuw power like a locomotive to his third Tour of Flanders victory in 1998.
Is it street art? Graffiti? Or just another way to express a love of bike racing and for bike racers?
A rescheduling to Sunday, a longer distance and a homage to World War I have helped elevate the status of Gent-Wevelgem on the international calendar.
With its distance, its prestige and hard-to-predict nature, there is no race like it on the international calendar.
By James Startt | From Issue 107
Pogačar shines on the ‘Race Between Two Seas’.
Words/images: James Startt
Late-winter racing heats up in the ‘Race Between Two Seas’
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No new race on the international calendar in the past 20 years has had as much immediate impact as Strade Bianche. The Italian classic is now in a class of its own.
Americans Brandon McNulty and Sepp Kuss show strength in February French races.
A look at the cobbled climbs of Flanders when they are not lined with fans.
Peter van Petegem maybe wasn't one of the biggest winners in his era, but he was always a player in the spring classics, winning Omloop a record-tying three times.
The three-time world champion shows off new team colors at the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var.
All eyes will be on Quintana this season as fans hope 'NairoMan' can return to his climbing best at the Tour de France.
Thrilling finish to the early season French stage race.
Ineos Grenadiers leverage wind — and massive work from the world champion time trialist — to deliver another Italian to a win.
Ganna and Co. put on a show in the 2022 Tour de la Provence prologue.
'Sir Wiggo' made history by becoming the UK's first Tour de France winner, but there were bumps along the road.
'Golden Greg' Van Avermaet won Roubaix and the Olympic medal, but still harbors ambitions as he rides into 2022.
Words/images: James Startt | From Issue 106
Words/images: James Startt | From issue 102
Words/Images: James Startt
So many big names were born in the same calendar year they became known as the 'Class of 1990,' and would win cycling's biggest races.
After a second bout of the coronavirus, the three-time world champion is excited to train with his new team.
Long before races sprouted up in the Middle East or Australia, the elite of the peloton clicked a new racing season into gear in southern France.
Words/images: James Startt | From issue 102
Riders have come and gone, but Eddy Merckx remains the reference point in elite men's racing.
Words/Images: James Startt
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The process of capturing Cavendish after he tied Eddy Merckx's Tour stage record.
Our European road crew looks back at the highs and lows of the 2021 season.
Words and Images by James Startt
Words & Images by James Startt
Few mountains evoke such respect and produce such spectacle as the 'géant de Provence.'
The French star remained a controversial figure throughout his career yet remained popular with French fans despite being at the center of the infamous 'Festina Affaire.'
From Issue 103
Wheelies, rainbow jerseys and a one-of-a-kind personality: Sagan is a rider and character like no other.
Words & Images: James Startt | From issue 103
Jan Ullrich is one of the most celebrated riders of his era as well as a reminder of how the EPO Generation brought professional cycling to its knees.
The Belgian has come as close as anyone in the modern era to completing the monument sweep, and will have one last shot at Milano-Sanremo in his final season as a pro.
Words & Images: James Startt | From Issue 105
Trek will match all customer donations of up to $500,000 in hopes of raising $1 million for this non-profit group by the end of the year.
The pride of East Germany rose to the top of the international peloton to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France.
The big Swiss time machine won just about everything, and his long-running rivalry with Tom Boonen ushered in a new generation of fans into the cobblestone classics.
The Norwegian star squeezed the most out of his motor, winning the world title, two green jerseys, and more than 60 victories during a 15-year career.
Thomas Voeckler and his two famous spells in the yellow jersey during his long career converted him into a national hero to beleaguered French fans.
The Tour de France likes its history, and there will be plenty of history lessons in 2022 for both the men's and women's races.
Paris-Roubaix is James Startt's favorite race in the world, as it is capable of packing all of the action of the three-week Tour de France into a six-hour race.
Museum on wheels will be offering exhibits on world championship history across the venues in Flanders.
The current MTB world champ talks Olympics, Kate Courtney, and her emotional roller coaster after 2016.
Les Champs is, of course, one of the most magnificent boulevards in all the world, and it offers a splendid backdrop to the finale of the Tour.
At the end of the day, the yellow jersey trumps all.
The Tour de France is also a tour of France, renowned as a wonderful summertime road trip around the country.
This image said, clearly, that we were at the Tour de France.
Ever since I learned that the Tour de France would return to the Col de Portet this year I knew where I wanted to be to get this shot.