Stories
OROPA '99
Award-winning sports writer Herbie Sykes flashes back 25 years to Marco Pantani’s most promethean exploit on Monte Oropa at stage 15 of the 1999 Giro d’Italia – the scene for stage two of this year’s edition of the race. He reflects on witnessing firsthand how Il Pirata captivated a nation during cycling’s most explosive era.
See the City in a Different Light
New York City cyclists, framed by street photographers Sarah van Rij & David van der Leeuw to showcase the new Rapha Performance Sportswear. Each rider lives, works and plays in this kaleidoscopic metropolis, navigating their world by bike. Sarah and David’s work documents the most photographed city in the world with a graphic expression: light and shadow, reflections, people, architecture, the decay and the energy. Layers of NYC that show us the city in a different light.