RGT Pressroom

The following is an excerpt from Steve Taylor's blog , written about Steves's experience riding the Tour de Monde. Steve ended 5th in GC, won two stages, and the KOM - which was far above any expectations before the tour.  The Tour du Monde on RGT was the first stage race I’d ever done in my life. I had previously tried from the Highland March what it was like to flog your tired body day after day, but on a bike, this was a new experience. It’s also true that before RGT, or perhaps I should qualify that by saying - before the pandemic came along to refocus all of our lives - I’d only ever raced once on a bike. The Corrieyairick race from Fort Augustus to Kincraig in 2006, and I crashed in that, and in the process suffered a knee injury that finished my running career. The one thing that still bugs me is that because we were all on different equipment, there is no way of knowing whether my performance on the TDM was favourable because of the technology. But what I do know is th...

The Champs-Élysées, one of the most iconic roads in the world - not only for fans of cycling but to most people. But for fans of cycling, this place has a special ring to it. Tonight it wasn't Sam Bennet barely beating Mads Pedersen in a close sprint, but the numbers who turned up in tonight's crit very nearly matched the numbers participating in the August edition of the Tour de France. Nearly a hundred people at the start line, which is a guarantee of a fast-paced race, ending in a big bunch sprint.  However, since RGT isn't le tour, a break can stick on the Champs-Élysées. The pace was fast from the beginning, and already at the first small rise, riders were falling off the pack. The drafting is hard to get right, and once you are out of it - it is difficult to get back in. Swedish Jerome Berube and Canadian Maxime Turcotte were  both pushing hard at the front of the pack. Joseph Duluc, who for mysterious reasons was participating in the crit racing for beginners at Wedn...

The following is a race report from the Handicap Race, where everyone set their weight = FTP/3.2, to make the race more equal. Written by Will Usher  

 After 1 hour and 40 forty minutes of almost constant climbing James Melville and Kenneth Vansina rolled over the finish line together, the former as the winner of the first edition of the Tour de Monde. Now, almost a week after, Melville has hit the ground - and has had some time to reflect on his achievement on the virtual asphalt. James Melville in his Glasgow C.C jersey "The achievement of winning TdM reminds me of real racing. I have won lots of races, but my favorite memories are of my club getting 1,2,3 on the podium in a big cross race with Hans and my teammate Stevie winning the overall series for upcoming riders. We are a small club and friends who all work hard for each other, so the Team overall is a great joy for me" Says Melville about winning the TdM. The win was indeed an overall team performance securing both the individual and the team GC.   The team gave me a focus and a new buzz for racing. Glasgow United C.C is a Scottish-based team consisting of Stev...

The corner braking and drafting dynamics on RGT, combined with an infinite amount of opportunities to create routes through the Magic Roads, makes crit racing the most popular genre for racing on the Platform. Raw power does, however, have a lot to say. Since there is no categorization on RGT, you'll soon find yourself blown out the back on a regular crit, if you have just started racing.  That's where the "Crit Racing for Beginners" enters the picture. With a loose upper bound of an FTP of 250, it's aimed towards making crit racing competitive for people who have just entered the platform or are stronger in the mountains. "It’s basically how my journey on RGT started last year with my THRSDY crits, which has evolved into something more challenging by now. So, I hope that this gets some more people into racing on RGT" Says Alex Pleger, the man behind the event. The first race was done on the Lissone crit, which is 1.1 km long and keeps climbing to a mini...