Winnipeg’s Danick Vandale and Oliver Evans take the men’s U23 and junior titles; Anna Gabrielle Traxler wins the junior women’s championship. Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team) and Mike Garrigan (Van Dessel-POC) won maple leaf jerseys on a blue sky, cool and windy afternoon in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In both elite races the strongest riders established front […]
We received some very sad and tragic news today. Below is the message from the team. It is with the greatest sorrow that we must inform you of the passing of John Njoroge Muya. The Kenyan Riders’ cyclist was involved in an accident in the Tour of Matabungkay in the Philippines at 10am on Saturday, […]
Conquista is very proud to support this event and WinnipegCX 2014. Winnipeg, Manitoba – During the last weekend in October a small city on the Canadian prairie, Winnipeg, will host a national cyclocross championship that seeks to surpass all previous editions in scope and quality. Moreover, a downtown venue will maximize exposure to the event […]
In issue 5, which will be published in November, we will run an in-depth feature on the former Team Type 1, now called Team Novo Nordisk. We gained a fascinating insight through meeting one of their key riders and the team doctor as they prepared to start the eight-day Tour of Britain in Liverpool. Every […]
In Issue 0 we published a picture taken by Brian Hodes of Veloimages of Alex Zanardi, a former Formula 1 driver, Gold medallist and medallist at the World Championships. Alex has turned career ending injury into new opportunity victories. Please take a look at this video:
We had a very nice little surprise drop in to our inbox the other day. A notification that Conquista Magazine has been shortlisted for the Cycling Media Awards 2014 – in the “Best Use of Photography” category. The coolest thing about this news is that someone – perhaps even more than one – took the time […]
In this short film, you will meet Nick Geddes. Leukaemia survivor and rider. Filmmaker, Leo Zuckerman says: “More than a few late nights and weekends ago, Nick and I set out to make this little film. As an intermittent project, it had it’s challenges, but Nick’s an inspiring dude, and we’ve done our best to […]
We featured this race in Issue 3 of Conquista and also the beautiful Neversink race in Issue 4, brought to you by the same organiser. Below is the video from the Red Hook Crit which is superb. There are so many aspects to this type of racing that are appealing. Firstly, it is off the […]
I’ve never been much of a mountain biker, I just don’t possess the technical ability, never mind the fitness, to really enjoy the challenge of sticky mud, gnarly roots and jaggedy rocks along twisty, undulating trails. All too often I end up flat on my ass, staring at the sky, feet still clipped in to […]