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SailGP: How the Season Works and What It Looks Like From Trackside
SailGP launched in 2019 with a format designed to make professional sailing comprehensible and watchable from shore: nation-versus-nation fleet racing on identical F50 hydrofoiling catamarans at speeds exceeding 50 knots. The season visits a rotating set of city harbours, and the racing — fast, loud, and occasionally spectacular in its drama — is among the most accessible high-level sailing events to attend in person. Here is how the series is structured and what you actually see when you show up.
After the Classics: Europe's Summer Road Cycling Calendar and What Each Race Decides
Spring is done — Roubaix, Liège, the Ardennes monuments. The Giro runs into June. Then comes the part of the calendar that actually determines how a season is remembered: five months of stage racing and one-day racing from Dauphiné to Il Lombardia.