Geology clips during your favorite cycling races

Cycling races - a wonderful phenomenon in which you watch hours of television in anticipation of the heroic action to come. And those hours are filled with stories about riders, castles, the local cuisine... but only rarely about the secrets that the landscape through which the race leads.

Geo-Sports has changed that in recent years. Presenters Douwe van Hinsbergen and Marjolein Naudé, geologists at Utrecht University, have taken you through a billion years of Earth history, from meteorite impacts to exploding volcanoes, from mountains to stalactite caves, and from dinosaur footprints to the Flemish hills: every time the road goes up or goes down, there is a geological reason behind it. And Geo-Sports tells them.

For two years we covered the geology of France and the spring classics, which were broadcast by NOS and ITV (UK) and became a hit across our social media channels. But there is so much more.

Through this page we ask you for a contribution to also make clips for the Italian spring and autumn classics (Strade Bianche, Milan-Sanremo, Il Lombardia). In the future, we also plan to develop clips and blogs for stages of the Giro d'Italia, and the Vuelta à España.

All contributions are used by the Geosciences faculty for producing the clips and professional editing of the blogs. The presenters are employed by Utrecht University and offer their services free of charge, just like the blog writers from knowledge institutes from all over the world.

Thank you for your contribution, and have fun with the backgrounds and surfaces of the race!

(For American donors: your donations are fiscally attractive when using Myriad)

Cheers!

Douwe, Marjolein, and the Geo-Sports Team!