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February 9, 2026Open Access

Sports as Emergent Storytelling. The Narrative Construction of Road Cycling

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This article examines emergent narratives in road cycling and their connection to media and culture, suggesting new insights into sports storytelling.

Key Points

  • The research aims to explore how road cycling, particularly the Tour de France, creates narratives that go beyond simple storytelling through its gameplay and media interplay.
  • Analyzed the historical development of professional cycling alongside the rise of mass media
  • Investigated ludic features that contribute to narrative construction in road races
  • Employed cultural and cognitive narratology frameworks to understand story generation
  • Identified that cycling's narratives emerge from its ludic dynamics and media interactions
  • Showed a co-evolution between cycling's structures and narrative interpretations
  • Highlighted how athletic performance is transformed into shared narrative experiences that hold broader meanings.

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Steven Willemsen (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69897983f0ec2af6756e7351https://doi.org/10.25926/3c3c-c652
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