Giulio Pellizzari impressed many with his performance at the recent Vuelta a España, finishing sixth in the overall classification and getting his first professional win at the Alto del Morredero. The Italian wonderkind, aged 21, had already showed signs of what he was capable of last year, finishin...

Mass protests against the presence of Israel - Premier Tech overshadowed the closing stages of the Vuelta a España, forcing the cancellation of the final day of racing and preventing riders from celebrating the overall result on the road.  In remarks Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme made...

Jonas Vingegaard may have declined a civic reception in Copenhagen after his Vuelta a Espana 2025 triumph, but the Danish champion will be celebrated after all — this time in his home region of Skive. The municipality confirmed that the two-time Tour de France winner and freshly crowned Vuelta champ...

Rafal Majka has spent his career in the service of champions. From Alberto Contador at Saxo Bank, through Peter Sagan in his BORA - hansgrohe years, to the current era alongside Tadej Pogacar at UAE Team Emirates - XRG, the Pole has been the rider teams could trust to deliver when it mattered most....

When Domen Novak describes riding alongside Tadej Pogacar as “a dream situation”, it is not said lightly. The 30-year-old has played the role of loyal right-hand man for both UAE Team Emirates - XRG and the Slovenian national team, and at the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, he will once agai...

The 2025 Vuelta a España closed under controversy and unrest, with stage 21 in Madrid cancelled amid protests that overshadowed the sport. Riders and fans alike were left frustrated as the season’s final Grand Tour ended without the traditional sprint in the Spanish capital. Among those speaking out...

When Louis Vervaeke rolled into Madrid with Soudal - Quick-Step at the end of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, he should have been savouring the relief of three gruelling weeks in the saddle. Instead, he and his colleagues were left reflecting on one of the most surreal and unsettling Grand Tours in recent...

Jonas Vingegaard and Mads Pedersen may have delivered a historic double for Danish cycling at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, but the absence of a civic celebration in Copenhagen has sparked debate at home. Now, former pro and long-time sports director Brian Holm has stepped in to defend the pair’s decisi...

Chris Horner did not mince his words in the aftermath of the disrupted Stage 21 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. With protesters halting the final circuit in Madrid, the American Grand Tour winner used his YouTube channel to reflect not just on Jonas Vingegaard’s overall victory, but more pointedly on w...

Tom Pidcock’s third place at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana has been hailed as a turning point in his career – not only by the rider himself, but also by his long-time coach Kurt Bogaerts. Yet while the 26-year-old’s breakthrough on GC has reignited debate about his Grand Tour potential, Bogaerts insists...

Following his recent Tour of Britain win, Romain Gregoire has done it again in Luxembourg on stage 1, powering to a brutal uphill sprint win on Wednesday ahead of Marijn van den Berg and Marc Hirschi, into the leader's jersey to boot.  The day's expected breakaway finally formed just before the Mont...

Arnaud De Lie has taken the win at GP de Wallonie 2025 this Wednesday afternoon in Namur, powering in the punchy final sprint to continue his recent resurgence.  The race got underway with an early breakaway establishing itself on the Côte de Trasenster. Five riders moved clear: Edoardo Zamperini, K...

The 2025 Tour de Luxembourg takes place from Wednesday the 17th September to the 21st of September 2025. In 2024, the race was won by Antonio Tiberi, with Mathieu van der Poel and David Gaudu rounding out the podium. We look at the final startlist for the race in this article. First held in 1935, th...

The road leads from Brakel to Haacht on 20 September 2025 for what promises to be a compelling edition of the SUPER 8 Classic. See the startlist for the race right here! The race will cover about 200 kilometres, winding through Flemish Brabant, Hainaut, and Walloon Brabant before finishing back in F...

The stage is set for another exciting edition of Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, as a strong and star-studded field prepares to line up on 19 September 2025 in Koolskamp. This classic one-day race will cover approximately 180 kilometres, looping through West Flanders in a demanding test of sprinting,...

Tom Dumoulin has finished his recon in Kigali, Rwanda with one clear conclusion: the 2025 World Championships road race is made for Tadej Pogacar. After riding the local circuit and key climbs including the fearsome Muur van Kigali, the 2017 time trial world champion believes the Slovenian is the ov...

On the 21st of September, 2025, the Rainbow Jersey for the men's elite time trial at the World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda will be handed out. With an all-star lineup set to compete for victory, find the startlist in its entirety right here! The men’s elite individual time trial in Kigali is a l...

Slovenia head to the 2025 Road World Championships in Kigali with Tadej Pogacar aiming to extend his reign in the rainbow jersey — not just on the road, but against the clock as well. Yet while the world number one pursues a rare double, team-mate Primoz Roglic has made it clear his focus will be ex...

Tom Pidcock’s emergence as a genuine Grand Tour contender has thrown fresh doubt over his immediate future in cyclocross. The 26-year-old’s Belgian coach, Kurt Bogaerts, has admitted that the demands of his road calendar now leave little space for the discipline that helped launch his career. Pidcoc...

Groupama - FDJ boss Marc Madiot says he is far from surprised by the dominance of UAE Team Emirates - XRG this season, insisting their sheer depth of talent makes their victory haul inevitable. UAE have already racked up an extraordinary 85 (at time of writing) wins in 2025, with Tadej Pogacar leadi...

Stage racing returns to the calendar this week with the Tour de Luxembourg (17–21 September), the first multi-day event following the Vuelta a Espana. The five-day race promises a varied parcours, with summit finishes, an individual time trial and a classics-style finale all set to shape the general...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have confirmed the signing of Davide Piganzoli on a three-year deal, with the Dutch World Tour Team backing the 23-year-old Italian to make the leap from promising stage racer to established Grand Tour contender. Piganzoli arrives with growing credentials, having already ri...

The European calendar rolls on this Wednesday, 17 September, as the peloton heads to Belgium for the GP de Wallonie. The 2025 edition will again be decided on the iconic Côte de la Citadelle de Namur, a 3.1 km ascent averaging 4% that has long shaped the outcome of the race. The start is set for 13:...

The Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team have continued their recruitment drive by securing the signature of Thomas Gloag from Team Visma | Lease a Bike, adding yet another British talent to a squad that is increasingly shaping around homegrown leaders. The 24-year-old Londoner links up with compatriots Tom Pidc...

Richard Plugge has launched a stinging assessment of the pro-Palestinian protests that repeatedly disrupted this year’s Vuelta a Espana, arguing that what began as a political demonstration quickly descended into violence that went beyond the boundaries of sport. Speaking during the celebrations for...

On the 17th of September 2025, the peloton in Belgium will tackle one of its most iconic late-season classics. It is the day of the GP de Wallonie, the famous one-day race which finishes atop the Citadelle de Namur. Find the startlist for the race right here! Last year’s edition of the GP de Wallon...

Simone Petilli has announced he will retire from professional cycling at the end of the season, with his final race set to be Il Lombardia. The 32-year-old Italian revealed his decision on Instagram, drawing warm tributes from across the peloton – including a heartfelt message from world champion Ta...

Groupama - FDJ boss Marc Madiot has called for greater respect towards riders in the wake of the protests that disrupted this year’s Vuelta a Espana, arguing that while demonstrations have their place, they should not come at the expense of the sport itself. The 64-year-old Frenchman, speaking to Cy...

Jonas Vingegaard might have won his first Vuelta a España on the road, but it was an unexpected figure who ensured the Dane received the recognition his triumph deserved. With pro-Palestinian protests forcing the cancellation of the traditional podium ceremony in Madrid, it was Tom Pidcock’s mother...

Jesper Morkov might not have included a bonus clause in his contract when he joined Team Visma | Lease a Bike at the start of 2025, but after guiding the team to two Grand Tour victories in a single season, that oversight could soon be corrected. Visma have now won both Grand Tours in which Morkov h...

Many national teams have been forced to make compromises in the run-up to the World Championships in Rwanda - a logistical nightmare as many would agree to align with the European Championships in France just a week later. But France is not one of those willing to take any half-measures and for the...

Far from the most prominent stars of the sport, Cristian Scaroni grew to be the saviour of XDS Astana Team in 2025. The Kazakh WorldTour team was in an unenviable position in the UCI ranking with regards to their future in the cycling's top division. But the team's resurrection this year was incredi...

Kevin Vauquelin's Tour de France performance was one of the very few bright moments of what seems to be Arkéa - B&B Hotels final season in professional peloton. Even without the doubts about the French team's future Vauquelin would very likely head to a new team in 2026, but the uncertainty sealed t...

Portugal will line up with eight cyclists at this year's World Championships, which will make history by being held for the first time on African soil, between September 21 and 28 in Kigali, Rwanda. The National Team will only take part in the road race in the Elite and Under-23 categories, skipping...

Since their first steps in road cycling, the cyclocross duo Gianni Vermeersch and Mathieu van der Poel raced in the same team colours since 2017 back when WorldTour was but a distant dream of the team managed by Roodhooft brothers. Nearly a decade down the line, Van der Poel has become one of the tw...

Danish sporting officials have joined the growing chorus of voices questioning Spain’s ability to host major international cycling events after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez praised the pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted this year’s Vuelta a España. Hans Natorp, president of the Danish Sports C...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana will be remembered for a long time. Sadly though, less for its racing than for the repeated protests that overshadowed the three-week stage race. The inclusion of Israel - Premier Tech triggered repeated demonstrations, culminating in violent clashes in Madrid and the unprec...

Belgium have unveiled their line-up for the upcoming European Championships in the Drôme-Ardèche, with Remco Evenepoel the undisputed leader. The 25-year-old will once again attempt the rare double of time trial and road race at a major championship, underlining both his versatility and the Belgian...

Jonas Vingegaard believes his victory at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana has brought him closer than ever to long-time rival Tadej Pogacar – and renewed his belief that he can take the fight to the Slovenian in the years ahead. The Dane claimed his first Grand Tour triumph since the crash that derailed his...

British Cycling has confirmed its squad for the upcoming 2025 UCI Road World Championships, with Tom Pidcock and Oscar Onley set to lead the men’s elite line-up on the unforgiving roads of Kigali, Rwanda. The event, which runs from 21–28 September, marks the first time the Worlds will be staged in A...

The chaos that engulfed the 2025 Vuelta a Espana has left a lasting mark on the peloton – and a warning sign for the rest of the racing calendar. For three weeks, pro-Palestinian protesters repeatedly disrupted Spain’s Grand Tour: invading finish zones, scattering thumbtacks and shards of glass acro...

Michael Rasmussen has warned that cycling may be heading for fundamental change after the 2025 Vuelta a Espana was repeatedly disrupted by pro-Palestinian protests — even suggesting a future where roadside access is no longer free. Speaking on Viaplay, the former Tour de France star — better known a...

The fallout from the unprecedented disruption of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana shows no signs of abating, with the UCI and the Spanish government now locked in a sharp exchange over the meaning and legitimacy of the pro-Palestinian protests that repeatedly interrupted the race. What began as a series of...

For Jasper Philipsen, the Vuelta a España ended not with the chance to sprint for a fourth stage win, but with a wave from the team bus after Stage 21 in Madrid was cancelled. The Belgian sprinter, who had already collected three victories during the 2025 edition, poured out his disappointment in hi...

The 2025 Vuelta a España will be remembered for both its disrupted stages and its unusual finale, abandoned in Madrid due to protests. The fallout has divided opinion across the peloton. Some riders have defended the demonstrations on the basis of freedom of expression, while others have voiced thei...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana has provided its fair share of drama, upsets, and jaw-dropping performances, but two riders stand out for making significant breakthroughs: Tom Pidcock and Matthew Riccitello.  In the latest episode of The Move podcast, cycling experts Spencer Martin and Johan Bruyneel disse...

Tom Pidcock announced himself as a Grand Tour rider at the 2025 Vuelta a España, stepping onto the podium behind Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida. For the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, and for Pidcock who has long thrived off-road but never lived up to expectations on the tarmac, the result was a landmar...

The Grand Tour season may be over for 2025, but the calendar still offers plenty of racing before the riders head into the off-season. This week brings the Tour of Slovakia, officially known as Okolo Slovenska, which will be held for the 69th time. Since joining the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event in...

Earlier this month at the Tour of Britain, Thymen Arensman crashed and suffered both a bruised hip and a torn gluteal muscle. Despite the injuries, he fought through the pain and completed the race. Just weeks earlier he had won two mountain stages at the Tour de France, confirming himself as one of...

Following the dramatic events of the past three weeks at the Vuelta a España 2025, questions already loom over the future of Spain’s grand tour. After multiple stages were disrupted and the race ended prematurely in Madrid due to pro-Palestinian protests, organisers face mounting uncertainty about w...

For the first time in his career, Jonas Vingegaard will not be welcomed onto the balcony of Copenhagen’s City Hall to celebrate a Grand Tour victory. Despite capturing the 2025 Vuelta a España, the Danish star has decided to forego the traditional reception in order to recover and prepare for the fi...

The cycling market is moving forward following the conclusion of the Vuelta a España 2025. Uno-X Mobility, which did not have a wildcard to compete in the Spanish Grand Tour, has focused on improving its long-term plans. The World Tour license is a big goal, with which it could race both La Vuelta a...

Italian rider Filippo Zana, currently with Team Jayco AlUla, has endured a turbulent 2025 season marked by illness, gradual recovery, and flashes of strong performances. After a difficult start to the year, Zana has shown signs of improvement during the late-season North American classics, and is lo...

Former Olympic gold medallist, Paris-Roubaix winner and two-time Grand Prix de Montréal winner, Greg Van Avermaet, has been appointed ambassador for the 2026 UCI Road World Championships, set to take place in Montréal. Drawing from his extensive experience on the city's challenging circuit, Van Aver...

Former Dutch professional cyclist and television commentator Maarten Ducrot has strongly criticized the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for its silence and lack of leadership regarding Israel-Premier Tech's presence at the Vuelta a España and the subsequent protests that have been sparked. Speak...

Cofidis rider Ludovic Robeet was admitted to hospital last week after suffering a stroke, just hours before he was due to board a flight to Canada for the World Tour races in Québec and Montréal. The news was first reported by Le Soir and later confirmed by Belgian press agency Belga. The 31-year-ol...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana was supposed to end in celebration — a sun-drenched procession into Madrid, champagne toasts atop team cars, and the coronation of Jonas Vingegaard after three brutal weeks of racing. Instead, it concluded in silence, tension, and deep concern, as repeated protest actions fo...

On the day he turned 31, Sepp Kuss delivered yet another reminder of why he's regarded as one of the finest domestiques of his generation. The American climbed to second place atop the legendary Bola del Mundo, finishing just behind his teammate and team leader Jonas Vingegaard, in a performance tha...

Giulio Pellizzari’s 2025 season will be remembered as the year a new Italian hope for Grand Tour glory truly announced himself. At just 21 years of age, Pellizzari has delivered back-to-back sixth-place finishes at the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana, a feat that not only marks him as one of the b...

According to the latest reports, the speculation is over: Juan Ayuso will ride for Lidl–Trek from 2026. The 22-year-old Spaniard has reportedly finalised a deal with the American World Tour squad in the wake of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, bringing an end to his spell at UAE Team Emirates - XRG. The ne...

The countdown is on for Kigali 2025. From 21–28 September, the UCI Road World Championships will make history as Africa hosts the rainbow jersey battles for the very first time. Both Spain and France have now confirmed their squads, with Alejandro Valverde and Thomas Voeckler naming powerful, well-b...

Tom Pidcock’s third-place finish at the 2025 Vuelta a España may not have dethroned the sport’s Grand Tour elite, but for his long-time coach Kurt Bogaerts, it marked something just as significant — proof that the British rider is now knocking loudly on the door of overall victory. “We are three min...

In a Vuelta a Espana where unpredictability reigned and tradition was turned on its head, João Almeida emerged as one of the most consistent — and compelling — protagonists. But for all the strength, resilience, and tactical maturity he showed over three gruelling weeks, one day continues to linger....

Vuelta a Espana director Javier Guillén has condemned the chaotic conclusion to this year’s race, describing the protest-hit finale as “unacceptable” and insisting the sport must ensure such disruption does not happen again. At the same time, Guillén sought to distance himself and his organisation f...

The 2025 Vuelta a España was supposed to end in Madrid with the traditional parade stage and sprint finish, a day of champagne photos and smiling podium ceremonies. Instead, the race was halted amid pro-Palestinian protests in the Spanish capital, leaving Jonas Vingegaard crowned champion in the ung...

The 2025 Vuelta a España came to a chaotic and inglorious end yesterday, as stage 21 in Madrid was cancelled due to large-scale protests. Instead of the traditional parade into the Spanish capital, the peloton made it into the city centre, and Jonas Vingegaard was crowned champion in the unlikely se...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team has added another promising name to its roster ahead of 2026, securing the signing of American climber Matthew Riccitello. The 22-year-old arrives from Israel – Premier Tech after a breakthrough Vuelta a España, where he finished fifth overall and claimed the white je...

UAE Team Emirates – XRG reached a historic milestone at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, claiming their 85th victory of the 2025 season, equalling the all-time record set by HTC-Columbia in 2009. The UAE winning machine has been a train that has relentlessly gathered momentum in 2025, and an 86t...

Tom Pidcock has delivered the performance that many doubted he could, standing on the podium of the 2025 Vuelta a España in a style reminiscent of Enric Mas. His career has always been marked by flashes of brilliance rather than volume, but when he wins, he wins big. Now, with a grand tour podium to...

In an era defined by explosive talent and aggressive racing, Jonas Vingegaard has emerged as perhaps the most efficient and tactically disciplined Grand Tour rider of his generation. Yet despite back-to-back Tour de France victories and now a maiden Vuelta a Espana title, the Dane still doesn't comm...

The 2025 Vuelta a España has come to a turbulent close, with Jonas Vingegaard crowned the winner, but under circumstances unlike any other. What should have been a celebratory final stage in Madrid turned into an abandoned procession, as protests prevented the race from being completed. The demonstr...

Over the past few days the cycling market has not moved as fast as in the previous week, but with the end of the Vuelta a Espana, a few more riders have shown strong performances that have earned them new contracts, whilst also gathering attention from rival teams.  Four high-levels have been confir...

The Vuelta a España took the spotlight on the day, but across the Atlantic, UAE Team Emirates - XRG dominated the GP de Montréal from start to finish. Brandon McNulty took the victory after a long-range attack together with Tadej Pogacar, with the duo taking the win with ease and no competition in t...

The Vuelta a España 2025 has drawn to a close, leaving behind what will likely be remembered as its darkest edition. Rarely has a grand tour ended with such a sense of defeat, both for the organization and for cycling as a whole. Instead of celebrating the sport, it exposed weakness, an event left s...

Juan Ayuso’s 2025 Vuelta a España was the ultimate sub story of the grand tour, due to his fallout with UAE Team Emirates - XRG. The Spanish rider began the race sharing leadership with João Almeida, filling the gap left by Tadej Pogacar, who opted to save his strength for the end of the season. Ove...

It is safe to say that the 2025 Vuelta a Espana was a grand tour like we’ve never seen before. On paper, it went exactly as expected. Jonas Vingegaard won the red jersey, and Joao Almeida was his closest challenger in the GC, whilst Mads Pedersen comfortably won the green jersey, and Jasper Philipse...

Thibau Nys has closed the book on his 2025 road season, explaining through Instagram that he skipped the Canadian WorldTour races to prioritise his recovery and prepare for a winter return to cyclocross. For the Belgian, the decision was painful but necessary after a year spent juggling both discipl...

Alan Hatherly produced the ride of his life to claim the 2025 Mountain Bike World Championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, defending the rainbow jersey he won last year. The South African stamped his authority on the race from the opening laps and never looked back, riding alone at the front for...

The 2025 Vuelta a España will be remembered less for Jonas Vingegaard’s overall victory and more for the unprecedented disruptions that defined it from the outset. Pro-Palestinian protests forced the shortening of multiple stages, the neutralisation of sprints, and finally, the complete cancellation...

Tadej Pogacar resumed his racing calendar in Canada like last year, and has put on a performance just as expected. Only this time around the World Champion didn't take a victory with ease, but instead helped his teammate Brandon McNulty to it.  This is how he explained how he let his American teamma...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana had perhaps the most unusual finale in the history of the sport, certainly the case in recent years. The anti-Israel protestors in Madrid swarmed the city center and made it impossible for the riders to race stage 21, and also made it a logistical nightmare - if possible at...

Brandon McNulty has recently won the Tour de Pologne and he is truly on fire, maintaining his top form and taking the win today at the GP de Montreal, teaming up with Tadej Pogacar to beat the competition by a literal mile.  This wasn't the initial plan on the day, but one that was discussed mid-rac...

The Vuelta a España 2025 has finished, and it has been an edition that will be hard to forget. It has been marked by pro-Palestine protests, which have disrupted many stages and forced the neutralization of some of them. The last day was no exception. It started without incidents, with riders taking...

Jonas Vingegaard has officially won what will go down as the most unusual Vuelta a España in history. The Dane claimed his first Spanish grand tour without the traditional finale in Madrid, as pro-Palestinian protests forced the cancellation of the last stage and prevented the peloton from riding in...

The Vuelta a Espana has come to a close and instead of a bunch sprint, celebrations and a podium to end the race, the riders instead finished it in a random road just outside the city after being told to stop. The city has not hosted the race after thousands of protestors broke through to the road a...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana has come to a close. Neither fans or riders managed to enjoy a final day into Madrid and celebrate in the Spanish capital, neither did the classification winners get to enjoy their trips to the podium. Nevertheless, amidst the chaos after the road invasion by protestors, we...

As is often the case in a stage race of this intensity, the 2025 Vuelta a Espana will no doubt see a number of riders forced to abandon due to crashes, illness, and other racing incidents. Keep track of all incidents and withdrawals throughout the race right here! Nothing to note.  The stage feature...

Throughout the 2025 Vuelta a Espana the race jury attributes fines to some of the riders and sporting directors. Ultimately the fines can come in the form of money, time penalties or even UCI points, depending on the rule breaking. Here we present what has happened during the race. Hugo de la Calle...

The final stage of the Vuelta a España features the traditional circuit around Madrid. It is essentially flat, so a final sprinter showdown is the most likely outcome. It is a short day with just 107km on the menu, and Jasper Philipsen will be the biggest favourite once again. The likes of Mads Pede...

The Vuelta a Espana peloton has no luck, and the race may not have its expected finale. Stage 21 sees the riders finally arrive to Madrid, but as soon as this happened, they were met with plenty aggressive protests that have gotten onto the route and have neutralized the race once again.  Right away...

This Sunday is a big cycling day, with two World Tour events - the Vuelta a España and GP de Montréal, the XCO World Championships and two smaller-level races in France. However, both of these, the GP de Fourmies and the Trofeo Mateotti, have had high-level winners.  In Italy it was Isaac del Toro w...

Mathieu van der Poel is the reigning champion in cyclocross and gravel, and in 2023 he was crowned world champion on the road for the first time. One of the last remaining goals in the 30-year old's career is to conquer the rainbow jersey in Mountain Biking, but that will have to wait another year. ...

During the 2022 season, women's pro cycling saw a very pronounced rise of Italian Marta Cavalli, whose development as a climber and classics rider promised a lot. However, the now Team Picnic PostNL rider never managed to find her best legs again, and after two very difficult seasons far from the be...

Team Jayco AlUla's Alan Hatherly has become an XCO World Champion for the second consecutive time, conquering the rainbow jersey in Switzerland. Mathieu van der Poel was the headliner in the race but could only ride to 29th on the road.  The race in Crans-Montana began with Victor Koretzky putting h...

We take a look at the profile of the 2025 GP de Montréal, which will take place on the 14th of September. This is the second of the Canadian World Tour classics and is similar to the 2026 World Championships course, with Tadej Pogacar as a headliner. The race is set to start at 16:15CET and finish a...

As the mountain biking world turns its gaze to this afternoon’s World Championships, one voice stands out in support of Mathieu van der Poel’s challenge — that of nine-time world champion and undisputed legend of the sport, Nino Schurter. The 39-year-old Swiss icon is set to make his final appearanc...

In what has been one of the most turbulent editions of the Vuelta a España in recent memory, Matthew Riccitello has emerged as a symbol of resilience. Despite the constant disruptions caused by protests related to his team’s affiliation with Israel – Premier Tech, the 23-year-old American managed to...

Despite walking away from the 2025 Vuelta a Espana with seven stage victories — more than double that of any other team — UAE Team Emirates - XRG leave Spain with a lingering sense of unfinished business. “It’s not bad at all, and we genuinely believed we could win the red jersey,” said UAE’s lead s...

Jonas Vingegaard secured the GC win at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana on Saturday in style, seeing off the challenge of Joao Almeida to claim stage 20 solo atop the mythical Bola del Mundo.  For the final time in La Vuelta, Vingegaard showed why he’s the strongest rider in the race. The result wasn’t just...

We take a look at the startlist of the 2025 GP de Montréal, which will take place on the 14th of September. This is the second of the Canadian World Tour classics and is similar to the 2026 World Championships course, with Tadej Pogacar as a headliner. The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal follows two...

Stage 20 is in the books and barring any small changes or final stage disasters, we have the general classification standings for the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. Heading into the penultimate stage, the big question was could Jonas Vingegaard keep the Red Jersey. The answer? An emphatic yes! Sealing the ov...

Jonas Vingegaard is set to win the 2025 Vuelta a Espana! On the final summit finish of the race on stage 20, the Danish leader of Team Visma | Lease a Bike sealed the GC win in style by taking victory on the slopes of the Bola del Mundo. The penultimate stage of the race burst into life right from t...

Tom Pidcock’s third place at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana has been hailed as a landmark moment for in the career of the double Olympic champion, with pundits insisting the Yorkshireman’s breakthrough podium marks a new stage in his already illustrious career. The 26-year-old survived the punishing ascen...

Pavel Sivakov admitted he was “super happy” with his form despite narrowly missing out on victory at the 2025 GP de Québec, finishing second behind Julian Alaphilippe after an aggressive UAE Team Emirates - XRG display shaped much of the day’s racing. The reworked final circuit, which removed descen...

We take a look at the 2025 GP de Montréal, which will take place on the 14th of September. This is the second of the Canadian World Tour classics and is similar to the 2026 World Championships course, with Tadej Pogacar as a headliner. Here's how and when to watch it including in Canada, United Stat...

In a Vuelta a Espana increasingly defined not only by its brutal parcours but by repeated interruptions from anti-Israel demonstrators targeting Israel - Premier Tech’s involvement, Jonas Vingegaard has struck a notably balanced tone — acknowledging the legitimacy of the protesters' concerns, while...

In a move that blends ambition with homegrown pride, Movistar Team has announced the signing of Spanish climber Juan Pedro López on a two-year deal, running through the 2027 season. The 28-year-old Andalusian joins the Spanish WorldTour squad after six seasons with Lidl-Trek, bringing both experienc...

Michael Matthews has endured one of the most difficult years of his career in 2025. The Team Jayco AlUla rider was forced to miss the Tour de France after a pulmonary embolism was discovered during an altitude training camp earlier in the summer. Now, at 34, he has returned to the peloton and is tar...

The GP de Quebec has changed its circuit this year, making it a more difficult finale, and this turned out to be the spark necessary to create a more open race. For the first time a long-range attack has succeeded in this race, and Julian Alaphilippe took advantage of this.  The Frenchman was aggres...

We preview stage 21 of the Vuelta a Espana, the final day of the race which will take place on the 14th of September. If the race goes through all the way to Madrid, it will be a finale for the sprinters. The stage is expected to start at 16:40CET and finish at 19:20CET.  The race, as usual, ends in...

Isaac Del Toro’s remarkable rise in 2025 has transformed Mexican cycling and sparked international conversations about bringing a top-tier race to his home country. The young Mexican went to the Giro d’Italia in May as a support rider for UAE Team Emirates – XRG leader Juan Ayuso but stunned the cyc...

UAE Team Emirates – XRG came within touching distance of overall victory at the 2025 Vuelta a España, but had to settle for second place with João Almeida behind Jonas Vingegaard. The Dane sealed his third stage win of the race on the Bola del Mundo, closing the door on Almeida’s hopes of taking the...

Mikel Landa’s 2025 Vuelta a España was a rollercoaster of difficulties, persistence, and flashes of brilliance. At 35, the Basque climber came alive particularly in the final week, attacking and showing he was getting back to his best. On the Bola del Mundo, he found himself part of the decisive bre...

Tom Pidcock capped the 2025 Vuelta a España with the finest Grand Tour performance of his career, taking third overall behind Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida. At 26, the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team rider far exceeded his own pre-race ambition of finishing in the top 10, and crucially edged out Jai Hind...

The penultimate stage of the Vuelta a España was a decisive day for the final GC. It featured five categorized climbs and a final ascent to the fearsome Bola del Mundo (12.3km at 9%), and it was the last chance for Joao Almeida to attack Jonas Vingegaard. The day started uphill, with the ascent to A...

Jay Vine will leave the 2025 Vuelta a Espana with the polka-dot jersey of King of the Mountains, but the Australian admitted his emotions were bittersweet after teammate João Almeida fell short in the battle for the red jersey on the penultimate stage at the Bola del Mundo. While Vine sealed the mou...

On the slopes of the fearsome Bola del Mundo, Matthew Riccitello capped a breakthrough Grand Tour with a ride that delivered him not only the white jersey of best young rider, but also a place among the top five in the general classification at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. The diminutive American climb...

João Almeida’s bold bid to unseat Jonas Vingegaard at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana came up just short on the punishing slopes of the Bola del Mundo, as the Dane stamped his authority on the race with a searing final climb to all but seal overall victory. UAE Team Emirates - XRG rode in full support of A...

Jonas Vingegaard all but secured overall victory at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, conquering the fearsome slopes of the Bola del Mundo to seal a statement stage win on the penultimate day of the race. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader, already in the red jersey, showed his class on the de...

Protestors have been a repeat story during the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, sometimes at the risk and danger of the riders themselves. On stage 20, another such incident has occurred and this time, although serious injury seems to have been avoided, things could have been a lot worse. Into the closing 20km...

Tudor Pro Cycling Team's recent winning run continues. After Julian Alaphilippe took victory in Quebec on Friday, Michael Storer has taken a wonderful solo win at the 2025 edition of the Memorial Marco Pantani in Italy this Saturday afternoon. In a frantic and rapid start to the day's racing, there...

Mathieu van der Poel is no stranger to chasing rainbows — and this Sunday, he’s back on the hunt again. Lining up for the Mountain Bike World Championships, the Dutch superstar returns to the discipline where his off-road legacy first took shape, but with a clear message: while the world title remai...

Tadej Pogacar has never been one to shy away from a challenge. But as the season enters its final crescendo, the Slovenian superstar is setting his sights on a rare prize that has so far eluded him: the rainbow jersey in the World Championship time trial. And according to UAE Team Emirates - XRG’ sp...

As the 2025 Vuelta a Espana heads into its decisive final mountain stage, former pro and Eurosport analyst Matti Breschel believes the gloves must come off – and that João Almeida has no option but to attack Jonas Vingegaard if he wants to overturn the GC deficit. Saturday’s brutal Stage 20, set in...

Stage 19 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana may have ended with Jasper Philipsen celebrating a third stage victory, but the real talking point was an apparent lapse in concentration from UAE Team Emirates - XRG that allowed Jonas Vingegaard to strengthen his grip on the Red Jersey. With 58 kilometres remai...

On stage 19 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana on Friday, it's fair to say that not much was expected in terms of general classification differences. Whilst main rivals UAE and Joao Almeida slept at the intermediate sprint however, Red Jersey Jonas Vingegaard was alive to the opportunity, snatching 4 bonus...

We’ve reached stage 20 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana — the decisive showdown between Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida, separated by just 44 seconds before the brutal summit finish on the Bola del Mundo, where the Portuguese rider will attempt a late assault against the Dane. Johan Bruyneel and Spence...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana reaches its decisive moment today with the penultimate stage set to tackle five categorised climbs before the brutal summit finish on the Bola del Mundo (12.4km at 8.6%). Jonas Vingegaard carries the Red Jersey into the final mountain finish under pressure from João Almeida...

Julian Alaphilippe may have claimed his first win of the season at the 2025 GP de Québec, but not everyone in the select front group was impressed by the Frenchman’s route to victory. Tudor Pro Cycling Team’s marquee rider bided his time in an increasingly tactical race before launching a trademark...

This Sunday, 14th September, the second of Canada's World Tour classics takes place: the 2025 GP de Montréal. Tadej Pogacar will be aiming to defend the title he claimed last year. As he also prepares to defend his World Championship crown in Kigali, this prestigious one-day race will be a crucial t...

Jonas Vingegaard snatched four crucial bonus seconds on Stage 19 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, and former race winner Chris Horner has called out João Almeida and UAE Team Emirates - XRG for what he described as a “knucklehead move” that could prove costly in the battle for red. Speaking on his Butte...

Wout van Aert was back in action on Friday at the 2025 GP de Québec, but the Belgian star was left with "mixed feelings" after finishing 14th in a chaotic and unusually open edition of the Canadian World Tour classic. Despite strong intentions from Team Visma | Lease a Bike to race conservatively ea...

On the eve of the final mountain stage of the race, ending at Bola del Mundo, very few expected any GC action on a flat transition stage. Whilst there definitely weren't big differences at the finish, the two candidates for overall victory saw their gap extend as Jonas Vingegaard captured free time....

With just four stages left in the 2025 Vuelta a España, Jonas Vingegaard holds a narrow advantage of 50 seconds over João Almeida after stage 17. He added only two seconds to his lead, a gain that did little to hide the fact that both riders looked vulnerable. According to Thijs Zonneveld, their fat...

Tudor Pro Cycling Team have won the GP de Quebec as Julian Alaphilippe benefited from an unexpectedly tactical race. Julian Alaphilippe launched the winning attack from a small group inside the final ascent, and took his first victory of 2025.  With a more difficult circuit created, eliminating the...

The pressure surrounding Israel - Premier Tech at the Vuelta a España has now spilled across the Atlantic. After weeks of protests in Spain demanding the removal of the team from the final grand tour of the season, the controversy has followed them to Canada, where they are set to race the GP of Qué...

We preview stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana, which will take place on the 13th of September and will be the final decisive day of the race. Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida will go head-to-head on the Bola del Mundo, the final summit finish of the race. The stage is estimated to start at 13:10CET an...

As soon as the Vuelta a Espana will be over, the attention of the whole cycling world will turn towards the World Championships in Kigali. For the first time in history, the fight for the rainbow will take place in Africa. That's why Biniam Girmay's decision to skip the race disappointed many fans.....

This Sunday, September 14, Mathieu van der Poel faces the main goal of his 2025 season: the Mountain Bike World Championships. The Dutchman wants to get the only rainbow jersey that is missing in his collection (he's already won on road in 2023, gravel in 2024 and his seven cyclocross titles don't r...

Mads Pedersen was again defeated by Jasper Philipsen in a sprint at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, but a second place is enough to secure a 100-point lead over Jonas Vingegaard who is the only rider who can at least theoretically threaten Pedersen's victory in the competition. Thus the Lidl-Trek sprinter...

The Vuelta a Espana 2025 will be decided this Saturday on stage 20 with a brutal summit finish atop Bola del Mundo. However, a day before, Jonas Vingegaard grabbed the opportunity to cushion his lead with a few extra seconds to remove from his overall time. In the intermediate sprint of Salamanca, t...

The antepenultimate stage of the Vuelta a España was essentially flat with an uphill finale, which was a perfect opportunity for the fast men to shine once again after many days of invisibility. The breakaway was expected to be hard-fought, as today’s stage was the last chance for many riders to be...

Great news arrived earlier this week from the Netherlands that on September 9, Annemiek van Vleuten and her partner Oscar Abad Suarez welcomed their first son: Alex Abad van Vleuten. Congratulations! Van Vleuten disappeared from the professional peloton at the end of 2023 season after a very success...

We take a look at the final startlist of the GP de Québec, which will take place on the 12th of September. We will see a long-awaited return of the World Tour peloton and racing to Canada, for what is the first of the two Canadian hilly classics. The race has been held annually in Québec City since...

Jasper Philipsen is a proven winner and at this Vuelta a Espana he has already taken three triumphs. Once again, Alpecin-Deceuninck provided the perfect leadout for the Belgian, who didn't miss when he had a chance to strike big in Guijuelo.  "It was really really tough finish line, definitely after...

We take a look at GP de Québec, which will take place on Friday the 12th of September. We will see a long-awaited return of the World Tour peloton and racing to Canada, for what is the first of the two Canadian hilly classics. Here is when and how to watch the race, including in Canada, the United S...

For the first time since the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar will return to competition on September 12th at the Grand Prix de Québec 2025, one of the two Canadian WorldTour one-day races. The event unfolds on Friday from 17:00 to 22:05 CET. The burning question: can the reigning World Champion triump...

The Vuelta a Espana has had its penultimate sprint stage this Friday afternoon, and the uphill sprint saw Jasper Philipsen take the victory, winning his third stage in the final Grand Tour of the season.  The stage had a fully flat profile until the end and was virtually a transition stage through t...

The UCI has announced the suspension of Giovanni Carboni, 30-year old climber from Unibet Tietema Rockets who has had biological passport anomalies from back in 2024.  "The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that Italian rider Giovanni Carboni has been provisionally suspended in accordanc...

We take a look at the prize money of the GP de Quebec and GP de Montreal, both World Tour classics that will take place this weekend in Canada. The races will take place on the 12th and 14th of September respectively and will be headlined by Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert.   The first race will be...

We preview stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana, which will take place on the 12th of September. This will be the penultimate sprint stage with an uphill finale favouring Mads Pedersen. The stage is estimated to start at 13:55CET and finish at 17:20CET.  Another opportunity for the sprinters late in the...

Borja Iglesias, the Spanish international striker now at Celta Vigo, has voiced his views on the pro-Palestinian demonstrations that have defined the 2025 Vuelta a España. The protests have already forced significant changes to stages and prompted heightened security measures across the race. Iglesi...

The Vuelta a España is entering its decisive stretch, with Jonas Vingegaard holding a narrow advantage of just 40 seconds over João Almeida after the Valladolid time trial. On the Move podcast, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin broke down the situation, weighing the prospects of the two general clas...

Giulio Pellizzari’s breakthrough win on the slopes of Alto de El Morredero delivered one of the most impressive victories of this year’s Vuelta a España. The 21-year-old Italian seized his chance with a perfectly timed attack, leaving the sport’s established names staring at his back wheel. It was h...

The stage 18 time trial didn't turn out to be quite as decisive as some had expected at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, largely due to the route being shortened to just over 12km due to a lingering threat of protests. Nevertheless, as Filippo Ganna powered to the stage win, there were some differences amo...

The time has come for Lotte Kopecky to hand over the rainbow jersey she has worn with pride since Glasgow in 2023 and successfully defended last year in Switzerland. A crash during the Tour de l’Ardèche has brought her reign to an abrupt end, marking her final outing in the iconic bands. The Belgian...

This weekend, Puck Pieterse will line up in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, to defend her mountain bike world title. At just 23 years old, the Dutch rider remains one of the brightest talents in cycling, though her attempt to retain the rainbow jersey has been somewhat overshadowed by Mathieu van der Po...

Thibau Nys has drawn the curtain on his 2025 road campaign and is now preparing for a full winter of cyclocross. The 22-year-old Belgian, one of the most unique young riders in the peloton, will return to the mud and cobbles of his second discipline after a long year on the road that included a debu...

Tadej Pogacar arrives in Canada as one of the main contenders for the GP Québec 2025. It will be the first time we have seen the world champion since the end of the Tour de France in July, where he won the yellow jersey for a fourth time. The Slovenian has a point to prove after finishing only seven...

The 2025 season of Mattias Skjelmose is one big rollercoaster of emotions. The 24-year-old Dane was off to a great start to the year with strong build-up races and a massive victory at the Amstel Gold Race where he outsprinted even the last two world champions Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel. At t...

Tadej Pogacar will return to racing on Friday at the GP Québec, his first outing since sealing a fourth Tour de France title in July. The Slovenian has spent the past weeks away from the peloton, using the time to recover from a demanding season that included a full spring classics campaign and the...

After a scorching 13-minute effort over the flat streets of Valladolid, Filippo Ganna had only one task left on Stage 18 of the Vuelta a España: wait. And wait he did — for over three tense hours in the hotseat — as one GC contender and time trial specialist after another tried, and failed, to toppl...

Filippo Ganna's victory in the stage 18 time trial of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana didn't come as much of a shock, despite the shortened course adding room for errors and surprises. One such has nearly happened with polka dot jersey wearer Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) finishing within a second of...

Burnout can catch even to the very best. Last month, Tadej Pogacar openly talked about the strain the need to perform in all races has on his mentality. We can even look a bit further into things to see this as a possible cause of Slovenians decision to skip Vuelta altogether and take a full month o...

Three Italian classics at the end of the summer and three different victories for Isaac del Toro. The Mexican who almost became the champion of Giro d'Italia earlier this year is unstoppable in the final stretch of this season and the situation was not any different at the Coppa Sabatini. "Yes, I do...

There is no doubt that cycling today is totally marked by the rivalry between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar. Although the Slovenian also clashes with Mathieu van der Poel in the Monuments, the duels he fights with the star of Visma | Lease a Bike at the Tour de France are unparalleled. Thanks t...

Tom Pidcock's dream Vuelta a Espana continues as the Brit successfully defended his third spot in the GC in Thursday's time trial. The star of Q36.5 Pro Cycling wasn't able to keep up with the absolute best, but a 22nd best time of the day was enough to gain a few seconds on his closest pursuer Jai...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Isaac del Toro has made it a hattrick of Autumn classic wins in Italy, backing up his triumphs at the GP Industria & Artigianato and the  Giro della Toscana, the Mexican has now taken victory at the 2025 Coppa Sabatini too! 10 riders broke clear early to form the breakaway...

The eighteenth stage of the Vuelta a España featured the only individual time trial of this edition. Initially planned to be 27km long, it had to be cut to just 12km in order to ensure the safety of riders, which could have been put in danger by the pro-Palestine protests. The route was essentially...

Tadej Pogacar has admitted that riders are “a little scared” about the possibility of protests affecting the GP de Québec and Montréal, as cycling continues to grapple with the fallout from the unrest that has plagued the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. The Slovenian, who makes his return to racing in Canada...

It’s not often you hear Jonas Vingegaard sound genuinely impressed with himself — but even after losing ten seconds to João Almeida in Thursday’s shortened Stage 18 time trial at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, the Dane was full of quiet satisfaction. The 12.2km course in Valladolid, reduced from its orig...

João Almeida may have clawed back ten crucial seconds on GC rival Jonas Vingegaard during Thursday’s shortened Stage 18 time trial at the Vuelta a Espana, but the Portuguese rider was left with a lingering sense of what might have been. Originally slated to be a decisive 27.2km race against the cloc...

INEOS Grenadiers have their 3rd stage win of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana! Filippo Ganna has powered to victory in a reduced stage 18 time trial. Meanwhile, João Almeida gained back 10 seconds on Jonas Vingegaard. After early strong times from the likes of Ethan Vernon (13:21) and Daan Hoole (13:19), th...

Jan Ullrich and Rick Zabel have delivered a scathing assessment of how the Vuelta a Espana has handled the escalating pro-Palestinian protests that have disrupted this year’s race, warning that the event’s image has already been seriously damaged. Speaking on their Ulle & Rick podcast, the pair of f...

The decisive moment of the Vuelta a España 2025 has arrived, the day that Javier Guillén said was going to be the most important for the general classification. This Thursday, September 11, stage 18 takes place, an individual time trial in Valladolid that will challenge Jonas Vingegaard and João Alm...

Wout van Aert has firmly shut the door on any late-season surprises, joking that not even an Il Lombardia invitation could tempt him back onto the start line before winter. “I could announce I’m riding Lombardia, but I don’t think anyone would lose sleep over that,” the Belgian laughed in conversati...

After months of mounting speculation and behind-the-scenes tension, it’s official: Juan Ayuso will leave UAE Team Emirates - XRG at the end of the 2025 season. In what has been one of the most turbulent intra-team narratives in recent memory, the 22-year-old Spanish prodigy is set to part ways with...

The future of Arkéa – B&B Hotels hangs in the balance as team manager Emmanuel Hubert struggles to secure backing for the 2026 season. Both of the team’s main sponsors are set to leave at the end of next year, leaving the French squad with a financial crisis. Despite Kevin Vauquelin’s impressive Tou...

On Sunday in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Mathieu van der Poel will chase the mountain bike rainbow jersey he has long described as the “final piece of the puzzle.” The Dutchman has already conquered cyclocross, road, and gravel at world championship level, and he has spent the past week preparing on...

Sven Vanthourenhout has officially joined Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe, less than two months into his new position but already immersed in the team’s fast-changing environment. His main role will begin in 2026, with responsibilities still being defined but expected to link closely with the arrival of...

Stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana had a very difficult finale at the summit of the Alto de El Morredero, however, the brutal gradients of the penultimate summit finish didn't create the differences that were expected. We take a look at the classifications after what was another difficult day on the bi...

The Vuelta a España 2025 is proving to be very complicated to deal with the pro-Palestinian protests. The presence of the Israel - Premier Tech team is causing numerous demonstrations during the stages and for several days it was already known that there were organized movements set for the time-tri...

Stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana is a very treacherous day, lacking the big long climbs, but having lots of short and steep ones, rolling and narrow roads, where a lot can happen - and a lot did happen back in the 2021 edition. Alberto Contador has shared his opinion and warned the GC riders ahead of...

The Spanish Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría, spoke on Cadena Ser’s El Larguero about the growing tension between the Vuelta a España and pro-Palestinian protests. In her interview, Alegría made clear that she supports the demonstrations but emphasised the importa...

Stage 18 of the Vuelta a España will be the race's sole individual time-trial. We preview the stage which will take place on the 11th of September, and is estimated to start and finish at around 14:10CET and 18:30CET. There are protests organized for this stage which runs risk of not going through t...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana is coming to a close and the opportunities are running out for João Almeida to take time on Jonas Vingegaard. The Alto de El Morredero today, closing off stage 17, was a good opportunity but the Portuguese didn't have the legs - and he argues neither did the leader of Visma....

Stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana 2025 will take place this Thursday. It will be a 28-kilometer individual time trial in the city of Valladolid. For Dutch champion Daan Hoole this will be a great opportunity to leave a strong mark at this Vuelta and complete a double with a time trial victory at Giro...

The Government Delegation in Madrid has confirmed an extraordinary security deployment for this weekend on the occasion of the last two stages of the Vuelta a España 2025 in information from Agencia EFE. In total, 1,100 agents of the National Police and 400 of the Civil Guard will be operational to...

The seventh stage of the Vuelta a España 2025 could be disputed this Wednesday without altercations. Pro-Palestinian protests have been the main protagonists of the edition. It was feared that the finish in El Morredero could not take place (this time because of strong wind), but ultimately there wa...

Stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana 2025 was won by Giulio Pellizzari. The Italian took advantage of the parsimony in the group of favorites to attack with 5 km to go. That ended up affecting Matthew Riccitello, who is fighting for the Top 5 against the day's winner, which was a hard blow to his aspirat...

The Vuelta a Espana 2025 will forever be remembered for Giulio Pellizzari. The 21-year-old Italian rider inaugurated his professional palmares this Wednesday, on stage 17 of the race. With a brutal attack with just under 5 km to go on the Alto de El Morredero, the Red Bull - BORA rider rode solo to...

The seventeenth stage of the Vuelta a España featured another “unipuerto”, with a summit finish to the Alto del Morredero (8.8km à 9.5%) that was put in question hours before due to strong winds in the area, but that did not have any incidence in the end. The start of the stage was essentially flat,...

Jonas Vingegaard did not have a good day at the Vuelta a Espana, but in the big picture the outcome was, as João Almeida also had difficulties on the climb to the Alto de El Morredero, and the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider even managed to put in two seconds in his closest and most direct competito...

Tom Pidcock can finish in the podium of the Vuelta a Espana, and that is in no way out of reach as the race enters its final difficult days. The leader of Q36.5 is close to finally reaching his full potential as a Grand Tour contender as he gained ground on his main rivals on the brutal summit finis...

Stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana has been won by Giulio Pellizzari, an unlikely victor on the brutal Alto de El Morredero. The GC fight for victory was a virtual stalemate once again as Jonas Vingegaard did not attack the race and saw the finale become very tactical.  The penultimate mountain stage o...

11th win of the season this afternoon for Isaac del Toro, who remains unstoppable in the modest calendar he's been racing these past few months. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider has scored the team's 82nd victory at the Giro della Toscana.  The Mexican's love affair with Italy continues. Despite th...

Isaac del Toro is head and shoulders above the competition on the opening days of the Italian autumn classics and he is brutalizing the competition. Today at the Giro della Toscana, the Mexican has taken his 9th win in the space of two months and UAE Team Emirates - XRG's 82nd of the season.  The Me...

Fear and tension grows amidst the Vuelta a Espana as the protests against Israel - Premier Tech grow in size and intensity. The peloton has now been racing into improvised finish lines, neutralizations and has had protestors cause several crashes in the race, as well as cut trees into the course and...

Joxean Matxin, the ever-combative architect behind UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s Grand Tour ambitions, has responded directly to Juan Ayuso’s recent comments that described the team as a “dictatorship”, insisting their personal relationship remains intact — while making it clear that he doesn’t share th...

We preview stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana, which will take place on the 10th of September. It is going to be a key day for the overall classification, if the race is not blocked once again. The Alto de El Morredero is a brutal climb and the summit finish can be key to the outcome of the race betwee...

Earlier this week, it was confirmed that French time trial champion Bruno Armirail will join Team Visma | Lease a Bike from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team for the 2026 season. His transfer is part of a broader wave of movement between the two teams, with Olav Kooij and Tiesj Benoot heading in the o...

Geraint Thomas has had many career-defining days: Olympic gold in Beijing, Tour de France victory in Paris, the near miss at the Giro in 2019. But, perhaps none of those moments carried the weight of his farewell at the 2025 Tour of Britain. In Cardiff, the 39-year-old rolled across the line for the...

Mathieu van der Poel has defined the last three springs alongside Tadej Pogacar, with the pair splitting up the biggest monuments. But as the 2025 season winds down, Van der Poel is staring at a very different support structure for 2026. A string of departures in the transfer window has left Alpecin...

Tom Van Asbroeck, who rides for Israel – Premier Tech but is not racing at the Vuelta a España, has spoken out about the pro-Palestinian protests that have disrupted the race. In comments to WielerFlits, the 35-year-old offered his perspective on the demonstrations, the reaction towards his teammate...

Remco Evenepoel returned to racing at last week’s Tour of Britain 2025 and left with reasons to be encouraged. The Belgian double Olympic champion won a stage and finished second overall in a race that offered few opportunities perfectly suited to his strengths. More importantly, it was his first si...

Stage 16 of the Vuelta a España should have been remembered as the day Egan Bernal confirmed his long-awaited return to the top step of WorldTour racing. The Colombian, who nearly lost his life in a training crash three years ago, surged past Mikel Landa in the final metres and crossed what became t...

After Stage 16 was cut short by protests, the Vuelta a Espana is facing the prospect of another disrupted day, this time because of extreme weather. Organisers are monitoring conditions on the Alto de El Morredero, where fierce winds are already causing problems for the stage setup. Journalist Herib...

Stage 16 of the 2025 Vuelta a España should have ended with a showdown on the climb to Castro de Herville. Instead, pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the road in the final kilometres, forcing the organisers to halt the race eight kilometres early. The decision handed Egan Bernal his first Vuelta st...

Egan Bernal’s victory on stage 16 of the 2025 Vuelta a España could be remembered as a turning point in his career. Finally, the Colombian is a winner again within a grand tour. For a man who has faced so much during his career, his victory on stage 16 deserved more fans than the quiet early finish...

Aleix Espargaró's first season as a professional cyclist has been far from easy. The former Moto GP rider, who still appears sporadically in motorsport competition, was injured in his debut race with Lidl-Trek, during the third stage of Tour of Austria. In his return, a month later, he was able to f...

This week's update on the UCI Rankings features numbers from the stages at the Vuelta a España, as well as the Tour of Britain which took place over the week, as well as the Maryland Cycling Classic and the GP Industria & Artigianato. UAE Team Emirates - XRG has scored over 1000 points this week, ta...

Michael Woods will stop with road cycling after 10 years in the professional peloton. The Canadian was a latecomer to the sport, making a WorldTour debut at the age of 29, but still left a massive mark on the sport. Winner of four Grand Tour stages and a medallist from the 2018 World Championships,...

The Vuelta a Espana experienced this Tuesday a new episode of interruption, similar to the one that occurred in Bilbao during stage 11. On this occasion, stage 16, which was to end at the Castro de Herville (Galicia), was neutralized 8 kilometers from the finish line due to a protest against the Isr...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike are one of the strongest teams in pro cycling and above money, their results and attention to detail have over the past years helped them net several high-level transfers. However this winter the team loses Olav Kooij and Tiesj Benoot, two men whom Wout van Aert has worked...

Javier Guillén, the director of the Vuelta a Espana, has spoken about the change of finish that they have been forced to make again due to the pro-Palestine protests at the finish of stage 16. In a press conference he regretted the incidents: "You can't cut the stages, you can't block the passage of...

The sixteenth stage of the Vuelta a España featured a hilly and explosive day, with a hard summit finish that promised a lot of action amongst the GC contenders. The start was not easy, despite not including any categorized ascents. As usual in the Spanish region of Galicia, roads are never truly fl...

Chaos ruled once more at the Vuelta a Espana. Stage 16 was neutralized with immediate effect after protests and road blocking on the final ascent to the Castro de Herville. The GC riders were heading towards the summit finish, with a high pace on the penultimate climb of the day, but the untimely de...

In 2024 Tadej Pogacar won the men's road race World Championships for the first time in Zurich. The Slovenian national team has been confirmed for the upcoming Worlds in Rwanda and the reigning champion is going to be racing once more, as the man to beat in the hilly course.  The Rwanda World Champi...

Egan Bernal has just taken his first win, excluding national championships, since the 2021 Giro d'Italia. The Colombian has shown good form throughout the last few days at the Vuelta a Espana and was part of today's breakaway on a hilly day in the Galician hills. There, the INEOS Grenadiers rider to...

The Vuelta a Espana continues to be hampered by protests against Israel - Premier Tech everyday, which affect the entire peloton. The GC race was neutralized and finished prematurely in the race's arrival to Galicia, and Jonas Vingegaard was disappointed with what happened on the road to Castro de H...

Stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana has been neutralized. After the protests of stage 11 neutralized the finale into Bilbao, now the Castro de Herville summit finish has been blocked by Anti-Israel protestors, making it impossible to continue the race in safely.  "We have a big protest at 3 kilometres b...

The third week of the Vuelta a Espana has begun, but after a few kilometers it has lost yet another rider. This was Javier Romo, victim of a crash on stage 15 due to a protestor that attempted to run into the breakaway. The Spaniard is deeply upset to end the race in such an unusual way.  Romo was a...

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are the two riders that have finished first and second on every single Tour de France edition since 2021. They are head and shoulders above the rest in the modern peloton, but one day that will change. The Dane has pointed out the riders who may reach their level s...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG is set to beat HTC's victory record in a season of 85, as they enter the final week of the Vuelta a Espana with 81 already in the bank. At the Spanish Grand Tour and outside of it, the Emirati continues to bring in victories and it is only a matter of time before they make cy...

Venezuela's Orluis Aular is one of the riders that over the past years has impressed the most, and he has well and truly become a leader at Movistar Team. This Vuelta a Espana, he is the rider who has been towards the front the most, and he has talked about his current form, objectives but also his...

Over the past week and a half there has been a lot of movement on the cycling market. Several moves that had been agreed on over the past few months have only now been confirmed such as Decathlon AG2R's multitude of high-level signings, but we also have Juan Ayuso on the market after breaking his co...

One of the marking aspects of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana is the continuous action of anti-Israel protestors throughout the race ever since it has entered Spain, but as the team did not leave the race, these face no end and also see increasing risks as the race progresses. This Thursday on stage 18, th...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike, tactic wise, have been able to control the Vuelta a Espana thus far but luck wise, they have not had the best luck with the health of their riders. Right on the opening days of the race the team lost Axel Zingle who was injured in a mass crash. Entering the final week of t...

Sven Vanthourenhout has years of experience when it comes to working with Remco Evenepoel at the Belgian national team, and he was signed eyeing the Olympic Champion's arrival to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. With all the details agreed and the signing made public a month ago, the team is eager to ta...

Those who feared the 2025 Vuelta a Espana will be a boring showcase of Jonas Vingegaard's dominance in the mountains must've found the first two weeks pleasantly surprising with their turn of events. On many occasions, the Dane wasn't able to create distance to his rivals and, at times, even seemed...

The 2026 season might still seem some way off, but increasingly, transfer speculation is growing in regards to one man: Primoz Roglic. According to Dutch ex-pro turned expert analyst Thijs Zonneveld, the five-time Grand Tour winner is at the centre of growing rumour — and his next move could unlock...

We preview stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana, which will take place on the 9th of September. It's an explosive day with another summit finish, but a lot of short and explosive climbs where the GC action is set to explode. The stage is set to start at 13:10CET and finish at 17:10CET.  After it's succes...

To go two months without a victory, that is quite unusual for Remco Evenepoel and so his triumph at Tour of Britain was already long-time coming. On top of The Tumble, Evenepoel outsprinted everyone in the leading group to secure a victory as well as a second spot overall. This more or less confirms...

The world of cycling is once again in mourning. On this occasion, the sad news of the sudden death of Noa Sartis has been reported. The 16-year-old rider was competing in the French region of La Sarthe when he suffered a heart attack during a race from which he was unable to recover. On this occasio...

The World Championships in Rwanda at the end of this month will serve as a massive platform for cycling at the continent with first-ever cycling event of similar scale in Africa. Winner of points classification at the 2024 Tour de France - as well as three stages - Biniam Girmay will be the face of...

Two years ago, Victor Lafay appeared like a lightning from a clear sky in the opening weekend of 2023 Tour de France, as the only rider able to match Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar on the steep Basque climbs in the first two stages of that Tour, winning the second with a late attack. Suddenly, t...

João Almeida is experiencing one of the most remarkable moments of his career in the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. After two extremely demanding weeks, the Portuguese rider remains among the protagonists of the Spanish Grand Tour and is determined to face the decisive third week, which includes multiple sta...

Wout van Aert has confirmed he will line up for the Canadian World Tour one-day races in Québec and Montréal this weekend, despite suffering another bout of illness following the recent Deutschland Tour. The Belgian admitted his run-in to the final races of the season has been far from smooth, but...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe believe that the imminent arrival of Remco Evenepoel from Soudal - Quick-Step will elevate them from podium contenders to genuine Grand Tour winners, with Belgian directeur sportif Sven Vanthourenhout insisting that the team’s recent performances already show they have th...

Starting this week, the pro career of 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas is officially over, marking the end of an era for the INEOS Grenadiers and British cycling as a whole. One man who knows the Welshman well is former British national champion Adam Blythe, and on TNT Sports, Blythe paid a...

Despite a closely matched second week at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, Team Visma | Lease a Bike remain fully confident that Jonas Vingegaard has what it takes to distance João Almeida and win the red jersey in Madrid. As the race enters its decisive third week, Vingegaard holds a slender 48-second lead...

As Remco Evenepoel prepares to join Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe in 2026, the Belgian’s incoming presence is already stirring reactions within the team — including high praise from Danish rider Frederik Wandahl, who describes his future teammate as an “exceptionally talented rider” and a cyclist who...

With the second rest day reached, Tom Pidcock is still very much in contention at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, proving many of his doubters wrong and entering the final block of racing 3rd overall in the general classification. As such, both he and the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team are rightly starting to bel...

On the second rest day of the 2025 Vuelta a España, race leader Jonas Vingegaard appears calm, composed, and quietly confident — a rider in control. But what’s striking isn’t just his form or the 48-second gap he holds over João Almeida. It’s the absence of a certain name from the equation: Tadej Po...

With just six stages remaining in the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, Jonas Vingegaard leads the general classification — but not with the dominance many had expected from the two-time Tour de France winner. While the Danish climber has secured two stage victories, his apparent reluctance to launch aggressiv...

The 2025 Tour of Britain concluded with a dramatic final stage and a mix of emotions. Olav Kooij sprinted to victory in the finale, while French talent Romain Grégoire secured the overall title ahead of Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe. For British fans, the day carried added significance as G...

The mountains have spoken, and Jai Hindley is listening. After a turbulent few seasons marked by crashes, setbacks, and sacrifice, the 2022 Giro d’Italia champion has quietly ridden himself back into elite Grand Tour form at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana — and he’s starting to believe that something spec...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe have continued their aggressive transfer campaign by adding another crucial piece to their new GC project: Mattia Cattaneo will join the team in 2026 after six seasons at Soudal - Quick-Step. The 34-year-old Italian is best known as one of Remco Evenepoel’s most trusted m...

On September 14, 2025, Mathieu van der Poel will stand on the start line in Crans-Montana with the chance to complete the most elusive chapter of his career. The men’s elite cross-country Olympic race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships is more than just another event for the Dutch supersta...

Stage 15 of the 2025 Vuelta a España delivered far more drama than expected for what looked like a straightforward transition day. Early climbs tested the sprinters, a massive front group shaped the middle of the race, and a protest incident sparked confusion and crashes before the finale. The conte...

On the same day Olav Kooij’s move to Decathlon was announced, Team Visma | Lease a Bike confirmed they have secured the signing of Bruno Armirail from Decathlon for 2026. The French time trial specialist, a three-time national champion who currently holds the tricolor jersey in the discipline, will...

The second rest day of the 2025 Vuelta a España arrives with the race finely poised ahead of a decisive third week. Stage 13 on the Angliru shifted the balance, with João Almeida showing he is a genuine challenger to Jonas Vingegaard’s grip on the red jersey. The Dane has two stage victories compare...

Sir Chris Hoy’s name has long been associated with winning on the track, but in Glasgow he turned his competitive spirit towards a different cause. The six-time Olympic champion, who revealed in 2024 that he has terminal prostate cancer, led thousands of riders at the Tour de 4 charity event. By the...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team have confirmed the signing of Dutch sprinter Olav Kooij from Team Visma | Lease a Bike, with the move set for the 2026 season. Kooij, one of the brightest young finishers in the peloton, will begin a new chapter after five years with the Dutch powerhouse. The talented...

For the first time in history, both the men’s and women’s Paris-Roubaix will take place on the same day next year. According to TNT Sports, the 2026 edition will break with tradition and stage both races on Sunday, April 12. Since its debut in 2021, the women’s Paris-Roubaix has been held on the Sat...

Jonas Vingegaard managed to enjoy a calmer day at the Vuelta a Espana today into Monforte de Lemos, but he will not be relaxed heading into the final week of the race. With only 48 seconds over João Almeida, a single bad day could bring down to earth his first overall win at the Spanish Grand Tour,...

Vuelta organizers have moved quickly to deny speculation that the final stage in Madrid could be cancelled due to ongoing pro-Palestinian protests. On Sunday, L’Équipe reported that stage 21 was at risk, with Madrid expected to draw larger demonstrations than previous stages. But Vuelta director Jav...

Yesterday, Geraint Thomas bid farewell to professional cycling on a fitting stage, at home in Wales, completing his final race at the 2025 Tour of Britain. The 39-year-old Welshman ends a 19-year career that has spanned track and road, humble support roles and Tour de France glory. Famously self-dep...

Later this month, the 2025 UCI Road World Championships head to Rwanda, where Tadej Pogacar will arrive as the clear favourite. The Slovenian star, reigning champion and four-time Tour de France winner, will face a mountainous course tailored to his strengths. Remco Evenepoel, the 2022 world champio...

Stage 15 of the Vuelta a España 2025 in Monforte de Lemos produced another furious finale, with Mads Pedersen proving the strongest once again. Among those in the fight was Egan Bernal, who placed sixth after an aggressive showing in the breakaway. The Colombian, already distanced in the overall cla...

Geraint Thomas brought the curtain down on his professional cycling career at the 2025 Tour of Britain, finishing his final race on stage 5. The 2018 Tour de France champion, one of Britain’s most decorated riders, was visibly emotional as he reflected on the end of a journey that began decades earl...

Week two of the Vuelta a España 2025 has been dominated by off-bike events, and Sunday’s stage 15 was no exception. With 56 kilometers to go, the race was thrown into chaos when a protester ran out from a wooded area and tried to enter the course. The sudden intrusion forced riders in the chasing gr...

The Vuelta a España is heading into its decisive final week under a cloud of uncertainty, with the race increasingly overshadowed by pro-Palestinian protests. According to L’Équipe, organisers have even suggested that the riders of Israel – Premier Tech consider leaving the race voluntarily in an at...

Stage 15 of the Vuelta a España featured a transition day, after two consecutive challenging days for the entire peloton. The stage victory was predestined to be for the breakaway. Every team knew that, that’s why we found a very large number of riders in the break, which included fan-favorites such...

Remco Evenepoel didn't finish off the Tour of Britain with a win, but he gave it a go on the final stage to Cardiff. The Soudal - Quick-Step won the queen stage to The Tumble and was pretty happy with his overall power numbers throughout the week, he admitted in words to CyclingUpToDate.  "Pretty go...

Isaac del Toro has been racing a smaller-quality calendar in his last months of the season but after winning the GP Industria & Artigianato, the Mexican rider confirms that he will be racing the World Championships and will be one of Tadej Pogacar's main favourites. . It was clear to him that he did...

Mads Pedersen didn't enter the Vuelta a Espana as intended, missing out on stage wins in the bunch sprints but even in the hilly days. Although the Lidl-Trek had a firm hold of the points classification, he was yet to raise his arms in glory at this Vuelta, until today. Lidl-Trek had a clear plan an...

After six consecutive stages where the riders faced tough climbs late in the day and where the overall classification was played, stage 15 provided an opportunity for most to rest and end the second week in a more calm position. However one breakaway opportunist - surprisingly low number taking into...

Lidl-Trek hadn't ridden their best Vuelta a Espana thus far and after the difficulties of Giulio Ciccone, Mads Pedersen's lack of a victory had also been unusual. However, the Dane finally turned this around on stage 15, making his presence felt in the breakaway, and then covering all attacks to rid...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG are on a roll and have taken win number 81 this Sunday afternoon. Away from the Vuelta a Espana, the team continues to bring in victories, and at the GP Industria & Artigianato the Emirati team saw Isaac del Toro take his 10th win of the season, and Emirates' 81st of the team...

The Vuelta a Espana continues to be affected by anti-Israel protests. This morning, all teams were received with 'murderers' chants in Vegadeo, and now during the stage, although there has been no presence of a large-scale protest, an individual person ran towards the breakaway group and has caused...

Stage 6 of the Tour of Britain had an incredibly dramatic finale, with the breakaway caught in the middle of the final sprint. Olav Kooij took the stage win over Fred Wright who had been in the breakaway all day long whilst Romain Grégoire confirmed his overall classification victory.  The final sta...

Geraint Thomas is retiring from pro cycling today in Cardiff, at home and with his family by his side. The Welshman is concluding an extremely successful career and before a celebration including thousands tonight in the Cardiff castle, the veteran has hosted a press conference where CyclingUpToDate...

All over the road, these past few days at the Tour of Britain have seen thunderous cheers for Geraint Thomas, one of Great Britain's most successful riders in modern cycling, and its most recent Tour de France winner. The INEOS Grenadiers retire today, and CyclingUpToDate talked to his teammate Thym...

It was in plain sight during the TV broadcast and was undeniable. Remco Evenepoel brake-checked a rival at the Tour of Britain's queen stage during the final climb to The Tumble, and although he didn't face major consequences for it, he has been fined due to the unusual incident he caused.  In stage...

The career of Geraint Thomas comes to a wrap on Sunday. In the penultimate stage of the 2025 Tour of Britain, the Welshman contested his last big mountain. In what can be considered a rather leisurely pace, Thomas crossed the line in a 61st place, seven minutes behind the front of the race, accompan...

Stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana was an interesting one, with a virtual GC stalemate at the summit of the brutal climbs to San Lorenzo and La Farrapona, and with Marc Soler winning the stage after his own team chased throughout many kilometers to try and attack Jonas Vingegaard - which ultimately did...

Soudal - Quick-Step spent years trying to build a climber's team in order to support Remco Evenepoel and also keep him on board, providing him with the chance of fighting with the likes of UAE and Visma in the Grand Tours collectively. The Belgian broke his contract and will leave at the end of 2025...

We preview stage 6 of the Tour of Britain, taking place on the 7th of September, the final day of the race in which Geraint Thomas will say goodbye to cycling. Romain Grégoire is in the lead of the race, but the final stage is not easy and features a very difficult climb close to the finish that wil...

Alberto Contador has given his opinion on the ongoing battle for the Vuelta a Espana win featuring Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida, but also on UAE's tactics, Juan Ayuso and the ongoing protests against Israel - Premier Tech that are affecting the race.  On the Spanish presence in the general clas...

João Almeida and Jonas Vingegaard have gone head to head at La Farrapona but only showed their true legs in a final sprint where Vingegaard was the strongest and took two bonus seconds on the Portuguese. Into the final week there will only be a small gap separating the two, and Thijs Zonneveld argue...

The fourteenth stage of the Vuelta a España featured a back-to-back mountain stage, so there was no rest for the riders after the queen stage of Saturday. Riders had to tackle la Farrapona as a summit finish, a never-ending climb with a very steep section at the end of the ascent. As usual during th...

João Almeida put Jonas Vingegaard on the ropes at the Alto de l'Angliru but was unable to do so at La Farrapona. Perhaps the strong wind changed the Portuguese climber's mind, but at the second high mountain stage of the race there was a truce between the two main GC favourites who remained virtuall...

We preview stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana, which will take place on the 7th of September. It is a hilly stage, perfectly designed for a breakaway, however the weather conditions may favour a bunch sprint in the final day of the second week. The stage is set to start at 13:10CET and finish at 17:15C...

Tiesj Benoot's move to Decathlon CMA CGM (as the team will be called from 2026 onwards) is a transfer that could shift the balance at the cobbled Classics. Over the past seasons, Team Visma | Lease a Bike have been a dominant force of spring (in absence of Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar at l...

As it is everywhere he goes, Mathieu van der Poel will immediately draw massive attention in case he'd participate at the European Championships in Ardéche. The organizers however prepared a hard course, maybe a bit too hard for the Classics expert? In any case, the Dutch national team coach Koos Mo...

The stage 14 of Vuelta a Espana 2025 didn't bring much of the promised GC battle, but we still saw major shifts in the top-10 of the race. Most importantly, one of the pre-race podium candidates Giulio Ciccone, who entered the day in 8th place overall, lost over 20 minutes to his opponents. The Lidl...

Against more experienced GC riders and even former Grand Tour champions, Tom Pidcock continues to put in valiant efforts to defend his podium spot at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana as the second week of the race is coming to a wrap. Little by little, Jai Hindley is approaching the 26-year-old Brit, but fo...

The Maryland Cycling Classic, the USA's top race in the pro calendar, has led to a surprise victory for TotalEnergies. The very aggressive race saw a small group battle for victory, and amongst those it was Sandy Dujardin who took a sprint win.  The 173-kilometer long race didn't feature much climbi...

'Doing a Froome' refers to the act of running with the bike at hand during a pro cycling race. One of pro cycling's most iconic moments in modern times happened during the 2016 Tour de France at Mont Ventoux; and nine years later Neilson Powless has almost identically recreated this moment at the Ma...

For the fourth time in his career Marc Soler has ridden to a Vuelta a Espana victory, taking advantage of his incredible legs during stage 14, winning the stage despite having UAE Team Emirates - XRG itself chasing in the peloton behind.  "In the end, yes, an unexpected day, but very happy. No, I wa...

Jonas Vingegaard was tested, but overall he had a pretty calm day at the Vuelta a Espana, following wheels all day long and not being attacked by João Almeida in the battle that is set to define the winner of the overall classification.  After the stage, he admitted to Eurosport that he was happy wi...

The 14th stage of the Vuelta a Espana didn't see too much action, mostly because of the wind, but it has still done some damage in the fight for the overall classification. UAE Team Emirates - XRG was able to win yet another mountain stage - having won 7 out of 14 stages thus far this Vuelta - but i...

Stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana was another day in the high mountains, but one without too much action. After João Almeida, Juan Ayuso and Jay Vine, now Marc Soler has managed to take a win for UAE Team Emirates - XRG. In the GC group Jonas Vingegaard defended his race lead as BORA and UAE put press...

Remco Evenepoel is racing the Tour of Britain, looking to prime his form ahead of the World Championships, but the Soudal - Quick-Step rider is already in strong form and has won the queen stage of the British race. Atop 'The Tumble', one of Wales' most popular climbs, the Olympic Champion raised hi...

Remco Evenepoel is the headliner at this year's Tour of Britain and the current double Olympic Champion delivered. The leader of Soudal - Quick-Step was the strongest on the final summit finish at The Tumble and has won stage 5.  The queen stage of the race had a mostly flat start but the riders wou...

For many, the Alto de l'Angliru is considered the hardest climb in pro cycling. Alongside the Monte Zoncolan, these are the two climbs that are most often featured in the professional side of the sport at the highest level that feature such incredibly high gradients, both on average and maximum. Her...

Giulio Ciccone won the Clásica San Sebastián and the queen stage of the Vuelta a Burgos, arriving at the Vuelta a Espana with terrific form and as one of the three highest-ranked climbers. On stage 2 he almost took a stage win ahead of Jonas Vingegaard, but ever since his ambitions have been more mo...

It has now been a few days since Chris Froome has suffered a serious training accident and more details have been revealed about his health status following what was another terrible fall. The 40-year old has not only suffered several fractures but also endured a heart injury due to the impact.  Whi...

We preview the 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic, which will take place on the 6th of September in Baltimore, Maryland. The hilly classic is the United States' top race of the year and will feature several World Tour teams, who are also preparing for the Canadian classics. The race is set to start at 18...

The Vuelta a España continues to be overshadowed by politics and protests, with Israel – Premier Tech confirming ahead of stage 14 that their riders will no longer wear their standard jerseys. Instead, the team has issued a monogram-branded kit for the remainder of the race, in response to escalatin...

When Jan Ullrich and Rick Zabel discussed current cycling events in their podcast “Ulle & Rick,” two generations came together, the 1997 Tour de France winner and a long-time sprinter from the WorldTour peloton. Their latest episode focused on Juan Ayuso, the 22-year-old Spanish talent whose relatio...

Perico Delgado, commentator for RTVE, broke down what unfolded on the Angliru stage of the 2025 Vuelta a España, where João Almeida stunned the peloton by defeating Jonas Vingegaard. For Delgado, the Portuguese rider’s triumph changed the entire dynamic of the race. "The race is more alive than ever...

The Vuelta a España’s 13th stage to the legendary Alto de l’Angliru was always expected to be decisive. Few climbs in professional cycling carry its weight: 12.4 kilometers averaging nearly 10 percent, with the infamous Cueña les Cabres ramp kicking to gradients above 23 percent. On Friday it delive...

Geraint Thomas is riding the 2025 Tour of Britain, the last race of his long professional career. Ahead of stage 4, he spoke with CyclingUpToDate journalist Kieran Wood about what it meant to end his time in the peloton on home soil, surrounded by friends, family, and fans. In the interview, the 201...

Stage 14 of the 2025 Vuelta a España will run 135.9 kilometers from Avilés to La Farrapona, with a short but punishing profile. Alberto Contador, speaking on the program La Montonera, examined the route in detail and highlighted the crucial challenges. He underlined the importance of the San Lorenzo...

The Alto de l’Angliru once again delivered a day of reckoning at the Vuelta a España. The infamous climb, with its punishing gradients, saw riders pushed to their limits, and while Joao Almeida claimed the stage win, several other contenders made headlines with their performances and words afterward...

The thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España was the queen stage of this edition with no doubts. With more than 200km in the menu and the mythical climb to Angliru, the stage promised a lot of action and it certainly delivered. The climbs were all packed in the final part of the stage, with around 16...

Jonas Vingegaard has gone through the Alto de l'Angliru with his lead at the Vuelta a Espana almost intact but he will not be happy with the outcome of the stage. The Dane looked set to win the queen stage of the Vuelta, but failed to attack or go through João Almeida on the final ascent where the b...

We preview stage 5 of the Tour of Britain, which will take place on the 6th of September. This is going to be the race's queen stage, the most difficult one and the only one with a summit finish - on The Tumble, one of Wales' most difficult climbs, where Remco Evenepoel and Thymen Arensman will be a...

We preview stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana, which will take place on the 6th of September. After the Alto de l'Angliru comes another brutal mountain stage with a summit finish at La Farrapona. Will João Almeida be able to cut through Jonas Vingegaard's lead? Or will the Visma rider take revenge? The...

Ayuso flipped Stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana on its head, ripping the race from a massive breakaway and handing UAE Team Emirates – XRG their fifth victory of the event. On The Move podcast, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin unpacked how a 50-plus rider group was allowed to breathe while the genera...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s perfect streak at the 2025 Tour of Britain finally came to an end on Stage 4. After Olav Kooij’s back-to-back wins on the opening two days and Matthew Brennan’s victory on Stage 3, the Dutch squad could not add another to their tally. Instead, the spotlight belonged to Ro...

The Vuelta a Espana 2025 is experiencing one of its most turbulent editions in recent memory, as political tension spills over into the race. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been demanding the withdrawal of Israel Premier Tech, arguing that the team’s participation politicizes the event. The situ...

Remco Evenepoel is at the Tour of Britain to get his racing rhythm back and also test his form ahead of the World Championships. However he has to wait until stage 4 for the riders to face some hilly terrain, in the meantime he has been busy supporting the team's sprinting ambitions with Luke Lamper...

Mads Pedersen refuses to stop attacking. On Stage 13 of the 2025 Vuelta a España, the Dane was once again in the breakaway, making sure to collect valuable points in his ongoing battle for the green jersey. While the stage to the fearsome Alto de l’Angliru was always destined to end in a showdown be...

The battle for top spots on the ProTeam ranking will be fierce in next years. With two very strong Swiss teams set to lead the charge in the upcoming three-year cycle, it will be interesting to see whichever comes out on top. Q36.5 Pro Cycling put their name on the map last winter with the acquisiti...

Michal Kwiatkowski will be quite possibly the longest-serving rider of Ineos Grenadiers next year with the retirements of funding members Geraint Thomas and Salvatore Puccio (we can't count Ben Swift because of his two-year adventure at UAE Team Emirates). The Pole joined then Team Sky as a reigning...

The Vuelta a España 2025 has experienced this Friday a drastic change of script. João Almeida has defeated Jonas Vingegaard in the queen stage with the final ascent up the mythical Alto de l'Angliru. The Portuguese achieved this victory thanks to a tremendous work of his UAE Team Emirates - XRG team...

Despite promising attacks of the likes of Remco Evenepoel, the stage 4 of Tour of Britain came down to a sprint in Burton Dassett. There, Romain Grégoire proved to be the fastest as he held off compatriot Julian Alaphilippe to jump into the overall lead. Tomorrow, the GC is likely to be decided with...

As was expected, the Alto de l'Angliru uncovered the cards of all GC contenders, however the situation has not become any more clear than it was before Friday. Both stage winner Joao Almeida and race leader Jonas Vingegaard appeared to be on a similar level while the battle for final podium spot is...

The Alto de l’Angliru once again lived up to its fearsome reputation on Friday’s Vuelta a Espana stage 13. Joao Almeida stunned Jonas Vingegaard to take victory on the iconic Asturian climb, and in doing so, the Portuguese rider extended one of the strangest statistical streaks in modern cycling. Ac...

Steep climbs are Sepp Kuss' racing grounds and today at the Alto de l'Angliru. he showed his very best level. On the climb where two years ago he was attacked but virtually sealed his overall win at the Vuelta a Espana, he was close to Jonas Vingegaard, but could not stop Visma's defeat against João...

Stage 13 delivered the action it promised, but all-in-all, the podium positions have remained the same. This is the Vuelta a Espana's overall classification after tacklign the mythical and ultra-steep Alto de l'Angliru.  Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida did the climb together from start to finish,...

Tom Pidcock's overall classification at the Vuelta a Espana continues, and as the race goes through its hardest climb, he remains on the podium. On the Alto de l'Angliru the Briton had some difficulties, but the time loss to his direct rivals was not dramatic and he remains very much in sight of the...

Few would've expected it, but Jonas Vingegaard was not the strongest and was beaten at the Alto de l'Angliru. The hardest climb of the Vuelta marked the start of the key part of the race, but the Dane saw his lead to João Almeida shortened after the Portuguese outsprinted him atop the end of stage 1...

The Alto de l'Angliru promised and it delivered. Stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espana has created some very meaningful differences, but not between the two main favourites of the race. João Almeida led almost the entire way up the Alto de l'Angliru followed only by Jonas Vingegaard, but the Visma rider d...

Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain was a day for the puncheurs, and it was a battle between two Frenchmen in the race's first hilly day. Remco Evenepoel attacked two times on a day that proved harder than expected, but in the end it was Romain Grégoire who sprinted to victory, an explosive triumph over...

Sylvan Adams, owner of Israel - Premier Tech and strong defender of the Israeli cause, was at the Vuelta a Espana during it's most difficult day where the race was neutralized into Bilbao. The controversial owner of the Israeli team has strongly pushed against the protestors and the Basque Country c...

A new Vuelta a Espana begins today, with the first high mountain stage finishing atop the Alto de l'Angliru. Despite the many controversies, UAE Team Emirates - XRG has thus far won 5 of the 13 stages, two of them with Juan Ayuso. The Spaniard will focus on supporting João Almeida from this point on...

Laurens ten Dam has entered the debate surrounding UAE Team Emirates – XRG, a squad dominating the 2025 Vuelta a España but mired in internal drama. The team has already won five of the opening twelve stages, with Juan Ayuso taking two of those victories, yet their success has been overshadowed by A...

Stage 13 of the Vuelta a España brings the peloton face-to-face with the climb that strikes fear into even the best riders in the world: the Alto de l’Angliru. At 202 kilometers, the stage is long and bruising, but it is the final 12.4 kilometres of road, averaging nearly 10 percent with ramps that...

Ben O’Connor, last year’s runner-up at the Vuelta a España, has abandoned the 2025 edition of the race. The Australian rider, who carried the red jersey deep into the 2024 race before being overhauled by Primoz Roglic, abandoned at the start of stage 13, the queen stage to the Angliru. O’Connor’s wi...

Ellen van Dijk, one of the defining riders of her generation, is set to end her professional cycling career at the close of 2025. The 38-year-old Dutchwoman, a three-time world time trial champion and accomplished track rider too, confirmed earlier this summer that she would retire after nearly two...

The Vuelta a España has always thrived on cruel climbs, but none carries the weight and menace of the Alto de l’Angliru. Rising from the misty roads of Asturias, this mountain has carved its place as the most feared ascent in modern cycling. First introduced to the race in 1999, the Angliru was desi...

Stage 13 of the 2025 Vuelta a España moves into Asturias with a monumental 202-kilometer route from Cabezón de la Sal to the summit of the climb we've all been waiting for, the Angliru. The stage, already being labelled the queen of this year’s race, is defined by its sheer length, the tension of th...

We preview stage 4 of the Tour of Britain, which will take place on 5 September 2025. It is the first hilly stage of this year’s race, expected to deliver an explosive sprint finale featuring the GC riders, with Remco Evenepoel likely to be involved. The stage is set to start at 12:45 CET and should...

We take a closer look at stage 13 of the Vuelta a España, widely seen as perhaps the most decisive day of the race. The riders will face a summit finish on the legendary Alto de l’Angliru – the most brutal climb of this year’s edition and among the toughest in professional cycling. This marks the Vu...

All throughout the Vuelta a Espana so far, the talk has been about whether the Israel – Premier Tech team is moral. The team has been subject to many protests, with many riders and fans questioning their involvement. But now there is some other news involving the team, if we are to believe reports c...

The Kigali World Champioships are rapidly approaching and it's slowly becoming clear who will, and who won't travel to Rwanda to compete for the 2025 rainbow jersey. Despite some of the previously announced absences (such as Mathieu van der Poel, Mads Pedersen and Jonas Vingegaard), we can still loo...

Michael Matthews won the Eschborn-Frankfurt on May 1. Since then, we haven't heard of the experienced Australian for nearly four months. But at the Bretagne Classic last week, Matthews showed up again and with an 8th place, has confirmed to back in a competitive shape. That's in particular good news...

Stage 13 will be the first real test of GC contenders at the Vuelta a Espana. Thus far, there was always somewhere to hide in the battle for top results at the Spanish Grand Tour, but the final climb Alto de l'Angliru will put every single rider through a test that will not allow anyone to hide thei...

Stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana 2025 has once again been very cruel to Movistar Team. The telephone squad is doing an incredible job in the race to fight for victories, but against the powerhouse that is UAE Team Emirates - XRG, it is a difficult task. This Thursday, Javier Romo was defeated at the...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike makes it three in a row at the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain. After two victories for Olav Kooij, this time his younger team mate Matthew Brennan was given an opportunity and he didn't hesitate. With a powerful lead-out from overall leader Olav Kooij, Brennan convincingly del...

The 12th stage of the Vuelta a España featured a tricky mountain stage that was perfect for a breakaway to succeed. Riders knew that, which caused a fierce battle to get into the break of the day. There was no team willing to chase, which made it easier for the break to be established. It was 20 rid...

Remco Evenepoel’s long-awaited return to racing came this week at the Tour of Britain, a month and a half after his early exit from the Tour de France. The Belgian Olympic champion last pinned on a number on July 19 during stage 14 of the Tour, where he abandoned on the Tourmalet after three torrid...

Stage 12 of the Vuelta a España ended in a tense showdown between Juan Ayuso and Javier Romo. The two Spaniards argued over the length of their turns in the final kilometers, but with the chasers closing in, they were forced to keep working together until the line. In the sprint, Ayuso proved the st...

Stage 12 of the Vuelta a España ended with Juan Ayuso taking his second victory of this year’s race after a tense sprint against Javier Romo. The pair had broken clear from a large escape group on the slopes of Collada de Brenes and held off the chasers on the long run-in. At first it seemed that Ay...

On stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana, Juan Ayuso has taken the victory, beating Spanish compatriot Javier Romo in the sprint. Ayuso had attempted to go solo on the final climb of the day, but had been unable to shake off Romo. But, after what has been a dramatic week for Ayuso off the bike, he managed...

The Vuelta a España 2025 witnessed an unusual interruption on Wednesday, when Stage 11 in Bilbao was neutralised following large pro-Palestinian demonstrations near the finish line. “Unusual” is one word to describe the incident, but perhaps a better one is “inevitable.” With safety concerns at the...

The Vuelta a España’s eleventh stage in Bilbao should have been one of the most exciting stages of the race, but instead it was brought to a halt when pro-Palestinian demonstrators forced organisers to neutralize the finale. Riders were stopped three kilometres from the line, wiping away Tom Pidcock...

A Visma rider has won stage 3 of the Tour of Britain, but this time it was not Olav Kooij, but his young British teammate Matthew Brennan who took home the honours on home soil. Once again, Brennan has confirmed he is one of the most exciting prospects in the sport. The start of stage 3 began in Mil...

Antonio Tiberi’s 2025 Vuelta a España has not gone how many would have expected. After eleven stages, he is 43rd overall, more than 47 minutes behind race leader Jonas Vingegaard. The Italian admitted he had started the race aiming for the general classification, but his form and circumstances have...

The Vuelta a España 2025 will take place from August 23 to September 14 and will start in Italy! The final Grand Tours of the season will begin in Italy, pass through France and Andorra, before traversing a series of mountainous and hilly stages throughout the Spanish mainland. Here's where and when...

As the Vuelta a Espana moves from the Basque Country to Cantabria, we get some different terrain. After an explosive day in Bilbao and on the eve of the two most decisive stages of the race, we could get a more conservative day for the GC riders. But Alberto Contador believes the climbs on stage 12...

Stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana was a very eventful one to say the least. There was no stage winner but we've had Tom Pidcock on the attack, Jonas Vingegaard gaining time on João Almeida, and several protests that led to a neutralization - although there were still GC differences. Johan Bruyneel and...

Matthew Riccitello is currently in the Top10 of the Vuelta a Espana and fighting for a career-changing result, but his presence in the race is in jeopardy as he is racing for Israel - Premier Tech that is being heavily pressured into leaving the race. The American however is likely not worried about...

The Vuelta a Espana is going through unprecedented and difficult days as the anti-Israel protests intensify and threaten the peloton. The race organizers do not expel Israel - Premier Tech from the race and the UCI refuses to take action, all the meanwhile a small percentage of the protestors become...

Tom Pidcock is in extraordinary form and unlike the Giro d'Italia, he is showing his very best level at the Vuelta a Espana. Thus far he is on the podium together with Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida, but in the punchy stage into Bilbao he even attacked the duo and got closer to the Portuguese, le...

Israel - Premier Tech's sports director Óscar Guerrero has spoken about the team's current situation after the events that are unfolding at the Vuelta a Espana. The team isn't leaving the race and although he sympatizes with the protestors, the staff and riders are afraid and under constant barrage...

Jonas Vingegaard had a clear goal today at the Vuelta a Espana: Win the stage. It was his son's birthday which provided extra motivation, but the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider didn't have the chance to take the stage win as the finale was neutralized due to protests at the finish.  "It's my son's...

We preview stage 3 of the Tour of Britain, which will be taking place on the 4th of September and it will be the third flat day where the sprinters get their opportunity. Olav Kooij will once again be the main favourite and man to beat. The stage is set to start at 12:45CET and finish at 15:20CET in...

Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España should have been remembered for Tom Pidcock’s strongest general classification performance to date. The British rider distanced race leader Jonas Vingegaard twice in Bilbao, something only Tadej Pogacar has been able to do for many years. Instead, the day ended with d...

In a sport defined by watts, tactics, and marginal gains, it’s rare to see a World Tour champion swap the crucible of the peloton for the pages of a children’s storybook. But that’s exactly what Tadej Pogacar has done – and, true to form, he hasn’t done it alone. This summer, Pogacar and his partner...

We preview stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana which will take place on the 4th of September. This will be a tricky mountain stage without a summit finish but with two difficult climbs on the way, where some men may want to test Jonas Vingegaard. The stage is set to start at 14:10CET and finish at 17:20...

Earlier this week, Belgium confirmed its lineup for the World Championships in Rwanda, with Remco Evenepoel leading the squad. The team is shaped by the absences of several big names, forcing manager Serge Pauwels to make strategic calls. He underlined the importance of carefully selecting the rider...

Out of everyone at the Vuelta a Espana today, Tom Pidcock was the rider with the most to win. The leader of Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team had attacked the final climb and could have well been on his way to a massive victory, but found himself confused and angry and the last-minute changes to the stage due...

Mathieu van der Poel headlines this week's UCI rankings update, having shown great form at the Renewi Tour where he was very aggressive and scored good results. In the year-long rankings he is now second behind Tadej Pogacar, overtaking Mads Pedersen in the process.  You can check the previous updat...

Nearly two months after stage 11 of the Tour de France was thrown into chaos, the man behind the protest has been given a court date. Amine Messal, a student at the École Normale Supérieure in Toulouse, will stand trial on November 19. His interruption came on a day when the race itself was already...

What a day Wednesday was for cycling fans watching the third grand tour of 2025. Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España was supposed to be a highlight of the race, with Bilbao hosting a thrilling mountain finale. Instead, the day will be remembered for distressing scenes that forced the organisers to neutr...

Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España ended in confusion and frustration after organisers were forced to neutralize the finish in Bilbao, after protests that had been building all week but reached boiling point on Wednesday. Large groups of pro-Palestine demonstrators blocked the closing straight, protest...

There were no bonifications and times were taken with 3 kilometers to go, but after several hours the Vuelta a Espana organizers have issued the official stage results. Stage 11 in the Basque Country provided a lot of drama, but despite the neutralization there was still GC action and gaps created e...

The eleventh stage of the Vuelta a España featured an explosive route with several short but steep climbs that were expected to shake up the race. The start of the stage was uphill, with riders tackling a third category ascent. Mads Pedersen was one of the first men to attack and went solo for a whi...

Solidarity and support for the teams affected by the anti-Israel protests at the Vuelta a Espana over the past few days, but no action has been taken. The UCI has issued a statement on what is happening in the Spanish Grand Tour, but it has had no impact on the actual race neither has it made any de...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana is being marked not by racing but instead by the events that have been taking place outside of the fight for the overall classification. Today's 11th stage was neutralized in the finale, as dozens of anti-Israel protestors tried to break through the barriers in the finishing...

Stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana had it's final kilometers neutralized as the race reached the Basque Country where the anti-Israel protests at the finish meant that times were taken with 3 kilometers to go. There was no official stage winner, but on the final climb Tom Pidcock and Jonas Vingegaard m...

Stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana will have a semi-neutralization. The riders will take on the final climbs of the stage but times will be taken at 3 kilometers away from the finish and there will be no stage winner due to the large amounts of anti-Israel protestors at the finish line in Bilbao.  Alth...

Florian Vermeersch has joined UAE Team Emirates - XRG this year but he never actually raced with Juan Ayuso, and most likely will not until the end of the season. The Belgian says he was very surprised with the Spaniard's public outburst against the team management and use of the word 'dictatorship'...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike has gotten two for two at the Tour of Britain. Stage 2 of the British race saw a similar route and the same outcome in the end, with Olav Kooij sprinting to victory once again.  The second stage of the race didn't feature any climbs once again and a bunch sprint was natural...

Juan Ayuso launched quite harsh criticism of UAE Team Emirates - XRG's management in his pre-stage 10 interview and used the word dictatorship. This obviously did not fall well and Joxean Matxin, who is handling the team at the Vuelta a Espana, was asked about it this morning.  Juan Ayuso came out t...

Former Spanish cyclists Alberto Contador and Eduardo Chozas, regular Eurosport commentators, reacted yesterday to Juan Ayuso's departure from UAE Team Emirates - XRG. In Spain, during the Vuelta a Espana, the situation developed into a massive storm that took over, overshadowing the racing aspect. ...

Stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday, the 3rd of September, is going to be a tough day and one of it's kind in this year's race. There will be numerous short and steep climbs, presenting a different challenge for Jonas Vingegaard, who has thus far not shown any weakness. Stage 11 will start...

Although we are only now entering the second half of the Vuelta a Espana, it is easy to forget that the Rwanda World Championships begin in the space of 18 days and right on its first day cycling fans are set to have a battle between Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar - among others - for the elite m...

Juan Ayuso's departure from UAE Team Emirates - XRG is currently the hot topic in the Vuelta a Espana, but the decision to part ways was already made long before the race began. Thijs Zonneveld brings to question how much Tadej Pogacar and Ayuso's own personality had to do with the way the topic has...

Leo Hayter was a few years ago one of Great Britain's brightest prospects, having won the under-23 Giro d'Italia and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, something that caught the attention of INEOS Grenadiers who signed him. However his first years as an elite rider didn't go to plan and a set of psychological ch...

Juan Ayuso has won a stage at this Vuelta a Espana and he has said that after the confirmed news of his departure, that he can focus exclusively on the race once again. This Tuesday he was riding in support of João Almeida, and he talks well of the Portuguese rider whom he hopes to support into an o...

The main topic of the rest day and stage 10 were the news around Juan Ayuso, his departure from UAE Team Emirates - XRG and his dispute with the team management which he was not afraid to air out in a pre-race interview. Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin have shared their opinion on the matter and s...

Juan Ayuso had his departure from UAE Team Emirates - XRG surprise announced two days ago and was quite unhappy with the timing the team chose to put out the news, and did not hide it during yesterday's stage start. The unusual rant against his team caught Pedro Delgado by surprise, who comments on...

Israel - Premier Tech's presence at the Vuelta a Espana has caused great controversy amongst the Spanish audience, who is taking to the road on the daily to protest it. However the consequences are falling on riders of other teams, and after stage 10 several riders have taken to social media asking...

Stage 2 of the Tour of Britain on Wednesday, 3 September 2025, is not going to be a very different day from the opening stage. Olav Kooij has taken over the race lead and will be the strongest sprinter on what should be a second regular bunch sprint. The start is at 12:15 CET and we expect the finis...

At the Tour de Pologne, as is unfortunately the case almost on a yearly basis now, there was a life-threatening crash taking place, this time involving UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Filippo Baroncini. His injuries were severe and he was put in an induced come for two weeks, and almost a month after the...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s handling of the opening week of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana has come under fierce scrutiny, with Dutch analysts warning that the squad looks a shambles in the absence of Tadej Pogacar. What should have been a dominant show of depth has instead been described as “chaos” – with...

After months of speculation, Tiesj Benoot has officially confirmed he will leave Team Visma | Lease a Bike at the end of the 2025 season to join the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team — soon to be named Decathlon CMA CGM. The 31-year-old Belgian, widely regarded as one of the most tactically astute and...

Lennert Van Eetvelt is well-recognized as one of the most promising young climbers in the peloton. However his true potential hasn't really been to come to the surface yet as injuries and illness continue to haunt the 24-year-old Belgian. The Lotto leader has not raced since the Tour de France due t...

The Renewi Tour, Deutschland Tour and Bretagne Classic bring in major points changes in the UCI Rankings and over the past two weeks we've seen Uno-X come closer and closer to the World Tour and the teams that are in front of it. Meanwhile, Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates - XRG remains in front. ...

There is no doubt that the topic of the moment in cycling is the departure of Juan Ayuso from UAE Team Emirates - XRG. Under normal conditions, it would not give for more debate than the departure of Remco Evenepoel from Soudal - Quick-Step, for example. But all the controversy generated in recent m...

The 2025 edition of Lloyd's Bank Tour of Britain will be easily distinguished among other years as it coincides with being the final professional race in the rich career of Geraint Thomas. But it wouldn't be G if even his participation alone didn't go without a story. In fact, the 39-year-old Welshm...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana began its second week of racing on Tuesday, but all eyes were focused off the road. Specifically, towards UAE Team Emirates - XRG. On Monday they announced the departure of Juan Ayuso at the end of the season, and that announcement did not please the Spaniard, who believes i...

Matthew Riccitello continues to excell in the mountains of Vuelta a Espana and after stage 10 enters the top-10 of general classification, crossing the finish line as a seventh best rider from the peloton on the day. So far, the 23-year-old American made no mistakes and is now only 27 seconds shy of...

The tenth stage of the Vuelta a España took place after the first rest day, featuring a similar route compared to that on Sunday with a final summit finish. The start of the stage was not easy by any means, not because of the gradients - it was mostly flat - but because of the extremely high pace im...

The Vuelta a Espana had another mountain stage this Tuesday and although chances were not high, João Almeida tested Jonas Vingegaard post-rest day. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider was not able to crack the Dane, but saw Juan Ayuso work for him and had teammate Jay Vine bring another motivation-ind...

Juan Ayuso has turned his Vuelta a España into a battleground with UAE Team Emirates - XRG, after an announcement about his departure caught him off guard during the rest day. Before the start of stage ten, the Spaniard unloaded on his team, accusing management of acting behind his back. He said the...

Jonas Vingegaard is once again in the lead of the Vuelta a Espana. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider kept his powder dry on stage 10 to Larra Belagua, but simply following his adversaries was enough to go through Torstein Traeen in the overall classification and back into the race lead.  “I’m now...

Israel - Premier Tech's presence has been causing outrage for many throughout the year who use cycling's TV broadcast to oppose and protest it. Often times peacefully, but now for the second time at this Vuelta a Espana, they have taken to try and block roads. A disaster was narrowly avoided this af...

Tom Pidcock continues to race through the Vuelta a Espana with extraordinary form, and is truly going for a proper test of what he is capable of doing with the right settings and form in a Grand Tour. After the harsh words he got from João Almeida on the climb to Valdezcaray on Sunday, the leader of...

It has been a rather eventful 24 hours for Juan Ayuso. A departure from UAE Team Emirates - XRG had been previously agreed on for the end of the season, but team management decided to bring it forward in the schedule and make the announcement on the Vuelta a Espana's first rest day. The Spaniard sta...

At this point in his career, it is safe to say that the Vuelta a Espana is Jay Vine's ultimate race. Back in 2022 he had a stupendous breakthrough with two stage wins; In 2024 he won the KOM classification; and with only 10 stages of the 2025 race ridden he has both won two stages and is leading the...

Stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana delivered some more GC action, with a breakaway threatening the race lead of Torstein Traeen, and several attacks in the final climb creating small splits. The main GC riders have arrived together, however Traeen's difficulties meant Jonas Vingegaard has moved back in...

Jay Vine has won stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana, his second of the race, reinforcing his lead in the KOM classification. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider took the victory in a day where his team and teammate Juan Ayuso took over headlines over their split up.  This was a very fast day, finishing a...

Tadej Pogačar is leading the UCI World Rankings as of August 2025 with 3,755 points, and Mads Pedersen is second with 1,951 points. The data showcases the razor-thin margins that exist between the best riders in professional cycling.  This article delves into the performance parameters of riders and...

The first nine stages of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana have already left their mark not only on the overall classification, but also on the distribution of prize money The official table shows the supremacy of UAE Team Emirates - XRG, which has netted 45,675 Swiss Francs, clearly outshining the competiti...

The Tour of Britain has begun this Tuesday afternoon and in the opening bunch sprint we've almost had a big surprise. However, Team Visma | Lease a Bike completed a strong leadout to deliver Olav Kooij into the victory on stage 1.  The opening stage of the race took place between Woodbridge and Sout...

On the third day of the 2025 Vuelta a España, David Gaudu made a stunning return to form, outsprinting Jonas Vingegaard and Mads Pedersen for the stage victory and moving into the red jersey. For a brief moment, the Groupama – FDJ leader looked like a genuine GC contender. A week later, however, he...

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Remco Evenepoel announced his transfer to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe right at the start of August following the end of the Tour de France, something that was already expected, and the Belgian in the meantime had gone to Livigno to train at altitude in preparation for the World Championships. With t...

Juan Ayuso is going to leave UAE Team Emirates - XRG at the end of the season and joining a new team, an agreement that had been prepared for a few weeks. However it was suddenly released mid-Vuelta a Espana, unlike what had been agreed on according to the Spaniard. Joxean Matxin has explained why t...

Jay Vine won stage 6 of the Vuelta a Espana and got himself in the KOM jersey, which he won last year. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG had an important support role for João Almeida on the climb to Valdezcaray, however his ambitions are split as he will also be looking to win the classification over the...

Timo Kielich will leave Alpecin-Deceuninck at the end of the season and join Team Visma | Lease a Bike in 2026. The 24-year-old Belgian from Sint-Truiden has become a key domestique in the spring classics for Mathieu van der Poel’s team, but will now take on a similar role within the Dutch squad. Ki...

Stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana will be the first day of the race following the rest day. This Tuesday, we will have a very similar summit finish to that of the previous stage, with Torstein Traeen entering it in the red jersey. We preview a day where Jonas Vingegaard's attitude however will be the...

Week two of the Vuelta a España 2025 begins with Torstein Træen still in the red jersey, despite Jonas Vingegaard’s two stage wins and status as the overwhelming favorite for overall victory. On Monday’s rest day, the Bahrain – Victorious rider reflected on his situation, acknowledging both the chal...

Belgium will head to the 2025 World Championships in Kigali without one of its biggest stars. Lotte Kopecky, the reigning two-time world champion, has decided not to defend her rainbow jersey in Rwanda later this month. After triumphs in Glasgow (2023) and Zurich (2024), her attempt at a third strai...

Javier Ares, Eurosport’s veteran cycling narrator, has discussed on his YouTube channel the news that Juan Ayuso will leave UAE Team Emirates to join Lidl-Trek. Ares explained that the deal has been finalized for some time and stressed that the events of the current Vuelta a España 2025 have had no...

Belgium has confirmed its lineup for the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, with Remco Evenepoel leading the squad. The 2022 world champion and reigning two-time world time trial champion (2023 and 2024) will be backed by Ilan Van Wilder, Victor Campenaerts, Tiesj Benoot, Florian Vermeersc...

The 2025 Tour of Britain is just around the corner, set to take place from Tuesday, 2 September to Sunday, 7 September. The race gathers lots of big names in a course that also provides opportunities for many kinds of riders. This is when and where you can watch the race, including the United Kingdo...

Johan Bruyneel has given a detailed assessment of Juan Ayuso’s situation at UAE Team Emirates - XRG, speaking on Lance Armstrong’s The Move podcast with Spencer Martin. He argued that both the team and the young Spaniard are mishandling this year’s Vuelta a España 2025, with consequences for João Al...

The Tour of Britain takes place from the 2nd to the 7th of September, and as is the case every year it brings in a whole host of top riders, from multiple specialties. The six-day race provides lots of opportunities for the World Tour stars, whilst also providing great opportunities for new stars to...

Ide Schelling has decided to end his professional cycling career at just 27 years old. The Dutch rider, currently with XDS Astana after a previous stint at BORA, revealed the news on the De Grote Plaat podcast. A promising junior who finished 4th at Liège U23 in 2018 and 7th in the 2016 junior world...

Egan Bernal’s story already reads like a career lived twice over, yet he is only 28. The Colombian burst onto the scene as a prodigy, winning the 2019 Tour de France and becoming the youngest champion of the race in nearly a century. That year he also collected Paris–Nice and the Tour de Suisse, con...

Arnaud De Lie’s season has taken a dramatic upturn in the final stretch of 2025. After a spring where results were scarce and confidence seemed low, the young Lotto rider has rediscovered his form, winning both the Renewi Tour and the Bretagne Classic. Those victories have been crucial for Lotto as...

The paths of Brent Van Moer and Lotto will part after nearly a decade. The 27-year-old Belgian joined the development structure of Lotto in his first under-23 season and continued to progress the ranks until his hard work was rewarded with a (then) WorldTour promotion in the middle of 2019. The stro...

Ben Healy has won only one stage at the 2025 Tour de France. But his combative style of racing and countless breakaway attempts made him the crowd-favourite of the past Grande Boucle. The Irishman was rewarded with an unexpected 9th place overall at the race, but perhaps even more satisfying it is t...

Filippo Zana will complete the Belgian team's lineup for 2026. After three seasons with Jayco AlUla, the 26-year-old Italian was not offered to continue with the Australian team despite a mutually successful collaboration between the two parties. A highlight of Zana's period with Jayco has to be the...

Juan Ayuso has proven that his form at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana is not all that bad after some question marks arised during sixth stage where he lost seven minutes on the group of favourites. But to silence doubters, Ayuso went and won the very next stage from breakaway, without any weakness shown t...

The cycling world mourns the passing of 10-time Tour de France stage winner, two-time Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix champion Walter Godefroot (82). The Belgian was able to find his footing in the era of Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck to build a legacy of his own. And he continued to do so a...

Adam Blythe believes Tom Pidcock has announced himself as a genuine podium contender at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, following his standout ride on stage nine that catapulted him into fourth place overall. Speaking on TNT Sports after Jonas Vingegaard’s devastating attack secured his second stage win o...

Philippa York’s assessment of the stage 9 attack at Valdezcaray encapsulates a first week where the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader has already shifted the shape of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. “Jonas Vingegaard has blown them out of the water when they least expected it,” says the two-time former Vue...

It was sung for months, but it seems that the relationship between Juan Ayuso and UAE is finally coming to an end. It all started at the Tour de France 2024, when the Spaniard did not accept to do the job for Tadej Pogacar, an attitude that felt very bad within the team. At this Vuelta a España, the...

As the 2025 Vuelta a Espana pauses for its first rest day, the peloton isn't short of talking points — but none more debated than Juan Ayuso’s puzzling performance on Stage 9 to Valdezcaray. The Spanish prodigy surprisingly dropped out of contention even before the final climb began, leaving Joao Al...

Stage 9 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana wasn’t expected to be decisive — a modest summit finish to Valdezcaray, unlikely to detonate the general classification. But as Jonas Vingegaard launched a surgical, high-speed attack that shattered the lead group, UAE Team Emirates - XRG were left exposed. While...

The Tour of Britain returns from the 2nd to the 7th of September, once again bringing together a strong and varied field of riders from across the WorldTour and beyond. Over the course of six days, the race will offer a mix of opportunities: from high-speed sprints to selective rolling days, and per...

The 2025 Tour of Britain is just around the corner, set to take place from Tuesday, 2 September to Sunday, 7 September. Cycling fans can now get their first look at the final men’s startlist, featuring a star-studded line-up of world-class talent from across the globe. Over six stages covering 884....

After a composed and commanding opening week from Team Visma | Lease a Bike, former pro and Eurosport analyst Brian Holm believes the Dutch squad has undergone a quiet transformation — one that could prove decisive in Jonas Vingegaard’s bid for red at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. Holm, speaking on the...

Bjarne Riis did not mince his words following Stage 9 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, delivering a stinging critique of João Almeida’s general classification performance — and questioning the tactical acumen of UAE Team Emirates as a whole. In quotes collected by Feltet.dk, the former Tour de France wi...

Belgium cycling is in mourning again. Just nine months after the passing of Rik Van Looy, the country now bids farewell to Walter Godefroot, who has died at the age of 82. Both a fierce competitor and a shrewd tactician, Godefroot’s influence spanned generations — first as a prolific Classics rider,...

Jonas Vingegaard’s audacious victory on Stage 9 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana left rivals reeling, but for former Grand Tour winner Chris Horner, the story of the day wasn’t just the Dane’s brilliance – it was João Almeida’s desperate, isolated chase and the tactical mess left behind by UAE Team Emira...

With the first rest day of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana offering a moment of pause, Jonas Vingegaard finds himself in an increasingly commanding position — both physically and tactically — as the race heads into its second week. After a decisive performance on Stage 9, the Dane has carved out a 38-secon...

As the 2025 Vuelta a Espana hits its first rest day, Jonas Vingegaard may have looked every inch the man to beat after a commanding win atop Valdezcaray. But Egan Bernal, riding quietly and consistently into form, believes the Dane’s path to Madrid is far from guaranteed. “There are some very strong...

With the first rest day of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana offering a rare moment of pause, João Almeida kept his cards close to his chest when pressed on UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s internal tactics — following a polarising ninth stage that left the Portuguese GC hopeful with time to claw back and questions...

Jasper Philipsen has already left a decisive mark on the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, but whether he’ll be around to contest the final stage in Madrid remains uncertain — even to the man himself. “From here on out, things are going to get tough in this Vuelta,” Philipsen admitted in comments collected by H...

On the slopes of Valdezcaray, as the GC fight at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana finally exploded into life, Giulio Ciccone briefly dared to go toe-to-toe with two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard. But in hindsight, he admits the price was simply too high. Vingegaard lit the fuse with around 1...

Tom Pidcock might have finished stage 9 of the Vuelta a España in the elite company of João Almeida and just 24 seconds behind Jonas Vingegaard, but he wasn’t spared a mid-climb dressing down. The Brit revealed with a grin after the stage that his Portuguese companion in the chase group was none too...

João Almeida was left to ride alone in the decisive moments of stage 9 at the Vuelta a Espana, conceding 24 seconds to a rampant Jonas Vingegaard on the slopes of Valdezcaray. Yet despite the setback, the UAE Team Emirates leader struck a calm, measured tone post-stage, insisting there’s still every...

Torstein Traeen was expecting to lose the red jersey on stage 9 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. By the time Jonas Vingegaard’s searing attack had fractured the GC group on Valdezcaray, the Norwegian had already slipped out the back and into survival mode. But in the end, thanks to a mix of resilience,...

In a late but significant twist to the build-up for the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, Primoz Roglic is reportedly set to line up alongside Tadej Pogacar in the Slovenian national team — a rare pairing of two generational Grand Tour talents. According to Belgian outlet Het Laatste Nieu...

The dynamics of stage 9 at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana unfolded with a blend of tactical chess and raw power, culminating in a signature Jonas Vingegaard attack perfectly timed and executed with the help of teammate Matteo Jorgenson. Behind the scenes, an impromptu call on the radio and relentless team...

As the Vuelta a Espana heads into its first rest day, experienced Belgian pundit José De Cauwer hasn’t held back in his assessment of UAE Team Emirates - XRG's faltering GC campaign — pointing the finger not only at team strategy but squarely at João Almeida's leadership. “For me, Almeida isn’t beha...

João Almeida’s Vuelta a Espana ambitions took a hit on stage 9 — and with them, serious questions are being asked about UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s commitment to their leader. The modest summit finish wasn’t supposed to create major gaps, but the Portuguese climber conceded 24 seconds to Jonas Vingega...

Biniam Girmay and Intermarché - Wanty felt like a match made in heaven and for a few years this was the case, but it seems increasingly likely that the relationship will come to an end at the end of the 2025 season. A post by his own agent Alex Carera - who also manages Tadej Pogacar, amongst others...

The ninth stage of the Vuelta a España took place right before the first rest day of this edition, featuring a mostly flat route that ended in a summit finish. The breakaway formation was highly disputed, and more than 50km were needed in order to establish it. Five men went clear: Michal Kwiatkowsk...

On a day that looked more suited to opportunists than general classification fireworks, Jonas Vingegaard flipped the script on stage 9 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, lighting up the final climb to Valdezcaray with a searing solo move that put his rivals on the back foot — and revealed a rare moment of...

Ben O’Connor has never been one to mince his words, and at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, the Australian GC contender is providing not just strong legs but sharp insight — particularly when it comes to the contrasting approaches of rival teams in the early going. Reflecting on UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s c...

Earlier this summer, Dylan Groenewegen confirmed one of the most surprising transfers of the 2025 season: a move from Team Jayco AlUla to Unibet Tietema Rockets. The 32-year-old sprinter, a six-time Tour de France stage winner, leaves behind a long spell at WorldTour level to join one of the younges...

Katie Clouse, one of the brightest American cyclocross riders of her generation, has announced her retirement at just 24 years old. Earlier this year, she produced one of her best-ever performances, finishing 13th at the cyclocross elite World Championships in Liévin. But despite proving herself cap...

Arnaud De Lie is finishing 2025 in spectacular style after overcoming a frustrating first half of the season. The Belgian rider claimed overall victory at the Renewi Tour, defeating Mathieu van der Poel in the decisive final stage, and has now added another major win by triumphing at the Bretagne Cl...

Mads Pedersen ended stage 9 of the 2025 Vuelta a España without a victory but still in green, speaking afterwards to the race’s official website about a day dominated by Jonas Vingegaard. The Dane admitted he had not chased the move that created the breakaway, as his focus was on supporting Giulio C...

What a season 2025 has been for Mathieu van der Poel, and now his focus has shifted to mountain biking as the final stretch of the calendar approaches. The 30-year-old Dutchman returned to the discipline at the Les Gets World Cup, where he delivered an impressive sixth place after starting way back...

Giulio Pellizzari may have lost nearly two minutes to stage winner Jonas Vingegaard on the summit finish to Valdezcaray on stage 9 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, but the young Italian demonstrated resilience and poise, holding onto the Best Young Rider’s jersey as the race heads into its first rest da...

Stage 9 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana has shaken up the GC standings like no one really expected. As the Red Jersey contenders came to the fore on a day some had earmarked for the breakaway, Jonas Vingegaard powered clear of his rivals to the stage win, but it wasn't quite enough for the Dane to regai...

The recent resurgence of Arnaud De Lie continues to go from strength to strength. At the 2025 Bretagne Classic the Belgian star of Lotto has taken victory from the sprint in a dramatic finale.  A high-quality quintet formed the breakaway of the day as Lewis Askey (Groupama - FDJ), and Silvan Dillier...

Jonas Vingegaard has given the clearest sign yet of his Red Jersey intentions at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana dominating on the summit finish of stage 9 ahead of Joao Almeida and Tom Pidock to head into the first rest day of the race with another win under his belt. On paper, the day looked tailor-made...

In the white heat of the Stage 8 sprint finale at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, it was Jasper Philipsen who once again proved why he’s regarded as one of the most dangerous finishers in the peloton. The Belgian rocketed through a sliver of space tight against the barriers to claim the win — and earned a...

Bryan Coquard’s frustrations boiled over on Sunday morning following his contentious relegation on Stage 8 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. The Cofidis sprinter, who had initially crossed the line in sixth place in Zaragoza, was demoted to the back of the group and handed a yellow card for an “irregular...

Christophe Laporte is no stranger to suffering. As a Classics specialist, it comes with the territory — rain-slicked cobbles, crosswinds in northern France, and the brutal chess match of positioning and timing. But nothing in his career prepared him for the relentless uncertainty of cytomegalovirus,...

As the 2025 Vuelta a Espana heads into the final stage of its opening week, the general classification picture remains intriguingly poised. But don’t expect fireworks just yet from one of the race's biggest stars. Despite sitting second overall behind Torstein Traeen and within striking distance of...

On the 31st of August the World Tour peloton resumes it's one-day race calendar with the Bretagne Classic. The cycling-crazy region always has a strong audience, and in the hilly terrain we often have a very open race with a lot of spectacle. We preview the race and take a look at the favourites, as...

The Vuelta a Espana 2025 was set to be a race where Jonas Vingegaard made all the headlines from the start of the competition. However, the first week has been completely overshadowed by the situation of Juan Ayuso with UAE Team Emirates - XRG. The Spaniard's grand tour has been a rollercoaster ride...

INEOS Grenadiers is saying goodbye to one of it's longest-standing riders. In a year where Geraint Thomas, Caleb Ewan, Jonathan Castroviejo and Omar Fraile have all announced their retirement, a fifth rider has announced the same today: Salvatore Puccio.  "After 14 brilliant years with the team, Sal...

With the road World Championships in Rwanda being overly difficult for anyone who is not a climber, Mathieu van der Poel decided to pass on the opportunity and instead dedicate himself to hunting down his first XCO World title in Mountain Biking. The big day is already within two weeks, and today at...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike are racing a very conservative Vuelta a Espana thus far, in complete contrast to what had been the case at the Tour de France. Here, they have the main favourite in Jonas Vingegaard, and they are trying to keep their powder dry until the stages that really suit him. "I gues...

The ninth stage of the Vuelta a España 2025, finishing in Valdezcaray, was one of the central topics in the chat between Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin on The Move podcast. The final day of the week is mostly flat and features a summit finish, albeit one that doesn't promise gaps in the overall c...

Stage 7 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana proved to be another day for the breakaway as UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Juan Ayuso dominated from the break, taking a solo stage win - the first of his Vuelta career and the third in succession for UAE.  In terms of the fight for the general classification, despit...

The cycling transfer market is at full speed currently this week as many teams have announced high-level signings into the 2026 season. However it is the rumours and difficult contract situations that have swarmed the headlines this week with big names such as Juan Ayuso, Derek Gee and Biniam Girmay...

Stage 9 of the Vuelta a Espana is the final day of the first week and it features another summit finish at the Valdezcaray Ski Resort. But will we have a GC fight? Will the breakaway win the third mountain stage in a row? We preview the stage ahead where Jonas Vingegaard's mindset may change everyth...

Stage 8 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana delivered one of the rare sprint opportunities of this year’s race, and Jasper Philipsen made no mistake in Zaragoza. The Belgian powered past Lotto’s lead-out to edge out Elia Viviani, who was later relegated, taking his second stage win of this Grand Tour. The d...

Earlier this week we reported that two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard will not make his long-awaited World Championships debut in Rwanda next month. The Danish rider, who is racing the Vuelta a España and is favourite for the red jersey, had originally been expected to chase the rainbow...

Earlier this week, David Gaudu was on a high. The misery that was the 2025 season for the Frenchman seemed to have turned around and suddenly, Gaudu was in red at the Vuelta a Espana with a stage win under his belt and a strong position for a possible GC campaign to defend his 6th place from last ye...

The INEOS Grenadiers have confirmed their squad for the 2025 Tour of Britain, a race that will double as the farewell tour of one of cycling’s great champions. Leading the team is 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas, who will close out his professional career on home roads, in what could be an...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have confirmed their line-up for this weekend’s Bretagne Classic, bringing a mix of experienced leaders and younger talents to one of the most demanding one-day races of the final part of the year. The squad will be spearheaded by Olav Kooij and Christophe Laporte, joined b...

Jonas Vingegaard’s Vuelta a España has been, by his lofty standards, a quiet one so far. He has worn the red jersey, he has already claimed a stage, but he has yet to truly attack hard and distance his rivals. As the overwhelming favourite for the overall title, expectations are high, yet he has cho...

Tom Pidcock has kept a low profile during the opening week of the Vuelta a España, much like his approach earlier this year at the Giro d’Italia. Now leading Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team in his first season since departing the INEOS Grenadiers, Pidcock insists his quiet start is part of a deliberate strat...

On the 31st of August the World Tour peloton resumes it's one-day race calendar with the Bretagne Classic. The cycling-crazy region always has a strong audience, and in the hilly terrain we often have a very open race with a lot of spectacle. We take a look at it's startlist.  The startlist has clas...

Mikel Landa is no stranger to overcoming adversity in his long and illustrious career. From heartbreaking crashes to injuries that have kept him sidelined for months, the Basque climber has consistently demonstrated his resilience. But in 2025, his comeback story has taken on a new chapter of unexpe...

For Torstein Traeen, Stage 8 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana was a welcome reprieve. The Norwegian maintained his 2:33 lead over Jonas Vingegaard at the top of the general classification, on a day that saw minimal challenges to his Red Jersey. For Traeen, who has spent much of his career away from the s...

Elia Viviani's hopes for a monumental tenth victory in a Grand Tour were dashed in heartbreaking fashion on Stage 8 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. The Italian sprinter, who has seen his dominance in sprint finishes wane in recent years, was relegated from second place after the race jury ruled he had...

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) fell short in the fast, chaotic sprint finish of Stage 8 at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, finishing a disappointing 11th after leading the peloton through the intermediate sprint earlier in the day. Despite securing valuable points in the competition for the Green Jersey, Peder...

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) fought through fatigue and a chaotic finale to claim his second stage victory of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana on Stage 8. In a dramatic sprint to the line, the Belgian outclassed a resurgent Elia Viviani (Lotto) in the final metres, proving once again why he’s one o...

Jasper Philipsen has sprinted to the win on stage 8 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana in Zaragoza, holding off a strong charge from experienced Italian Elia Viviani at the line.  A three-man breakaway formed early on with Sergio Samitier (Cofidis), Joan Bou (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) and Jose Luis Faura (...

After a challenging 18 months disrupted by illness, injury, and surgery, Jai Hindley is back where he wants to be: in a Grand Tour, in contention, and riding as a protected leader. Currently sitting seventh overall after seven stages of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, the 2022 Giro d’Italia winner trails...

For a rider known as 'The Bull', Arnaud De Lie looked a shadow of himself throughout the spring in 2025. Wearing the striking tricolour of the Belgian national champion, he struggled not just to win — but to compete. At one point, the 23-year-old sprinter was being shelled out of the back in races w...

Michael Matthews will make his long-awaited return to competition this weekend at the Bretagne Classic 2025, marking an emotional comeback for the Australian star just two months after he was sidelined by a serious health scare. The 34-year-old, who was ruled out of the Tour de France in June after...

The recent spate of high-profile bike thefts in professional cycling has once again cast a spotlight on a growing problem that teams can no longer afford to treat as isolated incidents. In his latest column for Het Nieuwsblad, former Soudal - Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere called for a serious re...

Stage 8 of the Vuelta a Espana is a day for the sprinters, one of the last in the race actually, but one that will be very hard to prevent. Ending in Zaragoza, we preview a flat stage in which Jasper Philipsen and Mads Pedersen will be the main favourites.  Aragonese stage of rest for those in the g...

The 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain will already carry historic significance as the final professional race of Geraint Thomas’ storied career. Now, with his last ever day in the peloton set for Sunday 7 September, Thomas has confirmed there will be a special farewell celebration at Cardiff Castle immedi...

The current market is on fire with rumours regarding plenty top riders including Derek Gee, Biniam Girmay but most important Juan Ayuso. For over a year the Spaniard's future with UAE Team Emirates - XRG has been at risk, and it is quite possible that he will leave towards Lidl-Trek this winter. Do...

Geraint Thomas' long professional career will come to an end next week. In front of home crowds, the 39-year-old Welshman will pin on the race numbers for the last time on Sunday, September 7, for the final stage of Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain - a stage with finish in Wales' capital Cardiff. For thi...

The seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana delivered a lot of action and most of it was centered around UAE Team Emirates - XRG. Whilst Juan Ayuso stormed to an impressive stage win and made the best possible comeback, in the peloton João Almeida attacked Jonas Vingegaard - both on the bike and with h...

From the 2024 Tour de France to the 2025 Criterium du Dauphiné, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard did not meet in racing a single time. But in the second half of this year that is not the case as the two will meet each other on a few occasions, and in one specific with Primoz Roglic as well. The tr...

Another bombshell could soon be hitting the markets in pro cycling and that involves Juan Ayuso, yesterday's stage winner at the Vuelta a Espana. Whilst it has been circulating for a few weeks that the Spaniard could be leaving UAE Team Emirates - XRG soon despite his ongoing contract with the team,...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana has only just complete its first third, but we have already seen 12 riders abandon the race. Quite a high number compared to previous Grand Tours (7 at Tour and 11 at Giro) this year, especially as there were no severe crashes (compared to both Tour and Giro). If we scroll t...

João Almeida left Stage 7 of the Vuelta a Espana with confidence intact and a sense of unfinished business. The UAE Team Emirates – XRG rider tried to shake up the GC group on the final climb to Cerler but received little help from his rivals — and he wasn’t shy about pointing it out afterwards. “I...

The Tour de France is one of the most daring sport challenges on the planet. And if just the three weeks of racing and over 3.000 kilometers in the saddle isn't enough to put you off, there are a few of those who dare to attempt to complete this tedious task at the fastest time possible - GC riders....

The first week of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana is going almost exactly as Visma | Lease a Bike had planned out before the race took off. Without spending excessive energy, waiting for the last 14 days that promise to be even harder than the first seven days of the race. It is true that Torstein Traeen i...

On the 31st of August the World Tour peloton resumes it's one-day race calendar with the Bretagne Classic. The cycling-crazy region always has a strong audience, and in the hilly terrain we often have a very open race with a lot of spectacle. Here's the prize money available. The race will feature...

The past week saw spectacular battles of the most coveted talents of both men's and women's peloton as the traditional under-23 stage race Tour de l'Avenir unfolded on the French-Italian borders. The men's side saw an overwhelming favourite at the start with French supertalent Paul Seixas coming dow...

It has been known for weeks that Enric Mas will not compete again until the 2026 season. The Movistar Team leader injured his knee at the most recent Tour de France. The setback forced him to miss the Vuelta a Espana as well as the Italian classics at the end of the season. And the worst part is tha...

The seventh stage of the Vuelta a España was the first high mountain day, featuring a tough uphill finish and three prior categorized climbs that saw Juan Ayuso bouncing back from yesterday’s explosion. The start of the stage was chaotic, with plenty of men attacking to be in the breakaway of the da...

After another bruising mountain stage at La Vuelta a Espana 2025, Giulio Pellizzari continued to quietly impress on his Vuelta debut. The 21-year-old Italian climbed to the summit finish at Cerler with the group of GC favourites, finishing 2:35 down on stage winner Juan Ayuso and consolidating his p...

After Juan Ayuso’s impressive solo victory on the summit finish to Cerler, UAE Team Emirates - XR are riding a wave of momentum at La Vuelta 2025. The team extended their winning streak to three stages in a row — a run that’s turning heads and raising expectations. Two of Ayuso’s teammates, Marc Sol...

Mads Pedersen isn’t here for the high mountains — but that doesn’t mean he’s not leaving his mark on them. On Stage 7 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, the Lidl-Trek leader once again showed his versatility and tactical clarity, forcing his way into the day’s breakaway to claim valuable intermediate spri...

Jonas Vingegaard made no attempt to chase down Juan Ayuso on the final climb of Stage 7 at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana — and according to the Dane himself, that was entirely by design. On a day when UAE’s 22-year-old climbed to a solo victory from the breakaway, Team Visma | Lease a Bike rode with rest...

On a day when the breakaway took centre stage in the Pyrenees, race leader Torstein Traeen quietly produced one of his most composed rides yet in a Grand Tour, retaining the red jersey at La Vuelta after a demanding summit finish to Cerler. While Juan Ayuso claimed the stage win in convincing solo f...

After a testing start to this year’s Vuelta a España, Juan Ayuso delivered a performance of control and determination on Stage 7, riding to a solo victory in Cerler that marked his first ever stage win at his home Grand Tour. “This is one of my best victories,” Ayuso said after the finish, visibly s...

On a frantic and thrilling day at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, Juan Ayuso hit back hard from his stage 6 disappointment by powering to a solo summit finish win on stage 7, destroying the breakaway. In terms of the GC fight, despite attacks by Joao Almeida and Giulio Ciccone, Torstein Traeen retains the...

Paul Seixas has won the 2025 Tour de l'Avenir, putting in a dominant performance in the final time trial to win the stage and surge into the Maillot Jaune at the very last.  With the final of racing offering two different chances to make a difference, on the first outing of the day, a 41.6km ride ov...

Remco Evenepoel will make his long-awaited return to racing next week as Soudal - Quick-Step head to the 2025 Tour of Britain, with the Belgian star set to line up for the first time since it was confirmed he will leave the Wolfpack for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe at the end of the season. The six-d...

Juan Ayuso may have smiled his way through losing almost twelve minutes on stage six of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, but not everyone is convinced by his explanation. TNT Sports analyst Adam Blythe believes the 22-year-old Spaniard cannot simply brush away the performance as part of a pre-planned, low-...

Magnus Kulset is currently without a contract for the 2026 season, and his wife, Charlotte Broughton Kulset, has taken to social media in an open appeal to the professional cycling world. In a series of candid posts on X, Broughton Kulset highlighted her husband's credentials and made a direct call...

Matteo Jorgenson may no longer be shepherding Jonas Vingegaard in the red jersey, but there was no sense of panic — or regret — inside the Team Visma | Lease a Bike camp after Stage 6 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. In fact, if anything, the tone was calculated calm. “We were really happy to give the j...

Jonathan Milan’s sprint train is set to grow even stronger in 2026 with the arrival of German powerhouse Max Walscheid. The 32-year-old will join Lidl-Trek from Team Jayco AlUla, signing a contract that runs through 2028. His combination of experience and speed makes him an ideal fit for the team’s...

Wout van Aert was initially scheduled to accompany Christophe Laporte, Olav Kooij and Tiesj Benoot at the French one-day race, however in agreement with his Team Visma | Lease a Bike, it was decided that the Belgian star would prioritize preparation for his objectives further down this year and skip...

Stage 6 of the 2025 Vuelta a España brought both victory and defeat for UAE Team Emirates – XRG, as despite an impressive solo win for Jay Vine in Andorra, Juan Ayuso dropped out of GC contention. Chris Horner, in his Butterfly Effect podcast, pulled no punches in reviewing the action, calling out “...

Juan Ayuso has addressed the press on the morning of Stage 7 at the Vuelta a España, a brutally hard day in the Pyrenees featuring four major climbs and another summit finish. The 22-year-old from Valencia sought to ease the tension after his collapse on Stage 6, where he conceded more than twelve m...

Juan Ayuso’s implosion on Stage 6 of the Vuelta a España has unleashed a storm of commentary, and few voices have been as critical as Thijs Zonneveld’s. Some pundits have sympathised with Ayuso, who clearly lacked optimal preparation for the race, but not Zonneveld. On the Dutch podcast In De Waaier...

Chris Froome is on the road to recovery after undergoing surgery in France following a serious training accident on the Côte d’Azur. As we reported yesterday, the four-time Tour de France winner was struck by a vehicle near Saint-Raphaël and sustained multiple injuries, including a pneumothorax, fiv...

Alberto Contador gave his assessment on Eurosport’s La Montonera regarding Juan Ayuso’s sharp drop in the Vuelta a España general classification. The UAE rider was only added to the lineup after Tadej Pogacar’s withdrawal, and although he started as a co-leader with Joao Almeida, it was already clea...

Stage 6 of the 2025 Vuelta a España delivered the kind of surprise that defines a grand tour: a dominant breakaway performance, a new race leader, and the sudden collapse of one of cycling’s brightest young stars. Jay Vine of UAE Team Emirates – XRG seized the day with a solo victory in Andorra, whi...

The penultimate stage of the Tour de l’Avenir delivered all the drama expected in the high mountains, with Jarno Widar taking a career-defining win in Tignes 2100. The Belgian rider emerged at the summit of a punishing Alpine climb that kept the world’s best U23 riders locked in battle until the fin...

Chris Froome, the four-time Tour de France champion, has been hospitalised following a serious training accident near Saint-Raphaël on France’s Côte d’Azur. The 40-year-old British rider, who has been based in Monaco in recent years, was struck by a vehicle on Wednesday and airlifted to Toulon hospi...

Juan Ayuso lost almost twelve minutes on the fifth stage of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, effectively ending his hopes of contesting the general classification. The Spanish rider crossed the line with a smile, no drama, and after a warm greeting from Joxeán Matxín, he shared his thoughts with Spanish me...

Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) relinquished the Red Jersey on Stage 6 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, but the double Tour de France winner took the development in his stride. The stage, which ended atop the Alto de Pal in Andorra, saw a breakaway succeed in carrying both Jay Vine to the s...

Stage 7 of the Vuelta a Espana is a proper mountainous day with a tough summit finish. But thus far, not many climbers have shown the ambition to attack the race. We preview another day in the Pyrenees where Torstein Traeen enters in the lead; and we get Jonas Vingegaard, João Almeida and Giulio Cic...

Nutrition is crucial in cycling - it's one of the key pillars that supports performance, recovery, and overall health. Whether you're a competitive cyclist or a casual rider, how you fuel your body directly affects how well you ride. And it's not different up in the highest league of cycling - in fa...

Egan Bernal does not lose hope in the Vuelta a España 2025. In the first high mountain stage he was solid. He did not follow the attack of Giulio Ciccone and Jonas Vingegaard, but he was able to follow Joao Almeida's rhythm without problems and in the end all the favorites arrived together to the fi...

Giulio Ciccone kept repeating before the 2025 Vuelta a Espana how he would not try for the general classification. Well, we are one week into the race and it's clear that those weren't more than empty words from the Italian who is already 3rd ranked among serious GC contenders, only eight seconds sh...

Mathieu van der Poel's season will have an anticipated climax in two weeks from now at the mountain bike World Championships. The Dutchman is keen on completing his collection of rainbow jerseys where only that from mountain bikes is missing. Before the big moment arrives at Crans-Montana, Van der P...

The sixth stage of the Vuelta a España featured the first real mountain test of this edition, with 170km in the menu and four categorized climbs. The stage immediately started uphill with the climb of Collada de Santigosa (11.1km at 4.2%), in which many attacks took place to try to get into the brea...

Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe) took a major step in the fight for Best Young Rider on Stage 6 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, crossing the line in the same group as GC contenders Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida and inheriting the white jersey after Juan Ayuso’s dramatic collapse on t...

Torstein Traeen (Bahrain - Victorious) is the new leader of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana after Stage 6, moving into the Red Jersey thanks to a courageous ride in the day’s breakaway. While Jay Vine soloed to the stage win in Andorra, Traeen’s persistence on the final climb to Pal carried him into the ra...

Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates – XRG) delivered a career-defining performance on Stage 6 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, riding clear of the breakaway on the descent of the Alto de la Comella and holding his advantage on the climb to Pal for a solo victory in Andorra. The 29-year-old Australian not only c...

The general classification at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana has been shaken up once more on stage 6 as a strong breakaway prevailed on the first mountain top finish of the Grand Tour to take not only the stage win, but also the Red Jersey.  Jay Vine was the winner of the day, but arguably the biggest win...

On a mixed day for UAE Team Emirates - XRG at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, Jay Vine has soloed to the stage win and into the King of the Mountains jersey, but Juan Ayuso has exploded out of GC contention with Joao Almeida also struggling to match Jonas Vingegaard and Giulio Ciccone. Stage 6 opened stra...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG's leadership debate at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana may have already been settled. On the first mountain top finish of the Grand Tour, Juan Ayuso has been dropped surprisingly early, leaving Joao Almeida to fend for himself. On what looks to be a mixed day for UAE Team Emirates -...

The highly rated Belgian prospect Jarno Widar has shown another strong example of his immense potential to take an impressive victory on stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de l'Avenir ahead of Paul Seixas and Jorgen Nordhagen.  With the stage highlighted by three huge summits, it was on the second climb of th...

The legendary Chris Froome will go down as one of the greatest Grand Tour riders in history, but after what is being described as a serious training crash left the 40-year-old four-time Tour de France winner hospitalised this week, it looks as if his professional career could be over. From across th...

On the 31st of August the World Tour peloton resumes it's one-day race calendar with the Bretagne Classic. The cycling-crazy region always has a strong audience, and in the hilly terrain we often have a very open race with a lot of spectacle. This is where and when to watch it, including the United...

In the seasoned eyes of former Vuelta a Espana stage winner Francesco Gavazzi, there’s something quietly unmistakable about a champion. It's not just in the legs or lungs – it’s in the attitude, the presence, the way a rider carries himself. And Egan Bernal, even as a teenager fresh off the plane fr...

After more than a decade of service with Soudal - Quick-Step, Pieter Serry is being shown the door — and he’s not hiding his disappointment. In a candid interview with Het Nieuwsblad, the 36-year-old Belgian didn’t hold back in questioning the decision-making at the heart of the team he’s called hom...

The Vuelta a Espana's team time-trial provided a few seconds of difference but nothing excessive. The overall classification remained largely the same and the gaps were small to some teams that weren't expected to perform greatly. At the end of the day, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin provided the...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has achieved something historic this year, having won Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de France Femmes on the same year, the one where she returned to focus on road cycling full-time. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider has experienced a few extremely successful months but not alwa...

The Vuelta a Espana 2025 experienced an episode involving Israel - Premier Tech in the team time trial of stage 5 that came as a shock. The squad had to stop in the middle of the time trial due to protests by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The team was ultimately given 15 seconds back from the day's...

Tom Pidcock did his first ever team time-trial as an elite pro rider only this week at the Vuelta a Espana, arguably with a team that wouldn't be able to match his previous INEOS Grenadiers teammates. However, the Swiss team exceeded expectations and take the Briton in fine position into the Vuelta'...

An unfortunate reality is that in current times, more and more cycling teams are being target of organized crime in the form of bike thefts. It has happened to Team Visma | Lease a Bike and XDS Astana already within this week, and now it's happened to TotalEnergies in a different race with a total o...

Israel - Premier Tech were the target of a protest during the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana this Wednesday afternoon, albeit this time a more direct approach that directly harmed their performance. The team was stopped because of a road block, and Vuelta director Javier Guillén was upset at the...

Quite unexpectedly, David Gaudu became a major protagonist of the early stages of this year's Vuelta a Espana. The Frenchman started 2025 strongly with a stage win and a third place overall at the Tour of Oman. But since then - nothing. All of a sudden, Gaudu has won a stage and now even moved into...

Stage 6 of the Vuelta a Espana will be the first day in the mountains. Right after entering Spain, the race leaves the country once again and heads towards the mountains of Andorra. it's a proper mountainous day and we preview what is the first key GC challenge where Jonas Vingegaard will have to de...

Two days ago, Team Visma | Lease a Bike were rocked by a major theft on the morning of stage 3 of the Vuelta a España. Thieves used a pickaxe to break into the team’s mechanics’ truck, stealing nearly all of the squad’s Cervélo race bikes with an estimated value of around €250,000. Some of the stole...

Lidl-Trek was among the teams to have sympathy for Visma | Lease a Bike when 18 race bicycles were stolen from their team bus before Vuelta a Espana stage 3. Along with Movistar, the American team was ready to help the Dutch within their own capacity to make it to the start that day. After all, it c...

Steff Cras leaves TotalEnergies after three seasons at the French ProTeam. A strange period for the 29-year-old Belgian in which he secured his first professional victory at Vuelta Asturias this year, and finished 11th at the Vuelta a Espana (in 2023). And while on the bike, things have been moving...

The protests against Israel - Premier Tech's participation in cycling races are gaining on strength. The team of Sylvan Adams has been once again in the center of attention during stage 5 team time trial when a group equipped with Palestinian flags and political slogans, including a banner, blocked...

Juan Ayuso will start the sixth stage of 2025 Vuelta a Espana in a White jersey for the best young rider. The 22-year-old Spaniard also moved up into a second position overall after his team mates from UAE Team Emirates - XRG flied through the team time trial course in a fastest time of the day. Sud...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike were big favourites to triumph in the team time trial on Wednesday. However one team - UAE Team Emirates - XRG - emerged stronger in Figuerers, taking 8 seconds on the Dutch formation. The absence of Axel Zingle certainly did not help the result, but co-leader Matteo Jorgen...

Unfortunately, politics continue to play a role in the sport of cycling. Such was the case during the anticipated team time trial in Figueres. Israel - Premier Tech seemed to be on their way to clock a strong time over the 24-kilometer course, until suddenly they came to a standstill. A group of pro...

The fifth stage of the Vuelta a España featured a flat team time trial, an unconventional discipline that is barely seen at the World Tour level. Lotto were the first team to commence, setting a solid time that teams such as Jayco or Bahrain, on paper better prepared for a TTT than Lotto, couldn’t...

The Vuelta a Espana didn't change dramatically over stage 5 as the riders arrived to Spain, but UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Juan Ayuso and João Almeida have managed to close down half of their gap to Jonas Vingegaard in the race's sole team time-trial.  The timed exercise was marked by high speed from...

UAE Team Emirates XRG won the team time.trial of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. The victory, in addition to improving the overall time of Juan Ayuso and João Almeida, the team has managed to gather a lot of motivation and beat Team Visma | Lease a Bike on a day that was important going into the mountains...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike took their first stage win at the Vuelta a Espana on stage 2 which carried Jonas Vingegaard to the race lead. On stage 4 he lost the red jersey to David Gaudu, but now the Dane is in the lead of the Spanish Grand Tour heading into the first mountain stage of the race. He wi...

As had happened at the Giro d'Italia - and the Tour de France, albeit to a less dangerous degree - anti-Israel protestors have taken action during the Vuelta a Espana's fifth stage. In the team time-trial to Figueres, the main story of the day didn't end up being the stage results themselves, but th...

Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana was a team time-trial where differences in the overall classification were always going to be created. However there weren't any dramatic gaps opened up as all main favourites remained rather closeby, but we do see Jonas Vingegaard back in the race lead.  This was the...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG had Juan Ayuso, João Almeida, Jay Vine, Mikkel Bjerg and a strong set of riders which they put to full use to win stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana. however it was not enough to overtake their main rival, as Jonas Vingegaard has ridden himself back into the race lead.  The 24-ki...

During time-trials, and TTT's are no exception, riders ride in the discipline-specific bikes which do not provide as much control. Riding in a tight formation is an exercise that requires a lot of attention and skill, and whilst something rarely goes wrong, this did happen today. Out of nowhere, the...

Today's team time-trial at the Vuelta a Espana sees all teams go against each other head-to-head in the 24-kilometer course, on the day the race enters Spain. But it wasn't smooth sailing for everyone, as the Israel - Premier Tech riders were fully blocked on the road by protestors in the middle of...

Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana will be a 24-kilometer long team time-trial. Whilst we have had two hilly finales thus far which have opened up a few gaps, this day will be the first to seriously test the GC riders and created big differences. We take a look at the start times and order of all teams....

Stage 4 of the Tour de l'Avenir was another opportunity for the sprinters, before the race heads into its decisive days, and it was well taken. Luxembourg's Mathieu Kocklemann took a surprising victory beating some of the strongest under-23 sprinters in the world.  The fifth day of racing (counting...

Alpecin-Deceuninck have their three leaders and upcoming talent Tibor del Grosso secured for 2026 but the truth is the Belgian team is losing classics specialists left and right. Today another big blow to the team has been confirmed, as Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe has signed Mathieu van der Poel's r...

Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team have confirmed the signing of Belgian rider Quinten Hermans, adding another big name to a squad that has been busy strengthening its roster. The team, which is led by Tom Pidcock, has already announced the arrivals of Fred Wright, Xandro Meurisse, Brent Van Moer, Eddie Dunbar...

The World Championships in Rwanda later this season will be the last major objective of 2025 for Tadej Pogacar, who will line up in Kigali aiming to defend the rainbow jersey he won a year ago. The route is set to be one of the toughest in recent memory, but the field around him is beginning to thin...

Last week, Team Visma | Lease a Bike confirmed the signing of 25-year-old Anton Schiffer, a late-blooming rider with an unusual background. Born in Cologne, Schiffer only took up cycling in January 2023 after struggling with recurring running injuries during his years as a triathlete. With the appro...

Today’s stage of the Vuelta a España 2025 is the long-awaited team time trial, a 24-kilometer test where collective power and coordination can reshape the general classification. Team Visma | Lease a Bike enter the stage under pressure, having lost Axel Zingle earlier in the opening week of racing,...

The cycling transfer market is once again in full swing, as is often the case during the major tours, and this year’s Vuelta a España has already produced its first major story. In recent days, the name of Thomas Silva has taken some of the spotlight. The 23-year-old Uruguayan, currently riding for...

Stage 5 of the 2025 Vuelta a España brings the peloton to its first major test against the clock: a 24-kilometer team time trial. With no climbs on the course, speeds will be high, though the presence of several technical sections means caution is essential to avoid costly crashes. The gaps between...

At this year’s Tour de France, Victor Campenaerts of Team Visma | Lease a Bike built a following with his behind-the-scenes race day vlogs, while teammate Matteo Jorgenson entertained fans with his “fact of the day” segments about each stage’s host towns. The duo have carried the concept over to the...

Jonas Vingegaard reminded the cycling world exactly who he is on Stage 2 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana — and according to TNT Sports’ Matt Stephens, it couldn’t have come at a better time. The two-time Tour de France winner surged past Giulio Ciccone in a rim-width photo finish in Limone, seizing not...

Stage 5 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana is going to be an interesting day, as we have the return of team time-trials to the Grand Tours. We preview the first stage where we should see meaningful GC differences, with a few teams having the upper hand in the 24-kilometer long effort.  After the first four...

Stage 3 of the Vuelta a España ended with an uphill sprint that rewarded punch and timing. David Gaudu unexpectedly took the win, while Jonas Vingegaard finished third and became the new green jersey holder. On The Move podcast, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin analyzed the key moments of the stage...

The fabled climb of La Planche des Belles Filles could soon reappear on the Tour de France map, with French outlet L’Est Républicain reporting that it is being lined up for the 2026 edition. For now, little is known about the route, but early whispers suggest this climb and Alpe d’Huez may both feat...

Ben Turner surprised the main sprinters by powering to victory on the finish of stage four of the Vuelta a España 2025, outsprinting top favourites Jasper Philipsen and Mads Pedersen. Behind him, David Gaudu became the new red jersey holder after finishing ahead of Jonas Vingegaard, though the two r...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has not raced since her victory at the Tour de France Femmes at the end of August, but her season is far from finished. The star of French cycling will appear on the roads again this Saturday at the rebranded GP de Plouay. But the goal of Visma | Lease a Bike rider lies a mont...

Since his first year in the under-23 category, Noah Hobbs has been known for his top-end speed, finishing second in a stage of the Arctic Race of Norway two years ago. The path to a professional contract seemed straight forward with Groupama - FDJ's development team, but the young Brit chose another...

After some uncomfortable first stages, the moment of truth arrives for the GC men at the Vuelta a España 2025. Egan Bernal, after a good start on a personal level and seeing how his INEOS teammate Ben Turner took the fourth stage of the race, commented at the finish line that he is looking forward t...

Juan Ayuso was originally not going to race the Vuelta a Espana 2025. The rider, who is being frequently rumored to be on the leave from UAE Team Emirates - XG at the end of the current season, was only supposed to ride the Giro d'Italia as a grand tour this year, but Tadej Pogacar's "no" to the Spa...

No matter how strong you are, luck is always a necessity to succeed in cycling and today that was not on the side of Jasper Philipsen. Alpecin-Deceuninck did the perfect job to launch the Belgian into a potential second stage win at this Vuelta a Espana, but an error in communication during the fina...

Mads Pedersen has not yet found his sprinter legs at this Vuelta. In the three opportunities there were for the fast men, the maximum possible for Pedersen was a second place when he lost to David Gaudu in final meters of the third stage. As peloton entered France, the Lidl-Trek sprinter had another...

Vuelta a Espana stage 4 will be a day to remember in the career of David Gaudu. Thanks to his impressive start to the race, all he needed to do on the sprint stage to Voiron was to arrive eight or more places in front of Jonas Vingegaard to take over the red jersey. And since the Dane wasn't particu...

The fourth stage of the Vuelta a España wasn’t entirely flat, but it was regardless another great opportunity for the sprinters to fight for the win. It was the longest stage of the entire Vuelta and also the last outside of the Spanish territory. The first half of the day was packed with climbs, a...

Ben Turner's 'sprinter' project has been giving out crazy results for INEOS Grenadiers and this Tuesday afternoon at the Vuelta a Espana the Briton has achieved the biggest victory of his career. It was only the third victory of the Doncaster native, and it has come after a few incredibly chaotic da...

The fourth day of the Vuelta a Espana was rather uneventful but that does not mean we do not see changes in the overall classification. In fact, the red jersey has changed hands, as David Gaudu finished ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and has taken over the race lead.  Stage 4 featured a slight uphill fin...

Stage 3 of the Tour de l'Avenir was expected to be a day for the breakaway, but instead it proved to be one where chaos reigned. Carl-Frederik Bévort was the surprise victor of the day, having been caught from the initial breakaway, formed part of a second escapee group and then taking an impressive...

Ben Turner has been crowned the winner of stage 4 of this Vuelta a Espana. The INEOS Grenadiers had shown immense quality as a sprinter over this season, but hadn't shown good form yet in this race, and so it came as a big surprise when he was able to take the win in a sprint where Jasper Philipsen...

The transfer market is truly moving in these past few days, with many high-level rider being announced to their new teams for 2026 and also a few strong rumours emerging over potential moves that would have a significant impact. One of them is that of Biniam Girmay who could join... UAE Team Emirate...

Being a general classification rider nowadays in pro cycling is becoming a more difficult task for many riders due the increasingly high demands, but also because of the exceedingly dominating figures such as Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. Many riders seek their opportunities through breakaways...

Stage 3 of the 2025 Vuelta a España delivered a huge upset, as David Gaudu stunned the Danish pair of Mads Pedersen and Jonas Vingegaard to win on the uphill finish in Mondovì. The Frenchman timed his attack to perfection on the final switchback, slipping inside Pedersen and Vingegaard to claim his...

Soudal – Quick-Step have suffered an early setback at the Vuelta a España with the withdrawal of Valentin Paret-Peintre after just three stages. The Frenchman has been forced to abandon the race due to illness, cutting short what was meant to be his second Grand Tour of the season. Paret-Peintre arr...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have strengthened their roster with the addition of Italian rider Filippo Fiorelli, who joins on a two-year deal. The 30-year-old makes the move after six seasons with VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè, where he became a consistent presence at the Giro d’Italia, racing the even...

Tim van Dijke has endured a rough opening to the 2025 Vuelta a España after being one of the riders badly affected by the stage 2 crash. While Jonas Vingegaard, several Visma teammates, and Tom Pidcock walked away with relatively minor injuries, the Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe rider suffered more se...

The INEOS Grenadiers have confirmed the arrival of French champion Dorian Godon on a three-year contract, securing one of the peloton’s most versatile riders. Godon makes the move from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, where he established himself as a consistent performer across the classics, one-day rac...

Tudor Pro Cycling have shaken up the transfer market with one of the most high-profile moves of the year, confirming the signing of Swiss powerhouse Stefan Küng. The 31-year-old time trial specialist will leave Groupama – FDJ after seven seasons to become one of the leaders of Fabian Cancellara’s am...

After opening the Vuelta a España with a victory on stage 1, Jasper Philipsen has been quiet in recent days, with no terrain suited to his sprinting strengths. That could change on stage 4, when the peloton leaves Italy for France, starting in Susa and racing to Voiron. The profile is far from simpl...

It has been a frustrating opening to the Vuelta a España for Mads Pedersen. On stage 3, the Dane was perfectly positioned for a sprint finish but was surprised by David Gaudu’s daring inside move on the final corner, which carried him to victory ahead of Pedersen and compatriot Jonas Vingegaard. Ped...

Stage 4 of the Vuelta a Espana will be a tricky day. On paper we will have bunch sprint, now in France; but we preview a day where there are several climbs early on in the Alps where we may have dangerous attacks going up the road.  The race leaves Italy to enter French territory, starting in Susa a...

Jonas Vingegaard has dismissed criticism surrounding his decision to skip this year’s UCI World Championships in Rwanda, insisting he has no obligation to explain or justify his race calendar to the court of public opinion. The Danish Tour de France winner stirred disappointment last week when he an...

Most of the time, it's not hard to find the reasoning behind transfers at Visma | Lease a Bike. But their new recruit from October until 2027 - Anton Schiffer - is a different story. The German started with road cycling as a former triathlete, gained some recognition through Zwift Academy, but conti...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike saw a disaster unfold right in front of their eyes at Vuelta a Espana. No, Jonas Vingegaard didn't crash out of the race, but it wouldn't take much more to see the whole team leave Vuelta in team cars without and bicycles on roof. The Dutch has been victim of a robbery on t...

Filippo Baroncini suffered terrifying injuries in a crash at the Tour de Pologne. The Italian was placed in an induced coma for 14 days following the incident, during which period a series of surgeries were performed on Baroncini, with one taking up to 11 hours. But latest reports indicate that the...

The big goal of the season for Mathieu van der Poel has not yet arrived. Although he has won Milano-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix and a stage in the Tour de France, the Alpecin-Deceuninck superstar has another race on his mind since the beginning of 2025. That race is the Mountain Bike World Championships....

Wout Van Aert's season got back on track in Germany last week with ADAC Hambrug Classic and Lidl Deutschland Tour. But despite his imminent presence in the races, the Belgian was unable to leave a bigger mark in the result sheets, partly due to teammate duties. Van Aert was important piece of puzzle...

The third stage of the Vuelta a España was the last taking place in Italian territory, featuring a hilly terrain that was the perfect opportunity for puncheurs and versatile sprinters. Four riders immediately formed the breakaway of the day, soon after the start was given. Sean Quinn, Alessandro Ver...

Lidl-Trek turned Stage 3 of La Vuelta 2025 into a full-team showcase, riding all-out for team leader Mads Pedersen over the 135 kilometres to Ceres. But after a perfectly executed lead-out, the Danish star was narrowly denied victory in the final metres by a resurgent David Gaudu (Groupama - FDJ), w...

Derek Gee has broken his silence on the swirling speculation around his future, issuing a firm statement confirming that his contract with Israel - Premier Tech has now been “formally and duly terminated” by his legal representatives. In a carefully worded statement released on Monday, Gee character...

After a chaotic and intense 3rd stage of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, Juan Ayuso delivered a calm, measured reflection on his performance — finishing 35th, level on time with stage winner David Gaudu. The Groupama - FDJ rider outsprinted Mads Pedersen and Jonas Vingegaard on a punishing uphill finale,...

Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) voiced his frustration following a dramatic finish to stage 3 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, where David Gaudu (Groupama - FDJ) surged past both him and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) in the final bend to claim a memorable uphill sprint victory. The race leading...

David Gaudu (Groupama - FDJ) reminded the cycling world of his punch and panache with a statement victory on stage 3 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, sprinting past Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) on a sharp uphill finish in Ceres. It marks his first WorldTour...

Three days into the 2025 Vuelta a Espana and the general classification is already beginning to take shape. Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) remains in control, leading the race with a total time of 10:55:36. The Dane has yet to put real daylight between himself and the rest of the conte...

Groupama - FDJ's David Gaudu has taken a thrilling victory on stage 3 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, out-sprinting Mads Pedersen and Jonas Vingegaard. The day’s breakaway formed early, with Sean Quinn, Patrick Gamper, Alessandro Verre and Luca van Boven going clear after several attempts to establish...

The general classification at the 2025 Tour de l'Avenir has been completely shaken up on stage 2 as a large and talented breakaway dominated the day and put considerable time into race-winning hopefuls. In the end, there was more British success too as Elliot Rowe took the stage win.  A big 20-rider...

Mikel Landa has admitted he is “really sad” about Remco Evenepoel’s impending departure from Soudal - Quick-Step, with the Belgian set to leave the team at the end of the season to join Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. The Spaniard, who moved to Quick-Step on Evenepoel’s recommendation ahead of the 2024...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s start to the 2025 Vuelta a Espana took an unexpected and dramatic turn on Monday morning when several of their race bikes were discovered stolen from their mechanics’ truck — only to be later found abandoned in bushes near the stage three start in San Maurizio Canavese. T...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s start to the Vuelta a España 2025 took another twist this morning when several of their stolen race bikes were discovered abandoned in bushes near the stage three start. The Dutch squad had been left scrambling overnight after thieves broke into their mechanics’ truck wit...

For seven years, Visma has been closely linked to the Dutch cycling project led by Richard Plugge, moving from victory to victory and growing alongside the team. Though the Norwegian IT company has been the main sponsor of Team Visma | Lease a Bike for only two years, its influence goes well beyond...

Team Lidl-Trek has made an important move on the transfer market by signing Danish powerhouse Mathias Norsgaard on a two-year contract through 2027. The 28-year-old departs Movistar, where he has raced since 2020, to join one of the most ambitious squads in the WorldTour. For Norsgaard, the transfer...

Stage two of the 2025 Vuelta a España provided both drama and confirmation of pre-race expectations. Jonas Vingegaard, despite being caught in a mass crash with much of his Team Visma | Lease a Bike team, surged back to take victory ahead of Giulio Ciccone in a uphill sprint finish. The photo finish...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike woke up to double bad news on the morning of stage three of the Vuelta a España 2025. Not only did the squad confirm the overnight theft of several of their bikes after thieves broke into the mechanics’ truck, but they also lost Axel Zingle, who was forced to abandon his de...

Jonas Vingegaard once again demonstrated why he is considered the leading favourite for the red jersey, claiming victory on stage two of the Vuelta a España in dramatic fashion. After a crash earlier in the day that brought down much of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the Danish rider still had the power...

At the Vuelta a España, João Almeida began as one of the leading contenders for the overall victory. The Portuguese rider, representing UAE Team Emirates – XRG, came through stage two with a strong performance, finishing fifth. Though he conceded a couple of seconds and bonus time to stage winner Jo...

Stage 3 of the Vuelta a Espana will be a hilly day with an interesting finish. Thus far we've had a sprint and a mountain stage; now we preview the first mixed day which is perfectly for the puncheurs - or sprinters such as Mads Pedersen who may be able to survive and fight for victory.  Stage three...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the team of Vuelta a España leader Jonas Vingegaard, has been hit by a major setback after suffering a large-scale theft on the eve of stage three. The Dutch squad confirmed late last night that thieves had broken into their mechanics’ truck with a pickaxe, making off with...

Jai Hindley has been handed leadership duties for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe at the 2025 Vuelta a España, a race the team won last year with Primoz Roglic. The Slovenian is absent this time, having already raced both the Giro and Tour, leaving Hindley to spearhead the squad’s ambitions in Spain. Th...

Matthew Brennan’s sensational 2025 season shows no signs of slowing down. On stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour, the 20-year-old Briton powered to another victory, giving Team Visma | Lease a Bike their second stage of the week. Brennan was expertly led out by Wout van Aert, and the result underlined j...

Stage 2 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana produced fireworks in the closing meters, with Jonas Vingegaard powering past Giulio Ciccone to take the victory and the red jersey. Behind them, David Gaudu secured third place, while Egan Bernal rode strongly to finish just outside the podium in fourth. For the...

Juan Ayuso is once again a central figure for UAE Team Emirates – XRG, co-leading the squad at the 2025 Vuelta a España alongside João Almeida. The young Spaniard knows the race well, having finished third overall in 2022, and arrives this year as one of the main podium contenders despite a disrupte...

David Gaudu has endured a turbulent 2025 season, but his performance on stage 2 of the Vuelta a España offered a much-needed boost. The Frenchman placed third behind Jonas Vingegaard and Giulio Ciccone, delivering his most promising result of the year. For a rider who has struggled with repeated cra...

The Vuelta a Espana, after two days of racing, has reached the mountains and we see the first gaps opening in the overall classification. Jonas Vingegaard perhaps wasn't the big favourite to win today's stage in Limone, but the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider proved to be the strongest rider and has...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike almost went down fully at today's stage of the Vuelta a Espana but although the consequences weren't big and the team could even celebrate a victory with Jonas Vingegaard, not everyone had a positive day. Axel Zingle was the worst affected out of the fall and dislocated his...

Stage 2 of the 2025 Vuelta a España delivered drama all the way to the line, with Giulio Ciccone nearly pulling off a stunning victory. The Italian looked to have timed his sprint perfectly, but in the final meters Jonas Vingegaard surged past to snatch both the stage and the red jersey. For Ciccone...

Mathieu van der Poel left the Renewi Tour without the overall victory, but his stage win and aggressive riding showed that he is still in the formidable shape we have seen throughout the entire of 2025. The Dutchman, who had to abandon the Tour de France last month, was back in competition for the f...

The second stage of la Vuelta a España featured the classical "unipuerto" style, with a final climb to Limone Piemonte (9.9km at 5.1%) that suited not only pure climbers but also puncheurs in good shape. The rest of the stage was mostly flat, with no other categorized climbs. Four riders - Liam Slo...

A day of ups and downs for Team Visma | Lease a Bike who saw over half their team go down in a crash but later rode to victory with Jonas Vingegaard. It's hard to imagine a better outcome for the Dutch team after such a disaster en route to Limone. The Vuelta a Espana organizers have also shared on-...

As is often the case in a stage race of this intensity, the 2025 Renewi Tour will no doubt see a number of riders forced to abandon due to crashes, illness, and other racing incidents. Keep track of all incidents and withdrawals throughout the race right here! A crash during the neutral rollout saw...

Jonas Vingegaard is the man to beat at this Vuelta a Espana and if that status was to be disputed, this Sunday's stage 2 of the Spanish Grand Tour has proven it. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider is not the most explosive but was able to win the uphill sprint finish to Limone and take over the rac...

Stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour was a day for the sprinters but only a few reached the finish as the finale was heavily marked by crashes. In the midst of this, Team Visma | Lease a Bike won their second stage of the week with Matthew Brennan being led out by Wout van Aert, whilst Soren Waerenskjold...

Stage 2 of the Vuelta a España saw the climbers go head-to-head in a summit finish but one where the stage was always going to be decided in a sprint. The strongest climber in the race still had the best punch in the final meters, and Jonas Vingegaard took his first World Tour win of the year in Lim...

The Vuelta a España, Renewi Tour and Deutschland Tour all take place this Sunday the 24th of August; but in France we've got some high intensity action taking place at the Tour de l'Avenir. Stage 1 has finished in a sprint and Great Britain's Noah Hobbs took the stage win.  The stage finished in Sai...

With 26 kilometers to go the Vuelta a Espana has seen it's first major incident on stage 2. The rain began to fall in the Alpine region and before the first summit finish of the race many riders went down in a wet roundabout including almost the entire Team Visma | Lease a Bike.  The speed was high...

Arnaud de Lie is a rider of immense talent, half sprinter half classics specialist. But in a world with generational classics riders such as Mathieu van der Poel, the Lotto rider doesn't get to win much at the highest level. Today he did, beating the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider both for the stage and o...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG enter the Vuelta a España without the main favourite and perhaps without the spotlight on them. Manger Joxean Matxin wants to use that and attempts to shift the pressure away as much as possible from João Almeida and Juan Ayuso, something that will be necessary to be able to...

Arnaud de Lie and Mathieu van der Poel spearheaded an incredible fight for the overall victory at this Renewi Tour. The Lotto leader entered the day in the race lead, lost it mid-stage due to bonus seconds, and then won the winner-takes-all sprint against Mathieu van der Poel in the end of a thrilli...

The tragic event occurred at the halfway point of the day, which linked the towns of Langa de Duero and the demanding finish in the Laguna Negra de Vinuesa, in the province of Soria. What should have been a climbing cycling party ended in tragedy. The organization of the race confirmed the death thr...

A Grand Tour for most riders is an event that comes after weeks or even months of specific preparation. But sometimes it also comes as a last-minute change, with just over 24 hours to its start. Ben Turner received a call-up for the final Grand Tour of the season on Thursday evening, flew out to Ita...

The Vuelta a España 2025 has a very mountainous profile and it's first summit finish comes immediately on stage 2. Today in Limone the riders will tackle a 10-kilometer long final climb where we can see some differences and the GC riders being tested. Alberto Contador has shared his opinion on the m...

The Vuelta a Espana often features stages that are mostly flat and then feature a summit finish that is not well adapted to the pure climbers. There are three such cases this year and in this type of day that doesn't suit many riders, we could see Tom Pidcock emerge as a quality contender. Today in...

Tibor del Grosso is a rider that has been developing extremely well within Alpecin-Deceuninck, both in cyclocross and the road, and is often termed the 'new van der Poel'. Now, the two race together at the Renewi Tour and are working to win the overall classification.  Del Grosso is the reigning Wor...

Wout van Aert is a very strong rider in his own right, Giro and Tour stage winner this year alongside fourth in Flanders and Roubaix, but it's his willingness to work as a domestique that sets him apart from other big leaders. At the Deutschland Tour, he's working for upcoming star Matthew Brennan f...

Jonas Vingegaard is the big star of this year's Vuelta a Espana and most likely the man to beat for the overall classification. After stage 1 the leader of Team Visma | Lease a Bike has gotten through unscathed and is being able to enjoy the lack of stress and pressure compared to the Tour de France...

Jasper Philipsen took the first victory of this year's Vuelta a Espana with a comfortable sprint triumph in Novara. On stage 2 the peloton heads to the Italian Alps for a first summit finish, one of many in this race and the first test for the overall contenders.  On The Move podcast, Johan Bruyneel...

The Deutschland Tour had a controversial finale today on stage 3, as Danny van Poppel, stage winner, was relegated over a dangerous sprint. The Dutch champion almost caused Matthew Brennan (and as a consequence race leader Soren Waerenskjold) to crash mid-sprint and the relegation was the logical de...

Wout van Aert’s solo victory on the Champs-Élysées last month was already destined for the highlight reel. But as the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider reveals in his team’s Tour de France documentary, the triumph came with a surprising twist: he had no idea he’d dropped Tadej Pogacar on Montmartre —...

We preview stage 2 of the Vuelta a España, a stage taking place fully within Italy and right by the border with France. This is a Vuelta stage that follows a traditional format, being almost completely flat and then featuring a slight uphill finish. This will see the GC riders in action in a final s...

Jasper Philipsen left no room for doubts in the opening stage of Vuelta a Espana and after Tour de France, he once again wears the leader's jersey after the opening stage. Behind the Belgian, Ethan Vernon from Israel - Premier Tech sprinted to a nice second place. By far his career high at a Grand T...

Fabio Jakobsen has been unable to compete (at his best) for a while. After a surgery for flow limitation in the iliac artery in both of his legs, the Dutchman made a steady return to competition. Racing at almost home roads of Renewi Tour, the Picnic PostNL was however struck by bad luck once again....

Visma | Lease a Bike's latest Vuelta a Espana lineup addition Victor Campenaerts knows a thing or two about the mental warfare that is cycling up a mountain. But despite having previously focused at time trials and even cobbled classics, the Belgian has been able to climb with the best at Tour de Fr...

For the second time at this year's Renewi Tour, the European champion Tim Merlier claimed the crown for fastest sprinter in the race for himself. On a punchy course to Bilzen-Hoeselt, Merlier couldn't rely on the exclusive support of his Soudal - Quick-Step teammates as their numbers whittled on pre...

Soren Waerenskjold didn't have an easy task to defend his leader's jersey in the stage 3 of the Lidl Deutschland Tour. But even though the Norwegian didn't cross the line first in Arnsberg, he could've been all smiles on the podium as he not only successfully defended his lead, he was awarded the st...

The 2025 Vuelta a España kicked off today, with an initial flat stage that was expected to end in a bunch sprint, and that was exactly what happened. Alessandro Verre, Hugo de la Calle, Nicolas Vinokourov, Koen Bouwman, Pepijn Reinderink and Joel Nicolau formed the breakaway of the day, with the ma...

The Tour de l'Avenir has begun this Saturday and some of the very best young climbers in the world go the chance to immediately put their skills on display. The 3-kilometer long climbing prologue in Tignes provided an opportunity for gaps to be created already, and it was France's 18-year old Paul S...

Stage 1 of the Vuelta a Espana finished in Novara with a regular bunch sprint, and Jasper Philipsen took the stage win. Just like he did at the Tour de France, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider has ridden into the first lead of the race.  Philipsen was victorious after a standard leadout from Alpecin-Dec...

The Vuelta a Espana started with a pure sprint stage and the strongest sprinter in the race delivered. The Alpecin-Deceuninck leader Jasper Philipsen rode to a comfortable win on stage 1 and has taken on the red jersey, exactly in the same way as he did at the Tour de France.  "Winning is always nic...

Stage 1 of the Vuelta a Espana has ended in a bunch sprint and has had a predictable finish. Jasper Philipsen won the bunch sprint with ease in Novara and took over the race lead.  The first day of competition wasn't overly competitive, we did see some riders form the day's breakaway but there was n...

Danny van Poppel is a rider that has received several yellow cards this season and today he won stage 3 of the Deutschland Tour in a reduced group sprint, but in a very dangerous one. Soren Waerenskjold has stayed in the race lead despite Jhonatan Narváez having taken it from him at a point during t...

Stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour will be the final day of the race. Although it takes place at the same time as the Vuelta a España and Renewi, the non-World Tour event is delivering a lot of action both on it's hilly and sprint stages. The final day of the race will be one for the sprinters with Jon...

Stage 5 of the Renewi Tour will take place in the hilly and technical circuit that has been used in the 2021 World Championships in Leuven. We preview the final day of the race in which the sprinters and classics riders will have an interesting battle, and with the lead of Arnaud de Lie being held b...

The Renewi Tour saw a very fast stage on this, the fourth day of racing, but the outcome was not unexpected. Soudal - Quick-Step have continued their winning run as Tim Merlier won the bunch sprint, a very fast one where the breakaway even threatened to take the win.  The fourth stage of the race sa...

Stage 1 of the Vuelta a España is a day for the sprinters and without a very strong breakaway or unusual weather conditions, most riders in the peloton are being able to take it easy and enjoy the racing. The calm pace has also allowed the focus to be on non-racing moments, such as Gianmarco Garofol...

Cycling feared another tragic outcome at the Tour de Pologne two weeks ago as UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Filippo Baroncini was the victim of a fall and was placed in a coma due to the gravity of the facial and spinal injuries he suffered. Two weeks after the fall, the Italian rider is no longer in an...

The Vuelta a España 2025 will take place from August 23 to September 14 and will start from Italy! The final Grand Tours of the season will start in Italy, pass through France and Andorra, before going through a heap of mountainous and hilly stages throughout the Spanish mainland. We preview stage 1...

The 2025 Vuelta a Espana starts today in Torino with Jonas VIngegaard as the main favourite for overall victory. However, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider will have to contest with a very strong UAE Team Emirates - XRG team that has both Juan Ayuso and João Almeida at the start. But will the duo...

The final Grand Tour of the season is starting and there are a lot of stories to be told at the upcoming Vuelta a España. The battle between Jonas Vingegaard and UAE's João Almeida and Juan Ayuso is certainly the biggest question; but the before the start of the race Belgian pundit and commentator R...

At the start of Grand Tours it is normal to see riders understate their own ambitions as means to shift the pressure away from their shoulders. That's not the case with everyone however, Antonio Tiberi starts the Vuelta a Espana with the goal of finishing on the final podium and does not hide it ahe...

In modern cycling, more and more Grand Tours start outside of their own countries - part of the sport's internationalization process. However it is in all scenarios unusual the start of this 2025 Vuelta a Espana, which starts with several days in Italy, has a finale in France, and will still have tw...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot rode to victory at the Tour de France Femmes in impressive fashion, a lot due to her magnificent climbing performance up the Col de Madeleine. However the Frenchwoman's achievement was perhaps somewhat clouded by the criticism and attention that her body weight gained througho...

At the Tour de France Jonas Vingegaard never came truly close to beating Tadej Pogacar, but on several days in the second half of the race he seemed to be close in level to the Slovenian. However he lost significant time on the race's time-trial and on Hautacam which virtually cemeted his defeat. No...

With the 2025 Vuelta a España fast approaching, former professional cyclist and 2013 Vuelta winner Chris Horner shared his thoughts on the race and its biggest favorite, Jonas Vingegaard, in his Beyond the Coverage YouTube channel. "No race is unpredictable if you go into it with a strong team", Hor...

Alberto Contador, three- time winner of the Vuelta a España, was at the team presentation this week in Torino for the start of another edition. 'El Pistolero' has commented on several of the main figures of the race including Team Visma | Lease a Bike and UAE Team Emirates - XRG, alongside it's lead...

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The Vuelta a Espana 2025 will take place from August 23 to September 14 and will start in Italy! The final Grand Tours of the season will start in Italy, pass through France and Andorra, before going through a heap of mountainous and hilly stages throughout the Spanish mainland. We take a look at it...

The 2025 Vuelta a España will begin on August 23 and will feature many of the world's top climbers, sprinters, and classics specialists. CyclingUpToDate's free Vuelta manager can make your next few weeks even more exciting and test your knowledge of the pro peloton to the limit. But besides the prov...

The Vuelta a España 2025 will take place from August 23 to September 14 and will start from Italy! The final Grand Tours of the season will start in Italy, pass through France and Andorra, before going through a heap of mountainous and hilly stages throughout the Spanish mainland. We take a look at...

The 2025 Vuelta a España begins today, the final grand tour of the season, and once again all eyes are on the fight for the red jersey. Jonas Vingegaard starts as the outstanding favourite with Tadej Pogacar absent, but the Dane isn’t the only star in Spain, as the race includes the likes of Mads Pe...

“It's not often I get the chance to race without Tadej Pogacar. I'm going to enjoy it,” Matteo Jorgenson has admitted ahead of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, capturing the rare freedom that lies before the American. With Pogacar skipping the final Grand Tour of 2025, the peloton’s dynamics are suddenly...

According to Danish outlet Feltet.dk, Andreas Kron has endured yet another blow in what has been a season dominated by crashes and injury. The Uno-X Mobility rider went down at the Vuelta a Burgos, and medical checks have now revealed the true extent of the damage. It continues a frustrating 2025 ca...

Lennert Van Eetvelt will not be lining up for the Vuelta a España this weekend, a blow both for him and his team Lotto. The Belgian had circled the Spanish Grand Tour as one of his primary objectives for 2025, but his campaign was disrupted after a crash during the Tour de France forced him to aband...

The latest news in the transfer market is that Jenthe Biermans is swapping which French team he races for and heading for Cofidis. The Belgian rider will switch teams this winter, leaving Arkéa–B&B Hôtels to join another French outfit. Biermans, now 29, has already raced three grand tours during his...

Lidl-Trek have secured a major boost to their future with the news that Jonathan Milan has signed a long-term contract extension, keeping him at the team until at least the end of 2029. The Italian sprinter has been one of the breakout stars of the last three seasons, and has made an immediate impac...

It really is all change at Soudal – Quick-Step. From 2026 the Belgian squad enters a new chapter, one without Remco Evenepoel, who is moving to Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe after seven years as the team’s talisman. His departure signals the end of an era defined by grand tour ambitions. In response,...

Giulio Ciccone will be present at the Vuelta a España 2025 when it begins tomorrow, but not in the role many had anticipated. The Lidl-Trek climber has often been linked with general classification ambitions, especially after winning the mountains jerseys at both the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France...

Jhonatan Narváez delivered a perfectly timed finish to snatch stage two of the 2025 Deutschland Tour from Riley Sheehan in dramatic fashion, turning what looked like an almost-certain sprint win for the American into a last-gasp reversal on the line. The day had been chaotic: an aggressive early fiv...

Florian Lipowitz had been enjoying his return home at the 2025 Deutschland Tour, showing the kind of gritty determination and form that marked him out as one of Germany’s brightest young talents. But his momentum came to an abrupt and painful stop during stage two, when a crash on the tricky closing...

Arnaud De Lie may have missed out on the stage victory in Geraardsbergen, but the Lotto rider left stage 3 of the Renewi Tour with more than just battered legs — he now leads the general classification by one second over Mathieu van der Poel, and, more importantly, he’s rediscovered the love for the...

From the 20th to the 24th of August the World Tour peloton returns to the Benelux, but not for one-day races this time around, but instead some high-octane stage-racing. The Renewi Tour often provides opportunities for the classics specialists, sprinters and time-trialists to all battle for quality...

Mathieu van der Poel may not be at full flight just yet, but the Dutchman’s sheer class was enough to deliver a dominant victory on stage 3 of the 2025 Renewi Tour. Outgunning Arnaud De Lie and Tim Wellens in a long, grinding sprint to the line, Van der Poel reminded the cycling world once again tha...

From the 20th to the 24th of August the German calendar continues, this time around with the country's most important stage-race of the year: The Deutschland Tour. We preview stage 3. A few climbs to be tackled on this fourth day of racing in Germany, it's definitely not easy to make the difference...

The Vuelta a Espana hasn’t even begun, and already Mikel Landa’s Grand Tour campaign has hit an unexpected snag. The Basque climber, who leads Soudal - Quick-Step at the 2025 edition of the race, arrived in Turin earlier this week only to discover his luggage had gone missing — courtesy of a less-th...

Mathieu van der Poel has taken victory ahead of Arnaud De Lie and Tim Wellens in a thrilling, three-way fight on stage 3 at the 2025 Renewi Tour on Friday afternoon.  Stage 3 of the 2025 Renewi Tour saw an early breakaway of eleven riders go clear, with Igor Arrieta, Jensen Plowright, Edoardo Affini...

On a chaotic day of racing at the 2025 Deutschland Tour, Jhonatan Narvaez punished some early celebration from Riley Sheehan to take the stage 2 win in dramatic circumstances.  The racing unfolded aggressively from the start, with a five-man break establishing itself early. Vincent Bodet, Emils Liep...

Filippo Ganna’s imminent return to Grand Tour racing at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana nearly didn’t happen. After a crash in the opening stage of this year’s Tour de France forced the Italian to abandon just hours into the race, Ganna faced another unwelcome setback: a bout of gastrointestinal illness th...

While Mads Pedersen and Jasper Philipsen dominate pre-race headlines, there's a quieter but increasingly dangerous name to watch at the 2025 Vuelta a España: Orluis Aular. The 28-year-old Venezuelan, riding for Movistar, is flying under the radar — but not for long. After a consistent spring campaig...

Bahrain - Victorious have confirmed a well-balanced squad for the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, with Italian climber Antonio Tiberi spearheading the team’s general classification ambitions in what promises to be one of the most mountainous editions in recent memory. The 80th edition of the Vuelta covers 3,1...

Florian Lipowitz’s ascent this summer was one of the Tour de France’s cleanest breakthrough stories: a first Tour, a podium in Paris and the white jersey for best young rider. It is small wonder, then, that the news of Remco Evenepoel’s move to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe has been greeted by genuine...

Elia Viviani arrives in Turin this weekend with a simple, sharp objective: make the most of the rare early sprint and give himself a shot at the Red Jersey. The 2025 Vuelta opens on 23 August with a flat run from Turin to Novara, a stage that organisers and previewers expect to end in a bunch kick —...

Unlike most teams at this upcoming Vuelta a España, INEOS Grenadiers have just presented a lineup that is just as strong or even better than its Tour de France group. The British team is tackling the final Grand Tour of the season with a stacked squad full of quality stage hunters for the many hilly...

Few riders in the modern peloton can say they have shared the road — and the team bus — with the three defining champions of this generation. At just 23 years old, Finn Fisher-Black is one of them. The New Zealander has already lined up alongside both Jonas Vingegaard at Jumbo-Visma and Tadej Pogaca...

From the 20th to the 24th of August the World Tour peloton returns to the Benelux, but not for one-day races this time around, but instead some high-octane stage-racing. The Renewi Tour often provides opportunities for the classics specialists, sprinters and time-trialists to all battle for quality...

From the 20th to the 24th of August the German calendar continues, this time around with the country's most important stage-race of the year: The Deutschland Tour. We preview stage 2. Stage 2 of the race can be termed the queen stage, a day for the classics specialists. The 189 kilometers between He...

Jonas Vingegaard has officially confirmed he will not line up at the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda this year – a decision that has sparked a mixed response in Danish cycling circles. The two-time Tour de France winner confirmed at Thursday’s press conference ahead of the Vuelta a Espana tha...

The mystery surrounding Derek Gee’s surprise omission from Israel - Premier Tech’s 2025 Vuelta a Espana line-up may now have an explanation. According to reporting from Daniel Benson’s Substack and corroborated by Italian journalist Ciro Scognamiglio, the Canadian is set to leave Israel - Premier Te...

Lidl-Trek will head into the 2025 Vuelta a Espana with a dual-leadership strategy, confident that chasing both general classification and stage success won’t lead to internal conflict. Mads Pedersen, one of the team’s headline riders, says he and Giulio Ciccone are fully aligned in their goals — and...

After a summer built on restraint rather than intensity, Tom Pidcock lines up at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana with the clearest declaration of intent we’ve heard yet from the Brit in a Grand Tour: he's going full for the general classification. For a rider whose career has so far defied easy categorisat...

Mikel Landa returns to the Vuelta a Espana with a mix of hard-earned realism and lingering ambition, ready to support his Soudal - Quick-Step team and chase stage success after a Giro d’Italia crash derailed his season. Speaking to Marca from Turin, where the final Grand Tour of the year begins, Lan...

Jonas Vingegaard has become a fixture at the top of Grand Tour podiums — but when it comes to cycling’s most prestigious one-day races, serious doubts remain. On Eurosport France’s Bistrot Vélo podcast, former pro Thomas Rossetto didn’t mince words when asked about Vingegaard’s prospects at the Worl...

Tadej Pogacar is currently enjoying a racing break after a successful Tour de France. The Slovenian should only return to racing in September at the Canadian WorldTour classics. In the meantime, he's enjoying his well-deserved time off competition. And the four-time Tour champion puts extra emphasis...

Fresh from sealing his overall victory at the Tour of Denmark 2025, Mads Pedersen lined up at Sunday’s Frederiksberg Criterium — but with one non-negotiable instruction from Lidl-Trek: don’t sprint. With the Vuelta a Espana just days away, the Danish star was under strict orders to avoid any unneces...

Despite finishing runner-up to Tadej Pogacar at this year’s Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard is heading into the 2025 Vuelta a Espana in what Team Visma | Lease a Bike describe as the best form of his career. At least, that’s the view of Mathieu Heijboer, the team’s long-time Head of Performance, wh...

As the cycling world turns its attention toward the final Grand Tour of the season, Fabio Aru — winner of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana — has offered some pointed advice to Jonas Vingegaard: break free from the fixation on the Tour de France and chart a broader course. Speaking to TuttoBiciWeb ahead of t...

Former Team Jayco AlUla sports director Matt White has broken his silence following his surprise dismissal from the Australian World Tour squad earlier this summer, using the opportunity to warn that professional cycling is “broken” as long as teams remain almost entirely dependent on sponsorship. W...

Thymen Arensman stood out at the recent Tour de France when the Dutchman brought home two stage victories in two of the hardest mountain stages of this year's Grande Boucle. The 25-year-old reminded us again that he's still one of the most interesting GC prospects and could improve on his 5th place...

Primoz Roglic has admitted that thoughts of retirement are growing stronger, even hinting at a possible return to his roots in winter sports once his cycling career draws to a close. Speaking at the Profronde of Etten-Leur in the Netherlands, the Slovenian suggested that his time in the World Tour m...

Jonas Vingegaard has officially withdrawn from the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, dealing a blow to Danish hopes of a historic Rainbow Jersey bid. The two-time Tour de France winner confirmed his decision on the eve of the Vuelta a Espana, citing concerns over recovery and the toll of...

In a sport where tradition often weighs as heavily as the climbs, Quinn Simmons is carving out a name not just with his legs, but with his voice. In a recent in-depth interview with Bici.Pro, the 24-year-old Lidl-Trek rider offered a strikingly candid perspective on the state of professional cycling...

On NBC Sports’ Cycling Beyond the Podium podcast, Tejay van Garderen shared a revealing anecdote about life inside UAE Team Emirates - XRG: after winning the Tour de France back in 2021, Tadej Pogacar thanked his key teammates with a high-end barbecue smoker — the cult Big Green Egg. Van Garderen ma...

Fabio Jakobsen had to overcome many obstacles in his career, most recently pinched illiac arteries. The former European champion underwent a surgery in April to get rid of the ailment. Four months later, Jakobsen was back in action at the Tour of Denmark and from Wednesday, also back at the WorldTou...

Wout van Aert already completed an extensive racing schedule this year. After a spring campaign marked by 2nd and 4th places, the Belgian was able to finally break his curse at the Giro d'Italia where he also assisted Simon Yates' coup to overthrow the general classifcation on final day. And a month...

The first-ever World Championships of African continent will be an important milestone for the globalization of cycling. But it'll be also marked by an absence (or reduced participation) of certain national teams. To the already-long list now adds United States who have confirmed that they don't int...

After the renewal of Lidl-Trek's second-last lead-out rider Edward Theuns yesterday, the obvious question is whether the final link between Theuns and their sprinter Jonathan Milan will remain unchanged. And the American formation did not leave us hanging too long. Milan's track team pursuit partner...

The Netherlands were always going to field an extremely strong and talented team for the women's road race in Kigali. And absence of one or two names won't change much on the fact. But having to make a do without Puck Pieterse is still a blow the national coach has to deal with. The Dutch multi-disc...

Q36.5 Pro Cycling continue to add the much needed depth to their team with view of the 2026 season. After the introductions of Chris Harper, Fred Wright and Eddie Dunbar, fourth new name to strengthen the Swiss team's roster from next year will be Xandro Meurisse. The experienced Belgian doesn't wi...

Can anyone take on Jonas Vingegaard at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana and prevent the expected outcome of the race? For the most part, it seems that the Dane's greatest challenge will be to find motivation to perform consistently over the three weeks. Then there should be no obstacles. Unless Vingegaard h...

We're counting hours until the official start of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. And if you think that one name is being mentioned more often than others for the overall victory, it's not just your imagination. Visma | Lease a Bike bring a former winner Sepp Kuss to the race, but their chosen champion is...

The second stage of both the Renewi Tour and the Deutschland Tour took place today, and we got to see two exciting bunch sprint finishes. In Belgium, the peloton had to face constant crosswinds that led to echelons. Riders like Mathieu van der Poel and Tim Wellens tried to surprise the peloton by tr...

French rider Franck Bonnamour has been suspended from competition until 2028 after the UCI Anti-Doping Tribunal ruled he committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) linked to his Athlete Biological Passport. In a statement released on Thursday, the UCI confirmed: “The Tribunal found that Franck B...

Juan Ayuso heads into the 2025 Vuelta a Espana insisting the burden of expectation lies firmly on the shoulders of Jonas Vingegaard, while also making clear he is ready to sacrifice his own ambitions in support of UAE Team Emirates - XRG teammate João Almeida. The 22-year-old Spaniard had not been s...

There has been talk for a long time about the possible departure of Juan Ayuso from UAE Team Emirates - XRG. Everything since the bad feeling with some teammates at the Tour de France 2024. Things escalated after his withdrawal from the last Giro d'Italia, although his inclusion in the team for the...

As the 2025 Vuelta a Espana approaches, optimism is building around Jonas Vingegaard’s chances in what promises to be one of the most compelling Grand Tours of the season. Jesper Morkov, sporting director of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, has expressed unwavering confidence in the two-time Tour de Franc...

Matthew Brennan produced a scintillating performance to claim victory in a chaotic opening stage of the 2025 Deutschland Tour, narrowly edging out Jonathan Milan in a dramatic and confusing photo finish in Herford. The 20-year-old Brit, riding for Team Visma | Lease a Bike, celebrated his tenth win...

Olav Kooij made the perfect response to the frustration of stage one at the Renewi Tour, sprinting to victory in Ardooie to claim both his first career stage win at the race and the leader’s jersey. The 22-year-old from Team Visma | Lease a Bike had been left disappointed the previous day after bein...

Jonathan Milan thought he had taken the win on stage 1 of the 2025 Deutschland Tour from a frantic bunch sprint finale that needed a photo finish to separate him from rival Matthew Brennan. After initally being awared the win though, the jury overturned the decision a short while later, giving Brenn...

Nearly four weeks after finishing runner-up once again at the 2025 Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard heads into the Vuelta a Espana as the clear favourite. The Dane’s consistent form and tactical nous have established him as the rider to beat, but his attitude towards the pressure is remarkably compo...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Olav Kooij has taken the win on a chaotic and echelon-affected day at the 2025 Renewi Tour, dominating a messy bunch sprint finish.  The stage began at a furious pace, with the peloton rolling out over 172 kilometres of racing. The day’s first move came when Giosuè Epis,...

As the 2025 Vuelta a Espana prepares to roll out this Saturday, Danish commentator Dennis Ritter is among those looking ahead with a mix of excitement and caution. While the inclusion of Jonas Vingegaard brings the prospect of a historic Danish triumph, the absence of Tadej Pogacar – his great gener...

As the 80th edition of the Vuelta a Espana prepares to roll out from Turin this Saturday, few riders understand the unpredictable nature of Spain’s Grand Tour better than Vincenzo Nibali. The Shark of Messina — winner of the Vuelta in 2010 and one of just seven riders in history to have conquered al...

As the peloton gathers in Turin ahead of this year’s Vuelta a Espana, one of the most talked-about names on the startlist is Giulio Pellizzari — though not, as some might expect, for a general classification challenge. The 21-year-old Italian, fresh off a breakout Giro d’Italia and a strong showing...

Portuguese cyclist João Almeida makes no secret of his ambition heading into the 80th edition of the Vuelta a Espana: the podium is the minimum target, with a stage win also firmly in his sights. Having recovered from the rib fracture he suffered during the Tour de France, the UAE Team Emirates - XR...

There will be 184 riders at the start of the 2025 Vuelta a España and out of those, a whole 62 will be racing the Spanish Grand Tour for the first time. This means that 33.7% riders are debutants, or in simpler terms, one in every three!  The list is composed of six riders and this includes all of t...

The 2025 Vuelta a España has it's startlist confirmed and we've got all the names that will be at the start in Torino this Saturday. We take a look at the oldest and youngest riders that will be racing the final Grand Tour of the season.  Neither the Giro d'Italia Tour de France have riders of such...

After a brilliant stint with INEOS Grenadiers where he was one of the very best classics riders in the world, Dylan van Baarle had a tough time with Team Visma | Lease a Bike heavily marked by injuries. Next year he moves to Soudal - Quick-Step to try and become a leader in the cobbled classics once...

Soudal - Quick-Step was the last team to announce it's lineup for the Vuelta a Espana and now it is possible to say that the startlist is complete. Without Remco Evenepoel or any of the team's sprinters present, the Belgian team comes into the final Grand Tour of the season with nothing but climbers...

From the 20th to the 24th of August the German calendar continues, this time around with the country's most important stage-race of the year: The Deutschland Tour. We preview stage 1. 202 kilometers on the menu in this first road stage of the race, starting in Essen and with long flat roads to be ta...

From the 20th to the 24th of August the World Tour peloton returns to the Benelux, but not for one-day races this time around, but instead some high-octane stage-racing. The Renewi Tour often provides opportunities for the classics specialists, sprinters and time-trialists to all battle for quality...

The Vuelta a España 2025 is just around the corner and Alberto Contador, former winner of this race and current commentator on Eurosport Spain, has shared his opinions on the race as well as casting a warning to Jonas Vingegaard.  The Spaniard is very clear that the Dane is the strongest cyclist in...

The 2025 Vuelta a España will begin this Saturday and there is a very difficult Grand Tour on the menu where Team Visma | Lease a Bike where be the team to beat. Jonas Vingegaard will face tough competition in UAE Team Emirates - XRG but equally the team is well prepared to fight for victory.  "On t...

On the eve of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, João Almeida cuts a figure both confident and cautious. The Portuguese star of UAE Team Emirates – XRG heads into his fourth consecutive appearance at the Spanish Grand Tour with unfinished business after a season marked by consistency, setbacks, and renewed a...

EF Education-EasyPost will be a team to watch at the upcoming Vuelta a Espana. With multiple Grand Tour debutants and young talents, and without clear leader, the American team can only surprise. For the mountains, young Irishman Archie Ryan would love to build on the momentum from his second place...

The BEMER Cyclassics was the big race of the week when it came to attributing UCI points over the past seven days, but a few smaller-category events have also made some impact. We look at the updated UCI rankings days before the Vuelta a España.  You can check the previous update. Tadej Pogacar rema...

There was a time when Edward Theuns seemed like he could become a leader himself in the Classics, especially when he joined Trek-Segafredo (now Lidl-Trek) in 2016. But eventually, his career took a different path and the 34-year-old Belgian is now being valued for his role in Jonathan Milan's sprint...

It has been known since last year that Denmark, among many other European powerhouse nations, would not use all of their available spots to field a team for World Championships in Rwanda. In addition to not sending a team for both junior and under-23 competitions, the Danmarks Cykle Union has now in...

Tour de France hero of the home crowds Kevin Vauquelin is not joining the period that came after the race as much as you would've expected. Instead of well-deserved holidays, the 24-year-old got injured shortly after the Tour and now has a lengthy recovery period ahead. In addition, the Frenchman ha...