Simon Yates has been voted CyclingUpToDate’s Signing of the Season, edging out Tom Pidcock in one of the closest polls of our End of Year Awards so far. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike recruit secured 163 votes, just ahead of Pidcock’s 157, after a season that delivered instant Grand Tour glory and re...

Tom Dumoulin has paid tribute to Jonas Vingegaard’s remarkable rise from loyal domestique to two-time Tour de France champion, admitting he never imagined the Dane would go on to dominate cycling’s biggest race. The Dutchman, who retired in 2022 at just 31, shared a team with Vingegaard at Jumbo-Vis...

Veteran Eurosport commentator Javier Ares has reacted to the provisional suspension of Oier Lazkano, calling for calm and due process while expressing surprise at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe’s decision to immediately cut ties with the Spaniard following biological passport irregularities. Speaking o...

Tim Wellens has lifted the lid on just how close Tadej Pogacar came to abandoning the 2025 Tour de France — revealing the world champion required an emergency hospital scan mid-race due to a serious knee scare. The Slovenian went on to ride into Paris in yellow for a fourth time, but the Belgian has...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe has formed a superteam capable of matching and perhaps realistically challenging UAE and Visma for victory at the Tour de France. But now all of the pieces have to fit together, and that includes several leaders who have their own personal ambitions. Primoz Roglic talks a...

The fallout from Oier Lazkano’s suspension continues to ripple through the sport, with former Quick-Step sports director Brian Holm suggesting the warning signs were visible long before the rider’s biological passport results triggered UCI action and his dismissal from the peloton. Holm, speaking to...

Tadej Pogacar may have completed his historic Tour–Europeans–Worlds treble in 2025, but former Tour de France White Jersey winner Tejay van Garderen believes the Slovenian is far from finished. In fact, the American insists cycling’s most dominant rider currently operates “without a rival” as the pe...

In the latest episode of the podcast Watts Occurring, former teammates Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe talked about the impact of technological progress in professional cycling and whether a rider like Tadej Pogacar could still dominate using equipment from a decade ago. Thomas began the conversation w...

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado’s comeback has been dealt a fresh setback, with the former world champion still unable to pin down a return date as she continues to battle a lingering knee injury. The 25-year-old had been due to resume competition at Tabor on 23 November, but that target has now been rul...

Twelve hours after conquering the Koppenberg in one of the standout cyclocross displays of the season so far, Thibau Nys found himself wrestling a very different opponent at Rapencross Lokeren: chaos. Dropped shifters, repeated bike swaps, a crooked cockpit and finally a sand-pit crash turned the Eu...

Cycling legend Mark Cavendish retired last year after a long and successful career in which he arguably became the best sprinter ever, amassing 165 wins, 35 of which came at the Tour de France. They say there is no place like home, and Cavendish seems to agree, as he immediately returned to his home...

Bobby Julich, former American professional cyclist, reflected on what he described as another phenomenal season of racing from start to finish. In his detailed season recap he shared with Velo, Julich reviewed standout performances across four main categories: Grand Tours, classics, sprinting, and...

2025 was an unforgettable season for Filippo Conca with no doubt. His victory in the Italian National Championships, achieved with the amateur Swatt Club, surprised many and opened the door back to the WorldTour, where he is now riding for Team Jayco AlUla. The 27-year-old already made it to the Wor...

Team Bahrain - Victorious has announced that former Swiss professional cyclist Enrico Gasparotto will rejoin the team in 2026, this time stepping into the role of Sports Director. Gasparotto previously raced for the squad in 2017 and 2018 (when it was called Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team), playin...

After taking an extended break, Mathieu van der Poel is now back in full training ahead of his cyclocross season. The Dutch world champion, who wrapped up his 2025 campaign after the Mountain Bike World Championships in mid-September, has not limited himself to cycling. Recently, Van der Poel joined...

Sir Bradley Wiggins says he still views his London 2012 Olympic gold as the defining moment of his career — not Paris, not podiums in yellow, but the day he turned a childhood escape route into one of British sport’s most iconic scenes. A decade on from retirement, Britain’s first Tour de France win...

Lidl-Trek boss Luca Guercilena believes Juan Ayuso will thrive in new colours next season, insisting the Spanish climber represents both a statement signing and the right cultural fit for a maturing super-team. Speaking to Cycling News, Guercilena stressed that the decision to bring Ayuso on board —...

Wout van Aert has spent more than a decade thrilling Belgian crowds — but on Saturday, it was his son’s turn to steal a little of the spotlight. At Tim Declerq’s farewell criterium in Belgium, four-year-old Georges van Aert rolled up to the kids’ start line in Belgian colours, calmly guided into pos...

Albert Philipsen has already produced moments that make seasoned pros feel old — and he has only just completed his first season in the elite ranks. That was the verdict from fellow Danes Rasmus Wallin and Andreas Stokbro on Radio Tour – In Breakaway with Anders Mielke, after the 19-year-old capped...

Bart Wellens has voiced serious concern for Eli Iserbyt’s mental wellbeing as the Belgian cyclocross star faces yet another painful setback in his long fight to return to racing. The former world champion says Iserbyt’s situation — battling complications following four iliac artery surgeries this ye...

Isaac del Toro has been crowned CyclingUpToDate’s Breakthrough Rider of 2025, winning a remarkable 82% of the public vote in our End of Year Awards poll. The Mexican sensation’s standout campaign — headlined by a podium finish and race-leading stint at the Giro dItalia — made him the overwhelming ch...

Lidl-Trek had the budget and two winters ago they signed Jonathan Milan from Bahrain - Victorious. In the years that followed, they've turned the Italian into a proven winner with a world-class leadout and an enviable palmarès. At the Singapore Criterium, Milan explained his motivations.  "My first...

Doping is a topic that has for many years been a part of cycling and that is something that will not likely come to an end in any foreseeable future. Whilst previously, many riders were caught after their wrongdoings after the testing system evolved, the case of Oier Lazkano brings worries that some...

Former cyclocross World Champion Paul Herygers is a vocal voice in the world of cyclocross and after the opening weeks of the season, he has shared who he believes will be the main favourites for next weekends' European Championships in Middelkerke - perhaps the most important event of the first hal...

Intermarché - Wanty and Lotto are merging this winter and this has left many extra riders in the market from both teams. Surprisignly, Lotto hasn't held on to one of its best performing classics riders Arjen Livyns, and in the midst of the chaos, XDS Astana Team have taken the opportunity to sign th...

Michael Matthews has had a long partnership with Team Jayco AlUla and it is set to continue. After the team faced financial issues and had its very existence at risk, the path is now secured and uphill. With it begin the renewals the team was in need of, including its leader this Monday morning.  “M...

And just like that, the 2025 cycling season has been and gone. And what does that mean? It’s time for the assessment and review of each team’s performance throughout the year. Who improved on 2024? Who took a step back? In today’s piece, we review the Alpecin-Deceuninck men’s road cycling team in th...

Tom Pidcock was at INEOS Grenadiers and at the end of last season he made the move to Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, two lineups that were on very different sides of the spectrum when it comes to pro racing. However, in the Swiss team the Briton found the perfect environment this year and has thrived, perf...

Italian sprinter Alberto Dainese will ride for a new team in 2026. Despite remaining winless in 2025, Soudal - Quick-Step signed him to add even more firepower to the sprinters section, which is already packed with loads of talent. He is thus making the jump from the ProTour level with Tudor Pro Cyc...

On a date that carries special meaning for him, Italian rider Fabio Felline has officially announced that he is retiring from professional cycling. The 35-year-old from Turin shared the news on November 1, a day he used to celebrate his traditional Fellinata, a gathering to bid farewell to the seaso...

Eli Iserbyt has suffered a relapse of his injury after undergoing four surgeries earlier this year on the iliac artery in his left leg. The 28-year-old Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team rider had hoped to make his comeback in a couple of weeks, but that plan has now been abandoned....

Marion Norbert Riberolle finished second at the Rapencross morvaLokeren on Sunday, only behind Lucinda Brand, but her thoughts after crossing the line were far from the race itself. The French-born rider, now representing Belgium, used her post-race interview to express grief following the tragic de...

Cyclocross may be on the brink of its biggest leap in decades — and in the eyes of UCI Director of Sport Peter Van Den Abeele, even cycling’s most dominant Grand Tour rider could soon return to the mud. With a major UCI rule change coming in 2027 that will allow WorldTour teams to earn points from o...

In the latest episode of their podcast The Move, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin discussed recent speculation regarding Tadej Pogacar’s race calendar after claims made by Patrick Evenepoel, father of Remco Evenepoel. Patrick Evenepoel said a few days ago that Pogacar might skip the Tour de France...

Twenty-four hours after ruling the Koppenberg and lighting up the cyclocross world, Thibau Nys experienced the other side of the sport’s brutality — a mechanical-ruined afternoon at Rapencross Lokeren that turned into a fight for survival rather than glory. While the European champion stormed to vic...

From Grand Tour dynasties to breakout brilliance, the 2025 men’s season delivered fireworks at every level. We witnessed history at the Tour de France, the emergence of new GC superstars, and sprinting and Classics campaigns that will be talked about for years to come. Nine names stood above the res...

Chris Horner has doubled down on his criticism of UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s Stage 20 collapse at the 2025 Giro d’Italia earlier this year — now fuelled further by Isaac Del Toro’s own candid comments on the communication breakdown that cost him the Maglia Rosa on the Colle delle Finestre. Reacting t...

Joris Nieuwenhuis delivered a commanding performance at Rapencross Lokeren, powering clear mid-race and never looking back to take his second victory of the season in the X2O Badkamers Trofee — while Thibau Nys endured a wildly contrasting afternoon marked by frustration, crashes and mechanical woes...

Biniam Girmay is trying to leave Intermarché-Lotto, the team that is set to be officially announced soon and with the new names to be revealed as well. The Eritrean has for the first time spoken this openly about the topic with the media at the Tour de France Singapore Criterium where he is one of t...

Wout van Aert has offered an honest early verdict on the 2026 Tour de France route, admitting the parcours may not be perfectly aligned with his strengths — while confirming that his winter racing plans remain flexible as he eases back into training following a long break. With a route heavy on pure...

Rui Costa has announced his retirement from pro cycling. The Portuguese rider has spent the last two seasons of his career with EF Education-EasyPost, and has closed down a career that began 18 years ago in the professional peloton. Behind him lays a World title in 2013, three stages at the Tour de...

Lucinda Brand’s autumn momentum shows no sign of easing. The Dutch powerhouse claimed her fourth win in just five starts this season at the Rapencross in Lokeren, breaking clear from Sara Casasola and Aniek van Alphen with two laps to go and powering away to another authoritative triumph in the X2O...

Lucinda Brand continued her superb early-season form with a commanding victory at the Rapencross Lokeren, distancing her rivals in the second half of the race and riding to her second win of the weekend in the X2O Badkamers Trofee. Belgian champion Marion Norbert Riberolle produced a storming late c...

Ben O'Connor has had a rocky first years with Team Jayco AlUla but mentally he is in a good place after many years 'abroad'. The Australian rider is starting his season early on next year, as he has already expressed clear interest in racing the national championships in early January - which could...

Primoz Roglic has won the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España on four occasions, but the Tour de France is no longer a realistic goal. In a Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe that continues to grow in quality, his role has changed, as has his calendar. But where will Primoz Roglic race in 2026, and is th...

The off-season is upon the pro peloton however a few riders have made the trip to Asia over for one of the post-season Tour de France criteriums. In Singapore, a few of the world's best were present this Sunday in an exhibition criterium, and the Tour's green jersey Jonathan Milan emerged victorious...

Primoz Roglic was signed to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe at the start of 2024 and ever since the team has brought up two other great leaders. Florian Lipowitz evolved straight within the team, whilst Remco Evenepoel was now bought from Soudal - Quick-Step. How does the veteran plan to fare in the mid...

Oier Lazkano is now involved in what is currently the most prominent doping case in cycling, albeit being a rather tricky one. The Spaniard hasn't tested positive for any specific substance, and in his first statement issued since the suspension, he defends his innocence.  "I have never used doping...

At the end of 2024 Team SD Worx - ProTime lost DemI Vollering, Niamh Fisher-Black and Marlen Reusser, who all had stellar 2025 seasons. The Swiss rider hasn't, in any way, fallen behind Vollering and has seen her very best level in 2025 where realistically only a handful of riders had a year compara...

Mark Cavendish was never not a controversial figure in the sport of cycling and in a book that hehe has released one week ago called 'Believe: Achieving the Impossible' he has discussed his time with Soudal - Quick-Step, one marked by a grandious comeback to the top of the sport, and a very rocky bu...

Remco Evenepoel is the one that got away, for INEOS Grenadiers. Over the years it's been heard time and time again that the British team attempted to buy the Belgian out of his contract with Soudal - Quick-Step, but unsuccessfully. But according to Mark Cavendish these aren't just rumours, it is a k...

For the final time in his long and successful career, Lars van der Haar faced the infamous slopes of the Koppenbergcross. On November 1, the Dutch rider from Baloise Glowi Lions finished sixth on the muddy and historic climb known as the Bult van Melden, marking the end of an era in professional cyc...

It was a farewell that could hardly have been scripted better. After a decade and a half in the professional peloton, Elia Viviani ended his career on the highest possible note: winning the world title in the elimination race at the Track World Championships in Chile. The 36-year-old Italian deliver...

After over a decade in the professional peloton, South African climber Louis Meintjes has decided to bring his career to a close. He got seven professional wins, including one stage at la Vuelta a España and the infamous 2024 Itzulia Basque Country stage, in which a massive crash forced Jonas Vingeg...

After 21 edtions, the Tour of Norway is in serious risk of disappearing from the cycling calendar, at least in 2026. Tour of Norway director Roy Hegreberg has sounded the alarm after the Norwegian government proposed abolishing the special subsidy scheme for international cycling races in its 2026 s...

Jonas Vingegaard's long-anticipated debut in Danish national colours may not have delivered the fairytale result on paper, but the significance of the moment is still resonating inside the national camp. After finally pulling on the red and white jersey at the 2025 European Championships, the two-ti...

The 2025 women’s peloton delivered a season for the ages — Grand Tours decided by seconds, a first-time French Tour champion, landmark Classics victories, and rising stars transforming into genuine headliners. From dominant sprinting to all-terrain mastery and epoch-making GC performances, these six...

Thibau Nys is building something special on the Koppenberg. On the climb where his father Sven forged legend-status, the 22-year-old delivered another commanding display to take his second Koppenbergcross title — and in doing so underline that the famous surname is no burden. It is a standard he int...

Tadej Pogacar has already rewritten cycling’s modern record book. Now, the UAE has frozen one of his most iconic gestures in time — unveiling a golden statue that places the sport’s dominant force at the heart of the nation that has adopted him as its sporting symbol. Rather than depicting a sprint,...

Thibau Nys returned to cyclocross in emphatic fashion on the cobbles of the Koppenberg, storming to a dominant victory in his first race of the season to claim his second career win on this legendary climb. The European champion out-powered Cameron Mason after an intense early battle, eventually rid...

Superteams rose. Dynasties wobbled. New forces broke through. If 2025 taught us anything, it’s that cycling’s balance of power continues to shift — and the battle to be the best team in the world has never felt fiercer. Grand Tour dominance, Monument brilliance, relentless week-long consistency, and...

A frightening end to October has forced rising British star Zoe Backstedt to hit pause on her cyclocross campaign before it even begins, after a crash in training left her with two small fractures in her hand and wrist. The 21-year-old used Instagram to reveal the incident — and to stress that her h...

Lucinda Brand conquered the Koppenberg at long last, claiming her first ever victory on the iconic climb after taming treacherous mud, cobbles and a spirited challenge from French sensation Célia Gery. The Baloise Trek leader finally cracked the 19-year-old in the closing laps to secure a hard-earne...

After becoming the great star of the Movistar Team, Iván Romeo dreams of a 2026 season that surpasses a magical 2025. The young cyclist from Valladolid was the best rider of the team throughout the season, winning victories such as the Dauphiné and the Spanish Championship. He has also discussed the...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is one of the top teams in the peloton and alongside the sports director role comes a lot of responsibility and pressure. Jesper Morkov has thrived in this role this year guiding the team to both its Grand Tour wins despite being around the same age as several of the team's...

Tom Pidcock is unlikely to do cyclocross during the winter and after a long and very successful season on the road, the Briton is not yet on full holiday mode into the winter. He is currently in South Africa but is racing the week-long Nedbank Gravel Burn, mostly on easy mode, but on stage 5 he took...

Oier Lazkano was signed by Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Danish pundit Michael Rasmussen argues that the German team knew about Lazkano's suspicious biological passport values. This is because when he was signed, certainly there was the sharing of medical files, which have either not been analyzed...

The suspension of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's Oier Lazkano has been one of the main stories this year in the world of cycling and little was known about the situation of the Spanish rider. However more and more begins to come out and reveals a long police investigation that culminated in a house v...

A member of the Axeon under-23 during its golden years, Soudal - Quick-Step and INEOS Grenadiers, few could've imagined that Jhonatan Narváez' level could increase further at this point in his career. However what happened is that with his new contract at UAE Team Emirates - XRG, the South American...

Cyclocross can get serious at times, but not when Influencer Average Rob is around! The famous youtuber's Turbo Cross is back for yet another edition in 2025, but in a new format. This fun cyclocross race will take place on December 22nd, right at the start of the Christmas holidays. This time, Aver...

Ruben Van Gucht, one of the leading cyclocross commentators for Sporza, has been sentenced to a nine-month driving ban and a fine of 4,800 euros by the Dendermonde police court. This adds to Van Gucht's growing number of oversteps after a massive controversy of last year regarding his comments about...

The cyclocross peloton is trembling as one of the sport's biggest stars is ready to make a 2025/26 debut at the Koppenberg this weekend. So far, it's been all fun and games, but with the presence of European champion Thibau Nys, the competition will grow in seriousness. And the 23-year-old who also...

Recently Remco Evenepoel travelled to the United States to put on a few days of research work for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe to use regarding everything the team has directed to the time trials. However, Evenepoel had spent a lot of time in the Specialized headquarters previously with Soudal - Quic...

UCI points are closely tracked by teams, specially as this year there were promotions and relegations based off a difference of just a few points. When it comes to riders there is also always interest, although Tadej Pogacar takes the top of the charts without any challenger... But what if the UCI r...

Team time trials were in the past decade underutilized in the top of the cycling world and what once used to be a tradition in Grand Tours became less and less common. However over the past few years, the discipline seems to be having a resurgence, so much so that in 2026, the UCI calendar will feat...

In traditional Unibet Rose Rockets style, today's signing announcement came in form of an interesting video. After a teaser, in which the French team dropped hints about the upcoming transfer, it has been confirmed: Rory Townsend, Irish national champion, is making the move over to add even more fir...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has made the most successful return to road cycling that she could've hoped for this year, winning Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Tour de France Femmes. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider was asked about several topics but has talked about her Tour de France success with a lot of d...

Oliver Naesen is a veteran of the peloton but a man that remains firm in the World Tour due to his vast experience as a classics rider and road captain. The Belgian rider is part of Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale and is seeing first-hand how much different the sport is becoming and the amount of focus t...

It can't be said that the UCI's announcement of the suspension of Oier Lazkano came as a major surprise, however it has now led to major consequences to all involved. The Spaniard has been released by Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe who has had to issue a statement over their riders; whilst Movistar has...

Mark Cavendish is a rider that has spent multiple generations in the peloton and has become one of cycling's most successful riders ever, now holding the Tour de France stage win record. In a recent interview he was asked about doping quite a lot, as the Manx Missile is a rider that has bridged acro...

Tadej Pogacar made his debut with UAE Team Emirates - XRG back in 2019 at the Tour Down Under, and seven years later he may make a return. The World Champion has only raced in Australian back in that week in 2019 and also at the 2022 World Championships, but without success. May he want to change th...

"Having lots of good riders is a privilege, not a problem" applies to several teams. Will it apply to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe? In 2026 the German team will have a sea of sharks, but without a Tadej Pogacar or Jonas Vingegaard, cycling's new super team will have to be careful for them not to cann...

The peloton approaches November and whilst many are taking their much-deserved holidays or beginning their preparations towards the 2026 season, some riders - including a few top figures - are still left scrambling for contracts, either to remain in the World Tour or outright save their career. We t...

The 2025 season has come to an end but at this point in time, almost 200 riders from the World Tour and Pro-Team level remain without a contract for next season. Many will find a new home or renew with their current team, but with the end of October also come worrying or interesting questions - depe...

Nils Eekhoff won't remember 2025 for being a great season, but it's also a year from which the 27-year-old can draw a lot of optimism into the future. The Picnic PostNL rider's season had many ups and downs, from his biggest victory to the day, through multiple injuries, to a strong final push at th...

The Elimination race at 2025 Track World Championships in Santiago, Chile was the last dance of Elia Viviani. And it was a masterpiece. The Italian made no mistake and remained in control of the action, beating New Zealand's Campbell Stewart and Dutchman Yoeri Havik. Thus, the legend of Italian cycl...

For more than one decade, Matt White played a pivotal role in the story of Jayco AlUla. That was until early May of this year when his job at the team was terminated. Although a replacement for his leading role has not been publicly communicated by the Australian team yet, the 51-year-old has alread...

Neither men's WorldTour team Jayco AlUla nor the Australian team's women's team Liv AlUla Jayco were present at the initial list of applicants for WorldTour licences for the 2026 season published by UCI some week ago. The reported reason were supposedly missing bank guarantees at the time of first d...

The 2025 season is over and history has been made. UAE Team Emirates - XRG has won 97 races this year, surpassing all the previous established records and setting a new benchmark due to the many wins of Tadej Pogacar, Isaac del Toro, João Almeida, Juan Ayuso, etc. Now we take a look at all World Tou...

Isaac Del Toro has opened up about the day he lost the Giro d’Italia — and the confusion that surrounded the defining moment of his debut at the Italian Grand Tour. Speaking to GCN en Español, the 21-year-old Mexican admitted his frustration at how team radio communication unravelled on the Colle de...

The news that had been feared for months have today been confirmed. Oier Lazkano, rider for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, has been officially suspended by the UCI after having shown biological passport abnormalities from 2022 to 2024.  "The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that Spanish r...

The Tour Colombia is a race that has delivered a lot in the past decade but over the past few years it hasn't been ran. In 2026 it was set to make a return, and was officially added to the UCI calendar. However the good news were short-lived, and it is now confirmed that the organizers lack the fund...

Arkéa - B&B Hotels were set for relegation this winter out of the World Tour, but the French team's end is only the symptom of a bigger illness in the peloton. Financially speaking, a few teams have evolved significantly whilst behind, those who don't get left behind significantly and can no longer...

Sam Bennett was at the top of the sprinter world in the early 2020's, entering the decade with a victory in the Tour de France's points classification and a couple of golden years with Soudal - Quick-Step. Ever since, things haven't been as bright for the Irishman who is on his way out of the World...

The curtain may have fallen on the 2025 cycling season, but some of the sport’s biggest names aren’t quite ready to put their bikes away. On Sunday, 23 November, the streets of the Principality will once again host BeKING Monaco, an off-season criterium that attracts world champions, Tour winners, a...

In a season packed with drama, dominance, and defiance, a handful of riders still managed to stand out with performances that demanded replays. From long-range solo wins to perfectly timed strikes in the sport’s biggest races, these were the rides that defined 2025 – the ones that made you sit forwa...

Remco Evenepoel isn’t wasting a single moment before the 2026 cycling season begins. While most riders are already on holiday, the Belgian star has spent the past week fine-tuning every aerodynamic detail of his setup — in true Formula 1 style. The 25-year-old travelled to California for extensive t...

The race to secure the next Remco Evenepoel or Tadej Pogacar is accelerating — and senior figures from inside the World Tour are sounding the alarm over the pressures now placed on teenagers poised to become the future of the sport. Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s Head of Performance, Robbert de Groot,...

Andrea Raccagni Noviero has ended his first WorldTour season by setting his sights on the two most sacred dates on the Italian calendar. After a year that stretched from Australia to China and delivered real signs of progression, the 21-year-old believes the next step is obvious: aim for Milano–Sanr...

Alexander Krieger took a rather unorthodox path to becoming a professional. For the German, it's taken 10 season of racing at the Continental level before making a debut on the grand stage with Alpecin-Deceuninck at the age of 28. Six seasons down the road, Krieger had accomplished everything he dre...

After 14 seasons at the heart of one of cycling’s most dominant dynasties, Salvatore Puccio has called time on his career — and admits he’s leaving behind a sport that no longer resembles the one he joined. Speaking to TuttoBiciWeb, the long-serving INEOS Grenadiers / Team Sky rider reflected on how...

Thibau Nys has a bright future ahead of him on road, however the Belgian talent's biggest passion is cyclocross and that's why we can look forward to seeing the Lidl-Trek talent in action already this Saturday at the Koppenbergcross. Due to the late start of the winter (compared to his rivals), the...

Egan Bernal has admitted to a mix of admiration and frustration when racing against Tadej Pogacar — the man who has come to define his generation. Speaking to Colombian TV show Despierta Win, the 2019 Tour de France winner said that Pogacar’s dominance often leaves rivals feeling powerless. “He’s on...

A fresh doping scandal has surfaced in cycling as October draws to a close — a stark reminder that, despite years of reform, the sport still cannot completely shake off its darker past. The shadow of the Lance Armstrong era has long since lifted, yet the fight for credibility continues. The latest r...

For a decade, Jakub Mareczko was one of the most enigmatic sprinters at the professional level. Partly due to his impressive turn of speed. But mostly thanks to his palmares with a total number of professional victories that would humble many of his sprinter colleagues. 50. If you're looking for Gra...

The small town of Buja, located in the northeast of Italy, very close to the frontier with Slovenia, became the center of emotion and nostalgia as Alessandro De Marchi officially said goodbye to professional cycling. “Now I’ll tell you something you might not expect,” De Marchi said to bici.pro when...

Julien Vermote is currently without a contract into the 2026 season and his task is being made more difficult due to the teams' pursuit of young riders and the 'next Evenepoel or Pogacar'. The Belgian in the meantime, with 15 seasons of racing at the top level and the motivation, is struggling to fi...

Doping left a permanent mark on cycling and even though in recent years there haven't been more than individual cases at the highest level, it's still a topic that hits headlines from time to time. But back when Luke Rowe made a professional debut in early 2010s, the biggest doping scandals of the g...

As one of the main preparation races for the Tour of Flanders, E3 Saxo Classics holds a special place in the Flemish Classics calendar. The last two editions were won by Mathieu van der Poel, but the 2026 race promises to be a bit different from recent years. The reason for a change has been explain...

The cyclocross season has barely started yet, but the 2025 European Championships are already around the corner and a topic of the day for all the specialists. Belgium as a men's cyclocross powerhouse are the ones that are expected to dictate the pace and not a single thing about that changes in the...

Greg Van Avermaet isn't competing on road since 2023, but the 2016 Olympic champion remains in a top shape, as is evident from his latest Strava activity. However the effort alone would not be all that interesting, if during the run, he didn't run across a familiar face - Mathieu van der Poel. Unlik...

The debate began the moment Christian Prudhomme left the stage in Paris. Too few time-trial kilometres, too much backloading, too many climbs packed into the final weekend — but as The Gruppetto host Rob Hatch put it bluntly during TNT Sports’ route-reveal special, “there isn’t a route in the world...

A transfer twist appears to be brewing in the WorldTour, with multiple reports in the Dutch media — including WielerFlits — claiming that Louis Barré is poised to join Team Visma | Lease a Bike for 2026. The 25-year-old Frenchman has reportedly been released from his Intermarché-Wanty contract a yea...

After a relatively quiet end to the 2025 season, Movistar Team has announced a sweeping internal restructuring aimed at modernising the organisation and strengthening its fight to remain in the World Tour beyond 2026. The Spanish outfit confirmed the creation of a new development framework under th...

Sir Bradley Wiggins has lifted the lid on what he describes as a deeply troubling culture inside British Cycling during his time with the national programme, claiming he overheard racist, sexist and homophobic language from senior figures within the organisation. The five-time Olympic champion, who...

If 2025 was the year of the breakthrough, it was also a year when a few high-profile moves changed the shape of the peloton entirely. Some transfers delivered instant Grand Tour glory, others revitalised careers, and a few quietly proved to be the glue that kept whole projects together. We’ve shortl...

After a few years of quality riding in the Belgian circuit, Tom Paquot managed to find his way into the World Tour in 2023 with Intermarché - Wanty. He was promised a contract back in May with the team but it never came, turned down conversations with other teams and now is fighting to find a contra...

How many teams have the pleasure of having two potential green jersey winners at the Tour de France? It's not often a choice any team has to make, but Lidl-Trek into 2026 has to choose one of its sprinters over the other to pursuit the fast men's top objective: Mads Pedersen and Jonathan Milan.  In...

The cycling world was shocked to learn about the extent of Filippo Baroncini after his crash at this year's Tour de Pologne, and the UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider was placed in an induced coma for two weeks. A lot could've happened, but was is close to the best case scenario is coming to reality as...

Lars van der Haar is racing his final cyclocross winter as a professional rider. At age 34, the Dutch veteran has decided to hang up the wheels in February and ride these last few months of his career all-out. In modern cyclocross, he has without a doubt stood out as one of the world's best.  "It’s...

Team Jayco AlUla had Simon Yates in their ranks from the very start of his career in 2014 all the way into 2024. It was a decade of a successful partnership that saw the Bury-native win the Vuelta a España, stages in all Grand Tours and almost three dozen triumphs including plenty World Tour ones. H...

When Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish sat side-by-side on BBC Radio 2 with Dermot O’Leary, it felt like more than just a reunion of two old teammates — it was the rekindling of a bond forged across some of British cycling’s most golden, and most turbulent, years. For Wiggins, the moment was one of...

Still with no luck, the Swiss cycling is looking for a successor of Fabian Cancellara's cycling throne. While Stefan Küng came close to repeat his heroic feats, on his best days he still fell short of making the final step. Thus the baton is slowly being passed down to Mauro Schmid. The Jayco AlUla...

Magnus Cort Nielsen had a strong start into the 2025 season, dominating the O Gran Camino with four stage victories. Later, he also finished 6th at Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo to close spring with a 2nd spot at Eschborn-Frankfurt. But instead of becoming a springboard into a strong second half...

Former Belgian professional cyclist Frans Melckenbeeck passed away on 28 October 2025. He would have celebrated his 85th birthday on 15 November 2025. Born in Lede, East Flanders, Belgium (15 November 1940), his career made him one of the notable riders of the 1960s peloton. Melckenbeeck’s most cele...

The list of teams that applied for men's WorldTour license for the 2026 season has been published by UCI already some time ago, but one striking name has been missing among the initial 20 interested parties. Usually registered under the GreenEdge license, Jayco AlUla, just like the women's alternati...

Marlen Reusser says she is still feeling the physical and emotional toll of her gruelling World Championship triumph in Kigali, describing the time trial that earned her gold as an effort that “cost me seven lives.” The Swiss powerhouse enjoyed the finest season of her career in 2025, winning the To...

The men’s elite cyclocross season is about to take a sharp turn with the return of European champion Thibau Nys, who will line up this weekend on the Koppenberg, one of the most iconic and brutal courses in the sport. Both Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert are still yet to make their seasonal d...

Dylan Groenewegen says he’s “ready” to make a return to the Tour de France as he prepares for a new chapter with the Unibet ROSE Rockets in 2026 — and hopes the team’s growing strength, bolstered by the signing of veteran Wout Poels, will earn them a place on cycling’s biggest stage. Speaking to In...

Former Brazilian national champion Vinicius Rangel Costa has been handed a 20-month suspension by the UCI for whereabouts failures, ruling him out of competition until April 2027. The UCI confirmed on Tuesday that the 24-year-old has been sanctioned for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation after recording...

After weeks of speculation about tension inside Lidl-Trek’s newly-assembled GC dream team, sports director Kim Andersen has confirmed that Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose have now cleared the air following the announcement of the Spaniard’s high-profile transfer from UAE Team Emirates - XRG. Speaki...

Florian Lipowitz has confirmed that his 2026 season plans are already taking shape – and that the Giro d’Italia will not be part of them. Instead, the German revelation of 2025 has set his sights firmly on a return to the Tour de France, where he hopes to once again lead Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe...

After several weeks away from competition, Wout van Aert looks to be rediscovering his rhythm. The Visma | Lease a Bike star uploaded a 96.9 kilometre ride to Strava on Monday, captioned tongue-in-cheek: “Annexatie van de Vlaanders completed.” The route traced a wide loop through the Belgian country...

The recently unveiled 2026 Tour de France route has sparked debate across the cycling world, but few opinions carry as much weight as those of 2011 Tour winner Cadel Evans and Australian compatriot Stuart O’Grady. Both men believe the latest edition will be an unforgiving race that could create hug...

Thor Hushovd has never been one for modest targets. Days after Uno-X Mobility confirmed their long-awaited WorldTour promotion, the team’s general manager is already sketching out what comes next — and the ambitions are every bit as daring as the journey that got them here. The promotion, sealed by...

Dutch ex-pro turned analyst Thijs Zonneveld has never been one to hold back — and his verdict on the newly revealed 2026 Tour de France route is as sharp as ever. The 45-year-old has accused organisers of “playing it safe” and serving up a mountain week that “makes no sense”, describing one Alpine s...

The 2025 WorldTour season has been one of the most exhilarating in recent memory — a year defined by the emergence of an entire new wave of talent. From Grand Tour podiums to dominant sprints and stunning one-day heroics, these six names have all reshaped the sport’s future in their own way. We’ve s...

The past 12 months have seen a complete U-turn in Tom Pidcock's career, with a contract termination at INEOS Grenadiers leading him to go towards the small-level Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team in 2026, where he has found his best level and turned the Swiss team into another World Tour-level outfit. The Brit...

Alpecin-Deceuninck are a full-on classics and sprint team and they may be on the verge of collecting one of the best value riders on the market for their specific goals. Arkéa - B&B Hotels is coming to an end and there is one rider on the market who specializes in support of top classics riders and...

Israel - Premier Tech are no more, after the pressure from fans, race organizers, team sponsors and riders themselves to remove the state sponsorship and its owner Sylvan Adams from the team. It seemed to be the end of story for the Middle Eastern nation in the sport for the time being, however it m...

Cycling is a sport where unfortunately tragedy happens on a frequent basis, however frequently it is because of training or racing crashes. But outside of competition, the athletes are also regular humans and disaster can happen at any time. For Uno-X Mobility's Simon Dalby, this almost happened rec...

Stephane Heulot was the general manager behind the Lotto team for three years but that came to an end this summer, and the Frenchman admits quite a lot of dissatisfaction towards how business is conducted currently in pro cycling, with less and less human values, contract breakings and lack of long-...

The sport we know and love today is all about endurance and enduring spirit, but with the bonus of scientific performance analysis and high-tech products. But that wasn’t always the case. Cycling didn’t arrive as a fully formed sport; it took shape as technology, culture, and ambition converged. Pin...

Money means a lot in the world of cycling, and looking at UAE Team Emirates - XRG it is easy to see this develop as the team is able to sign multiple of the world's most successful riders and at the same time many of the brightest talents. But almost no teams are able to do this, and most teams only...

Thirteen years after his historic Tour de France victory, Bradley Wiggins has opened up about the internal tensions that marked his time at Team Sky. In his new book The Chain, the 2012 Tour winner details how a single moment of insubordination from Froome nearly caused him to quit the race. The con...

Tobias Johannessen was one of the unexpected stars of the 2025 Tour de France. Although the 26-year-old Norwegian had previously shown glimpses of his potential here and there, his ability to perform over the course of three weeks was a pleasant discovery this summer. Partly thanks to the massive 52...

Despite a very long list of victories in 2025, the season of Lorena Wiebes doesn't end on a high as she would've hoped for. The new world champion in Omnium and Scratch did not complete her three-peat in Madison for which she partnered up Lisa van Belle. In fact, the Dutch favourites crashed during...

The Lotto-Intermarché merger is now inevitably going to take place. But rather than "50-50 merger" with the best of both teams coming on-board the new project, we see the most promising riders of Intermarché - Wanty setting out on new adventures. And the case is not any different for Hugo Page. The...

Lidl-Trek rider Andrea Bagioli has announced that he and his partner Letizia are expecting their first child — a piece of news that quickly drew a flood of affection from across the peloton. The 26-year-old Italian shared the update on Instagram with a photo of the couple’s small dog Maya beside a b...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe’s new team manager Zak Dempster has opened up on the scale of the challenge facing him in 2026: managing a roster so deep in Grand Tour potential that internal competition could become as fierce as the battles against Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. Speaking in an int...

The newly unveiled 2026 Tour de France route has triggered frustration and disbelief among Belgian cycling figures, who believe organisers have missed a rare opportunity to test Tadej Pogacar with a more balanced parcours. While the race begins with a 19.7km team time trial in Barcelona, the individ...

For Joxean Matxin, there’s no secret to UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s historic 2025 campaign — there’s just Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian once again stood at the heart of everything as the team rewrote the record books with 95 victories, the highest tally ever achieved by a professional squad. “Working w...

Paul Seixas may already be the name on every French fan’s lips, but the teenager himself is in no hurry to live up to the weight of national expectation and test himself against the best in the world at the Tour de France.  After a sensational first full season in the WorldTour, the 19-year-old says...

As debate continues over whether the newly unveiled 2026 Tour de France route has once again been built to favour Tadej Pogacar, one notable name in French cycling has pushed back on suggestions that Christian Prudhomme’s team should be actively trying to stop the Slovenian. Speaking on Les Grandes...

Elia Viviani’s farewell to cycling was pure theatre — one final surge, one last rainbow jersey, and a golden goodbye worthy of his glittering career. In Santiago, the 36-year-old Italian didn’t just win the men’s elimination race at the Track World Championships; he sealed a storybook ending that fe...

Lidl-Trek have hosted their first team camp into 2026 already, one of the few World Tour teams to already put in the work over a month before its first training camp, and during it an important business deal has been concluded: Lidl has taken a majority share of the team's stake, although everything...

The 2025 road season has been finished and a few riders have stood out this year in terms of victories. There have been a few notable faces that have stood out, specially towards the end of the year bringing in victories left and right. Most would believe Tadej Pogacar is the one who has raised his...

Last year the Giro d'Italia's presentation was delayed until late December, hampering the decision making of the World Tour's leaders to make the decision to which Grand Tour they would be riding. There's no sign of the delay repeating itself this year and within the next month we should learn about...

Unibet Tietema Rockets are one of the most inovative projects in pro cycling over the past few years and by the year the French team is growing its level. In 2026 it's already having Dylan Groenewegen on board as a strong new leader and the Tour de France is becoming a more realistic dream. But Bas...

The transfer of 2024-2025? Perhaps, but there is no denying that Tom Pidcock's departure from INEOS Grenadiers was one of the strongest stories of last winter, and one of the riskiest too. With a strong millionaire contract, a British team backing him up and a team stacked with stars, it came as a s...

The route of the Tour de France 2026 was unveiled a few days ago in Paris, and as always, it has sparked mixed reactions among riders and fans.  One of the men that attended the presentation was Sandy Dujardin. The TotalEnergies rider shared his excitement and ambitions for the coming season in an i...

Former Paris-Roubaix champion Sonny Colbrelli is set to leave his position as sports director at Bahrain - Victorious after a little more than three years in the role. Colbrelli, who had raced with Bahrain - Victorious from 2017 until his premature retirement in 2022, joined the team’s management sh...

Michael Vanthourenhout turned a shaky beginning into a spectacular victory at the Druivencross Overijse on Sunday, confirming his excellent start of the season. The Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team rider endured a difficult first lap, finding himself only in 18th position. Graduall...

Tadej Pogacar is certain to race the 2026 Tour de France and skip the Vuelta a España, however Remco Evenepoel's father Patrick has seemingly opened the door for a different scenario. He argues the Slovenian is considering skipping the Grand Boucle and racing the Giro-Vuelta double instead.  “When I...

Frederik Wandahl’s 2025 season has come to another premature end. The 24-year-old Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe rider has endured a year defined by misfortune, suffering two major crashes in just six months — the latest coming at the Tour of Guangxi, where he sustained a broken jaw and several other i...

As the cyclocross season hits full stride, the question echoing across the sport is simple: when will Mathieu van der Poel return to the mud? The reigning world champion has yet to pin on a number this winter, but according to former rider and Derailleur analyst Bart Aernouts, the answer rests entir...

For years, Urska Zigart has been known to the wider public as the partner of cycling’s modern-day phenomenon, Tadej Pogacar. But in 2025, the 28-year-old Slovenian made sure the conversation changed — and that her own results began to speak just as loudly. After several years of steady progress, Zig...

Michael Vanthourenhout produced a masterclass in patience and precision to win the men’s Superprestige Overijse, overhauling long-time leader Pim Ronhaar on the final lap to take his second major victory of the season. The Belgian champion timed his effort perfectly on the brutal Druivencross circui...

Sara Casasola delivered the performance – and the result – of her cyclocross career in Overijse, taking full advantage of a late crash by Lucinda Brand to claim her maiden Superprestige victory. The 25-year-old Italian became the first from her country ever to win the historic Druivencross, powering...

Sara Casasola claimed arguably the biggest victory of her cyclocross career with a composed and opportunistic ride at Superprestige Overijse, becoming the first Italian rider ever to win the prestigious “Druivencross”. The 25-year-old pounced in the final lap after Lucinda Brand crashed while leadin...

French rider Anthony Turgis has voiced unease at what he calls cycling’s “obsession with elevation gain”, arguing that the increasingly mountainous nature of the Tour de France risks alienating classics specialists and all-rounders. Speaking to Cyclism’Actu following the official route reveal for th...

The 2026 Tour de France route presentation in Paris has reignited one of Danish cycling’s biggest questions — will Mads Pedersen finally return to the world’s biggest race, or will Lidl-Trek once again leave their former world champion at home? According to TV2’s cycling experts, the newly unveiled...

After a short off-season spent recharging in the United States, Mathieu van der Poel is back in training and preparing for his latest assault on the cyclocross calendar. According to team boss Christoph Roodhooft, the world champion’s return to the mud is now only a matter of weeks away – with an of...

I’ve gone back and forth on this more times than I care to admit. The 2025/26 cyclocross season is about to light up, and with it comes the familiar question: is it fair, never mind sporting, for Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert to parachute into a handful of winter races, maul the field, and...

As the 2026 Tour de France route was unveiled, one voice in Danish cycling was quick to share his verdict – and his warning. Brian Holm believes Team Visma | Lease a Bike must throw their full support behind Jonas Vingegaard next summer, instead of splitting leadership duties with Wout van Aert. The...

Yves Lampaert has published a new book, Forza Lampaert, co-written with journalist Wouter Deboot. The work recounts not only the many achievements of the 34-year-old, but also the dramatic evolution of professional cycling over the past decade. One story that captures that change involves former te...

For six years, Alessandro Covi was one of those quiet constants within the ever-expanding empire of UAE Team Emirates - XRG — a rider whose name rarely stole headlines but whose fingerprints were all over the team’s most dominant era. Now, as the 27-year-old Italian closes one chapter and opens ano...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale are having new sponsors and a brand new budget into 2026 that saw them sign lots of quality riders - besides having Paul Seixas in development with unknown limits. But for next year already the team will be counting on Olav Kooij as its new head sprinter, with a brand new...

An ambitious idea but one that has taken many twists and turns and remains very difficult to this day, as we are close to entering November. The Lotto-Intermarché - Wanty merger has been a big topic of dicussion for months but details about the new project are not fully clear, within team management...

Being a pro cyclist is an incredibly difficult job, and a complete lifestyle. However it feels like more and more in modern times riders are forced to take up the ultra-professional habits from a very young age, and a few in the peloton believe this will lead to widespread early retirements. Tosh va...

Cycling is a sport where comparisons are born left and right, and with Tadej Pogacar setting an historical precedent for a rider of his age, he is the one that most riders are connected to. But many do not want the pressure that comes with connecting the names, even if it is a compatriot. That is th...

Isaac del Toro didn't miss a beat and took his chrono-route double at the Mexican national championships. A native of Ensenada, where the race was held, the UAE rider took his 18th victory of 2025 (although these last two will officially count towards the 2026 UCI calendar). The race had no mystery....

The Grand Depart of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana was officially presented in Monaco on Thursday — and race director Javier Guillen used the opportunity to send a very public invitation to Tadej Pogacar, who just so happens to live in the Principality. Next year’s race will open on 22 August 2026 with a...

The route for the 2026 Tour de France, unveiled a few days ago, has sparked mixed reactions among riders and fans. While most of the attention naturally turned to the mountain stages where Tadej Pogacar will pursue a record-tying fifth title, the fast men were left to assess whether the new design t...

Ben Healy has had an excellent 2025 season, winning a stage at the Tour de France and finishing in the podium in two other stages, besides of securing the 9th spot in the final GC and even wearing the yellow jersey one day. The culmination came at the World Championships, where Healy took bronze beh...

Soudal Quick-Step CEO Jurgen Foré has warned that the 2026 Tour de France will not be one for pure sprinters, after the route was unveiled a few days ago. Speaking to Het Laatste Nieuws, he described the upcoming edition as one of the most demanding in years. "It will be a Tour for the strong sprin...

For Filippo Conca, the 2025 season was one he will never forget. His victory in the Italian National Championships, achieved with the amateur Swatt Club, surprised many and opened the door back to the WorldTour, where he is now riding for Team Jayco AlUla. The 27-year-old already made it to the Worl...

As the dust settles on the 2026 Tour de France route presentation, former pro Jens Voigt believes that Florian Lipowitz could be the key figure in Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe’s prospective Tour hierarchy next summer – even ranking his fellow German ahead of Primoz Roglic and soon-to-arrive Remco Eve...

Just days after the unveiling of the 2026 Tour de France route, the organisers of the Vuelta a Espana have officially confirmed that next year’s edition will begin in Monaco, marking yet another foreign start for Spain’s Grand Tour. The 81st edition of the race will open with a 9.6km individual time...

Jakob Omrzel says he’s not interested in being called “the next Pogacar”. But he’s absolutely interested in living like Pogacar. The 19-year-old Slovenian, who will step up to Bahrain - Victorious’ WorldTour squad in 2026 after a breakout 2025 campaign, told Siol that the world’s best rider is the r...

Fem van Empel reached another milestone in her extraordinary rise through cyclocross, claiming her 50th career victory with a composed yet crushing performance at Exact Cross Heerde. The world champion extended her perfect early-season run with another solo triumph, mastering the sodden Heerderstran...

Joris Nieuwenhuis claimed his first win of the 2025–26 cyclocross season with a perfectly timed chase at the Exact Cross Heerde. After spending much of the race pursuing long-time leader Pim Ronhaar, the Ridley Racing Team rider made his move in the closing lap, powering past his compatriot to secur...

The 2026 Tour de France now has an official route, Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel shared their analysis in his podcast The Move on what the race, the mountains and the favorites will be like. They especially focused on Tadej Pogacar and his mental challenge to take on the victory in his fifth TD...

With the 2025 season over, preparations for 2026 are already underway. The cycling market continues to make major moves for the future. At UAE Team Emirates - XRG, in addition to focusing on the present, they are always thinking about the long term. For this reason, the Emirati team has announced th...

Ned Boulting is one of the most iconic voices of the Tour de France and also one of the most honest, and upon seeing the route reveal, he was not happy with it. According to the British pundit the route lacks the time trialing and the novelty whilst featuring terrain that is already well known and i...

Isaac del Toro has long been tipped as one of cycling’s next great all-rounders — but after a 2025 season featuring 16 victories, a Giro d’Italia podium, and a top-three finish in the UCI world rankings, even seasoned observers are beginning to run out of superlatives. According to TV 2 Sport’s cycl...

World champion Fem van Empel claimed another commanding victory on Dutch soil, powering clear in the final lap to win the Exact Cross Heerde ahead of Aniek van Alphen and Leonie Bentveld. The Visma | Lease a Bike rider continues her strong early-season form with another clinical display in the sand...

As we reach the end of October and most riders enter the off-season, a few riders in the World Tour are still looking to prolong their career. Quality riders some of them, it is a surprising fact. That is the case with Great Britain's James Shaw who isn't having his contract with EF Education-EasyPo...

Demi Vollering is one of the most talented riders in the female peloton and also a vocal one, but she has found that over the years her words are often taken in the wrong way and she is often target of criticism - which she feels she does not deserve.  "The things I was bombarded with after that Wor...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG had two available spots in their roster for the 2026 season and for the past week it had been heavily rumoured that one of them had been filled by French puncheur Benoît Cosnefroy. The Emirati team has officialized the signing today, one of the most unlikely of this transfer...

Tom Dumoulin was one of the best and most popular riders in the 2010's and faced off against some of the mythical figures in modern cycling, but did not really have head-to-heads with Tadej Pogacar with both at their prime. Perhaps that was best for the Dutchman who believes he may be watching the g...

Jonas Vingegaard is one of the most unique riders in the peloton and also one of the most talented, but he hasn't been able to translate that quality into the one-day races. In a recent interview he discusses that, Tadej Pogacar's presence, the capacity to do two Grand Tours a year and how long he m...

The 2025 road season has officially ended and the riders seeking to get new contracts no longer have a chance to show their worth - on the road that is, as other disciplines continue to provide opportunities. At this point in time a few teams work to secure their current riders into 2026, however a...

Lenny Martinez already tried his hand at the Tour de France twice, but without a real success. However, the gem of French cycling already prepares for another attempt at the Grande Boucle with parcours that should suit the lightweight climber. In particular the final two mountain days on Alpe d'Huez...

These days, Jonas Abrahamsen is one of the main stars of the newly WorldTour team Uno-X Mobility. The charismatic Norwegian gained a lot of attention through his fearless attacks at Tour de France and performances in Classics, but his story to be one of the better cyclists in professional peloton wa...

The French cycling fans will have multiple reasons to look forward to the 2026 Tour de France. One of them is the return of scenic Alpe d'Huez. Another the promise of a tight-knit GC battle until the final days. But most importantly, the hopes of once again having a serious GC contender with Paul Se...

The 2026 season continues to take shape from the cycling market. For UAE Team Emirates - XRG, the pressure will be on and expectations will be sky high. After breaking the all-time record for victories in a single year, the Emirati squad will have to give its all at the start of the new triennium. B...

The Vuelta a España 2025 was almost completely ruined by the citizen protests against the participation of the Israel - Premier Tech team. Many stages were affected by the demonstrations, and some of them were cancelled, such as the final in Madrid. Therefore, there is a certain degree of concern ab...

Enric Mas has opened the door to a possible bombshell in 2026 — revealing that he could skip the Tour de France to finally make his long-awaited debut at the Giro d’Italia. After a frustrating 2025 season cut short by a knee injury sustained at the Tour, the Movistar Team leader didn’t race again fo...

Former Tour de France stage winner Jan Bakelants has questioned whether the 2026 route revealed in Paris this week truly serves the interests of cycling as a spectacle — or whether it has once again been sculpted to suit the world’s dominant rider, Tadej Pogacar. In his analysis for HLN, the Belgian...

FDJ - Suez have made no secret of their ambition — winning the Tour de France Femmes remains the ultimate goal. But after being thwarted by an untouchable Pauline Ferrand-Prévot in 2025, Stephen Delcourt’s team are determined to return stronger than ever next summer. Speaking to DirectVelo at the of...

As Michael Woods bows out from professional cycling, the 39-year-old Canadian hasn’t shied away from stirring one of the sport’s longest-running debates — the comparison between Tadej Pogacar and Eddy Merckx. Speaking to Cycling Weekly, the Israel - Premier Tech rider argued that the Slovenian world...

Former Grand Tour winner turned YouTube analyst Chris Horner has weighed in on Richard Plugge’s criticism of the 2026 Tour de France route — particularly its opening team time trial — calling the Team Visma | Lease a Bike manager’s concerns overblown and “missing the point entirely”. Speaking on his...

Valentin Paret-Peintre has welcomed the 2026 Tour de France route with excitement and ambition, confident that the mountainous profile — and the departure of Remco Evenepoel from Soudal - Quick-Step — could open the door to greater personal freedom next July. Speaking to Cyclism’Actu after the route...

Bernard Hinault was the last French rider to win the Tour de France and is, alongside a few others, a record holder. He is held very dearly by the French and his opinion is also a very important one. Besides Tadej Pogacar and Paul Seixas, the now 70-year old also extensively talked about the Alpe d'...

Kevin Bonaldo, 25-year-old cyclist of the SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank team, died Friday morning at the San Bortolo hospital in Vicenza. For a month he had been fighting between life and death after suffering from a cardiac arrest at the end of the Piccola Sanremo race in Sovizzo, on September 21. ...

The separation between Juan Ayuso and UAE Team Emirates - XRG looked to be a long time in the making and reached its ultimate climax during the Vuelta a España. The decision had already been taken, but after the team revealed the departure during a rest day, the Spaniard exploded and was not shy of...

We now know what the Tour de France 2026 has in store for us in terms of route, and it is one where there are not too many days where you can make serious differences. In fact there are only six days in which we could see the favourites distance each other in any meaningful way - although it is diff...

France has been waiting for one of its riders to win the Tour de France now for 40 years and it still hasn't happened. For the past decade a few riders came a distant second or where thereabouts, most notably Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot, and now the 'home' nation can hope again with Paul Seixas....

Isaac del Toro made the last-minute decision not to end his 2025 season in Italy and travelled to Mexico to continue racing, taking part in the Mexican national championships where he is the obvious favourite for both events. This Thursday, he has already conquered the time trial event.  The Mexican...

After the reveal of the Tour de France route Team Visma | Lease a Bike DS Grischa Niermann expressed satisfaction at the backloaded route with most decisive stages beginning only on the 14th day of racing. Richard Plugge, the team CEO, has also put an eye on the final Alpe d'Huez stage but particula...

The best female cyclists will head to Switzerland for the Grand Départ of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes. Over nine stages in August, the top athletes will clash to find out which one is the queen of the season at the women's variant of Grande Boucle. Continuing in the trend of past seasons when the...

For the first time in team history, Tudor Pro Cycling won't have to look left or right with uncertainty about whether they'll get selected for the 2026 Tour de France. As the best of ProTeams on the 2025 UCI ranking (only behind Uno-X Mobility, but the Norewgian team will be promoted to WorldTour),...

The 2026 Tour de France Femmes route has been revealed and it has quite a few differences compared to 2025. This year, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot was a cut above the rest on the long mountain passes and ultimately won with nearly 4-minute advantage. In 2026, a new challenge with Mont Ventoux will stand...

The route for the 2026 edition of Tour de France has been revealed on Thursday morning. As always, opinions differ, although the lack of time trial kilometers is once again tangible. But generally speaking, the parcours promise a close battle for the yellow jersey until the very last stages with two...

The Tour de France route has been revealed and it has provided for a lot of debate. The CyclingUpToDate team has taken a look at the route and some of our writers have shared their opinion on the 2026 edition and the climbs that await the riders, as well the how it fits Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaa...

As we go into the month of November, one of cycling's most popular riders and successful sprinters Biniam Girmay still does not have a publicly announced contract for the 2026 season. This isn't because no-one has offered him a deal, but seemingly because the Intermarché-Wanty - Lotto merger seems t...

Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert are both legends of cyclocross, despite still having a few years of their career left and already skipping full cyclocross campaigns already for many years. However, many still hope that the duo would come back to their roots and race one more full season or fo...

Throughoout the day some have wondered whether it was a conscious decision that the upcoming year's Tour de France was backloaded, and the answer is yes. In Paris, Tour director Christian Prudhomme has confirmed that the race will have its most difficult stages all pointed towards the end so as to k...

Remco Evenepoel is the best time trialist in the world and a rider with the dream of winning the Tour de France one day. That may not be in 2026, as the route has been presented almost without a single kilometer of flat time trialing. Within Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe the choices for Grand Tours ne...

The Tour de France is not often the race where innovation is experimented on, but it may be the case in 2026. Only in the Grand Tours do the intermediate sprints have such a large amount of points and is absolutely critical in the fight for the points classifications, and in 2026 the sprinters will...

The 2026 Tour de France is one that will feature a lot more diversity when it comes to mountain stages than this year's, and also some higher and more difficult peaks. After the route presentation Team Visma | Lease a Bike's DS Grischa Niermann shared his thoughts on the route and is quite satisfied...

It is here! We take a look at the official profiles of all Tour de France stages for the 2026 edition. It is a race that includes a Grand Depart in Barcelona, stages in all mountain ranges and a brutal set of days in the Alps including two consecutive summit finishes at the Alpe d'Huez, with the fin...

Jonas Vingegaard had an unlucky spring but ultimately found his best level once again in the summer, only it wasn't enough to beat Tadej Pogacar at the Tour de France. Despite this, the Dane manage to carry some of his form over to the Vuelta a España where he was still able to win despite not havin...

The route of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes has been announced this morning in Paris and it features a very difficult route which differs quite a lot from this year's. The time trials are back at next year's edition and we will have a mythical first-time summit finish at Mont Ventoux, with a finale...

The Tour de France presentation is taking place this morning and directly from Paris comes the route of the 2026 edition which will feature two summit finishes at the Alpe d'Huez to finish off the race before heading to Paris. All of the stage starts and finales have been confirmed!  As had been mad...

Unibet Tietema Rockets is looking for a potential wildcard for the 2026 Tour de France and other big races, and this winter has seen a big bet on some strong and popular Dutch riders. After the signing of Dylan Groenewegen, Wout Poels is now also joining the ProTeam.  Considering they were 30th in t...

Denmark’s golden era has rarely felt richer. Jonas Vingegaard finished 2025 as the nation’s top-ranked rider globally after winning the Vuelta a Espana and taking second at the Tour de France, while Mads Pedersen produced a wall-to-wall campaign that rarely dipped. Ask former Tour de France star Mic...

Tadej Pogacar could enter 2026 without a genuine rival at the very top of men’s cycling, according to former professionals Nicolas Fritsch and Steve Chainel. Speaking on Eurosport’s Bistrot Vélo, the two French analysts discussed the balance of power in the sport following another dominant campaign...

More than a decade on from his historic Tour de France victory, Sir Bradley Wiggins has again hinted that there is more to be revealed about the controversial Team Sky era that defined the Grand Tours during British cycling’s golden decade in the 2010s. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, Wiggins su...

As we enter the off-season, the peloton begins to fully rest up from a full year of racing, before they begin to think about the 2026 season. With no Grand Tour routes revealed yet, very little plans have been made. But a few riders have already announced where they want to race in 2026 when it come...

Over the next three years, Tudor Pro Cycling will aim to secure a spot for themselves in World Tour. The Swiss PRT team brings together the strongest team at the level, led by experienced stars Julian Alaphilippe, Marc Hirschi, Michael Storer, Matteo Trentin and newcomer Stefan Küng. And behind thes...

The final update of the 2025 season features Asian races such as Tour of Guangxi and the Utsunomiya Japan Cup Road Race, two Italian classics - Giro del Veneto and Veneto Classic -, the NIBC Tour of Holland and Chrono des Nations. You can check the previous UCI rankings update here. After the final...

Uno-X Mobility will join XDS Astana Team in exuberant celebrations at the end of this season. Both teams have achieved what many deemed unlikely, if not impossible, and will compete at the WorldTour level in 2026-2028 period. Unlike Astana who achieved the miracle through their own effort, the Scand...

The women's cycling has undergone a rapid development in recent years. But in an attempt to catch up to their men counterpart, it seems like the ladies have skipped a few steps. Where this shows is in attempts to further expand the sport are running into obstacles that cannot be overcame as easily a...

The 2025 season was similar to 2024 in the sense that Tadej Pogacar won anywhere he landed his feet, unless his opponent was Mathieu van der Poel. Next year, we cannot expect a massive shift in the world's order, however French cycling has an ace up their sleeve for the foreseeable future. That card...

Mental health in sports is something that is still to this day rather neglected, and it has been made public that only World Tour team has a full-time psychologist according to Martijn Tusveld, a Dutch rider who has spent many years at the top level. He is currently working to become one, and is sur...

Danny van Poppel is ready to take a bigger leading position within Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. With Jordi Meeus and Sam Welsford these past two years, the Dutch rider had been a leadout man with occasional freedom throughout his time with the German team, but he has proven himself to be worth more...

Into late October there aren't many riders with great potential left in the market, which has been ongoing for almost three months at this point. However today Unibet Tietema Rockets - who are changing names towards Unibet Rose Rockets - have announced the signing of Jannis Peter, a climber who rece...

The winners of the Velo d'Or will be announced on the 5th of December in Paris and this Wednesday we've gotten to know the men and women nominated for the award. Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Demi Vollering are all amongst the list of contenders for the...

The death of Muriel Furrer at the 2024 World Championships was one that was critical for the cycling world and has brough back to the surface some of its safety issues. In this cases Furrer crashed out of sight of any other rider or race staff and due to the lack of a GPS tracking system or radio, s...

The cyclocross calendar has changed quite a lot last season and this year the changes remain rather similar. With no huge trips and the World Cup more condensed, we could potentially see Wout van Aert or Mathieu van der Poel contest for the competition if they so wish to do it.  Van Aert specially,...

The world of cycling is one that has many twists and turns around every corner, and although most riders and figures are typically media trained and avoid getting into controversial topics and sharing their personal opinions on controversial figures, this does happen. Now, UCI president David Lappar...

It's hard to imagine having a better season then what Tadej Pogacar experienced this year, however it is possible. With Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix still missing from his palmarès, the World Champion has clear races where he should put his focus on next season, alongside races such as the Tour...

Florian Vermeersch has become the new rainbow jersey at the Gravel World Championships earlier this month, after coming second to Mathieu van der Poel last year. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider is incredibly talented in the flat and treacherous one-day races, and was a close supported of Pogacar a...

Movistar Team has done a lot of behind the scenes deal over the past few weeks or months and it has now finally unveiled them. After the end of the season, there had been the worry that the Spanish team was going to be losing some of its leaders or important riders, but that is not the case as this...

It's official. Isaac del Toro will compete this week in the National Championships of Mexico 2025, both in the road race and in the time trial. Thus, before closing his year, the third best rider in the UCI classification will try to wear a couple of jerseys that he could wear throughout the next ca...

The Nacht van Woerden is one of cyclocross' most iconic venues with the event always taking place at night, and this year before the start of any major cup. This Tuesday night we've had some quite popular winners as Felipe Orts and Fem van Empel raised their arms in glory.  In the women's race van E...

In the quiet mountain backdrop of Andorra, far from the chaos of Grand Tours and finish-line fanfare, Alex Carera reflected on what truly drives cycling’s biggest star. The super-agent — who has guided Tadej Pogacar’s career since 2016 — believes the secret behind the Slovenian’s sustained dominance...

Unibet Tietema Rockets are no longer just a team that is a byproduct of Tour de Tietema YouTube channel. 26th on the 2025 UCI ranking, the Dutch team with French license can now be rightfully referred to as a full-pledged ProTeam. And as such, they can seriously aspire for a Tour de France wildcard....

The final update of the 2025 season features Asian races such as Tour of Guangxi and the Utsunomiya Japan Cup Road Race, two Italian classics - Giro del Veneto and Veneto Classic -, the NIBC Tour of Holland and Chrono des Nations. You can check the previous UCI rankings update. As expected, the top...

Matej Mohoric won't look back at 2025 with the best memories. But in his last competitive start of the year, the Slovenian was able to give his difficult season a somewhat happy ending. A third place at the Gravel World Championships in Limburg were certainly one of the few highlights of Mohoric's 2...

Sophie Alisch gained international attention as an upcoming boxing talent when she became German junior champion at the age of just 14. As a professional, Alisch went undefeated with 10 consecutive victories. But after her 10th triumph less than a year ago, Alisch surprised with an announcement to s...

Between the disappearances of three successful professional teams at the end of 2025, there are also some positive news to be deduced from the list of WorldTour and ProTour applications for 2026. Among those, we find two new ProTeams with Hungarian MBH Bank Ballan CSB taking up the traditional Itali...

It's taken a brief back and forth, but now Soudal - Quick-Step truly concluded its lineup for the 2026 season. Their 30th (31st) rider for the upcoming period will be Laurenz Rex, a strong cobbles specialist who comes over from Intermarché - Wanty with a reputation of a two-time Paris-Roubaix top-10...

After a month of rest, Wout van Aert is back on the bike — and, if his latest Strava post is anything to go by, the build-up to another cyclocross campaign has quietly begun. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider logged a 107-kilometre ride on Tuesday morning, his first since the Super 8 Classic on 20...

Vincenzo Nibali has backed Isaac del Toro to take on a Grand Tour leadership role next season, believing the young Mexican is ready to step into the spotlight after another dominant year for UAE Team Emirates - XRG. In quotes collected by TuttoBiciWeb, the Italian legend offered an in-depth reflect...

Former world champion turned general manager Thor Hushovd says Uno-X Mobility are dreaming big after officially earning promotion to the UCI WorldTour, telling Sporza that the team now wants to “deliver a Norwegian Tour de France winner” in the years ahead. The team’s rise marks a major milestone fo...

Brent Copeland has issued a stark warning to cycling’s governing body, urging the UCI to introduce structural reforms before the sport “loses its balance” under the financial weight of superteams. The Team Jayco AlUla general manager, who also serves as president of the AIGCP (the international asso...

Jonas Vingegaard has opened up for the first time about the chaotic scenes that overshadowed the 2025 Vuelta a Espana, revealing how close the peloton came to abandoning the race altogether during the height of the protests that repeatedly halted stages. The Dane, who ultimately went on to win the r...

In a season where Belgian cycling was dominated by the usual debates around who shone brightest, former pro turned analyst Jan Bakelants has urged fans not to underestimate Wout van Aert’s 2025 campaign — describing it as “one he’ll still be remembered for in thirty years’ time.” While many have poi...

When Uno-X Mobility sealed their long-awaited promotion to the WorldTour on Sunday, the achievement was more than just a sporting milestone — it was the culmination of years of quiet ambition and steady growth. And according to Magnus Cort Nielsen, the celebrations inside the Scandinavian team were...

At 35, Primoz Roglic no longer rides as the calculating perfectionist who once seemed destined to win every stage race he entered. The Slovenian has evolved into something rarer — a rider at ease with his own contradictions. Ten seasons into his WorldTour career and approaching what may be his final...

Few riders in the peloton speak as frankly as Johannes Kulset. The 21-year-old Norwegian has just completed the most transformative season of his young career, helping Uno-X Mobility secure a historic promotion to the WorldTour. But when the conversation turns to Tadej Pogacar, cycling’s dominant fo...

Groupama - FDJ have confirmed the signing of Ewen Costiou, the 22-year-old Frenchman widely regarded as one of the country’s brightest emerging stage-race prospects. The Breton rider joins the team on a two-year contract, switching across from the collapsing Arkea - B&B Hotels setup. The announcemen...

A notable absentee from the UCI’s newly published list of provisional WorldTour registrations for 2026 has raised eyebrows across the peloton: Team Jayco AlUla. The Australian outfit – home to riders such as Michael Matthews, Luke Plapp and Ben O’Connor – has not yet successfully submitted its paper...

Movistar Team rider Iván García Cortina believes cycling’s biggest force, Tadej Pogacar, can be beaten – and says the Spanish squad is quietly confident heading into 2026 thanks to a rejuvenated Enric Mas and new signing Cian Uijtdebroeks. The Spaniard, who this year shifted into a more defined supp...

Just a few months ago, Australian veteran Michael Matthews faced the possibility of losing not only his career, but his life. On the eve of the Tour de France, the Team Jayco AlUla rider suffered a pulmonary embolism, a diagnosis that shattered all certainties and forced him to skip the Grande Boucl...

INEOS Grenadiers have confirmed the signing of 23-year-old Norwegian climber Embret Svestad-Bardseng, one of Scandinavia’s most promising young riders, on a three-year contract. The move marks a major step in the career of a rider who has quietly impressed during his debut WorldTour season — and is...

As the level in pro cycling increases year after year, the sort of performances that earned big wins and results a few years ago can no longer pull it off, and so we begin to see a trend of riders retiring from competition earlier than they would have otherwise. Over the past hours Nans Peters and J...

Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates are already looking ahead to 2026 — and the mission is clear. After a historic 2025 season in which the Slovenian superstar claimed his fourth Tour de France title, three Monuments and a second consecutive world title, team boss Joxean Fernandez ‘Matxin’ says all...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is at the very top of the cycling world and getting a contract in it is a difficult task, regardless of the quality of the rider. 36-year old Julien Vermote, in the final years of his career and after an entire season without a team, found himself racing for one of the very...

Tom Dumoulin’s may have retired from professional cycling, but the Dutchman's days turning heads for sporting performance are seemingly not over. The 2017 Giro d’Italia champion, long renowned for his time trial prowess and meticulous pacing, produced an extraordinary debut marathon performance in A...

Tadej Pogacar wasn't really challenged by anyone for his last two Tour de France titles. Thus the Slovenian is already at 4 yellow jerseys, and the number could've been much higher if it wasn't for Jonas Vingegaard. In recent years, the Danish climber has been the only man to give fans a hope of exc...

When Filippo Fiorelli got the call that would change his career, he was sitting around the dinner table with his family. It wasn’t a call he’d been expecting, and it certainly wasn’t from the team he had in mind. “Paolo [Alberati, his agent] phoned while we were eating,” Fiorelli told Bici.Pro. “I o...

Lotte Kopecky cannot look at a successful 2025. The world champion emerged victorious at the Tour of Flanders, but otherwise concludes the season pretty much empty-handed. At least, viewed through the strict metric of previous years. The Belgian dealt with multiple problems throughout the year and u...

Tour of Holland made its international debut last week. The new stage race in the Netherlands brought about a ray of hope in a country that has been struggling organization-wise lately with a fresh breath of air. Not everything went perfectly over the week, but generally speaking the race has been a...

Stefan Küng wrote his final chapter in the jersey of Groupama - FDJ at the Chrono des Nations last Sunday. The partnership produced many stunning performances over the seven years and the two parties say goodbye in a friendly manner, the Swissman believes. For the 31-year-old time trial specialist,...

We've grown accustomed in recent years that the Tour de France holds a Grand Départ outside of France and that the situation will not be different in years to come. For 2026, we eye a start in Barcelona (Spain). In 2027, the peloton will head across the La Manche to depart from Edinburgh (Scotland,...

For Alex Carera, few riders symbolise cycling’s new global era quite like Biniam Girmay. The Italian super-agent, who manages some of the sport’s biggest names including Tadej Pogacar, believes the Eritrean sprinter has reshaped not just the results sheet, but the identity of modern cycling itself....

Egan Bernal has posted a deeply personal reflection on social media, offering a rare insight into the mindset that carried him from the brink of tragedy back to the top of professional cycling. The Colombian Grand Tour champion, who has battled through multiple major injuries since his life-threaten...

Joxean Matxin has spoken publicly for the first time since Juan Ayuso’s acrimonious split from UAE Team Emirates - XRG, insisting that despite the controversy surrounding the 23-year-old’s departure, he still holds the young Spaniard in the highest regard. Speaking in an interview with Eurosport Esp...

Wout Van Aert had a fairly eventful season with a challenging spring programme that converted into two Grand Tour participations and finishing the season in Canda. And all of that despite starting his preparation from zero after a knee injury at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. As the Belgian definitely pl...

As speculation grows over whether Jonas Vingegaard could one day broaden his horizons beyond the Grand Tours, Eurosport’s team of Danish cycling experts have urged caution — warning that the two-time Tour de France winner should not risk diluting his formidable stage-racing strengths in pursuit of t...

While most riders are already switching off for the winter, France’s 19-year-old sensation Paul Seixas seems determined to keep pushing his limits. The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team starlet ended his 2025 campaign in the same relentless fashion that has defined his breakout year – by completing a...

The demise of the Arkéa – B&B Hotels team has sent shockwaves through French cycling, prompting its long-time general manager Emmanuel Hubert to issue a stark warning about the sport’s financial imbalance. Speaking to RMC Sport after confirming the team’s closure, Hubert argued that the disappearanc...

When the curtain falls on the 2025 season, it won’t just mark the conclusion of another year of racing — it will mark the end of an era. Forty riders are confirmed so far to be hanging up their wheels this year, a cohort that together shaped modern cycling: from Sky’s industrial dominance to the fre...

The UCI has clarified its position on ketone supplements, confirming it will not impose any restrictions on their use, but also making clear that it “does not recommend” riders take them. In a statement issued on Monday, cycling’s governing body said that there is “no reason for them to be used”, ci...

The 2025 cycling season may have only just drawn to a close, but preparations for next year are already well under way — and for Remco Evenepoel, this week marks the beginning of a new chapter. Less than ten days after riding his final race in Soudal - Quick-Step colours at Il Lombardia, the Belgian...

Isaac del Toro’s engine shows no sign of cooling after a sensational season that saw him take 16 victories and finish third in the 2025 UCI World Ranking, behind only Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar. The 21-year-old Mexican, already being hailed as one of cycling’s brightest young stars, has refl...

After a struggle for consistent form this year, Joshua Tarling closed his 2025 campaign with a performance of reassurance and authority at the Chrono des Nations, storming to victory ahead of Jay Vine and Stefan Kung to underline once again why he is regarded as one of cycling’s top time trial speci...

The world’s most dominant squad, UAE Team Emirates - XRG, are reportedly closing in on another marquee signing — with French classics specialist Benoit Cosnefroy tipped to join Tadej Pogacar’s powerhouse from 2026. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Ciro Scognamiglio, UAE are in advance...

Jonas Vingegaard has offered a word of caution to France’s brightest young prospect, Paul Seixas, urging the 19-year-old to resist the temptation of making an early Tour de France debut. Speaking to RMC Sport, the double Tour champion said that while Seixas’s talent is undeniable, the unique pressur...

The Tour of Holland has so far been market by its controversies, with stage 3 having been cancelled due to the lack of police escort and the presence of vehicles on the route, as well as the disqualification of Jan-Willem van Schip. The latter has now reacted to the decision that was case upon him,...

Michael Storer closed his 2025 season with one of the finest results of his career, finishing third at Il Lombardia behind only Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel. For the Tudor Pro Cycling Team rider, it was the culmination of a steady, confident rise through a demanding year that included two Grand...

Olav Kooij has put an end to his chapter with Team Visma | Lease a Bike, after six fruitful seasons in which he has become one of the fastest sprinters in the peloton, getting 47 professional wins. The first edition of the Tour of Holland was the perfect place for the Dutch star to say goodbye, alt...

Belgian cyclocross star Eli Iserbyt has not been able to participate in the first races of the 2025-2026 season, as he is still recovering from multiple surgeries on his iliac artery. He already suffered nerve pain in his left leg last season, and he has not been able to compete since February. Iser...

29-year-old Paul Double from Team Jayco AlUla clinched the overall victory at the Tour of Guangxi on Sunday, capping his first WorldTour general classification triumph after a tense and emotional finale in Nanning. The 29-year-old Brit, who seized the leader’s jersey after winning the uphill finish...

Michael Vanthourenhout had an excellent start to the Superprestige series, securing a hard-fought victory in the opening round in Ruddervoorde. He narrowly defeated Joris Nieuwenhuis in a sprint, and got his second victory of the season, after winning the Swiss Cyclocross Cup #1 - Internationales Ra...

Sakarias Koller Loland’s first professional victory at the 2025 Veneto Classic will be remembered as far more than a personal milestone. His breakthrough ride not only delivered the 24-year-old Norwegian the biggest win of his career, but also secured Uno-X Mobility’s long-sought promotion to the UC...

After years spent as the figurehead of a powerhouse squad, Demi Vollering’s first season away from Team SD Worx - Protime was always going to be a test — of freedom, of leadership, and of faith in a new structure. Now, as her debut campaign with FDJ - Suez draws to a close, the Dutch star has reflec...

This Sunday the 19th of October sees quite a bit of UCI races closing out the season in Europe and Asia when it comes to top events, but over in the Pyrenees, the micronation of Andorra has hosted a mountain time trial and criterium featuring only Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and I...

Few figures in French cycling command the same respect or longevity as Marc Madiot. The Groupama - FDJ boss, now into his fourth decade as a manager, has seen just about everything the sport can throw at him. Yet even he sounds genuinely excited when the conversation turns to 19-year-old Paul Seixas...

After a nightmare season that had threatened to derail his whole career, Christophe Laporte has triumphantly brought his 2025 campaign to a redemptive close by winning the overall classification at the Tour of Holland — his first victory since returning to action from a debilitating mid-season illne...

Sakarias Koller Loland produced the ride of his young career to win the 2025 Veneto Classic, out-sprinting Florian Vermeersch, Diego Ulissi, and Lorenzo Germani after a chaotic and hard-fought finale on the steep roads above Bassano del Grappa. The Norwegian from Uno-X Mobility emerged from a day of...

Michael Vanthourenhout has claimed a thrilling victory this Sunday afternoon at Superprestige Ruddervoorde, taking his first ever win at the venue after outlasting Joris Nieuwenhuis in a dramatic sprint to the line. The men’s Superprestige opener had been chaotic from the start, with heavy condition...

Joshua Tarling confirmed his status as one of the world’s premier time-trial specialists with another emphatic victory at the Chrono des Nations, stopping the clock at 51 minutes 12 seconds over the 45-kilometre course in Les Herbiers. The 21-year-old Brit averaged 52.6 km/h, mastering the damp, tec...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's Dutch national champion Danny van Poppel has taken victory on the final stage of the 2025 Tour of Holland, not from a traditional sprint, but from a breakaway. In terms of the GC win however, that goes to Christophe Laporte of Team Visma | Lease a Bike.  From the start,...

The 2025 edition of the Chrono des Nations marks the end of the European road cycling season, and once again brings some of the world’s top time trial specialists to Les Herbiers, in France’s Vendée region. As tradition dictates, the event will feature a packed schedule of races across all age categ...

Marion Norbert Riberolle has taken victory at Superprestige Ruddervorde 2025, taking one of the biggest wins of her career and ruining the return to the field for world champion Fem van Empel. Amandine Fouquenet, France’s national champion, made the fastest start, leading through the opening corners...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has had a stellar season upon her return to road racing and the climax of this was at the Tour de France Femmes. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider has been able to show her best form and apply her abilities to their very best, and next year she will try to replicate this for...

The road season officially ended for Tadej Pogacar more than a week ago at Il Lombardia. However, the Slovenian has been participating in some final criterium exhibitions. The last of them, the Andorra Cycling Masters, where he talked about his possible participation in the 2026 Vuelta a Espana and...

Alex Baudin is not a rider who has come directly to battle with Tadej Pogacar often throughout the past year but he - like many others - very much feels the effect of the Slovenian's presence in any race, and is honest about how it is quite annoying to rarely find breathing room to take wins.  "Hone...

Stage 6 of the Tour of Guangxi had some more climbing and it featured some interesting action, however the outcome of the day was the same as every single other sprint stage in the Chinese race, with Paul Magnier leading the way through the finish line for the final World Tour race day of the season...

Lenny Martínez has had a strong first season with Bahrain - Victorious with victories all-year round in all kinds of races. He has closed it off with another triumph, this time around at the Japan Cup which together with several other races today, closes out the UCI calendar for the season.  The Fre...

Isaac Del Toro’s late-season surge didn’t just pad a palmarès, it potentially showed what the future of cycling looks like. Across Italy and beyond, his acceleration has started to bend races to his will, and the implications for 2026 and 2027 are already being debated. The conversation around trans...

As the 2025 season winds down, the annual debates about how cycling can improve are already heating up. Among the most vocal critics this October are two long-serving Italian managers, Roberto Reverberi of VF Group-Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè and Serge Parsani of Solution Tech–Vini Fantini. Both have denou...

South African climber Louis Meintjes quietly closed the curtain on his professional career last weekend at Il Lombardia, bringing to an end 13 years in the peloton. The 33-year-old from Pretoria, a former Vuelta a España stage winner and national champion, leaves the sport with a mix of pride and re...

The Tour of Holland returned to the road on Saturday for stage 4, and it was Dutch rider Timo de Jong who seized the moment. The VolkerWessels Continental rider claimed his first professional victory after outsmarting bigger names in a selective finale. It was a result that carried both relief and d...

Three straight Sundays, three straight silvers behind the same man. On paper, finishing second to Tadej Pogacar at the World Championships road race in Kigali, the European Championships in France, and Il Lombardia in Bergamo looks like a hammer blow. In reality, I think it’s the opposite: a reassur...

The 2025 Veneto Classic marks the grand finale of Italy’s autumn racing block, wrapping up the season on October 19 alongside the Chrono des Nations. A relatively new addition to the calendar, the one-day 1.Pro race has quickly carved out a key place in the late-season landscape. It’s an event that...

Jan Christen signed with UAE Team Emirates - XRG and this year he has evolved immensely, but that comes with its downsides as he is no longer underestimated and no longer enjoys the freedom attacking that he had earlier in the year that brought him a few important wins.  "It's relaxing to be signed...

On the 19th of October we've got the final of the Italian Autumn classics, which will bring the season to a close at the same time as the Chrono des Nations. The Veneto Classic is a recent addition to the calendar but it is a 1.Pro race, providing valuable UCI points for those still hunting for ever...

On the 19th of October, the European season comes to a close, and one of the races that brings it to an end is the Chrono des Nations, one of the calendar's most traditional races and the only one-day time trial race that isn't integrated in some championships. We take a look at its profile and prev...

Paul Double is a rider with a lot of quality and an interesting history in the sport of cycling, and unlike most riders in the modern age, it seems is now beginning to reach the peak of his career at age 29. Today he won the queen stage of the Tour of Guangxi, his first World Tour triumph, and tomor...

Danish cyclist Mattias Skjelmose is back in the news after his surprise withdrawal from the Tour of Guangxi with back problems, amid an atmosphere already charged by controversial statements and questionable decisions within the Lidl-Trek team. Before the start of the competition in China, Skjelmose...

The very fast Exact Cross Essen delivered thrilling action this Saturday afternoon, as we've seen two sprint finishes essentially in both men's and women's race. In the end it was Lucinda Brand and Toon Vandebosch who managed to come away with the victories.  In the women's race Lucinda Brand was th...

Mattias Skjelmose is in China this week where he had started the Tour of Guangxi, but abandoned with back pain as he had previously announced before the race. At the race, manager Kim Andersen talked about the setbacks the Dane experienced this year and how it turned it into a difficult season despi...

The queen stage of the Tour of Holland delivered on the action, with a Dutch continental rider forming part of the day's breakaway, getting caught by the main favourites on the day but then going on to take the stage win on the mythical VAM-berg whilst Christophe Laporte has taken the race lead afte...

Victor Lafay is a very talented however one who is also realistic about his time and outlook on a pro career in cycling. The Frenchman, winner of a stage at the 2023 Tour de France - and man who followed Pogacar and Vingegaard on the previous day, is 50-50 about ending his career and the decision ma...

The merger between Intermarché - Wanty and Lotto is one that will bring two World Tour teams together next year, but not with their combined set of leaders. A few of the main figures will be leaving whilst others stay, but few riders knew or even currently know who actually is staying. Head of the C...

Israel - Premier Tech has had problems with being an attractive team and signing new figures but ultimately with the departure of the main sponsor and Sylvan Adams it's finally begun announcing new riders coming in. This Friday, Ryan Mullen has been confirmed as to joining over from Red Bull - BORA...

Mathieu van der Poel is a World Champion on the road, gravel and cyclocross on multiple occasions already but is missing Mountain Biking on his palmarès. Over the years he has put in some focus on it, but not enough to succeed. Richard Groenendaal questions his commitment and believes there has to b...

Every year there are plenty post-Tour de France criteriums that fill in the weeks after the race, however the race's influence spreads into the fall with several criteriums in Asia. This does include the Singapore criterium where many of the world's best sprinters and Primoz Roglic will be at the st...

Starting fees in cyclocross are very high and often are what keeps the top pros running with a high pay throughout the year. Bart Wellens, former World Champion and legend of the discipline, questions whether it's worth it for the riders to take up a road calendar during the summer whilst also accus...

Isaac del Toro has been for a few years one of the brightest talents in pro cycling however few would've expected his evolution to be so sharp in 2025, where he was on the verge of winning the Giro d'Italia and got to the end of the season with 16 victories.  "It was crazy good. I learned a lot and...

The Tour of Guangxi is the final World Tour event of the year and it closes out the calendar in Asia. China hosts the six-day race where there are still lots of UCI points to attribute and some meaningful victories too. Stage 6 will take place on the 19th of October. The stage is estimated to start...

Oier Lazkano’s situation at Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe has quietly become one of the strangest stories in the professional peloton. The Spaniard has not raced for the German WorldTour outfit since Paris-Roubaix — more than six months ago — and rumours continue to swirl about what has kept him sidel...

Tadej Pogacar’s historic 2025 season has left much of the peloton in a state of collective despair — at least that’s the view of Het Nieuwsblad analysts Guy Van den Langenbergh and Jan-Pieter De Vlieger, who believe the Slovenian’s relentless dominance is starting to suffocate competition at the ver...

Team Jayco AlUla's Paul Double has won the queen stage of the Tour of Guangxi and has set ground for the overall win this Sunday in the Chinese race which will close out the calendar. The Briton won the summit finish to Nongla and has become the new race leader with a strong performance.  The UAE Te...

Albert Withen Philipsen's professional debut was wildly anticipated in 2025 and the Dane did not fail to deliver. Although he didn't quite reach the heights of his classmate Paul Seixas who took bronze medal at elite European Championships last week, Philipsen's inclusion into WorldTour went smoothl...

After 15 years in the professional peloton, Wagner Bazin WB will cease to exist in 2026. The historic Belgian (pro-)continental team, which began as Wallonie-Bruxelles and went through several identities over the last decade, is coming to an end amid internal disagreements, sporting frustration and...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike had hoped to celebrate Olav Kooij's birthday and have a lively stage with Christophe Laporte in the fight for the overall in the Tour of the Netherlands, but the day in Zuid-Limburg came to an abrupt end after the opening kilometers. The race was stopped after a serious inc...

Next Sunday, Andorra will host the first edition of the Andorra Cycling Masters, an unprecedented event that will bring together just four of the world's top cycling names: Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Isaac Del Toro. But one question inevitably arises: why won't Remco Evenepoe...

Remco Evenepoel’s move to Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe has brought one of cycling’s most intriguing partnerships to an end. After years of speculation and internal tension, the Belgian has left Soudal - Quick-Step — a decision that, according to Axel Merckx, was always going to happen. “This marriage wa...

The Dutch cycling federation (KNWU) has released a powerful statement condemning the wave of online abuse directed at riders in the aftermath of the women’s race at the UCI Gravel World Championships in Limburg. The event, which took place last weekend in the rolling hills of South Limburg, produced...

Fresh details have emerged about the frightening scenes that led to the cancellation of stage 3 at the 2025 Tour of Holland, with XDS Astana Team's Cees Bol describing a series of near-misses that left riders with no choice but to stop racing. The Dutch sprinter, speaking to WielerFlits, explained t...

Mathieu van der Poel’s 2025 season was as close to flawless as cycling gets. Victories at Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix, two stage wins and the yellow jersey at the Tour de France — all achieved with a trademark blend of aggression and mastery that has come to define the Dutchman’s racing style....

It was meant to be the perfect end to a long, gruelling season – sunshine, beaches, and a few days of well-earned rest in Florida. But for Soren Waerenskjold, the post-season dream holiday with his fiancée Iben Kvisle has been replaced by something far less relaxing: a 44.8-kilometre time trial in w...

For most riders in the peloton, the idea of “dropping” Tadej Pogacar belongs in fiction. The Slovenian has spent 2025 dismantling fields across Monuments and Grand Tours alike — a season of near-total control that has blurred the lines between dominance and inevitability. But for Geraint Thomas, the...

The Tour of Holland 2025 descended into chaos on Friday afternoon as stage 3 was cancelled mid-race due to serious safety concerns, with organisers and riders alike declaring the conditions too dangerous to continue. According to WielerFlits, the peloton came to a halt after a series of alarming inc...

Tremendous controversy has arisen to end the cycling season on the road. In the middle of the Tour of Holland 2025, there has been an unfortunate episode that has forced the cancellation of stage 3 of the race. The peloton has stood up and has managed to stop the day's racing because of the great da...

It's not everyday that a professional cyclist is banned from entering a country but the end of the 2025 season has been delivering controversies that would've been hard to imagine. After a description in a Strava activity, the situation has escalated to the podium where Burgos Burpellet BH rider Mar...

The Tour of Holland has thus far seen two time trials with Ethan Hayter winning both and a bunch sprint won by Tim Merlier, two high-level riders who are boosting the race significantly. However the race has equally been linked to the disqualification of Jan-Willem van Schip over the seatpost on his...

This has been known for several months, but behind the scenes there were countless obstacles towards making it happen. Lotto and Intermarché - Wanty are merging this winter to form one single team which will belong in the World Tour under the current license of the Lotto team who is set for a promot...

The 2026 Tour de France will be revealed in 1 week exactly from today. Hence, most of the route has already been designed and confirmed, but not been made publicly. However, it is possible to understand where the race will be heading next year featuring the Pyrenees in the opening days of the race;...

The season is coming very close to its end and riders are facing their final opportunities to leave a mark in the 2025 season. The market is not closed, but not many riders remain available to be signed for the upcoming 2026 season. INEOS Grenadiers in the meantime have finally announced the transfe...

The Tour of Guangxi is the final World Tour event of the year and it closes out the calendar in Asia. China hosts the six-day race where there are still lots of UCI points to attribute and some meaningful victories too. Stage 5 will take place on the 18th of October. The stage is set to start at 05:...

Paul Magnier is literally unbeatable at the Tour of Guangxi and with the profiles simply appearing too similar to each other, the first four stages have seen the same rider take the win in the exact same circumstance, in a display of power rarely seen anywhere in pro cycling.  Stage 4 did provide so...

After 14 seasons in the professional peloton, Belgian rider Tosh van der Sande has announced his retirement from cycling — bringing to a close a long, loyal and quietly respected career that earned admiration from teammates and rivals alike. The 34-year-old confirmed the news in an emotional Instagr...

For American Grand Tour winner Chris Horner, the pain Tadej Pogacar endured in the final week of the 2025 Tour de France is all too familiar. Speaking on his YouTube channel, the former Vuelta a Espana offered a vivid, personal reflection on what it means to race through injury at the highest level...

Marc Sarreau made a name for himself as a back-up sprinter of Groupama - FDJ, often played as a leader in French Cup and smaller stage races where he scored 17 professional victories. In that regard 2019 was the best year of his 10 seasons with the French formation, winning five races at the 1.1 lev...

With 12 victories in his last 15 races, young Frenchman Paul Magnier is having a spectacular end to the season. At 21 years old, the Soudal - Quick-Step rider is turning every finish line into a podium. What's behind this transformation? His discoverer, Johan Molly, offers some keys to the success o...

At the age of 31, Ryan Gibbons has decided to end his career as a professional cyclist. His retirement, announced shortly after his birthday in August, came as a surprise to many in the cycling world. It was not a farewell forced by a lack of contracts or physical or mental exhaustion, but a deeply...

INEOS Grenadiers has officially confirmed the renewal of its partnership with Pinarello, extending for three more years one of the most successful and long-lived partnerships in the world of professional cycling. Since the team's founding in 2010 (then under the name Team Sky), Pinarello has not sim...

You’re probably sick of hearing about Tadej Pogacar by now. His 2025 season was, in short, incredible. Better than 2024? Maybe. Is he now the best of all time? Possibly? Today, though, we’re researching a different question. One that actually juxtaposes the name ‘Tadej Pogacar.’ That’s because this...

Barely six weeks after clinching her third successive cyclocross world title, Fem van Empel walked away from cycling. In March 2025, the now-23-year-old quietly abandoned the Trofeo Binda and then announced an indefinite break, just as the Classics season was beginning. For the most dominant rider i...

While many in the peloton appear resigned to Tadej Pogacar’s dominance, Remco Evenepoel is, according to Het Nieuwsblad analysts Jan-Pieter De Vlieger and Guy Van den Langenbergh, quietly dissecting the Slovenian’s methods — and learning exactly how to fight back. Speaking on the Café Koers podcast,...

Elia Viviani has bid farewell to the road in the only way he knows how — by attacking. The 36-year-old Lotto sprinter rolled out from Vicenza for the Giro del Veneto 2025 wearing the number one bib, visibly emotional yet fully engaged in the action. After around an hour raced at a relentless pace,...

For Team Visma | Lease a Bike's 19-year-old Norwegian prospect Jonas Hoydahl, Thursday's stage 2 time trial at the 2025 Tour of Holland was a chance to impress whilst riding for the senior team in their home race. Despite looking good for a strong time, things didn't end up so well for the teenage t...

Belgian veteran Toon Aerts claimed a statement win in his first cyclocross outing of the winter, powering to victory at Kermiscross Ardooie 2025 ahead of compatriot Michael Vanthourenhout after a thrilling finale. In the women’s race, Lucinda Brand marked her own seasonal debut with an assured victo...

Ethan Hayter delivered a perfectly-paced ride to win the stage 2 time trial at the 2025 Tour of Holland and reclaim the overall lead, defeating Jacob Soderqvist on a wet and technical course around Etten-Leur. The Briton, who also won the opening prologue earlier in the week, finished two seconds ah...

Ethan Hayter has produced a dominant ride to win Stage 2 of the 2025 Tour of Holland, his second win against the clock in three days in the Netherlands, with the Brit regaining the race lead in the process.  The second stage of the 2025 NIBC Tour of Holland saw riders tackle a 14.8-kilometre individ...

Italian classics such as Il Lombardia, Tre Valli Varesine, Gran Piemonte, Coppa Bernocchi - GP Banco BPM and Trofeo Tessile & Moda - Valdengo Oropa, the Paris - Tours Elite, Tour de Vendée, Binche - Chimay - Binche / Mémorial Frank Vandenbroucke and the Chinese stage race Tour of Taihu Lake feature...

A few years ago Fabio Jakobsen was at the very top of the cycling world, widely considered the best sprinter in the peloton with Soudal - Quick-Step, after completing a miraculous recovery over the crash he suffered at the Tour de Pologne in 2020. This year he's facing health issues that have taken...

Tadej Pogacar spent 2025 doing exactly what he did in 2024: destroying the competition. A fourth Tours de France title, three Monuments in a single season, back-to-back world titles, and a maiden European crown: the Slovenian superstar is moving closer and closer to GOAT status. He didn’t just win,...

Zak Dempster had until now been a DS for INEOS Grenadiers but has made the transition to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe where he will take up the role of Chief of Sports. The German team wants to build a great block which will include Remco Evenepoel and is trying to become a top team in every sense of...

It may be mid-October and the World Tour calendar may have already come to an end, but the cycling world does not stop and neither do the controversial situations. At the Tour of Holland, well known "giant" Jan-Willem van Schip, known for his extreme bike positions, has been disqualified from the ra...

The Tour of Guangxi is the final World Tour event of the year and it closes out the calendar in Asia. China hosts the six-day race where there are still lots of UCI points to attribute and some meaningful victories too. Stage 4 will take place on the 17th of October.  Stage 4 is a hilly day, one whe...

Louis Meintjes has called time on his professional cycling career after thirteen seasons in the peloton, bowing out at Il Lombardia 2025 on 11 October. The 33-year-old South African, a quiet but respected figure in the bunch, leaves behind a legacy of breaking barriers for African cycling and achiev...

Paul Seixas has made no secret of his lofty ambitions. Speaking on Eurosport's Bistrot Vélo this Monday, just days after finishing seventh at Il Lombardia, Seixas reflected on the challenge of chasing Tadej Pogacar, the Slovenian who continues to dominate the sport in 2025. For the 19-year-old Frenc...

Soudal - Quick-Step have in Paul Magnier a massive talent but in no universe would they have expected to have the French sprinter take 17 wins in the 2025 season - and counting. The powerhouse continues his unbeatable streak at the Tour of Guangxi by winning once again in stage 3.  A stage with sign...

Spanish cyclist Cristián Rodríguez will ride for XDS Astana Team from the 2026 season. The Andalusian rider has signed a one-year contract with the Kazakh squad, which belongs to the UCI WorldTour. With this move, Rodríguez will take a new step in his professional career, after a decade in the pelot...

The level in the world of gravel continues to rise, and not even an Olympic champion like Greg Van Avermaet is exempt from feeling it. The Belgian cyclist, officially retired since 2023, participated this weekend in the UCI Gravel World Championship held between Beek and Maastricht (181.1 km), where...

The Israel - Premier Tech squad continues to consolidate its sporting project with a clear look to the future. The team has officially announced the incorporation of the young and promising Italian climber Alessandro Pinarello, who will sign a contract for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Pinarello, 22 ye...

Young Belgian talent Cian Uijtdebroeks has decided to end his time with the Visma | Lease a Bike team with one last big participation in the Tour of Guangxi, looking to close his relationship with the Dutch outfit in the best possible way before making the big jump to Movistar in 2026. After a seaso...

At 19, Denmark's Peter Oxenberg is beginning to establish himself as one of the most promising young riders in the international peloton. Compared from the beginning with Jonas Vingegaard, Oxenberg has followed a similar trajectory: both rode for the ColoQuick team, both challenged the mythical Coll...

2025 has been the year Isaac del Toro confirmed himself as a genuine superstar of modern cycling — not just for the future, but for the here and now. The 21-year-old Mexican, once seen as one of the sport’s brightest prospects, is now firmly established among the elite. Following his 16th win of the...

Guillaume Martin has revealed the full physical and psychological toll of the crash that ended his Vuelta a Espana and, arguably, defined the second half of his 2025 season. Speaking candidly to DirectVelo, the 32-year-old climber admitted that the violent fall on Stage 2 — which left him with two...

Slovenia’s national coach Uroš Murn has backed Tadej Pogacar to eventually conquer the only two Monuments missing from his palmarès – Milano–Sanremo and Paris–Roubaix – and in doing so, become the first rider since Rik Van Looy to win all five. Speaking on the SOS-Odmev podcast following the close o...

Tim Merlier may have claimed his 16th win of the 2025 season on Wednesday, but the Belgian sprinter was in no mood to celebrate uncritically after a tense and chaotic finale to stage 1 of the Tour of Holland. The Soudal - Quick-Step rider outpaced Olav Kooij by the narrowest of margins in Dordrecht,...

Isaac del Toro continued his standout run of form on Wednesday afternoon, securing victory at the 2025 Giro del Veneto with a well-executed final-lap attack, backed by a dominant team performance from UAE Team Emirates - XRG. “It wasn't easy. It was a full effort by the whole team,” Del Toro said af...

Soudal - Quick-Step's Tim Merlier has sprinted to a narrow victory on stage 1 of the 2025 Tour of Holland in Dordrecht this Wednesday afternoon, outpowering Olav Kooij in front of the Dutchman's home crowd in a brutal final battle for the line. With a pan-flat day of racing on the cards and a sprint...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG's magical Mexican super talent, Isaac del Toro, has continued his incredible autumn form, adding a 16th victory of the campaign in typically dominant style on Wednesday afternoon at the 2025 Giro del Veneto. Eight riders were part of the day's initial breakaway. Most notable...

Tadej Pogacar’s 2025 Tour de France victory — his fourth — cemented his status as one of the most accomplished riders of the modern era. Yet behind the statistics, the dominance, and the trademark grin lies a more fragile truth: the mounting human cost of sustained excellence. That truth was laid ba...

The Spanish Anti-Violence Commission has announced proposed sanctions for 53 protesters involved in a series of high-profile demonstrations during the 2025 Vuelta a Espana earlier this year, escalating the post-race fallout from what became one of the most politically charged editions of a Grand Tou...

At 18 years of age, Paula Ostiz from Pamplona, is one of the most promising young riders in Spanish and world cycling. In 2025 she has signed a historic season by winning four medals between the European Championships and the World Junior Championships: gold in the road and time trial at the Europea...

Danish cycling legend Rolf Sorensen has leapt to the defence of Jonas Vingegaard, dismissing the suggestion that his compatriot's 2025 campaign fell short of expectations as “insane” and pointing to a season that saw him finish second at the Tour de France and claim overall victory at the Vuelta a E...

When a former Grand Tour champion offers high praise for a rider at the peak of his powers, it carries weight — particularly when that voice is Alberto Contador, one of the most successful stage racers of the modern era. Speaking to Eurosport, the two-time Tour de France winner reflected on Tadej Po...

As Tadej Pogacar continues to redefine the limits of dominance in professional cycling, cracks are beginning to show among his rivals — none more so than Jonas Vingegaard, the two-time Tour de France winner. According to respected Belgian analyst Jose De Cauwer, even the Team Visma | Lease a Bike ca...

For several months now it seemed inevitable, and even with the breakthrough Tour de France the team experienced, there was not much that could have been done. World Tour team Arkéa - B&B Hotels will come to a close at the end of 2025, ending a 20-year old project.  Being a French team, its always be...

Lidl-Trek is about to complete its lineup for 2026 as it has confirmed its 28th rider this Wednesday morning. Matteo Sobrero has several years of experience as a domestique but also quality time trialist and classics rider, and he will now be part of the American team where he can ride in support of...

Soudal - Quick-Step have in Paul Magnier an absolute diamond, not just a talent in development. The 21-year old isn't racing the highest-level calendar but has reached a stellar achievement of taking 16 victories this year already, taking yet another World Tour triumph this Wednesday at the Tour of...

The transfer market is no longer booming with talent at this time of year but there are still some interesting transfers that can be worked on over the coming days and weeks, and one such potential move could be that of Intermarché - Wanty's Gerben Thijssen who is a target for Alpecin-Deceuninck and...

The reborn Tour of Holland was brought back to life this year and in mid-October there is still a sizeable and quality startlist that began their effort in The Hague this Tuesday morning with a 4-kilometer long prologue. In this short and explosive effort, which took place in the evening and under s...

The Tour of Guangxi is the final World Tour event of the year and it closes out the calendar in Asia. China hosts the six-day race where there are still lots of UCI points to attribute and some meaningful victories too. Stage 3 will take place on the 16th of October and is estimated to start at 04:1...

The way Tadej Pogacar has ridden through the final weeks of the 2025 season has left the cycling world in awe. His emphatic solo victories at the World Championships, European Championships and Il Lombardia may have lacked suspense, but they were nothing short of breathtaking in their dominance. Amo...

Stage 2 of the Tour of Guangxi had some climbing on the menu and could've potentially had a different outcome, but the race is following the same pattern as the Tour of Slovakia and Cro Race. Paul Magnier is simply dominating every race he goes to this end of season, as he's now also won his second...

Lorena Wiebes must've be saddened when she learnt that neither of this year's road Championships fit her ridertype and thus the fastest woman in peloton will have to make a do with "just" the Dutch national champion's tricolor. Regardless, she might hold onto two rainbow jerseys by the end of this m...

Italian classics such as Il Lombardia, Tre Valli Varesine, Gran Piemonte, Coppa Bernocchi - GP Banco BPM and Trofeo Tessile & Moda - Valdengo Oropa, the Paris - Tours Elite, Tour de Vendée, Binche - Chimay - Binche / Mémorial Frank Vandenbroucke and the Chinese stage race Tour of Taihu Lake feature...

In the shadow of the currently finishing road season, the cyclocross campaign has taken off week ago also in Europe. In the Meulebeke Exact Cross, it was a showdown of the Crelan-Corendon riders who claimed a double with Joran Wyseure and Laurens Sweeck. The next stop for the big guns will be the op...

The story of Remco Evenepoel and Soudal - Quick-Step came to an end at Il Lombardia last Saturday. It was a rollercoaster with the Belgian team with many ups and downs, but ultimately their paths split after seven seasons together. He will now head to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe with no regrets and...

The 2026 season looks set to be an exciting one for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. The German squad has already announced the arrival of Remco Evenepoel for next year. The superstar will join Primoz Roglic, Florian Lipowitz, Giulio Pellizzari and Jai Hindley to fight for the grand tours. But the Germa...

The 2025 season is history for Jonas Vingegaard. The Dane, surprisingly, has been criticized for his performance. Despite coming 2nd in the Tour de France (behind an invincible Pogacar) and winning the Vuelta a España, the feeling for some fans is that the Visma star is not racing as many races as h...

The Giro del Veneto returns for its 88th edition this Wednesday, continuing its late-season role as one of the final showdowns on the Italian racing calendar. Slotted just after Il Lombardia and ahead of the Veneto Classic, the one-day race offers a platform for classics specialists, puncheurs, and...

When Remco Evenepoel officially pulls on the colours of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe in 2026, it will not simply mark a high-profile transfer. It will also bring one of the sport’s most gifted riders under the guidance of one of its most respected performance minds. In Dan Lorang, the team believe th...

The road cycling season may be drawing to a close, but the final week has not been without controversy. The 2025 Tour de Mentougou ended in emphatic fashion for Burgos Burpellet BH, who dominated the general classification with three riders on the final podium, including overall winner Clément Allen...

The Tour of Guangxi is the final World Tour event of the year and it closes out the calendar in Asia. China hosts the six-day race where there are still lots of UCI points to attribute and some meaningful victories too. Stage 2 will take place on the 15th of October. The second day of the Chinese ra...

The organiser of the Pogi Challenge, a new end-of-season cycling event held in Slovenia, says the team behind it is already working to turn the race into an annual tradition — one built around the local roots and international stature of world champion Tadej Pogacar. “We were incredibly lucky to hav...

Dutch journalist and former pro Thijs Zonneveld has shared his thoughts on the World Gravel Championships, where Florian Vermeersch claimed the men’s title and Lorena Wiebes won the women’s race. Speaking on his podcast In de Waaier, Zonneveld didn’t mince words about the reaction from American ride...

When Fabian Cancellara and his management team began building Tudor Pro Cycling Team three years ago, the vision was clear: establish a stable structure, attract big names and results, and work their way towards the sport’s top tier. After an impressive 2025 season capped by Michael Storer’s podium...

Enric Mas has taken another step forward in his recovery after the crash that forced him out of the 2025 Tour de France. The Movistar Team leader, who hit the deck during the descent of the Mûr-de-Bretagne on Stage 2, was later diagnosed with thrombophlebitis in his left leg — a complication that si...

At just 21 years old, Isaac del Toro’s 2025 season has catapulted him from promising neo-pro to one of the most complete young riders in the peloton. But even in a year stacked with victories and standout performances, his fifth-place finish at Il Lombardia — while impressive — left some wondering w...

From the 14th to the 19th of October the pro peloton sees racing return to the Netherlands with a strong startlist. The Dutch race is a new event on the calendar and one that will bring a close to the European calendar when it comes to stage-races, providing last-minute opportunities for a few rider...

What should have been a showcase of gravel racing’s explosive growth has turned into a heated debate about the sport’s future. The 2025 Gravel World Championships descended into controversy when Dutch rider Yara Kastelijn chased down compatriot Shirin van Anrooij in the final kilometres, allowing a...

The 2025 Tour of Holland begins this evening with a short individual time trial held in The Hague, serving as the prologue to this comeback edition of the race. Find the start times and order of the day right here! The 4.3 kilometre course is based in and around Zuiderpark, offering a largely flat a...

Mattias Skjelmose has admitted he is racing through the pain barrier at the season-ending 2025 Tour of Guangxi, after being instructed by Lidl-Trek to travel to China just days after abandoning Il Lombardia with a flare-up of his long-term back injury. The 25-year-old Dane, who earlier this year bec...

Tadej Pogacar’s 2025 campaign was “spectacular” in the eyes of Joxean Matxin, with the UAE Team Emirates – XRG team manager hailing the Slovenian’s ability to deliver on every objective bar one: Milano–Sanremo. Pogacar sealed his season in emphatic fashion at Il Lombardia last weekend, claiming a re...

Urska Zigart has opened up about her future with long-time partner and cycling's biggest superstar, Tadej Pogacar, admitting that while the pair are looking forward to starting a family one day, a wedding remains on hold as both careers continue at full speed. The Slovenian rider, who has enjoyed th...

In a chaotic, crash-marred finale to the opening stage of the 2025 Tour of Guangxi, Paul Magnier powered to a statement sprint victory — his 15th of the season — further cementing his place among the elite winners of the year. Only one rider has stood on the top step more times in 2025: the reigning...

Tadej Pogacar has just ended his 2024 season, on a high and with no competition in what were several of the biggest races in the world in consecutive fashion. His performance at Il Lombardia was one of his best climbing performances of the entire season, proving his quality even in mid-October and i...

The 2025 Tour of Guangxi got underway with a 149-kilometre opener in Fangchenggang, where Paul Magnier claimed the stage win in a chaotic sprint finish disrupted by a heavy crash. The stage featured a flat, fast circuit with three passes over the finish line, offering few opportunities for attackers...

Tadej Pogacar has been virtually untouchable all season in 2025, but on Sunday afternoon, even the world champion couldn’t overhaul a flying British amateur on his home climb of Krvavec. In front of thousands of adoring fans lining the road in support, 40-year-old British hill climb specialist Andre...

The road season is drawing to a close, and that can only mean one thing — it’s cyclocross time. The stars of the mud are gearing up for a 2025/26 campaign packed with iconic races: World Cups, the European Championships, the World Championships… Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, Thibau Nys and ma...

Tadej Pogacar has admitted that he came close to climbing off his bike during what he described as the hardest Tour de France of his career in 2025, revealing that knee pain and freezing conditions in the final week left him in genuine doubt about reaching Paris. The 27-year-old dominated the race t...

Primoz Roglic says it is time for “honest conversations” about his role at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe as the team prepares for a reshaped hierarchy in 2026. The 35-year-old Slovenian veteran is calling for “realistic goals” and “clear planning” after a 2025 campaign defined by both flashes of brill...

Kevin Vauquelin’s rise has been one of French cycling’s most promising stories of recent years, and now, after trying to help Arkéa–B&B Hotels fight for survival and sponsors, the 24-year-old will take the next leap of his career by joining INEOS Grenadiers in 2026. Seventh at this year’s Tour de Fr...

After twelve years, Jasper Stuyven’s time with Lidl–Trek came to a close on the roads of Paris-Tours, where the Belgian finished ninth in his final race wearing the team’s colors. At 33, Stuyven turns the page on a career chapter that began with the American squad’s very foundations, joining Soudal...

After decades shaping the identity of Italy’s most iconic races, Mauro Vegni has retired as the Giro d’Italia’s long-serving race director. His farewell came quietly but poignantly, at Il Lombardia, the last event organized under his watch at RCS. Before bowing out, he finalized one final masterpiec...

Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz has opened up about his close friendship with cycling superstar Tadej Pogacar, fresh off the Slovenian’s extraordinary end to 2025, a run that saw him win the World Championships, the European Championships, and a fifth straight Il Lombardia in three consecutive weekend...

Rafal Majka crossed the finish line of Il Lombardia for the final time on Saturday not as a winner, but as the man who helped make another piece of history happen. As his teammate Tadej Pogacar powered to a record-breaking fifth successive victory in the autumn Monument, Majka quietly brought the cu...

Crowned European champion earlier this month, Demi Vollering is heading into the off-season satisfied with her debut year at FDJ - Suez — but the Dutch star is the first to admit there’s unfinished business. A runner-up finish at the Tour de France Femmes and tactical disappointment at the UCI Road...

40-year-old British amateur Andrew Feather has reflected with a mixture of disbelief, pride and good humour on the moment he handed Tadej Pogacar a rare defeat — on the Slovenian’s favourite climb, in front of thousands of the world champion's adoring fans. The Brit produced the ride of his life to...

The Tour of Guangxi marks the final event on the UCI WorldTour calendar, bringing the curtain down on the professional road cycling season. Held in southern China, this six-day stage race offers a last opportunity for riders and teams to collect valuable UCI points, seal contract renewals, or end th...

INEOS Grenadiers have confirmed the use of carbon monoxide (CO) rebreathers during a 2025 training camp, following a report by The Times that claimed riders had been asked to sign consent forms before undergoing the now-controversial testing method. The British team had initially denied employing CO...

Under the soft October sun in Tours, with little fanfare but clear emotion, Arnaud Démare quietly drew the curtain on a 14-year professional career that saw him become one of the most successful and consistent French sprinters of the modern era. His final race, Paris‑Tours, was not marked by a trade...

Remco Evenepoel’s second place at Il Lombardia last weekend brought more than just the end of the 2025 season — it closed the chapter on a defining era for Soudal - Quick-Step. After seven years, 67 victories and some of the team’s most iconic modern moments, the Belgian superstar has officially sai...

Tom Pidcock has brought the curtain down on a landmark 2025 season in style — and, at last, he’s allowing himself a well-earned break. Posting on Instagram after one of the most punishing weekends of his career, the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team star reflected on a season that has seen him evolve from exci...

Every year, during this part of the season, we start to see riders across the peloton embark on their final professional rides. In 2025 it is of course no different, with the latest recognisable face hanging up his cycling shoes coming in the form of a former Vuelta a Espana stage winner.  Back in 2...

The Tour of Guangxi is the final World Tour event of the year and it closes out the calendar in Asia. China hosts the six-day race where there are still lots of UCI points to attribute and some meaningful victories too. We take a look at its startlist.  The Tour of Guangxi is a relatively young but...

In a season where UAE Team Emirates - XRG have shattered records, rewritten norms, and won with almost mechanical consistency, the team’s dominance is no longer simply a sporting marvel — it’s becoming a flashpoint for debate. The latest critique comes from Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana Team), who f...

Yara Kastelijn had a crucial say in the outcome of the women's Gravel World Championships, having chased down Shirin van Anrooij in the final kilometers for no apparent reason, ending her own chances of getting a medal in the process. The Fenix-Deceuninck rider explained why she did that at the end...

The name of Il Lombardia 2025 was Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian closed his season with one more victory to add to his incredible palmarès. However, many congratulations also went to Quinn Simmons. The American was undeniably one of the main protagonists of the "Classic of the Fallen Leaves" and was r...

Tadej Pogacar’s fifth straight Il Lombardia victory on Saturday sealed a season so complete that even his rivals, and former professionals turned analysts, can only speak of him in absolute awe. On The Move podcast, Johan Bruyneel, George Hincapie, and Spencer Martin broke down the race and the real...

Matteo Trentin rolled back the years at Paris-Tours, sprinting to victory at 36 in what was his final race of the season, and his first win of the year. The Tudor Pro Cycling Team rider outkicked Christophe Laporte and Albert Philipsen in a tense finale that capped off a chaotic edition of the Frenc...

Christophe Laporte closed his turbulent 2025 season on a high note with second place at Paris-Tours, finishing just behind Matteo Trentin. After months interrupted by illness and injury setbacks, the result offered the Frenchman a much-needed reminder of his quality and consistency. It was also a st...

Less than 24 hours after grinding through the 238 kilometres of Il Lombardia, Tom Pidcock was back on a start line, this time on the gravel roads of Limburg. The Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team leader had finished fifth on Saturday in the final Monument of the season, then flew overnight to the Netherlands t...

Groupama - FDJ is one of the many French teams who currently don't have a big hand in the market, and that has fallen into the criticism of Marc Madiot who believes there is a wrong idea of these teams being too traditional which then potentially costs them strong signings, such as for example Kévin...

Jonathan Milan is one of the very best sprinters in the world and with a luxurious leadout at Lidl-Trek, he has achieved a lot and promises to do even more in coming years. However, the Italian's goals go much beyond the sprints, but also towards the monuments.  Milan was the great favourite to win...

Tadej Pogacar turned Il Lombardia into a formality, and Chris Horner’s running commentary captured both the scenery and the inevitability of yet another Pogacar demolition. “This is the last and final of the five Monument races for the 2025 season,” he began, framing the day and its stakes. He set t...

Remco Evenepoel signed off from Soudal – Quick-Step with second place at Il Lombardia, the final race of his seven-year chapter in blue and white. The 25-year-old departs the team he joined as a teenager in 2019 with a palmarès that reshaped its identity: from classics juggernaut to bona fide Grand...

Matteo Trentin is a rider with plenty pro wins, including at the top level. But as the level in the peloton increased over the past years, netting big wins has become more and more complicated for the Italian classics specialist. But today, he took advantage of his climbing power, experience and spr...

Florian Vermeersch is one of UAE Team Emirates - XRG's incredibly strong riders, but is one who's struggled to get his breakthrough win. Although it hasn't come on the road, the Belgian may have finally reached this achievement today with a victory at the Gravel World Championships.  "Unbelievable.....

Tudor Pro Cycling Team are finishing their season on the best possible note, with Michael Storer stunning to an Il Lombardia podium, and this Sunday afternoon Matteo Trentin turned back the clock to take a magnificent victory at Paris-Tours.  A strong breakaway was formed early on and it included ve...

Florian Vermeersch has won the Gravel World Championships in formidable fashion, as today in Limburg the Belgian rider of UAE Team Emirates - XRG once again proved he is one of modern cycling's strongest classics specialists and bike handlers.  Vermeersch was no unknown name coming into the 180-kilo...

The Tour of Guangxi is the final World Tour event of the year and it closes out the calendar in Asia. China hosts the six-day race where there are still lots of UCI points to attribute and some meaningful victories too. We take a look at its startlist.  The Tour of Guangxi is a relatively young but...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG continue to bring in win after win this year, and today they have won the Trofeo Tessile & Moda, where they were the overwhelming favourites. Adam Yates managed to take his second victory in a short space of time, being the fastest rider up Monte Oropa this Sunday afternoon. ...

Besides Jonas Vingegaard, if there is one rider who knows well the power of Tadej Pogacar's attacks, it is Remco Evenepoel. At the end of the season the Belgian saw Pogacar get away with victories at the World Championships, European Championships and Il Lombardia, and simply not have the legs to re...

Paris-Tours is one of the biggest and most prestigious classics of the year, and it is the final big one-day race of the 2025 season. Taking place on the 12th of October, the day after Il Lombardia, the French classic will allow the sprinters and classics specialists fight for one last big win in th...

Paris-Tours is one of the biggest and most prestigious classics of the year, and it is the final big one-day race of the 2025 season. Taking place on the 12th of October, the day after Il Lombardia, the French classic will allow the sprinters and classics specialists fight for one last big win in th...

Remco Evenepoel started his pro career at Soudal - Quick-Step and throughout the entirity of his career thus far he was with the Belgian team, but this will change this winter. At the end of Il Lombardia Evenepoel closed his time with the team with another stellar performance, with his wife Oumi als...

Il Lombardia is the final monument of the season and in all five occasions that Tadej Pogacar took to the start, over the past five editions, he has taken the victory. Besides making history, he has simply set a benchmark in climbing performances that no-one in the current peloton can match, and tha...

The outcome of the Gravel World Championships was not a fully unexpected one with Lorena Wiebes taking the victory over Marianne Vos after the two were part of a select group that made it through the gravel sectors of the race in Limburg, however the way in which these two arrived at the first place...

The home Gravel World Championships were a clear demonstration of the Dutch national team's overwhelming strength. But also of a disharmony among its key riders, something that was underlined in the final kilometer of the race in Limburg. Shirin van Anrooij attacked with 10 kilometers to go and see...

The Dutch were always the big favourite today's women's elite Gravel world championships race, but no-one would've expected the victory to happen in the way that it did. Shirin van Anrooij looked certain for the win, until she was chased down by compatriot Yara Kastelijn who looked to be working in...

The women's race at the 2025 Gravel World Championships in Limburg was swarming with home country representants, all aiming to do one thing - win the rainbow jersey. Among them was also defending champion Marianne Vos who came close to winning for a second year in a row. The 38-year-old was always i...

Cian Uijtdebroeks missed a large part of the 2025 season due to recurring health problems in the first half of the year. However the Belgian's return at Clasica San Sebastian in August was a much needed restart for the young climber who has since once again resembled the star of future he was once r...

Paul Seixas' talent is getting more and more serious. For now it seems that he is going to be the best cyclist of a generation of 2006 that is coming on strong. At just 19 years old, the Frenchman is competing against the best riders on the planet and in the most important competitions on the calend...

The 2025 cycling season is coming to an end, and today it was turn for the last monument of the year. Il Lombardia, also known as the Classic of the falling (dead) leaves, is the most mountainous mounument, suiting perfectly someone like Tadej Pogacar, as could be seen today. A strong breakaway was...

The Gravel World Championships delivered on the action and the tension today, but also some very unusual tactics. Lorena Wiebes took the world title and her first rainbow jersey in the discipline, but she did not the happiest of wins as she saw her compatriot Shirin van Anrooij get stripped away of...

Il Lombardia was always expected to be a race ruled by UAE Team Emirates - XRG and Tadej Pogacar, with Remco Evenepoel as the only realistic rival. However few would've expected for the man who would come the closest to the duo would be Michael Storer, who thrived in the final monument of the season...

Remco Evenepoel's last race as a Soudal - Quick-Step rider was Il Lombardia 2025. held this Saturday. The Belgian was unable to beat Tadej Pogacar once again and came a distant second from the World Champion, but continued to show his best level in a finale where he was even blocked by two bikes on...

Tadej Pogacar is an history maker once again, being the first rider in history to win five consecutive editions of a monument in a row today at Il Lombardia, but also becoming the first rider to ever finish on the podium of all monuments in the same season. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider, in the...

To no-one's surprise, the four-time consecutive winner at Il Lombardia has done it again. Tadej Pogacar rode to his fifth victory in a row at the Italian monument, once again dropping the competition and beating a solo Remco Evenepoel as has happened both at the World and European Championships over...

The last monument of the cycling season is being held this Saturday, October 11, at Il Lombardia 2025. Tadej Pogacar was the man to beat in the race and he did not disappoint, launching one individual attack that managed to see all of his competition get dropped.  UAE Team Emirates - XRG comfortably...

Tom Pidcock is a man of many talents, on and off the bike. However when it comes to mid-race mishaps that develop, he is one of the best at fixing them, as shown today at Il Lombardia as he managed to change his shoe after a crash earlier in the day.  The Q36.5 Pro Cycling rider crashed on the desce...

In 2024 the Dutch conquered both world titles in the gravel World Championships and this time around, in the Netherlands itself, the home team has dominated the women's race and have crowned a new world champion. The fourth rider to put on the rainbow stripes in the women's field is Lorena Wiebes, t...

Edward Planckaert was one of the first transfers to be announced at the beginning of August, with the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider making a move to Soudal - Quick-Step on a three-year deal. But that will not happen, as the Belgian rider has changed his mind and will be staying with Mathieu van der Poel'...

Earlier this month, cycling’s transfer market was shaken when Cian Uijtdebroeks announced he would be leaving Team Visma | Lease a Bike for Movistar Team in 2026. The news caught much of the cycling world off guard, not least because the young Belgian still had a contract with Visma running until th...

Today’s Il Lombardia marks a major moment for UAE Team Emirates – XRG. Tadej Pogacar will attempt to win the race for an astonishing fifth consecutive time, while young Isaac Del Toro hopes to secure his first standout result in a Monument. But beyond the team’s ambitions for victory, the day also c...

Michael Boogerd has been sharing his thoughts with De Telegraaf ahead of today’s Il Lombardia, the final Monument of the 2025 season. The spotlight, as always, falls on Tadej Pogacar, who will chase an unprecedented fifth consecutive victory in the race, a feat that would tie him with Fausto Coppi f...

Tom Pidcock is preparing to make his long-awaited debut at Il Lombardia this weekend, with Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team backing their British star to deliver a strong performance in the season’s final Monument. For Pidcock, Saturday’s race represents the final piece in the Monuments puzzle — the last of c...

For years now, Tadej Pogacar has been shattering convention and, in 2025, he has taken that to a frankly ridiculous level. Nineteen victories and counting — including the Tour de France, the World and European Championships, plus multiple Monuments — delivered not through cagey race craft, but often...

Former Tour de France winner and Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has alleged that Team Sky sacrificed him to shield someone else from doping scrutiny during the height of their dominance. Speaking to The Times ahead of the release of his new book The Chain, Wiggins reflected on the doping alleg...

On the 11th of October, the peloton takes on the final monument of the 2025 season: Il Lombardia. The Italian classic is the climbers' monument, the final of the season, and one of the last big races of the year. The race has been a cornerstone of the sport since its first edition in 1905. It quickl...

Remco Evenepoel may be gearing up for his final race in the colours of Soudal - Quick-Step, but that didn’t stop him from offering a playful — and pointed — comparison between two of cycling’s modern and historical giants on the eve of Il Lombardia 2025. Asked in his pre-race press conference whethe...

On the 11th of October, the peloton takes on the final monument of the season: Il Lombardia. The Italian classic is the climbers' monument. Here's how and where to watch it, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.  The race has been a cornerstone of the sport since its fir...

On the 11th of October the peloton takes on the final monument of the season: Il Lombardia. The Italian classic is the climbers' monument, the final of the season and one of the last big races of the year. The race is set to start at 10:55CET and finish at 16:45CET.  The race has been a cornerstone...

On a beautiful autumn morning in Como, the chatter before Il Lombardia carried a mix of curiosity, ambition, and quiet nerves. For some, like Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, the race is about history and legacy. For others, like Tom Pidcock and Ben Healy, it’s about discovery and the search for b...

On the misty morning of Il Lombardia, Remco Evenepoel stood with quiet composure, knowing this was his final race with Soudal – Quick-Step. The Belgian three time world time trial champion, who has conquered Liège–Bastogne–Liège and multiple other one day races, faces his last day in the blue jersey...

The world champion stood calm at the start line in Como, speaking softly but with the poise of a man who knows his place in cycling history. Tadej Pogacar, already a winner of the Tour de France, World Championships, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Tour of Flanders, and the European Championships this yea...

It’s finally team for Il Lombardia, the final Monument of the cycling year. It arrives when the air is thinner, the leaves turn, and fatigue hangs on every wheel. Yet somehow, the race still produces some of the most emotional, chaotic, and transcendent moments in the sport. Across more than a centu...

Team SD Worx - Protime is arguably the strongest in the women's peloton, although their dominance has been alleviated by the arrival of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, and the departure of their biggest GC star Demi Vollering. The Dutchwoman set out to FDJ - SUEZ in search of more leader opportunities and a...

Matej Mohoric is one of the main stars of Bahrain - Victorious. But if you haven't followed cycling in 2025 too closely, you may have forgotten the Slovenian is still racing. The Milano-Sanremo winner from three years ago has been anonymous for most of the season, with only a third place in the neut...

Cristian Scaroni is one of the main reasons XDS Astana will be a WorldTour team also for the next three years. The Italian whose career nearly ended three years ago with the closure of Gazprom surpassed his limits and quadrupled his UCI points from last year to crucially contribute to the Kazakh tea...

The cycling season is almost over. For many cyclists, the year ends this weekend at Paris-Tours 2025. One of those who would wrap up the season was supposed to be Jasper Philipsen. However, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider will not be able to say goodbye to the year from the saddle due to his fitness pr...

Remco Evenepoel's stint as a Soudal - Quick-Step rider is about to come to an end. This Saturday he gets on his bike at Il Lomabrdia 2025, his last race as a member of the 'Wolfpack' before leaving for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. That's why his teammates and former teammates wanted to share their e...

As the autumn sun casts long shadows over the lakes and ridges of Lombardy, EF Education-EasyPost will line up at Il Lombardia 2025 on Saturday with ambition, momentum, and a trio of leaders all capable of rewriting the script in cycling’s final Monument of the year. Ben Healy, Richard Carapaz, and...

Chris Froome has shared a raw and revealing glimpse into his recovery process, just weeks after a life-threatening crash during a training ride in southern France left the four-time Tour de France winner with multiple serious injuries. The British cycling legend, now 40, posted a photo update on hi...

Robin Orins should have been living the dream. In 2024, the young Belgian lit up the U23 ranks with a breakout season that promised a bright future at the top level. But while his peers celebrated, the lights quietly went out on his world. Now, after months of silence, therapy, and rediscovering wha...

Lorenzo Finn has barely completed his first season in the U23 ranks, but already, the hype in Italy is loud. The 18-year-old's Rainbow Jersey — won at the U23 World Championships just 12 months after claiming the junior title — has inevitably fuelled comparisons with the greats. Some are calling him...

For years, France has longed for a new homegrown rider capable of taking on cycling’s biggest stars. Now, according to Thibaut Pinot, they may already have one — and he could be even stronger than Tadej Pogacar was at the same age. Pinot, one of the most popular and charismatic figures of his genera...

Il Lombardia returns on Saturday, 11 October 2025, with a 241km course from Como to Bergamo and 4,400 metres of climbing, the capstone to road cycling’s five Monuments. It’s undoubtedly one of the most picturesque sporting events of the year, but in truth it seems unlikely that we will have much of...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Development Team has confirmed three roster moves ahead of the 2026 season: the signings of Aldo Taillieu and Sven Mernik, and a one-year contract extension for Jonas Hoydahl. Taillieu, a 20-year-old Belgian, joins on a two-year deal following a strong debut U23 season th...

In a significant move within the World Tour transfer market, INEOS Grenadiers have confirmed the signing of rising French talent Kevin Vauquelin on a three-year deal starting in 2026. The 24-year-old will make the switch from Arkéa - B&B Hotels as he takes the next step in what has already become on...

On the 12th of October the European road calendar will be close to coming to an end but off-road the fun is just starting. Cyclocross is soon to make a grand return but in the meanwhile, we also have the Gravel World Championships on the menu featuring some of the most prominent names in road cyclin...

The 2025 Gravel World Championships are taking place in South Limburg, Netherlands, and Romain Bardet will be present after his retirement from pro road racing. The French rider is still having the colours of Team Picnic PostNL but is now in a different phase of his career, where he enjoys the freed...

Israel - Premier Tech has had difficulties signing and renewing its riders this transfer season due to the team's head-to-heads with intense protests, however after the news broke that Sylvan Adams will move away from the team and so will the Israel sponsorship, several moves have gotten going and h...

Over the past few months Michael Matthews suffered a health scare that jeopardized his career in pro cycling. However, it seems as if the Team Jayco AlUla rider has been to put it behind and is ready to continue his career as a professional cyclist, as a renewal with the Australian team is soon to b...

The 2010's were host to many great sprinters and several of them remained in the pro peloton well into the 2020's in search of more pro wins, a comeback or a significant milestone to complete a great career. Elia Viviani joins the group of fast men that will hang up their wheels in 2025.  Alexander...

The European Championships time trial and road race were the main event last week. Same as last week, Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel headline this week's rankings for their dominant performances, in addition to Isaac del Toro, who cannot stop winning.  You can check the previous UCI rankings upda...

The UCI planned on rolling out a test at next week's Tour of Guangxi regarding gear restrictions, with the aim of providing input for a potential improvement in safety in cycling. However this will not move along after SRAM's pushback, with the likes of Jonathan Vaughters also criticizing the UCI ov...

Derek Gee decided a few weeks ago to terminate his contract with the Israel - Premier Tech team. Shortly after followed the Israeli team's statement, where it expressed disagreement over the departure. Since then, there has been a lot of speculations, but no updates. Ultimately, it was Gee who broke...

Tom Pidcock will close out his 2025 season with an audacious two-day schedule that underlines both his ambition and his appetite for racing. The Brit will tackle Il Lombardia on Saturday before flying straight to the Netherlands to line up at the UCI Gravel World Championships on Sunday — a gruellin...

The relationship between former Danish cyclist and sports director Brian Holm and legendary British sprinter Mark Cavendish has been marked by ups and downs, tensions, reconciliations and prolonged silences. In the most recent episode of the Danish podcast Café Eddy, Holm revealed that, after more...

The 2025 season is coming to an end, and with it also comes the end of a pivotal stage in Davide Piganzoli's young career. The talented 23-year-old Italian is preparing to finish off his last season with Team Polti VisitMalta in style, before embarking on a new and ambitious adventure with Team Vism...

French cycling is preparing to say goodbye to one of its greatest riders of recent decades. Arnaud Démare, the country's most prolific sprinter in the 21st century, announced on Thursday through his social networks that he will hang up his bike after racing the Paris-Tours classic this Sunday. At 3...

The autumn classics season is coming to an end, and the prestigious Il Lombardia is shaping up to be the grand finale of the series. Known as the "Race of the Falling Leaves", this competition is not only famous for its breathtaking scenery, but also for its demanding climbs that always test the end...

Mexico is about to write a new chapter in its cycling history. After a long pause of more than three years, the country will once again hold its National Cycling Championships from October 23 to 25, thanks to the official recognition of a new federation by the International Cycling Union (UCI). The...

Guillaume Di Grazia, one of the most recognisable voices in European cycling coverage, has died at the age of 52 following a tragic accident at a traditional bull-running event in southern France. The veteran Eurosport commentator passed away two days after sustaining serious injuries during an abri...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe’s high-profile signing of Remco Evenepoel has sent shockwaves through the World Tour, but not everyone is convinced it’s the right call. Veteran Eurosport commentator Karsten Migels believes the German super-team may be overlooking the Tour-winning potential of homegrown...

Bauke Mollema was all smiles at the finish line after a surprise third place at Gran Piemonte 2025, a result that signals a late-season resurgence for the veteran Dutchman ahead of this weekend’s Il Lombardia. Now 38 years old and set to retire at the end of the 2026 season, the 2019 Il Lombardia ch...

Marc Hirschi put in a classy ride on Thursday afternoon to claim second place at Gran Piemonte 2025, finishing just behind the dominant Isaac del Toro after outsprinting Bauke Mollema on the line. The Swiss rider, representing Tudor Pro Cycling Team, was part of the decisive trio on the final ascent...

Isaac del Toro’s extraordinary 2025 season shows no signs of slowing down. The 21-year-old Mexican added another remarkable chapter to his breakout year on Thursday afternoon, soloing to victory at Gran Piemonte 2025 to claim his 15th win of the campaign — a performance reminiscent of his superstar...

Isaac del Toro has had a year from his wildest dreams in 2025, and the Mexican's season just keeps getting better. This Thursday afternoon in Italy, the 21-year-old of UAE Team Emirates - XRG has taken a fantastic 15th win of the campaign by soloing to victory at Gran Piemonte in a style very much a...

Tadej Pogacar has dominated Il Lombardia for four consecutive years — and according to several seasoned analysts, there’s little to suggest that streak will end this weekend at the 2025 edition of the Autumn Monument. Speaking on Kop over Kop, Eurosport’s cycling podcast, commentators and former pro...

The fallout from months of sustained protests and political pressure has reached another major milestone in the world of professional cycling: Israel – Premier Tech will not start Il Lombardia 2025, with the full preliminary startlist now confirmed and the team a notable absentee. The official omiss...

As autumn grips the hills of northern Italy and the falling leaves herald the end of the European road season, Tadej Pogacar stands on the verge of cycling history. On Saturday, the Slovenian superstar will line up at Il Lombardia 2025 seeking an unprecedented fifth consecutive victory — a feat no r...

The Belgian cycling legend Johan Museeuw is set to make a sensational return to racing this weekend as the 59-year-old icon lines up at the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships. Nearly two decades on from his retirement, the “Lion of Flanders” will roll out alongside some of the biggest names in mode...

The Vuelta a Espana is no stranger to drama on the road, but in 2025, it was the scenes off it that dominated headlines. Pro‑Palestinian protests, triggered by the participation of Israel – Premier Tech, marred multiple stages of the race and raised serious questions about rider safety, freedom of e...

The proposed merger between Lotto and Intermarché-Wanty is expected to be officially announced in the coming days. Yet, with the October 15 deadline set by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for the submission of license applications for the 2026 season approaching, uncertainties remain. Depart...

Despite not reaching the very top step of the Tour de France podium this summer, Jonas Vingegaard insists there's still plenty to be proud of as he reflects on a 2025 season marked by resilience, perspective, and one major Grand Tour triumph. The Danish superstar wrapped up his professional racing c...

European cycling has witnessed a new exhibition of Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian once again left the peloton without a response at the 2025 European Championships. On the demanding course in the French region of Ardèche, Pogacar launched with 75 kilometers to go and that was the last time his rivals...

Tre Valli Varesine 2025 has become yet another trophy in Tadej Pogacar's extensive palmares. However behind him, the second place went to the man who could well become his successor at the Classics - Albert Philipsen. The freshly 19-year-old prodigy from Lidl-Trek managed to sprint towards a second...

The 2025 European Cycling Championships were Belgium's opportunity to get back on Tadej Pogacar for his authoritative demonstration of power in Kigali week earlier. While Pogacar had to make ends meet without the absent Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel had the ever-strong Belgian fleet at his command....

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...

Pierre Latour, the 31-year-old French cyclist, may be confronting an early end to his career after being injured in a training accident in southern France. The Team TotalEnergies rider was cycling in Peyrins, in the Drôme department, on Tuesday when he was struck by a delivery truck. According to lo...

Belgian talent Cian Uijtdebroeks will leave Visma | Lease a Bike for a new chapter with Movistar, in a move that has stirred debate among cycling commentators. The 22-year-old still had a contract with Visma until 2027, making the transfer a notable shock, as leaving a team before the contract expir...

Giulio Ciccone will not ride anymore in 2025 due to an illness. The Italian rider fell ill during the World Championships in Rwanda, which took place almost two weeks ago, and has not been able to recover in time to participate in the last monument of the year. Il Lombardia was one of the main goals...

The European Championships took place last week, and the outcome was not a surprise. Tadej Pogacar was the overwhelming favourite and he didn't disappoint, launching a long range attack in a similar fashion as he did one week earlier at the World Championships and soloed to victory. Former professio...

On the 9th of September the pro peloton tackles its penultimate Italian autumn classic (out of the main block) and the last before Il Lombardia. It is Gran Piemonte, taking place in the hills of south of Milano. It is set to start at 12:15CET and finish at 16:15CET.  Formerly known as the Giro del P...

On the 9th of September the pro peloton tackles its penultimate Italian autumn classic (out of the main block) and the last before Il Lombardia. It is Gran Piemonte, taking place in the hills of south of Milano. It is set to start at 12:15CET and finish at 16:15CET. We take a look at its startlist. ...

It seems very complicated that this coming Saturday Tadej Pogacar will not win his fifth consecutive Il Lombardia. The Italian Monument, as long as it doesn't change its route as it used to do and becomes a little less hard, will continue to be perfect for the World Champion on the other hand, arriv...

The 2025 edition of Il Lombardia is taking shape and Soudal - Quick-Step is the first of the big teams to confirm their lineup for the final monument of the season. Remco Evenepoel is lining up for what should be the final race of his season and with the Belgian team, and although a win is unlikely,...

The route of the 2026 Giro d'Italia is going to be revealed within the next month but at the time being, a lot of it is still being kept a secret quite efficiently. It can't be confirmed at the time being even where the race will begin, with two different locations (and countries) fighting for the G...

The 2028 Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles and provide a once in four years opportunity for the pro peloton to take an Olympic title. The same can be said of the professional mountain bikers and track racers, but not for the cyclocross specialists. This may be about to change, as the 2030 Wi...

Team Sky was the great dominator of Grand Tours throughout the 2010's and so when the news came out this year that David Rozman, an important staff member in the team, had close ties with Mark Schmidt who had been involved in Operation Aderlass - one of the most recent big doping scandals in pro cyc...

Team Polti VisitMalta's Davide Piganzoli has revealed that Team Visma | Lease a Bike first contacted him back in January, making it clear the Italian was an absolute priority for this transfer period. The Italian rider will be an interesting project in development for the Dutch team, who has taken a...

Juan Ayuso is one of the most controversial figures in pro cycling currently but the 23-year old argues that this is much because of how he was treated by the management of UAE Team Emirates - XRG. He admits in a recent interview that he had been pondering leaving the team for two years, that he was...

Christophe Laporte was diagnosed with a cytomegalovirus this year and the Frenchman ended up becoming one of the riders with the least amount of racing in the World Tour. The Frenchman only began his season in mid August, missing the entire spring classics campaign and Tour de France as he was origi...

Tre Valli Varesine, out of the Italian autumn classics, is one of the races best suited to the pure puncheurs and Julian Alaphilippe took advantage of that. Although he was not part of the late attacks that marked the race, including Tadej Pogacar's winning move, he had the legs in the final sprint...

On the 11th of October the peloton takes on the final monument of the season: Il Lombardia. The Italian classic is the climbers' monument, Here's how and where to watch it including in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.  The race has been a cornerstone of the sport since its first edit...

What promised to be a new display of talent of the double Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard at the European Cycling Championships turned into an unexpected disappointment. The Danish cyclist, who arrived in France with medal aspirations, abandoned his ambitions just halfway into the race, unabl...

The 2026 UCI pro calendar has been announced and we've got plenty of new races in the professional calendar, as well as some date and category changes. We look at the highlights of what the new season will bring us.  There are plenty of newly-created events that are now on the UCI calendar, most of...

Mathieu van der Poel is perhaps the only rider in the pro peloton that managed to match and beat Tadej Pogacar in a race (two in this case: Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix) where the Slovenian put his full focus on. In a recent interview he has widely discussed his current fatigue and how it compar...

INEOS Grenadiers have announced 1 transfer this winter, that of French champion Dorian Godon. The British team, looking to once again return to the top of the cycling world, has been rather quiet in this transfer period and it is not known which of the riders it's been linked with will actually be m...

Young Kazakh cyclist Alexandr Vinokurov Jr. of the continental XDS Astana Development Team has officially announced his retirement from professional cycling at the age of 23. Does the name ring bells? Yes, Alexandr is the twin brother of XDS Astana's WorldTour rider Nicolas Vinokurov and a son of fo...

This week's update features points scored in the stage races of Cro Race and Tour de Langkawi, the European Championships time trial and road race, Italian classics such as Giro dell' Emilia, Coppa Agostoni - Giro delle Brianze and Coppa Bernocchi - GP Banco BPM and the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro. ...

On a day marked by chaos on the roads of the Walloon region, Jordi Meeus (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) won the classic Binche - Chimay - Binche, taking his fourth victory of the season. Despite the multiple overtaking and the wind of uncertainty that reigned for much of the race, the Belgian sprinte...

Tre Valli Varesine on Tuesday was another in the line of Italian autumn Classics, forming a pathway towards the final Monument of the year - Il Lombardia. After the recent European Championships concluded, the race enjoyed an exciting startlist featuring the World and European Champion Tadej Pogacar...

The Italian autumn classic Tre Valli Varesine took place today, featuring a punchy terrain with a single categorized ascent (Montello, 2km à 5.1%) that was climbed 12 times. Tadej Pogacar promised organizers to ride this year after last year’s edition had to be cancelled due to heavy rains, and he f...

Just two days after winning the European Championships, Tadej Pogacar returned to competition at the Tre Valli Varesine 2025. The plan was to keep up the competitive pace to reach 100% for Il Lombardia, his final goal of the season.  UAE Team Emirates - XRG were tasked with controlling the hilly rac...

No surprise headlines this Tuesday in Italy - Tadej Pogacar has won Tre Valli Varesine, yet another high-level triumph for his unmatchable 2025 season. The World and European Champion shows no sign of fatigue as he wins his final preparation race ahead of Il Lombardia, having won this time around wi...

The sprinters had their opportunity at Tre Valli Varesine, the expected outcome but at the end of a race where the classics specialists did everything to disrupt this. Jordi Meeus of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe was the strongest by the end and beat Nils Eekhoff to win the Belgian semi-classic.  Ther...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe have Jai Hindley, Florian Lipowitz and Giulio Pellizzari as Grand Tour specialists all looking towards their opportunities, alongside Primoz Roglic. Now, the German team is preparing for the arrival of Remco Evenepoel as a new team leader and there are fair questions rega...

At 25 years of age Florian Lipowitz has completed an almost unprecedented ascent to the top of the cycling world. In the space of one year and three months, he went from a relatively unknown name in the sport to a Tour de France podium finisher. Now, after a breakthrough 2025 where he broke through...

Unlike the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, it is not yet known where the 2026 Giro d'Italia will start. There have been heavy rumours that Sofia in Bulgaria could be a surprise host for the Grande Partenza, whilst internally the city of Trieste in the northeast edge of the nation also has go...

The news has come out, Israel - Premier Tech will not be racing under Israeli nationality or have its name in associated with the team from 2026 onwards. It seemed like the only logical and possible step for the team to be sustainable, with owner Sylvan Adams also stepping away from his role as the...