Lotte Kopecky has set her sights on one major goal for 2025: winning the Tour de France Femmes. After securing back-to-back world championship titles, she is determined to take the next step in her career. Following the spring classics, Kopecky will head to an altitude training camp to prepare for t...

Wieler Revue recently caught up with Matteo Trentin to discuss his relationship with Tadej Pogacar. The pair were teammates at UAE Team Emirates until Trentin made the switch to Tudor Pro Cycling Team last year, and Trentin gave some insights into how the world’s best rider trains. The 35-year-old I...

From February 17th to 23rd, the UAE Tour 2025 will take place. It is the second World Tour stage-race of the year and will feature plenty of stars in the field of the sprinters and also climbers - headlined by Tadej Pogacar.  In this article you can find a wrap-up of all the information needed to kn...

At the Tour of Oman, Team Visma | Lease a Bike took Olav Kooij where he managed to debut Olav Kooij and Dan McLay as a combination for the sprints to have under eye. Kooij won two stages and he's looking to translate that into the UAE Tour - the 'sprinter World Championships.   “The Tour of Oman was...

On the 15th of February we have got another high-level one-day race in Spain, this one guided towards the climbers and puncheurs. The Vuelta a Murcia is a race with a lot of history and tradition, and it promises to deliver another exciting edition in 2025. See the startlist down below! Included on...

On the 15th of February we have got another high-level one-day race in Spain, this one guided towards the climbers and puncheurs. The Vuelta a Murcia is a race with a lot of history and tradition, and it promises to deliver another exciting edition in 2025. We preview the race ahead.  The consists o...

António Morgado is one of the most unusual riders in the peloton, and always an interesting figure as said by others. One of UAE Team Emirates - XRG's soigneurs has talked about the 'moustache man's' Tour of Flanders debut, habits behind the scenes and how he wants to become a rider like Wout van Ae...

On the 15th of February we have got another high-level one-day race in Spain, this one guided towards the climbers and puncheurs. The Vuelta a Murcia is a race with a lot of history and tradition, and it promises to deliver another exciting edition in 2025. We take a look at it's profile.  The consi...

Mathieu van der Poel had his glory at the Tour de France earlier in his career, climaxing in 2021 where he won stage 2 and took the yellow jersey. However that's well behind, and ever since he never looked to be at his best in the Grand Boucle, instead being a leadout man as a priority. In 2025 this...

From the 14th of the 16th of February the racing in France continues with another prestigious stage-race. In the south of the country, the Tour de la Provence will provide good opportunities for the sprinters and classics riders to work on their form and fight for stage wins. We preview stage 2. Sta...

Sam Bennett has won a lot in the past, but in recent years he's struggled to obtain the victories he and Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale hoped for. The Irishman had last won at the 4 Jours de Dunkerque last spring and had been in a dry spell until today's Tour de la Provence stage.  "We went for the firs...

Sam Bennett has struggled in recent years to get the wins he had hoped for, but he has had the perfect day today at the Tour de la Provence. In a day full of dangerous attacks, the race ended in a small bunch sprint and the Irishman won for the first time in 2025.  Perhaps the queen stage of the rac...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is a team of big hitters and terrific riders, but in the cobbled classics it's main weapon will be Wout van Aert. The Belgian is always grounded, knowing he faces generational rivals in Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar, but is confident that it is possible to reach th...

From February 17th to 23rd, the UAE Tour 2025 will take place. It is the second World Tour stage-race of the year and will feature plenty of stars in the field of the sprinters and also climbers - headlined by Tadej Pogacar. We take a look at it's profiles.  The seven-day race follows almost the exa...

From February 17th to 23rd, the UAE Tour 2025 will take place. It is the second World Tour stage-race of the year and will feature plenty of stars in the field of the sprinters and also climbers - headlined by Tadej Pogacar. We take a look at it's startlist.   The preliminary startlist includes ride...

In the modern world, it is almost impossible to escape the term 'AI' and the cycling world is no exception. Not only that, but seemingly the use of Artificial Intelligence is quickly growing in the peloton and UAE Team Emirates - XRG may have in it's own system 'Anna' a weapon to better prepare it's...

It is the stuff dreams are made of. Anna van der Breggen is one of cycling's most successful ever riders in the women's peloton, but nothing would've prepared her to be challenging none other than Demi Vollering in her first race in over three years after retiring from the sport.  Van der Breggen, a...

Caleb Ewan was one of the biggest stories of the winter. An unusual and complicated chapter has now been left behind however and with INEOS Grenadiers he is looking for a fresh start, many changes and a different program to get him back to his winning ways.  “You always want to be at your best, you...

Jonas Vingegaard has last competed in August 2024. After a 2024 season marked by a very bad crash at Itzulia Basque Country, all of his physical and mental efforts were devoted to the Tour de France where he went on to finish second. He ended his season early to be with his wife as they welcomed the...

Wout van Aert is a rider that truly knows no boundaries when it comes to motivation, resilience and motivation in pro cycling. 2024 was a devastating year with two crashes that derailed his season, but despite this he never stopped working on his recovery, then his cyclocross form, and only two week...

From the 14th of the 16th of February the racing in France continues with another prestigious stage-race. In the south of the country, the Tour de la Provence will provide good opportunities for the sprinters and classics riders to work on their form and fight for stage wins. We preview stage 1. The...

From the 14th of the 16th of February the racing in France continues with another prestigious stage-race. In the south of the country, the Tour de la Provence will provide good opportunities for the sprinters and classics riders to work on their form and fight for stage wins. We preview the race ahe...

One of the biggest names in modern cycling, more often than not, when Wout van Aert races he is team leader. Handling the weight of expectation can be difficult though, and as such isn't for everyone. According to Van Aert, good leadership needs open and honest communication.  "In our team culture,...

Primoz Roglic will headline Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's 2025 ever-growing lineup and will be doing what Tadej Pogacar did this past year: The Giro-Tour double. At the start of the season he's talked about his form, Tadej Pogacar, and was compared to Mark Cavendish by his sports director.  "We sign...

Michael Matthews recently spoke with Wieler Revue about what it’s like to train alongside Tadej Pogacar, the triple crown winner. The two share a strong friendship, and Matthews sees reflections of his younger self in the Slovenian star. "A few years ago I saw myself in him," the Australian explains...

After six seasons with the Lidl-Trek team, Italian national champion reigning Giro d'Italia winner Elisa Longo Borghini has joined UAE Team ADQ for 2025. Now, the 33-year-old is looking to take up a similar role within the women's team, as Tadej Pogacar has done for the men's UAE Team Emirates - XRG...

After his winter dominance in cyclocross, Mathieu van der Poel recently took a well-deserved break from racing ahead of the start of his road season. Because of the fact he chose to go on a skiing holiday though, the Dutchman came in for criticism from some notable names due to the potential risks....

After Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert, finally Mathieu van der Poel had revealed his schedule for the 2025 spring. Whilst he and Pogacar do not have 100% confirmation of every single race they will take part in, a clear picture emerges, and we can expect several battles between the classics' 'big 3'...

Cycling is often associated with warm summer rides, offering the perfect way to explore breathtaking landscapes and enjoy the beauty of mother nature. While that works well for casual riders, professional cyclists must endure extreme conditions year-round, including the bitter cold of winter. Better...

Bahrain - Victorious endured a disappointing 2024 season, struggling to compensate for Jonathan Milan’s departure. They dropped six places in the UCI WorldTour rankings, winning only 13 races, finishing ahead of only Astana, Cofidis, and Arkéa. The team knows that in 2025, it has to be better. IDLPr...

Steven Kruijswijk is now one of the more experienced riders within Team Visma | Lease a Bike. This week, the 37-year-old competed at the Tour of Oman, riding alongside younger teammates such as 21-year-olds Cian Uijtdebroeks and Olav Kooij. Despite the age gap, he enjoys working with the squad’s ris...

Pablo Torres made his debut for UAE Team Emirates - XRG at the Tour Down Under last month, marking his first appearance with the WorldTour squad. He joins a team at the pinnacle of professional cycling, coming off a dominant 2024 season where the team led by Tadej Pogacar secured victories in the Gi...

Despite his numerous displays of brilliance in multiple disciplines over the years, Mathieu van der Poel has never really managed to show the best of himself at the Tour de France. Although a stage win and six days in yellow back in 2021 are nothing to be sniffed at, for someone of Van der Poel's qu...

Tom Pidcock has already had a big impact on things at the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. With just one race in his legs, the Brit has already helped to add 4 victories to the team's record for 2025. Although his racing programme for the year was recently confirmed by the team, Pidcock's coach insists nothi...

As cycling has become a more international sport over the years, Slovenia has seen the rise of the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic, the UK has had Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas among others and the Danes Jonas Vingegaard. For the Portuguese, many hopes for a Grand Tour win rest on the sho...

From the 14th to the 16th of February the racing in France continues with another prestigious stage-race. In the south of the country, the Tour de la Provence will provide good opportunities for the sprinters and classics riders to work on their form and fight for stage wins. Discover who'll be comp...

After her departure from Team SD Worx - Protime and the subsequent war of words in the media, Demi Vollering hasn't waited long to prove a point to her former employers. On the opening stage of the 2025 Setmana Valenciana Femenina, Vollering destroyed former teammates Marlen Reusser (now at Movistar...

At the 2025 Tour of Oman, Team Visma | Lease a Bike took a look towards the future with a young team. If the race is a sign of things to come for the team, the future looks bright too as they secured two stage wins and a top-5 overall finish through Olav Kooij and Cian Uijtdebroeks respectively.  "W...

Kaden Groves has proven himself as one of the most successful Grand Tour sprinters in recent years, winning 7 stages of the Vuelta a Espana and a stage of the Giro d'Italia. Thanks in part to the presence of Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel within Alpecin-Deceuninck though, the Aussie is st...

Primoz Roglic starts 2025 with the Tour de France still missing from his palmares. Although he's won the Giro d'Italia once and the Vuelta a Espana a record four times, a Maillot Jaune continues to prove elusive. When reflecting on the 2024 Tour though, the Slovenian admits he and Red Bull - BORA -...

The prospect of Tadej Pogacar making an appearance on the iconic cobbles of Paris-Roubaix in 2025, has ignited the cycling world since video emerged earlier this week of the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader reconning the course. Despite the fact Pogacar's presence would undoubtedly make life more diff...

Pablo Castrillo has landed in Movistar Team after an extraordinary Vuelta a España in which he won 2 stages. He has already impressed in his first few days with the Spanish team at the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana specially and is eager to race the Tour de France later this year.  "They gave me a lo...

From the 19th to 23rd February the peloton will be tackling the Volta ao Algarve, one of the races that has most evolved at international level and features a whole array of stars every year - when it comes to the climbers, sprinters and classics specialists. We take a look at it's profiles.  The fi...

165 kilometers on the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix this past weekend. Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates - XRG will not confirm that Tadej Pogacar has intentions of racing Paris-Roubaix this year. But the question is if the World Champion is really planning to make his debut in the 'Hell of the No...

In 2024 Team Visma | Lease a Bike had a season riddled with injuries and illnesses, and ultimately at the Tour de France they were no match for Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates - XRG. But the Dutch team does not surrender to the immense power of the Emirati team, and they look to do everything th...

The Tour de France is one of the most internationally recognized sports events and so when in the early 2020's Netflix came around to produce a show within the race, it was immediately big news and a relatively big success. However, the numbers have not matched the expectations of the American compa...

Anna van der Breggen’s comeback to professional cycling in 2025 is one of the biggest storylines of the season. Finally, today is the day of her return. After four years away from racing, the Dutch legend is set to return, bringing with her a wealth of experience, past successes, and an air of intri...

Mathieu van der Poel has been the king of the cobbles at Paris-Roubaix over recent years, taking the Monument win in 2023 and 2024. With Tadej Pogacar posting videos of himself in the Arenberg Forest and reconning the cobbles though, could Van der Poel's crown be under serious threat from the curren...

Jonas Abrahamsen was one of the sensational revelations of last season, in particular thanks to his tenacious rides at the Tour de France. In 2025, he aims to leave his mark at the cobbled classics and not even the tough Norwegian winters could stop him from honing his preparation. Obnbviously, that...

Jonas Vingegaard won the 2022 and 2023 Tour de France editions and as thr 2024 season began, he looked as strong as ever and a Tour de France battle was being highly anticipated. His miraculous return to competition and good form after the Itzulia Basque Country crash was impressive, but Team Visma...

The road season has already written the first stories of 2025, but those who are looking out for the biggest stars of peloton are eagerly awaiting their favourites' first racing kilometers of this season. Wout Van Aert's fans will be rewarded for their patience already next week when the Belgian sup...

Mathieu van der Poel was dominant over the winter on his return to cyclocross, taking a record equalling 7th Rainbow Jersey win in Lievin. After a short rest and a well deserved skiing, the time for the Alpecin-Deceuninck leader to return to road racing is almost here.  As it turns out, Van der Poel...

In 2025, Mads Pedersen is set to miss the Tour de France for the first time since 2019. After being the regular leader of the Lidl-Trek team over the years, the Danish former world champion has been left out of the team's provisional lineup for the French Grand Tour in 2025. In essence, the choice f...

The Vuelta a Espana 2025 has a "problem" to solve. There are not enough wildcards for all the interested ProTeams. The stacked foreign teams with their star riders are pushing hard to get the edge over "smaller local" Spanish team. This is what Javier Guillén, director of the race, reveals in conver...

Biniam Girmay ticked off more boxes than he had hoped for in 2024 with three stages and green jersey at the Tour de France. And while the Eritrean certainly intends to return for more Tour stages this year, his team Intermarché - Wanty would also love to see him in full force at the spring classics....

Luke Lamperti made no less than impressive professional debut with Soudal - Quick-Step which included a stage win at Czech Tour, five more podium results and a Grand Tour debut at Giro d'Italia. For now, the American seems cut out for a role of sprinter, but in the team they expect him to become the...

One of the founding parties behind the world's best cycling team UAE Team Emirates - XRG, Emirates Airline, has extended its partnership until 2028. From the modest beginnings in 2017, Emirates Airline along with support from the government fully trusted in the project that paid off massively in rec...

On the 16th of February the international peloton arrives in Portugal. This will be the day of the Figueira Champions Classic, one of the most recent additions to the UCI calendar which has seen a notable winner in Remco Evenepoel back in 2024. Find the startlist for the race down below! Among the n...

Jasper Philipsen has emerged as arguably the leading sprinter in the peloton over the past few years. In 2025, the Alpecin-Deceuninck star will look to once again prove himself as one of the peloton's leaders, with his racing calendar for the coming year now having been revealed.  For the Belgian, i...

Once again there has been more bad news for Dutch cycling, as the ZLM Tour will not take place in 2025. The stage race will not be run this year due to the lack of police available for the race, in connection with the NATO summit in The Netherlands. "The ZLM Tour cannot escape this either and theref...

After a third placed finish on his Tour de France debut in 2024, Remco Evenepoel is widely expected to be among the leading challengers for Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard later this summer. In a slight change to Soudal - Quick-Step plans though, Evenepoel will share the team's leadership with Ti...

The ever-evolving nature of cycling means teams are constantly looking to develop ways to find an advantage. One of the more recent developments, is the use of hookless rims, although according to ex-pro turned Israel - Premier Tech sports director Sep Vanmarcke, the UCI needs to move quickly to ban...

David Gaudu has shown good signs in his opening stage race of 2025. Ultimately though, the general classification win proved illusive as the French leader of Groupama - FDJ lost the Red Jersey on the final climb of the final stage, to pass on the race lead to Adam Yates.  "When you have the leader's...

For the second year in a row, Adam Yates has kick started his campaign with a general classification victory at the Tour of Oman. In doing so, the UAE Team Emirates - XRG star has made an ominous start to 2025, with another impressive season seemingly in the future of Yates.  “I think we knew alread...

It hasn't taken long for the topic of rider safety to be thrust into the spotlight once again at the start of the 2025 season. At the recent Etoile de Besseges, a number of teams abandoned the race in protest after cars drove onto the course. One of the riders worst affected by a crash caused by the...

Ruben Guerreiro has been issued a yellow card for causing a crash on stage 2 of the Tour of Oman. The Movistar Team rider is now the eleventh cyclist to receive a yellow card from the UCI since the system was introduced in 2024. The Portuguese rider was penalised for a "deviation from the chosen lin...

Colombian cyclist Juan David Cárdenas, just 19 years old, tragically lost his life on Monday in a traffic accident while training on a road in the Boyacá region of Colombia. This is yet another tragedy following on from the likes of Sara Piffer and Muriel Furrer over the last months. According to Ca...

The 2025 season has just begun but in the space of three weeks we're already seeing serious movement on the UCI Rankings, more specifically the teams' standings. It seemed like a lost battle, but XDS Astana Team have opened up the year with an impressive streak of results and they can actually reali...

The Tour of Oman concluded today with Valentin Paret-Peintre winning his first race with Soudal – Quick-Step, as Adam Yates won the overall as he defeated a disappointed David Gaudu. After the race, Valentin Paret-Peintre spoke to Wielerflits, saying "I tried to drop Yates, about two kilometers from...

The Tour of Oman concluded today with Adam Yates snatching the overall victory from David Gaudu on the final stage, as Valentin Paret-Peintre claimed the stage win on debut with Soudal – Quick-Step. Cian Uijtdebroeks finished fifth in both the final stage and the general classification, and appeared...

The 55th edition of the Etoile de Bessèges witnessed a dominant victory of Kévin Vauquelin but above all, a plenty of incidents that will certainly have some teams contemplating whether to visit the Gard department again for the 2026 edition. And as if the tarnished reputation of the French 2.1 rac...

Over the last few weeks, cycling fans have been able to crawl out of hibernation as the road season gets underway. At long last! It felt like the winter lasted forever this year, but now we get to enjoy the world’s best riders once again. Last week, we took a look at when some of the stars of the me...

The Tour of Oman 2025 came to a close on the classic Green Mountain, with the stage victory going to Valentin-Paret Peintre and the overall win for Adam Yates. David Gaudu will be bitterly disappointed that he could not hang on for the GC. It was a brilliant race, with a spectacular Valentin Paret-P...

Tom Pidcock has made an impressive start to his time at Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, settling in well after leaving the INEOS Grenadiers over the winter. The British rider opted to skip the cyclocross season this winter, and so far, that decision appears to be paying off as he gears up for a demanding sp...

Rosa Kloser's rise in cycling has been nothing short of remarkable. The 28-year-old Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto rider etched her name into the history books last year by winning the Unbound Gravel 200, widely regarded as the biggest event in gravel racing. Her journey from commuting in Copenhagen to st...

Equipo Kern Pharma's sprinter Marc Brustenga set off to a seemingly good start of the season at the AlUla Tour and had certainly hoped to add at least one more to his two top-10 results at the Etoile de Besseges. With that goal in mind, the Spaniard began his sprint in the final metres of the second...

When Attila Valter joined Team Visma | Lease a Bike in 2023, his dream was to work his way up the ranks of one of the world's best teams and become a key rider for hilly classics. And while the 26-year-old Hungarian certainly became an important rider for the Dutch team, it might be the uniquely hon...

Former world champion Chantal van den Broek–Blaak wanted to give it her best in 2025 - her last season in the professional peloton, but now she has even more exciting plans. The 35-year-old Dutch champion learned that she had been blessed and is awaiting her second child. Thus there's no more motiva...

Jack Bobridge had a promising career ahead of himself when he was crowned the U23 time trial world champion in 2009, which got him a contract at WT team Garmin for the next season. In 2011, he even finished fifth at the Worlds TT in the elite category, but that result also marks the point Bobridge's...

On the 17th of February the riders will tackle one of the most recent and also exciting one-day races of the season. A 'warm-up' to Strade Bianche in a way, the Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior provides the road peloton with a lot of racing on gravel roads through hilly terrain in Spain. We take a look...

From the 19th to the 23rd of February we have one of the most important Spanish stage-races of the season. This will be the Vuelta a Andalucia, taking place in a warm part of the country, always with a mix of explosive stages that traditionally attract the climbers and classics riders a lot. We take...

Jan Tratnik moving from Team Visma | Lease a Bike to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe was one of the biggest transfers of the winter and the Slovenian has had an odd start to his 2025 season. Whilst he remains in form and motivated for the upcoming weeks, his debut at the Etoile de Bessèges was cut short...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG is using the five-day long Vuelta a Andalucia later this February to give freedom to some of their climbers to chase strong results, wins and even fight for the overall classification. The lineup features no set sole leader, but four riders including Pablo Torres who will be...

Ciclo 21 has given the lowdown on which will be the most important events in which we will see Carlos Rodríguez this season. One thing is for certain, the INEOS Grenadiers rider is not intimidated by the 'big 4', and throughout the spring he will battle against Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Pr...

Tadej Pogacar is a sensation like no other in the current peloton and everywhere he goes there is a spotlight and fans looking to follow him on the bike. It was no exception when he made the trip to Flanders this past Saturday to recon the Ronde, as a small group of young Belgian riders followed him...

Demi Vollering was the start his morning at a press conference hostel by FDJ - Suez, in which she, some of her teammates and management talked about the upcoming season, ambitions and emotions. A big topic was that of Team SD Worx - ProTIme which the Dutch rider left this winter, but she refuses fee...

Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert are three of the biggest superstars in the sport of cycling today. When comparing the palmares of the three riders though, Van Aert has notably had much less success in the monuments, with just 1 victory compared to the 6 of Van der Poel and 7 of...

Francesco Moser is, amongst many things, a Grand Tour winner, former World Champion and three-time Paris-Roubaix winner... When questioned if Tadej Pogacar can also win the 'Hell of the North' one day the Italian cycling legend says yes and he believes that it could even be this year.  "I know that...

Olav Kooij decided on a different start to the season this year, in the Middle East where he found a modest peloton to compete with in the sprints, and took full advantage of it to leave with two wins in the bag already in early February. He discusses today's triumph at the Tour of Oman on stage 4 w...

Over the past weekend we've had the finale of the Etoile de Bessèges and Volta a Comunitat Valenciana which opened up the European stage-race calendar. We've had a few riders scoring big points that will be important for their teams - we take a look at the latest UCI Rankings.  You can check the mos...

From the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage-race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. A race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders early in the year due to the good weather away from Europe. We previe...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike brought Olav Kooij to the Tour of Oman this week and it proved to be a good choice. The Dutch sprinter has dominated the competition in both bunch sprints, and comfortably won stage 4 today.  The flat stage was a day for the sprinters without a doubt, and without the wind b...

Tadej Pogacar, João Almeida, Juan Ayuso, Jay Vine, Pavel Sivakov, Brandon McNulty, Marc Soler, Isaac del Toro, Pablo Torres... UAE Team Emirates - XRG is a team full of great climbers who work together throughout the year but also have their own ambitions of leadership. Adam Yates, another rider in...

Merhawi Kudus began his 2025 season, his first in the colors of Burgos Burpellet BH, with a remarkable seventh place in the Classica Camp de Morvedre. Since then, the Eritrean has had a more complicated process. But the most difficult came at the Grand Prix La Marseillaise, when he suffered a hard c...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG will not publicly say that Tadej Pogacar will ride Paris-Roubaix this year but almost all signs point towards it. He recently did a recon ride throughout the north of France and the team DS that rode with him and Tim Wellens reveals that the ride was a full recon of the 2025...

Tadej Pogacar has made waves in the cycling world this week by taking on reconnaissance of the Paris-Roubaix course, heightening speculation that the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader could be making a debut on the French cobbles in 2025. According to UAE's sports manager Joxean Matxin though, Pogacar...

What a few days it has been for Egan Bernal. After waiting years for a victory, two have arrived in quick succession, and it’s been an impressive start to 2025 for the Colombian. Last week, Bernal took his first win since the 2021 Giro d'Italia, triumphing first in the national time trial, and then...

In professional cycling, Grand Tours such as the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana represent the pinnacle of stage racing, attracting elite teams, riders, and sponsor from around the globe. Traditionally, the peloton comprises 18 UCI WorldTeams, which are granted automatic entry due to their top...

Are the days of 'bonking' over for cyclists? Could this new approach to fuelling revolutionize the sport? Former INEOS Grenadiers nutritionist Aitor Viribay Morales recently spoke with Velo about the rapid advancements in sports nutrition, and had his say on whether the perfect formula for fuelling...

Following reports that the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana could receive an additional wildcard slot in 2025, frustration continues to grow among ProTeams regarding the current selection process. Wielerflits recently spoke with several team managers to understand their expectations, strategies, an...

Lukas Nerurkar might still a bit under the radar, but the 21-year-old already showed glimpses of great promise, gradually improving every year. And his story of becoming pro is no less interesting than his rider profile. Nerurkar, son of British Olympic distance runner Richard, grew up in high altit...

Mads Pedersen will be back in action this Friday at the Tour de la Provence! The Lidl-Trek rider was clearly out of character at the Etoile de Besseges and subsequently abandoned the stage race. Even before the strike over safety concerns by most foreign teams withdrew half of the startlist in the n...

It was not so long that Team Visma | Lease a Bike restructuralized it's management with the departure of Merijn Zeeman (to football club AZ Alkmaar) in mind and now another key person is leaving with Commercial Director Sander Kruis, who's been with the Dutch formation for more than 12 years. He'll...

Last week's Etoile de Besseges was the topic of discussions for all the wrong reasons. Of the 146 men at the start of the race last Wednesday, only 52 finished on Sunday with most abandoning over safety concerns. The third and fourth stages were stopped and shortened several times either for weather...

With James Knox entering his eighth season with the Soudal - Quick-Step team in 2025, the loyal and reliable Brit has seen a lot change over recent seasons, with 'The Wolfpack' evolving from Spring Classics kings to more and more of a GC team supporting Remco Evenepoel. According to Knox though, as...

On the 16th of February, the Spanish peloton will have a different challenge. The climbers and puncheurs often have the opportunity, but this time around the one-day race - the Clasica de Almeria - will be a day designed for the sprinters. See the startlist for the race right here! Among those on th...

In the long and storied history of professional cycling, no rider has won the Tour of Flanders more than three times. In 2025, Mathieu van der Poel goes for a record-breaking 4th triumph and according to fellow three-time winner Johan Museeuw, the Alpecin-Deceuninck leader is the pre-race favourite....

The winter break is finally over, and cycling is back. After months of waiting, the peloton has returned to action, and already the racing has provided plenty of talking points. It’s great to be back! The 2025 season has begun with a mix of WorldTour and smaller races, with riders testing their form...

Olav Kooij has emerged as one of the peloton's leading sprinters over the last couple of seasons. On his Grand Tour debut at the 2024 Giro d'Italia, the Dutchman immediately added a Grand Tour stage win to his palmares too, proving his pedigree. As the dream of a Tour de France appearance grows thou...

Tadej Pogacar was recently spotted scouting the Tour of Flanders (which he will race) and Paris-Roubaix (which we don't know if he will race). It is a few last days of European training before he kicks off his 2025 campaign at the UAE Tour (February 17-23). “I’m really excited and motivated to start...

2025 looks set to be a big season in the career of David Gaudu. If the first summit finish test is anything to go by, it looks like it could also be a very good season for the Frenchman, as he stormed to a stunning victory on stage 3 of the 2025 Tour of Oman ahead of Adam Yates, taking the general c...

Defending champion at the Tour of Oman, Adam Yates' hopes of back to back GC victories took a bit of blow on stage 3 as the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader was defeated by David Gaudu on the summit finish of stage 3. Sitting just five seconds off the Frenchman in the general classification though, it...

Snake Pass, the famous hill pass in the Peak District, is one of the most beloved and challenging climbs for cyclists in England. Running between Glossop and Ladybower Reservoir, the road has long been a favourite among riders drawn to its stunning scenery and testing gradients. With an average grad...

Joao Almeida has built a reputation as one of the most consistent and reliable stage racers in professional cycling right now. The 26-year-old Portuguese rider has never finished outside the top ten in a Grand Tour, a remarkable stat that reflects his endurance, climbing ability, and clear natural t...

After leaving Lotto over the winter, Florian Vermeersch has started a new chapter in his career at UAE Team Emirates - XRG, currently regarded as the undisputed number one team in professional cycling. The 25-year-old Belgian is making his season debut at the Tour of Oman and recently spoke to Wiele...

Tadej Pogacar took this February Sunday to explore the route of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. The World Champion shared himself on the course of the Belgian monument, but it was to the surprise of many that he was spotted at the Trouée d'Arenberg later in the afternoon by amateur riders -...

David Gaudu claimed victory on Stage 3 of the Tour of Oman, beating Adam Yates in a strong uphill finish. Meanwhile, Cian Uijtdebroeks of Team Visma | Lease a Bike crossed the line in sixth place, continuing his early-season form. After the race, Uijtdebroeks reflected on his performance, acknowledg...

From the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage-race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. A race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders early in the year due to the good weather away from Europe. We previe...

Over the last few years, it has become a growing trend for former road riders to turn to gravel racing after retiring from the WorldTour. Now, Romain Bardet is set to follow suit in summer 2025, and Tom Dumoulin, the 2017 Giro d’Italia winner, will also take part in gravel races this year. Dumoulin...

David Gaudu has won the third stage of the Tour of Oman as the strongest rider on the brutal final climb of the day. He escaped in the last meters and, although he tried, pre-race favourite Adam Yates could not beat him. Gaudu, of Groupama, is now the race leader ahead of the UAE Briton (6 seconds)....

Isaac del Toro is one of the most exciting young talents in the UAE Team Emirates - XRG squad. The Mexican, after a more than outstanding first year as a professional, is looking forward to the 2025 campaign. In an interview with Marca, the winner of the Tour del Porvenir 2023 talked about the advic...

From the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. It is a race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders early in the year due to the good weather away from Europe. Her...

Tadej Pogacar and Paris-Roubaix, a mix that cycling fans have been waiting for for years. The World Champion is a rider that thrives on all terrains, but is yet to make his debut in the 'Hell of the North'. However, this may not be in the distant future, as the UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider has repo...

Remco Evenepoel sustained massive injuries on his fall back in December and there were big worries of the timing for his schedule for the preparation towards the spring. However as he returns to training on the road he provides good reassurances, as on day 2 he already went over 100 kilometers on th...

Tadej Pogacar's season will begin soon at the UAE Tour but before the World Champion makes his debut with the new UAE Team Emirates - XRG gear in competition, he is still doing some training and exploring of some of the races he will tackle this spring. This weekend he is in Flanders to remind himse...

Sanne Cant brought the curtain down on her incredible cyclocross career with a fourth-place finish at Krawatencross Lille on Sunday. The 34-year-old Belgian bids farewell to the sport after a glittering career that saw her claim three world championship titles, winning the rainbow jersey in 2017, 20...

The competition to sign the most promising young riders has never been fiercer, with teams across the professional cycling landscape searching for the next breakthrough star. Team Visma | Lease a Bike is one of the many WorldTour squads investing heavily in scouting and development, adding four new...

Santiago Buitrago secured the biggest stage race victory of his career, winning the general classification at the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana. The Colombian’s triumph in the five-day race was largely built on his impressive stage 4 win, where he outpaced Joao Almeida in a decisive battle for victor...

The 2025 UAE Tour Women came to a close on Sunday, ending in a familiar fashion as Lorena Wiebes claimed victory once again. The Team SD Worx - ProTime sprinter, who also won the opening stage, dominated the final sprint after navigating the chaos to seal her second win of the race. While Wiebes too...

Kevin Vauquelin delivered an impressive performance on Saturday to win the overall title at the Etoile de Bessèges. The Frenchman capped off his victory with wins on the final two stages, including a decisive 10km time trial in Alès. Speaking after his triumph, Vauquelin expressed his satisfaction w...

On Sunday, Krawatencross Lille played host to Round 7 of the X20 Badkamers Trofee, delivering an exciting day of racing with Laurens Sweeck emerging as the winner in the men’s event. The fast-paced circuit made it extremely difficult to create gaps early on, leading to a tight and tactical race. Bot...

From the 14th of the 16th of February the racing in France continues with another prestigious stage-race. In the south of the country, the Tour de la Provence will provide good opportunities for the sprinters and classics riders to work on their form and fight for stage wins. We take a look at it's...

On the 16th of February the international peloton arrives in Portugal. This will be the day of the Figueira Champions Classic, one of the most recent additions to the UCI calendar which has seen a notable winner in Remco Evenepoel back in 2024. We take a look at the profile of the 2025 race.  The ra...

Egan Bernal is on a roll! The Colombian rider hadn't won since the 2021 Giro d'Italia until this week, for the first time since his life-threatening crash, he took a win at the Colombian time-trial national championships. Perhaps more importantly, the INEOS Grenadiers now also won the road race and...

On the 16th of February, the Spanish peloton will have a different challenge. The climbers and puncheurs often have the opportunity, but this time around the one-day race - the Clasica de Almeria - will be a day designed for the sprinters. We take a look at it's profile.  Early on in the race there...

From February 17th to 23rd, the UAE Tour 2025 will take place. It is the second World Tour stage-race of the year and will feature plenty of stars in the field of the sprinters and also climbers - headlined by Tadej Pogacar. Here's where and when to watch it.  The race will be broadcast in the tradi...

From February 17th to 23rd, the UAE Tour 2025 will take place. It is the second World Tour stage-race of the year and will feature plenty of stars in the field of the sprinters and also climbers - headlined by Tadej Pogacar. We take a look at how the race's prize money is organized.  The race has a...

João Almeida will race over 80 days this year, virtually all in stage-races. The Portuguese rider is looking to bring in as many good results as possible and the year almost started with a win at the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana. He finishes the week with a second place behind Santiago Buitrago, but...

Lidl-Trek selected a lineup packed with sprinters, rouleurs and classics riders to the very hilly Volta a Comunitat Valenciana. As it turns out, it would be a great choice, as the American team leaves the race with two stage wins and a few days in the lead. Jonathan Milan sealed the deal on stage 5...

After winning two stages, Santiago Buitrago has confirmed his first-ever stage-race victory at the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana. Stage 5, a day for the sprinters, was won by Jonathan Milan.  Just over 100 kilometers on the menu, into the city of Valencia where just a few months ago severe floods cau...

The Krawatencross Lille was round number 7 of the X2O Badkamers Trofee and here Lucinda Brand came to take another win in the women's race despite having the classification already won. In the men's race there was another exciting and tight battle, ending with a victory of Laurens Sweeck. The very f...

Arkéa - B&B Hotels need every help they can get to try and save their World Tour license and in all honesty, the team's very future. It is then a very important week for the team as Kévin Vauquelin wins the final stage of the Etoile de Bessèges in another dominant display of power and also seals the...

Louis Vervaeke is a selfless domestique with Soudal - Quick-Step and over the years has supported the team's climbers to success - most recently being a right-hand man for Remco Evenepoel. Today he got his opportunity and he grabbed it with both hands, to win for the first time as a professional rid...

The women's UAE Tour ended the same way it started - with a victory for Lorena Wiebes. The Team SD Worx - ProTime sprinter won with several bike lengths in the final stage, beating Sara Fiorin in yet another mass sprint marked by a mass crash.  The final day of the race saw no big splits of threats...

The Etoile de Besèges is currently a race at risk, with it's reputation severely damaged after it's 2025 edition where half the peloton left the race in protest of the safety conditions. It is undeniable that the shocking incidents with cars on the race course deserve criticism, but veteran DS Marc...

From the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage-race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. A race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders early in the year due to the good weather away from Europe. We previe...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is returning to the road full time, but it is clear that the road to her high ambitions will be a long and difficult one. In the queen stage of the women's UAE Tour the French legend struggled, and finished only 18th, 3:39 minutes from stage winner Elisa Longo Borghini.  "Of c...

The Tour of Oman delivered an incredibly dramatic finale to stage 2, as Louis Vervaeke survived the incoming peloton to take a superb win. The Belgian rider took full advantage of the opportunity, and managed to take the win despite having the peloton in his heels in the final sprint.  The second da...

Diego Ulissi holds a rarely mentioned but incredibly impressive record. Ever since the year he turned pro, 2010, he has won a pro race every single year without exception. The Italian rider, classics specialist by nature, wants to take a win in his 16th consecutive season and is motivated to perform...

From the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage-race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. A race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders early in the year due to the good weather away from Europe. We previe...

From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025. We preview stage 5. The race ends, as always, with a time-trial. It is one of the most unique of the year, as the first 8 kilometers are fl...

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana  2025 will take place from the 5th to the 9th of February and will be one of the absolute highlights of the early-season calendar, as many stars take the opportunity to race in the region they have spent weeks training in this winter. We preview stage 5. The final...

The 2025 season has begun and at this point, three weeks in, we've got two World Tour events concluded and plenty other races - mainly in Spain - giving away points to riders. We take a look at the first big update of the year in the UCI Rankings, including already a few moves.  At the top of the ch...

The Bretagne Ladies Tour, a women's stage race held in Brittany, north-west France, has sadly been cancelled for 2025 due to financial difficulties. The race, won in both 2023 and 2024 by Olympic and world time trial champion Grace Brown, was not included from the 2025 UCI Road Calendar when it was...

It was a remarkable day for the 25-year-old Dutch rider Inge van der Heijden as she triumphed in the final race of the Superprestige season, the Noordzeecross Middelkerke. She secured victory ahead of former world champion Lucinda Brand, who suffered a fall on the first lap and came agonisingly clos...

On Saturday, the Superprestige season concluded with the Noordzeecross Middelkerke. A week after the World Championships in France, Lucinda Brand and Niels Vandeputte secured the overall titles in cyclocross’s oldest classification races. Joris Nieuwenhuis, a 28-year-old rider and national champion...

The UAE Tour Women currently stands as the only Women's WorldTour race held in the Middle East. Having a women's race in this region carries significant importance, as it helps promote gender equality in sports and provides a platform for female cyclists in an area where such opportunities have trad...

Another cyclocross winter is drawing to a close, and yet again it’s been a brilliantly show of predominantly Dutch and Belgian magic throughout. In Flanders, cyclocross races are major events, drawing thousands of passionate spectators and commanding prime-time television coverage. The atmosphere is...

A sensational performance in the final competitive stage of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana propelled Santiago Buitrago to the race lead. The Colombian kept his powder dry throughout the day, but in the final uphill rise to the line he attacked to a solo win.  When it looked like Movistar Team coul...

Renowned as one of the top sprinters in the world, Jonathan Milan took on an unexpected role as a climber today! During the fourth stage of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana 2025, Santiago Buitrago of Bahrain Victorious claimed victory, seizing the overall lead from Joao Almeida in a surprising resul...

The Volta a Comunitat Valenciana 2025 is turning in to a thrilling edition of the race After the epic victory of Iván Romeo in stage 3, the fourth day offered a superb spectacle. The route offered many scenarios for victory, and that's why Pablo Castrillo attacked 60 km from the finish. Although the...

Today marks the end of the Superprestige season at the Noordzeecross Middelkerke. A week on from the World Championships in France, and it was Inge van der Heijden and Joris Nieuwenhuis who won the elite women's and elite men's races on the day, whilst Lucinda Brand and Niels Vandeputte secured the...

Through the mist and the rain Kevin Vauquelin has won stage four of the Etoile de Besseges! Behind him, Thomas Champion came second, and Nicolas Breuillard came third to secure an all French podium. It's been a dramatic few days for the Etoile de Besseges, as a number of teams (including the INEOS G...

The issue of safety in cycling has once again become a major topic of discussion in 2025. Recent months have seen multiple tragic incidents in the sport. British junior cyclist Aiden Worden, aged eighteen, lost his life following a training crash earlier this month. Similarly, nineteen-year-old Ital...

The women's UAE Tour seemed to have been decided on Friday as Elisa Longo Borghini and UAE Team ADQ thrived in the crosswinds and created a colossal gap to the competition. Today on stage 3, the Italian virtually sealed the triumph as she comfortably won atop Jebel Hafeet with her teammate taking se...

Olav Kooij is Team Visma | Lease a Bike's main sprinter and he started off his season in Oman. At the Tour of Oman, stage 1 was guided towards the sprinters, and the Dutchman did not disappoint.  The first stage of the Omani race started immediately with a climb but it wasn't to be attacked. A break...

Surreal days this week in France as the Etoile de Bessèges sees stage 4 start with a peloton half the size of what it began with, with the second consecutive stage cut (now due to bad weather reasons), and with a lot negative commentary over what's happened in recent days. Entering the queen stage,...

Remco Evenepoel crashed in early December and suffered very heavy injuries including bruised lungs, fractured ribs, scapula and hand; and more... One month later he was given the green light to get back to training indoors, and on the 7th of February the Soudal - Quick-Step has finally returned to t...

Over the past few years there has been a complete revolution when it comes to nutrition in pro cycling and it feels like the key words are 120 grams of carbs per hour during racing. The experimenting and successful implementation of a different kind of feeding allowed riders to put out stronger perf...

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana  2025 will take place from the 5th to the 9th of February and will be one of the absolute highlights of the early-season calendar, as many stars take the opportunity to race in the region they have spent weeks training in this winter. We preview stage 4. Stage 4 i...

The Etoile de Bessèges controversy is one that took the cycling world by storm this week and within the peloton, there were many displeased voices. Seven teams fully abandoned the race, a very unusual situation - specially as the race continued despite all the adversity. Some of the team DS' who mad...

Organizing and managing a cycling race is a daunting task, and when this is with events of a lower category with tighter budgets and voluntary personnel, it can become hellish. That seems to be what happened with the Etoile de Bessèges, where the race owner stands up for it's team amidst a very cont...

From the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage-race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. A race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders early in the year due to the good weather away from Europe. We previe...

From the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage-race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. A race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders early in the year due to the good weather away from Europe. We previe...

The Etoile de Bessèges is a race that has unfortunately had negative incidents in the past and in 2025 it's reputation has only gone down. In the space of less than 24 hours, two moving vehicles got in the way of the peloton and created situations of serious risk. The race continues, albeit with it'...

Cian Uijtdebroeks was one of the biggest Grand Tour prospects in the peloton and at the end of the 2023 season he was in the spotlight of a shocking transfer between the BORA team and Team Visma | Lease a Bike, with a contract breaking involved. However his first season was cursed with an injury, an...

Stage 3 of the Etoile de Bessèges has become one of the most memorable days in modern cycling but not for the best reasons. We share a few pictures from the extended neutralization early in the day, in which several teams decided to leave the race in protest of the lack of safety conditions.  During...

On 24 May 2021, Egan Bernal crossed the finish line first on Stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, securing his second Grand Tour stage victory and extending his lead in the general classification. That day, he rode through rain and bitter cold, dropping his rivals in the Dolomites an...

From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025. We preview stage 4. The queen stage of the race, it sees the peloton return to Le Mont Bouquet. Most of the stage is flat and we shouldn't...

While in 2023, Puck Pieterse added only two road starts to her records (one which was impressive 5th place at Strade Bianche Donne), she already got a taste of the fully-fledged road campaign last year. Well, the latter might be still a bit of an overstatement as the Fenix-Deceuninck rider only comp...

The second stage of UAE Tour Women had an expected winner in Lorena Wiebes, but the road to this result was far from foreseeable. A stage blown open in echelons and the home riders of UAE Team ADQ took matters into their own hands with three women in the leading group of five. For Patrick Lefevere,...

Olav Kooij might be in his last year with Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Of course it's not more than a speculation, but it's becoming increasingly obvious that the talented Dutch sprinter is becoming worthy of a dedicated sprint train at the races like Tour de France - and it's something he may never r...

Mathias Vacek entered today's stage of Volta a Comunitat Valenciana with confidence that he can somehow manage to hang on to his leader's jersey in another difficult stage. However the Lidl-Trek rider was immediately struck with a setback early into the stage when he crashed hard after just a few ki...

Close but no cigar for Arnaud Démare who had to settle for yet another second place at Etoile de Besseges. It's not a failure to be defeated by strong rider like Arnaud De Lie, but it's not the results that will be remembered from this stage... The French sprinter however never considered abandoning...

The Etoile de Bessèges peloton was in for the ride of their life today. The race was neutralized after only a few kilometers as for the second consecutive day, a moving car was moving towards the peloton. Almost half of the entire peloton decided to abandon the race, and in the chaos this included m...

Mathias Vacek started the day in the lead of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana but a crash early in the day made it impossible for the Lidl-Trek rider to defend himself. In the second mountain stage of the race, João Almeida found himself in the virtual lead and in a defensive mindset against Santiag...

On Friday, February 7, 2025, Iván Romeo will remember it all his life. The 21-year-old Spaniard has achieved his first victory as a professional in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. The Movistar rider has also achieved it in an epic way: with a solo attack 17 km from the finish line. When the sit...

Iván Romeo has won stage 3 of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana with a strong solo attack in the final kilometers of the stage. The Movistar Team benefited from his power and from the tough ascent that dropped former race leader Mathias Vacek.  Although it was not as chaotic as in France, the start o...

Stage 3 of the Etoile de Bessèges is a day that will stay in the history books for a long time but for the wrong reasons. After another moving car was tracked on course, the peloton neutralized the stage, and 55 riders (of seven teams) abandoned the race in protest. Amidst all the chaos, Arnaud De L...

Every single day so far at the Etoile de Bessèges there have been issues with traffic on course, but on stage 2 a moving car actually caused a crash. This morning at the start of stage 3 another moving car incident happened, and there has been a mass exodus from the race in protest.  It was another...

The cycling world had one of it's biggest scares in recent days as it was reported in local news that former Spanish rider and three-time World Champion Óscar Freire had left his home without giving information, without wallet and keys and had been gone for two days. His family informed the police w...

The Etoile de Bessèges is a race that has in the past not received the highest reputation over the safety towards the riders, and this may be on the verge of causing a massive problem for itself. On stage 2 a car was on route and although a major accident was avoided, it caused a fall. At the start...

The women's UAE Tour today delivered a stage like we rarely see. The extremely strong winds have caused absolute chaos in the race, and Elisa Longo Borghini has taken an immense amount of time on her rivals which brings her to a very good position to win the race overall. However, despite the chaos,...

The World Championships will take place in Rwanda this year, and so more than ever the Tour du Rwanda's notoriety and importance grows. However facing big questions and concerns over an armed conflict where the African nation is involved, a few of the top teams may decide last-minute to forfeit the...

In the depths of winter there is no racing on the road, and so the spotlight often falls on unexpected topics. During the month of December, with most World Tour teams training in the 'Costa Blanca', Tadej Pogacar took the spotlight by taking the KOM in the area's most famous ascent the Coll de Rate...

The Muscat Classic gave continuation to the racing calendar in the Middle East and this Friday it was Tudor Pro Cycling Team coming out with another victory, as Rick Pluimers sprinted to victory after a very attacked finale with several groups threatening the victory.  The 'desert classic' featured...

On the 7th of February the peloton tackles the Muscat Classic; and from the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage-race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. A race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders ea...

Mads Pedersen starts his racing season every year in France close to home and usually at the Etoile de Bessèges. Being a frequent winner in this race, and with stages very well suited to him, he oped to start his 2025 racing calendar this week but is leaving the race after struggling with stomach is...

From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025. We preview stage 3. Stage 3 starts and finishes in the town that gives the race it's name: Bessèges. It's a hilly day, where at times break...

Maxim van Gils move from Lotto to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe was one of the most highly discussed and controversial of the recent off-season as the Belgian broke his contract to sign with the all-star Red Bull side. Van Gils hasn't enjoyed the best of starts to life in his new team either, abandoni...

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana  2025 will take place from the 5th to the 9th of February and will be one of the absolute highlights of the early-season calendar, as many stars take the opportunity to race in the region they have spent weeks training in this winter. We preview stage 3. Stage 3 f...

Egan Bernal opened the 2025 season in style with a national title! For the 28-year-old rider, this is the first victory since his overal triumph at the 2021 Giro d'Italia.  The INEOS Grenadiers rider beat three-time winner Walter Vargas by 7 seconds and teammate Brandon Rivera by 29 seconds. The new...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG arguably have the most star power of any team in the peloton today. One of their superstar domestiques is sticking around too as Tim Wellens has reportedly extended his contract with the team of Tadej Pogacar, securing his future until 2027.  The report comes from Het Laatste...

The team time trials have seemingly disappeared from the Tour de France itinerary, with last sighting dating back to 2019 when the yellow Jumbo-Visma train blitzed through the streets of Brussel. "It’s been quite a few years since we’ve done it," Gouvenou told Velo. "The organization of a team time...

2024 was a tough year for Robert Stannard, who was issued back-dated ban for 2018-2022 period after irregularities in his biological pass were found. While the UCI Anti-doping tribunal found Stannard guilty, what they haven't found was any evidence of Stannard's actual misconduct, which makes it a b...

Santiago Buitrago has entered the fight for the final overall classification of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana after his victory in the second stage. The Colombian rider of Bahrain - Victorious is now placed third, only 5 seconds behind leader Mathias Vacek and 3 seconds behind Joao Almeida. Cl...

Despite an all-out action on the slopes of Font de Partegat, Mathias Vacek remains in the overall lead of Volta a Comunitat Valenciana. The last climbs of the second stage saw UAE Team Emirates - XRG on the attack and eager to make differences. However in the end, they were beaten to it by Bahrain-V...

Two stages into this year's Volta a Comunitat Valenciana and we still have a rather surprising overall leader with Lidl-Trek's Mathias Vacek. Thanks to a spectacular team performance in the opening team time trial, the Czech rider had so comfortable position coming into today's queen stage that not...

Lorena Wiebes was the all-conquering and unquestioned sprint leader in 2024. With just one raceday done of her 2025 season, the Team SD Worx - Protime star has already re-asserted her dominance with a thunderous stage 1 win at the UAE Tour.  Despite the all-star field of fastwomen in the United Arab...

There is now no one in the history of cyclocross with more Rainbow Jerseys that Mathieu van der Poel. Last weekend in Lievin, the Dutchman powered to a dominant win at the 2025 World Championships and according to Dutch cyclocross legend Richard Groenendaal, his compatriot may currently be at his ve...

The second stage of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana was a real exhibition of Bahrain - Victorious. In the first test for the men of the final general classification, Colombian Santiago Buitrago was the strongest, taking 9 seconds from his teammate Pello Bilbao at the finish line. Both were ahead of...

Stage 2 of the 2025 Etoile de Besseges played out earlier this afternoon in France. In the end, victory went to Uno-X Mobility's Soren Waerenskjold in a bunch sprint. At just inside 17km to go though, a potentially disastrous incident was only just avoided. As the peloton came firing down a narrow c...

On the 7th of February racing resumes in the Middle East and this time around we've got the recently created Muscat Classic. Ahead of the Tour of Oman, this one-day race provides an opportunity for different types of riders to take a strong win. We preview the race ahead.  The race will be 169 kilom...

On a brutally steep final climb, Santiago Buitrago has survived to take victory on stage 2 of the 2025 Volta a Comunitat Valenciana ahead of his Bahrain - Victorious teammate Pello Bilbao and Joao Almeida. With a day highlighted by increasingly challenging climbs in the final 50km, just five riders...

Soren Waerenskjold has taken Uno-X Mobility's first win of the season in a frantic sprint on stage 2 of the 2025 Etoile de Bessèges in Marguerittes. Five riders went clear in the early breakaway of the day. Included in the group was the King of the Mountains classification leader, Axandre Van Petege...

The 2025 edition of the Challenge Mallorca series is already part of the history books. Unfortunately though, this one did not go the way everyone would have liked. After some spectacular races, the Trofeo Andratx was suspended at the decision of the riders, which ended with a series of accusations...

A big year awaits Wout van Aert in 2025. After an injury-hit 2024 saw his momentum consistently scuppered, the Belgian star of Team Visma | Lease a Bike will be determined to prove he still has what it takes to beat the very best in the peloton.  Former star of Italian cycling Filippo Pozzato has be...

European champion Lorena Wiebes has kicked off the 2025 UAE Tour in style, sprinting to a dominant win ahead of rival Charlotte Kool in a bunch sprint finale to stage 1. In the process, the Team SD Worx - Protime star takes early control of the leader's jersey.  Just three riders got themselves into...

On Wednesday, the news broke of the concerning disappearance of Óscar Freire, shocking the entire cycling world. The three-time world champion had been missing since Monday. For this reason, his family reported him missing to the Guardia Civil, only to find out 17 hours later that Freire was fine. F...

Having focused heavily on stage races during his career so far, Jonas Vingegaard is yet to make an appearance racing in the colours of the Danish national team at a World Championships, a European Championships or an Olympic Games. According to the new national coach Michael Morkov though, that coul...

After the best year of his career to date in 2024, Ben O'Connor is making a fresh start in 2025 having swapped the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team for Team Jayco AlUla. One thing that hasn't changed though, the Aussie's ambition to be amongst the very best in the peloton.  In 2024, O'Connor certainl...

After seven seasons with Lotto, Florian Vermeersch begins the 2025 season in new colours with a new team. The 25-year-old Belgian has signed for UAE Team Emirates - XRG on a two-year deal over the recent off-season, and after spending the winter training with his new teammates, Vermeersch is already...

Wout van Aert came up short in his quest to win the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships last weekend in Lievin, finishing a distant 2nd to long-time rival Mathieu van der Poel. Now, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike star turns his attention to the upcoming road season.  "It's a shame that I wasn't near...

The 2025 women's UAE Tour gets underway today, and for Team Visma | Lease a Bike's former world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, it marks a return to regular road racing for the first time since the 2018 season. As such, the French, multi-discipline star is understandably keen to make a strong start...

After a record breaking and all-conquering 2024, there's not much missing from the palmares of Tadej Pogacar. In 2025 though, the Slovenian is keen to tick off a few of those notable wins he's yet to claim, such as Milano-Sanremo, the Vuelta a Espana and even the World Championship time trial? In Zu...

As the dust settles on the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Liévin, the defining narratives of this season have taken shape. While a few races remain in February, the major battles have been fought, and the standout stories are clear. From the continued dominance of Mathieu van der Poel and F...

Whilst Primoz Roglic has undoubtedly had an incredibly successful career in the peloton, it's also been a career with numerous setbacks and pieces of bad luck. As such, the fact that he has been so successful in spite of these setbacks, means the Slovenian can be a role model to all for his determin...

The cyclocross world witnessed another brilliant performance by Mathieu van der Poel last Sunday, who became the world champion for a record-equalling seventh time. Far off the interest of cameras, the best French riders competed to retain at least a bit of their pride in front of the home crowds, d...

Even though he never came close to threatening Mathieu van der Poel's seventh world title last Sunday, Wout Van Aert still rode impressive World Championships, after all he was the only one able to keep up with MVDP from the distance. Had he started from the front row, could he have won in Liévin? W...

Tadej Pogacar's 2024 season will go down in history as one of the greatest individual campaigns in cycling history. The Slovenian leader of UAE Team Emirates - XRG was all-conquering taking Grand Tours, Monuments and the first Rainbow Jersey of his career. For just how long can Pogacar continue bein...

Laurens ten Dam took part in the Race Around Rwanda earlier this week, but was unable to reach the finish due to a crash. A disaster? Not entirely because Ten Dam was in Rwanda on a double-mission to also reckon the region as the national coach of Dutch women. The tense situation in near Congo raise...

Sep Vanmarcke's career came to an abrupt end in mid-2023, when the Belgian specialist on cobbled classics was diagnosed with a heart problem that was not compatible the career of a professional cyclist. Overnight, he had to switch gears and go from competing himself to the role of a sports director....

Lorena Wiebes is arguably the most feared sprinter in the women's peloton. Just last year, she secured more than 20 victories and is very likely to break the barrier of 100 professional triumphs (currently at 93) at some point this season. The European champion will have the opportunity to make the...

In her final season as a professional cyclist, the former World Champion and silver Olympic medallist Elizabeth Deignan won't aim for the most prestigious trophies and big victories anymore. Deignan will compete in the biggest races such as Milano-Sanremo, Vuelta a Espana or the Tour de France, but...

From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025. We preview stage 2. Stage 2 is the day perhaps best suit to the fast men. Although it's not completely flat, the finale in Marguerittes wil...

When Red Bull was announced as a major sponsor of BORA – hansgrohe, the cycling world took notice. A brand known for turning sporting projects into supreme winning machines was now investing in professional cycling at the highest level, but what did this mean for competitors? With the signing of Pri...

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana  2025 will take place from the 5th to the 9th of February and will be one of the absolute highlights of the early-season calendar, as many stars take the opportunity to race in the region they have spent weeks training in this winter. We preview stage 2. Stage 2 w...

From the 8th to 12th of February the peloton takes on another stage-race in the Middle East, the classic Tour of Oman. A race that provides days for the climbers and sprinters above all, it's always a race that attracts big riders early in the year due to the good weather away from Europe. We take a...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have been off the radar so far in 2025, having only competed at the obligatory Tour Down Under in January. But the big races are slowly approaching and so it's time to get racing also for one of the strongest teams in the world. A young team, which includes the extremely pr...

On the 7th of February racing resumes in the Middle East and this time around we've got the recently created Muscat Classic. Ahead of the Tour of Oman, this one-day race provides an opportunity for different types of riders to take a strong win. We take a look at it's profile.  The race will be 169...

Paul Magnier is a huge talent, and he did not wait to remind the peloton of it. Before the start of the Etoile de Bessèges he talked about how when he's fresh he can put out 1000 watts for a whole minute, and this afternoon he put out similar numbers to take an impressive win in a star-studded field...

The Tour of Flanders organizers have revealed their wildcards for the 2025 race and amongst these are teams that host some of the big favourites for the race. We learn that the likes of Tom Pidcock and Julian Alaphilippe will certainly be present after their teams were confirmed.  With automatic wil...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is a team of many leaders but also many young talents. At the Tour of Oman, where the racing is usually calmer, they are providing some of their young riders such as Niklas Behrens and Jorgen Nordhagen with some experience and chances to fight for their own results without...

INEOS Grenadiers is looking to change the momentum with the team's ongoing bad situation and this year could be one of change. Into the upcoming transfer season, the team will have to make big moves in the market and it starts early, as it's said that one of France's upcoming talents is in sights of...

The cycling world has been shaken by shocking news. The Spanish legend, Oscar Freire, is unaccounted for. At the time being the whereabouts of the Spaniard are unknown and this is raising serious concerns over his current status.  His family has reported his disappearance to the Guardia Civil on Wed...

Stage 1 of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana was a huge team time-trial of 34 kilometers and as it turns out, a few teams couldn't manage this effort well. Lidl-Trek, a team without GC aspirations at this race, put their lineup to it's best use to take a surprising and dominant victory against the cl...

With Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert ending their seasons, the tight battles for victories have returned. It was very hard earned, but at the Parkcross Maldegem it was Laurens Sweeck who took the victory on a very fast circuit and a thrilling final lap against Eli Iserrbyt.  The very fast rac...

Paul Magnier talked about his muscle gain and capacity to hold long sprints. This afternoon at the Etoile de Bessèges he put this power to it's best use, winning stage 1 ahead of Jordi Meeus in a brutal uphill sprint.  Almost completely flat, but the first day of the Etoile de Bessèges was no short...

Rémi Cavagna was a surprise transfer in the winter of 2023, as he joined Movistar in search of more freedom to chase his results. A transfer that worked for others, but not for the Frenchman, who goes as far as saying he's regressed in his career. It is rare to have a pro rider be so open about the...

The Parkcross Maldegem is taking place this Wednesday and provides a late-season opportunity for some riders to succeed, in an unusual mid-week spot. The first post-World Championships race was won by Marie Schreiber in the women's side, but the race was marked by an altercation.  Schreiber was the...

Paris-Roubaix, the 'Hell of the North', is one of the most complex and exciting races of the year and perhaps it's most notable feature is the cobbled road of the Trouée d'Arenberg. The sectors is important and every year riders used to enter it at extremely high speeds, leading to fear of massive c...

At the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana there will be three mountainous days, a team time-trial and only one stage for the sprinters on the final day. Hence, it is a surprise that Lidl-Trek have shown up at the start line with Jonathan Milan, his full leadout and no options for the overall classificatio...

This morning, Paul Magnier starts his 2025 season at the Etoile de Besssèges with the number 51, leading a Soudal - Quick-Step that will be supporting the Frenchman in hopes of a stage win against the likes of Mads Pedersen and Arnaud De Lie. However, not only does he not fear such powerful riders,...

Arnaud De Lie had hoped to start his season at the early-season Spanish one-day races to begin bringing in wins for Lotto, but his plans were sidetracked by a minor knee injury. It was an unexpected setback but one that was not too dramatic, and now the Belgian sprinter looks to kick off his season...

This beginning of the 2025 season has been very turbulent, at least in the Challenge Mallorca. The Balearic classics were going well until the Trofeo Andratx The 4th race was suspended due to the dangerous conditions the peloton claimed to be in. This couldn't have been worse for the race organizati...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG have been piling up the wins and UCI points in recent weeks at the start of the 2025 season, and this is likely to continue this week in the Middle East. At the Tour of Oman, this will be the team to beat, as Adam Yates and Jay Vine form a formidable duo that will be aiming f...

Fresh off the back of an incredible 7th Cyclocross World Championship win in Lievin on Sunday, Mathieu van der Poel already has one eye firmly focused on the upcoming Spring Classics and the Dutchman has one race in particular in his sights for 2025: the Tour of Flanders. "I fell in love with that r...

From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025. We preview stage 1. Stage 1 of the race is a traditional one and perhaps one of the most unusual of the year. It is a pan-flat day starting...

From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025. We preview the race ahead.   Stage 1 of the race is a traditional one and perhaps one of the most unusual of the year. It is a pan-flat day...

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana  2025 will take place from the 5th to the 9th of February and will be one of the absolute highlights of the early-season calendar, as many stars take the opportunity to race in the region they have spent weeks training in this winter. We preview stage 1. The start...

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana  2025 will take place from the 5th to the 9th of February and will be one of the absolute highlights of the early-season calendar, as many stars take the opportunity to race in the region they have spent weeks training in this winter. We preview the race ahead.  T...

The 2024/2025 cyclocross season was first with the "new" format that saw riders compete over 12 rounds for the overall trophy as well as highly-valued starting positions at the Cyclocross World Championships. Clearly, UCI was content with how the season unfolded and, despite some changes, will appro...

While the overlord in Liévin was above sky clear, another rider presented arguably even more commendable performance. Wout Van Aert, despite being out of contention for rainbow stripes pretty much from the start, never gave up and managed to complete most of the course in the same pace as winner Mat...

Magnus Cort Nielsen is one of the most enigmatic riders within the Uno-X Mobility ranks. And one of the Scandinavian team's leaders too. But the winter preparation was hampered by knee problem which temporarily derailed his run-up to the 2025 season. The Danish rider did not have an ideal off-season...

With every passing race, more and more riders are returning to competitive action. At the upcoming Tour of Oman (February 8-12), UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Adam Yates will get his own 2025 campaign underway, returning to defend the title he won in 2024. Last year, Yates took GC victory in Oman, finis...

From the 5th of February until the 9th, Spain hosts another high-level race. Throughout these five days, the peloton will tackle the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana 2025. Find out the startlist right here! Among the final startlist are the likes of: Brandon McNulty, João Almeida, Pavel Sivakov, Santiag...

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana  2025 will take place from the 5th to the 9th of February and will be one of the absolute highlights of the early-season calendar, as many stars take the opportunity to race in the region they have spent weeks training in this winter. We take a look at it's profil...

From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025. We take a look at it's profiles.  The five-day race follows a traditional route, with stages fitting the sprinters, classics riders, climbe...

From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025 and you can see the startlist right here! On the final startlist are notable names such as: Sam Bennett, Filippo Ganna, Axel Laurance, Joshu...

Mathieu van der Poel brought joy to the Dutch at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin last Sunday, equalling the legendary Eric De Vlaeminck's long-standing record by winning his 7th Rainbow Jersey. A little further behind on the course though, Van der Poel's compatriot Pim Ronhaar was...

There was massive controversy in Danish cycling earlier last month when it was announced that, eight months after being initially disqualified, Johan Price-Pejtersen would finally be given the Danish National Championship win in the individual time trial. Within the Danish cycling fraternity though,...

The legendary Chris Froome has a palmares most riders can only ever dream of. Although he has four Tour de France wins, two Vuelta a Espana victories, a Giro d'Italia and numerous other successes in his illustrious career, the truth is that Froome hasn't been competitive for the last few years. Neve...

The upcoming Volta a Comunitat Valenciana will see a number of notable names kicking off their 2025 campaign. For Bahrain - Victorious, the Spanish stage race seems a real early season target as they send a climbing block with considerable strength in depth.  “I believe the General Classification co...

Irish climber Eddie Dunbar was one of the stars of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, winning a pair of stages. Another one of the stars of that race, Ben O’Connor is one of Dunbar's newest teammates at Team Jayco AlUla for 2025. "I noticed in the 2024 Vuelta he's very good at positioning himself on the clim...

One of the races of the Challenge Mallorca this past week, the Trofeo Andratx, did not go all the way as the riders decided to stop amidst safety concerns. Dozens of riders fell in the first kilometers due to the wet conditions and slippery roads, and the chaos that ensured led riders to implement t...

Filippo Ganna is a huge rider both figuratively and literally. One of the best in the planet, but his physique means he is well suited to the time-trials, classics and even sprints. Recently, he 'stole' a KOM from Remco Evenepoel at the very famous Coll de Rates.  This is the side of the Spanish cli...

In 2025 bigger and bigger difference between team's budgets continue to emerge in the sport of cycling. Sponsors' investments are immediately noticeable (Red Bull with Roglic, Q36.5 with Pidock or Tudor with Hirschi and Alaphilippe, as examples). Another big change was the entrance of Lidl as the ti...

UAE Team Emirates XRG is accused of being a team that simply signs the best cyclists in the world on a shoestring and then accumulates talent to win as many races as possible. However that is not the only factor taken into consideration to their success, as argued by Joxean Matxin who talks a bit ab...

With 2025 marking the start of Romain Bardet's final season as a pro bike rider, the 34-year-old Frenchman has more than a decade's worth of experiences to reflect on from his career. Much has changed since Bardet's first World Tour season back in 2012, but the Team Picnic PostNL has now come up wit...

Wout van Aert secured second place behind his arch-rival Mathieu van der Poel at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Liévin. The Belgian was unable to claim his fourth world title and his first since 2018, meaning his wait for another rainbow jersey continues. Despite falling short of victory...

The 2025 season has started and in the matter of a few weeks a few teams have already scored over 1000 points. UAE Team Emirates - XRG, unsurprisingly, already lead the charts with the victory at the Tour Down Under and a few of the Challenge Mallorca races. But in the top positions are a few other...

Over time, top riders' hobbies and activities when taking time off the sport vary quite a lot and in modern cycling this may be more complex than ever. Riders race less race days and prioritize training to prepare for big races, which leaves big empty gaps without racing their bike but also extremel...

Wout van Aert was not initially schedule to race the cyclocross World Championships however the weekend before, the decision was made. Together with Team Visma | Lease a Bike and his coach Mathieu Heijboer, a plan was designed for the Belgian to spend another week in the field, but without it compro...

Mathieu van der Poel sailed with relative ease to a record-equalling 7th Cyclocross World Championships win on Sunday in Lievin, as a much-anticipated dual with rival Wout van Aert never truly materialised. As it turns out, the may be thanks in part, to a small but potentially key role played by Van...

Tom Pidcock’s move over the winter from the INEOS Grenadiers to Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team has been one of the most talked-about aspects of the off-season. And for good reason, considering the multi-talented British superstar was supposedly the man to take over INEOS for the next decade, but that relati...

Never before have been scouts, coaches and managers looking for young talents as frantically as nowadays. We could account this phenomenon to the superstars Tadej Pogacar (youngest Tour de France winner since 1904), Remco Evenepoel (Won San Sebastian in his first year out of juniors) or Joshua Tarli...

Frank van den Broek is preparing for the 2025 season, reflecting on his journey to the top after a breakthrough year in 2024. The 24-year-old, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic PostNL, claimed victory at the Tour of Turkey last season and made his Grand Tour debut at the Tour de France, where...

The 2025 season is far from even starting for Remco Evenepoel. The Soudal - Quick-Step superstar is still recovering from the accident when he collided with postal van during a training in December. His return is scheduled for mid-April at the moment. Evenepoel faces a key year for the development o...

Ben Swift has entered his 14th season with INEOS Grenadiers this year, yet he can only hardly recognize the changes the team once dubbed as 'The Imperium' (referring to the evil force from Star Wars series) has undergone in this past years. From a team whose sole purpose was to win Tour de France, t...

Nils Eekhoff didn't have particularly high goals coming into the AlUla Tour last week, but the heavy crash in the final of third stage will now take a toll on the rest of Eekhoff's season. According to Eekhoff, the pain is bearable. "It feels like my teeth have just been pulled. I returned to the Ne...

The Cyclocross World Championships came to a successful wrap with Mathieu van der Poel's record-equalling seventh world title. Behind, Wout Van Aert rode just as impressive of a race, however the 40-second jet lag from the start didn't allow him to ever come close to winning. How did the Belgian cyc...

One of the big signings of the recent off-season, much is expected of Ben O'Connor for Team Jayco AlUla in 2025. After making a real breakthrough in 2024, finishing runner-up at the Vuelta a Espana and the World Championship road race, the Aussie is set to kick off his new season at the Volta a Comu...

Despite the late addition of Wout van Aert to the mix, there was no drama at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships as Mathieu van der Poel stormed to a record equalling 7th Rainbow Jersey win on Sunday afternoon in Lievin. Understandably, former world champion Bart Wellens has been left incredibly...

The 2025 road season is underway across the world and with every race that passes, another big-name rider gets their campaign underway. Leading UAE Team Emirates - XRG at the upcoming Volta a Comunitat Valenciana (5-9 February), is the Portuguese GC hopeful, João Almeida.  “I’m very excited to start...

Tim Pidcock could hardly have dreamed of a better start to life at the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team than the one he has just had at the 2025 AlUla Tour in Saudi Arabia. Winning two stages and the overall general classification, Pidcock even found time to turn provider on the final stage, helping teammate...

Although Wout van Aert was clearly better than all but one of the rest of the pack on Sunday afternoon in Lievin at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships, his old rival Mathieu van der Poel again proved just too strong. As such, the Belgian had to settle for another 2nd place behind his Dutch riva...

Wout van Aert was unable to truly test Mathieu van der Poel in Lievin at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships, finishing a somewhat distant 2nd behind his arch nemesis. In this newly revealed video though, the reason why Van Aert was so far back early on comes to light.  Having started in the 4th...

Wielerflits recently spoke with Matteo Jorgenson ahead of his second season with Team Visma | Lease a Bike in 2025. The American rider is looking forward to the spring classics, where he already made an impact last year by winning Dwars Door Vlaanderen. While his team has set its sights on the Tour...

Heartbreaking news has emerged from Britain this morning as Aiden Worden, a promising young cyclist, has tragically passed away at the age of 18. The talented rider was involved in a training accident on Saturday morning in Darwen, Lancashire, when he collided with a car at approximately 10:30 am UK...

Over the weekend, Mathieu van der Poel once again etched his name into the history books. The Dutch superstar secured his record-equalling seventh cyclocross world title, overpowering his long-time rival Wout van Aert by an emphatic 45 seconds. Van der Poel’s 2024 cyclocross season was nothing short...

Mathieu van der Poel secured his record-equalling seventh cyclocross world title yesterday, defeating Wout van Aert by a significant margin. The third place on the podium was claimed by Thibau Nys, who capped off a brilliant season in which he won both the European and Belgian titles, now adding his...

Cyclocross history has been made in Lievin! Mathieu van der Poel has taken the win at the 2025 World Championships, absolutely dominating the field from the first lap to secure a record-equalling 7th Rainbow Jersey victory. The much-anticipated dual between Van der Poel and Wout van Aert never reall...

Joris Nieuwenhuis has not had the best winter of his career. After missing much of the season though, the Dutchman came good when it mattered at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships, taking a very impressive 4th in Lievin.  Despite missing out on the podium in the end though, Nieuwenhuis crossed...

Wout van Aert has been rewarded for his last minute targeting of the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships with a silver medal. Not the Rainbow Jersey he had dreamed off perhaps, but nevertheless plenty of reason to be positive.  Arguably the deciding factor of the race was the start. Whilst eventual...

Geraint Thomas did not become famous for riding strongly from the early months and, in what could be his last professional season, he remains true to his training approach. That is to say we have barely heard of the 38-year-old during the eight race days in Australia and he didn't even finish the fi...

Yesterday Cyclocross history was made in Liévin as Mathieu van der Poel secured his seventh Cyclocross World Championship title in fantastic fashion. From the very first lap, the Dutchman stamped his authority on the race, distancing the competition and equalling the all-time record for most rainbow...

Bici.PRO spoke with Domenico Pozzovivo recently to discuss who could be the next exciting Italian climber. The Giro d’Italia stage winner from 2012 retired at the end of 2024 but remains deeply involved in cycling, offering insight into the future of Italian climbing talent. "Being just a little bit...

Albert Philipsen has found himself at the centre of controversy after training an additional 100 kilometres following a race, drawing heavy criticism for the decision. The Danish rider, who hails from Holte, is widely regarded as one of the biggest cycling talents of the moment. The 2023 world junio...

Belgium secured two medals in the men’s elite race at the cyclocross world championships, but neither was the right colour. Mathieu van der Poel dominated the race to claim a record-equalling seventh title, with Wout van Aert finishing second and Thibau Nys taking third. Belgium’s wait for an elite...

Sam Welsford has started the 2025 season in brilliant fashion, securing three stage victories at the Tour Down Under before playing a key role in helping his Red Bull – BORA - hansgrohe teammate Laurence Pithie to third place at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race on Sunday. Welsford acknowledged...

Mathieu van der Poel won a record-equalling seventh cyclocross world championship this weekend with another dominant display, with Wout van Aert finishing second and Thibau Nys taking third place. So the Dutchman finishes the cyclocross season unbeaten, and this was perhaps the most complete and inv...

Iuri Leitão took a tremendous victory at Trofeo Palma 2025, the last race of the Challenge Mallorca series, this year reduced to four days because the Trofeo Andratx was cancelled due to dangerous conditions. The Portuguese rider from Caja Rural - Seguros RGA took off on a flyer inside the final kil...

Since the suspension of the Trofeo Andratx on Saturday, the tension in the Challenge Mallorca has not stopped growing. Firstly the race director criticized the riders for taking action amidst the unsafe conditions and now, Manuel Hernandez has lashed out again.  After those initial words, José Joaqu...

For the second year running, Zoe Bäckstedt has crowned herself the best of the women's under-23 field at the Cyclocross World Championships. In Lievin in 2025 though, the Welsh star didn't have things all her own way.  “It hasn’t been the smoothest of seasons, but the last few races boosted my confi...

Two-time European champion Michael Vanthourenhout wasn't able to make the Cyclocross World Championships podium for the third time in his career in 2025. The Belgian eventually finished in 7th, but early on in the race, tried his best to help team leader Wout van Aert by doing what he could to slow...

Thibau Nys has had himself a real breakthrough winter. After taking the title at both the European Championships and the Belgian National Championships, the son of the legendary Sven Nys has now made onto the podium of an elite World Championship for the first time in his career.  “It’s really nice...

The victory at GP La Marseillaise 2025 has gone to Cofidis' Valentin Ferron following a thrilling and dramatic finale in Marseille. Heading into the final 30km, four riders were dangling out ahead of the peloton by around 55 seconds. Once they were caught, a counter move went clear from the peloton...

He's done it again! For a record-equalling 7th time in his career, Mathieu van der Poel has won at the Cyclocross World Championships, putting in a typically dominant performance in Lievin to secure the Rainbow Jersey in style.  Moving to the front in the early stages of the first lap, Van der Poel...

The day has finally arrived. This afternoon in Lievin, France, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert are set to go head to head for the Rainbow Jersey at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships. See the pre-race thoughts of both riders down below! "I'm really looking forward to it. It's a really tr...

For the third year running, Fem van Empel has claimed the win at the women's Cyclocross World Championships. In a thrilling head-to-head battle on Saturday afternoon in Lievin, Van Empel denied compatriot Lucinda Brand at the line.  On the especially exciting final lap, there was one point where Van...

Caja Rural - Seguros RGA's Iuri Leitao has taken victory in the final race of the 2025 Challenge Mallorca series, denying the sprinters with a incredible late attack at Trofeo Palma. With a pan-flat finale, heading into the final 30 kilometres, only one rider was attempting to take it to the sprint...

Roger Adrià is one of the most exciting Spanish cyclists for the 2025 season. His great season with Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe last year confirms him as a cyclist capable of shining in classics and short races and of being a luxury support rider for riders like Primoz Roglic in Grand Tours. "The pr...

Mathieu van der Poel is on the brink of history as he chases a record-equalling seventh cyclocross world title tomorrow. Already a six-time world champion in the discipline, his star power continues to rise, having also claimed world titles on gravel and the road. Off the bike, Van der Poel has secu...

The Challenge Mallorca has suffered today the unexpected cancellation of its penultimate race. The Trofeo Andratx was brought to a premature finish, just 25 km after starting due to dangerous conditions for the riders. The mess has now exploded into controversy though, after the post-race statement...

On Saturday February 1st and Sunday February 2nd, the elite women's and men's Rainbow Jerseys will be handed out at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin, France. Here, we preview the two elite races.  There are plenty of stories to follow this weekend in both races. For the women's, que...

A fantastic Mauro Schmid of Team Jayco AlUla has won the 2025 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race after a phenomenal attack that left the top favourites helpless. He resisted in the final meters and soloed into the finish over a small group. Behind Schmid, the podium was completed by New Zealanders Aa...

Being a full-time cyclocrosser in the era of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout Van Aert is not easy. Eli Iserbyt would know a thing or two about that. Despite his undisputable quality and talent, he can only aim as high as for bronze medal in Liévin today because in most scenarios, the two men will be m...

Remco Evenepoel's winter preparation was nothing like what he had imagined. First collision with a postal truck which resulted in a broken collarbone, and later robbed of considerable amount of money by another postal service officer. But two months have passed since the accident and things now seem...

Racing in France opens thi Sunday with traditional Grand Prix La Marseillaise. This 1.1 race offers a bit for every rider, from climbers to sprinters. And this unpredictability is one of the things that makes it an exciting watch year after year. Who'll be in the contention for victory in 2025? Find...

XDS Astana Team continues to perform strongly from the start of this season and today they have scored perhaps their best result yet. After not so good showing at Tour Down Under, they weren't in a position of favourites for the last race in Australia, but Aaron Gate turned predictions upside down t...

This Sunday the final race of the Challenge Mallorca 2025, the Trofeo Palma, will take place. Nothing else than a sprint finish is to be expected in the streets of the Balearic Islands capital. The list of participants in the race has a fair share of strong sprinters who will be all hoping to add an...

The Australian campaign came to a wrap with Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in the early morning hours today. After a day full of attacks, it was eventually the Swiss champion Mauro Schmid who was able to ride away from what was left of the peloton and take his first victory of 2025. "This is my f...

Cameron Mason is heading into the Cyclocross World Championships in top form after securing his third consecutive British Cyclocross title earlier this month. With an already impressive cyclocross résumé, he is preparing to go up against Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert in the battle for the w...

Oliver Naesen has seen Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale undergo a significant transformation in recent years. The team enjoyed its best season yet in 2024, securing 30 victories, and is continuing to evolve as it builds towards future success. As one of the team's most experienced riders, Naesen spoke to...

Jonas Gregaard has spent years competing at the highest level of professional cycling, but one thing continues to elude him: a victory. In an interview with B.T., Gregaard shared his thoughts on his preparation for the new season. "I feel really sharp, and I have generally worked a lot on being shar...

The AlUla Tour came to a close yesterday, with Tom Pidcock securing the overall victory, but for Team Jayco AlUla, it was a race filled with near misses and moments of what could have been. On the final stage, Dylan Groenewegen came agonisingly close to victory once again, finishing in second place....

For the first time in his career, Tom Pidcock has one the general classification of professional bike race. The Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team star kept himself out of trouble as teammate Matteo Moschetti sprinted to victory on the final stage in Saudi Arabia, to secure his overall win.  After echelons had...

Puck Pieterse's wait for a senior world title goes on. At the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin, the 22-year-old Dutch star took her third worlds podium in a row, behind Fem van Empel and Lucinda Brand.  For much of the race, Pieterse was right in the mix with Brand and Van Empel, howeve...

There are plenty of questions heading into the men's elite race at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin this Sunday. Arguably the biggest question is whether or not Wout van Aert can challenge Mathieu van der Poel's dominance. One thing for certain, is that Van Aert can count on the sup...

Giving continuation to the Australian summer racing, the men's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is one of the most recent additions to the World Tour calendar. Taking place on the 2nd of February, it provides opportunities for both sprinters, puncheurs and classics riders to take an early big win....

Giving continuation to the Australian summer racing, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is one of the most recent additions to the World Tour calendar. Taking place on the 2nd of February, it provides opportunities for both sprinters, puncheurs and classics riders to take an early big win. We tak...

It is official, the UCI have banned the controversial carbon monoxide rebreathing in the peloton after much discussion and speculation over the last few months. The ban is set to come fully into effect on the 10th of February.  "To protect the health of riders, the UCI Management Committee approved ...

Lucinda Brand gave a very strong effort on Saturday afternoon at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships. Ultimately though, a second Rainbow Jersey wasn't quite on the cards as the 35-year-old ended up narrowly beaten by Fem van Empel after a thrilling battle.  Post-race though, Brand was left fumi...

For the second year running, Tibor del Grosso has proved strongest of the bunch in the men's under 23 race at the Cyclocross World Championships. In truth, the Dutch star took a dominant victory on Saturday afternoon in Lievin ahead of Kay De Bruyckere and Jente Michels. "It feels really good, just...

Fem van Empel has proven herself once again as the leading light in women's cyclocross. At the 2025 World Championships, the Dutchwoman survived a thrilling battle with Lucinda Brand to the her third successive Rainbow Jersey win.  “Wow, it was a tough fight. It was also mentally tough after last we...

Fem van Empel has done it again! For the third straight year, the Dutchwoman has claimed the Rainbow Jersey at the Cyclocross World Championships, but in 2025 in Lievin, she was properly made to work for it by runner-up Lucinda Brand. Fastest out of the blocks was French star Amandine Fouquenet, muc...

For the first time in his career, Tom Pidcock has won the general classification of a stage race, making a statement in his first race since leaving the INEOS Grenadiers at the 2025 AlUla Tour.  After winning stages 2 and 4, Pidcock survived a dramatic day on echelons of the 5th and final stage, sec...

When signing Tom Pidcock, the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team spoke of how they hoped he could lead the way for the team to compete at a higher level than ever before. If the Brit's first race in his new colours is anything to go by, they might have struck the jackpot. After taking two stage wins himself, Pi...

This Saturday, February 1 the Trofeo Andratx was supposed to be the fourth independent race of the Challenge Mallorca 2025 series. Due to dangerous conditions though, the race has now been cancelled.  Details surrounding the cancellation as not totally clear as of yet, but on social media reports ha...

For the first time since Fayetteville in 2022, Toon Aerts is set to compete the men's elite Rainbow Jersey at the Cyclocross World Championships this Sunday in Lievin. After a solid first full season back in competition following his doping ban, the Belgian is also confident of a good result. "It's...

A mouth-watering prospect awaits cycling fans this Sunday in Lievin as Wout van Aert challenges Mathieu van der Poel for the Rainbow Jersey at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships. Given his decision to start was a last minute one though, Van Aert himself insists there is no pressure on his shoul...

This weekend, Lievin, France holds the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships. In the men's race, much of the hype is surrounding Mathieu van der Poel's dual with Wout van Aert, but the latter isn't the only potential contender in the Belgian squad. After shaking off a recent illness, Thibau Nys is rea...

This Sunday in Lievin, Mathieu van der Poel will be looking to make some sporting history. If victorious at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships, the Dutchman will claim a record equalling 7th Rainbow Jersey in the discipline. Comparing Van der Poel to the legendary Erik De Vlaeminck isn't quite...

For the first time in his career, David Gaudu targets the Giro d'Italia in 2025. With a pair of top-10 finishes at the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana already to his name, can the Frenchman secure a first Grand Tour podium in Italy? One man with confidence is his long-time domestique, Kevin G...

On Saturday February 1 will take place theTrofeo Andratx as the fourth independent race of the Challenge Mallorca 2025. This is a race that will feature some serious climbing and is perhaps the most climber-oriented out of them all. We preview the race ahead.  Thus, the cyclists will have to cover 1...

On Saturday February 1 will take place the Trofeo Andratx as the fourth independent race of the Challenge Mallorca 2025. This is a race that will feature some serious climbing and is perhaps the most climber-oriented out of them all. See the final startlist below! Included on the startlist are notab...

It's now or never for Egan Bernal in 2025 and he is aware of it. The INEOS Grandiers talent, more than two years after the crash that almost cost him his life, is facing the campaign where we will probably see his real level for the rest of his career. At this point to think that he can win a grand...

Tadej Pogacar has been riding it for a year and with a notable success. Now Wout Van Aert will see if it brings him any luck too. What is the "it" in question? Is it some sort of innovative doping method? Of course not (hopefully). It's shortened cranks (the rod that connects front chain ring to ped...

Former excellent Scottish timetrialist David Millar has been through some rough times recently. After being forced to shut down his clothing brand CHPT3, he was dealt a perhaps even heavier blow when it was announced that his saga Tour de France commentator at the British ITV would come to an end in...

Recently it was confirmed by the Antwerp Court of Cassation that Wout van Aert did indeed illegally break his contract with the Sniper Cycling BVBA team in order to join Jumbo-Visma back in 2018. The court ordered the payment of €662,000 to team boss Nick Nuyens, but it seems that might not be the e...

Tom Dumoulin has been retired from professional cycling since 2022, but the 34-year-old still finds himself drawn to the deep physical and mental state that elite sport provided him. Speaking on the Der Cor Podcast, the former Giro d'Italia winner reflected on his continued love for pushing his limi...

INEOS Grenadiers endured their most challenging season in 2024 and will need a strong comeback in 2025. The team also suffered a significant loss over the winter with the departure of Tom Pidcock, further adding to their struggles. In an effort to rebuild and strengthen their talent pipeline, INEOS...

The unexpected announcement last weekend confirmed that Wout van Aert will compete at the Cyclocross World Championships this weekend, chasing his first rainbow jersey since 2018. At 30 years old, the Belgian is set to renew his fierce rivalry with Mathieu van der Poel, setting up a showdown that ha...

Team Jayco AlUla’s Luke Plapp, a three-time national road race and national time trial champion, has been forced to alter his early-season plans due to an ongoing wrist issue. The 24-year-old Australian rider will undergo surgery to address the lingering injury he sustained in 2024, ruling him out o...

Nearing two decades in the professional peloton, Alexander Kristoff has had an illustrious career including four Tour de France stage wins, a pair of monument victories and much more. Now aged 37 though, the Norwegian is well aware that he doesn't have too long left.  "I can't say for sure yet, but...

Wout van Aert has certainly shaken up the cyclocross world following the announcement earlier this week, that the Team Visma | Lease a Bike star is set to travel to France for the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships. According to double Rainbow Jersey winner Niels Albert, Van Aert wouldn't have made...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We...

Uno-X Mobility were active over the recent off-season, bringing in four new riders in an attempt to bolster their ranks ahead of a potential World Tour promotion by the end of the 2025 season. For General Manager Thor Hushovd, the excitement levels have been raised by one winter signing in particula...

In recent years, the cycling world has been captivated by the intense battles and storylines that have focussed on the general classification stars like Tadej Pogadar, Jonas Vingegaard, and Remco Evenepoel. Their duels at the Tour de France and other Grand Tours have dominated headlines, but 2025 is...

This Sunday, one of the great cyclocross rivalries will be renewed as Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert do battle in Lievin at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships. In the opinion of ex-pro turned analyst Thijs Zonneveld, the meeting marks a must watch occasion for cycling fans.  "That is al...

The Tudor Pro Cycling Team's Florian Stork has taken the win at Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2025 as the Challenge Mallorca series continues to deliver exciting racing ahead of Martin Marcellusi and Markus Hoelgaard.  Despite the mid-stage Coll de Puig Major providing a real opportunity to make a diff...

The 2025 season began this January with high expectations for the World Cycling Championships. For the first time in history, it will be held in Africa. Specifically, the venue will be Rwanda, with a brutal route that will favour the best climbers in the world. However, armed tensions in eastern Con...

Tom Pidcock is really settling into life at the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. For the second time in three days, the Brit proved strongest of the pack in the Saudi hills to take another stage win and increase his lead in the general classification. With the stage coming down to one explosive climb in the...

Tom Pidcock has taken the victory on the queen stage of the 2025 AlUla Tour, more than likely securing the overall GC triumph in the process. It is a second stage win in four days for the former INEOS Grenadiers star, starting life at the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team in style.  With the stage and more tha...

In the last few days, British cycling fans have been dealt yet another major blow. Following the news last year that ITV will lose the rights to broadcast the Tour de France after 2025, it has now been confirmed that Eurosport will also be dropping coverage. This means that, for the first time in de...

Remco Evenepoel had a very impressive Tour de France debut last summer, taking home a stage win and best of the rest behind Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard in the general classification. Following his training disaster crash in December though, much is still uncertain in regards to Evenepoel's ro...

At this point we have grown accustomed to rumours of teams supposedly looking to sign the double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel. The most likely option however seems to be a potential move to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. The only German team at WT-level was very active on the transfer market this...

Tom Pidcock's move from INEOS Grenadiers to Q36.5 Pro Cycling was perhaps the most debated of the past winter, but for the Swiss PRT team, the investment in the 25-year-old Brit quickly paid first dividends with a dominant victory in the second stage of AlUla Tour. "We have only one goal here, winni...

The cyclocross World Championships are just around the corner and the main debate topic is whether Mathieu van der Poel will fulfill predictions and obliterate the competition on the course in Liévin. Fortunately, a contender with capital "c" emerged at the last moment possible, raising everyone's h...

The third stage of AlUla Tour was a full-pledged chaos thanks to echelons that broke up the race in the final phases. Some riders lost their GC positions, others were blown of the asphalt and even more men punctured... but it was ultimately Nils Eekhoff who suffered the biggest hardship. With just...

2024 was a Tadej Pogacar year and not even Visma | Lease a Bike could do anything about that. Despite the heroic effort to prepare Jonas Vingegaard for Tour de France after serious injuries, he had to settle wit title of 'the best of the rest'. But this year can be different. "Our biggest goal is to...

This Friday, January 31, the third race of the Challenge Mallorca 2025 will take place, the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana, which will have a course with a bit of everything including several long climbs but also a steep finish for puncheurs. The final list of participants includes the likes of Marijn v...

The 19-year-old Ben Wiggins is yet to fully show himself on the road but despite that, he doesn't aim any lower than to turn professional with Jayco AlUla already in 2026. The young Briton comes from a renowned family - after all his father Bradley Wiggins has won Tour de France and is also Olympic...

The climber's race at the Challenge Mallorca. In the Spanish island there is a large flat area but also a mountain range which features some very popular ascents. The Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana every year goes through some of them, in a test for the climbers to test their form out of the off-season....

The twenty-year old Zoe Bäckstedt is already one of the best cyclocrossers in the world, yet the talented Brit chooses to defend her under-23 title rather than competing in the elite category in Liévin. Many will shake their heads over her decision, but Bäckstedt won't back down, noting that she'll...

This year's Giro d'Italia is marked by delays and waiting - and that is not different for the pending question of which teams will be awarded the wild cards for the Corsa Rosa. We were originally supposed to learn the selected trio this weekend, but we will probably have to wait a few more days. "T...

The 2025 World Championships in Rwanda are supposed to be a great celebration of the growth of African cycling as the biggest cycling event is to visit the continent for the first time in history. However a heavy cloud is hanging over the country at the moment as civil conflict escalates in Congo -...

For the second time in his career, EF Education-EasyPost's Marijn van den Berg has triumphed at Trofeo Ses Salines. On Thursday afternoon in Mallorca, the Dutch sprinter powered to victory ahead of Anthony Turgis in a frantic finale.  "It was a bit of a different situation with the rain two years ag...

Fabio Jakobsen has had a rough time of it over the last couple of years. Nevertheless, the Dutch sprint powerhouse remains defiantly confident in his own abilities. Despite having only one win in the last year and a half, Jakobsen has his sights set on the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de France. ...

Stage 3 of the 2025 AlUla Tour went down to a thrilling sprint finish to decide the day. In the end, it was Soudal - Quick-Step's Tim Merlier who took the win, edging Team Jayco AlUla's Dylan Groenewegen at the line.  As it turns out though, there might be good reasoning behind the fact Groenewegen...

This coming weekend, Rainbow Jerseys will be handed out in Lievin at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships. Although understandably, much of the pre-meet hype has been around the men's elite race and the showdown between Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, it's the women's elite race that coul...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We...

Marijn van den Berg has stormed to victory at Trofeo Ses Salines 2025, timing his final sprint to perfection in the race to the line. Heading into the final 35 kilometres, the peloton had caught all but one of the riders from the day's early breakaway. George Radcliffe was proving a difficult man to...

Alberto Dainese starts his second season with the Tudor Pro Cycling Team at the Challenge de Mallorca. At 26, he has already won stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana and this season he's looking to turn the regularity of recent years into victories, in an important year for the team,...

Just before Tim Merlier sprinted to the victory on stage 3 of the 2025 AlUla Tour, there was a very nasty crash in the peloton. The worst hurt of those was a Team Picnic PostNL rider, although it was unclear initially who. That has now been confirmed to be Nils Eekhoff.  "After a hard crash in the f...

For the second time in three days, Tim Merlier has proven himself the quickest sprinter in the field at the 2025 AlUla Tour. On Thursday, Soudal - Quick-Step's European champion emerged victorious in a crash-affected sprint on stage 3. “The legs were good today,” Merlier reflected when speaking to t...

Tom Pidcock remains in the overall race lead at the 2025 AlUla Tour after Soudal - Quick-Step's Tim Merlier has sprinted to victory on windy, echelon-effected stage 3 ahead of Dylan Groenewegen. Seven riders got themselves into the day's breakaway, including Jens Reynders, who had also spent much of...

Joris Nieuwenhuis suffered for months with shingles. Partly because of this, he was only able to ride four crosses this winter. The Dutchman can therefore travel to Liévin for the Cyclocross World Championship without pressure. In the four crosses in which Nieuwenhuis participated, he finished third...

After the 2025 Criterium du Dauphine, Romain Bardet will hang up his cycling shoes for the final time, bringing an end to a very successful career. Speaking at the race presentation on Wednesday, race director and Christian Prudhomme made sure to pay a special tribute to Bardet.  "It's rare for a cy...

The French racing calendar starts off on the 2nd of February, a day packed with cycling. The Grand Prix La Marseillaise is a race with a familiar profile, a race that suits the classics riders well, but every year opens up opportunities for some sprinters and climbers alike. See the startlist right...

Cycling's TV coverage in the UK is changing and by all accounts, not for the better. Although fans are quite rightfully frustrated at the imminent end of free-to-air racing following the announcement of Eurosport's closure and ITV's loss of Tour de France coverage, even riders themselves are now spe...

This weekend, the world's best cyclocross riders will descend on Liévin, northern France, for the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships. The men’s race headlines a showdown for the ages as Mathieu van der Poel chases a record-equalling seventh world title, while Wout van Aert returns to challenge his...

This weekend, the 2025 Cyclocross World Championship are a mouth-watering prospect for cycling fans. Mathieu van der Poel starts as favourite, but after the announcement earlier this week that Wout van Aert will also now take part, the Dutchman isn't likely to have things all his own way in Lievin. ...

Tom Pidcock is back in the headlines and this time, it's for racing reasons. The double Olympic gold medallist triumphed on the summit finish of stage 2 at the 2025 AlUla Tour on Wednesday, taking his first victory since leaving the INEOS Grenadiers for the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.  Following his vic...

Team Picnic PostNL have their first victory of the 2025 season. Danish sprinter Tobias Lund Andresen proved quickest of the bunch at the Surf Coast Classic, kicking off the campaign in earnest.  “Today was a lovely day for us. We’ve been working very hard here the whole time Down Under and the days...

The second race of the Challenge Mallorca is one where the sprinters will have a full opportunity to capitalize. The Trofeo Ses Salines is every year a good indicator for the fast men's form. The final startlist is now available. Notable names on the start line include the likes of: Nairo Quintana,...

The topic of doping within professional cycling cannot be brought up without the mention of Lance Armstrong, who has become the sport's persona-non-grata since his admission of doping back in 2013. One of those who saw the scandal up close and personal was the American's former teammate Levi Leiphei...

Lars van der Haar has fond memories of Liévin. He'll be one of the very few at the start of World Championships this weekend who'll be able to make a good use of past experience from the course, even if those memories come from 13 years ago. In 2008, the now 33-year-old Van der Haar came second in t...

Team Picnic PostNL's Tobias Lund Andresen has taken his first victory of the 2025 season in a tight finale to the 2025 Surf Coast Classic in Australia, edging out home sprint hero Sam Welsford. A large group threatened to have ending the bunch's hopes early, getting around a minute's advantage. When...

Fabio Jakobsen started his 2025 season on Tuesday at the AlUla Tour. Despite a good position heading into the final meters, he was merely able to get up to speed briefly before sitting done with a hopeless expression in his face. He finished eleventh, suggesting that a miraculous resurrection after...

With new sponsor,  Team entered the 2025 season in a strong fashion, racking up 435 UCI points over the recent three one day races in Spain. Much of the credit goes to Christian Scaroni who has taken up a role of leader for the early-season races and scored over half of these points himself. But des...

2024 was a good year for Tim Wellens who was in the thick of action during all the cobbled classics, became Belgian time trial champion and later went on to assist Tadej Pogacar in completing the Giro-Tour double. So pretty much everything went according to plan. Therefore the ambitions of the UAE T...

The Surf Coast Classic, formerly known as Race Torquay, was created in recent years to fill the gap between the Tour Down Under and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. The race is designed for the sprinters to have another opportunity to chase a win. We preview the race ahead.  The race features...

The second race of the Challenge Mallorca is one where the sprinters will have a full opportunity to capitalize on. The Trofeo Ses Salines is every year a good indicator for the fast men's form. We preview the race ahead.  The race will be 185 kilometers in length and will consist of two loops of a...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We...

Earlier this week, Johan Price-Pejtersen was finally awarded the Danish national time trial title, seven months after being disqualified from the initial race against the clock and the jersey being handed to Mattias Skjelmose. With this decision though, the fires of controversy have been spoked.  Fi...

35-year-old Lucinda Brand has been consistently proving age is just a number this winter, taking on and beating her much younger cyclocross rivals Puck Pieterse and Fem van Empel among others. As such, the Baloise Glowi Lions star heads to the upcoming World Championships one of the favourites for t...

For Alexander Vinokourov it has been a busy winter off-season. The Kazakh team boss oversaw new sponsorship as his team changed from the Astana Qazaqstan Team to XDS Astana Team. Despite his best efforts though, the team couldn't quite signify their new intentions with a box office signing.  "If I d...

In 2025, Egan Bernal faces a crucial season with the INEOS Grenadiers. The British team has had a winter of upheaval over the recent off-season, losing notable riders such as Tom Pidcock and Jhonatan Narvaez. As such, the Colombian and teammate Carlos Rodriguez will be the team's two main leaders fo...

The Surf Coast Classic, formerly known as Race Torquay, was created in recent years to fill the gap between the Tour Down Under and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. The race is designed for the sprinters to have another opportunity to chase a win and the final startlist has now arrived.  Inclu...

Mathieu van der Poel is undoubtedly the dominant force in cyclocross. In fact, Van der Poel has only failed to win one of his last 24 cyclocross races dating back to the 2022/2023 season. As such the Dutchman will start as favourite to win the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships next weekend. Accord...

After taking by far the most amount of wins in 2024, UAE Team Emirates - XRG are already making moves in 2025. The latest victory came this Wednesday afternoon at Trofeo Calvia as talented Swiss prospect Jan Christen emerged victorious following a late attack.  "I'm super happy, I have super conditi...

Just behind the victorious Tom Pidcock on stage 2 of the AlUla Tour 2025, another mountain bike star was making a big impression. In his first real road racing test for Team Jayco AlUla, South African mountain bike world champion Alan Hatherly came home in 3rd.  "It was a strange finish today, I thi...

After a frantic day in Mallorca, UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Jan Christen has taken victory at Trofeo Calvia 2025 ahead of Astana's Christian Scaroni and another UAE man Antonio Morgado.  Despite some very attacking and aggressive racing over the course of the day, as the race entered the final 50km,...

Amstel Gold Race is one of the leading Dutch one day races, with recent illustrious winners such as Tom Pidcock, Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert among others. For a long while though, the short-term future of the race has looked very much in doubt over recently though, due to a shortage of police av...

Tom Pidcock has officially announced himself as a Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team rider. The 25-year-old has stormed to a stunning victory in just his second race day for team following a vicious attack on the final climb of stage 2 at the 2025 AlUla Tour in Saudi Arabia.  On a confusing day that saw the sta...

Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team's Tom Pidcock has taken his first victory since leaving INEOS on stage 2 of the 2025 AlUla Tour after a confusing finale that saw the race neutralised and the course cut by around 30km. Five riders got themselves into the day's early breakaway, most notable being former Israel...

The finale of stage 2 at the 2025 AlUla Tour has descended into confusion and chaos with the race neutralised momentarily and around 30km of the course cut from the run to the line.  Heading into the final 20km, just Jens Reynders and Simone Raccani remained in the break, but the peloton was bearing...

For so long one of the leading super-domestiques in the peloton, Sepp Kuss finally got his own chance to shine at the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, winning the Red Jersey ahead of teammates Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic. Despite this realisation of the 'GCKuss' dream though, the American insists he doe...

The 2025 road cycling season is up and running and this week, a lot of the peloton are in Saudi Arabia for the AlUla Tour. Among the teams competing are Uno-X Mobility, but one man absent from the Scandinavian team's lineup is Soren Waerenskjold, who refuses to make the trip to Saudi Arabia for 'mor...

This weekend's Cyclocross World Championships have been given a boost of intrigue by the last minute announcement of Wout van Aert's involvement. According to cyclocross legend Sven Nys, the mere presence of the Belgian ensures a much more exciting Rainbow Jersey race. "The cross fan in me can only...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We...

One of the biggest transfers of the recent off-season was Simon Yates' switch from Team Jayco AlUla to Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Already, the former Vuelta a Espana winning Brit is learning a lot with his new team and new teammates, most notably from his new team leader, Jonas Vingegaard.  A back t...

Simon Yates starts the 2025 season as one of the riders to look out for. After a decade at Team Jayco AlUla under the team's various guises, Yates has moved to Team Visma | Lease a Bike for the new campaign, and starts this new challenge with much excitement.  Aged 32 now, the former Vuelta a Espana...

Seven months after he first thought he had claimed the Danish national championship individual time trial title, Johan Price-Pejtersen has finally been awarded the jersey. Given the saga it took before their eventual U-turn, the 25-year-old of Alpecin-Deceuninck has been left furious at Danish Cycli...

After being one of the most talked about riders during the recent off-season, Tom Pidcock starts 2025 reinvigorated and ready to face a new campaign at a new team. When it was announced the double Olympic champion would be leaving the INEOS Grenadiers, there was much reported interest from across th...

The 2025 season continues to take its first steps. After the first Spanish one-day races, the awaited Challenge Mallorca arrives. The first part of the series comes at Trofeo Calvia on the 29th of January.  The final startlist includes riders such as: Christian Scaroni, Diego Ulissi, Simone Velasco,...

Jonas Vingegaard has undoubtedly proven himself as one of the leading Grand Tour riders of his generation over the last few years. Given his hyper-focus on the three-week races, and especially the Tour de France though, the Dane is yet to don the colours of his national team at a World Championships...

On Sunday evening, the news was announced that Wout van Aert would be making a last minute U-turn and appearing at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championship after all. For Jens Adams though, that sadly means no trip to Lievin and the Belgian has been left far from impressed by his national team's handl...

There's something unique about how the atmosphere fluctuates whenever the topic comes to Paris-Roubaix. Is it the brutal course, the heroic tales of legends of the mythical Trouée d'Arrenberg or perhaps the iconic velodrome that draws the attentions of millions of cycling enthusiasts every April? It...

As per verdict of the UCI, who wishes to promote it's premiere cyclocross league - the World Cup, the starting positions for the upcoming cyclocross World Cup Championships in Liévin will be largely determined by riders' performances during the past 12 (11 without cancelled round in Cabras, Sardinia...

It's not so long ago when Taco van der Hoorn made a successful comeback from a hard concussion suffered at Tour of Flanders 2023. And despite the adversity he had to overcome to make a full recovery, he doesn't find UCI's regulation of chain ring set-ups to be a fortunate solution. "Personally, I do...

Pim Ronhaar will probably want to forget this cyclocross season. Despite some good days (for example his 2nd places at the National Championships, GP Sven Nys Baal, or in Herentals Cross), most of the year he's beyond (his own) expectations due to a setback illness in summer. Now coming into the Wor...

On the 29th of January we've got the first of the Mallorca classics. The Trofeo Calvia, every year the first of the 'trophies', is a race designed for the classics riders and is always very open for surprise results. We preview the race ahead.  The first of the races on the Spanish island is one wit...

Tim Merlier emerged victorious in a frantic bunch sprint finale on stage 1 of the 2025 AlUla Tour on Tuesday afternoon. For UAE Team Emirates - XRG though, it was a bit more of a mixed day as Juan Sebastian Molano finished 2nd, whilst GC hopeful Rafal Majka crashed hard in the finale.  In fact, Majk...

Wout van Aert has been confirmed for the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships and by most accounts, immediately settles into the position of Mathieu van der Poel's most likely challenger for the Rainbow Jersey in Lievin. According to Team Visma | Lease a Bike coach Mathieu Heijboer though, the fact...

In 2025, Richard Carapaz heads towards an early major goal, the Giro d'Italia. A winner of the Italian Grand Tour back in 2019, the Ecuadorian leader of EF Education-EasyPost is determined in his aim of reclaiming the Maglia Rosa.  "I really like the Giro route, especially the third week," previews...

One of the most loved stars in modern cycling, the recently announced presence of Wout van Aert at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin next weekend is already having a massive impact on the interest from fans in the fight for the Rainbow Jersey according to organizer Nicolas André. “Ye...

Marc Hirschi has already started 2025 off in winning style, emerging victorious at Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana last weekend. Following his winter transfer from UAE Team Emirates to the Tudor Pro Cycling Team, the Swiss star now looks poised to be one of the stars of the coming campaign.  Over the...

The announcement of Wout van Aert's participation at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin has lighted a fire in the sport. Far from the expected Mathieu van der Poel dominance, there is a real prospect of a Rainbow Jersey battle and two-time former cyclocross world champion Niels Albert...

The 2025 World Tour season was kicked off recently in Australia at the Tour Down Under. Race director and Aussie cycling icon Stuart O'Grady has been left delighted by another impressive edition of the race, one that showcased some of the sports biggest stars and given opportunities to a number of p...

Lotte Kopecky is widely regarded as one of the most well-rounded riders in the entirety of the women's peloton. Bunch sprints, individual time trials, mountain top finishes, she can and has won them all. In 2025 though, the back to back world road race champion is set to embark on perhaps her bigges...

The cyclocross world will have its eyes fixed on Liévin, France, from 31 January to 2 February, as the sport’s two biggest stars, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, go head-to-head at the Cyclocross World Championships. Van der Poel enters the event as the heavy favourite, aiming to equal the r...

Marianne Vos made a much anticipated return to the cyclocross world this winter and had hoped to be in the mix for what would have been her 9th Cyclocross World Championship win. Sadly though, due to injury the legendary figure will be absent from the Rainbow Jersey fight in Lievin.  “Marianne has a...

Tim Merlier finished 2024 as the sprinter with the most wins in the entire peloton. The Belgian hasn't taken long to prove his dominance is still there in 2025 either, taking a dominant sprint win on the opening stage of the AlUla Tour, Tuesday afternoon.  In a frantic and somewhat messy finale, Mer...

Soudal - Quick-Step's European champion Tim Merlier has the sprint win on the opening stage of the 2024 AlUla Tour in a bunch finale at the Al Manshiyah Train Station, opening his 2025 season in style. Heading into the final 30km, just four men remained from the day's break. The most notable of the...

Tim Merlier starts his 2025 season today at the AlUla Tour with serious chances of taking his first win in Saudi Arabia, but this time around he can already think long-term towards the Tour de France. The Belgian spoke and believes that he earned his participation after a brilliant 2024 season.  "I...

The 2023-2025 UCI rankings cycle is going to end this year and it is very likely that we will see some teams return to World Tour level whilst others descend to ProTeam level. All of this will depend on the UCI points scored throughout these three years, and on the third a few teams already start on...

The French racing calendar starts off on the 2nd of February, a day packed with cycling. The Grand Prix La Marseillais is a race with a familiar profile, a race that suits the classics riders well, but every year opens up opportunities for some sprinters and climbers alike. The French race has it's...

Giving continuation to the Australian summer racing, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is one of the most recent additions to the World Tour calendar. Taking place on the 2nd of February, it provides opportunities for both sprinters, puncheurs and classics riders to take an early big win In this...

On Sunday, February 2, the Challenge Mallorca 2025 will close with the traditional Trofeo Palma which, as always, will have the island's capital as the protagonist at the start and finish. It will consist of a total of 149.9 kilometers with a leg-breaking route in its first part and almost completel...

On Saturday February 1 will take place theTrofeo Andratx as the fourth independent race of the Challenge Mallorca 2025. This is a race that will feature some serious climbing and is perhaps the most climber-oriented out of them all. We take a look at it's profile.  Thus, the cyclists will have to co...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. He...

Demi Vollering's 2024 Tour de France Femmes is a story that will last for the ages, and the truth is that although there were no personal attacks, there were several revelations since the end of the race. The now FDJ - Suez rider has opened up about her psychological difficulties in the final days o...

INEOS Grenadiers are a team that has changed a lot over the past year, and amongst those changes were the loss of more leaders such as Tom Pidcock and Ethan Hayter; as well as several important staff members. The team was even described by Hayter to be 'run like a business', and 2025 is an opportuni...

Remco Evenepoel has had a major hit to his 2025 season when in early December a postal van driver opened the vehicle door and he collided with it, suffering several fractures and losing months of training. As it turns out it was not the only occasion the Olympic Champion has had issues with mail-rel...

Tom Pidcock has been the talk of the cycling off-season so far, particularly due to his move to Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for 2025. The 2022 world cyclocross champion has opted not to compete on his cross bike at all this winter, instead choosing a different path to prepare for the upcoming road season...

Wout van Aert is set to have a hefty bill heading his way. After a lengthy and drawn out court battle with former team Sniper Cycling BVBA, the Antwerp Court of Cassation has ordered the Team Visma | Lease a Bike star to pay €662,000 in compensation.  Van Aert broke his contract with the Sniper Cycl...

Many cyclists over the years have criticized Lance Armstrong's 'bossy' practices during his time of dominating the peloton. The last one to remember the Texan's arrogance has been Igor González de Galdeano. Many believe that Armstrong's cheating was focused on doping, but it went far beyond that. He...

Elia Viviani’s future in professional cycling remains uncertain after it was confirmed that he has not re-signed with INEOS Grenadiers for the 2025 season. The Italian sprinter and track cyclist, who joined INEOS Grenadiers in 2022, now faces a critical juncture in his career, with retirement being...

FDJ - Suez has firmly established itself as one of the dominant forces in the women’s peloton, and their latest move in 2025 underscores their ambitions. The team has secured the signature of Demi Vollering, the 2023 Tour de France Femmes winner, from rivals SD Worx - Protime. But despite her star p...

Tudor Pro Cycling Team rider Arvid de Kleijn has taken an unconventional route to professional cycling, a journey shaped by consistent perseverance. Speaking to In de Leiderstrui, the Dutch sprinter reflected on his career, his challenges, and the progress he’s made within his team. “There is now a...

Dylan van Baarle, the 32-year-old classics specialist and current rider for Team Visma | Lease a Bike, has faced an unfortunate start to his 2025 season. A crash during the opening stage of the Tour Down Under resulted in a broken collarbone, forcing him to abandon the race early. Yet, in a remarkab...

Giving continuation to the Australian summer racing, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is one of the most recent additions to the World Tour calendar. Taking place on the 2nd of February, it provides opportunities for both sprinters, puncheurs and classics riders to take an early big win. We tak...

What began as a training ride on the idyllic vacation island of Mallorca turned into a real nightmare for six riders of the German national track cycling team on Monday morning. According to an FAZ report, the endurance athletes were hit by the car of an 89-year-old man and some were seriously injur...

Giving continuation to the Australian summer racing, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is one of the most recent additions to the World Tour calendar. Taking place on the 2nd of February, it provides opportunities for both sprinters, puncheurs and classics riders to take an early big win. Here's...

Primoz Roglic has become one of the senior figures in the peloton. After starting his professional sport career on skis, the Slovenian is heading into his 10th season as a professional cyclist in 2025, determined to prove he is still very much at the top of his game.  "Wow. Crazy no? I'm really gett...

Thomas Gloag has long been viewed of as a rider with a high ceiling. Sadly for the Brit though, over the last few years, his momentum has consistently been thwarted by injuries and bad luck. At the 2025 Tour Down Under, Gloag opened the new season solidly, taking a top-10 in the general classificati...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We...

Mathieu van der Poel looked almost guaranteed to romp to a record equalling 7th Cyclocross World Championship win in Lievin next weekend. After the announcement made by Team Visma | Lease a Bike that Wout van Aert is set to also compete for the Rainbow Jersey though, could we now have a fight on our...

Marc Hirschi has officially arrived at the Tudor Pro Cycling Team! In his very first race for his new team, the Swiss one-day specialist stormed to a stunning victory at the 2025 Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana on Sunday afternoon in Spain.  “I felt good all day: the plan was to go solo on the final c...

Few riders in the entire peloton are under as much pressure to perform as Intermarché - Wanty's Biniam Girmay. Wherever the Eritrean icon goes, a loyal legion of his fans follow and whilst their support is greatly appreciated, it can also bring much weight of expectation for the 24-year-old. After b...

The Surf Coast Classic, formerly known as Race Torquay, was created in recent years to fill the gap between the Tour Down Under and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. The race is designed for the sprinters to have another opportunity to chase a win. We take a look at it's profile.  The race feat...

Giving continuation to the Australian summer racing, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is one of the most recent additions to the World Tour calendar. Taking place on the 2nd of February, it provides opportunities for both sprinters, puncheurs and classics riders to take an early big win. We tak...

The climber's race at the Challenge Mallorca. In the Spanish island there is a large flat area but also a mountain range which features some very popular ascents. The Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana every year goes through some of them, in a test for the climbers to test their form out of the off-season....

The second race of the Challenge Mallorca is one where the sprinters will have a full opportunity to capitalize on. The Trofeo Ses Salines is every year a good indicator for the fast men's form. We take a look at it's profile.  The race will be 185 kilometers in length and will consist of two loops...

The Belgian men's elite team for the Cyclocross World Championships is highly disputed with so many talented riders, and in this environment the smallest of issues can result in a switch. Thibau Nys' illness puts him at risk of missing the race, but Eli Iserbyt's leg injury poses a similar risk.  In...

On the 29th of January we've got the first of the Mallorca classics. The Trofeo Calvia, every year the first of the 'trophies', is a race designed for the classics riders and is always very open for surprise results. We take a look at it's profile.  The first of the races on the Spanish island is on...

The Belgian national team had announced eight riders for the men's Elite Cyclocross World Championships last week, leaving one spot open. Although Wout van Aert had said always that he would not participate in the event, this Sunday afternoon Team Visma | Lease a Bike announced the opposite.  Mathie...

Mathieu van der Poel made an incredible return to cyclocross at the World Cup Maasmechelen, overcoming the pain of a broken rib to dominate the field. The six-time world champion defeated his long-time rival Wout van Aert by a staggering 1 minute and 14 seconds. After his remarkable victory, Van der...

Thibau Nys has already been crowned European champion and Belgian champion this winter. The hopes of adding a World Championship title to the palmares next weekend have been handed a blow though, after the Baloise Glowi Lions star abandoned the final World Cup race of the season in Hoogerheide.  Rat...

After staunchly denying the rumours all winter, it has now been officially confirmed that Wout van Aert will indeed compete at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin next weekend! A three-time cyclocross world champion in (2016, 2017 and 2018), Van Aert had initially been planned to end h...

Caleb Ewan had a contract with Team Jayco AlUla until 2025 but just like it had happened previously with Lotto, the 'Pocket Rocket' terminated his contract prematurely. He signed with INEOS Grenadiers who were in need of a sprinter, but Johan Bruyneel believes this is a risky move.  "I don't know mu...

Tadej Pogacar is a rider that already before 2024 had an incredible amount of success, but there was a true transformation this year where he managed to eliminate his existing flaws. He discusses his changes in training, Giro-Tour combination and more.  "We did a lot of VO2 max this year and also a...

Team Jayco AlUla has revealed its line-up for the upcoming AlUla Tour, headlined by Eddie Dunbar and Dylan Groenewegen. Dunbar, fresh off winning two stages at last year’s Vuelta a Espana, will lead the team’s general classification (GC) efforts, while Groenewegen, a six-time Tour de France stage wi...

The 2025 Tour Down Under concluded earlier today, with Sam Welsford sprinting to victory in the sixth and final stage, while Jhonatan Narvaez secured the overall classification, marking a strong start to the cycling season. For Team Visma | Lease a Bike, their first outing of the season brought mixe...

In early December, Patrick Lefevere officially stepped down from his role after more than two decades at the helm of the Soudal - Quick-Step team. Lefevere’s leadership, spanning over 20 years, shaped the team into one of cycling’s most iconic outfits. As the 2025 season begins without Lefevere in c...

18-year-old Albert Philipsen made a strong impression at the 2025 Tour Down Under by winning the youth classification. The Danish rider, who rides for Lidl-Trek and was born in 2006, finished 17th overall in the general classification. This marks a significant achievement in his young career, having...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe showed their strength and depth at the 2025 Tour Down Under, with Finn Fisher-Black delivering an impressive performance in his debut race for the team. The 23-year-old, who joined from UAE Team Emirates at the end of 2024, secured third place in the general classificatio...

Wout van Aert's cyclocross season isn't over yet. The Belgian has ended much speculation to finally confirm his appearance at next weekend's Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin. Can he take a 4th Rainbow Jersey? As mentioned, there has much background speculation about Van Aert taking on the Wo...

Another UCI Cyclocross World Cup campaign is in the books and after a thrilling final weekend double-header in Maasmechelen and Hoogerheide, Lucinda Brand and Michael Vanthourenhout have secured themselves the elite, overall World Cup victories.  Closing her season in the ultimate style, Brand compl...

2024 won't be remembered as the greatest year of Wout van Aert's career. Despite some success, most notably at the Vuelta a Espana, the Belgian superstar consistently saw his momentum scuppered by crashes over the course of the year. According to Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Maarten Wynants though, V...

Fem van Empel has been the leading light in women's cyclocross over recent years. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike star has been notably less dominant this winter though, as evidenced this weekend at World Cup Maasmechelen and World Cup Hoogerheide. After taking 6th in Maasmechelen on Saturday, Van Emp...

Although Michael Vanthourenhout couldn't secure himself victory on the day at World Cup Hoogerheide on Sunday afternoon, finishing 2nd to Mathieu van der Poel, the Belgian's second place did do enough to secure him a first ever overall World Cup victory.  “I dotted the i’s today and completely pulle...

Marc Hirschi has taken the win at Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 2025, emerging victorious ahead of Christian Scaroni in a sprint to the line and securing his first victory for the Tudor Pro Cycling Team. After the trio of Baptiste Veistroffer, Martin Pedersen and Xavier Cañellas had spent much of th...

Mathieu van der Poel continues to make the sport of cyclocross look totally easy this winter. The Dutchman emerged a dominant winner on Sunday afternoon at World Cup Hoogerheide and as such, heads to the upcoming World Championships with seven wins from his seven races over this season. Attacking on...

Mathieu van der Poel has yet again proven unmatched, dominating on his father's course at World Cup Hoogerheide. Overall though, Michael Vanthourenhout is the rider with arguably the most to celebrate securing a first World Cup standings win in his career. All eyes were on Van der Poel at the startl...

In women's cycling, Movistar Team made a stellar signing this winter and the arrival of Marlen Reusser is already paying off, and the 2025 season has just begun. The Swiss has taken the victory in the Trofeo Palma Femina. The Movistar Team superstar has taken the victory from Mavi García at the spr...

Lucinda Brand had already guaranteed herself the overall World Cup victory heading into the season's final round in Hoogerheide. But in front of her Dutch compatriots, the Baloise Glowi Lions leader confirmed herself as the best of the field, taking a dominant victory ahead of Blanka Kata Vas and Pu...

Baloise Glowi Lions' Lucinda Brand has taken victory at the final round of the 2024/25 Women's UCI World Cup in Hoogerheide, ending a special season in style and confirming her overall World Cup win in the process. All eyes now turn to the Cyclocross World Championships next weekend! With all the ta...

Mathieu van der Poel has turned 30 years old this week, but there is no slowing down the World Champion who only seems to get stronger by the year. After beating Wout van Aert in what was their second and final battle of the cyclocross season, the Alpecin-Deceuninck opened up about what has changed...

Wout van Aert had to settle for second place at the World Cup Maasmechelen as Mathieu van der Poel made a stunning return to cyclocross, overcoming a broken rib to claim an emphatic victory. Van der Poel crossed the line 1 minute and 14 seconds ahead of his long-time rival. After the race, Van Aert...

In the latest episode of the Eurosport podcast Kop over Kop, commentators Jeroen Vanbelleghem, Jan Hermsen, and Bobbie Traksel shared their thoughts on Remco Evenepoel. The double Olympic champion is currently recovering from a crash involving a van in late 2024, raising questions about his physical...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe had a pretty good week at the Tour Down Under to open up the season. New signing Finn Fisher-Black rode himself to the podium, but like last year, Sam Welsford stormed to take three stage wins.  After succeeding earlier in the race, and recovering from two minor falls, th...

The Tour Down Under has been finished. The season's first World Tour race in Australia has come to a closing this Sunday, crowing Jhonatan Narváez as the race winner after his win at Old Willunga Hill, and a week where he managed to grab bonus seconds in several sprints throughout the week.  A displ...

Throughout the 2025 Tour Down under, the race jury attributes fines to some of the riders and sporting directors. Ultimately the fines can come in the form of money, time penalties or even UCI points, depending on the rule breaking. Here we present what decisions have been taking by the race commiss...

Throughout the 2025 Tour Down Under, there will be many riders to withdraw from the race, for several different reasons. We make a list of all riders who leave the race, as well as list out a few of the main crashes that take place during the race. To start off, two riders were already unable to sta...

Juan Pedro López did not start the last stage of the Tour Down Under 2025 won by Sam Welsford and has seen how it has crowned Jhonatan Narvaez winner of the race. He was disqualified from the race, however this happened the day after he - on front of the TV camera - held on to a neutral service bike...

The cycling world has been left in mourning following the tragic death of 19-year-old Italian cyclist Sara Piffer, who lost her life after a collision with a car on Friday morning. According to Tuttobiciweb, Piffer was cycling with her brother Christian, an amateur cyclist, when the pair were struck...

Mathieu van der Poel delivered a commanding performance at the World Cup Maasmechelen, finishing over a minute ahead of his closest rival, Wout van Aert. The third and final spot on the podium was secured by Joris Nieuwenhuis, who battled his way to an impressive result. The 28-year-old Dutchman, wh...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe have won their third stage win of the week. On stage 6, we've had another bunch sprint taking place, with Sam Welsford sprinting to victory in another crash-marred finale - where Jhonatan Narváez was crowned race winner.  With only around 90 kilometers of racing, in a tec...

Milan Vader has left Team Visma | Lease a Bike to join the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, where he will now be teammates with Tom Pidcock. Reflecting on the move, Vader shared his enthusiasm and positive impressions of his new team. "It's super exciting. I feel really positive. Of course you try to do as m...

The Tour Down Under will conclude this Sunday. We preview stage 6, a day where the sprinters should be fighting for the stage win in a criterium-like stage in Adelaide where Sam Welsford will be the ultimate favourite.  The race finishes with the traditional criterium in Adelaide, where the sprinter...

On the 26th of January we've got what is only the second race in the European calendar: The Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana. It is a race that will suit the puncheurs and climbers well, and be a good test for that early-season form for many,  The final startlist includes riders such as: Marc Hirschi,...

Michel Wuyts, a prominent cycling commentator, shared his thoughts with Het Laatste Nieuws about the challenging World Championship course set to take place in Rwanda later this year. The brutal route, featuring 5,500 metres of climbing at an altitude of 1,500 metres, has already raised doubts among...

Former British professional cyclist David Millar has shared his thoughts on how cycling can enhance safety, suggesting a cultural approach similar to the fight against doping during the latter half of his career. Speaking to Cyclingnews, Millar emphasised the importance of fostering respect, self-po...

On the 26th January we've got the Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana on the road, a race that will suit the climbers and classics specialist, and goes through some of the most iconic climbs of the 'Costa Blanca' where most teams train every winter. We preview the race ahead.  The 185.5-kilometer long rou...

Marianne Vos finished 13th at the World Cup Maasmechelen, but the Dutch rider remains optimistic as she looks ahead to the World Championships in Lievin next weekend. “I didn’t have the best start,” Vos told Wielerflits about her race in Maasmechelen. “In the first two rounds I was able to move up q...

Wout van Aert is one of cycling's most talented and popular riders, and we have seen time and time again how he is capable of excelling across a wide range of disciplines and terrains. His palmarès is already incredible, and includes four cyclocross world championships, nine Tour de France stage win...

European and Belgian cyclocross champion Thibau Nys was absent from the World Cup Maasmechelen, where Mathieu van der Poel claimed a dominant victory. However, according to his team manager Eric Braes, Nys is expected to return to action tomorrow at the World Cup Hoogerheide. "Thibau had a good trai...

The Gran Premio Castellón arrived as the second Spanish classic of 2025. A day after the Camp de Morvedre, which was won by Urko Berrade, a peloton with more prominent names was looking for the victory. The challenge was not expected to be too demanding. The race organizer himself, in statements to...

Broken rib? Who cares? Not Mathieu van der Poel, as he produced one of those special MvdP days to decimate the field and win the World Cup Maasmechelen. Behind the world champion, Wout van Aert had to settle for second and Joris Nieuwenhuis came third. It was a crazy start to the race, and Wout van...

In the penultimate race of the women’s cyclocross World Cup season, Blanka Kata Vas secured a stunning victory at the World Cup Maasmechelen. Vas clinched the win on the final lap, edging out Zoe Backstedt and Lucinda Brand. Speaking to Wielerflits after her triumph, Vas expressed her joy. “After th...

In the second to last race of the women's cyclocross World Cup season, Blanka Kata Vas has taken victory at the World Cup Maasmechelen. Vas took the win on the last lap ahead of Zoe Backstedt and Lucinda Brand, who sealed the overall win of the World Cup. From the very outset, the World Champion Fem...

Six-time world cyclocross champion Mathieu van der Poel is back in action today at the World Cup Maasmechelen. The Dutchman has been absent from several World Cup races due to a crash at Azencross Loenhout, a race he still managed to win. However, it has now been revealed that his absence over the p...

On the 26th January we've got the Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana on the road, a race that will suit the climbers and classics specialist, and goes through some of the most iconic climbs of the 'Costa Blanca' where most teams train every winter. We take a look at it's profile.  The 185.5-kilometer lon...

The AlUla Tour will be the second stage-race of the season, and the first outside of Australia for the men's peloton. Saudi Arabia's most important race in the calendar attracts a few good names every year, with an interesting route that will be raced from the 28th January to the 1st of Feburary. We...

Usually the Old Willunga Hill stage at the Tour Down Under is a conservative one with everyone saving themselves for the final ascent. This wasn't the case this time around, a lot of it due to Team Jayco AlUla's aggressive approach to the day. Team leader Luke Plapp talks through a complex finale, w...

Only one week left towards the Lièvin Cyclocross World Championships, and this weekend all riders will race for the final time before the big day in France. At this point, Mathieu van der Poel has been out of action for three weeks, and his form is the subject of talks including his father Adrie and...

Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel were expected to have three battles this cyclocross season. Wout van Aert's season was delayed due to illness, and later van der Poel missed out on a few races due to an injury. Hence the two will only have two battles, the second one being this Saturday aftern...

Stage 5 of the Tour Down Under saw the riders climb up the Old Willunga Hill, the race's most iconic ascent which ultimately decides the overall classification once again. We take a look at what Jhonatan Narváez said after his maiden stage win with UAE Team Emirates - XRG, but also his main rivals o...

Stage 5 of the Tour Down Under was always expected to be crucial in the big picture of the race, and it certainly didn't disappoint. An explosive finale saw Jhonatan Narváez take the stage win and take hold of the overall classification, with only one (flat) stage left to race this week in Australia...

Claudio Chiappucci, Italian and world cycling legend, has kindly agreed to chat for a while with CiclismoAlDia about his career and his vision of cycling today. The transalpine, great rival of Miguel Induráin in the early 90's in Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, is very present in the Italian media...

The topic of Carbon Monoxide and its potential misuse in the peloton continues to cause discussion. One of the most outspoken opponents of the controversial method has long been Groupama - FDJ boss Marc Madiot and the Frenchman has been left delighted by Jonas Vingegaard's recent comments calling fo...

Johnny Hoogerland had a brief period of glory in 2009, but his promising professional career was promptly interrrupted by two heavy crashes. After the latter, the charismatic Dutchman never really a made a full recovery. It's a story that may have never happened though if Hoogerland didn't get picke...

As many predicted, Jhonatan Narváez has won stage 5 of the Tour Down Under at the Old Willunga Hill and with it came the ochre jersey, a big reward for UAE Team Emirates - XRG who will probably open up the season with a GC win.  The breakaway of the day was formed by five riders featuring Juan Pedro...

Six years after testing positive for EPO, former French cyclist Marion Sicot has been given a 10-month suspended prison sentence in court for the import and possession of doping products. The 32-year-old, who competed most notably for Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport before her ban, admitted to repeateed u...

That the financial demands in the sport of cycling are growing is no secret. In fact, many team managers, analysts and other sport figures are calling for salary caps, in hopes of equalling the opportunities. One of the managers who are struggling against the crushing pressure of money flowing from...

BEAT Cycling is a name that resonates in Dutch community. However the continental team has gradually fallen into mediocrity and so the goal for the new sports manager Thijs Zonneveld is clear - to put the Dutch team at the top of the continental feeding chain. And who knows, maybe more? "I was a cyc...

The Dutch cycling federation (KNWU) announced earlier this week that they will entirely abandon the under-23 category, shifting more focus towards juniors and elite category. This means no European and World Championships, no Tour de l'Avenir, nothing. Expectedly, the Dutch continental teams are fum...

Cees Bol, a 29-year-old rider for the XDS Astana Team, is preparing for his third season with the team. Bol, who recently became a father, played a pivotal role in the 2023 Tour de France, supporting Mark Cavendish as he broke the record for the most Tour stage wins. Speaking to In de Leiderstrui, B...

In 2024, Tadej Pogacar assembled perhaps the most extraordinary cycling season ever witnessed. Winning 25 races out of just 58 racing days, Pogacar became the first man in 25 years to achieve the Giro-Tour double after Pantani in 1998. Along the way, he claimed 12 Grand Tour stages, two monuments, L...

This coming Saturday, January 25, 2025, the Gran Premio Castellón will be held. It will be the second race of the season in Spain, and the first in category 1.1. It is a classic in which there will be a WorldTour presence, and we take a look at it's startlist.  The final startlist includes: Michael...

Rohan Dennis, the 34-year-old Australian cyclist and two-time world time trial champion, was involved in a now well documented incident on 31 December 2023. The incident occurred outside his home in Adelaide, where a vehicle he was driving struck and killed his wife, Olympian Melissa Hoskins. Follo...

With Demi Vollering leaving the team for the 2025 season, Lotte Kopecky, a two-time world champion and Team SD Worx - Protime rider, is shifting her focus to climbing races such as Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour de France Femmes. This transition signifies a busy season ahead for sports manager Da...

On the 25th of January we've got the second European road race of the season on the road. In Spain, more particularly the Valencia region, we're going to have the Gran Premio Castellón where many sprinters and classics riders can fight for the victory. We preview the race ahead.  The race will be 17...

On the 25th of January we've got the second European road race of the season on the road. In Spain, more particularly the Valencia region, we're going to have the Gran Premio Castellón where many sprinters and classics riders can fight for the victory. We take a look at it's profile.  The race will...

The Tour Down Under has thus far delivered solid action but this Friday we should have the climax of the week. We preview stage 5, where the riders will be climbing Old Willunga Hill two times and this is certainly going to be a decisive moment in the race.  The most famous climb in Australia is bac...

This cyclocross season has been a breakout year for Thibau Nys, who is emerging as one of the sport's brightest talents. The 22-year-old Belgian has captured the attention of cycling fans with a string of remarkable performances, including victories at the Belgian National Championships, the Europea...

Yesterday it was confirmed what was an open secret, that Alejandro Valverde will be the next Spanish cycling coach. First it was the president of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, who confirmed it, and later he himself explained that it had taken so long to announce the agreement "because of frictions"...

Thibau Nys will not take part in the World Cup Maasmechelen this Saturday. According to Sporza, the Belgian and European champion is unwell and has decided not to take any risks ahead of next week’s Cyclocross World Championships. Nys is coming off a remarkable performance at the World Cup Benidorm,...

Emiel Verstrynge has been selected by the Belgian national coach to compete in the upcoming Cyclocross World Championships. This marks Verstrynge’s debut at the event, where he will race alongside team leader and European and Belgian Champion, Thibau Nys. Speaking to Wielerflits, Verstrynge reflecte...

Urko Berrade has won the Classica Camp de Morvedre, to pick up a win in the very early stages of the season. Berrade held off a late surge from Nicolas Breuillard and Sergio Chumil to take the win. In the UCI 1.2 race, there was a group including Alexys Brunel (Total Energies), Morne Van Nierkerk, J...

Tuttobiciweb has reported the tragic death of 19-year-old Italian cyclist Sara Piffer, who passed away after a collision with a car on Friday morning. Piffer was cycling with her brother Christian, an amateur cyclist, when the two were struck by a car overtaking another vehicle. While Christian suff...

With the Cyclocross World Championships fast approaching in early February, British Cycling has raised eyebrows with their decision not to send any elite women or a men’s under-23 team to the competition. This means that notable riders such as Alderney Baker, Anna Kay, and the newly crowned British...

Caleb Ewan's agent Jason Bakker has explained why the 'Pocket Rocket' joined INEOS Grenadiers, a miracle transfer that came as a result of several coincidences, and played a huge role in preventing the Australian sprinter from retiring at the end of 2024.  “The opportunity arose for him to seek a ne...

From the 21st to the 26th of January we have got the first men's World Tour event of the year. In Australia, the Tour Down Under is every single season the first big race of the year and we take a look at where and when you can watch it.  The race will be broadcast in by the traditional channels and...

From the 21st to the 26th of January we have got the first men's World Tour event of the year. In Australia, the Tour Down Under is every single season the first big race of the year and we take a look at the prize money available.  The total prize money for the race is of €100.000 which comes toget...

From the 21st to the 26th of January we have got the first men's World Tour event of the year. In Australia, the Tour Down Under is every single season the first big race of the year and we take a look at it's profiles.  The route consists of six stages as usual, short and without many technical roa...

Stage 4 of the Tour Down Under had a bit of room for everything. There was a crash involving GC favourite Jay Vine, an interesting breakaway including GC riders, some late attacks and a reduced bunch sprint won by Bryan Coquard. We take a look at the words of some of the day's protagonists.  Coquard...

INEOS Grenadiers saw a lot of important riders and staff depart in 2024 and it's evident that there were internal issues within the team. Ethan Hayter, who had already previously hinted at his unsatisfaction with the departure from the British team, has expanded on his explanation of what went wrong...

Despite much speculation over the past few months, Jonas Vingegaard will not be making a Giro d'Italia debut in 2025. Instead, the Danish leader of Team Visma | Lease a Bike is set to replicate his calendar of 2023 and combine general classification challenges at both the Tour de France and the Vuel...

Anna van der Breggen has already done it all and retired from cycling at the end of the 2021 season to focus on other projects. But then she returned as a sports director for SD Worx - Protime and some years later, she'll now re-enter the professional peloton to see if the former world champion stil...

Paul Magnier had a stellar professional debut over the past twelve months, consolidating himself as one of the most promising young sprinters in the peloton with eight victories in 2024. Partly because of the lessons he learned from Julian Alaphilippe in his first pro year. "Julian is really a mento...

Bryan Coquard is a rider with many pro wins, but his first World Tour triumph only came in 2023 at the Tour Down Under. Today, on stage 4 of the Australian race, the Cofidis rider has won once again after an explosive finale.  The uphill start to the stage saw an interesting group getting formed inc...

Francisco Mancebo became on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the oldest winner of a UCI race. The record was held until now by another Spaniard, Oscar Sevilla, who is still active and could theoretically re-take the crown later this season. Mancebo, who spent last seven years in Japan, won the first sta...

The battle for the overall classification has officially opened up today, but on stage 4 we should see the sprinters in action again. However, it's a tricky finale into Victor Harbor, and we preview what can be another important day for the outcome of the race.  Stage 4 is another explosive day that...

Lidl-Trek belongs among the teams who don't have deep into their pockets, but it didn't really reflect in their transfer market activity with only four new recruits into 2025. The team of manager Luca Guercilena seems to by quite content with its current lineup, although there's always room for impr...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG will be almost on their home soil during the AlUla Tour. The Saudi race traditionally attracts a stacked startlist at the start of the year and 2025 is no different in that aspect with the likes of Tom Pidcock, Tim Merlier or Fabio Jakobsen expected to start in the Middle Eas...

The Tour de France wasn't initially very high on Mattias Skjelmose's list of targets for the 2025 season. After Lidl-Trek overruled the Dane and named him as part of their provisional lineup for the Grand Tour, Skjelmose is now tasked with leading the team's GC charge against the likes of Jonas Ving...

A stage winner at all three of the sports Grand Tours, Lennard Kämna has consistently proven himself as one of the peloton's leading stage hunters over the course of his career. In early 2024 though, the German's career came to a potentially career-threatening halt when he was hit by a car in traini...

After the first real GC test of the 2025 Tour Down Under, Movistar Team's Javier Romo is in the race lead. Behind the Spaniard though, UAE Team Emirates - XRG leaders Jay Vine and Jhonatan Narváez are lurking dangerously. Finishing 2nd on stage 3, crossing the line just 5 seconds down on Romo, Narva...

One of the new faces at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe in 2025, former UAE Team Emirates rider Finn Fisher-Black is making a positive start to life in his new colours. After three stages, the Kiwi is leading his team's general classification challenge at the Tour Down Under. Getting his first podium un...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike took to the 2025 season-opener at the Tour Down Under with a notable focus on youth, something that was thrust even more into focus by the experienced Dylan van Baarle abandoning on stage 1. After impressive performances by Matthew Brennan over the first 2 stages, on stage...

We have reached the halfway mark at the 2025 Tour Down Under. With three stages down and three to go, Team Jayco AlUla and their home race hopefuls Luke Plapp and Chris Harper, are still very much in the mix for the Ochre Jersey.  Neither Plapp nor Harper could take victory on stage 3, as Movistar T...

The defending Tour Down Under champion, all eyes were on Israel - Premier Tech's Stephen Williams ahead of the first GC test on stage 3 of the 2025 edition. Sadly for the Welshman though, things didn't go exactly to plan.  Crossing the line 25 seconds down on stage winner Javier Romo, Williams finis...

One of the biggest stories of the winter was the Tom Pidcock transfer saga and his eventual departure from the INEOS Grenadiers to the Swiss Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. One of those most excited by the British star's arrival at Q36.5, is the experienced Aussie pro Damien Howson. Howson is entering his t...

There's no doubt that the amount of money in the sport of cycling is growing. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for the competitiveness of the sport though, remains a hotly-contested debate. According to Lotto team boss Nikolas Maes, we might be approaching the time a salary cap is needed....

The organization of the Volta a Catalunya 2025, to be held between March 24 and 30, has announced the 24 teams participating in the race. In 2024 Tadej Pogacar put on a show, and in a couple of months we should see a battle including the likes of Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic.  Taking into acco...

Caleb Ewan will ride for INEOS Grandiers in the 2025 season. The transfer season usually would've already finished, but early in the year we still have one more major move, which terminates a very unusual situation where Ewan's contract was broken but not made public.  The Tour, Giro and Vuelta stag...

Javier Romo is the new leader of the Tour Down Under 2025 after winning the third stage of the Australian race. Thus, the Movistar Team rider ousted from the first place of the race to Sam Welsford, who logically in the first hard stage has cracked.  Thus, the rider from Villafranca de los Caballero...

Javier Romo has achieved his first victory as a professional in the third stage of the Tour Down Under after an attack on the final descent that left the other favorites like Jhonatan Narváez or Lucas Plapp with no options. The Movistar Team rider acknowledged at the finish line that he has worked h...

Despite Tadej Pogacar's brilliance in 2024, within Team Visma | Lease a Bike there remains, somewhat unsurprisingly, a staunch belief that Jonas Vingegaard can get himself back into the Maillot Jaune at the 2025 Tour de France. Matteo Jorgenson is one Visma rider, who sees opportunity for his team l...

In an interview with the Marca newspaper, four-time Vuelta a España winner Roberto Heras talked about the record that Primoz Roglic could beat if the Slovenian wins one more, as well as Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard's expected Tour de France battle.  "In principle he is not coming. But then he...

With more and more of the peloton's teams unveiling their provisional plans for the 2025 season, the expected field of GC competitors at each of the Grand Tours is beginning to fill up. At the Tour de France, Lidl-Trek's general classification will be led by Mattias Skjelmose. The curious thing is t...

Matteo Jorgenson proved himself one of Team Visma | Lease a Bike's brightest stars in 2024. In his debut campaign with the team, the American took overall victory Paris-Nice, finished 2nd at the Criterium du Dauphine and secured a top-10 at the Tour de France. As such, big things are expected of Jor...

At the moment, there are 16 riders with terminating contracts in Israel - Premier Tech. With Chris Froome and Jakob Fuglsang likely retiring at the end of the season, the situation around contracts gives team management the freedom to adapt the 2026 roster accordingly as the team seems almost certai...

Team Arkéa - B&B Hotels is in quite a predicament this year. The traditional French formation which dates back to 1990s is in immediate danger of disbanding at the end of 2025 if they are unable to secure sufficient funds. It's yet another blow for the team that was already in a seemingly lost situa...

Movistar have taken an important win to open up the year. Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under has seen Javier Romo take a solo victory that propels him into the race lead, after an all-out battle on the climb led to a downhill attack deciding the outcome of the day.  KOM classification leader Fergus Brow...

The European cyclocross champion Thibau Nys already established himself nicely in the road peloton last season and so it's the ideal time to think about riding a Grand Tour in 2025. But here comes the catch. Due to Nys' cyclocross goals only Tour de France actually fits his agenda. But is Lidl-Trek...

The Belgian champion Arnaud De Lie was due to open his season this week in Spain, however a lingering injury from recent training crash momentarily prevents the 22-year-old from attending the upcoming races with further programme in danger. "Unfortunately, Arnaud De Lie will not be starting in GP Ca...

Sam Welsford has thus far won both bunch sprints at the Tour Down Under, but stage 3 will be a completely different day. We preview the first important day for the overall classification, where we can see serious action.  Perhaps the trickiest stage of the race. Being the one with the toughest start...

Pascal Eenkhoorn is one of the seven new faces in Soudal - Quick-Step jersey in 2025. The former Dutch champion is far from a high-profile signing, but has proven in the past that he can win in important races, given the chance. However over the past two seasons with Lotto, Eenkhoorn walked away wit...

After being one of the wildcards for the last two editions of the Tour de France, Uno-X Mobility are still yet to receive any inclination as to whether or not they will be invited again in 2025. As such, the nerves are rising within the Norwegian team.  "It will mean an insane amount to us as a team...

For the first time since signing for Soudal - Quick-Step at the start of the 2023 season, Tim Merlier is set to represent 'The Wolfpack' at the Tour de France in 2025. A decision backed by Belgian cycling legend Philippe Gilbert.  “Tim is a guarantee of victories,” the 42-year-old Belgian says of co...

There's no doubt that the INEOS Grenadiers are not the force they once were in the peloton. Despite expectations lessening in recent years though, the team remains intent on competing at the pointy end of the sport's biggest races, most notable among them, the three Grand Tours.  "Although that is n...

Tadej Pogacar had one of the best seasons in the cycling history last year. And in 2025, he'll start even better geared up thanks to a pinnacle of Italian engineering - the brand new Colnago Y1Rs model. While the public will only get their hands on it in May, the Slovenian rider will already hope th...

Remco Evenepoel's plans for 2025 were thrown into disarray last month as the Belgian got caught up in a disastrous training crash. The comments from the Soudal - Quick-Step camp to date have remained relatively positive, although former Belgian national coach Sven Vanthourenhout, who knows Evenepoel...

At the 2025 Tour de France, Lidl-Trek are fully backing Jonathan Milan as their sprinter, leaving out the more experienced Mads Pedersen from their lineup. Despite the potential pressures of having team leadership at the most watched race on the planet, the 24-year-old Italian is incredibly excited...

There’s no doubt about it, the INEOS Grenadiers have reached a pivotal moment in their history. Following a dismal 2024 season that saw them endure arguably their worst campaign ever, the departure of key rider Tom Pidcock has left a significant void in their roster. Meanwhile, Caleb Ewan, once a p...

There is no doubt that Tadej Pogacar is the best cyclist in the world today. His success over the past 12 months has been unrivalled. However, it should also be added that the Slovenian is in the best possible place to exploit this gift he possesses. At UAE Team Emirates - XRG, the world champion ha...

The Maasmechelen World Cup will be the final round of the competition in Belgium. The competition ends this weekend with this and the Hoogerheide events, but the previous will be Wout van Aert's final race of the cyclocross season.  Initially he planned on racing six, but it turned out to be only fi...

The Cyclocross World Championships will take place in Lièvin and it is only two weekends away at this time. A few teams have begun confirming their plans for what is perhaps the most important weekend of the cyclocross season, and Great Britain are one of the first to make it public, headlined by Ca...

Down Under Classic, Tour Down Under stage 1, and now stage 2... Danny van Poppel is one of the absolute best leadout men in the peloton and has delivered Sam Welsford to three victories in as many race days. It is the best possible outcome, but today it came with a yellow card as the Dutch rider did...

Sam Welsford had a cracking day at the Tour Down Under, but in the end all turned alright. He crashed right at the start of the stage suffering a lot of road rash, and was also dropped on the final ascent. Still, he overcame those obstacles and sprinted to victory in the ochre jersey.  "I was alread...

The 2024 season was practically perfect for Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian won the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and World Championships, as well as two monuments. But in a sport as competitive as cycling, all that doesn't count from the moment you start the next year according to Tour legend Miguel I...

This past week Jonas Vingegaard called for the ban of Carbon Monoxide rebreathers in the peloton. However, he did not accuse other teams of potentially abusing the device, Team Visma | Lease a Bike states that this was a misinterpretation and now what the Dane actually said.  This came to light afte...

The Netherlands won't send riders to participate in neither junior nor under-23 categories at the World Championships in Rwanda for the time being. Instead, they'll focus on European competitions in an attempt to please a tight budget. The KNWU talent program will focus entirely on the junior catego...

The organisers of the Maryland Cycling Classic have introduced a new women's 1.1 race that will take place alongside the already existing men's 1.Pro race. Both races will be held on the Saturday of September 6, 2025. "It’s exciting to see world-class women’s professional cycling return to the Unit...

Sam Welsford had everything happen to him today. The race leader crashed, got dropped, but in the end he resisted the adversities and sprinted to victory at stage 2 of the Tour Down Under.  Early in the day the ochre jersey had some action, but one he surely hoped not to have as he hit the deck and...

Diego Pescador's debut in the WorldTour has not been long in coming. The 20-year-old Colombian signed with Movistar Team in the last cycling market as one of the great promises of cycling. The Spanish team has taken him immediately to the first big race of 2025 - the Australian Tour Down Under. The...

Biniam Girmay finally let himself be heard again during the 2024 Tour de France, winning three sprint stages and the Green jersey. For his team Intermarché - Wanty this was already a historical success but with food comes taste and for 2025, the Belgian WorldTour team would love to win a monument. I...

For the first time in a long time, Movistar Team faces a season without worrying about relegation. The Spanish team heads into 2025, the last year of the three-year UCI World Tour period, seemingly safe from danger. Two years ago that was practically unthinkable. But after a 2024 in which their hard...

Once the most feared sprinting force in the entire peloton, Sam Bennett has seen his powers wane slightly over the last few years. Now aged 34, and coming up to three years since his last Grand Tour stage win, can the Irishman still make his mark in the biggest races on the calendar? If it comes dow...

After seven years loyal service at Soudal - Quick-Step, Kasper Asgreen begins a new era of his career in 2025 at EF Education-EasyPost. A former Monument winner and Tour de France stage winner, can the change of scenery fire the Dane back to his best after a quiet 2024? Sadly, given all his success...

Jonas Vingegaard heads into 2025 with a point to prove. After two years where he reigned supreme at the Tour de France, the Danish leader of Team Visma | Lease a Bike was overthrown by an unstoppable Tadej Pogacar in 2024. The question now is: Can Vingegaard close to gap to his great rival and recla...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike's quest to reclaim the Maillot Jaune at the 2025 Tour de France is one of the most interesting stories to follow this season. Just how do Jonas Vingegaard and co go about defeating Tadej Pogacar later this summer? Some of Visma's plans are already raising questions in the o...

Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under will be an interesting one, a slightly harder stage than the opening day but one where the sprinters are still expected to succeed. We preview the second day of the race, can Sam Welsford defend his race lead?  Stage 2 starts and finishes in Tanunda and it will include...

The retired life of former Soudal - Quick-Step team boss Patrick Lefevere has not got off to the best of starts. The 70-year-old Belgian recently revealed he was the victim of a home burglary. Lefevere and his wife had planned to spend Christmas abroad, kicking off his retirement in style. Almost im...

There is no doubt about who will start at the man to beat at the 2025 Cyclocross World Championships in Lievin. Mathieu van der Poel has taken victory at all five of his races so far this winter and looks destined for a 7th Rainbow Jersey, but if anyone can stop the Alpecin-Deceuninck star, it's the...

We now know that Wout van Aert is heading for a Giro d'Italia debut in 2025. The goals with which the Belgian star of Team Visma | Lease a Bike are still slightly unclear though. According to experienced trainer Jim van den Berg, this could be the perfect chance for Van Aert to test his Grand Tour G...

One of the modern peloton's leading stars, Mathieu van der Poel is a former world champion, six-time Monument winner and a two-time Grand Tour stage winner. Just how much faster is he compared to an average YouTuber though? Artem Shcherbyna recently put this to the test. Shcherbyna, who has previous...

Tao Geoghegan Hart is looking to return to the top of world cycling after a serious injury in 2023, following a crash in the Giro d'Italia, and a very lackluster 2024, with only a top 10 overall finish in the Tour of Romandy. This season, the 2020 Giro champion will start at the Volta ao Algarve, bu...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have a good eye for young talents but this does not only apply to climbers and classics riders. They seemed to have signed a golden sprinter in Matthew Brennan who, in his first ever World Tour race, became the youngest rider to ever finish on the podium of a race at the hi...

There has arguably been no bigger star in the sport of cycling during the 2020s than UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Slovenian spearhead, Tadej Pogacar. Despite all the fame and notoriety brought by three Tour de France victories, a Giro d'Italia and numerous other successes, including a World Championshi...

In his four cyclocross appearances so far this winter, Wout van Aert has two victories and two finishes off the podium. At the most recent outing of the Team Visma | Lease a Bike at World Cup Benidorm last weekend, the Belgian's compatriot, Thibau Nys was the man to emerge victorious.  According to...

The start of the 2025 World Tour season is less than a day away at time of writing, but that does not mean the peloton is done with their transfer business just yet. According to Geraint Thomas, the INEOS Grenadiers should be looking at signing one rider in particular. The experienced Welshman leads...

Sam Welsford did not have an easy 2024 season, but one thing that did go well was the Tour Down Under where he dominated the sprints. We could be seeing the very same situation developing 12 months later as the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe sprinter once again won the first stage of the World Tour cal...

In 2022 Dylan van Baarle won Paris-Roubaix and finished second at the Tour of Flanders. He was signed by Team Visma | Lease a Bike to be a new leader but has since been affected by countless injuries. On stage 1 of the Tour Down Under, the Dutchman crashed once again and is out of the race with a fr...

Many would know Marianne Vos as a road peloton legend, but it should not be forgotten that the 37-year-old Dutchwoman is also an eight-time cyclocross world champion. Vos took the last of her titles in 2022 and afterwards gradually disappeared from the cross scene to focus more on the rapidly growin...

The World Tour season has officially begun for the men's peloton and we have got a non-surprising winner on the first day of the Tour Down Under. Like last year, Sam Welsford opened up his winning tab on the first bunch sprint of the race.  The breakaway of the day consisted only of two riders from...

What do have Shari Bossuyt and Toon Aerts in common? A doping two-year ban after a "contamination" of their samples in the 2022/23 period. The whole process is still shrouded in controversies as both riders were left in despair due to poor communication of official parties. In any case the latter of...

Belgian Cycling has revealed the selection for the Cyclocross World Championships in Liévin next weekend. In the men's category, national coach Angelo De Clercq already his most of the lineup figured out, but he still leaves one spot open for whoever shows up in great form at the last two World Cup...

Thieves targetted Juan Sebastián Molano's home back in Colombian while the UAE Team Emirates - XRG sprinter was preparing for new season in Dubai. Along with his brother Julián, they lost several bikes and other items with value that goes into thousands of euros. According to the Colombian newspaper...

From the 21st to the 26th of January we have got the first men's World Tour event of the year. In Australia, the Tour Down Under is every single season the first big race of the year and we take a look at it's startlist.  The preliminary startlist includes riders such as: Dylan van Baarle, Laurence...

Mathieu van der Poel skipped several recent crosses due to alleged back pain, while Wout Van Aert is already about to wind up his cross season without World Championships in his plans. For their opponents it's an opportunity, but it takes away a bit from the attractiveness of the sport. The most rec...

It's fair to say, 2024 won't go down in the history books as the most successful of Jay Vine's career. Despite adding a 6th career victory to his palmares at the Vuelta a Burgos, the Aussie's year will mostly be remembered for his involvement in the horrific crash at the Itzulia Basque Country. The...

Jhonatan Narváez starred at the Tour Down Under last year, finishing 2nd overall behind Stephen Williams. As he returns to the Australian, season opening stage race in 2025 though, the Ecuadorian does so in the colours of a new team, UAE Team Emirates - XRG.   “It is exciting to come here with my ne...

In 2025, the Vuelta a Andalucía will celebrate a very special edition. The Spanish race reaches its centenary. In addition to a brutal route, several stars of the peloton will be part of its line-up of participants. One of them will be Tom Pidcock, making his race debut. The Brit has been a name on...

Finn Fisher-Black has long been seen as rider with massive potential. Despite having spells with both Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates in his career so far though, the 23-year-old Kiwi is yet to fully click. Could his latest transfer, a move to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, be what finally unlocks F...

After being one of the standout riders for the INEOS Grenadiers in 2024, Jhonatan Narváez starts 2025 with a new challenge and a new team as part of UAE Team Emirates - XRG. Having been with INEOS since 2019 though, it's clear the Ecuadorian learned a lot during his time there.  “I think it was part...

The most prestigious race in the world is the Tour de France. The impact that the Grande Boucle generates is unparalleled. For that reason, rumours about future routes are always circulating and creating interest. Although there is still half a year to go before the 2025 edition, part of the route o...

For Mads Pedersen, 2025 marks a potentially big year in the Dane's career. In his contract year at Lidl-Trek and after missing out on the team's early projection for their Tour de France lineup, Pedersen is determined to prove his worth.  "The winter went well. The form is good. It's going as planne...

Long gone are the days of the mythical Team Sky, and those where INEOS Grenadiers won Grand Tours and monuments. The British team has not been able to improve alongside cycling's top teams and is now on the backfoot. However, it is looking to return to the top, and it is reported that the team is cl...

Tom Pidcock's departure from INEOS Grenadiers was one of the stories of the winter and one that has not yet been left behind. Three years of a millionaire contract remained, terminated with a mutual agreement between both sides for the Olympic champion to join a modest second division team. He furth...

Paolo Bettini was a World Champion in 2006 and 2007, seasons where he raced 75 and 82 days respectively. At the time, the Italian already had a preference for large schedules, and he comes out now with sharp words over some of the world's best who put in a lot of focus on the Tour de France specific...

The Vuelta Femenina 2025 will take place between May 4 and 10 and it has now been officially confirmed that the upcoming edition of the Spanish Grand Tour is set to start from Barcelona. Thus, for the third consecutive year, since Unipublic and ASO took over the race, the race will start from the Me...

The 2025 World Tour season gets kicked off in Australia on the 21st of January. One of the leading home hopes comes in the form of three-time Australian road racing champion and Team Jayco AlUla leader, Luke Plapp. "It's definitely a race that, by the end of my career, I want to have on my palmares...

Ahead of the 2025 Cycling World Championships in Rwanda, there seems to be one outstanding contender for the Rainbow Jersey, Tadej Pogacar. Of all the teams capable of challenging the Slovenian though, it's arguably Belgium who are best placed. "Today you still have one other factor: Pogacar. How ca...

Felipe Orts was looking for the podium at the World Cup in Benidorm but had to settle for sixth place. The Spaniard, who had just won his seventh national title, was unable to beat his rivals despite having "the best race possible". In statements to the EFE agency he commented that a clash with Eli...

At the Down Under Classic last week, a mass crash saw a spectator left with a serious injury. Despite the concerns raised by the incident, INEOS Grenadiers star Geraint Thomas, insists there will be no major safety issues at the Tour Down Under. The final corner was only a few hundred meters away fr...

The Down Under Classic was the first race of the season for the international World Tour peloton but unfortunately it was not only a short and joyful first day for the 2025 year. There was a massive crash in the final corner of the race and not only riders were injured, but a spectator also had to b...

The World Cup Benidorm delivered a thrilling race, but it was Thibau Nys who stole the show with a remarkable victory that silenced his critics. Meanwhile, Wout van Aert struggled to find his rhythm and had to settle for fourth place. Van Aert spoke candidly to Wielerflits after the race, reflecting...

From the 21st to the 26th of January we have got the first men's World Tour event of the year. In Australia, the Tour Down Under is every single season the first big race of the year and we preview stage 1. The race starts off with a slightly hilly day from Prospect to Gumeracha, but it should be th...

From the 21st to the 26th of January we have got the first men's World Tour event of the year. In Australia, the Tour Down Under is every single season the first big race of the year and we preview the race ahead. The route consists of six stages as usual, short and without many technical roads whic...

The 2025 cycling season has officially begun with the Tour Down Under, and with the new year comes the implementation of new rules, including the much-discussed yellow card system. After a trial period that started in mid-2024 and concluded at the end of last season, the UCI has decided to make this...

Patrick Lefevere, a towering figure in professional cycling, is no longer at the helm of Soudal – Quick-Step. In the wake of his departure, the team’s decision to appoint Frederik Broché over Sven Vanthourenhout as a coach has sparked discussion. Lefevere shared his perspective on the matter in an i...

Nairo Quintana, the experienced climber for Movistar Team, is gearing up for the 2025 season with ambitious plans to tackle the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España. At 34 years old, the Colombian veteran, who boasts three Tour de France stage victories as well as overall wins at the 2014 Giro and the...

Lars van der Haar claimed a hard-fought podium finish at the World Cup Benidorm, securing third place by beating Wout van Aert in the final stretch. The result marked a return to form for the Baloise Trek Lions rider, who had not reached a podium since November. The race was won by his teammate Thib...

Cycling Weekly recently spoke with Mirko and Marjeta Pogacar, the proud parents of Tadej Pogacar, widely regarded as the world’s best cyclist. Their anecdotes reveal a fascinating glimpse into the childhood of the Slovenian sensation, from unicycle adventures to an unexpected first encounter with th...

Belgium’s national cycling team faces a unique challenge that many teams would envy: having two world-class riders, Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel, both vying for leadership. With the arrival of new national coach Serge Pauwels, managing these ambitions and ensuring team cohesion has become a cri...

As Mathieu van der Poel celebrates his 30th birthday today, the cycling world reflects on an extraordinary career that already places the Dutchman among the greatest riders of all time. With a remarkable versatility that has seen him conquer multiple disciplines, Van der Poel has built a legacy that...

Tom Pidcock’s move from INEOS Grenadiers to the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team has sparked widespread debate in the cycling community, and has been the main talking point of the winter so far. Pidcock’s immense talent has been undeniable, yet his tenure at INEOS was fraught with challenges that seemed to hi...

Thibau Nys claimed an impressive victory at the World Cup Benidorm, beating Eli Iserbyt, who finished second, and Lars van der Haar, who completed the podium in third place. Meanwhile, Wout van Aert, who struggled to recover from a poor start, finished in fourth. Nys, already the Belgian and Europea...

Thibau Nys has won in the sunshine at the World Cup Benidorm! Nys beat Eli Iserbyt into second, and Lars van der Haar came third, whilst Wout van Aert could only manage fourth. At the start, it was Niels Vandeputte who made a strong getaway, whilst Wout van Aert made a slow start, having already sta...

Fem van Empel delivered a stunning performance to secure victory at the World Cup Benidorm, narrowly defeating rival Lucinda Brand in what was undoubtedly one of the best races of the season. The win marks Van Empel's third consecutive triumph at the Benidorm event, cementing her dominance on this c...

Fem van Empel has won the cyclcross World Cup Benidorm after a magnificent ride, where she beat Lucinda Brand for her third win in Benidorm. Marie Schreiber came third, just behind the top two. At the start, it was Fem van Empel and Marie Schreiber who had the best starts, whilst Lucinda Brand lost...

Wout van Aert, the star rider for Team Visma | Lease a Bike, is set to compete in the World Cup Benidorm later today. Speaking to Wielerflits ahead of the race, Van Aert shared his thoughts on the course and the race's significance. "It is a fast lap, and it is worth riding around again. It is a con...

Wout van Aert will race the Giro d'Italia, this has been known for quite a while. Having shown himself in the past occasionally as a very strong climber, many hope to one day see what he would be capable of if he decided to race for the GC in a Grand Tour. An interesting challenge, but one that will...

One of Spain's most recently created races, O Gran Camiño, has had very reputable winners in recent years and the 2025 throws up some surprises. The Galician race will start in Portugal, and take place from the 25th February to the 2nd of March.  Last year, Jonas Vingegaard won the race with an over...

Chloe Dygert opted with a different type of start to her 2025 season, travelling to Australia and racing the Tour Down Under. Her performances were a reflection of 2024 where she achieved good results but not quite the ideal goal, but she was happy nevertheless to win the final stage with an impress...

Ever since June, the topic of Carbon Monoxide inhalation has revolved around the top cycling teams as a dark shadow of doubt. It's possible use for performance enhancing worries the sport's fans and authorities, as some teams such as Team Visma | Lease a Bike and UAE Team Emirates - XRG have confirm...

Lidl-Trek have announced Mads Pedersen's Giro-Vuelta goals for 2025 and simultaneously we learn that Jonathan Milan is a certainty for the Tour de France. The team's climbers are yet to reveal their plans, and Tao Geoghegan Hart prefers to stay away from that spotlight for the time being, focusing o...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG has made a surprising addition to its 2025 roster with the signing of Julius Johansen, a former junior world champion. The 25-year-old Dane, who has been on a winding journey through the cycling world, will join the team as he seeks to rekindle the form that once marked him a...

Spectacular end of the Women's Tour Down Under 2025 with the victory of the American Chloe Dygert in Stirling, the American rider was the strongest in the final sprint, whilst Noemi Rüegg secured the overall title.  On the final day, the American Dygert (CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto) imposed her power o...

Kristof de Kegel, sports scientist and coach at Alpecin-Deceuninck and former trainer of Mathieu van der Poel, has shared valuable insights on effective training strategies for cyclists. Speaking to Het Nieuwsblad, de Kegel emphasised the importance of balancing group rides with solo training to max...

Belgian cyclocross sensation Thibau Nys has found himself under scrutiny in the Belgian media, despite a stellar winter season that has seen him clinch both the Belgian and European cyclocross titles. At just 22 years old, Nys has already made significant strides in his career, but comparisons to hi...

Lidl–Trek has confirmed that Jonathan Milan will make his highly anticipated debut at the Tour de France in 2025. The 24-year-old Italian sprinter from Tolmezzo has established himself as one of the fastest men in the world and will now showcase his talents on the sport’s grandest stage. Milan’s ris...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike has announced they will no longer rely on their control room setup during races. Originally, the team intended to use the control room during last year’s Tour de France to analyze the race in real-time and make strategic decisions based on the data. The control room allowed...

From the 21st to the 26th of January we have got the first men's World Tour event of the year. In Australia, the Tour Down Under is every single season the first big race of the year. We gather all the necessary information here ahead of the race.   In this article you can find a wrap-up of all the...

The World Championships in Rwanda this year are certain to be one of the highlights of the year, being the first time in the African continent and with a route that promises a lot of spectacle. Simultaneously, due to the high costs, vaccination requirements, toughness of the route and high altitude,...

Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel are not going to take part in the 2025 Giro d'Italia, as was the case with the 2024 Vuelta a España - with Primoz Roglic racing both, looking to take advantage of this situation to boost his palmarès. Although most of the Giro's route had been deci...

In 2025, the road cycling World Championships are heading to Africa as Rwanda hosts the annual battles for the Rainbow Jersey. Given the climber-friendly course on offer though, the biggest star in African cycling Biniam Girmay may not compete in this landmark sporting event for the continent.  "The...

Puck Pieterse is one of the absolute biggest talents in pro cycling, and in the women's field she is a top level winner in mountain biking, cyclocross and on the road. In 2024 she broke through the road scene, and a Tour de France Femmes victory against Demi Vollering and Katarzyna Niewiadoma was a...

Richard Plugge is the main man behind 'One Cycling', a format to organize cycling in a completely different way with the goal of making the sport more attractive and create more opportunities for everyone involved. In recent words, he explained one of the most important factors behind the project wh...

The trend of time-trials growing smaller and smaller in Grand Tours is continuous and reflects a massive change from Grand Tour racing in modern cycling when comparing to a few decades ago. Johan Bruyneel experienced the old way of designing them, both as a rider and DS, and has shared his opinion o...

Biniam Girmay is the star at the Intermarché - Wanty camp, and one of cycling's most popular figures is going to once again aim high in 2025. A possible yellow jersey at the Tour de France, the cobbled classics... But also Milano-Sanremo becomes a huge goal for the Eritrean sprinter this spring.  "T...

Richard Carapaz has been near the top of the cycling world for many years now and his aggressive style of racing continues to make him one of the most popular riders in the peloton. He has revealed his main races for the first two thirds of the 2025 season, which include a GC run at the Giro d'Itali...

Sam Welsford opened up his season by winning the Australian criterium national championships and continues his good run of form with another victory. Before the start of the Tour Down Under, the riders tackled another criterium with the Down Under Classic, and the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe rider s...

EF Education - Oatly are entering the season with a bang and most likely they will take the victory at the women's Tour Down Under after Swiss rider Noemi Rüegg put in a stellar performance today at the Old Willunga Hill. The new ochre jersey expressed her happiness after taking the win on the mythi...

Mathieu van der Poel's stranglehold over the sport of cyclocross doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon, but the clamour for the next generation of stars is already growing. One of those with the biggest expectations is Van der Poel's own Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate, Tibor del Grosso. "Let me guess:...

Visma | Lease a Bike and clothing company AGU part ways after a long contract. The Dutch superteam therefore enters new season in the same jerseys as last year and without a clothing sponsor. The cyclists of Visma | Lease a Bike and its predecessors were dressed for years - at least on their bikes -...

Triathlon star Kristian Blummenfelt made waves in the cycling world last year, setting out his plan to switch sports and targeting a Maillot Jaune victory at the Tour de France within the next few years. As the 2025 World Tour season nears a start at the upcoming Tour Down Under though, the 30-year-...

In 2025, the World Championship road race seems to be the most climber friendly in a long time. As such, the calls for Team Visma | Lease a Bike superstar Jonas Vingegaard to make a first appearance in Danish colours are growing. Despite the recent announcement of his plans for 2025 though, the Dane...

Noemi Rüegg has won the queen stage of the women's 2025 Tour Down Under on Willunga Hill. The Swiss rider of EF Education-Oatly demonstrated on the toughest ramps of the Australian climb to finish 10 seconds ahead of Dutch rider Silke Smulders (Liv AlUla Jayco). Behind the two strongest riders came...

Despite having a British passport, Simon Carr will feel at home in his new team Cofidis. Having grown up as a cyclist in France, there's one burning desire on his mind - to participate at the Tour de France in his career. The 26-year-old realized that dream was not going to be fulfilled with EF Educ...

Fem van Empel is having a more than solid cyclocross winter, yet despite her European title and World Cup victories, some still feel that she's less dominant than last winter. The Visma | Lease a Bike rider, however, isn't bothered by the critics and calmly continues her preparation towards World Ch...

Harm Vanhoucke has gained plenty experience riding for the Belgian Lotto but after years with the team of Stéphane Heulot, the time to change outifts (again) arrived. It was not quite to Vanhoucke's liking, but the financial complications of his employer eventually lead the 27-year-old to find a dea...