António Morgado is one of the great figures of Portuguese cycling and he will have another compatriot at World Tour level this year. The 'Flying Moustache' has talked about his incredibly surprising Tour of Flanders debut, plans for 2025 and Tadej Pogacar amongst others to CyclingUpToDate. "It was a...

Carbon monoxide rebreathing has been the topic of the cycling off-season with Escape Collective's investigation suggesting that the method which has, for decades, been used to measure effectiveness of altitude training, could be used for doping. Albeit their conclusion at the time didn't suggest an...

Dutchman Koen Bouwman will be riding for Team Jayco AlUla in the 2025 season after nearly a decade with Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Bouwman, who has been with Visma since 2015, is perhaps best known for his impressive 2022 Giro d’Italia campaign, where he won the mountains classification and two stag...

This Tuesday seemed like an entirely UAE Team Emirates-oriented day with the team's 2025 open day. However, Soudal - Quick-Step stole all the limelight with shocking breaking news: Patrick Lefevere will no longer be the Belgian team manager!The official Quick-Step statement was released just moments...

Remco Evenepoel’s 2024 season was, in many ways, a defining one. After a rough spring that saw him sidelined with injuries sustained during a crash at the Itzulia Basque Country, the young Belgian bounced back extraordinary to deliver the best year of his career to date. Evenepoel claimed third plac...

Isaac del Toro had been rumoured to be preparing his Giro d'Italia debut in 2025 and that has been confirmed today at the UAE Team Emirates camp. The Mexican rider, now with one pro season in the bag, enters 2025 as a slightly more experienced rider and knows where he should improve to get even bett...

Today, Jonas Vingegaard turns 28, marking another milestone in the life of one of cycling’s best ever grand tour riders. The Danish superstar had a challenging but impressive 2024 season, where he once again showed the world that he is Tadej Pogacar’s closest rival.While his spring campaign started...

João Almeida spoke to CyclingUpToDate and has confirmed all the rumors about his 2025 calendar and more! The UAE Team Emirates rider will once again repeat the Tour de France and Vuelta a España combination, but has also revealed to us his full calendar for 2025! Almeida has won in the World Tour in...

Just a week ago Remco Evenepoel suffered a freak crash in a training ride, after he hit swinging door of a bpost van. The Belgian suffered fractures to his rib, right hand, and right shoulder blade, putting his off season training plans with Soudal - Quick-Step into jeopardy. Incredibly, the double...

A sight to behold. This Monday Colnago have revealed the new Y1R, the brand's new aero bike which will be used by UAE Team Emirates throughout the 2019 season. CyclingUpToDate has layed it's eyes on Tadej Pogacar's brand new rainbow-coloured bike. It is all that's been announced and more. The Italia...

Tadej Pogacar is an exceptionally talented rider, of a level that has not been seen in modern cycling. There is a lot of work behind the scenes for the UAE Team Emirates rider to reach such a high level, but in words to CyclingUpToDate he shares what he believes are the key details to evolve despite...

Tim Merlier, a former stage winner at the Tour de France, has expressed his desire to return to the cycling’s most famous race in 2025. The 32-year-old sprinter last competed in the Tour back in 2021, where he claimed victory on a stage but has not been included in Soudal – Quick-Step’s Tour squad s...

At 38 years old, Robert Gesink brought the curtain down on his professional cycling career following the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. Known as one of the most reliable and selfless domestiques of his generation, Gesink retired after playing a pivotal role in the rise of Team Visma | Lease a Bike.In an inte...

UAE Team Emirates have a team absolutely packed with world class GC riders and it is a difficult task to split Grand Tours between them, in a way to keep everyone happy. Tadej Pogacar will race the Tour de France; but we have learnt from Joxean Matxin who will learn the team at the Giro d'Italia. At...

Tadej Pogacar will race three cobbled classics, aim for the win at Milano-Sanremo and also start his season at the UAE Tour in 2025. Straight from the words of Joxean Matxin comes the confirmation of the World Champion's spring schedule for the 2025 season which includes a few surprises. At the UAE...

The route for the opening stage of the 2025 Criterium du Dauphine has been announced, with a challenging ride from Domérat to Montluçon kicking off the main Tour de France warm up race. The Dauphine is often a brilliant indicator of which riders in teams are best prepared for the Tour in July, and t...

What happened on Sunday, September 29, 2024, in Zurich was perhaps one of the greatest cycling, and sporting moments you will ever seen. Tadej Pogacar cemented his place among cycling’s all-time greats with a performance that will be remembered for generations. Attacking with 100 kilometres still to...

Wout van Aert will soon be back in cyclocross action. Only racing six races though, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike star's much-reduced calendar has left some notable names in the sport disappointed. "I was shocked when I heard Wout van Aert's winter program," admits cyclocross legend Niels Albert in...

On Monday afternoon, cycling legend Eddy Merckx was involved in a scary incident whilst riding near his home in Belgium as the 79-year-old crashed, being left hospitalised with a broken hip. In a positive update though, the five-time Tour de France winner's daughter has described him as doing "relat...

After taking another positive step in 2024, Remco Evenepoel was supposed to be linking up with Soudal - Quick-Step teammates in Calpe this December, preparing for 2025. Sadly though, due to a training crash, the Belgian is notably absent. In a casual training ride in Belgium earlier this month, Even...

After much speculation, the winter cyclocross programme of Wout van Aert has now been revealed. In a reduced schedule, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike star will take on just six races, and according to former world champion Bart Wellens, Van Aert's calendar has been very carefully selected."Six crosse...

The 2025 World Championship course in Rwanda is one that opens the door for pure climbers to contest for the Rainbow Jersey. With almost 5,500 meters of elevation, it's set to be a real test for the peloton. Despite not being renowned for his climbing capabilities, could Mathieu van der Poel still c...

Alan Hatherly is a well known name for those who follow Mountain Biking. Winner of the World Championships and XCO World Cup this year, he now makes the switch onto the road with Team Jayco AlUla where he will combined the two disciplines at the top level. He's talked to CyclingUpToDate about his pl...

Former INEOS Grenadiers and Jumbo-Visma rider Rohan Dennis has plead guilty to one aggravated count of 'creating the likelihood of harm' following the death of his wife, Australian track star Melissa Hoskins. Hoskins tragically passed away in hospital almost exactly one year ago, on the 30th of Dece...

UAE Team Emirates will be having a new aero bike to ride this upcoming season, but it is not the only revelation of this Monday. The 2025 jersey is yet to be officially announced, but the team has been training and has been spotted near Benidorm where their new equipment has been shown for the first...

Michael Matthews has revealed that although he will enter the final year of his contract with Team Jayco AlUla in 2025, he is already in talks to renew once again. In words to CyclingUpToDate, the Australian veteran has talked about how he manages to keep up with the emerging generations, 2025 calen...

Ben O'Connor experienced a tremendous season. Finishing second at the Vuelta a España, World Championships and UAE Tour, alongside a fourth place at the Giro d'Italia and a few victories throughout the year, it was the highlight of the Australian's career. But in words to CyclingUpToDate, he has als...

Team Polti - Kometa, which will be called Polti - VisitMalta from 2025 continues its search for another strong sponsor which could boost their budget. Meanwhile a new smaller sponsor is already on board, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.Polti - Kometa just like many other smaller teams always fight...

Thomas Dekker has stories to tell after this year, but the 2024 is still not over for the man who was arrested for 'indecent behaviour' in the United States this summer. Former pro Dekker was riding out in the company of current pro Florian Vermeersch when glucose dip struck the Dutchman who lost co...

Although there were some doubts, Mark Cavendish's professional cycling career has finally come to a wrap after a historical 35th Tour de France stage victory. Yet this accomplishment was not enough in the eyes of BBC Sports Personality of the Year jury who didn't enter the Manxman's name among candi...

Ilnur Zakarin was the best Russian GC rider of past decade. With stage wins from Giro d'Italia and Tour de France as well as podium result at the 2017 Vuelta a Espana, he has many memories to be proud of. In 2018, he completed a great Tour de France in the Katusha-Alpecin jersey along the mythical s...

The season preparations are already well underway with most teams putting in important kilometers in Spain. This is no different at Visma | Lease a Bike. But before the first training camps, the Dutch formation traditionally organised a season-end party for both departing riders and this time also f...

After four seasons racing for the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale setup, Ben O'Connor departs for leadership of Team Jayco AlUla in 2025 and beyond. Having finished 4th at the Giro d'Italia and 2nd at the Vuelta a Espana in 2024, the French-based team admit the Australian star's exit is a big loss. "I th...

The early winter has seen plenty of excitement in the cyclocross programme as the likes of Eli Iserbyt, Thibau Nys, Laurens Sweeck and more have taken victories from a reasonably evenly matched field. With the return of Wout van Aert imminent and more information Mathieu van der Poel's calendar expe...

In one of the biggest transfer stories of the current window, Tom Pidcock has departed the INEOS Grenadiers for a new challenge at ambitious Swiss second tier, Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. Pidcock is of course, widely known for his multi-discipline abilities, being a world champion in both cyclocross and...

The topic of rider safety and how to best improve it in the peloton continues to be a big debate in modern cycling. As technology continues to improve, allowing riders to go faster than ever before, is more work needed on the safety aspect of the sport?At the recent annual general meeting of the ass...

Arguably the greatest cyclist of all-time, the now 79-year-old Eddy Merckx remains an active rider around his home roads in Belgium. Sadly, the five-time Tour de France winner has been left hospitalised after a crash near his home on Monday afternoon. “There were no other road users involved,” expla...

With the start of the 2025 World Tour season only around a month away at the Tour Down Under, teams across the peloton are meeting up for winter training camps in preparation. In the case of Soudal - Quick-Step, everyone except Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel has linked up in Calpe. “It is always a...

The son of a legend, Thibau Nys has had the spotlight on him for much of his life. To his credit though, the Belgian prodigy is quickly making a name for himself in the sport of cycling, both on the road and in cyclocross.   “I’m making really big steps for the moment,” Nys assesses of his developme...

In 2024, Tadej Pogacar did something only Stephen Roche and Eddy Merckx had ever done before in combing victories of both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France with a Rainbow Jersey triumph at the World Championship road race. On Friday night, Pogacar's 2024 season, which also included two monume...

After finishing 4th at the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the past, Ben O'Connor finally cracked the Grand Tour podium at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, finishing 2nd behind Primoz Roglic. As the Australian moves to Team Jayco AlUla in 2025, can he get himself on the top step of a Grand Tour pod...

After a standout season in 2024, highlighted by 30 victories across the campaign, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team have a lot to live up to 2025. As they reveal their 30-man squad for the upcoming season though, optimism is high. "I'm delighted to present the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 2025. It...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is an incredibly strong team and because of this, many talents, even those with quality, don't manage to make it into the elite team. Morten Nortoft is one such case, as he departs the under-23 team and into Danish continental Team Coloquick after an important stint in his...

Lidl-Trek have had a boost in budget and also had a boost in performance this season. Luca Guercilena, team DS, has evaluated this past season and looks into some of it's leaders, who will also be heading the team in 2025. "It was an important year, which we closed close to the podium [of the UCI ra...

It had been heavily rumoured and now it has been made official. Both INEOS Grenadiers and Astana Qazaqstan freed up space in their teams recently for a big signing, but the huge battle for Maxim van Gils has one winner: Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. The Belgian had said he would announce his new team...

Colnago was known years ago for not having an aero bike, which led several sprinters to leave UAE Team Emirates into others teams. Today, they have announced a new bike which they claim to be 19% more aerodynamic than the V4R bikes. The Colnago Y1Rs will certainly be used by all top riders in the UA...

It's Monday morning and with the start of the work week comes along a lot of announcements. Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team are the third World Tour squad to reveal their equipment for the 2025 season, one now also made by Van Rysel - who became it's bike supplier last week. Van Rysel is a brand spo...

The World Tour teams are increasingly becoming a strong presence in the Spanish coast this week and several have already been seen in their new jerseys. Whilst a few have not yet revealed them - such as INEOS Grenadiers who's attire was already leaked days ago - we see Bahrain - Victorious and Group...

Sven Vanthourenhout is leaving the role of Belgian national team coach, although it is uncertain yet whether he will join a World Tour team or if he will follow a different path in cycling. However, the leader of the Belgians is well informed regarding Wout van Aert, but shares doubts that the Team...

Due to the extremely adverse weather conditions, this Sunday afternoon's World Cup Cabras has been cancelled at the last minute. Despite the potential financial ramifications of the decision, the cancellation seems to have been met with a mostly universal agreement from riders. Crelan-Corendon star...

Dozens of riders made the trip to the Italian rider of Sardinia over the weekend. This also applies to plenty staff members, bikes and organization staff, and everyone involved at the World Cup Cabras event ended up with a bill to pay and nothing to show for. Brutal weather conditions forced the rac...

Although Tadej Pogacar was at his brilliant best at the 2024 Tour de France, there were a number of mitigating factors involved in Jonas Vingegaard's far from ideal race. Alongside his April horror crash in the Basque Country, the Dane's right-hand man Sepp Kuss was also notably absent.According the...

Australian cyclist Sarah Gigante has announced that she will be sidelined for several months following surgery to treat iliac artery endofibrosis. The 24-year-old, a two-time Australian time trial champion and winner of the Women’s Tour Down Under earlier this year, shared the news on social media,...

Belgian cyclist Rune Herregodts, who is set to leave Intermarché - Wanty for UAE Team Emirates in 2025, has long been known not only for his talent on the bike but also for his academic pursuits. A former medical student, Herregodts recently opened up to Wieler Revue about his passion for science an...

Mathieu van der Poel and Harrie Lavreysen have both been named finalists for the prestigious Dutch Sportsman of the Year award, cementing their status as two of the brightest stars in Dutch sport. The NOC*NSF Sports Gala, where the winner will be revealed, is set to take place on Wednesday, 18 Decem...

Danish cyclist Lasse Norman Leth has revealed just how close he came to stepping away from the sport this past summer. In a candid interview with DR, the 32-year-old opened up about the challenges he faced in 2024, both on and off the bike, after missing out on Denmark's Olympic Games track team.Nor...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike has officially confirmed Wout van Aert’s much anticipated winter schedule, revealing that he will only participate in six cyclocross races this season. After a difficult year marked by his stage 16 crash at the Vuelta a Espana, this limited schedule raises questions about h...

Portuguese team Sabgal / Anicolor has signed two World Tour riders last year in Antwan Tolhoek - who was then suspended for doping, and Julius Johansen who was now signed by UAE Team Emirates. But the Continental-level outfit continues to bring in new signings and has confirmed Rubén Fernandez, the...

Pello Bilbao was a teammate and friend of the late Gino Mäder. In a recent interview he talked about the donation campaign he's still supporting for an ecological cause thinking of the Swiss rider, memories together and also some expectations ahead of the 2025 season. "I prefer to think that, if he...

Lotte Kopecky is an extremely talented rider and an absolute headliner in the women's field. With great power comes also great responsibility but despite her emerging talent as a Grand Tour specialist, she confirms that she will not prioritize this over the classics where she has had the most succes...

Demi Vollering and Team SD-Worx ProTime did not have the most amicable separation, now the Dutch rider is preparing for the 2025 season and was at the official presentation of the FDJ - Suez team with whom she'll ride for in the upcoming seasons. It will be a meaningful change but the Dutchwoman is...

The Cyclocross World Cup brought in a new venue this year, in the island of Sardinia the organizers have sketched out a course right by the sea. As bad luck would have it, a storm hit the coast right this morning and made it impossible for the race organization to ensure the safety of the riders - w...

Round 4 of the Track World Champions League in London this Saturday evening was called off after a crash that saw Katy Marchant and Alessa-Catriona Pröpster lose control of their bikes and ride over the protective barriers and into the audience at high speed. Now that the news have come out that non...

UAE Team Emirates had a sensational campaign in 2024, leading the way in the peloton with a grand total of 81 victories across the season. As preparation for the 2025 season begins, the team is now set to meet up in Spain for a December training camp. “2024 was an exceptional year for us and the goo...

As the professional cycling world begins its preparations for the 2025 season, we have been looking back at how each time performed throughout 2024, and today we’re looking at one of the heavy hitters. For Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the 2024 season was marked by a mix of highs and lows. The team, fo...

Tadej Pogacar seems like a man on a mission intent to end his career as the greatest of all time. One of the things missing from his palmares currently, is a complete set of monument titles. Although the Tour of Flanders, Il Lombardia and Liege-Bastogne-Liege are in the bag, both Milano-Sanremo and...

The UCI World Cup was supposed to be stopping off in Sardinia this Sunday afternoon for the Cabras round. Sadly though, it seems that due to extremely high winds, the races of the day have now been cancelled. "Official: The World Cup in Cabras has been cancelled due to extreme winds," reports the Cy...

This past Friday, December 6, Tadej Pogacar became the fourth cyclist in history to win more than one Velo d'Or. Lance Armstrong reached 5, but each and every one of them was withdrawn after his doping scandal. Apart from the American, those who have preceded the UAE Team Emirates leader with severa...

Rivals in the Classics perhaps, but Michael Matthews and Tadej Pogacar have formed one of the biggest bromances in the peloton over recent years, training alongside each other regularly and even carpooling to races together.“We met up for a ride after one of the races we did together and we just cli...

The announcement that Tom Pidcock is leaving INEOS Grenadiers to join Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for the next three seasons has been a long time coming, but that makes the choice of team no less surprising For a rider of Pidcock’s status, a double Olympic mountain biking champion, a Tour de France stage...

Earlier this week, the cycling world was shaken by the news that Remco Evenepoel had been involved in a training crash. The Belgian superstar, fresh off the best season of his career, collided with a car whilst riding in Belgium. Patrick Lefevere, his team manager at Soudal Quick-Step, later confirm...

Round 3 of the Cyclocross World Cup will take us to Italy another year. Whereas in the past we've had the 'snow cross', this year we preview the World Cup Cabras - a race on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia which features a summer landscape, a literal sand mountain but will be tackled in storm w...

Mathieu van der Poel made history earlier this year by securing back-to-back victories at Paris-Roubaix. As the 2025 edition of the “Hell of the North” looms on the horizon, can Van der Poel make it three wins in a row?The preparation for a race as brutal as Paris-Roubaix goes beyond physical traini...

2024 was a great year for Belgian cycling, particularly at the Olympics where Remco Evenepoel won two golds and Wout van Aert got a bronze in the time trial. But things weren’t always so smooth.In a revealing interview with on the Stamcafé Koers podcast , Belgian national coach Sven Vanthourenhout o...

The FDJ Coupe de France has long been a highlight of the French national cycling calendar, running from January’s Grand Prix La Marseillaise to September’s Grand Prix d'Isbergues. This year, the awards night was particularly special for Benoît Cosnefroy of Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, who received an...

For many riders in the peloton, winning the Tour of Flanders is more than just a career milestone, it’s a lifelong dream. For Mads Pedersen, the former World Champion and star of Lidl-Trek, that dream burns brightly, even as he admires the achievements of his fellow Danish rider and friend Kasper As...

Wout van Aert recently announced his plans for this cyclocross winter, and he will compete just six times. The Belgian had a difficult season, including his heavy crash at Dwars Door Vlaanderen in the spring, before his brutal crash on stage 16 of the Vuelta saw him pick up a nasty knee injury.Euros...

Following his departure from his role as head coach Belgian Cycling, a big move was expected for Sven Vanthourenhout. With 2025 drawing ever nearer though, announcement of a contract somewhere has not yet been revealed. That's not to say there haven't been conversations though, including with Soudal...

Multiple broken bones, a dislocated collarbone and emergency surgery was far from the desired plan for Remco Evenepoel's winter. Sadly though, after colliding with a BPost van earlier this week, that is now the reality for the Belgian.Despite the aforementioned injuries for the Soudal - Quick-Step l...

Although they consistently thrill us with their brutal attacks and daredevil descents, the life threatening dangers of riding a bike are still very prevalent for the pros. Now, the world champion Tadej Pogacar has become the latest name to join the UN's 'Make a Safety Statement' campaign.“As a profe...

So far this winter, the cyclocross season has been played out without the discipline's 'Big 3' of Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock. Although the racing has been exciting, in the opinion of 1975 cyclocross world champion Roger De Vlaeminck, the absence of the big names has left a m...

Remco Evenepoel's plans for the 2025 season were thrown into disarray earlier this week as the Belgian was involved in a crash with a BPost van during a training ride in his homeland. In a latest update though, Soudal - Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere is remaining somewhat optimistic.The injuries s...

In the final full campaign of his professional career, Romain Bardet looked as good as ever, putting in a number of notable performances. As a result, the 34-year-old of Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL took home the Bernard Hinault Trophy at the 2024 Velo d'Or ceremony for best French rider of the year."I...

Tadej Pogacar's 2024 saw him become the first rider since the late great Marco Pantani to complete a Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double in the same season. Despite much speculation though, the potential lure of a historic Grand Tour hat-trick didn't prove enough to bring the Slovenian to the Vuel...

After weeks and months of speculation, the official winter racing programme of Wout van Aert has arrived. Despite being his most reduced cyclocross schedule of all time, expert Paul Herygers has been left delighted at the prospect of seeing Van Aert back in the field over the coming months. In total...

The long-running saga of Maxim van Gils contract situation is now just days away from reaching its final end point. Although official confirmation of his signing remains elusive, the contract is signed and news is imminent according to the Belgian's agent, Alex Carera. After having had a solid seaso...

At the 2024 Velo d'Or ceremony, one of the most emotional moments was the inaugural awarding of the Gino Mäder Award, in honour of the Bahrain - Victorious star that tragically passed away at the Tour de Suisse in 2023. The first winner of the award ended up being the retiring Spaniard, Luis Angel M...

Over the course of 2024, Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel were two of the most successful stars, hoovering up Grand Tours, Monuments, World Championship titles and Olympic gold medals between them. Ahead of the 2025 season though, Evenepoel was dealt a massive blow earlier this week. During a train...

Tadej Pogacar was awarded the Eddy Merckx Trophy at the 2024 Velo d'Or awards ceremony on Friday night, being named the best Classics rider of the year. The Slovenian has been no stranger to comparisons with the Belgian legend over recent months, but according to the legendary Roger De Vlaeminck, Me...

Folloqing the superstar Dutch duo of Annemiek van Vleuten in 2022 and Demi Vollering in 2023, Lotte Kopecky has become the first ever Belgian winner of the women's Velo d'Or as a result of her standout performances across the 2024 season. “I am very happy and proud to win this Vélo d'Or,” reacted a...

On Friday night, the 2024 Velo d'Or ceremony took place in France. As expected, Tadej Pogacar was front and centre of the glitz and glam, picking up multiple awards after his record breaking season in 2024.The first of the accolades given to the UAE Team Emirates leader, was the 2024 Eddy Merckx Tro...

The Giro d'Italia 2022 was the reference race of Koen Bouwman's career. After having finished 12th in the previous year's classification, Bouwman confirmed his qualities by winning two stages and taking the mountains jersey.At the time, the Dutchman was riding for Jumbo-Visma (now Visma - Lease a Bi...

Riding a bike as a duo, side-by-side, is a regular situation for cyclists on the road, including for safety reasons. Domenico Pozzovivo, who retired from cycling only a couple of months ago, was fined whilst riding with UAE Team Emirates' Diego Ulissi because of this but in the wake of Remco Evenepo...

Female riders on a (no-longer existing) British team have alleged sexual harassment from the team owner, who had already been banned from working with youth riders and investigated by the police and cycling’s national governing body over safeguarding concerns. The man in his sixties should have neve...

Grace Brown completed a dream 2024 season. In her last year as a professional, the Australian established herself as the best time trialist on the planet. She finished with the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, won the rainbow jersey at the Zurich World Championships and won the Chrono des Nations.A...

Alberto Dainese joined the Tudor Pro Cycling Team in the 2024 cycling market from Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL. After an up and down first season, the Italian feels more settled in the team and hopes to make a quality leap in 2025. He will have more internal competition with the arrivals of stars like...

Merijn Zeeman was an important link in the recent rise and success of Visma | Lease a Bike which culminated with unique Grand Tour hat-trick last year. Having reached the top of the cycling world, Zeeman decided it was the right time to move on from cycling as he accepted a management role in his ho...

It feels like the 2024 season ended less than couple moments ago and here we are, already setting our sights at 2025 Tour Down Under. The traditional Australian season-opener will take off in just six weeks, but many high-profile names from both men's and women's peloton have already confirmed their...

In 2025, the road cycling World Championships head to new ground, with the peloton set to embark on a journey to Rwanda, Africa for the see who can get their hands on the next Rainbow Jersey. According to ex-pro turned expert analyst Jan Bakelants however, the trip might raise issues for some top st...

In early November, Thibau Nys took the biggest victory of his burgeoning career to date in Pontevedra as he saw off the challenge of home crowd favourite Felipe Orts to take the European Championship title. The location of the 2026 European Cyclocross Championship has now been revealed. In the autum...

In one of the more predictable Velo d'Or ceremonies of all time, the all-conquering Tadej Pogacar has been crowned 2024 Velo d'Or winner after a dominantly record breaking season over the last twelve months. Unquestionably the outstanding rider in 2024, Pogacar had a season from the gods. From his f...

The prestigious Velo d'Or award ceremony is taking place this Friday evening in Paris and Team SD Worx - Protime superstar Lotte Kopecky has been crowned women's Velo d'Or winner for 2024.Kopecky was once again one of the peloton’s leading lights in 2024. 16 victories this calendar year, including n...

For Valentin Madouas, it's mostly been a career of close calls so far. Despite adding 7 professional victories to his palmares, a major, career-defining success still proves elusive for the former French national champion. "Always placed, never a winner. It's up to me to try and turn things around t...

Not for the first time in his illustrious career, Remco Evenepoel was the victim of nasty crash earlier this week, as an accident with a BPost van in Belgium, left the Soudal - Quick-Step leader hospitalised. According to Belgian cycling expert Michel Wuyts, it might be time for Evenepoel to seek ad...

There was great concern for Remco Evenepoel earlier this week after it was revealed the Soudal - Quick-Step leader had been rushed to hospital after a training accident. Despite injuries such as a dislocated collarbone and perforated lung though, Johan Bruyneel doesn't expect Evenepoel's Tour de Fra...

The 2025 Tour de France looks set to be an exciting one. The race will, more than likely, once again feature all of cycling's top stars: Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel. However, the Grande Boucle will also face a major problem.The race has already announced its ro...

Wout van Aert is back! Having been out of action since his Vuelta a Espana crash, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike superstar has now officially revealed his winter cyclocross programme after weeks of speculation. In total, the Belgian faces down six races in a much reduced schedule than usual. The mult...

2024 will no doubt go down in history as the year of Tadej Pogacar, but under any other circumstances, the performances of Ben O'Connor might have much more attention. With leadership of a new team ready and waiting for the Aussie in 2025, O'Connor is now poised to take the next step of his career. ...

Jens Dekker was one of the most promising cyclocross riders in the 2010's but the heavy toll of being a pro rider can weight very heavy. The Dutch rider made a comeback last year but after struggling with injuries and an ongoing depression, he has confirmed that he won't be returning to the sport at...

Alpecin-Deceuninck have a whole heap of talents in cyclocross, not only the reigning elite men's World Champion but also the under-23 rainbow jersey owner Tibor del Grosso. The 21-year old Dutchman is eager to follow in the footsteps of 'Matje' and believes he is a very similar type of rider. "I ten...

It is official! Perhaps the most important and controversial signing of the entire cycling season. Tom Pidcock was officially confirmed to leave INEOS Grenadiers this Wednesday; now Friday morning he has been confirmed to sign a three-year contract with the Swiss ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. Pidc...

It is the time of the year when social media are flooded with lists of favorite songs and artists on the Spotify Wrapped and Tadej Pogacar, the best cyclist in the world, is no stranger to it. The Slovenian has shared his music taste, a small treat to the fans in the depths of winter. Thus, in his p...

David Gaudu is a rider with plenty ups and downs in his short career. After a difficult end to 2023 and a 2024 that brought very little until August - his Tour de France was quite disappointing as well - the Groupama-FDJ found his best legs again at the Vuelta a España and is once again eager to sta...

Since Lotto Dstny confirmed that it had reached an agreement with Maxim van Gils for his contract termination we knew that the Belgian rider was going to end up in a rival World Tour team. Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe had been highly rumoured to sign the Belgian rider but now there is a credible repo...

We’re just a few months away now from seeing Adam Yates and Simon Yates take each other on, in a battle between cycling’s two biggest teams. With Simon set to join Team Visma | Lease a Bike in 2025, he’ll be riding in support of two time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard, and going up against...

Tom Pidcock's name has hardly been out of the headlines recently, but as of yet, just when the Brit will return to racing remains unclear. According to his coach, Kurt Bogaerts, Pidcock might not be seen at all this winter."It's unlikely. At the moment he needs consistency and I don't think he needs...

The relationship between the INEOS Grenadiers and Tom Pidcock is no more. After four seasons together, the double Olympic champion has been granted his departure by mutual consent following unrest in the team over the last year. "A lot has gone wrong in the relationship between INEOS Grenadiers and...

Early December means it's once again the time of the year teams use as an opportunity to present their fresh looks for upcoming season. And while some of the new kits leaked already leaked out (more or less accidentally) through footages, it's only today that first teams officially unveiled their 20...

Vincenzo Albanese has signed a three-year contract with EF Education-EasyPost. The Italian prolific in hilly classics arrives after a season with Arkéa - B&B Hotels. In an interview taken from bici.pro, the 28-year-old rider talks about his move to the American team, how he's adapting to these early...

Obviously, Robert Gesink was never going to fully stop cycling after his great career as a road professional. And so, instead of enjoying the retirement, the 38-year-old with loads of experience, travelled all the way to Chile to participate in a gravel stage race. And to win!The four-day Karukinka...

Toon Aerts was once the cyclocross rider closest to the level of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. A two-year ban for a doping case prevented him from competing and slowed him down. Little by little he seems to be making a comeback, and at the age of 31 he seems to be at the prime again with a...

Sixteen years on from his Tour de France debut in 2009, the now 40-year-old Yukiya Arashiro is set to prolong his professional career into 2025 after securing a contract following his Bahrain - Victorious departure. As it turns out, the three time Japanese national champion will be riding in the col...

Rider safety has been thrust into the spotlight once again following the disastrous training crash that befell double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel earlier this week. According to Evenepoel's Belgian compatriot Oliver Naesen, this latest instance just highlights a growing problem in the day-to-da...

The 2025 Tour de France is already looking like one of the most hotly anticipated in a long while, as Jonas Vingegaard looks to reclaim the Maillot Jaune lost to arch-rival Tadej Pogacar earlier this year. Against an all-conquering Pogacar though, can Vingegaard raise his level enough ready for next...

Two institutions of French sport, football giants Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and Tour de France regulars Groupama - FDJ have linked up for a new 'Cycling Redefined' collection, celebrating “the enduring connection between Paris and cycling."In a video posted to the official YouTube channel of PSG, ma...

With his twelve year stint in the professional peloton coming to an end at the end of the 2024 season, INEOS Grenadiers stalwart Luke Rowe is set to join the performance staff at Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team for 2025 as a sports director. In conversation with Rouleur though, the experienced Welsh...

Remco Evenepoel has been dealt an early blow in his quest for Tour de France glory in 2025 after the Soudal - Quick-Step leader was involved in a crash with a BPost van in Belgium earlier this week. Evenepoel's planned winter training schedule must now be replaced with rest, relaxation and recovery....

Yesterday, after months of speculation, the news finally broke that Tom Pidcock will leave the INEOS Grenadiers heading in to the 2025 season. This announcement follows weeks of tension and rumours, including speculation about a potential move to the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, but following the departu...

After their record-breaking and all-conquering season in 2023, Team Visma | Lease a Bike were quite literally brought back down to earth with a bump in 2024 as numerous crashes continually interrupted the seasons of the team's star riders.Wout van Aert's Spring was ended prematurely by a crash at Dw...

The sensational Strava performances of Canadian amateur Jack Burke continue to garner interest in the wider cycling world. As Burke searches for a contract in the professional peloton, the talent scouts are beginning to take notice. "When those crazy times were set, I also started googling his name...

The topic of Carbon Monoxide and its controversial usage by some teams in the peloton has been a much-discussed subject in recent weeks. With calls to ban the method on the rise, Groupama - FDJ boss Marc Madiot has now committed to the fact his team will never use the controversial approach to perfo...

For the third time in his career, Dylan van Baarle looks set to head to Australia and compete in the Tour Down Under in the opening of the 2025 World Tour season. "In December, the schedules for 2025 will be announced," says the 32-year-old Dutchman on his and Wout Poels' podcast In Koers. "The coac...

Remco Evenepoel's preparation for the 2025 season was thrown into chaos earlier this week after a training crash left the Olympic champion hospitalised. Evenepoel's wife Oumi was there at the scene and has now thanked fans for their messages of support. "Thank you for all your messages and support....

Although a few days ago it seemed that the situation between Tom Pidcock and INEOS Grenadiers could be resurrected, nothing could be further from the truth: according to renowned journalist Daniel Benson, the British rider will leave the team ahead of the 2025 season!Yesterday we published that the...

Jack Burke, the amateur rider who took the Strava KOM's at the Passo del Mortirollo, Passo dello Stelvio and Alpe d'Huez this winter is one of the most interesting stories of the past few weeks. He is still in search of a World Tour contract and has shared stories about several topics, including clo...

After four seasons, Tom Pidcock has departed the INEOS Grenadiers by mutual consent ahead of the 2025 season it's now been confirmed. Although it's still unclear just where the Brit will end up, he has now spoken out on the decision to leave INEOS. "So many amazing memories that will stick with me f...

With two victories and as many second places in the final general classification of the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard could already be considered a legend of the race. In addition, the Visma | Lease a Bike leader is also on the way to become the greatest Danish cyclist of all time despite still b...

Thomas de Gendt is a cyclist who has victories in all three Grand Tours and in several of the most prestigious one-week stage races on the world stage. In his 19 years as a professional between 2006 and 2024, he has 17 victories in his career: 2 at the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Paris-Nice, 5...

Jan Ullrich's most iconic moment came at the 1997 Tour de France, which he later went on to win. But the German runner-up from previous edition wasn't the headline favourite for overall victory, starting as a Telekom teammate of winner from 1996, Bjarne Riis. A role he followed loyally until tenth s...

Earlier this week, the shocking news of Remco Evenepoel being involved in a horrible training crash emerged from Belgium with the Olympic champion colliding with a BPost car. As you might expect, this news was incredibly concerning for father Patrick Evenepoel, made even more so by the fact that he...

INEOS Grenadiers had been in a decline for a few years but it was never as painfully clear as at the end of this season that big changes need to be made to ensure the legacy of the British team dubbed 'The Empire' in the past will live on. Frankly, departures of key staff and talents such as Tom Pid...

In around a month a half, the 2025 World Tour season is already set to get underway in Australia with the Tour Down Under. For EF Education-EasyPost and team boss Jonathan Vaughters it's set to be a big season as seven new signings revamp the squad for the upcoming campaign.In total, 29 riders have...

When and where Wout van Aert is set to return to racing isn't yet known, but according to the Belgian's Team Visma | Lease a Bike teammate, Edoardo Affini, but the three-time cyclocross world champion is basically back to full fitness after his road season-ending crash at the Vuelta a Espana. "Wout...

One of the most dangerous breakaway riders in the modern peloton, Ben Healy failed to take a stage victory on his Tour de France debut in 2024. That's not to say the Irishman didn't leave his mark on the race though, and so impressive was the EF Education-EasyPost rider, that he is even starting to...

The 2025 Vuelta a España will take place from the 23rd of August to the 14th of September, and will have it's Gran Salida in Italy! We take a look at the profiles of the first stages that have been presented. So far we have rumours of a few stages, with certainty including summit finishes such as th...

The 2025 Tour de France will be the biggest and most important race of the season and will be taking place between the 5th and 27th of July. We take a look at it's profiles. The 21 stages were revealed on the 29th of October in Paris and it is a route that begins in the Hauts-de-France region, the n...

Philippe Gilbert and Remco Evenepoel were teammates during the 2019 season, and it was a year where they were quite close. After the Olympic Champion crashed this Tuesday it sparked many reactions within the Belgian community including Gilbert. "Remco Evenepoel on the ground again, following a colli...

On the 10th of December UAE Team Emirates will start their first team training camp for the 2025 season and on the same day the Slovenian will talk about his goals for the upcoming year. This week however the focus remains on building a base and also working on his core, as seen in a video shared by...

Soudal - Quick-Step are having to change plans. They weren't fully defined for Olympic Champion Remco Evenepoel, but his training accident means another few weeks off the bike and quite a few changes to the schedule. Patrick Lefevere has spoken in reaction to the fall, but is thankful that it didn't...

Remco Evenepoel was involved in a training accident this Tuesday. In Belgium, whilst out on a solo ride, he could not avoid an opening door from a van and collided head-on, leading to several fractures. The Soudal - Quick-Step rider has now posted about the incident, explaining his injuries and shar...

Compared to the Netherlands, Belgian entourage for Cabras World Cup is much larger, but even Belgium can't count on all of its trump cards. Most notable is the absence of European champion Thibau Nys.As has become a bit of a tradition in recent seasons the Belgian ladies are not at the level to riva...

The first edition of the Turbo Cross in Diegem was a great success. So many people watched the spectacle cross that the livestream on the Sporza website was not able to keep up. Therefore on the Monday of December 30, there will be a hopefully even better second edition of the not-so-serious cyclocr...

Wout Poels is one of the main names on the long transfers list of Astana Qazaqstan with view of 2025. The Kazakh team backed by a new strong Chinese sponsor is ready to bend backwards next year in order to achieve impossible and save their WorldTour license for the upcoming period.In his podcast In...

The discussion about safety in cycling races has been heated up again recently, but is there even anything that can be possibly done to make cycling safer without damaging the attractivness of the sport? Renzo Oldani, the organizer of the Italian one-day race Tre Valli Varesine (1.Pro), puts another...

Ben Hermans was one of Cofidis' signings into 2024, and was an attempt to get a strong and experienced climber helping it's efforts to score enough UCI points to stay afloat in the World Tour. The Belgian did not get to renew with the French team and his career may come to an end soon, as he is also...

Geraint Thomas is a rider most known for his Tour de France victory and results in the Grand Tours. But this was not always his specialty. Early in his career he was a track rider and mostly rouleur on the road, who has taken care of sprinters like Mark Cavendish. The 'Manx Missile' was on the Welsh...

Up and down year for Walloon sprint and classics rising star Arnaud De Lie but at the end, it was not a wasted season. The Lotto Dstny rider became National champion and had the chance to get first-hand experience of sprints at Tour de France. The Grand Tour will naturally be his main objective also...

Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish have spent time in Miami and have recently made the trip to Taiwan. During his short trip to the Asian nation, he has participated in a Granfondo where he took the win - the first time he's won a race in over six years. Of course it does not compare to a pro win, a go...

The month of December has started and although we're still in the depths of winter, there is a lot to anticipate on CyclingUpToDate this month. We run through some of the hot topics that are to be tackled in the coming weeks. This month in cyclocross we have got a lot of action, with the famous Chri...

BPost is a postal mail company but this Tuesday it has been hitting headlines in the world of cycling for the worst reasons. A driver reportedly opened a van door which Olympic Champion Remco Evenepoel could not avoid, causing a crash that is likely to have led to a collarbone fracture. The company...

Alejandro Valverde is one of the best cyclists in the history of the cycling World Championships with 7 medals: 2 silver, 4 bronze and the coveted gold medal in Innsbruck 2018. Since he retired a couple of years ago, he has continued to be part of Movistar Team in various positions, acting as ambass...

UAE Team Emirates have had a season that was rarely ever matched in the past. Tadej Pogacar headlined it with a monstrous year that was according to some the best season ever by a pro cyclist, but the team won over 80 races with over 20 riders, making it an absolute success. “That's right, Hirschi h...

The news are worst than initially forecasted for Remco Evenepoel. The Soudal - Quick-Step rider suffered a harsh training crash this morning whilst out during a training ride, and the Belgian team has now confirmed that he has suffered several fractures as a result. The incident happened as Evenepoe...

Astana Qazaqstan Team have recently completed their lineup for 2025, but there is a new plot twist in this story. The Kazakh team, which will have a new Chinese title sponsor bringing in big money into the upcoming season, has been heavily linked with Maxim van Gils and it has now sent two riders to...

All eyes have been on Tom Pidcock for a couple months now and for good reason. With one of the wealthiest contracts in pro cycling, three years remaining at INEOS Grenadiers and off the back of a big controversy, fans all-round are eager to know what will be of the Briton's future. According to one...

Remco Evenepoel has recently spent time in Qatar for the Formula 1 event but after the weekend he returned home to Belgian in the Flanders region for some more training before heading to a training camp. This morning he has been involved in a training accident and has been taken to the hospital. It'...

Mathieu van der Poel's cyclocross schedule for this winter is still an unknown. It could be as soon as mid-December, but according to Niels Albert this could be as late as the 19th of January in Benidorm. "I don't think Mathieu wants to do too much cyclocross. Hearing is [like] telling a lie, but I...

Into December there are still no news on when Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert will return to cyclocross. Sven Nys, father of European Champion Thibau and manager of the Baloise - Trek Lions is also not concerned about when that will happen. "That is not new. That has always been the case in r...

Remco Evenepoel hit the spotlight of the cycling world very young and had a world of expectations on him. This led to all eyes being on him all the time, and over his early years he was often also called arrogant amongst the sport's fan, he acknowledges this but explains how he has changed. Evenepoe...

The 2024-2025 cyclocross season is well under way and we've got the start of the road riders now anouncing their cyclocross winter calendars. But the first big news don't come from the men's field, or the elite as a matter of fact - but instead from British junior rider Cat Ferguson who has outlined...

Cycling blood definitely runs in the Vollering family. Following the example of her star older sister Demi, also Bodine Vollering will make a professional debut next year with one of the strongest Conti teams VolkerWessels.Vollering rode for Dutch club WV Schijndel for the past few years. Aged 21, B...

Despite the repeating complaints from some managers that it's becoming increasingly hard to attract new strong sponsors, extra 71 million euros will be pumped into men's cycling in 2025, compared to 2024. Meanwhile budgets of women teams have doubled since two years ago. The average budget per team...

After a stop in Ireland, the Cyclocross World Cup moves to Sardinia for rather exotic CX destination. Well at some parts of it, as many top riders chose to use this opportunity to get some training kilometers in the legs instead of competing in Cabras, which is the only UCI cyclocross scheduled for...

Bart Lemmen had never pictured his future as a professional cyclist back in his army days. But the 29-yea-old Dutchman made an impressive debut at the WorldTour level with Visma | Lease a Bike this year including a Tour de France debut in support of runner-up Jonas Vingegaard. Now he can eye to furt...

Steve Bauer will succeed Rik Verbrugghe as Israel - Premier Tech's new sports director. The Canadian ex-professional brings along a great deal of experience in leader's role and should normally fit very well within the Israeli-Canadian nature of the team.In his new role, Bauer will be tasked with ma...

Today the first 3 stages of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana were announced, and the Spanish grand tour will begin in Piedmont, Italy. In just the sixth time the Vuelta has begun outside of Spain, Turin will become the second city outside of Utrecht to have hosted all three grands tours including the Vuelta...

Wout van Aert had a very unlucky season on the road with two major crashes at key points of the year. At the Vuelta a España he fell on stage 16 and suffered a deep knee wound that has stayed with him for months. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike reportedly has issues with running still, but is slowly i...

We’re reaching the end of our reviews for the 2024 season for the WorldTour teams, and the squads will now be starting to prepare for what is set to be another tough year in 2025. Today, the team we’re looking at is Team Jayco AlUla, and the team from down under entered their 12th season as a WorldT...

The 2025 season continues to take shape. In the last few weeks, among the main questions heading into the new season is the calendar that the main cycling stars - Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic - will be riding.Above all, what is expected are the grand tours that...

We’re just a few months away from seeing cycling legend Anna van der Breggen make her comeback to the professional peloton with Team SD Worx - Protime. The former World and Olympic champion recently visited Rwanda, the destination of next year’s World Championships, to look at the course as she bids...

The route for the first three stages of 2025 Vuelta a Espana has been announced today, and the race will open with three stages in Italy's Piedmont region, which is only the sixth time the race begins outside Spain. This gives a good chance to compare the race to the beginning of the 2025 Tour de Fr...

Pim Ronhaar was left disappointed yesterday at the cyclocross World Cup Dublin when he was beaten on the final lap in a race ultimately won by Michael Vanthourenhout. There was extra disappointment for the 23 year old, considering this was one of the races he won last year.The Dutchman caught up wit...

Cycling fans were shocked to discover last month when Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy revealed that he had been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, aged just 48. Hoy received widespread support following his announcement, with many athletic figures and members of the public applauding him for his...

The first three stages of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana have been announced, and the race organisers have confirmed that the Spanish grand tour will begin in Piedmont, Italy. Last year, the race began in Portugal, and the Vuelta a Espana is beginning to follow the Tour de France’s tradition of holding th...

It looks like Tadej Pogacar is no longer in holiday mode, as he has been spotted training for one of the most famous races in cycling, Milano-Sanremo. In recent weeks, Pogacar and his bosses at UAE Team Emirates have made no effort to hide the fact that the race they want to win more than any in 202...

Looking back at the history of cycling you find rivalries such as those between Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi; Greg Lemond and Laurent Fignon; and many others... But historic rivalries are not just a thing of the past, modern cycling continues to deliver major storylines that develop over years. We...

Jack Burke has been on the spotlight quite a bit over the past few weeks, having toured around the Alps and climbed up mountains such as the Passo del Mortirollo, Passo dello Stelvio and Alpe d'Huez with the fastest times on Strava, It's an all-or-nothing for the Canadian this winter, but he reveals...

Toon Aerts tested positive for the substance Letrozole back in 2022 after the race in Flamanville, France. Two months later, road rider Shari Bossuyt tested positive for the very same substance after also racing in Flamanville. It was a highly contested and controversial suspension, but neither coul...

The World Cup Dublin race was won by Michael Vanthourenhout on the men's side in what ended up being a more tactical race than expected. A highlight of the afternoon was without a doubt the crash right at the start of the race, where Michael Boros crashed whilst jumping the planks and led to an incr...

Professional cycling has undergone a complete transformation since the inaugural Tour de France in 1903. Aside from the obvious advancements in technology and performance, the evolution of the teams, including their financial structures, sponsorship models, and support systems, has transformed the s...

They say the true measure of a champion is how they respond to setbacks and adversity. Well, after losing the Tour de France Maillot Jaune in 2024, Jonas Vingegaard is expected to mount a strong response in 2025. Can he overcome the all-conquering Tadej Pogacar?This is a question mused by NBC Sports...

Steve Cummings was a head DS at INEOS Grenadiers but was one of the many staff members who left the team after this chaotic year. He has joined Team Jayco AlUla after being dispended from the British team, where he reportedly had a bad relationship with Tom Pidcock. Cummings was an important figure...

Mark Cavendish announced his retirement from pro cycling a few weeks ago and has since been moving around the world, and has yet again met Chris Froome. This time around the two are in Taiwan, exploring the culture and spreading the sport to a country in which there is a heavy bike manufacturing ind...

Sep Vanmarcke was forced to retire from cycling in July of last year, having discovered heart problems that could lead to serious issues. As means of prevention he stopped high-level sport and became a DS for Israel - Premier Tech... But after he dropped out of the role recently, he show shares that...

Jonas Vingegaard has long been known as one of the most family orientated riders in the peloton, with the Dane balancing his professional career with important time spent alongside his wife and and two kids. That balancing act isn't always an easy one to manage though. In 2025, the Team Visma | Leas...

Tadej Pogacar has experienced a season like no other in modern cycling, and perhaps the best in the history of the sport. Former pro Michael Boogerd surrendered to the spectacle that is for a rider to deliver such incredible performances but doesn't believe it's repeatable for the 2025 season. Whils...

Imogen Wolff, an 18-year-old British cyclist, has recently joined Team Visma | Lease a Bike, marking a significant step in her young career. Transitioning from junior to professional ranks, Wolff made her debut with the team during La Choralis Fourmies Féminine, shortly after joining in mid-Septembe...

Four time F1 champion Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix yesterday, but he wasn’t the only champion at the track. Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel had an incredible campaign in 2024, like Verstappen, and was trackside in Qatar this weekend to watch the Formula 1.The 24 year old Belgian w...

There’s sad news for cycling fans coming out of Italy, as Tuttobiciweb have reported that Crescenzo D'Amore, a former junior world champion cyclist from Italy, was found dead in his car over the weekend. The cause of death remains unknown, and authorities have initiated an investigation to determine...

Denmark’s Magnus Cort Nielsen had a strong season in 2024, which included wins at the Veneto Classic and the Arctic Race of Norway. The Uno-X Mobility rider recently spoke with Ekstra Bladet about his tenth season in the sport, and how he has one goal heading in to 2025: to win a monument.“I just wo...

Eli Iserbyt lost out to his teammate at the second round of the cyclocross world cup season, at the World Cup Dublin race. Although Iserbyt was one of the favourites for victory, he was ultimately beaten to victory by Michael Vanthourenhout in the Irish capitalIn a race where new European champion T...

A former Tour de France winner and multiple time Olympic gold medallist, Sir Bradley Wiggins has hit a rough patch financially over recent years, with the most recent assessment of the bankruptcy claim against him being just short of £2 million. Through this nightmare though, support has come from a...

Bradley Wiggins has been one of the biggest names in British cycling for more around two decades now. Life in the public spotlight hasn't always been the easiest for the former Tour de France winner though, culminating in a scary moment his son Ben told Wiggins his fears of a potential suicide. "Two...

Toon Aerts looks as if he's hardly lost a step over the course of his much-documented doping suspension. Although a first victory of the season remains elusive, the 31-year-old Belgian put in arguably his best performance yet on Sunday afternoon, finishing 2nd at World Cup Dublin. “On the one hand,...

Felipe Orts continues to break new ground in the 2024 - 2025 cyclocross season. After coming second at the European Championships, the Spaniard has now claimed a World Cup podium for the first time in his career in Dublin.After being there or thereabouts throughout the race in Ireland on Sunday afte...

Michael Vanthourenhout survived a broken shoe scare to power back to victory at the second round of the UCI World Cup in Dublin this Sunday afternoon, surviving a thrilling sprint finale ahead of Toon Aerts and Felipe Orts. As mentioned, midway through the race, the former European champion had a mo...

Thibau Nys has had a bright start to the cyclocross season, highlighted by his recent European Championship success. In the first two rounds of the World Cup though, things haven't exactly gone to plan for the prodigiously talented Belgian. After coming home a very disappointing 12th last time out i...

Michael Vanthourenhout has taken victory at the World Cup Dublin round this Sunday afternoon in Ireland in a thrilling finale that saw six elite riders go head to head in a sprint for the line. Laurens Sweeck had a nightmare start, dropping right down the field. Michael Boros had one of the better s...

For most riders, coming second in a World Cup race would be seen as a major positive. For the all-conquering Fem van Empel however, whenever the world champion isn't on the top step of the podium, as happened on Sunday afternoon at the World Cup Dublin, it's seen as a disappointment. In Ireland, it...

The second round of the 2024 - 2025 UCI World Cup is taking place this Sunday afternoon in Dublin, Ireland. Sadly for European Champion Thibau Nys, chances of victory already look over after a nasty crash on the opening lap. Michael Boros had one of the better starts in the field, but after the Czec...

Lucinda Brand secured a first World Cup victory of the campaign this Sunday afternoon in Dublin. After having to settle for second behind Fem van Empel in Antwerp last week, the Dutch national champion dominated from the start in Ireland to get back to winning ways. Coming to the front at the end of...

Baloise - Trek Lions' Lucinda Brand has taken the victory at the second round of this winter's UCI World Cup in Dublin, handing world champion Fem van Empel a rare defeat in a near faultless display from the Dutch national champion.From the start, Marie Schreiber and Zoe Backstedt were competing for...

Over the past few months there has been more a conversation on how the increase of speed and tension in pro cycling is leading to more crashes and tragic accidents. Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme specially is worried about this, but it's not a situation that is likely to reverse. Johan...

On the 1st of December we have got round 2 of the Cyclocross UCI World Cup taking place in Dublin, Ireland. We preview one of the most recent additions to the discipline's top cup, a different cross than the ones riders are typically used to. Without recent rainy or snowy conditions we have a relati...

Argentina has in the past seen Gonzalo Najar test positive for CERA months after winning the country's top race, the Vuelta a San Juan. Last year veteran Juan Pablo Dotti was also suspended and today there has been a new hit to the South American nation as two-time time-trial national champion Laure...

Jonathan Vaughters has complained about the UCI points in a recent interview, but also complemented the style of racing of his team and riders. Amongst them Richard Carapaz who was a top GC rider in the past... But the Ecuadorian showed at the Vuelta a España that he can still do it, after chasing f...

The Tour de France is the biggest goal in the minds of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, the two strongest climbers in the peloton. In 2022 and 2023 the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider took the win over the Slovenian but this time around he was convincingly defeated in the mountains. He has discus...

Filippo Ganna was a generational time-trialist when he surged through in his first years with INEOS Grenadiers but currently, despite improving, he has to battle with a set of 'titans'. The Italian rider struggled to get wins of the same level but he stands his foot and goes into the 2025 season as...

Greg LeMond is one of the icons of American cycling, winning the Tour de France on three occasions in 1986, 1989 and 1990. At the French Grand Tour this year though, Tadej Pogacar dominated en route to writing one of the most successful seasons in cycling history.The Slovenian's brilliance hasn't be...

Antonio Tiberi had the best season of his career so far in 2024, as the 23 year old won the young riders classification at his home race, the Giro d’Italia. And things just got even better for the Italian, who has been recognised with an award for ‘courage and progress,’ at the Friends of Cycling Gr...

The 2025 Tour of Valencia had been put into some uncertainty after the natural disaster and flooding in the city in October, but the organisers have now confirmed the event will go ahead as planned. The 2024 edition was won by Brandon McNulty, and organisers will be relieved to confirm the event can...

Edoardo Zambanini, a promising talent from Riva del Garda, showed some signs of growth during his 2024 season with Bahrain - Victorious. Zambanini caught up with bici.PRO to reflect on his 2024 campaign. "This year has been one of growth,” he says. “Unlike 2023, where health issues like bronchitis h...

Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team rider Tom Devriendt has decided to call time on his career, at 33 years old. Speaking with Sporza, Devriendt revealed mental health problems had affected his career over the past two years, since his fourth placed finish at Paris-Roubaix in 2022. That day, Devriendt had led th...

One of the most controversial topics of the 2024 cycling season was riders’ use of carbon monoxide to boost their performance. Riders like Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard confirmed they had used it, but is it legal? Yes, for now, but is it moral? That’s what many cycling fans are less sure about,...

The controversial usage of Carbon Monoxide inhalation by riders in the peloton has been a hot topic of discussion in the cycling world of late. After the UCI recently advised teams against using the method, the MPCC has now demanded WADA take action.The MPCC (Movement for a Credible Cycling ed.) hav...

The Alpecin-Deceuninck team had another successful season in 2024, winning the first three Monuments of the campaign through superstar leadership duo Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel. At Paris-Roubaix, the pair even crossed the line in a one-two for the second successive year.For loyal dome...

Although Tadej Pogacar is the undisputed leader of the UAE Team Emirates squad, there are still opportunities for the remaining stars at Grand Tours. One of those hopeful of getting leadership in 2025, will be Juan Ayuso.One of the great hopes of Spanish cycling, Ayuso has had a few issues within UA...

There’s no doubt about it, Primoz Roglic’s debut season with Red Bull – Bora – hansgrohe was a success. In his first season since leaving Jumbo Visma, the Slovenian won the Criterium du Dauphine, and more importantly the Vuelta a Espana which he won for the fourth time in his incredible career. For...

Mads Pedersen has a clear goal in his mind ahead of the 2025 season. The Dane wants Monument glory for the first time in his career. In the opinion of his coach Mattias Reck, a big benefit for Pedersen is his strength of mind as much as his leg strength."Cycling is peaking in many ways right now whe...

Jonathan Vaughters, boss of the EF Education-EasyPost team, found himself having to fight for UCI points in 2022 and recalls how unmotivating of an experience it was. Although the team is heading into 2025 (the last year of this cycle) in a relatively comfortable position, Vaughters was not shy to d...

Team SD Worx - ProTime is the team with the biggest budget in women's cycling up until this year and this meant that it had a lot of world-class leaders whilst having a limited amount of races. Elena Cecchini tells of her experience with the departing Demi Vollering including their friendly relation...

Louis Vervaeke is one of the few riders that has experience in the peloton as teammate of Mathieu van der Poel and Remco Evenepoel. The Soudal - Quick-Step rider is part of Evenepoel's tight circle when it comes to stage-races and Grand Tours, and notes quite a meaningful difference between the two....

Tom Pidcock is no stranger to the spotlight but this year it has come in a more negative way then positive. The INEOS Grenadiers rider became Olympic MTB Champion but on the road he struggled to reach his best form, there were disputes with the team and even currently it's not certain if he will sta...

Wout van Aert has had an incredibly unlucky season, with two massive crashes that have each crushed his ambitions in his main goals. The first of which at Dwars door Vlaanderen eliminated Flanders, Roubaix and the Giro d'Italia from his schedule; whilst the Vuelta a España crash ended his race, the...

Carbon Monoxide rebreathing is a topic that has seen daylight this past June when an investigation showed that a few top teams, including UAE Team Emirates and Team Visma | Lease a Bike, had experimented with what may be a method to improve performance. Whilst not banned it's highly controversial, b...

For the 2025 season, Mick and Tim van Dijke will depart Team Visma | Lease a Bike after coming through the Development team of the Dutch-based side. As it turned out, the butterfly effect that started their journey to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe can be traced back to a Spring crash for Wout van Aert...

Having been racing at World Tour level since 2013, the peloton is almost completely unrecognisable for Bob Jungels, as he heads to 2025 and a move to the INEOS Grenadiers. According to the experienced Luxembourger though, the changes and demands placed on modern riders may have gone too far. “It’s a...

Dimitri Peyskens only retired from professional cycling month ago, but it's already clear he will continue to be involved with cycling beyond his active career. The 33-year-old Belgian steps in as sports director/coach in the REV Cycling Academy, the training team established by Remco Evenepoel hims...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's return to road cycling might be one of the most anticipated events of the 2025 season. The successful 32-year-old mountain biker who is also former road World Champion declared attack on Tour de France Femmes victory.Speaking to press including IDLProCycling.com, she spoke a...

British domestic scene may well be at an all-time low with no teams ready to apply for UCI Continental team status in 2025. The closure of Trinity Racing (at least on road) and most recently Saint Piran leaves a huge hole in UK cycling. With a last minute call, Harry Tanfield (former pro with Katush...

Despite overly successful six years with Lidl-Trek, Elisa Longo Borghini made an unexpected decision to change colours for 2025, joining the growing counterpart of the most successful male team of 2024 - the UAE Team ADQ. The 32-year-old still has many goals left to conquer in her career, but above...

The organizers of the Dwars door Vlaanderen are making the route safer in view of the 2025 edition. The people in charge of the Belgian classic have in fact decided to eliminate the Kanarieberg from the route and, above all, the downhill run-in to the key climb.This means that the descent, where las...

The stars of Belgian cycling past and present were out for Anderlecht's UEFA Europa League game against Porto on Thursday night in Belgium as both Remco Evenepoel and Eddy Merckx took in the exciting 2-2 draw."It's not really a holiday anymore, but it still fits into the planning of the quiet period...

For Team Visma | Lease a Bike sprinter Olav Kooij, 2024 was another season of positive progression. A first monument start at Milano-Sanremo and a first Grand Tour appearance, with his victory on stage 9 of the Giro d'Italia being one of eight successes added to the Dutchman's palmares this year. Fo...

Despite being just 20 years old and entering his third season amongst the elite in 2025, Joshua Tarling has quickly managed to make a name for himself as one of the strongest time trialists and brightest young talents in the entire peloton.Heading into 2025 though, the restless and perfectionist INE...

For most professional sportsmen, hitting their mid-30s is a sign that things are set to start winding down. For 35-year-old Primoz Roglic however, the best may still be yet to come, at least that is according to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's head of performance Dan Lorang.“Primoz can still be there...

The next round of UCI World Cup action takes place in Dublin, Ireland this coming weekend. Sadly for the Irish fans of cyclocross though, one of the biggest stars in the women's side of the sport will not be present at the startline. Fenix-Deceuninck star Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado has been revealed...

Recently, Filippo Ganna revealed he was set to put his track ambitions on the back burner in order to try and get back to his very best on the road. Now, it seems Ganna's fellow multi discipline star and compatriot Jonathan Milan is going to follow in similar footsteps. “I will take a short break fo...

This week CyclingUpToDate has had the opportunity to talk to UAE Team Emirates manager Joxean Matxín where he has talked about numerous topics including Tadej Pogacar, his calendar and ambitions for 2025; as well as other key riders such as Jonas Vingegaard, Maxim van Gils and Pablo Torres. However,...

At 38 years of age, Geraint Thomas will has had a busy season with the preparation for the Giro d'Italia, the Giro itself where he rode to a strong third place, and then right after for the first time racing the Tour de France whole after the Corsa Rosa. he ended his season early and so will also st...

Simon Pellaud has pulled some notable results out the bag over the course of his career, riding for teams such as IAM Cycling, Trek - Segafredo and most recently, the Tudor Pro Cycling Team. With his time at the latter set to end though, his pro career is uncertain, although given the rigours of the...

Remco Evenepoel had the best season of his career in 2024, and his recent adventure shows he’s got the skills on all sorts of bikes. The double Olympic champion joined his Soudal – Quick-Step teammates during a training ride on the De Panne and Koksijde beach.Evenepoel was joined by beach experts Ti...

As we continue our series of season reviews, it's time to turn our attention to Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL. The 2024 season was a year of both challenges and successes for the team, but we’d say they’re going in the right direction. With a mix of seasoned pros and emerging talents, they have made ste...

Over the last few days we've been watching with some enthusiasm and even relative sympathy the 29-year-old Canadian athlete Jack Burke, who is on a real crusade through Europe in order to beat the best times on the mythical climbs made by the current masters of modern cycling, with the aim of being...

Michael Matthews has long been a consistent threat for victories in some of the biggest races. A monument win is still something that has proved elusive for the Aussie ace, although he can't come much closer than in 2024 at Milano-Sanremo where Matthews was an agonising second.With the victory being...

At the 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar bagged himself a stunning six stage victories, with Jonas Vingegaard taking one. Although this brilliance was great viewing for the supporters, for those riders that rely on breakaways for success, things were somewhat suffocated. One of those riders that at...

Eli Iserbyt has again been one of the stars of the early cyclocross season this winter, adding three victories to his palmares, including last weekend's World Cup opener in Antwerp. With the return of the world champion Mathieu van der Poel looming though, for how much longer can Iserbyt remain in t...

Despite his best efforts, Cian Ujitdebroeks had a season to forget in his new team colours. After a dramatic departure from BORA - hansgrohe last winter, he had hoped to quickly assert himself as one of the leaders in the top team Visma | Lease a Bike. But the whole was struck with poor luck in 2024...

Taco van der Hoorn had only limited amount of time to prove himself worthy of a professional contract after more than a year out of competition due to a concussion. The 31-year-old Dutchman did the best possible to convince Intermarché - Wanty that he deserves another chance by winning Elfstedenrace...

Ignatas Konovalovas announced the end of his career already last winter, but still hoped to enjoy riding bikes in the bunch this year. However back injury halted those plans as early as in January and soon it became clear that the 38-year-old won't add any racing kilometers to his record. Still, he...

The women's cycling season had many surprising results, but arguably the greatest upset was Kasia Niewiadoma winning the Tour de France Femmes ahead of Demi Vollering after a spectacular battle on Alpe d'Huez. According to Lance Armstrong this might have been THE highlight of the 2024 season.The Ame...

Tom Pidcock's future, despite all the bad blood and rumors, looked like in the short term, at least in 2025, it was going to be secure at INEOS Grenadiers. However, that might not be the case.And according to Gazetta dello Sport, where they have the best info on the cycling market, the option that t...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe can boast one of the most star studded squads in the entire peloton heading into 2025, packed with strength in depth. Arguably one of the more unheralded of the roster is Frederik Wandahl, although that doesn't make the 23-year-old Dane any less ambitious. One of the ways...

During his professional career, Leonardo Basso spent four seasons riding in the colours of Team Sky / the INEOS Grenadiers. Now retired, the 30-year-old Italian has returned to the team ahead of the 2025 season as one of the sports directors following the recent performance staff overhaul."Already a...

Tim Merlier was one of the most successful riders in the entire peloton when it comes to winning races in 2024, adding 16 victories to his palmares throughout the year. None of those qins are remembered as fondly by the Belgian though, than his hat-trick of stage victories at the 2024 Giro d'Italia....

Maxim van Gils has now officially departed the Lotto Dstny team after an agreement between all parties was reached to end his contract prematurely, allowing the prospect to explore options elsewhere. Despite the controversy in the manner of Van Gils exit, there seems to be little ill-will from Lotto...

Winning an Olympic gold medal is something exclusive to the most elite sportsmen and women. Winning back to back Olympic titles, narrows the exclusivity of this field even further, but at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Tom Pidcock managed to join the list, taking his second successive Mountain Bike g...

Maxim van Gils has been a name on the lips of many cycling fans over the last week or so, ever since it was revealed that the Belgian of Lotto Dstny was going to be breaking his contract and looking to force a move elsewhere. Now, it finally seems we have come clarification on just where Van Gils wi...

Lotto Dstny's youngster Jarno Widar is one of the hottest prospects in cycling today. In 2025, the Belgian will also have a new coach guiding him, although the manner of how Widar dumped his previous coach, Danny Stevens, has now come under fire. “I didn't see this coming. Last season there was no p...

Several teams within pro cycling have quite a lot of focus in the riders of their nationality, but when a team reaches the top levels this has to be sacrificed. Grischa Niermann, head DS at Team Visma | Lease a Bike, discussed how the team looks to develop it's country's talents but that at times th...

The legendary rivalry between Alberto Contador and Chris Froome just got another chapter, this time in the virtual environment, at a special event on the BKOOL platform that brought together both champions with hundreds of amateur cyclists from around the world. The torch will soon pass to Remco Eve...

Today we publish the second part of our exclusive interview with Joxean Matxín, Team Manager of UAE Team Emirates. The first one was with a focus on Tadej Pogacar, the man who has made history in 2024. In this second one, the Basque talks about his renewal with the best team in the world, how they d...

Bad news for cycling in the Netherlands. From January 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025, the NATO summit will be held in The Hague, which means no police escort will be available for Dutch cycling races.Joost van Wijngaarden, Sports Manager at the KNWU, commented on this problematic issue in conversation w...

In recent months, there has been a lot of writing and speculation about Mathieu van der Poel's cyclocross program, but now his team promised to finally shed some light into the World Champion's schedule. In any case, the Dutchman himself does not seem to be too bothered with cyclocross preparation,...

Olympic medallist Matt Richardson caused quite a stir in the track cycling echelons when he announced a nationality change, leaving behind Australia to represent Great Britain. As this came quite out of blue, officials from AusCycling were quite infuriated by the news, banning Richardson from ever r...

Since Lorenzo Finn became the junior World Champion, it's been clear that the gem of Italian cycling is destined to have a great career. But the still 17-year-old climber doesn't want to rush things and opts to spend some time in the U23 category to fully learn the ropes first. And also to have time...

It's been one month since the 2024 seasons ended and so riders are slowly gathering back from their vacations to turn the switch and gears to be ready for next season which kicks off in just two months in Australia.According to UAE Team Emirates Gen Z coach Giacomo Notari, initial weight loss is ba...

It is the end of November and it's time for Tadej Pogacar to get back to serious training. The UAE Team Emirates rider won all the way into the end of his season at Il Lombardia and after visiting several countries, he now resumes training two weeks before the opening team training camp in the Alica...

Only two months ago, the cycling world learnt about the positive EPO doping case of Jesse Ewart who competed and frequently won in the Asian calendar. This Wednesday the European peloton has been struck by bad news: Polish rider Kacper Gieryk has tested positive for the banned substance. The UCI has...

Biniam Girmay has taken the spotlight by storm over the past few years often, becoming the most successful ever Black African rider in the peloton. First it was a surprising win at Gent - Wevelgem, then a brilliant duel and win against Mathieu van der Poel at the Giro d'Italia; and now in 2024 three...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike are reinforcing themselves well this winter but are also losing quality riders. One of them is Koen Bouwman who has signed a two-year deal with Team Jayco AlUla after not having a spot in the team's Grand Tours this year. "Thank you Koen Bouwman. Thank you for proudly and j...

Wout van Aert is one of the most gifted cyclists of his generation. He can do a little bit of everything, the Belgian has excelled in cyclocross, time trials, sprints, and climbing, making him one of the most complete riders in the peloton. Yet, despite his extraordinary talent and a glittering reco...

Jack Burke has hit the headlines in recent weeks as he travelled to Europe to chase down KOM's and make a last bid to get a World Tour contract for the 2025 season. It has been effective in bringing in exposure, he made the trip after the season ended and now he's added the Alpe d'Huez to the luxuri...

The British cycling scene continues to suffer. Whilst it continues to deliver top riders - albeit with less Grand Tour winners than the past decade - but when it comes to the events taking place and teams in the professional scene, the situation is dire. Saint Piran, one of the few remaining Contine...

Joxean Fernández Matxín, Team Manager of UAE Team Emirates, recently renewed his contract with the UAE team until 2028. He is a key man in the structure of a team that swept its rivals in 2024. In an exclusive interview with CyclingUpToDate and CiclismoAlDia, he discussed Tadej Pogacar's rivalry wit...

Dutch cycling website Wielerflits has delivered an interesting analysis of Red Bull – Bora -Hansgrohe, comparing the team's evolving structure and financial backing to the dominance seen in football club Manchester City. The article looks into how Bora-Hansgrohe’s relationship with Red Bull is trans...

Over the past few weeks, we have started to review how each World Tour team performed throughout the 2024 season. We’ve had some positive reviews, and also some negative views, and unfortunately for many British cycling fans today’s review of the INEOS Grenadiers will struggle to be particularly pos...

Over the past month, we have started to take a look back and reflect on how each World Tour team performed throughout the 2024 season. We’ve had some positive reviews, and certainly a fair share of negative reviews, and it’s safe to say there was a huge range of results for the teams in 2024. Today,...

Carbon Monoxide is toxic to humans however, when inhaled in controlled and limited amounts, it may lead to slight improvement in the ability for the body to increase VO2max numbers. This is not yet confirmed, neither is it banned for pro riders, but it has been used in 2024 by a few teams including...

Tadej Pogacar is aiming high in 2025 and the biggest goal of his spring will be Milano-Sanremo. A winner of three monuments already, the UAE Team Emirates rider has been seeking the Italian race over the past two seasons where he came close to winning but hasn't managed to do so. Sean Kelly, former...

Bernard Hinault, the last French winner of the Tour de France (back in the 1980's) is a well respected voice in the peloton however a comment that he had on Jonas Vingegaard did not fall gracefully. The Dane, who had a massive challenge to return to racing after a brutal set of injuries, did not lik...

Tadej Pogacar may have completed the greatest season we have ever seen in cycling in 2024. He became the first man in a quarter of a century to win the Giro-Tour double, winning 12 stages on the way. Yes, 12! Before them, Pogacar had mastered Strade Bianche and Liege-Bastogne-Liege with two stunning...

Two time World champion and cycling legend Anna van der Breggen will be making her dramatic return to the sport next year. After the years sitting on the sidelines, the 4 time Giro d’Italia winner will return with the ambition of winning the yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes.The 34 year old...

On the 17th January, the first UCI WorldTour race of 2025 will kick off with the Tour Down Under. With just under two months to go until the event, race organisers have announced that Geraint Thomas will participate in what will be his tenth, and possibly final time, at the Tour Down Under.The 2018...

In 2024 there are little doubts that the rider of the year is Tadej Pogacar. Despite the likes of Remco Evenepoel and Mathieu van der Poel who won big and had quite successful years, the Slovenian was truly unmatched and Lance Armstrong believes no-one has ever had so much success in a year as he di...

The Danish Cycling Union has made the difficult decision that the Danish U19 and U23 national teams will not participate in the 2025 Road Cycling World Championships in Rwanda. The demanding course in Kigali will thus be only for the elites.The decision to keep the young riders at home was made part...

A strong outing in the home opening World Cup surely gives lots of confidence to Belgian national team who will attempt to confirm themselves as kings of men's cyclocross in Dublin.Belgian men will be the main atraction in the World Cup round in Dublin. After an absolute dominance in Antwerpen with...

We won't see Carl Frederik Hagen in the professional peloton again in 2025. The 33-year-old Norwegian is ending his cycling career after not managing to find an "ideal" team for next season."It feels a bit strange and sad, and it is with a mix of fear and joy that I write and announce this," Hagen b...

Sad news from the Belgian cycling world: young cyclist Tuur Hancke (19) has passed away on Monday. There's an even more distressing detail to this tragic event - Hancke had just turned 19 the same day...This sad news was brought about by his team Gaverzicht - Be Okay en EFC - L&R. "The club was deep...

It took almost a year and half for Taco van der Hoorn to fully recover from the heavy concussion suffered at the Tour of Flanders. There were even doubts at a point whether he would make a comeback, but the breakaway specialist didn't take long to pull off another of his trademark solos to win the E...

We're reaching the end of November and we've got the cyclocross season well and truly settled. All 3 cups (World Cup; Superprestige and X2O Badkamers Trofee) have begun and we have got a very good sense of the form within the main riders. We take a look at the men's and women's standings in all cups...

Tadej Pogacar has won 25 races in 2024 which include Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, World Championships, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Il Lombardia and much more... For many, the best season in cycling history, but the Slovenian was on a few occasions beaten even whilst going all-out. We take a look at five...

Maxim van Gils will leave Lotto Dstny in the coming days or weeks officially. He will join a World Tour team - either Astana Qazaqstan Team or Red Bull - BORA - hangrohe - most likely but the nature of his contract breaking is still not fully comprehended. Former road pro, now gravel racer and podca...

The UCI World Tour seminar awarded a few riders and teams this Tuesday and amongst them was Tadej Pogacar. He and Shirin van Anrooij were on the ground and received an award in hand for their strong season. On the men's side Tadej Pogacar won the UCI rankings in the 2024 season. He won plenty races...

Thibau Nys is an extremely talented rider but that also means that he will have to make decisions. The Belgian can't risk being a 'jack of all trades, master of none', so he will have to make choices as to where he will put the most focus on, as do Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert for example...

Winter time for many riders is a period where you rest and then slowly build up through endurance rides, without paying much attention to building form or the major details which will be taken care of after the season starts. Not for Team Visma | Lease a Bike however, who are currently having a trai...

Maxim van Gils' future is currently hanging in the dark and it unknown where the 24-year old will head in 2025 and if he will be caught up in problems because of his departure from Lotto Dstny. Unilaterally decided, the termination of the contract came at a difficult timing, and there are strong ind...

Despite starting his sports career as a ski-jumper, Primoz Roglic is now one of the most experienced riders in the peloton proving to still be amongst the very best in 2024, taking a record equalling 4th Red Jersey victory at the Vuelta a Espana. During his more than a decade in the pro peloton thou...

The talk of safety in cycling and the amount of crashes has arguably never been more of a hot topic than in 2024, after much-discussed incidents involving some of the most high profile riders in the entire peloton. The question of how best to fix the issues also remain a controversial subject.In a r...

Tadej Pogacar has had a season that was hard to imagine for any rider in the sport's history this year, can he improve? Perhaps the answer is yes, perhaps not, but we do know from within UAE Team Emirates that he is certainly aiming to have at least one new race in his palmarès in 2025. “These are e...

With the World Cup Antwerpen this weekend kicking off the busy period of the cyclocross season, we’re still waiting on a return date for the two main men: Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. Most fans believed that van Aert’s return date would come after his Team | Visma Lease a Bike training ca...

After a well documented rocky spell following his controversial Il Lombardia deselection, things are starting to sound more positive between Tom Pidcock and the INEOS Grenadiers in recent weeks. After performance staff changes and some recent positive comments, Pidcock is set to head into 2025 full...

Maxim Van Gils made the headlines last week when he informed his team Lotto Dstny that he would like to terminate his contract (through 2026). Groupama - FDJ manager Marc Madiot, who also lost of his big talents (Lenny Martinez goes to Bahrain - Victorious) this transfer window, can understand Lotto...

Double Olympic silver medallist Matthew Richardson has been effectively banned for life from representing the Australia national squad, following his nationality swap this August. This has no implications for Richardson representing the Great Britain in competitions. Well, besides some booing from A...

Finally. Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal managed to confirm their position as one of the cyclocross giants with two victories for Eli Iserbyt last weekend. The team manager Jurgen Mettepenningen can thus be happy about how the weekend went for his team, but some of his competitors are not so happy...When I...

Mart Smeets if a former journalist who worked mainly for NOS and was very present in the world of cycling during the Lance Armstrong era. He recalls stories of talking to the American rider and also talking to someone within his inner circle that was ready to take down the American. Smeets often cov...

After completing the best year in cycling history in 2024, many might think that Tadej Pogacar has little left to do in his career. However, at just 26 years old, the sky is the limit for the UAE Team Emirates star and there are plenty goals that may pop up later in his career. In collaboration with...

Jos Lammertink, one of the best Dutch cyclists in the 1980s, passed away last weekend. Member of the golden generation around Joop Zoetemelk, Lammertink passed away in the hospital in Almelo on Sunday afternoon after a long battle with debilitating muscle disease.Despite being known mainly for his h...

Dust hasn't yet settled behind the first World Cup in Antwerpen and riders already need to ready themselves for another round. This time in Dublin. On the December 1, not only Elite categories will start in Ireland, but also Juniors and U23 men will have a shot at their share of glory.The overwhelmi...

In a transfer not many would have seen coming, UAE Team Emirates have secured the services of 25-year-old Dane Julius Johansen on a one-year deal for 2025. For the former Uno-X, Intermarche and Sabgal rider, it's quite the step up."It is close to being from the smallest team to the biggest, and that...

Thibau Nys has been one of the stars of the early cyclocross season so far, taking three victories including most notably, the European Championship title. In this Sunday's World Cup opener in Antwerp however, the Belgian had to settle for 12th. A performance that surprised cyclocross legend Bart We...

After the metronomic Team Sky dominance of the 2010s, the Tour de France entered a new era in 2020 with the incredibly dramatic Maillot Jaune victory of Tadej Pogacar. In the four editions since, the Slovenian's iconic rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard has lit up the sport every summer, forging a place...

UAE Team Emirates have five new faces arriving ahead of the 2025 season. One of those signings is 26-year-old Belgian, Rune Herregodts, who joins on a two year deal from Intermarché - Wanty and the most recent ZLM Tour winner is determined to prove his worth."I was flattered that such a big team sho...

The long-standing question of when and where world champion Mathieu van der Poel will begin his cyclocross season this winter is soon to be answered. Although some are expecting a quieter than usual campaign, expert Paul Herygers believes Van der Poel could be more active than first thought.In a rec...

Mads Pedersen has long been one of the most feared and renowned riders in the peloton. As he searches for a big monument victory in 2025 though, could the Danish Lidl-Trek leader be set to finally have an extended altitude camp after avoiding them for so long?"Mads himself has said publicly that eve...

Red Bull – Bora – hansgrohe had a strong debut season in cycling in 2024, accumulating an impressive 24 victories and 16,894.3 UCI points strong saw them leap from 10th in the UCI WorldTeam rankings in 2023 to finish fifth overall at the end of 2024, and they’ve definitely made a statement for their...

According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, UAE Team Emirates would like Juan Ayuso to race the Giro d'Italia 2025. However, it is not something that is confirmed at this stage of the preseason. He could be joined by Mexican Isaac del Toro, but again these details aren't yet confirmed.The Valencian has r...

Soudal – Quick-Step team leader Remco Evenepoel has recently been in America, beginning his preparation for the 2025 Tour de France. Evenepoel made his debut at the Tour in 2024 with a podium and winning the young riders classification, before he made history at the Olympics by becoming the first ma...

Whilst Mathieu van der Poel wore the rainbow jersey for two monument victories in 2024, as well as winning the gravel worlds, the rest of Dutch cycling is having a less successful period. Just a few months ago, Robbert de Groot, from Team Visma | Lease a Bike development squad, revealed his concerns...

Last week, we reported that Julius Johansen was set to sign with UAE Team Emirates for the 2025 season. The team has now officially confirmed this, announcing that the Danish rider has signed a one-year deal.Johansen, 25, last competed at the WorldTour level in 2023 with Intermarché-Wanty, and he is...

Tadej Pogacar has returned to racing by wining the Beking 4th edition, an exhibition criterium in Monaco, on Sunday afternoon. The triple crown winner raced to victory of the 20 lap race, ahead of Mads Pedersen and Michael Matthews who joined the Sloevnian on the podium.Pogacar, of UAE Team Emirates...

Giuseppe Martinelli has confirmed that he will step down from his role at Astana Qazaqstan for 2024. However, the Italian remains passionate about contributing to the sport and is particularly concerned about the state of Italian cycling. Among his concerns is the lack of opportunities for young tal...

The Vuelta a Espana 2025 is set to make history with its Grand Départ in Piedmont, Italy. While an official announcement from race organiser Unipublic is still pending, regional president Alberto Cirio has confirmed the news during the Balun d'Or awards ceremony in Cerretto Langhe. Cirio highlighted...

Six months after a life-threatening crash in the United States, Ivar Slik is looking forward to returning to the gravel racing circuit. The Dutch rider, who made history as the first European to win Unbound Gravel, has set his sights on the iconic event as his ultimate goal for 2025.“I have no memor...

Lucinda Brand secured second place in the first World Cup race of the season in Antwerp but admitted that victory was never within reach. The Dutch champion struggled after a poor start at the World Cup Antwerpen, which forced her to chase from the beginning, and she could never really get on terms...

Demi Vollering has opened up in a recent interview about a number of topics including her complicated relationship with Lotte Kopecky, but also the Tour de France Femmes which she lost by a mere 4 seconds, and partly because of the lack of support on a key moment. The Dutchwoman now reveals that she...

Laurens Sweeck finished second in the World Cup Antwerpen, the first World Cup race of the cyclocross season, and the thirty year old was only beaten by Eli Iserbyt. Sweeck won 2 world cup races in the 2022/2023 season, and he is hoping to get back to winning ways soon. Speaking to Sporza after the...

Thibau Nys has had a lot of strong performances this year and has won the European Championships. A cup victory could be a goal but the World Cup certainly did not start off as he hoped, as the World Cup Antwerpen was far from the ideal course for him. “Once again I have to face the fact that sand c...

Eli Iserbyt has had quite the start of the season, being disqualified and then suspended on his very first race in Beringen; being thrown beer at the Koppenbergcross and missing out on any big victory. At the Superprestige and X2O Trofee he is still to raise his arms, but he has succeeded at the Wor...

The controversy surrounding Maxim van Gils' contract breaking with Lotto Dstny is understandable. Only months after renewing for two more seasons with the Belgian team, van Gils is leaving on a unilateral decision, likely much due to agent's influence. A Belgian pundit and commentator was not surpri...

Eli Iserbyt has won the 2023-2024 World Cup and he began the new cup with a perfect ride. This Sunday, he won the World Cup Antwerpen with a superb solo win in the sandy and very technically challenging course. The race had a ferocious battle for the top spots at first, seeing at the differences tha...

Fem van Empel has not so far had the dominant season that she had last year, but when it matters she strikes hard. After winning in Kortrijk on Saturday, she made Sunday's World Cup Antwerpen look easy and took a very comfortable win with an attack on the second lap. “I didn’t sit still during my tr...

The sandy course of the World Cup Antwerpen gave way for Fem van Empel to win the first round of the key cup this Sunday. The World Champion has taken over the cup lead after a great solo win, unmatched in the Belgian course. The race started off with a classic holeshot from Marie Schreiber with gap...

Last year Mathieu van der Poel rode a spotless cyclocross season, off the back of a season with no injuries or illnesses to slow him down. This season we may see it once again but former World Champion Paul Herygers believes Wout van Aert will be closer, and thinks most people argue that so will Thi...

Nairo Quintana is currently in Guatemala for the Granfondo Guate Paredon and whilst in the small central American nation, he has talked about the need for investment in cycling in the region and how the sport can be used to counteract social issues that are very present in the reality of the region....

The first round of the UCI World Cup! In Antwerpen, the cyclocross specialists and seasoned riders will finally start the most important cup of the winter, six weeks after the "traditional" start of the season. We preview the races, missing the 'big three' on the men's side, but both men's and women...

It seems to be a running theme of Primoz Roglic's Grand Tours, that it always seems to be dramatic, for good or bad. At the 2023 Giro d'Italia, the Slovenian (then of Jumbo-Visma ed.), triumphed in the extremely dramatic fashion, securing the Maglia Rosa by just 14 seconds ahead of Geraint Thomas. O...

Antonio Tiberi has performed strongly at age 22 this year finishing close to the podium of the Giro d'Italia and winning the youth classification. However, he recalls the Corsa Rosa as a race where Tadej Pogacar was on a class of his own and the comfort in which the now-World Champion was climbing n...

Few expected Jonas Vingegaard to challenge for the Maillot Jaune following his horror crash at the Itzulia Basque Country earlier this year. Courageously though, the Dane pushed Tadej Pogacar at the 2024 Tour de France, digging deeper into his reserves than he ever had done before.Although post-Tour...

Recently Tour de France Femmes winner Katarzyna Niewiadoma talked about the epic day ending at the Alpe d'Huez and how Demi Vollering was inconsolable despite winning the stage (but missing out on the yellow jersey by 4 seconds). However Niewiadoma was not the only big rider having an issue with the...

Dutch men's cycling is not in a nice spot. Despite the overwhelming success of Mathieu van der Poel, the situation is far from ideal as there seems to be precisely only the soon 30 years old Van der Poel who can deliver success for the traditional cycling nation. Meanwhile Belgium have Remco Evenepo...

A few weeks ago, the Giro d'Italia 2025 should have been presented with its route and the development of each and every one of the 21 stages of the race. However, the organizers decided to postpone the presentation to next January. In an interview for RadioCorsa, Mauro Vegni, the race director, expl...

Soon, European cyclocross Champion Thibau Nys will be joined by another man with blue stripes and yellow stars on his jersey. Albeit from road. Sprinter Tim Merlier will remember his cross roots and also this winter, he'll get down and dirty on several occassions. Adding to his pre-season preparatio...

Giulio Ciccone's 2024 was from ideal. The Italian's preparations took a hard blow when injuries and illness delayed the Italian's start of the season all the way until the end of April. Despite having missed whole spring, the Lidl-Trek rider was able to patch himself up in time to score some decent...

From recent seasons, we've grown acustomed to Mathieu van der Poel's late starts to cyclocross season. In that regard, 2024/25 will be no different. While his competitors were busy fighting for first victories in temperatures that brought about first snow in muc of Europe, the Dutch rider of Alpecin...

The Belgian national team enters a new era in 2025 as Serge Pauwels replaces Sven Vanthourenhout as national coach. Two of the riders the new man in charge is most excited to work with, are double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and Team Visma | Lease a Bike superstar, Wout van Aert. "Most riders y...

For so long, the INEOS Grenadiers led the way in the peloton, winning numerous Grand Tours in the 2010s and even the Giro d'Italia in 2020. Since the emergence of the likes of Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel though, the team have been playing catch up. So is it time to drop the G...

The modern cycling peloton is being led by some of the greatest talents ever seen in the sport. The likes of Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and others, have starred in recent seasons, but according to Lidl-Trek, Mattias Skjelmose has the potential to compete against the very best.“It’s true that com...

Iserbyt has ended a barren run, taking his first victory in just short of a month this Saturday afternoon at Urban Cross Kortrijk. As such, the Belgian national champion is heading into the upcoming World Cup opener with momentum firmly on his side. In a game of cat and mouse between Pauwels Sauzen...

Eli Iserbyt has taken victory at Urban Cross Kortrijk 2024 this Saturday afternoon, making a statement before Sunday's World Cup opener in Antwerp. After the dominant display from Fem van Empel in the women's race, things were a lot more closely fought over the opening laps of the men's. Eli Iserbyt...

Back in the field for the first time in just short of three weeks at Urban Cross Kortrijk on Saturday afternoon, Fem van Empel showed she hadn't lost a step as the world champion thundered to a dominant victory. “This feels great. I am happy to be back and starting with a victory is always fun," the...

Fem van Empel has made a winning return to cyclocross this Saturday afternoon at Urban Cross Kortrijk. Racing for the first time in 20 days, the world champion dominated from start to finish, asserting her authority on proceedings early and then never relenting. One of the most unique circuits on th...

Laurence Pithie has had a breakthrough season this year with Groupama-FDJ, showing tremendous performances even through he's struggled with endurance. But with another year in the bag and a contract with a strong Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, the Kiwi is looking to match the biggest names this spring...

Maxim van Gils of Lotto Dstny is reportedly breaking his contract with immediate effect, likely so as to join a new team. This is becoming a more frequent scenario in pro cycling but Johan Bruyneel points out that this is the work of specific agents such as Alex Carrera who also manages Tadej Pogaca...

Remco Evenepoel and Mikel Landa have made the trip over to the USA now two months before the start of the 2025 season to spend some proper time in the wind tunnel, to improve on a discipline that is becoming more and more key in pro cycling. Evenepoel has already been in the USA, most precisely Cali...

An interesting transfer this winter was that of Tadej Pogacar's fiancée Urska Zigart, who has moved from Team Jayco AlUla to AG Insurance - Soudal Team. That is interestingly, the women's structure of the Soudal - Quick-Step team, but Pogacar is not worried that information will escape into the camp...

In this year 2024, Tadej Pogacar has become the first cyclist to complete the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double since Marco Pantani in 1998. It seems that this feat has piqued the interest of his eternal rival Jonas Vingegaard. In a statement to Danish television station TV2, the Team Visma |...

The story of Niklas Behrens is an interesting one. The 21-year old only began racing at a high level last year and after being scouted through social media, in 2024 he got a spot at Lidl-Trek's development team. He has stormed to a brilliant world title in Zurich and Team Visma | Lease a Bike knew o...

Johan Museeuw, legendary classics rider of the 1990s, has been the latest to come to Tadej Pogacar's defense against critics who claim his cycling is boring or who question his honesty.In statements reported by Wielerrevue, the 1996 world champion made it clear that his superiority and his long-rang...

Cyclocross World Cup will have it's first round this weekend, but one major name will be missing. Ridley Racing Team is a new team in the cyclocross world, but with leader Joris Nieuwenhuis supported by Felipe Orts, they had hoped to quickly break through a fight for top placings thanks to the Dutch...

Lionel Messi is considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time. Coming out of FC Barcelona's youth academy, he is the greatest legend in the club's history. After a spell at Paris Saint-Germain, the Argentine star is currently playing for David Beckham's MLS club Inter Miami.In soccer,...

The Tour Colombia is today possibly the most prestigious cycling race in Latin America. It was held for the first time in 2018, had a hiatus due to COVID-19 and returned in 2024. In four editions, it has had the presence of riders of the stature of Egan Bernal, Miguel Ángel López, Richard Carapaz, M...

Not much time has passed since Sir Mark Cavendish finally and officially confirmed his retirement from professional cycling peloton. After having broken the Tour de France stage victories record, the quesion of retirement has been in the air for a long time and once settled, fans already wonder what...

It's official. The discussed yellow card system will come into effect as early as from the first race next year. The race jury will now have the option to figuratively show yellow cards to riders who conduct unfair, dangerous or violent moves during their race. While there is no red card for accumul...

Alberto Contador began to emerge in 2005 and exploded completely in 2007. At that time, he had to measure himself against Michael Rasmussen or Carlos Sastre. Very soon came the Schleck brothers, with whom he maintained a great rivalry, especially with Andy. But if we remember the greatest adversary...

Christian Prudhomme and David Lappartient were amongst those who have talked during today's General Assembly of Race Organizers and has discussed a number of topics. Amongst them were the topics of race radios, yellow cards, dangers in the peloton, the extreme weather protocol and even the possible...

The world of cycling is shaken up by another unexpected situation regarding the transfers, this being the one of Maxim van Gils. The Belgian rider is in the process of leaving Lotto Dstny only months after renewing for two more seasons, and at the time being there is a lot of uncertainty over what w...

We’re just over a month into the off-season, and as the team’s and riders rest and begin to prepare for what will be another brutal battle in 2025, we’ve started to look at how each team performed through the 2024 season. It’s safe to say that there’s been a huge mix in fortunes from the teams we’ve...

The early stages of the 2024-2025 cyclocross season are proving to be very exciting for Spanish fans. The great form of Felipe Orts, who is in the best moment of his career, provides big hopes of the country winning a World Cup race on it's first round in Antwerp. Right now, it doesn't seem impossib...

UAE Team Emirates have been the standout team in the peloton over the course of the 2024 season, led by their all-conquering leader, Tadej Pogacar. According to Sjoerd Bax, who will be departing UAE Team Emirates at the end of the year, the Slovenian knows how to get the best out of his teammates. '...

The Giro d’Italia route presentation has been delayed from November until January, as the organisers are facing some difficulties regarding the proposed start in Albania. But are there any updates as to what stages will feature on the first grand tour of 2025?The director of the race Mauro Vegni spo...

EF Education-EasyPost rider Neilson Powless is more than just any cyclist, he’s the first Native American to ever race at the Tour de France. Powless recently spoke with Men’s Health about his background, his racing career, and how he hopes his achievements can inspire others from within the Native...

The best Strava time on the Mortirolo was long held by Vincenzo Nibali, but an 'amateur cyclist' has managed to wipe the climbing time of the four-time Grand Tour winner off the charts. The cyclist is Jack Burke, a 29-year-old Canadian who didn't even ride at a continental level for past two years.B...

Next year’s route for the Tour of the Alps has been announced, and the Giro d’Italia warm up race has a profile that even the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard will raise an eyebrow at. It’s got five days full of climbing, climbing, and more climbing, and the riders will either be physical...

The sports director of the UCI has announced a controversial idea that could change how points are scored to gain WorldTour licenses. In a chat with Sporza, Peter Van den Abeele explained that the UCI may create a new rule that means points in off-road disciplines count towards the UCI road rankings...

After a record-breaking season in 2024, Tadej Pogacar recently agreed terms on a record-breaking new contract with UAE Team Emirates. According to the Slovenian's agent, Alex Carera, the world champion is more than deserving of the 8 million euro deal per annum. "The information is confidential. I d...

Aside from his professional career on the bike, Jonas Vingegaard is a proud and devout family man and recently welcomed a second child with wife Trine Marie Hansen. For the first time, the Danish star has now spoken out on how life as a father of two is going. "It is of course different to be the fa...

After three seasons riding in the colours of Team Visma | Lease a Bike (formerly Jumbo-Visma ed.), Milan Vader is departing at the end of 2024, taking on a new challenge at the ambitious Swiss, Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. It seems though, Vader is leaving with the full love and support of his soon-to-be...

After two, back to back Maillot Jaune victories at the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, Jonas Vingegaard was unable to make it a hat-trick in 2024, losing out to Tadej Pogacar. Looking ahead to the 2025 edition of cycling's most watched race though, two legends of the sport have given Vingegaard the...

Andrey Amador has sadly decided to put an end to his career as a professional cyclist at the age of 38. Last May he suffered a terrible hit by a truck during a training ride and since then he had not been able to compete. Therefore, his final race will go down as the Tour de Romandie 2024, although...

Less than a month from retiring from cycling after one of the greatest careers we have ever seen, Mark Cavendish has got back on his bike in Miami. But no, he isn’t doing the quickest U-turn on his retirement decision, he’s been riding at the Best Buddies Challenge, an organisation that gives a plat...

Tom Pidcock’s future with the INEOS Grenadiers has been one of the most talked about topics of the off season, but recently rumours of his departure have cooled as he appears more content with the situation at the British team. Pidcock himself recently admitted that he has not lived up to expectatio...

Alberto Bettiol has made his ambitions for next season clear, he wants to return to his home race at the Giro d’Italia. The 31 year old all rounded, who joined Astana Qazaqstan Team mid way through this year.Bettiol won the Giglio d'Oro prize as the best Italian rider of the year, after he won the n...

Lennert van Eetvelt was one of the main reasons behind Lotto Dstny’s decent season, despite some unrest at the team. So far this off season, we’ve heard some rumours about unhappiness within the squad, which were confirmed when Maxim Van Gils decided to terminate his contract, and then the team’s sp...

Former professional Jan Bakelants, who won a Tour de France stage back in 2013, has made an interesting observation that involves some of cycling’s biggest names and the transfer market. Bakelants revealed to HLN that he expected more from Remco Evenepoel’s Soudal – Quick-Step this winter, as he dis...

Dutch veteran Robert Gesink was one of the longest serving members of the peloton before he waved goodbye after the Vuelta a Espana this year. He rode with Team | Visma Lease a Bike from it’s early days back in 2007, and played a role in the teaming becoming one of the most dominant forces in the sp...

The legendary Passo dell Mortirolo has it’s name changed to honour the memory of Marco Pantani, one if Italy’s most beloved cyclists of all time. The climb will now be known as the Cima Pantani, and has been used at many editions of the Giro d’Italia. In 2004, Lance Armstrong called is the hardest c...

At the Tour de France this summer, there were plenty of memorable and history making moments. Arguably none will have a wide reaching and long lasting impact on the sport as Biniam Girmay becoming the first black stage winner in the Grand Tour's storied history. According to the man himself, the thr...

Once one of the faces of the sport of cycling, Bradley Wiggins has endured some much tougher times of late, with his Wiggins Rights Limited company entering voluntary liquidation in 2020 and earlier this year, the man himself being declared bankrupt. Things seem far from settled in the case against...

Still only 21 years old, Cian Uijtdebroeks' retirement from the peloton is not likely to come any time soon. They say it's always best to be prepared though and in the case of the Team Visma | Lease a Bike star, there are already plans for a post-cycling career switch. As it turns out, upon the end...

Matteo Jorgenson has had a very successful opening season at Team Visma | Lease a Bike, taking notable victories for himself and excelling in a support role at the Tour de France. In 2025 though, could a Grand Tour leadership opportunity arise for Jorgenson himself?"It was almost an accomplishment,...

As riders and teams around the world rest, recover and begin to prepare for the 2025 season, we’ve began to review how each World Tour squad performed throughout the 2024 season. We’ve had a mixed bag so far, with teams like Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team having incredible season, whilst the INEOS...

Maxim van Gils is no longer a Lotto Dstny rider. The Belgian prospect has sensationally ripped up his contract with immediate effect and is now set to sign elsewhere for what is likely to be a significant pay-rise. According to Belgian cycling managers Yannick Prévost and Paul De Geyter however, it'...

In terms of preparing for the future in the peloton, Team Visma | Lease a Bike are one of the teams that seem to do so the best. Things have already started for next season too, with a team bonding and training camp for development riders in Visma's Limburg base. “We’re perfectly set up here,” says ...

In a somewhat surprising piece of news, 25-year-old Dane Julius Johansen, most recently seen riding in Portugal for Sabgal / Anicolor, is set to sign for UAE Team Emirates according to reports. A winner of the Olympia's Tour back in 2018 when riding for Team ColoQuick, Johansen has spent time at tea...

A few days ago we reported that Remco Evenepoel was in the United States training and now we can report that his right hand man and Soudal - Quick-Step teammate Mikel Landa is also in the US alongside his team leader. The Basque climber has completed a solid first season as the double Olympic champi...

It's still not certain when or where Wout van Aert will next be in action, with a return to cyclocross this winter still unconfirmed as of yet. In his latest update to Strava, the Belgian has also raised some concerns by his choice of caption. Uploading a ride of over 116 kilometres, lasting exactly...

Remco Evenepoel is arguably the most talented time-trialist in the current peloton but this does not mean he can settle with what he's got at the moment. The Soudal - Quick-Step rider has made a trip over to the USA for windtunnel testing as he begins his preparation for the 2025 Tour de France. Aft...

It has been tried in the past by riders such as Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard and although it's not banned, it's being criticized by more and more people. Carbon monoxide rebreathing is still a relatively unknown practice in the world of cycling but there are vague arguments that it could help...

Mavi García, who will celebrate 41st birthday next January, may be the oldest rider in women's peloton, but end of her career doesn't seem to be anywhere near on the horizon. In fact, the Liv Jayco AlUla rider, who finished 9th at the Giro d'Italia Women this year, still sees room for improvement th...

The first World Cup round in Antwerp is just around the corner this weekend. While we've already informed about who will represent Netherlands in Belgium, now it's time we learn who'll carry the flag of home team.Dutch ladies are the dominant force in field and likely favourites to pick up most of t...

Vincenzo Nibali recently turned 40 and is thinking about what his next adventure in the world of cycling could be. The Sicilian champion, after being interviewed by RadioCorsa on November 14th on the occasion of his birthday, also made some statements to the newspaper La Repubblica that can shed lig...

While cyclocross winter has been in the full swing for a month now and we already have a new European Champion, World Cup is yet to take off. After disappointing interest among top riders to participate in UCI's "Champions League", the organisation made several changes, creating a "compact World Cup...

We’re over a month into the off season now, and we can’t wait for the action to get back underway again in 2025. But whilst their might not be much action on our screens for the time being, there is plenty of work going on behind the scenes, as the teams and riders prepare for what will be another c...

Puck Pieterse is one of the brightest young stars in women's cycling. After a breakthrough season on the road in 2024, the Dutch multi-discipline star has now confirmed her programme for the ongoing cyclocross campaign this winter. Last year, Pieterse was one of the few women to really be able to ch...

Tadej Pogacar has already achieved a palmares to rival the greats of the sport over the last five years. Three Tours de France, a Giro d'Italia, a World Championship title, six Monuments, plus much more. According to Spanish cycling icon Pedro Delgado, Pogacar's dominance could yet continue for at l...

Recently, it was announced by UAE Team Emirates that Tadej Pogacar had been rewarded for his record breaking season in 2024 with a record breaking new contract and becoming the highest paid rider in the peloton as a result. According to American ex-pro Tejay van Garderen though, the Slovenian is sti...

Few riders in the modern peloton have been as loyal and long-serving for one team as the experienced Italian workhorse Salvatore Puccio has been for Team Sky / INEOS Grenadiers over his last 14 seasons at the British-based. Over that time, the now 35-year-old has seen the highest of highs and the lo...

In 2024, Matteo Sobrero embarked on a first season in the colours of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. Although mostly operating in a domestique role for team leader Primoz Roglic, the Italian can reflect on some positive performances."I feel like I've reached the end of the year exhausted," assesses Sob...

One of the biggest multi-discipline stars in modern cycling, Tom Pidcock has proven himself and taken big wins on the road, in cyclocross and on the mountain bike over the last few years. Ahead of the 2025 season, the INEOS Grenadiers star is intent on making it his most successful year yet. “I want...

Christian Prudhomme has long been the spearhead of the Tour de France, operating as race director for cycling's most watched race since 2007. Over a big portion of that time, Team Sky dominated, taking the Maillot Jaune through the likes of Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bern...

Tim Merlier was one of the most successful sprinters in the peloton in 2024, proving himself once again and adding a total of 16 victories to his palmares. Ahead of the 2025 season though, the former Belgian national champion has been dealt a blow by the departure of his long-time coach.Erwin Borgon...

Tadej Pogacar has recently won an award in Slovenia where he was together with his fiancée Urska Zigart and truth be told, the UAE Team Emirates rider is at the very top of the cycling world where he can choose what he wants to do in 2025. No Paris-Roubaix likely, a hint at the Vuelta a España and w...

Lennert van Eetvelt has been sidelined for several months during the 2024 season, but he still had a stratospheric year. He has achieved a lot, won a lot, and proved himself as one of the top climbers in the peloton. However, he does not forget a 'nightmare' moment where he lost what would be his fi...

Joshua Tarling is one of the few huge stars that INEOS Grenadiers has signed over the past few years that have a big potential for the future. Whilst the team this year had it very rough and is surrounded by many issues, the Briton is positive of what's to come. “I think it’s not broken. It’s a team...

Nairo Quintana is one of the most beloved cyclist in Colombia at the moment, and this is not only for his sporting merits, with a dazzling record that makes him undoubtedly the best cyclist in the history of the South American country with a Giro, a Vuelta and 3 podiums in the Tour de France. He is...

Over the last 4 seasons Jonas Vingegaard has gone from being a relatively unknown rider to arguably one of the best climbers the peloton has ever seen. Yes, he may have lost his Tour de France title to Tadej Pogacar this year, but let’s not forget that if it wasn’t for the Dane, Pogacar would have w...

Johan Bruyneel analyzed the figure of Tom Pidcock but also analysed Tadej Pogacar in a recent podcast, where his and Spencer Martin's discussion was regarding the possibility of him improving even further. The former US Postal sport director also talked about how he sees Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Ving...

Mathew Hayman was interviewed in Japan during the post-season period and was asked about the UCI points situation. The former pro and current DS of Team Jayco AlUla criticized it quite harshly and believes that often teams do not try to win races but are instead forced to race in very different ways...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe have signed an enormous amount of talent for 2025 which will ensure they are competitive in every single terrain, but already this season they have achieved great things. Primoz Roglic inclusively won the Vuelta a España and performed at his very best level, and teammate...

In the latest episode of Kop over Kop Jeroen Vanbelleghem and Bobbie Traksel discuss this winter's cycling transfers. Patrick Lefevere's Soudal - Quick-Step is naturally in the center of discussion with quite an interesting transfer window. Long-time leaders and poster-boys in Julian Alaphilippe and...

Things haven't been all rosy between Tom Pidcock and the INEOS Grenadiers over recent months, culminating in the Brit's controversial deselection from the team's Il Lombardia lineup. Speaking on the situation publicly, Pidcock hasn't been honest about underachievement from himself and his teammates....

The two pillars of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, even in injury-hit seasons in 2024, the superstar duo of Jonas Vingegaard & Wout van Aert combined for a total of 14 victories. For Bart Lemmen, this was his first season at Visma and the impressive domestique has been left incredibly impressed by the im...

For TotalEnergies, a season with Tour de France stage victory is automatically seen as a successful year, but speaking strictly points-wise TotalEnergies found themselves quite far off the positions that would guarantee their start at the Tour also next year. Uno-X and Tudor will be more than formid...

Despite a good stint with Lotto Dstny, Victor Campenaerts chose to join Visma | Lease a Bike next year. The 33-year-old Belgian knows his role will be that of a teammate in most races, but feels ready for long shifts at the front. Again, because he's not heading to a completely unknown environment.I...

Jørgen Nordhagen is considered one of the peloton's greatest talents. The Norwegian has the potential to become one of the best GC riders in the world. No wonder Visma | Lease a Bike didn't waste time to sign a contract with the talent, who has already become Junior World Champion at Cross-country s...

Uncertainty of Lotto Dstny's future is hampering the Belgian PRT team's efforts to keep all of their talent on-board for years to come. The formation lead by Stéphane Heulot is currently on its way to return to WorldTour for 2026-28 period, but persistent rumours of riders jumping the ship could tur...

Before Remco Evenepoel made the transition to professional cycling, he was a very talented soccer player in the youth ranks. For years he played in the youth training of the Belgian soccer club RSC Anderlecht.One of his then teammates was Cyril Ngonge, who now plays for top Italian club SSC Napoli....

Cycling has a dense and extensive history. Over the years, we have seen incredible races that have lifted us all off the couch and made us vibrate like kids. If we add to that the importance of the Grand Tours or the Monuments, we have more than enough races to build a small list of some of the most...

Lotto Dstny have brilliantly evolved many talented Belgian riders and will without a doubt take the step to World Tour level in 2026. However with a budget that is far from the top teams and so many talented young riders, it was not possible to keep them all, and Maxim van Gils as terminated his exi...

Alex Carera, Tadej Pogacar's agent, talked about his pupil's renewal at UAE Team Emirates, what the future holds for him after his incredible 2024 and the importance Jonas Vingegaard is having in his evolution as a cyclist.The international peloton's star representative spoke to Marca without denyin...

Olav Kooij is one of the best sprinters in the peloton but in Team Visma | Lease a Bike there is a limit to how many calendar choices he has. By this, we refer to the Tour de France where he is still unlikely to race, but he believes he's in the right team and that there is focus on supporting his s...

Mark Cavendish has announced his retirement recently in November and officially hung up the wheels after the Singapore criterium. Now officially retired from the sport, he looks back and talk a bit about his mentality, both in the early and late years of his career. "Cycling has given me the biggest...

There is currently only one professional rider in the peloton who holds more than 100 professional victories: This is Mark Cavendish, who is retiring now with an incredible 165 triumphs in the bag including a World Championships title, Milano-Sanremo and 35 Tour de France stage wins. In 2025, five r...

It is not often that we see a Grand Tour start in a specific nation for the first time, and we may see this happen in 2025 with the Giro d'Italia. Everything indicated a Grande Partenza in Albania but the presentation was delayed and there is a very complex situation unfolding behind the scenes whic...

Cyclocross is a sport where, on the men's side, we have a clear dominant figure in Mathieu van der Poel currently. Behind, Wout van Aert perhaps takes second place; but within the 'traditional' CX field many argue that there is more exciting racing and this isn't only a belief, there is actually a h...

The trial of the "Prova Limpa" case reached another chapter today, when the former sports director of W52-FC Porto, Nuno Ribeiro, was heard and lashed out at the past owner of the now-disgraced Portuguese team. This case gained international notoriety back in 2022 due to the sheer volume of conseque...

In 2023 UAE Team Emirates signed Slovenian rider Gal Glivar from Adria Mobil - the same team in which Primoz Roglic raced before joining Visma - but the youngster now leaves the team in search of better opportunities. He will join none other than Alpecin-Deceuninck where he hopes to have freedom to...

In the world of cycling not everything is perfect and in many cases - even when it comes to top teams - almost everything is far from perfect. In cooperation with CiclismoAtual, we spoke to several individuals who worked in Portuguese professional teams, where reports of abuse and mistreatment, susp...

The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe secured two game changing additions to their team in 2024, namely, proven Grand Tour winner Primoz Roglic and the extra investment from new title sponsor, Red Bull. Both, as detailed by departing team nutritionist Dr Tim Podlogar, caused a big shift in expectation wit...

The 2024 Itzulia Basque Country was a race that won't soon be forgotten. Sadly, that is also to do with incidents that happen away from the actual fight for victory as a massive crash saw the likes of Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel among others leave the race in an ambulance. Vi...

In 2025, the Tour de France seems to be going on a journey to all of the places that Tadej Pogacar has shown rare signs of weakness in the past. The Col de la Loze, Hautacam and Mont Ventoux are all on the profiles, potentially given the likes of Jonas Vingegaard hope of stopping the UAE Team Emirat...

While the reunion of Alberto Contador and Chris Froome at the 'Best Buddies Challenge' in Miami was in the forefront, Mark Cavendish was also part of the charity ride: and he took the time for a 'romantic' outing with his compatriot too!He and Froomie opted for an outing off the bike. The two Britis...

UAE Team Emirates have had one of the best seasons of any team in the cycling history, but the end of 2024 was somewhat bittersweet. The team may thank Tadej Pogacar for its success but at the same time, in some races it felt like they were up against the whole world. Such was the case at the Giro d...

The large financial differences in cycling have caused a heated debate. Some (especially traditional French) teams want a more level playing field and are calling for a maximum budget. Tour director Christian Prudhomme agrees that a change might need to come and confirms that UCI is looking into its...

One of the cyclocross giants, Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal is still waiting for a first big victory this season. Remarkable, considering that they have been the dominant force in the cross in recent years. Despite having the likes of Michael Vanthourenhout and Eli Iserbyt among their ranks, the luck see...

The tragic passing of 18-year-old Muriel Furrer during the UCI World Championships in Zurich is the dark cloud that hangs over the race in Switzerland. An extensive investigation into the causes of her tragic death is still on-going. But nearly two months after the accident there's still no conclusi...

2024 was a mixed campaign for Groupama - FDJ leader David Gaudu. A quiet early season was followed by a disappointing Tour de France, but at the Vuelta a Espana, the Frenchman showed signs of life, finishing 6th overall and then ended his year with a solid top-10 at Il Lombardia. "You ask yourself a...

The 2025 season continues to take shape for INEOS Grenadiers. After news broke that both Egan Bernal and Joshua Tarling are heading for the Giro d'Italia next year, now it is being reported than Spanish talent Carlos Rodriguez will once again lead the British team's charge at the Tour de France.The...

Neilson Powless has emerged as one of the leading American talents in the pro peloton over recent seasons, taking notable victories at races such as Classica San Sebastian, Gran Piemonte and the Etoile de Bessèges among others. For the 28-year-old though, his role is important than just taking victo...

Last Saturday, the news that Egan Bernal is aiming to be the leader of INEOS Grenadiers for the Giro d'Italia 2025 was broken. It now seems that the former Tour de France and Giro winning Colombian will have support from one of the best time-trialists on the planet in his quest to get back to Grand...

Things haven't gone totally to plan for Eli Iserbyt so far this winter. With just one victory to his name this campaign to date, the Belgian national champion's hopes of success at Sunday's Flandriencross Hamme were dealt a blow when he crashed following an incident with a fan. "You didn't see it on...

Following his retirement from the professional peloton, Luke Rowe makes the step up to a sports director role in 2025. Rather than at the INEOS Grenadiers though, where the Welshman spent the entirety of his career, it's Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team that have offered a pathway for the future.“It...

The Tadej Pogacar Foundation is donating a considerable sum of money to the fight against cancer in Slovenia. The current world champion's organization decided a few months ago to auction Giro d'Italia and Tour de France jerseys signed by the UAE Team Emirates in an attempt to help and donate 100% o...

The cyclocross season is picking up the pace this weekend with the first World Cup race on Sunday in Antwerp. Dutch national coach Gerben de Knegt has announced the team, and six time world champion Matheiu van der Poel is not on the list.A lot has been made of Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert an...

In what has been a tough year for British cycling, there is now more bad news. The team that produced the likes of Tom Pidcock, Paul Magnier and Ben Healy, is looking like to will have to fold, and stop racing. Trinity Racing has long produced some of the most talented British riders, and this is mo...

32 year old Bob Jungels is looking forward to his new challenge in 2025, as he leaves Red - Bull - Bora - hansgrohe to join the INEOS Grenadiers. Jungels, who has won stages at the Tour and the Vuelta, as well as winning Liege-Bastoigne-Liege in 2018, aims to get back to winning ways in 2025.Jungels...

Over the past month we’ve started to look at each World Tour team’s 2024 performances. It’s safe to say that there was a huge range of fortunes for the teams this year, but today’s team we are reviewing will surely be happy with what they accomplished this year. Yes, today we’re looking at Intermarc...

Tom Pidcock is staying at INEOS Grenadiers and aiming for a 2025 season where the goals have not yet been discussed, but a larger focus on the road is very much on the table. Johan Bruyneel believes this is the way to go, as he's got to be of greater value to the team during the road season. Spencer...

Olympic gold medal winner Benjamin Thomas became the first Frenchman to win the Six Days of Ghent, alongside his Belgian teammate Fabio Van den Bossche. The duo managed to defeat the defending champion and 2024 leaders Robbe Ghys and Lindsay De Vylder in the final team race.The Six Days of Ghent is...

This weekend it’s finally time for the first World Cup race of the cyclocross season. On Sunday, the World Cup will begin in Antwerp, and last season’s winner Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado told Wielerflits that she is more than ready to defend her title.“These are important races of course, but they ar...

Primoz Roglic soared to a record-equalling fourth Red Jersey at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. Despite only taking total control of the Red Jersey after stage 19 though, the Slovenian's hopes were seriously threatened on stage 20 as food poisoning swept through the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe camp. A tot...

Mads Pedersen is one of the first riders to announce their spring programme for 2025, and the Dane has made it absolutely clear that his main target is Paris-Roubaix. Pedersen’s coach Mattias Reck revealed more about the plans to Ekstra Bladet.Pedersen, of Lidl-Trek, was in top form throughout 2024,...

EF Education-EasyPost enjoyed a successful 2024 season, securing 24 victories and showcasing significant progress as a team. The standout performer was Richard Carapaz, who delivered impressive results and cemented his status as the American team's most valuable asset. Looking ahead to 2025.Sports d...

We’re getting used to a Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider joining Red - Bull Bora - hansgrohe, but now even some of their staff are making the switch too. Asker Jeukendrup, a nutritionist, will be joining Primoz Roglic at the German team for 2025.Jeukendrup told Wielerflits that he has worked with foo...

Lucinda Brand couldn’t get the win at the Flandriencross Hamme, after she was beaten in a dramatic finale by her rival Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado. Still, the former world champion was ultimately happy with her performance.“I am satisfied. I think Sara was very strong today. It was not really possibl...

Eli Iserbyt was beaten by Niels Vandeputte in the Flandriencross Hamme, and yet again he had a race filled with drama. The 27 year old suffered a problem with his finger, after he had a run in with a photographer, which he told Wierlerflits after the race.“I think a spoke hit my finger. You don’t re...

Remco Evenepoel has began his preparation for 2025, a week after he had surgery on his teeth. Evenepoel had a super year in 2024, including a world title, two Olympic golds, and a Tour de France podium, and returned with an easy 60km ride.The Belgian star is looking to close the gap to Tadej Pogacar...

Felipe Orts gave another great showing of himself on Sunday afternoon at the Flandriencross Hamme. Although victory ultimately proved a step too far, the Spaniard ended up crossing the line a close 3rd, just 8 seconds down on winner Niels Vandeputte. “It was another super tough race,” Orts reflected...

In the men's road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich, Tadej Pogacar put in a ride for the ages, attacking from 100km out and soloing to a first ever Rainbow Jersey victory for Slovenia. Frenchman Pavel Sivakov attempted to ride with his trade teammate but ultimately ended up flying too c...

Thibau Nys looked strong this Sunday afternoon at the latest round of the X2O Badkamers Trofee at the Flandriencross Hamme. Sadly for the European champion though, as he pushed the limit on the final lap, Nys pushed a little too hard, crashing spectacularly and ruling himself out of race-winning con...

Niels Vandeputte has been one of the most in form riders in the cyclocross world over recent weeks without much reward. Finally though, on Sunday afternoon at Flandriencross Hamme, the Alpecin-Deceuninck star managed to get himself a big victory.After an enthralling battle, Vandeputte timed his move...

Alpecin-Deceuninck's Niels Vandeputte has taken the win at Flandriencross Hamme 2024 this Sunday afternoon on the latest round of the X2O Badkamers Trofee ahead of Eli Iserbyt and Felipe Orts. Niels Vandeputte quickly took control at the front over the opening lap, staying out of trouble without bei...

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado continued her immense form this winter on Sunday afternoon at Flandriencross - Hamme, taking her third successive victory. As it turned out, the Dutch star's hopes of success were boosted by a tactical error from one of her rivals. Heading into the final lap, Alvarado, Sar...

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado has taken the win at the latest round of the X2O Badkamers Trofee at Flandriencross Hamme, outsprinting rival Lucinda Brand for a dramatic victory.For the first time really since her cyclocross return, Zoe Backstedt was right at the front over the first couple of laps, get...

Road cycling is currently on hold in Europe, but in South America we've got an interesting Vuelta a Ecuador in which, among other things, we have returned to see Oscar Sevilla win at the age of 50. However, the man who is blowing up the race is not the man from Albacete who has been living in Colomb...

Daniel Martinez has completed a somewhat irregular season in his debut with Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, where he struggled late in the year but had a tremendous Giro d'Italia where he finished second in the overall classification, only behind an unbeatable Tadej Pogacar. Speaking to AS Colombia, th...

Zoe Bäckstedt rode her second race of the season at the Aardbeiencross Merksplas yesterday. The race was won by Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado ahead of Lucinda Brand and Marie Schreiber, while Bäckstedt finished the Superprestige race in a passable seventh place.After a strong start to the race, Zoe Bäc...

A few days ago, Nairo Quintana announced his renewal for another year with Movistar Team. As a result, speculation has already begun about the Colombian climber's possible calendar for the 2025 season. According to information coming from his home country, Colombia, the 34-year-old will be present a...

Toon Aerts returned from a two-year doping suspension last winter but only with a few races on the schedule. Now racing for the Deschacht - Hens - FSP team he is racing a full season once again and he came very close from beating all other seasoned pros at the Aardbeiencross Merksplas. In the absenc...

Mark Cavendish has finally announced his retirement from pro cycling very recently, finishing a career that has been wildly successful and has had a huge roller-coaster of emotions throughout the past few years. But the Manxman will not abandon the cycling world, and there is a possibility that he w...

Tadej Pogacar has had one of the all-time great years in 2024. Proving to have the 'Midas Touch', the Slovenian leader of UAE Team Emirates secured two Grand Tours, two monuments, a World Championship title and much more this campaign, much to the delight of his agent Alex Carera. Having formerly gu...

Netherlands vs Belgium, Road vs Cyclocross, Mathieu van der Poel vs Wout van Aert. A rivalry with a 13-year history that transcends many aspects of cycling and our Portuguese sister channel Ciclismoatual has delved into the rivalry.We could well be talking about two compatriots. In reality, Mathieu...

Lotte Kopecky had a great season in 2024, where she successfully defended her world title and won other big races like Paris-Roubaix and Strade Bianche. After some time off, Kopecky returned to racing at the Six Days of Ghent track cycling race held in Belgium, where she won both her races.Speaking...

In an emotional farewell, Soudal – Quick-Step have said goodbye to one of their most decorated riders, Julian Alaphilippe, who is leaving the team to join Tudor Pro Cycling. Alaphilippe and Quick Step have had one of the best partnerships in the sport in the last decade, and the Frenchman’s incredib...

Florian Vermeersch is changing teams over the winter, from Lotto Dstny to UAE Team Emirates, and the Belgian recently opened up about his difficult 2024 to Het Nieuwsblad. From the report, it appears that the 25 year old had some difficulties negotiating his way out of the team."I have always been t...

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado claimed the victory at Saturday’s Superprestige Aardbeiencross Merksplas to continue her strong start to the winter, but there was drama behind the winner as Lucinda Brand was not happy with a move from Sara Casasola.The pivotal moment unfolded during the fifth lap of the...

Former rivals Chris Froome and Alberto Contador have reunited over the past week for a ride in Miami, where they participated as guests in the Best Buddies Challenge. The pair had some epic fights over the years, and between them over the years and between them have won all three grand tours multipl...

There's not much that hasn't gone to plan for Thibau Nys so far this winter. On Saturday afternoon at Superprestige Aardbeiencross Merksplas though, the Belgian was left frustrated as he came across the line in 4th. “I’m angry with myself for going into the last lap so passively,” Nys fumed in his p...

After going the entirety of last season without any success, Laurens Sweeck has taken what is already a third victory of the current winter this Saturday afternoon at Superprestige Aardbeiencross Merksplas ahead of Toon Aerts. In a tight and tense battle, repeated attacks from the likes of Michael V...

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado has once again been one of the stars of women's cyclocross so far this winter. On Saturday afternoon at Superprestige Aardbeiencross Merksplas, the former world champion took her victory tally to 5 for the season. In a closely fought battle, it wasn't until lap 5 that Alva...

Laurens Sweeck has emerged with the victory at the 2024 Superprestige Aardbeiencross Merksplas after an intriguing battle where separation between the elite riders was never fully achieved. On the opening lap, the quartet of Niels Vandeputte, Michael Vanthourenhout, Eli Iserbyt and Laurens Sweeck po...

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado has taken the victory at Superprestige Aardbeiencross Merksplas this Saturday afternoon ahead of Lucinda Brand and Marie Schreiber in a gruelling battle. Marie Schreiber flew out of the blocks on the opening lap, powering clear of the rest of the field whilst Zoe Backstedt...

250 cyclists will take part in the NEOM Titan Desert Saudi Arabia 2024 that will take place between the 18th and 22nd of November in the region of NEOM, in Saudi Arabia. It's a beastly race of more than 380 kilometers of distance to cover and almost 3,000 meters of accumulated altitude gain. This ye...

Jasper Philipsen has won the first Monument of his career in a Milano-Sanremo this season and has twice finished second to Mathieu van der Poel and Paris-Roubaix. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider has proven to be a versatile and very talented rider who will aim for the yellow jersey at the 2025 Tour de...

The highlight of the celebratory evening marking the 75th anniversary of KD Rog in Ljubljana's Grand Plaza Hotel was the awarding of Rog's Golden Bicycle which was (unsurprisingly) won by Tadej Pogacar, a graduate of Rog's cycling school. He enjoyed the flattering prize together with his fiancee Urs...

Katarzyna Niewiadoma was at the Rouleur Live show this week and has talked about, among other things, her triumph at the Tour de France Femmes and the moments that followed. A moment of celebration for her, but slightly tainted by the very dark atmosphere at the finish that came from a disappointed...

The 2024 season is more than over and, although we know that Tadej Pogacar is by far the cyclist who has raised his arms the most during the year, it seems a good time to review the riders who have achieved the most victories during the year.Leaving aside Pogacar's 25, the biggest winner by far has...

The Giro d'Italia route for the 2025 edition was initially planned to be revealed on the 12th of November but organizational issues - likely related to the start in Albania - have led to a two-month postpone. However, the race is working hard to attract big stars and might be having some success, wh...

Tadej Pogacar will not define his definitive calendar for 2025 until December but confirms that he will start the year at the UAE Tour before focusing on the spring classics and would could be a new approach to the Grand Tours. "I can't reveal too much about the program yet, we will talk about it in...

Great Britain is in a relative crisis when it comes to road cycling and the situation continues to get worst. One of it's very few remaining pro teams, Trinity Racing, will not be on the road in 2025 as it lacks the funds. It was this very same lack of funds due to reduced sponsorship and and increa...

Cycling, like any other professional sport, sees riders and teams constantly experimenting with different training methods, dietary plans, and supplements, all to find the extra 1%. But in a sport where the smallest of margins can make the difference between a grand tour victory, and dropping like a...

Tom Pidcock has recently been involved in one of the biggest controversies of the season but it seems as if the dust as settled. The INEOS Grenadiers riders seems committed once again to staying on the team and also putting more focus on the road - this may even see him not race in the other two dis...

The signing of Johannes Staune-Mittet to Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale is one of the most surprising moves of this winter, taking into consideration the potential of the Norwegian but mainly the fact that his contract was broken in order to change teams. His agent Bart van Haaren has revealed the team...

Super-combative of the 2021 Tour de France and one of the most aggressive riders in the peloton started the 2024 season in Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale but ended with retirement. The French rider was suspended for suspicions of doping earlier in the year and is financially incapable of defending himse...

There are few hotter topics in the cycling world currently than the controversial usage of ketones and carbon monoxide for performance gain. The MPCC (Movement for a Credible Cycling) has now called on the UCI to address their ongoing concerns on the matter. "The issue of ketones is more problematic...

Detalo Health, the company behind the carbon monoxide (CO) rebreathers used by multiple WorldTour teams, has responded to a call by the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC) for the technique not to be practised after allegations of misuse by several top-end pros surface.The technique came to light d...

Alastair Mackellar has become the latest addition to EF Education-EasyPost who are one of the last WorldTour teams to slowly unveil their 2025 transfers. The 22-year-old Australian became double national champion last year. In 2024, he won a stage at the Alpes Isere Tour and finished fourth in the F...

Elizabeth Deignan will retire from professional cycling after 2025. The 35-year-old Briton had an expiring contract with Lidl-Trek, but the two parties have extended the contract for one more year. After next season, Deignan will say goodbye to the peloton after a splendid career which includes many...

Not so many years ago, Spain was sweeping everything in the world of cycling, especially in the grand tours. Between the 2006 Tour de France and the 2015 Giro d'Italia, it was the country with the most victories led by the seven of Alberto Contador, we cannot forget the victories of Oscar Pereiro an...

Over the past few weeks, we have started to review each World Tour team’s 2024 season. Today, the team we’re looking at is Marc Madiot’s Groupama – FDJ. Year one without Thibaut Pinot complete for Groupama – FDJ, and the French side managed to have a fairly acceptable season.The team seems to consta...

We’re about a month into the off season now, and it’s already feeling like an eternity since the peloton’s best riders were in action. In 2024 we were treated to a historic triple crown from Tadej Pogacar, a monument double for Mathieu van der Poel in rainbow, and Olympic history from Remco Evenepoe...

Soudal - Quick-Step rider Yves Lampaert has announced via social media that he and his partner Astrid Demeulemeester will be having another child next spring. Lampaert was the Belgian road race champion back in 2018 and has won the national time trial championship twice in 2017 and 2021.The couple,...

Helmut Dollinger was with BORA - hansgrohe for a long time and most recently with the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. He is now one of the new coaches of the Astana Qazaqstan team, which is undergoing a complete makeover thanks to the new Chinese investor XDS, which will probably also be the main name spons...

Despite the history making year for Mark Cavendish, Astana Qazaqstan Team had a very difficult 2024, and will need a much strong year next season to secure their WorldTour status. In a new press release, the team confirm three new sports directors that will hope to raise the level next year.General...

Israel – Premier Tech have announced today that their team manager Sep Vanmarcke has stepped back from his role, heading in to next season. The 36 year old rode for the team between 2021 and 2023, before retiring early due to complications with his heart. With his knowledge and experience, he walked...

After emerging as arguably the leading general classification rider in the women's peloton over the course of her four seasons at Team SD Worx - Protime, in 2025, Demi Vollering will be the leading light of FDJ - Suez and the main rival of Team SD Worx.“We have big ambitions and we are really excite...

It was a difficult season for Team | Visma Lease a Bike in 2024, as they struggled to follow on from there dominance in 2023, thanks largely due to injuries and the form of Tadej Pogacar. Over the past few weeks, the team has said goodbye to riders like Jan Tratnik and Mick van Dijke, and now they h...

2 time Tour de France stage winner Thomas De Gendt retired at the end of 2024 after 16 years in the peloton. His last grand tour was the Vuelta a Espana in September, the race which the Belgian won the mountains classification back in 2018.Speaking to the magazine Bahamontes about his time racing in...

Grace Brown retired from the peloton at the end of the 2024 season, and she had one of the greatest final seasons the sport has ever seen. Back in April, she won Liege-Bastogne-Liege, before winning the Olympic time trial in Paris, following by the world championship time trial in Zurich in Septembe...

David Gaudu is one of the riders in the peloton with the most pressure on him. He’s a French rider, in a French team, with a country behind him that are desperate to taste success again at the Tour de France.This year, the 28 year old struggled at the Tour de France, and finished just 65th in GC. Th...

The off-season is proving to be very interesting. 2025 is getting closer and closer, and the rumors about the grand tours that Tadej Pogacar will race next year are still swirling, with another direct statement hinting at what may end up happening. The UAE Team Emirates star will go 100% to the Tour...

Romain Bardet has talked extensively about some of the biggest topics of his career this week, including concerns over performance enhancing methods, the dominance of Tadej Pogacar; but also the worry over the financial differences that grow in the peloton and if it's worth it to have a team built a...

Lennert van Eetvelt is one of the strongest climbers in development currently in the peloton and in 2024 he stunned. He is aware of the very high level surrounding him but believes that in a few years he may have his opportunities to win bigger and bigger races. "I have the advantage that I am three...

Mark Cavendish has had the last season of his professional career this year, and has finished it on a high. A 'fairytale ending', something most riders don't have, and he explains how he has achieved a lot of what he's won due to his tactical side rather than being stronger than the rest. "I would n...

Remco Evenepoel has a big year ahead of him in 2025 as looks to step up even further and reach the level of the likes of Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar at the Tour de France. Before he steps up preparation though, the Belgian has had to go under the knife. The double Olympic champion has had to...

INEOS Grenadiers have been having a few rough years which until now have not seen the end of it. We see new information come out regarding relationships between riders and staff within the team including Tom Pidcock and the departing DS Steve Cummings. This was according to a report from Escape Coll...

Over recent years, Filippo Ganna has been balancing goals on the road and on the track. In 2025 though, the INEOS Grenadiers powerhouse is set to focus solely on his road goals in a bid to get back to his very best level. "The gradual shift towards the road is a consequence of the races you do," the...

Paris-Roubaix 2024 was a big show from Alpecin-Deceuninck and particularly their main star Mathieu van der Poel who won the race with breathtaking 60-kilometer solo. Gianni Vermeersch was one of those who allowed MVDP to launch his engines and later continued to neutralize any chase behind, opening...

Serge Pauwels becomes the new Belgian national coach for road cyclists, while Angelo De Clercq takes on the role of national coach for cyclo-cross riders. More changes are to follow on executive positions in Belgian cycling in next months, but that won't be a concern of Philippe Gilbert.  The 42-yea...

Women's cyclocross continues to be almost exclusively Dutch business with Fem van Empel, Lucinda Brand and Ceylin Alvarado in center of all field action. Behind them, perhaps a bit surprisingly, a lone Italian warrior Sara Casasola puts up a great fight in her National champion jersey. In the past,...

It has now been 39 years since the Tour de France was last won by a French rider, Bernard Hinault who turned 70 years old today. In a special occasion, he shared words regarding his legacy, meeting the new French winner of the Tour and also the suspicions on Tadej Pogacar. "I can't help but see myse...

UAE Team Emirates is the wealthiest team in the current pro peloton and with it comes the possibility of internal clashes due to the presence of so many leaders. However, between Tadej Pogacar and Juan Ayuso there are no misunderstandings according to team manager Joxean Matxin, who dismisses theori...

The name of Michael Albasini's successor as the head of the Swiss national team has been announced. A few weeks after the latter chose to leave his position as national coach to join the Swiss professional team Q36.5 Pro Cycling in a role of sports director, Swiss Cycling announced this Thursday the...

Astana Qazaqstan is getting a new name. The team of Alexander Vinokurov will undergo many changes in 2025, the main one involving arrival of new title sponsor from China. La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the currently Kazakh team, which is likely to be registered in China from next year, will go...

Operation Ílex has taken a new and potentially momentous step forward. CELAD (Spanish Commission for the Fight against Doping in Sport) has managed to include the doping case of Miguel Ángel López in the trial of Dr Marcos Maynar, after the Provincial Court of Cáceres upheld the appeal.This was repo...

Bernard Hinault is one of the great icons of the Tour de France and as such, French cycling also. As the legendary figure celebrates his 70th birthday, Hinault has sat down with Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport to reflect on his career and the modern peloton.When it comes to the modern pelo...

Jasper Philipsen has really taken a massive step over the last couple of years, developing into arguably the fastest sprinter in the peloton whilst also confirming his capabilities elsewhere by taking back to back 2nd places at Paris-Roubaix and even winning Milano-Sanremo in 2024. In total, the Alp...

Jonas Abrahamsen put in a breakthrough performance at the 2024 Tour de France, wearing both the Green Jersey and the Polka-Dot Jersey after a relentlessly attacking opening week that saw him come 2nd on stage 2 in Bologna. As it turned out though, the newfound fame and renown that came with his star...

Over the past few weeks, we have started to review each World Tour team’s 2024 season. Today, the team we’re looking at is Jonathan Vaughters’ EF Education–EasyPost, the American team lead by Richard Carapaz. The team finished 12th in the UCI rankings on 11595 points, one place lower than their posi...

In the 2010s, Chris Froome dominated the Maillot Jaune fight at the Tour de France, taking cycling's most iconic jersey on four separate occasions. In 2019, the Brit looked set to challenge for a 5th victory but sadly, one nasty crash changed the course of his career. Reconning a stage 4 individual...

Nairo Quintana has ended the speculation regarding his future in the professional peloton. The diminutive Colombian climber will remain with Movistar Team for at least one more year it has been officially announced."Hello friends, I want to tell you that it's already the end of the season, but above...

Puck Pieterse is an extraordinarily talented rider, being one of the best cyclocross riders in the field; the reigning Mountain BIke World Champion; but also a Tour de France Femmes stage winner in the very first year that she raced a professional road calendar that was over a few days in length. Pi...

The cyclocross season is well underway with the likes of Eli Iserbyt, Thibau Nys and others putting in some star performances already this winter. When, where or even if the discipline's biggest names will make their appearance remains to be seen though. “They will never be able to do many races. If...

Matteo Jorgenson has been one of the best signings of 2024, as he took a massive leap in performance after joining Team Visma | Lease a Bike. He opened up about ambitions for the 2025 season and that he was also not far from signing with INEOS Grenadiers last winter. Early in his career, he made his...

Francesco Moser was a beastly cyclist who won, among many other things, 22 stages in the Giro d'Italia, the World Championships and 3 Paris-Roubaix. At the beginning of his career he coincided with Eddy Mercxk and now he wanted to compare him with Tadej Pogacar, with all that that implies.The Italia...

The 2024 road season hasn't long finished, but for some out of contract riders, the countdown to the start of the 2025 campaign is already ticking dangerously close. One of those uncertain about his future prospects in professional cycling is 24-year-old Colombian, Jesus David Pena. After three seas...

There's no doubting the fact that heading into 2025, things are looking somewhat bleak for the INEOS Grenadiers. Big names such as Jhonatan Narvaez, Luke Rowe and Ethan Hayter have all departed, as have behind the scenes figures such as Dan Bigham and Steve Cummings. The reported tension almost even...

Tudor Pro Cycling is not shy about their goal to reach WorldTour, ideally after the next UCI-license cycle. The pair of high-profile signings only support this ambition. Matteo Trentin has been with the project for a year now and had the opportunity to witness the Swiss team's progress first-hand."T...

Elisa Longo Borghini has been very successful for Lidl-Trek in recent years, but the 32-year-old rider decided to leave the American formation. The Italian top rider will ride for UAE Team ADQ for the next three seasons, seeking a new challenge in a fresh environment.Despite winning the Giro d'Itali...

For the past three years, the current variant of Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift organised by ASO has settled on eight stages. In 2025, we'll move up to nine days of racing, but some female professionals feel like the organisers could be courageous in creating the first "real" women's Grand Tour.Wh...

William Junior Lecerf has only entered the WorldTour ranks ahead of 2024 with Soudal - Quick-Step, but he immediately made a name for himself with a second place at the AlUla Tour. Afterwards, the 22-year-old Belgian continued in a strong fashion which led to a debut Grand Tour nomination for Vuelta...

No surprise as Serge Pauwels takes over as a national coach of Belgium, succeeding Sven Vanthourenhout. With Pauwels, the Belgian cycling has a new leader but it must be said that Pauwels has been in pole position for a while even with the likes of Philippe Gilbert announcing a candidacy. A surprisi...

One of stories with the biggest potential ramifications from the current off-season has arrived this Wednesday, with the official announcement of Joxean Matxín's renewal with UAE Team Emirates until 2028.Matxín is one of the fundamental pillars of the UAE team, and a key part of the process that has...

In the modern era of the Tour de France, not many French riders have challenged for the Maillot Jaune as closely as Romain Bardet did during his pomp. With his final home Grand Tour done in 2024, the soon to be retiring Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL rider has reflected on his close calls over the years....

After the conclusion of the 2024 World Championships Zurich, long time Belgian national coach Sven Vanthourenhout departed his role. Now, a couple of months later, a successor has finally been announced. That comes in the form of former Team Sky rider and Giro d'Italia stage winner, Serge Pauwels, w...

The curtain fell down on the legendary career of British sprint icon Mark Cavendish last weekend, as the 39-year-old Manxman took victory with his final professional pedal stroke at the Tour de France Singapore Criterium.Since then, praise and stories from the Cavendish career have been detailed by...

As the INEOS Grenadiers look to reverse their recent struggles, the British-based team are setting up a development squad for the first time. This has now been officially confirmed by INEOS in partnership with German continental team, Lotto Kern-Haus PSD Bank."This new partnership will supplement th...

Things haven't gone to plan for the Astana Qazaqstan Team so far this UCI Rankings cycle as proven by the fact that relegation from the World Tour is a very real possibility. In order to help fix things, general manager Alexandr Vinokurov has rung the changes.As was first reported by Daniel Benson e...

Asia is not the biggest talent factory in the history of cycling. However, it has had some interesting riders over the years coming out of its borders. Kazakhstan is the base for cycling on this continent, boosted by the creation of the Astana Qazaqstan Team, based there and named after the country'...

Over recent years, Slovenian has become a real powerhouse of the peloton. Although that probably began in earnest through the Grand Tour victories of Primoz Roglic, the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader is no longer the face of Slovenian cycling following the emergence of Tadej Pogacar.Pogacar took...

2024 has been a record breaking and history making year for Tadej Pogacar. As he and partner Urska Zigart recently returned to their homeland in Slovenia, the duo were given awards for their respective seasonal performances. "I am not often in Slovenia. It's always a pleasure to come home and see fa...

Having spent more than a decade riding at the very highest level, Romain Bardet has seen a lot of developments within the professional peloton over the course of his career. One of the more recent is the controversial use of carbon monoxide. An aggressive approach called carbon monoxide inhalation,...

Joxean Fernández Matxín has renewed his contract with UAE Team Emirates for four more seasons. His contract with the team led on road by Tadej Pogacar came to an end at the end of the current campaign and will continue at least until 2029."I have signed on as Team Manager and as responsible for the...

The American continent includes a few nations that thrive in cycling, and most recently with a big surge from South American countries the list has definitely grown in size and quality. We look at some of the best male riders who have come from western side of the Atlantic. The list does not include...

The Giro d'Italia presentation was set to take place on the 12th of November, a few weeks after the Tour de France but with the full route announced and confirmed unlike the Grand Boucle. However there have been issues with the organization of the Grande Partenza in Albania, but this will not affect...

Primoz Roglic has one of the most glittering palmares of any cyclist in the current peloton. He’s a four-time Vuelta a Espana champion, a Giro d’Italia winner back in 2023, and an Olympic gold medallist, which is the sort of CV most riders can only dream of.But, as we all know, there’s one glaring o...

Tao Geoghegan Hart's first season at Lidl-Trek has not gone as expected and the truth is he did not have so much luck. But the American team reaffirms it's commitment to the former Giro d'Italia winner, and may also send Jonathan Milan in hunt of the green jersey at the Tour de France in 2025. Hart...

The Tour de France-organized criteriums are by all means 'scripted'. The results are planned beforehand, not with the intent of fooling the audience, but instead of giving the big stars and the events more spectacle. They are races that divide public opinion quite a bit, and Thijs Zonneveld directly...

As a part of his pre-season preparation, Mathieu van der Poel is enjoying the sun at the south in Spain. At that opportunity he's often joined in training by friend and colleague Freddy Ovett. On Tuesday, the two went out for a "small" run - completing a half marathon distance in impressive time of...

For the first time in nearly a decade, Primoz Roglic rode in colours other than that of Visma in 2024. Although his season was a little injury hit, crashing out of his main goal - the Tour de France, the Slovenian leader of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe ensured a successful 2024 season by taking a rec...

Dutch ladies are the etalon of women's cycling, with a generation filled with world-class stars across all the disciplines. However in recent years, the success seems to have been evading the ladies in orange-themed jerseys. With this development, it became clear that Loes Gunnewijk's time as nation...

Joris Nieuwenhuis hasn't been able to jump onto the cyclocross season train right away, missing few of its stations due to annoying skin condition -shingles, which had been bothering him since September. But there are finally good news from the campvan of his new team - Ridley Racing Team.Nieuwenhui...

With a splendid road debut in the back, Lander Loockx returned to cyclocross this winter, aiming to ideally breakthrough in field as well. And with couple of high-level top-5 results, it indeed seemed like the TDT-Unibet rider was on his way to have maybe the best cross winter of his career. Despite...

Cyclocross is not the real thing without its Three Kings, but that doesn't take away from the spectacle of battles among "the rest" for most part of the season. Last year it was Eli Iserbyt who often came on top of the food chain, but the start of this winter didn't catch the Belgian champion in his...