Team Visma | Lease a Bike CEO Richard Plugge is a very vocal voice when it comes to the structure and organization within cycling and he has lashed out against the UCI and the lack of race radios at World Championships. Specially after the passing of Muriel Furrer, this debate is not only regarding...

UAE Team Emirates have not yet publically revealed the new rainbow jersey of the World Champion Tadej Pogacar, but on the eve of his racing debut as the rainbow jersey we already have access to pictures of the new equipment. Last Sunday in Zurich the leader of the Slovenian national team put in a st...

Tadej Pogacar has won the World Championships this Sunday in Zurich and it will take no time for him to debut the new rainbow jersey. The UAE Team Emirates rider will race for the first time with his new equipment at the Giro dell'Emilia this Sunday as he prepares for Il Lombardia. “This period of t...

The Giro dell'Emilia will have a World Championships-worthy startlist this Saturday and will feature a massive fight for the win. Remco Evenepoel will be taking to the start in great form and will be fighting alongside the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic for the win. Soudal - Quick-Step wil...

Tadej Pogacar is the best cyclist in the world and in 2024 he has completed what is probably the best season in history, surpassing Eddy Merckx's 1972. The Slovenian is an exceptional classicist and an insatiable stage-racer, but he has not always won. We take a look at the races where he didn't win...

On the 5th of October the peloton will be in Italy for one of the most prestigious and spectacular classics of the year. The non-World Tour level Giro dell'Emilia will feature a world-class field and pack a very difficult route ending atop the famous San Luca climb. We take a look at the startlist. ...

As always before the presentation, which in this case will take place on October 29, the leaks about the route of the Tour de France 2025 continue. This year they have been very contained, but some days are quite heavily reported on and we know what to expect from stage 4. Obviously these are still...

The rise of Arnaud De Lie allowed his three years older brother Axel to revive his dream of turning pro as well. Despite putting in the work in Lotto Dstny's development team for last two years, the results didn't come and at the age of 25, the brain won over heart and the Belgian champion's brother...

Tudor Pro Cycling is having a great Tour de Langkawi with two stage victories for Arvid de Kleijn. While there are all the reasons to celebrate on the team bus, there is one man who's having bittersweet emotions as his stay with the Swiss team is coming to an end - Simon Pellaud.WielerFlits spoke to...

On the same day that Frederico Figueiredo and Luis Gomes learned that they have been suspended preventively by the Portuguese Cycling Federation and provisionally by the Portuguese Anti-Doping Authority, where a disciplinary process will take place, for anomalies in their biological passports, the...

One of the oldest races in the professional peloton, Paris-Tours will once again take place this Sunday. With grim reports from race organisers and rain forecasted for the weekend in Northern France, we might up for a race as exciting as the 2021 Paris-Roubaix. One of the race's big favourites, Arna...

After the cases that have shaken Portuguese cycling in recent years, the most significant of which related to the W52-FC Porto team, Portuguese cycling has been shaken by two more cases.The two cases date back to 2023, the year in which the extension of the use of biological passports to all cyclist...

On the 6th of October the riders will tackle one of the very oldest and most famous one-day races in the cycling calendar. A race that over the years has crowned many of the sport's greats, Paris-Tours continues to be an exciting race up to this day and it's many gravel sectors and explosive climbs...

On the 5th of October the peloton will be in Italy for one of the most prestigious and spectacular classics of the year. The non-World Tour level Giro dell'Emilia will feature a world-class field and pack a very difficult route ending atop the famous San Luca climb. We take a look at it's profile. T...

As the 2024 road cycling season draws to a close, one can’t help but reflect on the current state of American road racing. Once a burgeoning force in the sport, the U.S. now finds itself in a precarious position, with fewer top-level teams, a dwindling presence in the European peloton, and an increa...

Jasper Philipsen has taken win number 9 of his season today at the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro and has now taken wins all throughout the year. After taking triumphs at Milano-Sanremo and the Tour de France; the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider does not stop winning ahead of the end of his season. “We made i...

Jasper Philipsen has won the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro; the German race finished in a bunch sprint and the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider was the fastest in the final meters to take his ninth win of the season. A breakaway of seven riders formed early in the day and took up the head of the race througho...

Croatia is known for it's beaches and good weather but as we enter the fall, rain begins to fall quite a lot. Today at the Cro Race the peloton was decimated by the difficult weather conditions, but Brandon McNulty took full advantage of the situation to take a brilliant solo win. "Today was a good...

Mark Cavendish officially became a knight this week, simultaneous to the report of the possibility of him continuing his career as a pro rider in 2025. It remains possible, but very unlikely, as he admits that he will not return to the Tour de France after finally breaking the stage win record. "I a...

UAE Team Emirates cannot stop winning. After winning the second stage of the Cro Race with Juan Sebastián Molano, Brandon McNulty kept the streak going with an impressive solo win on the third day which puts him in the race lead after a successful long-range attack. A stage with only 89 kilometers i...

Over the past few years Kasper Asgreen has been struggling to keep up with the evolution that is ongoing in the World Tour peloton, not only when it comes to the mountainous terrain but also the spring classics. In 2023 he managed to take a very popular win at the Tour de France where he showed his...

This weekend will see quality racing in the form of the Giro dell'Emilia and Paris-Tours on the road; but off-road we will also have the traditional Beringen race in cyclocross and... The Gravel World Championships which will include the likes of Mathieu van der Poel and Lotte Kopecky as headliners....

On the 12th of October the cycling peloton tackles the final monument of the season: Il Lombardia. The queen of the Italian autumn classics is the monument for the climbers and every years features an exciting route packed with iconic climbs. We take a look at it's profile. The route is extremely lo...

Out of all the necessary changes to pro cycling that are called for after the crash and passing of Muriel Furrer, the GPS Tracking system is the most notable. This is something currently mandatory in the elite events for both men and women; but it's absence from the junior events over the World Cham...

We preview the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro; a race in Germany that will suit the sprinters and classics riders looking to take a strong win to finish off their season. The route will be 203 kilometers long and feature a few short and explosive climbs throughout the middle section of the German one-d...

GPS tracking is talked of as the one thing that could've been the most helpful in the help of Muriel Furrer, who passed away this past week at the Zurich World Championships. The investigation into the crash is not yet complete, but the event's organizers are also critical of the UCI for not making...

The popularity of cycling in Eritrea is ever-growing and with a rider like Biniam Girmay boosting it, all other pro riders from the African nation benefit from it. Natnael Tesfatsion has made it on his own to the World Tour with Lidl-Trek and now he continues his career with a surprising transfer to...

It is almost becoming an internal joke at this point with certainty within UAE Team Emirates. The Emirati team, besides the extraordinary success it has achieved throughout the 2024 season with the likes of Tadej Pogacar, has also seen most of it's riders take a win. This Wednesday at the Cro Race,...

The UCI Gravel World Championships return for a third edition this weekend, taking place in the heart of Belgium on October 5-6th. With the dust barely settled from Tadej Pogacar’s stunning world title ride on the road in Zurich, and Lotte Kopecky’s successful title defence, the focus now shifts to...

The World Championships have finished three days ago but the stories are not yet over. Mathieu van der Poel took the bronze medal on Sunday ahead of Latvia's Toms Skujins. Now, the Latvian Cycling Federation has issued a complaint against the Dutchman over a dangerous maneuver during the race that h...

The Zurich World Championships were marked by the death of Muriel Furrer in the women's junior road race and the time that it took for the Swiss rider to receive medical attention comes as a huge concern for the riders and is a reason for huge criticism. As the days pass, more details are known abou...

Sir Mark Cavendish has now been officially knighted in a ceremony at Windsor Castle, receiving his knighthood from none other than the future King of England, Prince William. “I’m a proud Brit," the legendary sprinter said afterwards in quotes collected by ITV. "I’ve represented the country many, ma...

Tadej Pogacar created some memories that will a lifetime last weekend in Zurich. Whilst the Slovenian was attacking from 100km out, claiming a first ever Rainbow Jersey and earning the plaudits of cycling fans and experts the world over, Pogacar's personal photographer was not having such a good tim...

Tadej Pogacar and Lotte Kopecky's World Championships are over. The races that dictated who wears the Rainbow Jerseys for the next twelve months are over. And what a way to end a sunny Sunday, after a week of rain, with a performance that will go down in the annals of cycling history by a Slovenian...

After the massive 2024 season Tadej Pogacar has had, more and more comparisons are drawn to Eddy Merckx. However, when the Belgian said Pogacar was even stronger he was referring to Sunday's World Championships performance; but in terms of palmarès Merckx has no problem pointing out that the differe...

A lot of points were awarded at the World Championships, and despite being late in the season there are still chances to make differences in the UCI Rankings. Regarding the points scored only in the 2024 season, a few teams definitely took advantage of this week and scored big! You can check the pre...

The World Championships threw up a brilliant race in all events throughout the week and the men's elite road race was no exception. The Dutch national coach Moerenhout has given the kudos to an unbeatable Tadej Pogacar and says that the team has to be satisfied with reaching the medal under the circ...

With his victory in fifth stage of Tour de France, Mark Cavendish has completed his ultimate goal in road cycling. While his farther future plans are yet to be unveiled, one thing we have learnt recently is his new partnership with classic British car brand Aston Martin of which the Manxman will wor...

Sven Vanthourenhout will move on from his role of a coach at the Belgian National Team next year and likely take up a new challenge as sports director either at Soudal - Quick-Step or UAE Team Emirates. His replacement won't have it easy to take over after a period with Olympic and World titles ever...

The hustle after rather controversial Zurich World Championships is yet to calm down, but many already look forward to what will be the first African road cycling World Championships ever. And the organizers from Rwanda prepared a brutal course that promises to tear up the peloton to pieces with win...

Nathan Van Hooydonck was forced to stop racing last year, but by no means has the Belgian rider abandoned the world of cycling. Besides becoming a regular guest as expert during TV broadcasts, he also slowly learnt the ins and outs of the work of commercial team at Visma | Lease a Bike. Van Hooydonc...

You wouldn't find a better winner for the Friesland Elfstedenrace. There's not a cycling fan that wouldn't smile seeing Taco van der Hoorn take his first victory in well over two years, coming back from a long injury. In the final he was able to ride away from a small group that included Visma | Lea...

On Saturday, October 5th, the women's elite race at the 2024 Gravel World Championships takes place in Leuven, Belgium. Among others, the current road race champion Lotte Kopecky and cyclocross world champion Fem van Empel will battle it out.The startlist for the race includes: Lotte Kopecky, Lorena...

On Sunday, October 6th, the men's elite race at the 2024 Gravel World Championships takes place in Leuven, Belgium. Last year, Matej Mohoric claimed the Rainbow Jersey and the Slovenian is back again this time around, but faces some very notable competition. Included on the startlist are the likes o...

Last Sunday in Zurich, Tadej Pogacar put in one of the greatest rides of all time to claim a first ever Rainbow Jersey in the ultimate style. Showing how the Slovenian's renowned is transcending the sport of cycling, Pogacar recently linked up with Formula 1 star, Carlos Sainz."Celebrating my friend...

Taco van der Hoorn has not had it easy over the past couple of years. But on Wednesday afternoon at Elfstedenrace 2024, the Intermarché - Wanty rider took his first victory in nearly two and a half years.“Really, I get emotional about it. It’s very special to win here,” the Dutchman reflected openly...

UAE Team Emirates' Juan Sebastian Molano has taken the sprint victory on stage 2 of the 2024 Cro Race after a frantic and relentlessly high paced day in Croatia.Given the infernal pace of the race, heading into the final 50km, the peloton had control at the front, and repeated attacks were being neu...

Taco van der Hoorn of Intermarché - Wanty has emerged victorious at Elfstedenrace 2024. An emotional moment for the Dutchman, who gets back to winning ways for the first time in nearly two and a half years. Heading into the final 20km, the race was split all over the place. A leading group of 5, tha...

Mark Cavendish has on several occasions been at the brink of ending his career as a pro rider. Now, that he has finally achieved the record-breaking 35th victory at the Tour de France, his main career goal has been accomplished. But this does not necessarily mean he will retire and it still remains...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale has saved up a lot of deals behind the scenes and have decided to let them all out this Wednesday morning. We have already talked about the surprising signing of Johannes Staune-Mitter from Visma; but the team has equally surprised with the signing of Swiss time-trialists...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale has announced the signing of Norwegian cyclist Johannes Staune-Mittet for 2025. This is a surprising signing taking into consideration the rider's development at Team Visma | Lease a Bike where he was slowly developing into a rider with a tremendous potential. Mittet, just...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has given a very remarkable explanation for her withdrawal from the World Championships in Zurich. The Frenchwoman started as one of the shadow favorites, but soon knew that it was not going to work out and abandoned the race halfway through."I ate far too much," she tells Cyc...

Tadej Pogacar was undoubtedly the strongest in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. The thing about bike racing is though, the strongest doesn't always take victory. You need a little luck, good tactics and ever better teammates. In the form of Jan Tratnik, Pogacar ce...

On Sunday, cycling fans witnessed a performance for the ages in Zurich. Tadej Pogacar, already cemented as one of the greatest cyclists of his generation, delivered what could be his magnum opus, soloing from 100 kilometres out to win the World Championships road race. The victory, which earned him...

In recent seasons, the battle over cyclocross throne shrinked to a mickey-mouse battle between Baloise - Trek Lions and Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal. That is when the three kings - Mathieu van der Poel, Wout Van Aert and Tom Pidcock are not present. Here and there, outlier results from Alpecin-Deceuninc...

The most recent update in the UCI Rankings features the points scored at the World Championships. This includes the time-trial and road race events and although it were only two race days, we have witnessed the big stars putting on great rides that would see meaningful ranking changes even towards t...

Alexander Kristoff was the strongest in the sprint of the opening stage of this year's CRO Race (2.1). For the experienced Norwegian, this is his seventh victory this year, marking one of his best seasons in a long time."I didn't feel well today," a panting Kristoff begins the flash interview. "I'm...

UAE Team ADQ, the women's version of Tadej Pogacar's team, found a great leader for the 2025 season. It is none other than the prolific Italian Elisa Longo Borghini, winner of this year's Giro d'Italia and current champion of her country, that at 32 years of age leaves the tranquility of Lidl-Trek t...

The 2022 Tour de France remains to this day perhaps the most impressive thing Wout van Aert has ever shown on a bike. He rode the entire peloton into a pile towards Calais, won sprints and raced in the yellow jersey for four days while he took the green jersey overall. And in between he also did mou...

It's not long now until cyclocross takes full control of the racing programme this winter. One of those hoping to make a big impact will be Baloise Trek Lions' Pim Ronhaar. As revealed in a post to the Dutchman's Strava however, his early preparation hasn't gone totally to plan. "Crashed into a ravi...

Tadej Pogacar put in a masterful ride at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich to take for the first time in his career the World Championships. He will be putting on the rainbow jersey after an attack over 100 kilometers away from the finish and among those that were impressed is Lance Armstrong. ...

Arnaud De Lie now has seven victories this 2024 season, the latest of which came in a very impressive sprint on the cobbled finale of Binche - Chimay - Binche on Tuesday afternoon. “I didn’t feel great in the morning. I didn’t have great legs during the first two or three hours of the race, but on t...

A two time Tour de France champion, Jonas Vingegaard is widely regarded as one of the top Grand Tour riders in the peloton today. In one day races however, the Dane is much less of a proven force and thanks in part to this, Vingegaard has not been seen in his national jersey at past World Championsh...

On Wednesday the 2nd of October, the peloton takes on the challenge of Elfstedenrace 2024. Included on the start line in the Netherlands will be some very notable names. The final startlist includes the likes of: Simon Dehairs, Timo Kielich, Gerben Thijssen, Madis Mihkels, Fabio Jakobsen, Emils Liep...

Praise has understandably been flying in from all angles toward 2024 world champion Tadej Pogacar after his incredible display in Zurich on Sunday afternoon. Legendary Spaniard Alejandro Valverde knows what it takes to win a Rainbow Jersey, but even the 2018 world champion was left open mouthed at P...

The 2024 World Championships are in the history and over the last week in Zurich, there were plenty of memorable moments. Sadly though, not all are memorable in a good way. As such, on the latest episode of Sporza's Wielerclub Wattage, the question was asked: "Will this World Championship go down in...

Lotto Dstny's Belgian national champion Arnaud De Lie secured victory at Binche - Chimay - Binche 2024 in Belgium this Tuesday afternoon after a brutal final sprint.Although six riders were up the road as the race entered the final circuit for the first time, the peloton had them on a relatively tig...

The vastly experienced Alexander Kristoff has taken the victory on the opening stage of the 2024 Cro Race, sprinting into the early race lead as a result, his 96th professional triumph as a rider.Five riders found their way into the day's breakaway, but ahead of the day's big climbing test, the brea...

Following his good friend and long time teammate Mark Cavendish, Michael Morkov is set to retire at the end of the 2024 campaign. It has now been confirmed though, that the Danish leadout legend will be sticking around professional cycling in a new role. Going forwards, Morkov is set to replace Ande...

On the 3rd of October the peloton makes it's way into Germany for a one-day race that has been gaining prestige throughout the years. The Sparkassen Münsterland Giro presents a World Tour field and will have a quality field fighting for the victory. The preliminary startlist includes: Jasper Philips...

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Whilst we have had a week of amazing racing in Zurich for the World Championships featuring iconic victories; it is impossible to review it without considering the death of female junior Swiss rider Muriel Furrer. The investigation into her crash is still ongoing and not all details are known; but m...

Enric Mas is a rider who frequently has very good form towards the end of the season and it is the case once again. After showing brilliant form at La Vuelta and the World Championships, he hopes to do what he did in 2022: Be Tadej Pogacar's biggest rival in the Italian Autumn classics. He already b...

Tadej Pogacar's attack and victory at the 2024 World Championships will be one of the most highly regarded victories in his already very illustrious career and that is with no surprise. 100 kilometers on the attack, the final 51 of which by himself, against a group of top riders in the peloton that...

100 kilometers from the finish. Tadej Pogacar put out a 2:30h-long attack at the World Championships to take his first rainbow jersey in the most impressive possible way. But he admits that his winning move was neither planned nor at the time a smart idea when he did it. “It was not a plan. It was j...

Equipo Kern Pharma had an absolutely explosive Vuelta a España; Pablo Castrillo and Urko Berrade impressed above imagination with three stage wins for the Spanish Pro Team. Both were highly aimed to join Movistar team, and whilst Castrillo is likely to, the team has managed to renew the latter who m...

This morning began with some news from the Team Visma | Lease a Bike field that is relatively important. Merijn Zeeman, head DS of the team and the man who guided the likes of Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Wout van Aert to many big wins, will leave the team. In a message shared on social media...

37 years later, the list of riders achieving the 'Triple Crown' (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and World Championships in the same season) in the men's field has grown from two to three. Stephen Roche, the last rider to achieve this still in the 1980's, was impressed by Tadej Pogacar's performance i...

In 1974, Eddy Merckx took the 'triple crown', which is the victory at the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and World Championships in the same season. Over the past few years he's been seeing Tadej Pogacar being compared to the Belgian quite a lot and perhaps more than ever now that the Slovenian has d...

As if it was ever really in doubt, Tadej Pogacar emphatically proclaimed himself the best rider on the planet last Sunday in Zurich, taking a first-ever Rainbow Jersey in scintillating style, winning the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships with a 100km attack. Understandably, in th...

Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory in Zurich but that was after a very early attack that didn't have a ready response from the Belgians that had numbers in the peloton. The rival national team did chase on with several riders but was unable to succeed. How did it go wrong? The riders explain. It was a...

The incredible Tadej Pogacar crowned himself champion of the world on Sunday afternoon in Zurich. It's not hyperbolic to say the Slovenian did so with one of the greatest rides of all time either, and this is an opinion shared by the 2005 world champion in Madrid, Tom Boonen. “It defies the imaginat...

There was a lot of drama in the early part of the men's elite road race as big names such as Julian Alaphilippe, Mattias Skjelmose, Joao Almeida and Mikel Landa among others abandoned. One of the more viral moments though, came from Canada's Michael Woods.With 200km to go, Woods started tucking into...

On the 1st of October, racing restarts in the European calendar following the World Championships. On this day we have got the Belgian Binche - Chimay - Binche classic which provides a late opportunity for an important win late in the season for the sprinters and classics riders. The final startlist...

No rainbow jersey. Not even a medal from women's a road race. The Dutch star-filled team once again deployed tactics that were, in the best scenario, questionable. With just shy of 10km to go, Demi Vollering attacked on a steep climb, bringing rivals including later winner Kopecky with her but dropp...

Sven Vanthourenhout's era as a National coach of Belgium has come to an end with the World Championships in Zurich concluded. For his last race, he gets a golden farewell thanks to Remco Evenepoel's time trial title. However that doesn't mean the two won't meet each other from next year. Vanthourenh...

A Wiggins at the start of CRO Tour. The 2.1 race on Balkan will enjoy a slightly more attention thanks to the unexpected appearance of Ben Wiggins, the son of Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins. The 19-year-old will race on the behalf of Jayco AlUla as a stagiare. It's such a surprise because he...

Lotte Kopecky has only just won her second road world title but she already aims for another rainbow. No, we're not looking as far as to 2025 Worlds in Rwanda. That race is firstly in a distant future, secondly unlikely to suit Kopecky. The Belgian all-rounder instead aims to make a grand debut at t...

Olav Kooij's last race of 2024 was Gooikse Pijl last Sunday. Mixed feelings will prevail over this year's campaign which brought the Dutch sprinter a total of 8 professional victories, including one at the Giro d'Italia, and a silver medal from the European Championships. While it's a downgrade in q...

Tadej Pogacar was at his brilliant best on Sunday afternoon in Zurich, romping to a first Rainbow Jersey victory of his illustrious career via an attack 100km out. Could the Slovenian's rivals have done more in the chase though? Belgian cycling expert Jose De Cauwer certainly believes his nation cou...

From the 1st to the 6th of October the riders will tackle the Cro Race. This will be one of the final stage-races of the season; one of the final opportunities to get some meaningful wins or build form towards the final big races of the year. The final startlist includes: Brandon McNulty, Orluis Aul...

The thrilling final weekend of the 2024 World Championships in Zurich, saw Lotte Kopecky and Tadej Pogacar claim elite Rainbow Jerseys. After the tragic death of Swiss junior Muriel Furrer following a crash in the women's junior race though, the Championships concluded under a dark cloud. A heart br...

If Spain are to claim glory in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich, UAE Team Emirates' Juan Ayuso is likely to play a big role. Ahead of the race however, the Spaniard took time to comment on the tragic death of Muriel Furrer in the women's junior road race earlier in...

Mads Pedersen and the rest of the Danish team were very vocal about the fact that the former world champion was only a domestique at the 2024 World Championships, but after the early abandon of Mattias Skjelmose, Pedersen was thrust into a leadership role on a course that didn't necessarily suit his...

Tadej Pogacar fulfilled his ultimate cycling destiny on Sunday afternoon in Zurich, taking his first-ever Rainbow Jersey in style with a 100km attack for one of the greatest victories in World Championships history.“I think that was like a softener, just to try and get things rolling a little bit,”...

Understandably, all the post-2024 World Championship road race headlines are surrounding Tadej Pogacar's ride for the ages as he attacked 100km out, en route to his first ever Rainbow Jersey. Somewhat lost in the shuffle however, is a very strong performance from the USA's Quinn Simmons. With a dang...

Whilst in the men's road race at the 2024 World Championships, the potential issues with Slovenia's dual leadership strategy for Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic brought no issues, in the women's race the day prior, the Dutch team didn't gel well at all. With no team strategy, the likes of Demi Volle...

Given his resurgence in 2024, Julian Alaphilippe was seen by some as a viable podium contender for the men's elite road race at the World Championships in Zurich. Sadly however, the Frenchman crashed out early on, ending any hopes. "Given his current form, the level he had regained and the circuit,...

The newly crowned men's under 23 world champion, had been expected for a long while to be joining Lidl-Trek when he turned professional. Now though, it has been announced that the German has joined Team Visma | Lease a Bike.“I’m super happy to join Team Visma | Lease a Bike,” says Behrens in convers...

The British Cycling team headed to the men's elite road race in Zurich full of hope and ambitions. Sadly however, things didn't quite go to plan, with Oscar Onley finishing best placed of the British contingent, crossing the line in 16th. "If you look at the team, it's really strong, but not one guy...

What we witnessed on Sunday, September 29, 2024, in Zurich was nothing short of legendary. Tadej Pogacar cemented his place in the pantheon of cycling with a historic victory in the World Championships road race, securing the coveted rainbow jersey for the first time in his career. And it wasn't jus...

The World Championships took place in Switzerland and in the men's elite road race, the home crowd was rooting for Marc Hirschi. The UAE Team Emirates rider put on a strong performance but his trade team colleague Tadej Pogacar was head and shoulders above the rest on the day he admits. "It was incr...

Enric Mas has confirmed his great form in this part of the season with a very good World Championship in Zurich 2024, where he finished eighth in the elite men's online race; being most of the time in the chasing group of the new rainbow jersey, Tadej Pogacar, fighting for the medals.The Movistar ri...

Remco Evenepoel wasn't quite able to complete a double-double with victory in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. Afterwards though, the Belgian had no excuses, instead paying full tribute to new Rainbow Jersey, Tadej Pogacar. In typically brilliant Pogacar style, th...

Tadej Pogacar has done it! The Slovenian has become just the third rider in history to complete cycling's fabled 'Triple Crown' of Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and World Championships road race, completing the feat via a truly astonishing 100km attack in Zurich. "I cannot believe what just happened...

Despite a brilliant, battling effort, Mathieu van der Poel couldn't quite retain his Rainbow Jersey in the road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. Instead, the Dutchman had to admit defeat to a simply incredible Tadej Pogacar. Leaving all his rivals stunned, Pogacar attacked clear of th...

What we have just witnessed this Sunday, September 29, 2024, has entered the most memorable pages of cycling history. Tadej Pogacar was proclaimed world champion for the first time in his career after winning the World Championships road race in Zurich with an attack 100 kilometres from the finish l...

Tadej Pogacar has written another piece of cycling history for himself and his nation this Sunday afternoon at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. The Slovenian secured the road race victory and the Rainbow Jersey via an astonishing 100km attack. Pre-race, much of the talk in regards to the Slov...

Ben O'Connor has had himself a career-defining few months. After a breakthrough 2nd overall at the Vuelta a Espana, the Australian backed up his Grand Tour brilliance with a stunning silver medal in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. “It’s some good company,” O’Conn...

Demi Vollering’s tactics during the women’s road race at the World Championships have come under intense scrutiny, with cycling commentator Thijs Zonneveld delivering a scathing critique of her performance on his podcast In het Wiel. While Lotte Kopecky claimed the rainbow jersey in Zurich, beating...

Romain Bardet, one of France’s most celebrated cyclists, is nearing the end of his illustrious career, and the 2024 World Championships in Zurich marked his final participation in the road race. Bardet, known for his aggressive racing style and remarkable consistency in Grand Tours, finished 10th in...

Bauke Mollema, the 37-year-old Dutch cyclist, put in a strong performance at the World Championship road race in Zurich, finishing 12th. Having previously won two stages at the Tour de France, Mollema rode in support of his teammate Mathieu van der Poel in a race that was ultimately dominated by Tad...

Tadej Pogacar was crowned world champion for the first time in his career after a stunning solo victory in the World Championships road race in Zurich. His remarkable attack, launched 100 kilometres from the finish line, proved decisive. While the Slovenian’s performance will be remembered for years...

The Spanish national team delivered a commendable performance at the World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. Enric Mas was the standout rider, finishing 8th and continuing to prove that he is in the form of his life. This strong showing follows his impressive third-place finish at the Vuelta a E...

In his final race as the national coach of Belgian cycling, Sven Vanthourenhout didn't manage to leave on the ultimate high of a World Championship road race victory. Rather than Remco Evenepoel, glory went, in sensational style no less, to Tadej Pogacar. "I’m not disappointed after today. Remco fin...

Ben Healy put in a typically brave and battling display in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. Sadly for the Irishman though, he couldn't quite reward his efforts with a spot on the final podium."It was bloody hard to be honest," admits the EF Education - EasyPost ri...

Is there anything Tadej Pogacar cannot do on a bike?! After dominant victories at the Strade Bianche, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France earlier this year, the Slovenian has now secured a first ever Rainbow Jersey for his nation via an epic 100km attack!Having initially attacked the peloton wi...

Tadej Pogacar is the 2024 men's elite road race world champion! Although he was heavily fancied pre-race, not many predicted the Slovenian to take victory via a 100km attack, but that's just what Pogacar did, writing more cycling history in the process as he secures the fabled 'Triple Crown' in 2024...

Tadej Pogacar is trying to make yet more history in what is already one of the greatest seasons in professional cycling history. The Slovenian is now just 50km from a historic Rainbow Jersey success at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. Having initially attacked the peloton with 100km to go, Po...

The big pre-race favourite, Tadej Pogacar's attack was a question of when not if, this Sunday afternoon in Zurich. In truth though, not many would have expected the Slovenian to launch at 100km to go!With a dangerous lead group nearly two minutes up the road, Pogacar has decided to take matters into...

If the USA are to bring home a Rainbow Jersey from the men's elite road race in Zurich, arguably their most likely shot in a very strong lineup, is Matteo Jorgenson. Ahead of the race, the 25-year-old was feeling confident.  “This morning, together with my teammates, we were laughing a lot. It's rea...

Already a world champion in two different disciplines, Tom Pidcock is out to claim the Rainbow Jersey on the road this Sunday afternoon in Zurich. Given his form is somewhat unknown heading into the race, Pidcock also has the benefit of flying a little under the radar. "After the concussion (sustain...

The elite men's road race of the Zurich 2024 World Championship is already in contention. Tadej Pogacar is the big favorite to win the rainbow jersey in a race with a huge star-studded line-up, including his compatriot Primoz Roglic, and the other two big favorites: Remco Evenepoel and defending cha...

Portugal is in the spotlight, and not for the best of reasons, in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships. Portugal brought six cyclists to the race and two have already fallen: João Almeida and Afonso Eulálio. The UAE Team Emirates rider was involved in a crash 220 km from the fin...

João Almeida is a man for the Grand Tours but on this day, he will be leading the Portuguese national team at the World Championships, coming in as the brightest climbing prospect within the team. However, he is modest when it comes to his ambitions, in relation to the races that are more controlled...

Michael Matthews has recently won the GP de Québec and is a rider that historically, performs very well at the World Championships. He comes as a strong outsider but one who will have a very big task taking into consideration how much climbing will be done this Sunday. But he was asked and talked ex...

Patrick Lefevere's weekly column this week focused on the World Championships. As the boss of Soudal - Quick-Step and Remco Evenepoel, he has a lot in play for this Sunday's race, but he believes it's more open than most expect. “My impression of the World Championship in Zurich so far: a tough cour...

Julian Alaphilippe is known to ride around the back of the peloton over the start of the classics and today was no exception. However that proved deadly for the Frenchman's chances of winning the World Championships today where he crashed out in the opening kilometers. It was a crash that happened w...

Remco Evenepoel won the 2022 World Championships in Wollongong but to win out of a surprise attack is no longer feasible for the Belgian at such a high level. The Olympic Road Race champion has had a brilliant few months so little pressure on his shoulders, but he will want to succeed today in Zuric...

Mathieu van der Poel has done everything he could to arrive at the World Championships with the best possible form and a little bit less weight; because this Sunday he has the hard task of matching Tadej Pogacar in a route that is well suited to the climbers and the Dutchman will definitely be a fis...

The Netherlands found themselves in a great situation into the final lap of the race but came out of it without a medal. Although Marianne Vos didn't have the best climbing legs, because of her early attack she was actually in a strong position to win the race... But the many attacks in the final ki...

Juan Ayuso has had less than an ideal season. Despite a strong start with a second place at Tirreno-Adriatico and victory at Itzulia Basque Country, he was unable to perform in his big goals of the season. He gives insight into the criticism he got this year and also Grand Tour plans for 2025 - whic...

Entering the final lap of the Zurich World Championships today in the women's event, a group of four had two strong Dutch riders in front and Demi Vollering behind. 25 kilometers later the Netherlands emerged from the race without a single medal after questionable tactics. The first questions to Dem...

Mathieu van der Poel is one of the big favourites into the Zurich World Championships. The defending champion faces a goliath task to tackle the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel in a course that is slightly more favourable towards the climbers. The Dutchman was asked for his opinion on the...

Slovenia has won all three Grand Tours this season and virtually half of them in the 2020's. Still their two great champions do not live in Slovenia and ahead of a World Championships race where both are contenders for the rainbow jersey; we understand that Roglic is actually the most popular back i...

On the 29th of September we have the final and most important event of the Zurich World Championships. The men's Road Race will be an extremely long race which favours the climbers and classics specialists, with Mathieu van der Poel as the defending champion. We preview the race. 274 kilometers in d...

Tadej Pogacar is perhaps the man to beat today at the World Championships. Over the past days we have seen just how hard the circuit is and how a rider like the Giro-Tour winner can make the difference. He leads Slovenia, who he argues is close to achieving a rainbow jersey. "We have to deliver as q...

Romain Bardet’s career is approaching its twilight, and the upcoming World Championships will mark the final time the Frenchman competes in the event. After a career defined by grit and near-misses, Bardet will ride in his last World Championship road race with a sense of reflection and pride.Earlie...

According to Le Dauphiné, the 2025 Tour de France is set to bring back one of the most iconic stages in cycling—the climb to Alpe d’Huez. The legendary ascent, a fan-favourite and a true test of grit for the riders, has not been part of the Tour since 2022, when Tom Pidcock delivered a stunning solo...

Mathieu van der Poel is approaching the end of his reign as world champion, with his tenure in the rainbow jersey concluding after this season. Although it would be unwise to rule him out from defending his title at the upcoming World Championships in Zurich, the course is widely seen as more suited...

Chloe Dygert finished second in the women’s road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich, falling just short of victory behind Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky. This silver medal followed her bronze-winning performance in the time trial the previous week, showing her consistency across the championshi...

The World Championships in Zurich have been marred by the tragic passing of Swiss Junior rider Muriel Furrer, who died following injuries sustained during a crash in the junior road race on Thursday. The 18-year-old passed away on Friday, leaving the cycling world in deep shock and sorrow.UCI Presid...

Tadej Pogacar is no stranger to making history. In 2024, the Slovenian star has taken his already extraordinary career to new heights, cementing his status as one of the greatest cyclists of his generation. He’s won the Giro d’Italia in commanding fashion, leaving his rivals in the dust with a jaw-d...

Lotte Kopecky is at the absolute top of the cycling world and today has managed to win her second consecutive world title. In Zurich, she managed to benefit from a chaotic set of tactics from the Dutch riders and great legs on the day to resist the many attacks and sprint for the victory ahead of Ch...

It was a brutal and very tactical race, but the outcome was the same as last year. The 2024 World Championships in Zurich have reigned Lotte Kopecky the world champion in the women's elite road race, after resisting the many attacks and outsprinting a small group for victory. Caroline Baur, Sara Mar...

On the 29th of September 2024, the road World Championships finds its great climax. The men's Elite Road Race will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, with a route that is very open and should see the classics specialists as the big favourites to fight for the win. The final startlist includes the li...

The Netherlands will be focusing on one leader this Sunday in the men's elite road race and that is Mathieu van der Poel. It is a different tactic than what most teams will have but simultaneously, the pressure will be on Tadej Pogacar's Slovenia and Remco Evenepoel's Belgium according to the experi...

One of the big names in Spain's lineup for Sunday's elite men's road race at the Zurich 2024 World Championships is Mikel Landa. The Spaniard is not one of the main favourites but is an interesting outsider in a route that fits the climbers; but most importantly he opened the topic of retirement in...

The 2024-2025 Cyclocross season has officially begun; In Mechelen, The Netherlands, we have had the first big professional race on the 15th of September. From October until February we will have high-octane action in the off-road discipline and we run through what you can expect as well as the notew...

Denmark is heading to the World Championships with less chances than last year. Magnus Cort Nielsen doesn't arrive with good form, whilst Mads Pedersen will take on the race as a domestique in a climber-suited course, thinking of Mattias Skjelmose's chances. Pedersen, who admitted that he would pref...

Spain is entering the World Championships men's elite road race with a team of outsiders, but realistically where everyone has a chance of playing a role. It's a strong collective that can put pressure on the main favourites and Juan Ayuso hopes to be part of this plan. "We have talked a little bit...

After announcing the signing of Orluis Aular; and having already closed the signings of Natnael Tesfatsion, Diego Pescador and Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda, Movistar Team is set to take in the new jewel of Spanish cycling: Pablo Castrillo, after putting a more convincing offer than INEOS Grenadiers. We...

The cycling world is devastated by the tragic death of 18-year-old Swiss rider Muriel Furrer, who died after a serious crash at the Road World Championships in Zurich. All throughout social media condolences have been sent from many big figures of the sport.  "I am stunned by the death of the young...

In his quest to claim the Rainbow Jersey in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich, Tadej Pogacar has been given a custom, and particularly stunning Colnago worth a reported €17,200 (£14,326/$19,223).Predominantly white, the special edition V4RS is adorned by splashes of...

On the 28th of September the women's peloton has one of it's most important races of the year. The rainbow jersey will be attributed in Zurich; where the World Championships course will favour the climbers and classics specialists. We preview the race ahead. The race will start in the city of Uster...

The cycling world is in mourning this Friday, September 27th after the tragic passing of 18-year-old Swiss junior Muriel Furrer, following a crash in the women's junior road race on Thursday afternoon at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. "The cycling world loses a great talent," says UCI's spo...

Heading into the men's under 23 road race at the 2024 World Championships, Belgium seemed a team packed with options in the form of Jarno Widar and William Junior Lecerf. In the end though, Alec Segaert placed best of his nation, finishing on the podium in third. On the road, the strongest of the Be...

The men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich is now just days away. As such, many experts and pundits from across the cycling world are weighing in with their predictions. In Jens Voigt's opinion, Mathieu van der Poel is the man most likely to take the victory. "It's as clear...

With just a handful of hours to go before the start of the elite men's road race at the Zurich 2024 World Championships, Pello Bilbao gave an interview to Marca, where he spoke about his options, his current relationship with coach Pascual Momparler, the tactics of the Spanish team for the race and...

Puck Pieterse will have a chance to add elite World Championships title on road before the cyclocross one. Bizarelly enough, the 22-year-old multi-talent only completed four road race days before this season. But now her stocks before the Zurich World Championships look very fine. Despite Demi Volle...

United States, despite being a powerhouse in the world of gravel racing, will be sending only a very modest lineup for the Gravel World Championships in Belgium this year. The reason being a lack of funds in an already exhausting Olympic season. To add to this, the Worlds clash with two major events...

The Netherlands, with Demi Vollering in its ranks start as overwhelming favourites in the Women's elite road race on Saturday. Lotte Kopecky, Vollering's trade teammate, will be defending her world title in Zurich. The Belgian cyclist believes a clash of intentions within Dutch team could benefit ri...

When Florian Lipowitz switched from to cycing from biathlon, not many were convinced about the reports that the German rider could become one of the up and coming GC talents. But with 7th place at this year's Vuelta, while riding in support of winner Primoz Roglic and many more strong results, there...

As the riders of the under 23 men's road race at the 2024 World Championships were battling it out for the Rainbow Jersey in Zurich on Friday afternoon, the tragic news of the death of 18-year-old Swiss junior, Muriel Furrer, following a crash in the women's junior road race on Thursday came through...

In the illustrious history of the sport of road cycling, just two riders have ever managed to complete the fabled 'Triple Crown' of Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and World Championships road race in the same calendar year. This weekend in Zurich, Tadej Pogacar attempts to join Eddy Merckx and Stephe...

This Sunday, cycling fans around the world will be treated to one of the most highly anticipated races of the season – the men’s road race at the 2024 UCI World Championships. Held in Zurich, Switzerland, this year's race features a brutal route with 274 kilometres of punishing terrain and over 4,20...

The Zurich 2024 World Championships will conclude this Sunday with the elite men's road race, the main event. In it, the Spanish national team will be going all out for the medals. National coach Pascual Momparler announced a lineup, including Juan Ayuso, who is eager to redeem himself after being l...

On the 28th of September, some of the biggest names in the women's peloton will fight it out for the Rainbow Jersey at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. Last year, Lotte Kopecky took the win and the first world title of her career. The final startlist for the race includes: Caroline Andersson,...

Germany's Niklas Behrens is the new men's under 23 road race world champion after emerging on top from a high quality field on Friday afternoon in Zurich. Completing the final podium, Slovakia's Martin Svrcek and Belgium's Alec Segaert. In a frantic and unrelenting start to the race, rider after rid...

The Slovenians have arguably the strongest team heading into the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. More than just pre-race favourite Tadej Pogacar, the men in green are also going to count on recent Vuelta a Espana champion, Primoz Roglic.The role of the latter is stil...

A world champion in both Mountain Bike and Cyclocross, Tom Pidcock remains intent on adding a road race Rainbow Jersey to his palmares. Ahead of the 2024 World Championships edition in Zurich however, the Brit is keen to play down his chances of victory."It's a bit of a funny one. I've missed the la...

On an incredibly sad day for cycling, the KNWU, (Dutch Cycling Association) have reported the death of 24-year-old Wielerploeg Groot Amsterdam rider, Bas van Belle. In a message on their official website, the KNWU announced the "unexpected passing" of Van Belle, the older brother of Team Visma | Lea...

On the 29th of September we have the final and most important event of the Zurich World Championships. The men's Road Race will be an extremely long race which favours the climbers and classics specialists, with Mathieu van der Poel as the defending champion. We take a look at the profile. 274 kilom...

On the 28th of September the women's peloton has one of it's most important races of the year. The rainbow jersey will be attributed in Zurich; where the World Championships course will favour the climbers and classics specialists. We take a look at it's profile. The race will start in the city of U...

Some heart-breaking news to bring you. 18-year-old Swiss junior Muriel Furrer has now tragically passed away following her crash on Thursday in the women's junior road race at 2024 World Championships in Zurich. Furrer suffered serious head injuries after crashing on a slippery and rain covered desc...

On Saturday, it is going to be the elite women's turn to fight for the Rainbow Jersey in the 2024 World Championships road race. Arguably the two standout contenders, are trade teammates at Team SD Worx - Protime, Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky. "Kopecky is of course a competitor," Vollering admit...

This upcoming Sunday, September 29th, the Zurich 2024 World Championships will conclude with its main event, the elite men's road race. Among those nations aspiring to achieve a historic result are the Spanish, who take a strong team of potential dark horses.One of those protagonists of the Spanish...

For the first time in his illustrious career, Julian Alaphilippe rides in the colours of a team other than Soudal - Quick-Step in 2025 as the French, 2-time world champion departs for a new challenge at the Tudor Pro Cycling Team. "I've had difficult years, but I don't regret anything. I gave everyt...

Tadej Pogacar will start the men's elite road race this coming weekend in Zürich as the pre-race favourite to take the 2024 World Championship title. Ahead of the action, the Slovenian previewed his chances in a pre-race press conference. "A one-day race with the national team is of course very diff...

In the men's road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zürich, the Belgian team is built solely around supporting the Rainbow Jersey ambitions of Remco Evenepoel. Among those supporting, are Tiesj Benoot and Jasper Stuyven. "It is clear that we will start with seven of us in Remco's service, to g...

This Sunday, the men's elite road race takes place at the 2024 World Championships in Zürich. Pre-race, much of the talk has been surrounding the all-conquering Tadej Pogacar and the 2022 road race champion, Remco Evenepoel. Speaking ahead of the fight for the Rainbow Jersey, in Belgium's pre-race p...

In just a couple of days, Mathieu van der Poel is set to try and retain his Rainbow Jersey in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zürich. According to reports though, the Dutchman's season won't finish there. According to a report by HLN, whether Van der Poel is able to succ...

On Thursday, heartbreaking news emerged that Swiss junior Muriel Furrer had been left in a "very critical condition" following a crash in the women's junior road race, won by Great Britain's Cat Ferguson. Despite the continued concerns over Furrer's health, the UCI have confirmed the 2024 World Cham...

Speculation surrounding the future of Remco Evenepoel never seems to end. Over recent seasons, the likes of INEOS Grenadiers, Team Visma | Lease a Bike and of late, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe have all been rumoured suitors but continually, Soudal - Quick-Step remains the home of the double Olympic...

Mattias Skjelmose has recently crashed at the Tour de Luxembourg and has had his World Championships at risk. Ultimately however the Lidl-Trek will be taking part in the Zurich race this Sunday where he will be one of the leaders of the Danish team - but he rues the absence of Jonas Vingegaard who c...

Cat Ferguson emerged victorious from her battle for the junior Worlds double at the head of the race in Zurich. However away from TV cameras, even more dramatic scenes took place. Double runner-up from Swiss National Championships this year - Muriel Furrier - crashed very badly.Furrier had to be hel...

This upcoming Sunday, Slovenia will start the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Switzerland with two of the big favourites to take the Rainbow Jersey - Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic. Offering his loyal service to the superstar, despite a recent training crash, will be the va...

After the juniors, it'll be time for U23s to take their chances at the challenging circuit in Zurich. Among the biggest names at the start is Jarno Widar. The 18-year-old has been a hot prospect on the transfer market recently after his statements undermining his employer Lotto Dstny. But eventually...

Less than three weeks ago, Paul Magnier had just won three stages at the Tour of Britain. On the final day to Felixstowe, he was once again the overwhelming favourite for victory. However that wasn't to be. The Frenchman was victim to a crash with the likes of Tom Pidcock instead. What happened that...

We are in the middle of the on-going World Championships in Zurich, but the UCI has already presented the route that the cyclists will ride in the elite men's and women's time trial and road race for Rwanda 2025. It will be one of the hardest in history, with 5,475 meters of elevation gain, the seco...

Under the unrelenting rain, new junior world champion was born. Still only 17 year old, Lorenzo Finn was a cut above the rest on the tricky circuit in Zurich and won with a margin of more than two minutes - largest winning gap in the history of the category.Finn went solo for the first time with mor...

When the World Championships last time visited Switzerland in 1996, it was none other than Belgium's Johan Museeuw who took the rainbow jersey. Before his triumph, the legend is said to have trained very hard in the Swiss mountains - a tradition his successors honored on Thursday, three days before...

Although Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel have been taking the majority of headlines before next Sunday's men's elite World Championship road race, two riders with pedigree that cannot be ruled out, are two-time former world champion Julian Alaphilippe and the current Rainbow Jersey, Mathieu van de...

Next Sunday in Zurich, the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships takes place. Tadej Pogacar might start as favourite with competition from the likes of Remco Evenepoel and Mathieu van der Poel, but plenty of nations have hope of springing a surprise. One of them, is Canada. "There’s...

The ongoing transfer soap opera of Remco Evenpoel seems to have found its final conclusion. Just a couple of days after a frustrated Patrick Lefevere dismissed any talk of a departure, HLN is now reporting Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe have pulled out of discussions for Evenepoel's signature.  "Accord...

Get ready for an exhilarating experience as the Fantasy World Championships Road Race Men kicks off on Sunday, 29 September 2024, at 10:40 on Eurosport.This FREE-to-play fantasy game invites cycling enthusiasts to test their strategic skills by selecting a team of 13 elite riders who they believe wi...

Tadej Pogacar has had himself a year from the gods so far in 2024. Early season victories at Strade Bianche and the Volta a Catalunya came before a historic Grand Tour double at the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. Now, after returning to racing with a win in Canada, the Slovenian takes on the men'...

On the 27th of September, the men's U23 road race takes place at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich, as the next generation of talents fight it out for a Rainbow Jersey. The final startlist for the race includes: Johannes Kulset, Jorgen Nordhagen, Jakob Soderqvist, Jan Christen, Henrik Pedersen,...

Italy's Lorenzo Finn has triumphed in the men's junior road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zürich after a heart-breaking crash from defending champion Albert Philipsen ruled the Dane out inside the final 23km.In some pretty disgusting conditions weather-wise, there were a number of crashes...

Back at the Paris Olympic Games earlier this summer, Kristen Faulkner wasn't even supposed to be taking part in the women's road race initially. After being drafted in late on though, the American sensationally fired her way to the gold medal. Can she now double up at the 2024 World Championships?“I...

The men’s elite road race on Sunday, September 29th, promises to be a spectacle of endurance, tactics, and explosive attacks. As the marquee event of the 2024 UCI Road World Championships, cycling fans around the globe will be watching closely, especially to see if defending champion Mathieu van der...

The teams' UCI Rankings take into account the points scored throughout the 2024 season and in this one we've got some changes; taking into consideration the Tour de Luxembourg, a few one-day races and the time-trial World Championships that have taken place over the past week. You can check the prev...

Great Britain has won both titles in the women's junior World Championships. Cat Ferguson has put on a masterful ride to conquer the second of two World titles in Zurich this week; emerging victorious from a rainy and tough race this morning in the road race. “I am really overjoyed. I always wanted...

Great Britain has it's future assured in the women's field with certainty as 18-year old Cat Ferguson has shown all her potential in the Zurich World Championships. Atfer winning the time-trial event, she has also taken the victory in the road race. The 73.5-kilometer long race featured two laps of...

The newest UCI Rankings update features only small changes - the biggest of which actually points lost from 12 months ago. But at the lead remains a very solid Tadej Pogacar, who currently has over double the points as Remco Evenepoel. You can check the previous update. Remco Evenepoel won the time-...

Mathieu van der Poel is ready for the World Championships but ahead of the race, it has been his Alpecin-Deceuninck team manager reassuring that the reigning World Champion is fit and prepared for the challenge of this Sunday's race. Christoph Roodhoft has talked in detail about his feelings ahead o...

Swiss cyclist Marlen Reusser, one of the top riders in the women’s peloton, is currently battling a prolonged illness after contracting COVID-19. The 33-year-old, who rides for UCI Women’s World Team SD Worx–Protime, suffers from long COVID, which has severely impacted her ability to train and race....

Norwegian cyclist Iver Knotten, 25, has returned a positive doping test, casting uncertainty over his future in the sport. Knotten, who rides for the Global 6 United, tested positive for the banned substance Ibutamoren, which is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The test, conducted...

After finishing 6th in the individual time trial at the 2024 World Championships in Zürich, Kasper Asgreen headed home, assuming his job had been done. However, after Andreas Kron was forced to withdraw from selection due to injury, Asgreen has been called back to Switzerland. Kron had been on the D...

According to reports in the Slovenian press, Matej Mohoric has been forced to rule himself out of contention from the 2024 World Championships road race due to injury. The Bahrain - Victorious rider crashed in the recon of a gravel race in Girona last week and has seemingly failed to recover in time...

It was a transfer in the making for several months. Soudal - Quick-Step are in search of strong and pure climbers to support Remco Evenepoel in the Grand Tours and upon his breakthrough this year, Valentin Paret-Peintre became a widely desired climber. The Belgian team has made the signing official...

Australia's Ben O'Connor has been one of the stars of the second half of the 2024 season. After putting in a heroic performance at the Vuelta a Espana to take home a stage victory and a career best 2nd overall, the 28-year-old helped his nation secure mixed relay TTT gold in Zürich on Wednesday afte...

The Tour de France 2024 ended Jonas Vingegaard's domination of cycling's premier race after two consecutive years of victory. The Dane was defeated by arch rival Tadej Pogacar, who won his third Maillot Jaune in the process.However, it must be taken into account that the Dane was not in his best for...

Between September 21st and 29th in Zurich, Switzerland, the 2024 Cycling World Championships are on the programme. Right here, you can see the full schedule for the week and find out when each of the Rainbow Jerseys for 2024 will be handed out!The men's road race starts in Winterthur and covers a di...

The 2025 Giro d’Italia is reportedly set to kick off in Albania, marking another historic departure for the iconic race outside its homeland. The Giro has a storied history of international starts, with recent editions including Belfast hosting the Grand Partenza in 2014, where Orica-GreenEdge trium...

The cycling world will see a long-anticipated addition to its women’s calendar in 2025, with the confirmation of the Women’s Milan-San Remo. The prestigious race, one of the five Monuments of cycling, will finally have its female edition, marking a significant moment for the sport. Organizers RCS Sp...

Swiss cyclist Sebastien Reichenbach has been forced into early retirement following an unfortunate training crash. The 35-year-old, who had planned to make his final race appearance at the Italian monument Il Lombardia on October 12th, 2024, will now miss the race due to injury, marking the end of h...

There's going out on a high and then there's the fairy-tale farewell that Grace Brown is embarking on currently. After Olympic gold in Paris earlier this summer, the Australian added the individual time trial world title a few days ago. Now, the soon-retiring 32-year-old has helped her nation to mix...

The 2024 World Championships in Switzerland are properly underway. As always though, the highlight for many fans, are the elite road races. This weekend, Lotte Kopecky is set to try and defend her Rainbow Jersey against some fierce competition in the women's race. "I saw the course this week. I like...

Wout van Aert's 2024 season was cruelly brought to a premature end when the Belgian crashed out of the recent Vuelta a Espana in the third week. Although he's not yet back on the bike, Van Aert's recovery is making 'baby steps'. Posting to his official Strava account, Van Aert has uploaded a 2.7km j...

At just 20 years old, Welsh cycling sensation Josh Tarling has already begun making waves in the professional peloton. A member of the Ineos Grenadiers, Tarling has showcased his immense talent incredibly early on in his career, clinching a bronze medal in the 2023 World Championship Time Trial and...

In a truly thrilling edition of the mixed relay team time trial at the 2024 World Championships in Switzerland, gold has gone to the Australian team of Michael Matthews, Ben O'Connor, Jay Vine, Grace Brown, Brodie Chapman and Ruby Roseman-Gannon ahead of Germany and Italy. There was something of a s...

Max Walscheid has somewhat surprisingly taken victory at Omloop van het Houtland 2024 ahead of Team Jayco AlUla teammate Dylan Groenewegen. Heading into the final 30km, a seven man leading group had seen their advantage over the peloton cut to just over 30 seconds. At 10km to go, they still dangled...

Spanish cycling is going through a period of excitement regarding its long-term future. Among all the worldwide talent that is beginning to stand out, there is a name that is on everyone's lips, and it is none other than Pablo Torres.In an interview with AS, Alberto Contador, among other things, tal...

One of the more unique World Championship titles is on offer on the 25th of September in Zürich as twenty teams of six riders, three men and three women, do battle against the clock in the mixed relay event.The first team down the start ramp will be Mongolia, including the likes of Jambaljamts Sainb...

18-year old Cat Ferguson has already proved to be one of the most thrilling prospects in pro cycling, and she will be turning pro next year with Movistar. The Briton is thrilled to make this move, into a team that she considers to be among the best in the women's field. Ferguson was already an impre...

The World Championships road race for the men takes place this Sunday and at this point, virtually all the work and preparation is done. It's a circuit that is tougher than what Mathieu van der Poel would like in Zurich but he presents himself as a contender. How good his chances will be however wil...

Lotto Dstny are in the process of developing countless incredible Belgian talents but this amount of quality riders sees plenty teams also on the hunt for their riders. Inclusively, it was reported this week that both Jarno Widar and Maxim van Gils had teams interested in buying out their contract....

Marc Hirschi is on the form of his life. Used by UAE Team Emirates to gather UCI points over the past two years, he found his confidence back in an incredible winning streak recently. His form is so strong heading into the World Championships, in his home country of Switzerland, that he is a realist...

Movistar Team has made official today what was an open secret: the signing of Venezuelan Orluis Aular, who in recent seasons has ridden for Caja Rural. It was a transfer that had been rumoured for several months and confirmed this morning by the Spanish team. "To be honest, I never imagined making i...

The World Championships will take place this Sunday and we could have a battle for the ages. In Zurich, the course is not hard enough to favour the climbers excessively, but it is difficult enough that there will be an important selection. Belgium will not be focusing on the tactics of Tadej Pogacar...

Geraint Thomas has had a few battles against Tadej Pogacar over the years, finishing on the final podium of both the 2022 Tour de France and the 2024 Giro d'Italia alongside the Slovenian. As such, the INEOS Grenadiers leader is well placed to judge just how good Pogacar really is. Reflecting on Pog...

Remco Evenepoel has been in Soudal - Quick-Step since the start of his career but due to the team's lack of budget and climbing support against the big teams, rumours have consistently emerged over the interest of other teams signing him and how that could potentially benefit him. Patrick Lefevere a...

Tadej Pogacar did and completed both Giro d'Italia and Tour de France this year with his very best legs and with no doubt this will motivate others to do the same. Achieving perfect preparation for both races simultaneously suddenly no longer seems to be an impossible puzzle, and we may very well se...

Of all the teams taking to the start line in Zürich for the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championship next weekend, it's the Slovenians that arguably can boast the best lineup. Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Matej Mohoric and more, but according to the latter, there is only one leader. "Wi...

Every year the Giro dell'Emilia delivers immense spectacle and over the past years, more and more star-studded fields. Between the World Championships and Il Lombardia there will be one race that will have one of the very best startlists of the entire year: Giro dell'Emilia featuring among others Ta...

At just 24 years old, Belgian sensation Remco Evenepoel continues to carve his name into the history books of cycling. His latest triumph, defending his World Time Trial Championship title in Zurich, has further cemented his status as one of the sport’s premier time trial specialists. Beating Italy’...

Next Sunday in Zürich, the men's elite road race takes place in arguably the most hotly anticipated fight for a Rainbow Jersey at the 2024 World Championships. Pre-race favourite is Tadej Pogacar, but for the USA and Neilson Powless, he's not seen as an unbeatable force. "I feel like having sat out...

For years, Michel Wuyts and José De Cauwer provided all fans with a quality commentary from cycling races at Sporza. In 2021, Wuyts had to leave as commentator, while De Cauwer stayed on. Now it turns out that the bond between the two never went much further than colleagues, and that nowadays they'd...

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL confirmed that it will continue its cooperation with Julius van der Berg and Bram Welten beyond 2025 season. Both Dutchmen agreed to a two-year extension as the Dutch team hopes to make the ends meet with their sprinter star Fabio Jakobsen."I think there is a nice atmospher...

Despite cancelling few of his recent race appointments due to an illness, Arnaud De Lie should still make a race appearance before the end of the 2024 season. While De Lie takes a week off to recover, he's expected to appear in the Belgian tricolor on home roads of Binche-Chimay-Binche (October 1) a...

When then 26-year-old Dries Van Gestel joined TotalEnergies in 2021 after having previously raced for Lotto U23 and subsequently Team Flanders - Baloise, it was just one of many transfers, definitely not one that stood out. However in the four seasons in France, Van Gestel managed to step out of his...

Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard ended his 2024 season mid-August. Why? To be present prior, to and after the birth of his second child. Not many cyclists would pass on the opportunity to win the Vuelta and many other races, but for Vingegaard, these successes come only secondary in t...

Earlier this week, Paul Seixas sensationally secured himself the junior World Championship time trial title in Switzerland. A rider much touted by those in the know, Seixas seems to have a big future in store for him.As is often the case when a new French super talent emerges, talk quickly turns to...

For the last two years, Remco Evenepoel has taken home a time trial World Championship title home to Belgium in the individual time trial. One of just many capable Belgian time triallists in the modern peloton though, Evenepoel and the rest of the ITT success can be called back to Victor Campenaerts...

Just four seconds... that was all that separated Demi Vollering and a second successive Tour de France Femmes success earlier this summer. Although the Team SD Worx - Protime distanced race leader Katarzyna Niewiadoma on Alpe d'Huez on the final climb of the race, it turned out not to be enough to c...

Tadej Pogacar has won six stages at both Giro d'Italia and Tour de France this year - besides many other quality results. Eyeing big records in the world of cycling may be something he can pursue in the future, and he has talked about matching Mark Cavendish's Tour de France stage win record and Edd...

In Monday's under 23 World Championship time trial, Switzerland's Jan Christen took a very creditable bronze medal in front of his home fans in Zürich.As it turned out, Christen needed all the support from those Swiss supporters as the 20-year-old of UAE Team Emirates battled not only against the cl...

The Danish charge for the Rainbow Jersey is set to be led by former national champion Mattias Skjelmose in the men's elite road race at the 2024 World Championships in Switzerland next weekend. After recent injury concerns, Skjelmose is now "right where he needs to be" according to his national coac...

Movistar Team picked up Iván Romeo back in 2021 when many World Tour teams were interested in him. In an interview with Daniel Benson, team boss Eusebio Unzué says just how highly he thinks of a cyclist who has just become the U23 world time trial champion and has a bright future ahead of him."A lot...

Mathieu van der Poel has been preparing for the World Championships and after a very strong Tour de Luxembourg, it can be asserted that he is ready. It will be a very difficult fight to keep the rainbow jersey on his shoulders but he will have strong support: including Team Visma | Lease a Bike duo...

Lotto Dstny is in recent years having an extraordinary development program, but with so much quality turning pro with the Belgian team it simply remains very hard to maintain it all with the current budget. Currently, both Maxim van Gils and Jarno Widar have deals with the team but we also have team...

Mexico has won the Tour de l'Avenir in 2023 and with that came many UCI points that have helped bring more athletes to Europe to compete. Isaac Del Toro was a headliner during this Monday's under-23 time-trial World Championships; but his compatriot David Elías Rico ended his race on the floor after...

Great Britain has joined Belgium, Australia, Spain, France and Germany as the winners of gold medals in the Zurich World Championships. In the final time-trial event, that of the junior women, 18-year old Cat Ferguson put on a masterful performance to take a victory with a wide margin. The British r...

Slovenia is heading into the World Championships with the formidable duo of Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic, but not everything is going to plan. The two climbers will need support in the hilly race and after Matej Mohoric suffered a crash that put his race in doubt; Luka Mezgec has been hit by a ca...

Tadej Pogacar had won the 2020 and 2021 Tour de France editions and was the man to beat in 2022, but struggled on one particular day. Stage 11 to the Col du Granon was a brutal day for the Slovenian where he had to respond to an all-out Visma attack; attacked himself on the Col du Galibier; and then...

Tadej Pogacar won his first Tour de France in 2020 and it came as a big surprise, despite the immense potential that he had shown the years before. In a recent lengthy interview the UAE Team Emirates rider recalled that edition, how he beat Primoz Roglic in the final time-trial and even gave insight...

Next Sunday at the 2024 World Championships in Zürich, the men's elite road race takes place. The pre-race favourite for the Rainbow Jersey, is Slovenia's Tour de France and Giro d'Italia champion, Tadej Pogacar. One man that knows just how much of a threat Pogacar is going to be next weekend, is th...

After being a regular and much-loved sight in the professional peloton over the last decade and a half, the professional career of Thomas De Gendt reached its final conclusion last weekend at Paris-Chauny."And just like that a career of 16 years has finished. All I have worked for since I was 10 is...

Over the past years climbing performances in cycling have improved exponentially; and besides the evolution in aerodynamics and training methods, Tadej Pogacar has talked about the changes he's had in nutrition into a level that he believed was impossible when he first won the Tour de France. He was...

Olympic-Worlds Double Double. It has a nice sound to it. Remco Evenepoel is the man up for the task this year. After dominating in Paris, the 24-year-old Belgian came undefeated from the Zurich time trial too, successfully defending his rainbow jersey. Now there's only one race between him and a big...

Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team caused quite a stir in the cycling world with their appearances at the biggest female races, just like with the news that following the Olympic Games in Paris, the team would fold as it fulfilled its purpose in the eyes of Uzbekistan's cycling federation...

Astana Qazaqstan's activity at the transfer market seems to bear its fruits as they manage to secure another talented U23 rider. The 22-year-old Darren van Bekkum joins the Kazakh team after four seasons at Visma's development team.Darren van Bekkum's move to WorldTour for 2025 won't be surprising t...

Remco Evenepoel has done it, and on his golden timetrial special he has taken the gold medal also at World Time Trial Championships on Sunday. A day later, he and compatriot Victor Campenaerts (9th in the time trial) went out for a quick spin with view to the road race. However the duo was forced to...

Adding to her bronze medal from the Olympic Games, Chloé Dygert had to settle to a third spot at the podium of World Championships as well. The defending champion was simply level behind the winner of both events - Grace Brown. But with the Australian retiring, Dygert can once again aim for the top....

Egan Bernal was recently named by teammate Luke Rowe as one of the reasons behind INEOS Grenadiers' inability to sign top riders to the team in past seasons. The Colombian had won a Tour de France and a Giro d'Italia before he had a serious accident that nearly ended his career and even his life. Si...

Belgium's Alec Segaert entered the under 23 individual time trial as a heavy pre-race favourite. Sadly, the recent European Championships winner couldn't match that feat in Zurich, eventually fading badly to finish off the podium completely in 4th.“I am disappointed, definitely,” Segaert admitted af...

Next Sunday in the men's road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zürich, some of the biggest names in the male peloton embark on the yearly battle to crown themselves world champion. Among the dark horses for Rainbow Jersey success will be Great Britain's Stephen Williams."I think with GB now w...

António Morgado was the only Portuguese rider present in the Under-23 individual time trial at the World Championships in Zurich and in the end, he finished his individual effort in 39:07m, which gave him the 2nd best provisional time at the time, behind his trade teammate, Mexican Isaac del Toro.It...

For the first time since 1999, Spain has a individual time trial champion of the world! Iván Romeo has won the Under-23 World Time Trial in Zurich 2024 after a performance that is set to be engraved in the history books of Spanish cycling.The 21-year-old Movistar Team rider took the rainbow jersey a...

Spain's Ivan Romeo has sensationally taken the under 23 individual time trial World Championship title in Zürich by 32 seconds from Jakob Soderqvist. Completing the final podium in third, was Jan Christen. Notable and familiar names such as Nicolas Vinokourov (39:46), Antonio Morgado (39:07), Isaac...

Tim Merlier has been in unstoppable form of late. In fact, since taking the European Championship title earlier this month, the Belgian has been victorious in all his races, the latest of which sees Merlier reach a landmark of 50 career wins.In a tight bunch sprint on Sunday afternoon at Gooikse Pij...

Paul Seixas, remember the name! Although he might not yet be known to all but the most ardent cycling fans, the 17-year-old has been hotly touted amongst those in the know as a rider with a big future. This Monday in Zurich, he proved again why, taking the victory in the junior time-trial."This is a...

Ecuador has had a complete disaster ahead of the World Championships, with it's two big leaders being forced out of the race. After confirming a few days ago the withdrawal of Jhonatan Narvaez due to lack of form after a Covid-19 infection, now Richard Carapaz has had a family problem that has force...

David Gaudu slowly climbed through the ranks of pro cycling and in 2023 he was the closest competitor to Tadej Pogacar at Paris-Nice - and above Jonas Vingegaard. Ever since, the Frenchman struggled a lot on the bike, but since the Vuelta a España the Groupama - FDJ returned to his very best form an...

Filippo Ganna finished second to Remco Evenepoel at both the Olympic Games and World Championships. For most this would be a disappointing result and a frustrating one as well; but the Italian was very happy with what he was able to achieve this Sunday in Zurich as his past month was a very complica...

João Almeida said before the World Time Trial that he was going to use it to have competition rhythm for his main objective, the road race that takes place next Sunday. With the great specialists of the discipline at another level, the UAE rider was far behind the main favourites for the day. "I man...

Jay Vine suffered a brutal crash in April at Itzulia Basque Country which saw him in a neck brace for six weeks. Still he managed to bounce back and win the KOM classification at the recent Vuelta a España, but bad luck got in his way again and a crash at the time-trial World Championships may have...

It has always been said that the Vuelta a España was a great preparation for the World Championships. However that is not always the case, specially for the GC riders. The Slovenian finished exhausted after an effort where he didn't show his best level and was not able to finish in the Top10. "It wa...

Mathieu van der Poel may have missed out on overall victory at the Tour de Luxembourg, but the Dutchman remains optimistic as he prepares to defend his rainbow jersey at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich next weekend.Van der Poel started the final stage of the race in the leader's yellow jersey...

For the third year in a row, Remco Evenepoel will be leaving a World Championships with a Rainbow Jersey win added to his glistening palmares. On Sunday afternoon, the Belgian powered to an impressive victory ahead of Filippo Ganna in the individual time trial. Prior to his efforts getting underway...

After finishing third at the 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Joshua Tarling headed to Zürich one of the hot favourites to take a Rainbow Jersey at the 2024 edition. Sadly for the Welshman, it was 4th place in the end as he narrowly missed out on the medals. Finishing 1:17 behind World Champions...

Bahrain Victorious’ Antonio Tiberi pulled off a stunning victory at the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg, overtaking Mathieu van der Poel in a dramatic finale to stage 5. As David Gaudu claimed the stage win, Tiberi's late attack secured him the overall title.Starting the day 10 seconds behind van der Poel i...

Remco Evenepoel has secured the 2024 World Champion title in the men’s elite individual time trial after a stunning performance in Zurich. Fresh off his double gold at the Paris Olympics, Evenepoel powered to his second consecutive World Championship win, finishing ahead of Italy's Filippo Ganna and...

Lotte Kopecky found herself disappointed after finishing fifth in the World Championship Time Trial in Zurich. Despite being one of the pre-race favourites for gold, the Belgian star crossed the line 1 minute and 39 seconds behind the winner, settling for fifth place.Kopecky, who had been widely tip...

Stefan Kung may not have secured a medal in the World Championship Time Trial on home soil in Zurich, but the Swiss rider remains positive after a solid performance in front of his local fans.Küng, one of the favourites for the event, felt the full support of the crowd as he rolled out to start the...

Bernard Hinault dominated cycling in the eighties racing like Eddy Merckx or Tadej Pogacar in their respective eras: racing grand tours, classics and world championships and winning everything he could. Therefore, he does not understand that there are riders like Jonas Vingegaard who "pass" to race...

Despite an incredible effort against the clock on Sunday afternoon, Demi Vollering has had to settle for second place and a silver medal at the 2024 World Championships behind Australia's Olympic champion, Grace Brown."I gave my everything on the course and then after the finish, you can only hope i...

Edoardo Affini has been having a brilliant few weeks. After taking the men's individual time trial title at the 2024 European Championships, the Italian has backed it up with a third placed finish at the World Championships on Sunday afternoon in Zürich.“It’s a great feeling,” the 28-year-old, who p...

Remco Evenepoel has successfully defended his individual time trial world title following a brilliant display in Zürich. Departing Belgian national coach Sven Vanthourenhout understandably, was full of praise for his rider in the aftermath. “I am very proud of what we have achieved. Not only of Remc...

On the 23rd of September, the under 23s in the men's will get their chance to fight for a Rainbow Jersey against the clock in Zurich, Switzerland. The start times and order the riders are set to depart have been revealed.First man to get going will be Davaajargal Altangerel of Mongolia at 14:45:00 C...

On the 23rd of September, the under 23s in the men's will get their chance to fight for a Rainbow Jersey against the clock in Zurich, Switzerland.The final startlist includes notable names such as: Rasmus Pedersen, Alec Segaert, Antonio Morgado, Jakob Soderqvist, Jan Christen, Darren Rafferty, Nicol...

On the 22nd of September we will have the World Championships Time-Trial races. Both men and women battle in the roads of Zurich for the rainbow jersey in the discipline. Follow our Live Blog below! 

Remco Evenepoel has done the World and Olympic double and has been crowned the 2024 World Champion in the men's elite individual time trial after a powerful performance in Zürich. Completing the podium were the Italian duo Filippo Ganna and Edoardo Affini in second and third respectively. After Grac...

Soudal - Quick-Step's European champion Tim Merlier has taken the victory at Gooikse Pijl 2024 after a tight photo finish with Jordi Meeus, continuing his impressive end of season winning streak.Six riders entered the final 40km leading the peloton by just over a minute and a half. Most notable amon...

Bahrain Victorious' Antonio Tiberi has snatched overall victory at the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg from Mathieu van der Poel in a thrilling finale to stage 5 as David Gaudu took the stage success.Heading into the final 30km, a three man break held just over a minutes advantage over the peloton. That tri...

At the end of the 2024 season, Grace Brown hangs up her cycling shoes, calling time on her professional career aged just 32. Finishing with a bang though, the Australian is retiring on a real high having completed a historic world and Olympic time trial double. "It honestly feels like I'm in a bit o...

There will be 46 kilometers of time-trialing in Zurich tomorrow for the men's elite event at the World Championships and they will dictate the 2024 World Champion. We take a look at the start times and order of every rider. Charles Kagimu of the Uganda national team will be the first rider to start...

Olympic and World Champion in her final year as a professional rider. Australian Grace Brown is wrapping up her career in the absolutely best way possible as she took the victory in Zurich in a thrilling time-trial where Demi Vollering was close to beating her. The hilly 30-kilometer long time-trial...

Mattia Cattaneo has been on a roll recently. After a brilliant set of performances at the Vuelta a España the Italian also rode to a third place at the European Championships time-trial. He has truly found the best legs in his career, but is very open about mistakes that he and his former teams have...

UAE Team Emirates has taken wins number 74 and 75 this Saturday at the Tour de Luxembourg and Super 8 Classic. After Baroncini took his victory in the Belgian race the team matched a record set by Mapei in the 21st century when it comes to the amount of riders who have taken wins during the year. Th...

Julian Alaphilippe found his legs back this year. After several years of illnesses and injuries which led to inconsistencies, the Frenchman is racing quite strong currently and will be an outsider for the World Championships title. Team national coach Thomas Voeckler is confident in the Soudal - Qui...

The World Championships time-trial course features some climbing for both men and women, as well as descending - which is steep and straightforward. However, the descent didn't really gather much attention up until the last few days when the riders have reconned the course, and criticism is landing...

The 2024 World Championship kicks off this Sunday in Zurich with the elite time trial. Portugal will be represented by João Almeida and Nelson Oliveira. "Bota Lume" was at last year's World Time Trial in Glasgow. He had a discreet result, a 23rd place, 3 minutes and 7 seconds behind the winner  Remc...

The World Championships begin tomorrow in Zurich and Remco Evenepoel is the man to beat for the time-trial event. However for the road race that is not the case; the Belgian looks at Tadej Pogacar as the main favourite but he is confident that he can challenge the Slovenian in a route that is good f...

Tom Dumoulin is a former time-trial World Champion and one of the men who knows the most from the discipline. His recent comments on Remco Evenepoel however were not received too well as the Belgian denied the idea that he is not too good at cornering. "You can divide the time trial into three indiv...

On the 22nd of September the international peloton will begin the World Championships in Zurich. The first event will be the individual time-trial, and so the best time-trialists from all around the world will face off in Switzerland to battle for the rainbow jersey. We preview the race ahead which...

On the 22nd of September the international peloton will begin the World Championships in Zurich. The first event will be the individual time-trial, and so the best time-trialists from all around the world will face off in Switzerland to battle for the rainbow jersey. We preview the race ahead. The r...

Ecuadorian cycling is in mourning following the tragic death of 24-year-old cyclist Kevin Pozo, who passed away after being involved in a collision with a vehicle. Richard Carapaz, Ecuador’s number 1 cyclist and recent fourth-place finisher at the Vuelta a España, expressed his deep sorrow and condo...

Lotte Kopecky is riding high after her recent triumph at the European Time Trial Championships, but as she gears up for the World Championships, she’s clear about one thing: Chloe Dygert is the rider to beat. At 28, Kopecky is the reigning world road race champion and secured a bronze medal in the r...

At 37 years old, Michael Woods proving age is just a number. The Israel–Premier Tech rider had a fantastic summer, including a sensational performance to win the 13th stage of this year’s Vuelta a España wearing his national jersey, after he won Canadian national road race for the first time in his...

Mauri Vansevenant, from Soudal Quick-Step rider, delivered a determined performance at the Tour de Luxembourg, showing both grit and strong form. After a remarkable stage 3 victory that earned him the leader’s yellow jersey, Vansevenant entered stage 4 with hopes of maintaining his lead against form...

As the cycling world prepares for the highly anticipated World Championships Time Trial this Sunday, not all riders are thrilled with the course. Italy’s Edoardo Affini, fresh off his victory at the European Time Trial Championships, has expressed concerns about the safety of the 46.1km route in Zur...

The World Championships time-trial event will be fully stacked with some of the world's best. Filippo Ganna, Joshua Tarling, Primoz Roglic, Stefan Küng and many more will fight for the medals but Remco Evenepoel is the man to beat according to Sporza commentator and pundit Renaat Schotte who gave hi...

Filippo Baroncini won the under-23 World Championships in 2021, the same year he had a trainee stint with Lidl-Trek. The next year he turned pro but ever since was hampered by injuries constantly which prevented him from performing at his best level. Today he broke the cycle with his first pro win a...

On the 22nd of September, the men's elite individual time trial at the 2024 Zurich World Championships will take place. In last year's fight for the Rainbow Jersey against the clock, Remco Evenepoel prevailed ahead of Filippo Ganna and Joshua Tarling. We take a look at the startlist. The final start...

The women will tackle the time-trial World Championships in Zurich this Sunday in a 30-kilometer route that will attribute the rainbow jersey. We take a look at the start times and order for all 70 riders at the start line. Bulgaria's Petya Minkova will be the first rider to start her effort, at 11:...

On the 22nd of September, the women's elite individual time trial at the 2024 World Championships is on the programme in Zurich, Switzerland, where a number of the biggest names in the peloton will fight for the Rainbow Jersey against the clock. The preliminary startlist includes such riders as: Chl...

Mathieu van der Poel won the opening stage of the Tour de Luxembourg and after two more strong days on the bike, he lost it to a tactically clever Mauri Vansevenant. However, during today's stage 4 time-trial, the Dutchman has found himself once again in the lead of the race after a strong effort. "...

Juan Ayuso has had a difficult summer, abandoning the Criterium du Dauphiné, then the Tour de France with Covid-19; and lastly not being able to race the Vuelta a España. In many ways a difficult few months for the UAE Team Emirates rider; but he has bounced back to strong form at the Tour de Luxemb...

UAE Team Emirates has taken win number 75 of the season today at the Super 8 Classic. Filippo Baroncini has took the second win of the day for the Emirati team with a solo attack in the final kilometers. Five riders formed the day's breakaway including Loïc Vliegen, Julius van den Berg, Anders Johan...

From the 18th to the 22nd of September the peloton will tackle the Tour de Luxembourg. The five-day stage-race in the small central European nation features plenty explosive stages which will serve as perfect preparation for the World Championships. We preview stage 5.The final stage of the race see...

The time-trial of the Tour de Luxembourg proved to be a very difficult day and key for the overall classification. Juan Ayuso won stage 4 in a strong performance whilst Mathieu van der Poel also rode strongly and took over the race lead over Mauri Vansevenant. The 15-kilometer time-trial was always...

We have got a star-studded field for the time-trial World Championships in Zurich. The route will be 46 kilometers long and there will be plenty of quality riders to fight for the much desired rainbow jersey including defending and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel; but plenty other specialists who a...

Last weekend in Limburg, the men's 2024 European Championship road race was held. Pre-race, the big favourites were the Belgian duo Tim Merlier and Jasper Philipsen and in the end, it was the former who took the title in a frantic bunch sprint. On the latest episode of their Watts Occurring podcast,...

Today is Tadej Pogacar's 26th birthday and he is in the midst of preparing for one of the few goals he has ahead of him in his already incredible career: the World Championships. He has the opportunity next week to win one of the few big events he hasn't yet in pro cycling; but it is possible to loo...

This Saturday, September 21, the decisive time trial of the Tour de Luxembourg takes place (just under 16 km). It is a key day for the overall classification where we have Mauri Vansevenant, Mathieu van der Poel and Marc Hirschi as the main favourites; and Juan Ayuso as the main favourite for the st...

Tadej Pogacar has never won the World Championships and so in the upcoming week, most eyes will be on him after a season of deadly success in the big events and a route that is quite difficult. Within UAE Team Emirates, the same kind of confidence radiates ahead of the big day. "Tadej is always moti...

On the 21st of September, the peloton in Belgium will tackle the Super 8 Classic. This will be a race for the classics specialists and sprinters to aim for a strong win. We take a look at the startlist. The preliminary startlist features riders such as: Florian Vermeersch, Jasper Philipsen, Biniam G...

From the 18th to the 22nd of September the peloton will tackle the Tour de Luxembourg. The five-day stage-race in the small central European nation features plenty explosive stages which will serve as perfect preparation for the World Championships. We preview stage 4.Stage 4 is the race's time-tria...

The World Championships begin this Sunday already in Zurich and amongst the headliners will be Remco Evenepoel. In the time-trial event he is the defending champion and he heads to the race with a golden bike after his success in Paris. We will now see if he can defend himself in a course that has P...

A few days ago, Wout van Aert decided to sign a lifetime contract with Visma - Lease a Bike. It is the only team he has known in the World Tour, who have always trusted him and where he has achieved the best results of his career on the road.The Belgian signed the agreement, declaring afterwards: "I...

The European Championships and Canadian classics have taken up the bulk of the most recent update in the UCI Rankings. Tadej Pogacar has won once again and his lead has been extended even more over his rivals. You can check the previous update. Tadej Pogacar continues to be in the lead, extending it...

Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe spoke again in their podcast and this time they tried to justify the difficult season of INEOS Grenadiers wanting to make clear that UAE Team Emirates' budget is much bigger than theirs and talking about Egan Bernal as the cause (unintentionally) of the team's bad sporti...

It's not an ideal year for Filippo Ganna. Despite starting the season well by winning time trials at the national championships and Giro d'Italia, the second half of Ganna's season showed its ugly face as his Olympic gold dream faded away both on road and on track.But a month later, the world hour r...

One of the nice things about World Championships is that you can never know the outcome. While climbers who perform well in the classics are forecasted to shine in Zurich. Analyst Michiel Elijzen notices something else about Van der Poel, as he says in the podcast In het Wiel. "I saw a photo of Math...

The news of Mattias Skjelmose's crash and subsequent abandon from the Tour de Luxembourg were not something the Denmark's national coach Anders Lund hoped to read this afternoon with queen stage of the 2.Pro race taking place in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. But luckily, it turns out the Lidl-Trek...

Cian Uijtdebroeks will not be in action this year. The Visma | Lease a Bike rider announced on Instagram that he is ending his season. The first season of Cian Uijtdebroeks in a Visma | Lease a Bike jersey was simply unsettling. Here and there there were promising results, but both the Giro and the...

The World Championships time trial in Zurich will have one overwhelming favourite in the Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, who had already taken the rainbow jersey in Glasgow. Fellow time trial specialist Tom Dumoulin, who is now retired, believes in Belgian's victory considering his qualities."What...

At 30 years old, Switzerland's Stefan Kung has built a reputation as one of the top time trial specialists in the world. Racing for Groupama-FDJ, Kung’s combination of power, endurance, and focus has made him a consistent threat in both time trials and the classics. And now, after winning his first...

After his stunning Olympic double in Paris earlier this summer, Remco Evenepoel now heads to Switzerland in a bid for similar glory at the 2024 World Championships."The course is certainly worthy of a World Championship. It is a circuit that suits me very well, but that gives no guarantees," Evenepo...

On the third stage of the Tour of Luxembourg, an important day for the final classification, Davide Formolo finished 2nd, 18 seconds behind the day's winner Mauri Vansevenant. With this result, the Italian Movistar Team rider moved into the same position in the overall, 23" behind the Belgian Soudal...

Tim Merlier is having himself an incredible season in 2024. Just a few days after taking the victory at the European Championship in Limburg, Merlier sprinted to his 15th win of the campaign at Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 2024.Taking the victory ahead of such sprinters as Arvid De Kleijn and Jasper...

After a brilliant solo victory on stage 3, Soudal - Quick-Step's Mauri Vansevenant has taken the overall race lead at the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg. Holding an advantage of just 23 seconds though, the Belgian feels far from safe ahead of the individual time trial. "I already have the Vuelta in my legs...

Mathieu van der Poel is using the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg primarily as preparation for the upcoming World Championships road race, where he will look to retain his Rainbow Jersey against the likes of Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic and more. After taking the victory on the opening stag...

One of the most iconic climbs in all of cycling, not since stage 11 of the 2021 edition has the Tour de France tackled the slopes of Mont Ventoux. According to reports however, the mythical mountain could be set for a return in 2025.Back in 2021, Wout Van Aert took arguably the most famous triumph i...

Soudal - Quick-Step's European Champion, Tim Merlier has taken the victory at the 108th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen this Friday afternoon ahead of Jasper Philipsen.Three riders got themselves into the breakaway of the day. Heading into the last 50km of the day though, just Alex Colman and Fabio Chr...

Soudal - Quick-Step's Mauri Vansevenant has powered to victory on stage 3 of the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg, taking the race lead from Mathieu van der Poel in the process. Heading into the final 70km, a leading duo of Louis Vervaeke and Johannes Kulset held an advantage of more than three minutes over...

The 2024 World Championships in Zurich are quickly approaching and nations from across the planet continue to unveil their lineups. The latest of these is the French and national coach Thomas Voeckler has brought out the big guns. Led by two time Rainbow Jersey winner Julian Alaphilippe, Voeckler ca...

Having only announced on Thursday that Matej Mohoric would be donning his Rainbow Jersey for the final time this season at the upcoming UCI Gravel World Series in Girona, Bahrain - Victorious have now updated with some sad news of a crash for the Slovenian during his recon. "Unfortunately, Matej Moh...

UAE Team Emirates continue to be at the top of the UCI Rankings; one that has decreased a little bit but the Emirati team continues to score big with Tadej Pogacar winning the GP de Montréal. You can check the previous update. Pogacar performed strongly in the Canadian classics and UAE has added ove...

Remco Evenepoel has achieved his ultimate goals this summer, taking a brilliant podium and stage win at the Tour de France, followed by a win in both Olympic Games events. He will be a contender for both titles in the World Championships but his preparation included a few difficult phases, his coach...

The World Championships this year are quite difficult and suited to the climbers in Zurich. Mathieu van der Poel has the 29th of September marked on his calendar for a long time and will be trying to defend his rainbow jersey. It has been suggested that he lost several kilograms in preparation for t...

The Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen will take place on the 20th of September and is one of biggest opportunities the sprinters have got to succeed in this last month of the road season. We take a look at the startlist. The preliminary startlist features riders such as: Jasper Philipsen, Tim Merlier, To...

From the 18th to the 22nd of September the peloton will tackle the Tour de Luxembourg. The five-day stage-race in the small central European nation features plenty explosive stages which will serve as perfect preparation for the World Championships. We preview stage 3Stage 3 is a proper tough day. 2...

Tadej Pogacar is the biggest favourite for the upcoming World Championships in Zurich and there are few riders who can realistically match him in the course that will feature 5000 meters of climbing. Jhonatan Narváez was one of them, being one of the few riders who managed to directly beat the Slove...

There is no doubt that the 2024 World Championship circuit is very hard and more than likely better suited to Tadej Pogacar than to Mathieu van der Poel. Is it still possible that the 2023 world champion can take the Rainbow Jersey once again though?In Zürich there will be 3 hard climbs, 2 of them s...

Jonas Vingegaard has now since 2021 focused on the Tour de France fully. He has finished second twice and won the 2022 and 2023 editions... It had been rumoured that next year the Giro d'Italia could already by in the Dane's plan but that has been refused by one of the team's DS'. "I don't know wher...

At the 2024 World Championships in Zürich, Slovenia arguably have the 2 leading contenders for victory amongst their ranks, in the form of Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic. The question is, which of the duo is going to take leadership of the team?Tadej Pogacar is perhaps the most obvious choice havin...

Tim Merlier will sport the European Champion jersey for the first time at the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, less than a week since becoming the first Belgian male rider to win the continental title. Victorious in 14 races this season, the 31-year-old will lead Soudal - Quick-Step on Friday in a race...

Despite coming late into the world of road cycling, the Van Dijke twins were able to quickly establish themselves as important riders in spring classics and with their move to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, they hope to prove they can do more than just support their leaders. Anyone who sees a photo of...

The UCI has suspended Australian-born Irish cyclist Jesse Ewart for three years, citing an anti-doping rule violation after an in-competition doping control test came back positive for Erythropoietin (EPO), with the ineligibility period for the athlete running through to May 15, 2027. Sport Integrit...

Team Tashkent City Women was one of the most striking teams at the start of Tour de France Femmes this summer. This had to do with both; the way they qualified for the race as well as their performances.Local continental teams were in frenzy, trying to convince ASO and UCI to not invite the exotic f...

Many wouldn't hesitate to dub Remco Evenepoel the best timetrialist in the current peloton. The man who has already won every major chrono there was can achieve something great this Sunday by becoming World and Olympic Champion against the clock in the same year. Yet his starts were far more modest,...

Since claiming the gravel Rainbow Jersey last year, Matej Mohoric hasn't been seen all that often on the circuit. As announced by his Bahrain - Victorious team however, at the upcoming UCI Gravel World Series in Girona, the Slovenian will be present alongside compatriot Matevz Govekar.“I’m pretty ex...

After finishing 2nd on the opening stage of the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg, Christophe Laporte again went close on stage 2, crossing the line in 4th as Mads Pedersen took victory ahead of Mathieu van der Poel in a reduced bunch sprint. "To be honest, we had hoped for more today," Team Visma | Lease a B...

One of the fancied riders heading into the 2024 World Championship road race, Mathieu van der Poel has already impressed in his warmup at the Tour de Luxembourg, taking victory on stage 1 before coming home 2nd on stage 2. On stage 3 though, the biggest pre-Zürich test awaits. "Tomorrow it will be a...

Mads Pedersen powered to the stage victory on stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg ahead of Mathieu van der Poel, turning an otherwise disappointing day for Lidl-Trek, into one that ended on a high note."I don't know if I was lucky. I think I just have a pretty good team. But it was definitely a v...

Mattias Skjelmose holds the hopes of the Danes going into the 2024 World Championships in Switzerland. Just days out from things getting underway in Zürich however, the Lidl-Trek star has been forced to abandon the Tour de Luxembourg following a crash on stage 2."Not a good news from Tour de Luxembo...

Lidl-Trek's Mads Pedersen has taken victory on stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg as Mathieu van der Poel retains the overall race lead. Before the TV cameras even started rolling, there was early drama as a big crash took out a number of riders, including most notably, Lidl-Trek leader and Dani...

Stefan Küng hasn't exactly had the best of luck at World Championships over the years. Finishes of 2nd in 2022 and 3rd in 2020 have seen the Swiss come close to a Rainbow Jersey, but in 2024, the 30-year-old has a home championships in Zürich to target and renewed optimism to take on the challenge. ...

Racing for the first time since losing the European champion's jersey, Christophe Laporte impressed on a tough start to the opening stage of the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg, finishing second in an uphill sprint to Mathieu van der Poel. “We are happy about today,” assessed Team Visma | Lease a Bike's tea...

The Arkéa - B&B Hotels team has announced the renewal of Spaniard Cristián Rodríguez for two more seasons. The 29-year-old climber, a Spanish native, has secured two more seasons among the best in the international peloton.The cyclist is delighted with the renewal and to remain with a squad with whi...

Mathieu van der Poel is just about one of the most successful cyclists of all times and is one of the figures of the sport currently. He is the reigning World Champion both on the road and in cyclocross and his father Adrie tells a story regarding the two. In an interview on the Topsportouders podca...

Remco Evenepoel is no stranger to the spotlight, and as he approaches the World Championship Time Trial in Zurich, the Belgian prodigy faces another challenge to his claim of the world’s best time trialist. Already established as the defending World Time Trial Champion after his triumph in Glasgow l...

Primoz Roglic came agonizingly close to winning the 2020 Tour de France and every single year he's raced it again since, he's abandoned after crashes. This summer was no exception, falling several times in the second week and pulling out of the race that was his ultimate goal for the year. He admits...

More so than has been the case for a few years, Egan Bernal was a feature at the front of bike races in 2024. Although, for some, a return to Grand Tour winning ways might still seem some distance, for the Colombian himself, hope is growing.“It wasn’t bad. I have my past and I don’t want it to alway...

From the 18th to the 22nd of September the peloton will tackle the Tour de Luxembourg. The five-day stage-race in the small central European nation features plenty explosive stages which will serve as perfect preparation for the World Championships. We preview stage 2.Stage 2 is not as hard as the o...

It's been something of a rollercoaster season for Wout van Aert in 2024. Alongside the highs of a successful Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and a stunning Vuelta a Espana, have been the disappointments of a Spring-ending crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen and a sad end to his Vuelta debut, crashing out on stage...

For the first time in nearly six months, Mathieu van der Poel celebrated winning a bike race on Tuesday afternoon in Luxembourg. With the 2024 World Championships looming, the confidence boosting victory could be perfectly timed too."It's great to win the first stage. It's been a while since I could...

On the 22nd of September the international peloton will begin the World Championships in Zurich. The first event will be the individual time-trial, and so the best time-trialists from all around the world will face off in Switzerland to battle for the rainbow jersey. We take a look at the profile. T...

On the 22nd of September the international peloton will begin the World Championships in Zurich. The first event will be the individual time-trial, and so the best time-trialists from all around the world will face off in Switzerland to battle for the rainbow jersey. We take a look at the profile. T...

Wout van Aert is set to be a Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider for the remainder of his career after putting pen to paper on an indefinite contract with the Visma team, essentially securing a lifetime deal. Whilst this contract is certainly unique, a number of other riders in the peloton are locked in...

After a short break from racing following his Tour de France triumph earlier this summer, Tadej Pogacar didn't take long to get back to his brilliant best, soloing to victory at the 2024 GP Montreal in typically dominant fashion.With the Zurich World Championships looming, Pogacar would've wanted to...

Jan Ullrich was one of the great stars of world cycling in the 1990s. The German flew on the roads on his bike and won the Tour de France in 1997, the greatest victory of his career. However, years later it became known that he had doped and all his exploits were called into question. In a conversat...

Full of ambition, the cycling in Netherlands looks forward to a brighter future with announced revival of the Ronde van Nederland. The 'Tour of th Netherlands' was last held in 2004 after which it had been merged with the Renewi Tour. However that race has recently shifted more and more towards raci...

The men's elite road race at the World Championships in Zurich are scheduled already for next Sunday. The big favourites will be wearing colours of Slovenia and Belgium, but Danish fans also feel like their selection can play a major role at the hilly course in Switzerland. However to succeed, they'...

Roger Adrià won the GP de Wallonie 2024, the second professional victory of his career and the first since stage 2 of the Tour de Occitanie more than two years ago. It is also his first win with his new team, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. The 26-year-old won ahead of Alex Aranburu in the final sprint...

The news of today was the unexpected video post from Visma | Lease a Bike where the Dutch team announced 'infinite' collaboration with their multi-discipline star Wout Van Aert. The cut with both wholesome moments as well as lows that shaped the Belgian's career to this day. This should be enough to...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's Roger Adria has taken a gruelling win at GP de Wallonie 2024, outsprinting compatriot Alex Aranburu in a brutal finale.Six riders forced their way into the day's breakaway. With just over 40km to go though, the leaders were joined by a counter attack, that included some...

Mathieu van der Poel has taken his first victory since Paris-Roubaix on the opening stage of the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg, moving into the leader's jersey as a result.Four riders got themselves into the break of the day, the most notable being Mattia Bais of Team Polti Kometa. Although there were sti...

Between the 21st and 29th of September, many of the biggest names in the peloton head to Zurich for the 2024 World Championships. One of those nations with Rainbow Jersey ambitions will be the Italian team, headlined by two-time individual time trial world champion, Filippo Ganna. Ganna will again b...

A former French national champion and winner of notable races such as the Tour du Doubs, Bretagne Classic and Paris-Bourges, Valentin Madouas has long been known as a capable rider among cycling circles. After his silver medal in the road race at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games however, Madouas' name h...

Remco Evenepoel has taken a Rainbow Jersey at each of the last two World Championships. Ahead of the 2024 edition in Zurich, the Belgian looks set to contest for victory yet again if his latest upload to Strava is anything to go by!Taking on more than 260 kilometres, with just short of 3,600 metres...

One of the final preparation races for the Zurich World Championships, many of those with Rainbow Jersey hopes are descending onto the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg, that gets underway this afternoon. Among them is Lotto Dstny's 26-year-old Dane, Andreas Kron. "It would be great to win another stage this...

One of the star riders of the Team Visma | Lease a Bike set up, Wout van Aert has extended his contract with the team on an indefinite basis, meaning the Belgian will end his career with Visma. "I didn't have to think long when this idea came up," Van Aert explains of the decision after the announce...

At the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg, Mathieu van der Poel wears the Rainbow Jersey as world road race champion for the final time, ahead of the defence of his title in Zürich on the 29th of September. Can he head to Switzerland in winning form? Alpecin-Deceuninck are hopeful.“As he himself indicated on S...

It would be hard to imagine Wout van Aert riding in the colours of any team other than Team Visma | Lease a Bike. If the latest reports are to be believed, that may no never be the case as the Belgian superstar has reportedly signed a lifetime contract with the team, ending any lingering transfer ru...

With appearances as a TV pundit and on various talk shows, Jan Ullrich has been increasingly in the spotlight again in recent months. The 50-year-old has repeatedly spoken about his goal of giving something back to cycling. In order to put this plan into practice, the 1997 Tour de France winner has...

It has been much rumoured for a while, but now, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe have officially confirmed the acquisition of Jan Tratnik from Team Visma | Lease a Bike, with the Slovenian reuniting with compatriot Primoz Roglic for the 2025 season.“Maybe I'm not the youngest, but I'm really happy to joi...

The most decorated British cyclist of all-time, Bradley Wiggins is an iconic figure from the modern era of the sport. Despite multiple Olympic golds, a Tour de France Maillot Jaune and an hour record among things though, Wiggins has fallen out of love with the sport in recent years.Before the month...

The current world champion Mathieu van der Poel will be faced with one hell of a task to defend the rainbow stripes at the climby circuit in Zurich. And although he's trying to keep his chances alive, he'll be up against the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, who won't wait to get outsprint...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will make her first competitive appearance on road in over three years at the World Championships in Zurich on September 28. The French lady stopped competing on road in 2018, making a full switch to MTB with view to Tokyo 2020. Bar two appearances at the 2019 and 2021 Nationa...

Tim Merlier owes his European title just as much to his lightning-fast sprinter's legs as his guardian angel - the former national coach Carlo Bomans whose lightning-fast reaction and wheel change, allowed Merlier to stay in the mix for victory after a puncture at a critical point halfway through th...

Don't look for Arne Marit in the results of the remaining races this year. The Belgian sprinter broke his collarbone on Sunday in the GP d'Isbergues and is ending his season. This was announced by his team Intermarché - Wanty.Arne Marit has already successfully undergone surgery. For the 25-year-old...

The European road season is slowly coming to a wrap, but before that happens, there is still one month filled with action ahead. Starting just three days after the European Championships, the traditional Tour de Luxembourg will serve as a testing ground for many Worlds favourites, including Mathieu...

For the first time in three years, Tom Pidcock will mount a quest to add a Rainbow Jersey on the road to his palmares. The INEOS Grenadiers star leads a strong and multi-faceted Great Britain for the men's elite road race at the 2024 Zurich World Championships.A Rainbow Jersey winner in both cyclocr...

After missing out on the medals in the road race of the European Championships in Limburg last week, Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose and others will now refocus on Zurich and the 2024 World Championships as the Danish confirm a Jonas Vingegaard-less, eight man lineup. With the quartet of Mattias Sk...

Is there any rider in better form at the moment than UAE Team Emirates' Marc Hirschi? With five wins in his last five race days, the 26-year-old heads to the 2024 Tour de Luxembourg understandably full of confidence. “I’m really enjoying my racing in this period," Hirschi is quoted as saying in a To...

From the 18th to the 22nd of September the peloton will tackle the Tour de Luxembourg. The five-day stage-race in the small central European nation features plenty explosive stages which will serve as perfect preparation for the World Championships. We preview stage 1.The first day of the race is al...

From the 18th to the 22nd of September the peloton will tackle the Tour de Luxembourg. The five-day stage-race in the small central European nation features plenty explosive stages which will serve as perfect preparation for the World Championships. We preview the race ahead. The five-day race will...

On the 18th of September the peloton in Belgium will tackle one of it's most iconic classics. It is the day of the GP de Wallonie, the famous one-day races which finishes atop the Citadelle de Namur. We preview the race.The race will be 202.5 kilometers within the Wallonie region of Belgium and is o...

On the 18th of September the peloton in Belgium will tackle one of it's most iconic classics. It is the day of the GP de Wallonie, the famous one-day races which finishes atop the Citadelle de Namur. We take a look at the startlist. The final startlist includes: Alex Aranburu, Kaden Groves, Quinten...

Despite Enric Mas having been the closest Spanish cyclist to winning the Vuelta a Espana in recent years, finishing 2nd on as many as three occasions and 3rd in the most recent edition in 2024, the Movistar Team star doesn't seem to have Vuelta race director Javier Guillén's confidence in winning hi...

From the 18th to the 22nd of September the peloton will tackle the Tour de Luxembourg. The five-day stage-race in the small central European nation features plenty explosive stages which will serve as perfect preparation for the World Championships. We take a look at the startlist. The final startli...

Tim Merlier has emerged as arguably the best sprinter in the world in terms of pure speed in 2024. Taking 14 wins this calendar year so far, the Belgian most recently triumphed in the men's elite road race at the European Championships.Given his immense form this year, Merlier has seen a noted rise...

Slovenia’s dominance of the 2024 Grand Tour season, with Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic combining to win all three tours, is a testament to the nation's current cycling prowess. Now, these two titans of the sport are teaming up for the UCI World Championships in Zurich, where a climber-friendly cou...

After its historic Vuelta a Espana 2024, Kern Pharma must now look forward with excitement, but with the obligatory task of replacing in the Cycling Market the departure of Pablo Castrillo for the 2025 season.To this end, the pharmaceutical team has secured the signing of one of cycling's great tale...

Tim Merlier was crowned European road champion on Sunday. It was already the fourteenth season victory for the sprinter, who at the age of 31 is more successful than ever. However the road to the top wasn't easy for the man who only turned professional at the age of 25.  In an interview with Het Nie...

Tadej Pogacar is currently wrapping up the best season of his career. So far... So far? Because his UAE Team Emirates boss Mauro Gianetti believes the Slovenian is still yet to reach his absolute peak after a season with victories of Giro, Tour, Liege, Strade, Montreal and Catalunya, ... Maybe he pl...

In Quebec on Friday, the cycling world witnessed a rare sight: Tadej Pogacar denied victory. Yet, as Sunday rolled around and the GP de Montréal unfolded, the Slovenian cycling star once again showcased why he is widely considered the number one rider of his generation. Heading into the 2024 World C...

It was a shock when no team opted to give a chance to Merhawi Kudus at the end of last season. But instead of giving up, the 30-year-old buckled up and racing for Malaysian top continental team Terengganu, he showed everyone the kind of rider they missed out on. Burgos-BH didn't hesitate, and after...

Those looking for Tim Merlier in run-in to the sprint of European Championships would be disappointed to not see the sprinter of Soudal - Quick-Step anywhere near the front. While his compatriot and co-leader Jasper Philipsen was actively trying to find his place next to Jonathan Milan's dark blue t...

INEOS Grenadiers seems to be losing a loyal pawn in Luke Rowe. The 34-year-old Briton will retire as a cyclist at the end of this season following an injury that altered his original plan to hang up the bike together with mate Geraint Thomas only after 2025. Apparently Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale sec...

The 2024 European Championship road race was widely expected pre-race to end in a bunch sprint. Despite Mathieu van der Poel doing his very best to stop that happening, it was, in the end, the result. As a double blow for Van der Poel, his teammate Olav Kooij then narrowly missed out on victory, spr...

Giulio Pellizzari will be one of the big names to follow who'll enter the professional peloton next year. Well, it's not exactly that the 20-year-old climber who finished second in a stage of Giro d'Italia lacks experience, but stepping up from VF Group-Bardiani-Faizané CSF to Red Bull - BORA - hans...

On Sunday, Arvid de Kleijn has once again reminded everyone of his speed with a victory at the GP d'Isbergues (1.1), adding third triumph to his roll of honor in 2024. Despite a complicated road to the top, the 30-year-old Dutchman now feels like he's on the verge of a breakthrough. Ideally at a Gra...

Wilco Kelderman had a good test for legs in Canada. The two WorldTour classics showed the Dutch riders what he should work on wit view to the upcoming world cycling championships in Zurich, Switzerland."It was a tough race," he told WielerFlits after the GP Montreal. "UAE Emirates made it very diffi...

The route of the 2025 Tour de France will be presented in just over a month on the 29th of October. In most years, most rumours are already known by this time; but there has been more secrecy and privacy when it comes to avoiding information from coming out. Here is what we do however know about nex...

Spain has decided to bring all of its current top stars to compete against Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic and more at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. They have plenty climbers to fight for the rainbow jersey that is very much a possibility for an in-form team. The selecti...

Tadej Pogacar is without a doubt the strongest rider in the current pro peloton and there's plenty arguments you could use. In less than two weeks he will race for the rainbow jersey in Zurich... The World Championships are one of the few top races he has never won and he has got his best form ahead...

Isaac Del Toro broke through the ranks last year, winning the Tour de l'Avenir in an amazing show of climbing talent that net him a contract with UAE Team Emirates for many years alongside the likes of Tadej Pogacar... This year he has won at World Tour level even, but he will race the World Champio...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike went all-out on the attack at the GP de Québec but finished fourth and fifth; and this Sunday at the GP de Montréal the Dutch team once again missed out on the podium after a tactical finale. Matteo Jorgenson and Tiesj Benoot were active in the end of the race but the latte...

UCI President David Lappartient is aiming high with his ambitions behind the scenes of the sports world and it has now been confirmed that he is applying to presidency of the International Olympic Comittee - which organizes the Olympic Games. Additionally, it is possible that the Olympics and Tour d...

Tadej Pogacar was the ultimate favourite to win GP de Montréal and he did the job in relative comfort. The race for second place was won by Pello Bilbao who put in a brilliant performance to snatch a strong result ahead of the World Championships where he will be an outsider for the medals. “It feel...

Tadej Pogacar is inevitable. Although he was denied in Quebec on Friday, this Sunday at the GP de Montréal there has been no stopping the Slovenian, who heads to the upcoming Zurich World Championship in race winning form.Three riders got themselves up the road early on. With 40 kilometres raced, th...

Joxeán Fernández Matxín has talked about the performance shown by Tadej Pogacar yesterday during the GP de Montréal explaining that his numbers are similar to those he moved during the Giro d'Italia or the Tour de France, so it seems clear that he is ready for the World Championships. Thus, during a...

Stage at the Giro, runner-up at Clasica San Sebastian and now another WorldTour podium finish at the GP Montreal on Sunday evening. While the shape is still far from ideal, we're finally seeing glimpses of the good old Julian Alaphilippe who was once on top of the feeding chain at the Ardennes class...

Arnaud De Lie in Quebec, Maxim Van Gils in Montreal. The leadership in Canada was split between the two youngsters that way. In the end Van Gils had more luck as he finished fourth in Montreal, just outside the podium."I just miss out on the podium which is a bit unfortunate, but I’m happy with toda...

Matteo Jorgenson's 12th place at the GP Montreal won't turn many heads, but for the American climber who hasn't competed since the Olympic Games in Paris, it's a step in the right direction towards the World Championships. The Visma | Lease a Bike attempted to hang onto the wheel of Tadej Pogacar wh...

Pello Bilbao was the best of the mortals at the GP Montreal, finishing in solo second behind only Tadej Pogacar. The Bahrain - Victorious rider, after a complicated season in which in general he has not done as well as in 2023, has arrived in top form at the end of the campaign and hopes to be able...

Tim Merlier and Olav Kooij on the podium of the European Championships won't surprise anyone, but... who's the third guy? Many commentators were in desbelief, frantically listing through their printed startlists but... Yes! It is the 21-year-old Estonian talent Madis Mihkels. Are you surprised? I do...

Country of the defending European champion Christophe Laporte - France, came into this year's edition in Belgian Limburg in a role of an underdog. With outsider sprinter Arnaud Démare, Laporte tried to create chances for himself and his teammates, causing chaos by jumping along with the move of worl...

Besides double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, Patrick Lefevere's Soudal - Quick-Step now has also an European champion thanks to Tim Merlier. The Belgian sprinter was by far the strongest in the sprint on his home soil and comfortably added another big trophy into the palmares of his team manager...

Sven Vanthourenhout went all or nothing with the selection for the home European Championships. Belgian fans - still vividly remembering the failed World Championships in Leuven 2021 were afraid the scenario might repeat with too many leaders in the basket. But the Belgian coach's gamble had paid of...

As natural as breathing, Tadej Pogacar won another WorldTour classic with all the competitors destined to only watch the number 1 on his back promptly disappear with finish line still nowhere in the sight. With a massive lead, Pogacar had enough time to greet the Canadian crowds as he rolled towards...

27-year-old Orluis Aular has been a leading light for Caja Rural - Seguros RGA over recent seasons. With his contract up at the end of the year and rumours of a move to the World Tour, the Venezuelan sent a message of thanks to his team following victory on Sunday afternoon at the 2024 Trofeo Matteo...

After bronze at the 2023 European Championship road race, Olav Kooij improved to silver in Limburg in 2024. Gold was what the Dutchman wanted though, and as such, 2nd place is something difficult to get overly excited about. "I'm still coming up well, but that's also sprinting. I wasn't where I shou...

A world champion back in 2019, Mads Pedersen was looking to add a European road race title to his palmares in Limburg on Sunday afternoon. Despite a bright and attacking display however, the Dane eventually had to settle for 6th at the line. "We did everything we could to make the race as hard as po...

For a long time, Jasper Philipsen was expected to lead the charge of the Belgians at the 2024 European Championship. In a somewhat late call though, the decision was made to pivot to a dual leadership strategy alongside Tim Merlier. In the end, that proved a masterstroke as it was Merlier who took t...

Tim Merlier is the new men's elite European road race champion! After a thrilling sprint finale, the Belgian took the win on home soil ahead of the Netherlands' Olav Kooij and Estonia's Madis Mihkels. “Unbelievable!” A delighted Merlier exclaimed in his post-race interview, moments after one of the...

Tim Merlier has been crowned the 2024 men's elite European road race champion. In a frantic finale, Merlier fought off competition from his own teammate Jasper Philipsen and Olav Kooij among others. Five riders attacked early on and got themselves in the early break. With France's Mathis Le Berre re...

Orluis Aular of Caja Rural - Seguros RGA has sprinted to victory at Trofeo Matteotti 2024, following a late attack that split the peloton. Nine riders got themselves up the road and into the day's breakaway. Among them, the likes of Andrii Ponomar (Team Corratec - Vini Fantini), Andrea Pietrobon (Te...

After his stunning victory on Friday at the GP Quebec, you might expect that Michael Matthews would be heading to the GP Montreal full of confidence. As it turns out though, the Aussie is a little unsure of taking a Canadian double. “Unfortunately, it was a different race in Montreal when I won. I t...

Jasper Philipsen has emerged as arguably the most successful sprinter in the entirety of the peloton over the last couple of years. Now, the Belgian star's father has opened up about his son's secrets to success. "I have never thought Jasper was the fastest sprinter. But I do think he is the best at...

Whilst he wasn't able to win on his return to racing in Quebec on Friday, Tadej Pogacar has been pleasantly by the form he showed. With another chance for victory in Montreal this Sunday, the Slovenian looks set to head to the World Championships in Zurich full of confidence. “It’s really good. I wa...

The second round of the Canadian classics on the 15th of September will see the riders head to Montréal, where a circuit around the Mont-Royal will decide the race. We preview the race. A total of 18 laps will be ridden in Montréal, all based around the Mont-Royal park, where the riders will spend t...

Slovenia has won all Grand Tours this season with Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic, and now the duo will team up together for the first time this year at the World Championships where coincidentally the rouite will be suited to the climbers and they will be among the main favourites for the rainbow j...

The GP de Montréal takes place today in Canada and unlike Friday's Québec circuit, this one is more fit for the climbers. UAE Team Emirates pushed the pace hard from early on last year for Adam Yates who then attacked to victory and the country's national champion Michael Woods believes the team wil...

On the 15th of September some of the world's best classics riders and sprinters will be in Belgium to fight for the European Championships. This is one of the most prestigious races of the year and is a race that hands out a special jersey. We preview the race ahead. 1200 meters of climbing only in...

This afternoon in Belgium, the 2024 men's elite European Championship road race takes place. Among the list of star names on the start line, is the current world champion, Mathieu van der Poel. With many expecting a sprint finish to be the decider of the day though, Van der Poel himself admits that...

Enric Mas is finally back to his best after a couple of difficult years. His podium in the recent Vuelta a España and his offensive attitude attacking Primoz Roglic on numerous occasions have made him leave the race with a smile on his face, even though his goal was the final victory in Madrid. In 2...

The Netherlands start the European Championships today as big contenders for victory. Mathieu van der Poel will be looking to do damage on the cobbled and hilly section of the race but the team has Olav Kooij in a good position to sprint for a top result and he may have luxury leadout men backing hi...

Whether Biniam Girmay is the most popular rider in the current pro peloton is disputed, but there is no doubt that his fans are the most passionate. Wherever the Intermarché - Wanty rider races there are always groups of fans carrying the Eritrean colors; and he admits that his popularity has become...

Is INEOS Grenadiers close to losing another very bright talent after months of being in the 'pole-position' to sign him? Pablo Castrillo was already a talented rider earlier in the year but his breakthrough Vuelta a España, where he won two stages, sees other teams including Movistar to go all-out i...

Mathieu van der Poel spoke to Sporza ahead of the European Championship in Limburg where he says he will miss Wout van Aert in order to toughen up the race and that he will have no problem putting himself at the service of Olav Kooij to try to help the Netherlands win if he must. He admits that he s...

Matteo Jorgenson's transfer from Movistar to Team Visma | Lease a Bike was without a doubt one of the most successful of the winter. The American has taken a big step up and his performances have been so good that he admits he dreams of fighting for Grand Tour results himself. "I think after the Tou...

The men's elite road race at the European Championships this Sunday promises yet another epic brawl between the best sprinters on the old continent. Dubbed by many as the very best is the Italian Jonathan Milan - winner of 11 races this year and the points classification at the Giro d'Italia. Agains...

Tough times for Patrick Lefevere ahead of the World Championships. The manager of Soudal - Quick-Step grown used to nominating handful Belgians into the National selections year by year, but that's not the case in 2024, when only Remco Evenepoel will wear the colours of Belgium in Zurich."Belgium is...

Despite harsh starts, Visma | Lease a Bike has become one of the world's two strongest cycling teams. The direct successor of famous Rabobank was taken over by two men - Richard Plugge and Merijn Zeeman, who together built an empire can be proud of six Grand Tour titles, among other great successes....

Either an excellent choice or a massive tactical mistake. Belgium's selection for home European Championships was a topic to many decisions, but that changes nothing on the fact that Sven Vanthourenhout selected (at least) two spinter leaders for the race in Limburg. And it's clear that neither Tim...

In the autumn of this season, as well as his stay at UAE Team Emirates, Marc Hirschi has found absolutely phenomenal legs. Since the Olympic Games which took place in early August, the Swiss champion has gone undefeated in five high-level classics in a row. His latest scalp has become the Memorial M...

On the 18th of September the peloton in Belgium will tackle one of it's most iconic classics. It is the day of the GP de Wallonie, the famous one-day races which finishes atop the Citadelle de Namur. We take a look at it's profile. The race will be 202.5 kilometers within the Wallonie region of Belg...

From the 18th to the 22nd of September the peloton will tackle the Tour de Luxembourg. The five-day stage-race in the small central European nation features plenty explosive stages which will serve as perfect preparation for the World Championships. We take a look at it's profiles. The five-day race...

She had done it previously in 2022 and last year was second to compatriot and teammate Mischa Bredewold. Lorena Wiebes has become European Champion once again this afternoon in Hasselt as she gave no chance to her rivals in the final sprint taking place in Hasselt. The race saw some attacks but it w...

There was one big favourite and she did exactly what was expected of her. The women's elite road race at the European Championships ended in a bunch sprint and Lorena Wiebes was completely unmatched in the final meters. The 162-kilometer race was a challenge for the riders' endurance however it wasn...

Marc Hirschi has been racing a minor calendar this year but he is on his very best level and is currently unstoppable! The Swiss rider took his fifth consecutive win this afternoon, winning the sprint at the Memorial Marco Pantani. The Italian race featured a breakaway of 4 riders in Simon Carr, Ivá...

In cycling money isn't everything and behind the scenes there is a disparity of level between World Tour teams. Team Visma | Lease a Bike certainly does a good job and it's main signing for next season Simon Yates admits that he even accepted a pay cut only to be able to join the team and understand...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike were not the all-out favourites to win the GP de Québec but put in a very strong performance that tilted the scale in their favour. The Dutch team attacked several times and still had the cards to put two riders in the Top5. "This was a really strong race from the team. Whe...

On the 14th of September some of the best female riders in the peloton will tackle the European Championships road race in Heusden-Zolder. It will be a course fit for the sprinters and classics riders, with a prestigious jersey to award at the end of the day. We preview the race ahead. The 162-kilom...

On the 15th of September some of the world's best classics riders and sprinters will be in Belgium to fight for the European Championships. This is one of the most prestigious races of the year and is a race that hands out a special jersey. We take a look at it's profile. 1200 meters of climbing onl...

The GP de Québec was highlighted by Tadej Pogacar's attack, Michael Matthews' win and equally as notable was Lotto Dstny's response to Pogacar and immense power in the end. However, the Belgian team struggled in the final kilometer and couldn't fight for the victory in the final sprint. Julian Alaph...

This year's GP de Québec was one of the hardest in recent years but Biniam Girmay proved his current good form by hanging on to the front of the peloton even when the likes of Julian Alaphilippe and Tadej Pogacar launched strong attacks. In the end it was a second place for the Eritrean sensation. “...

As the dust settles on the 2024 Grand Tour season, the cycling world is left reflecting on another summer of thrilling races, intense battles, and standout performances. While the likes of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, and Primoz Roglic dominated the headlines, there was a quiete...

Tiesj Benoot and Wout van Aert are part of the same block at Team Visma | Lease a Bike but this year they have not been able to race much together. Both have been heavily affected by injuries; Benoot has talked about this teammate and their first words after van Aert's withdrawal from the Vuelta a E...

Tadej Pogacar is in Canada this week for the GP de Québec and GP de Montréal where he is the headliner, but his trip did not come without it's obstacles. He was blocked at the airport in Paris and arrived to Canada without his baggage and late. "Then I should have gone to Disneyland. Disneyland had...

Tadej Pogacar has barely tasted defeat in 2024 and 7th place from today's GP Quebec is by far his worst final result. Yet the Slovenian didn't leave a bad impression and the result was probably more a result of numb racing instincts after nearly two-month break."It was a really good race, the team d...

Remco Evenepoel has a contract running with Soudal - Quick-Step until the end of 2026 but by no means it is certain that it will go all the way. The Belgian has often been cited in the past to lack the support in the mountains when compared to rival teams, and some are interesting in buying out his...

Jan Ullrich has been quite openly speaking out about doping in the 'Armstrong era' recently. Speaking to the German public television WDR, the 1997 Tour winner confrimed that, for a long time, he had deliberately waited to confess to doping until his friend and former rival Lance Armstrong had admit...

Sergio Higuita will leave Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe at the end of the 2024 season for Astana Qazaqstan Team. The Colombian rider thus ends a three-year stint with the German team, which he recently revealed to have been very tough.In a very interesting X thread posted by the account @amatiz12, Hig...

Three victories for Michael Matthews now at the GP de Québec. The Australian is perfectly suited to the hills and the uphill sprint of the Canadian race and has today succeeded once again in what was one of the toughest editions in recent years. Whilst UAE Team Emirates pushed the pace throughout th...

The GP de Québec has been heavily attacked and was without a doubt one of the hardest of recent year. Michael Matthews took the win in the final sprint, his third in the Canadian classic, after Tadej Pogacar's late attack was caught. The Canadian race began with a breakaway of three with Frank van d...

The second round of the Canadian classics on the 15th of September will see the riders head to Montréal, where a circuit around the Mont-Royal will decide the race. We take a look at it's startlist.  The preliminary startlist includes: Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Laurens de Plus, Magnus Sheffield, Pello...

Although it is not unanimous, most fans agree that we have just witnessed a great edition of the Vuelta a España, with plenty battles in the mountains, an open fight for the red jersey with Ben O'Connor surviving almost until the end of the race; and a few great exhibitions from likely and unlikely...

This time last year, Sepp Kuss was on top of the world. The American rider had just achieved the pinnacle of his cycling career by winning the 2023 Vuelta a Espana. It was a historic moment, not only for Kuss but also for his team, Jumbo-Visma. With Kuss's victory, the Dutch squad completed a clean...

The 13th of September will see a long-awaited return of the World Tour peloton and racing to Canada, for what is the first of the two Canadian hilly classics: GP de Québec. This one being more sprinter friendly, it should see more tactical racing in the streets of Québec, with several riders within...

Arnaud De Lie is evolving into an incredibly talented classics rider; a sprinter that climbs short hills equally as well. This versatile skillset saw him take a strong win at the GP de Québec last year and today he will attempt to defend his title but has different challenges to overcome, such as th...

Arguably the top sprinter in the peloton today, the future of Jasper Philipsen has looked uncertain for a little while. With it seeming as if the Belgian will remain with the Alpecin-Deceuninck set up, he has now reflected on the transfer rumours. "I am happy with the proposal that came, and I am ha...

Tuttobiciweb interviewed legendary sprinter Mario Cipollini after the end of the Vuelta a Espana. The Italian was at ease, taking a few jabs at the organizers for what he considered to have been nothing more than a "little lap".The first straw came with the level of participation in the race. The sp...

Tadej Pogacar will soon turn 26. Old - by nowadays standards. Yet there's no doubt the Slovenian who has just won his first Giro d'Italia and third Tour de France this year still has a lot in the tank. And we can only wonder the heights his career can reach.The UAE Team Emirates rider prefers to set...

Giulio Pellizzari carries the hopes of Italian cycling - country that is desperate for a successor to the 2010s Grand Tour winners Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru. In that regard, joining the strong project of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe is certainly a step in the right direction. But it won't be easy...

On the 14th of September some of the best female riders in the peloton will tackle the European Championships road race in Heusden-Zolder. It will be a course fit for the sprinters and classics riders, with a prestigious jersey to award at the end of the day. We take a look at the startlist. The fin...

For some weeks we have been reporting on the future of Pablo Castrillo. His signing with INEOS Grenadiers has been taken for granted on several occasions because he has been in advanced talks with the British team for some time, but the British journalist and market specialist Daniel Benson has rece...

Arnaud De Lie arrives to Canada as a defending champion of the GP Quebec. His victory was the more impressive that the Belgian sprinter to handle the finale mostly on his own. The Lotto Dstny rider believes lack of team support won't be an issue this time around.Last year, De Lie showed in Canada th...

Double Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard and Trine Marie Vingegaard Hansen have become parents to the couple's second child.This is confirmed by Rosa Kildahl, Jonas' mother-in-law, who has now become a grandmother again. "Everyone is doing well, both parents, children and grandparents," says Ro...

With a professional career spanning nearly 20 years, George Hincapie saw the peloton develop a lot during his time as a rider. In order to keep up with the best of his age however, the American admittedly took some short cuts. “I was part of the dark era of cycling,” Hincapie, a former super domesti...

Victor Campenaerts clocked 6th best time among elite category at the European Championships ITT, won by Edoardo Affini. But it was the U23 champion Alec Segaert who clocked the fastest time on the 31.8 kilometer course. The 21-year-old, who would've been among favourites even in the elite category c...

While Tom Pidcock was ruled out of the two races he was looking forward to - the GP Québec and GP Montréal due to a concussion sustained at the Tour of Britain, his coach Kurt Bogaerts is in Canada and downplayed any idea that the Brit has major issues with the team after he publicly criticised perf...

Whilst perhaps not in complete turmoil, things haven't gone completely to plan for the INEOS Grenadiers of late. Some strange transfer business, rumours of inner turmoil and a relative lack of standout wins, one of the team's with the largest budgets in the sport, have been badly underperforming.  T...

There's no hiding the fact that of late, the INEOS Grenadiers haven't been at the level expected. Some questionable transfer business, behind the scenes turmoil and a relative lack of standout results have seen them slip from world's best a few years ago, to also rans in 2024.These concerns haven't...

On the 15th of September some of the world's best classics riders and sprinters will be in Belgium to fight for the European Championships. This is one of the most prestigious races of the year and is a race that hands out a special jersey.The final startlist includes: Mathieu van der Poel, Olav Koo...

Colle delle Finestre stayed in the shadows for a few years only to make a spectacular appearance at the 2024 Tour de l'Avenir. The 18 kilometer climb with unpaved second half was a witness to Pablo Torres' historical raid that was since dubbed the 'best teenage climbing performance'.Considering this...

Those U23 riders who already race in ProTeams or WorldTour teams won't be allowed to race at the U23 Championships (World, European and National alike) anymore next year. The news was brought around by French website DirectVélo.Alec Segaert convincingly rode to his third European time trial title am...

Lotte Kopecky became the European Champion for 2024. The surprising part is that the victory came around in the time trial where, despite being in the mix of favourites, not many really believed that the Belgian all-rounder would win in front of her home crowds.Kopecky was naturally over the moon to...

This Friday, September 13, the GP Quebec takes place with a beastly list of participants with great stars of world cycling such as Tadej Pogacar and Biniam Girmay among the participants.The final startlist includes: Arnaud de Lie, Tadej Pogacar, Juan Ayuso, Matteo Jorgenson, Julian Alaphilippe, Paul...

Mathieu van der Poel is preparing for the last races of his road season in sunny Spain. The 29-year-old Dutchman is in full workload ahead of the two big championships, but still finds time to go viral on social media. There he regularly trains with Freddy Ovett, who shared a delicious video of MVDP...

Jorgen Nordhagen will turn professional next year with Visma | Lease a Bike. The multitalent who was a junior world champion in cross-country skiing last winter has made a full commitment to cycling and it's up to him to prove this was the correct decision.The 19-year-old already looks forward to ra...

Michael Woods only picked up cycling in quite late age and thus his longevity at the age of 37 isn't really surprising. But when things weren't moving in the right direction for a while this spring, even the current Canadian champion had some doubts about returning to the top."I thought I was just g...

On the 13th and 15th of September, Derek Gee will be back on home roads battling it out for a victory on Canadian soil at the GP Quebec and GP Montreal. Given the high quality field however, the 27-year-old is under no illusions about the difficulty of the task ahead.Most notably, the presence of Ta...

With four wins in his last four race days, Marc Hirschi could well be in the form of his life at the moment. With a home World Championships on the horizon in Zurich, the stars might be aligning for the 26-year-old Swiss rider. This Thursday afternoon, Hirschi took the latest of his recent successes...

Edoardo Affini has had a golden few days in Limburg. After securing the European title in the men's individual time trial, the 28-year-old has now doubled up courtesy of victory alongside Mattia Cattaneo, Mirco Maestri, Elena Cecchini, Vittoria Guazzini and Gaia Masetti in the mixed relay team time...

2024 has been the year of Tadej Pogacar. After a break from racing following his Tour de France triumph however, the UAE Team Emirates is a little unsure of his form heading back into the action at GP Quebec on the 13th of September. "Quebec is quite an open race but in the past, the attacks didn’t...

Italy has won the European title in the mixed relay team time trial at the 2024 European Championships in Limburg, giving Edoardo Affini his second gold medal in as many days.One of the more unique disciplines on the European Championship programme, the mixed relay team time-trial sees the times of...

UAE Team Emirates' Marc Hirschi has taken victory at the 2024 Coppa Sabatini this Thursday afternoon, backing up his success at the race from 2023. With it, the Swiss one day specialist now has four wins in his last four races too, ending his time at UAE on a real high.Attacking solo with around 36...

Bursting onto the scene at the 2023 Tour de l'Avenir, 20-year-old Mexican Isaac del Toro was quickly signed to a pro deal with UAE Team Emirates. Ever since, comparisons have come mentioning Del Toro's name in the same breath as Tadej Pogacar. Although UAE Team Emirates are very high on the Mexican...

Ilkhan Dostiyev was one of the season's revelations in the U23 ranks. Before joining Astana Qazaqstan's Development Team, the 22-year-old Kazakh didn't stand out. That changed upon joining the WorldTour academy, finishing 2nd overall at the Tour of Rwanda and Giro Valle d'Aosta. But as it later turn...

11 seasons. 44 victories. 2 rainbow jerseys. It's no overstatement that Julian Alaphilippe left a huge mark in the rich history of Soudal - Quick-Step. And it goes vice verza as the Wolfpack definitely meant a lot to the popular Frenchman. However at the age of 32, it was time to look for a new chal...

The most recent update in the UCI rankings adds up results from the Vuelta a España, BEMER Cyclassics and Tour of Britain. UAE Team Emirates had a bad Vuelta but still managed to increase their lead whilst Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe comes very close to the podium after a great performance in the fi...

In the most recent update in the UCI Rankings we have finally got the points scored during the Vuelta a España (and also the Tour of Britain and BEMER Cyclassics) and this means big changes are seen; mainly due to the victory of Primoz Roglic... We take a look at the new Top100. You can check the pr...

After the 10-year anniversary of the last British Grand Depart of the Tour de France from Yorkshire, British Cycling are ready, keen and willing to do whatever it takes to bring the biggest race on the calendar back across the French Sea to Britannia.“The Tour de France would have a hugely positive...

One of the biggest signings of the transfer season thus far. Oier Lazkano is moving away from Movistar Team and is one of the many quality signings for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe where he will be a leader in the spring classics next year. It is a story that follows two current trends. The first is...

The speculation continues surrounding Remco Evenepoel's future and whether or not the double Olympic champion will leave Soudal - Quick-Step. Currently, the loudest talk is surrounding Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. At the 2024 Tour of Britain, Evenepoel himself was quizzed on the transfer rumours, bu...

Despite being 37 years old, Ellen van Dijk is still one of the best time trialists on the planet. A three-time world champion and winner of the first four editions of the European Championships, the Dutchwoman wanted to add a fifth continental title to her list of honors. However, Lotte Kopecky prov...

Kristian Blummenfelt is one of the big names in triathlon in recent years. He already won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has been WTS world champion in 2021, in Ironman the same year and in half Ironman (70.3) in 2022. He said earlier this year that he aimed to race to win the Tour de Fr...

The last time we had seen Thymen Arensman was suffering in the Vuelta a España. The INEOS Grenadiers rider was unable to take the start of the 11th stage of the race due to Covid-19, after already having crashed previously. The Dutchman was making his comeback at the European Time Trial Championship...

Daan Hoole arrived at the European Time Trial Championships as the Dutch champion of the discipline this year and he did not disappoint. The Lidl-Trek rider proved that he is a true specialist in the fight against the clock and finished fourth, 26 seconds behind winner Edoardo Affini and only 7 seco...

The second round of the Canadian classics on the 15th of September will see the riders head to Montréal, where a circuit around the Mont-Royal will decide the race. We take a look at the profile. A total of 18 laps will be ridden in Montréal, all based around the Mont-Royal park, where the riders wi...

Profile. The 13th of September will see a long-awaited return of the World Tour peloton and racing to Canada, for what is the first of the two Canadian hilly classics: GP de Québec. This one being more sprinter friendly, it should see more tactical racing in the streets of Québec, with several rider...

Edoardo Affini is a tremendously talented time-trialist but recently he has struggled to get the results he desired. This Thursday would mark the 5th year anniversary since his last pro win but the Italian snatched the European Championships title with the time-trial of his life. "It's a great feeli...

On the 11th of September, Wednesday, the European Championships have their first Elite events and it kicks off with the time-trials. Modest fields, but we have two European jerseys to hand out today amongst some of the strongest time-trialists in the world. Read our Live Blog below!

Edoardo Affini is a strong time-trial but in recent months has struggled against the clock. Even as recently at Sunday he had disappointing performances in the time-trials but today he showed his very best level to win at the European Championships ahead of Stefan Küng. After Lotte Kopecky took the...

The European Championships have begun today for the Elites and in the time-trial event, there was a woman above the rest. It was a tricky time-trial in Hasselt with flat roads but a lot of wind and direction changes to handle; and Kopecky had the perfect strategy to take the title and another jersey...

Reigning road race World Champion Lotte Kopecky has become the new European Champion in the time-trial discipline, succeeding after teammate Marlen Reusser got the title last year. The Belgian was the fastest against the clock in the modest field and has put another shirt on her extensive palmarès. ...

The Giro della Toscana is one of the many Italian Autumn classics and today luck smiled to Arkéa - B&B Hotels. Clément Champoussin proved to be amongst the strongest climbers in the race and then managed to take the victory in the final sprinter against Michael Storer. The riders had a mostly flat r...

It's fair to say that not much was expected of Spanish wildcard team Equipo Kern Pharma at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. Three stage wins later however, there was no denying they were one of the stories of the race."There is no question about or denying their performance," reflects a very impressed Vuel...

This afternoon, the men's and women's time trials of the 2024 European Championship will be fought for. Among others, Lotte Kopecky is one of the women most favoured. "I'm actually looking forward to it," she previews in conversation with Sporza. "It's still a fairly long time trial of 31 kilometers...

This Wednesday, September 11, takes place the time trial of the European Championships in Limburg (Belgium) with a distance of 31.3 kilometers. We already know the starting order and times. The first will be the Bulgarian Emilov Emil Stoynev who will start at 16:39. The first big name at the start r...

Later this afternoon, we will find out the new European time trial champion. In the absence of the likes of Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert, Victor Campenaerts carries the hopes of the Belgians. "I am convinced that I will ride well," Campenaerts tells HLN, denying the idea of any post-Vuelta a Es...

The future of Kazakhstan's cycling didn't look very bright for a long time. Despite the best efforts to find a successor to the country's long-time flag-bearer Alexey Lutsenko, there wasn't much to be optimistic about until the very recent revelation of Ilkhan Dostiyev.Dostiyev had previously shown...

Both Het Laatste Nieuws and La Gazzetta dello Sport's Ciro Scognamiglio have reported this Tuesday morning, that Jonas Vingegaard is set to try and emulate Tadej Pogacar next season by taking on the daunting task of a Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double. Is this actually the case though? Well acco...

Ben O'Connor was arguably the star of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. He may not have won the race, but a stage win, 13 days in the Red Jersey and finishing 2nd overall guarantee it was three weeks he won't soon forget.“It was pretty nice to have that feeling that you can maybe one day win a Grand Tour,”...

After his dominant and comprehensive triumphs at the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in 2024, some had hoped that Tadej Pogacar would attempt to write a unique piece of cycling history by tripling up at the Vuelta a Espana. Whilst that didn't happen, the UAE Team Emirates leader doesn't complet...

On the 11th of September we have got the time-trial event at the European Championships, in Heusden-Zolder (Belgium). It is one of the most important of the season and we will have some of the biggest specialists in the discipline competing for the European stripes. We preview the men's time-trial e...

This Wednesday, September 11, the two time trials of the European Championships in Limburg (Belgium) will take place. Both over a distance of 31.3 kilometers with the women's race opening the competition. Specifically, the first participant will be the Greek Varvara Fasoi, who will take on the race...

On the 11th of September we have got the time-trial event at the European Championships, in Heusden-Zolder (Belgium). It is one of the most important of the season and we will have some of the biggest specialists in the discipline competing for the European stripes. We preview the women's time-trial...

Last weekend in Madrid, Primoz Roglic bounced back from Tour de France disappointment to secure himself a record-equalling 4th Red Jersey win at the Vuelta a Espana. Given the absence of the likes of Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, how high actually was the level in Spain though...

Belgian national coach Sven Vanthourenhout confirmed his selection for the World Championships in Zurich. Without Wout van Aert who called it after his crash at Vuelta, it's clear that all the attention will be at the double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel. However the coach doesn't want to put too...

Tadej Pogacar is back! The Giro d'Italia and Tour de France champion is heading to Canada, where he will lead UAE Team Emirates as the Slovenian steps up his preparation for the upcoming World Championships.  “I’ve had a good break from racing and am eager to get back to it now starting in Canada,"...

For Wout van Aert, 2024 has been a year consistently disrupted by crashes and subsequent injuries. After showing signs of returning to his best form at the Vuelta a Espana, this Belgian once again was once again a victim of a crash. "Of course he's disappointed. He'll be satisfied somewhere and if h...

Despite being left out in the initial selection, Edward Theuns will join the Belgian selection for home European Championships on Wednesday, day before the mixed time trials where Theuns surprisingly makes an appearance as well, on top of the road race start."When the selection was announced, there...

Jarno Widar had an exteremely impressive entrance to the world of U23 cycling, picking up handful of victories at one-day classics as well as stage races. Everything seemed to be moving in the right direction for a raid on the GC at Tour de l'Avenir. However Widar couldn't keep up in final stages an...

At the end of the day, Lotte Kopecky proves that she's not a picky eater as she chooses to compete in both the time trial (22/9) and the road race (28/9) at the world cycling championships in Zurich, Switzerland. In addition, the Belgian all-rounder will also take on the gravel world championships s...

With Tour of Britain as a quick warm-up in the legs, Julian Alaphilippe heads overseas for his next adventure. In Canada, he'll take on the two WorldTour classics which he's not completely unfamiliar with, having finished in the top-10 of both races in the past.It's always complicated to try to pred...

Although in recent weeks there had been reports that Joxean Matxin might be set for a departure from his role as head of UAE Team Emirates. In a new update to the saga however, the Spaniard is now set to extend terms. This has been reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Ciro Scognamiglio. Ma...

So often a victim of bad luck or unfortunate circumstances, Primoz Roglic survived three weeks at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana completely incident free. As a result, the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader took home a record-equalling 4th Red Jersey win. "It wasn't surprising that the Vuelta a Espana en...

After two Olympic gold medals in Paris earlier this summer, Remco Evenepoel will now turn his attention to claiming another Rainbow Jersey at the 2024 World Championships in Zurich. The departing Belgian national coach Sven Vanthourenhout had hoped to call upon Team Visma | Lease a Bike superstar Wo...

The summer of 2024 will go down as one of the most memorable in the history of professional cycling. From Tadej Pogačar’s remarkable double at the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, to Remco Evenepoel’s golden sweep at the Olympic Games, and more recently, Primož Roglič’s record-breaking fourth Vuelt...

On the 11th of September we have got the time-trial event at the European Championships. It is one of the most important of the season and we will have some of the biggest specialists in the discipline competing for the European stripes. We take a look at the startlist. The startlist includes: Nils...

Canadian national champion Michael Woods returns home this week, as on the 13th and 15th of September, the peloton heads to North America and to Canada for the 2024 GC Quebec and GP Montreal.After the 37-year-old was forced to abandon the 2024 Vuelta a Espana through fatigue, Woods was facing a race...

After losing their big name rider Peter Sagan at the end of the 2023 season, TotalEnergies have been searching for a new superstar to lead them into the coming years. Having missed out on main target Julian Alaphilippe though, the French team are concerned about their prospects. "We believed in it....

On the 13th and 15th of September, the peloton heads to North America and to Canada for the 2024 GC Quebec and GP Montreal. One of the teams heading with strong hopes of victory, will be Team Visma | Lease a Bike. "We may not have the overwhelming favourite in our team, but we have a very strong squ...

Thomas De Gendt's illustrious road racing career came to an end last weekend as he completed the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. As it turns out though, the Belgian might not yet be completely done with his bike. "I'm most looking forward to doing nothing. I don't have to go anywhere, I can choose everything...

The parcours of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was an especially brutal one, even in terms of Grand Tour cycling. Was it too tough though? Is that even possible in a sport where riders fight in a survival of the fittest? According to Intermarché - Wanty's Arne Marit, this Vuelta did indeed go too far. “Th...

Primoz Roglic took his fourth overall victory in the Vuelta a Espana in 2024. With this latest triumph in Spain, the Slovenian has tied the record for the cyclist with the most Red Jersey wins in the history of the race alongside Roberto Heras.Speaking to AS colleagues, Vuelta a Espana race director...

On September the 15th, the men's road race at the 2024 European Championship is on the programme for many of the biggest names in the peloton. France have now confirmed their lineup, headlined again by the 2023 European Championship winner, Christophe Laporte. Last year, with just over 12km to go, L...

For the fourth time in his career, Primoz Roglic took home the Red Jersey as winner of the Vuelta a Espana last weekend. In doing so, Roglic completed a year of Slovenian dominance in the Grand Tours. Earlier in 2024, Tadej Pogacar completed destroyed the field at the Giro d'Italia, winning a total...

Mattias Skjelmose rode for general classification for the first time in his career at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana and it's fair to say the Lidl-Trek talent was successful, taking home a top 5 placing and the White Jersey for Best Young Rider. Could things have been even better for the 23-year-old Dane...

In recent years, Slovenia have emerged as one of the powerhouses in world cycling. As of yet however, a road race Rainbow Jersey has remained elusive. According to latest reports, in 2025, Slovenian cycling is set to pull out all the stops to win the World Championship road race in Zurich. According...

Before the end of this year, Primoz Roglic will be turning 35. Already one of the oldest ever Grand Tour winners, is time running out for the Slovenian to realise his dream and capture the Maillot Jaune at the Tour de France?"Primoz is still a very ambitious cyclist and, in terms of his age, he star...

After three weeks of full-gas racing at the Vuelta a Espana, all riders are looking forward to get some rest. But not Luis Ángel Maté who temporarily wore the polka dot jersey at the beginning of the race. As if riding the Grand Tour wasn't enough on its own, the Spanish veteran is "celebrating" his...

First rumoured a few weeks ago, talk of Jonas Vingegaard heading to the Giro d'Italia in 2025 has been gaining momentum in recent days, to the point that it seems that it will be a reality. If that happens, it will the Dane's first time ever competing in the fight for the Maglia Rosa. The Team Visma...

Mark Cavendish successfully completed 'Project 35' at the 2024 Tour de France, breaking Eddy Merckx's long-held Tour de France stage win record and seemingly ending his professional career on the ultimate high. As it turns out though, 'The Manx Missile' might not yet be fully done. A special guest a...

For a record equalling 4th time, Primoz Roglic took home the Red Jersey from the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday evening in Madrid, ensuring Grand Tour success in his debut season with Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. "He's a strange character, isn't he? He's been through a lot, but he's a great rider. I saw...

Sepp Kuss' attempt to win back to back Red Jerseys at the Vuelta a Espana didn't go exactly to plan. A notable level below the main GC challengers, the American slumped to a 14th placed finish overall.“He didn’t quite have the level we had hoped for," Team Visma | Lease a Bike sports director Grisch...

It has been a long week for Wout van Aert. Starting the Vuelta a España on Tuesday he was in the lead of the points and KOM classifications; and was in the breakaway seeking to seal them. What followed was a string of days spent in the hospital, which the Belgian only left this Sunday afternoon. Tue...

Talk of Remco Evenepoel being imminently set to depart Soudal - Quick-Step are nothing new. According to the rumour mill, over the last few years the Belgian has been on the verge of signing for the INEOS Grenadiers and Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Now though, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe are reportedl...

Robert Gesink's career came to a wrap at the Vuelta a Espana. Veteran of eighteen seasons in the professional peloton served as a leader for general classifications as well as one-day races for a large part of his career. And even in the later chapters of his cycling story, he was irreplacable for V...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale entered the Vuelta a Espana with all their best climbers, however the goal was not really clear... Perhaps a GC top-5 and some stage win. Nobody could have foreseen that Ben O'Connor nearly accidentally won the Spanish Grand Tour.The Australian climber is no stranger with...

Sven Vanthourenhout won't continue as Belgium's national coach after the World Championships in Zurich. A decision that was made after mutual consultation, Belgian Cycling announced. Will Vanthourenhout join UAE Team Emirates, as rumours suggest? According to HLN, he does not yet have an alternative...

Lotto Dstny had a great start to the Vuelta a Espana with leader Lennert Van Eetvelt nearly taking a stage victory atop Pico de Villuercas. However that was pretty much the last we've seen from the Belgian PRT team as Van Eetvelt alongside Andreas Kron abandon the race early and the rest of the team...

Primoz Roglic did it. He equalled Roberto Heras for a fourth Vuelta a Espana title. As has become the Slovenian's sad custom, it was once again possible only after a failed Tour de France attempt. Roglic's coach Marc Lamberts admits he didn't even really think it was possible for Roglic to win the r...

For Team Jayco AlUla, there was no questioning who the star of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was. With two stage wins and an 11th placed finish overall, Eddie Dunbar made a big impact at the Spanish Grand Tour. “I’m still feeling really good, I said jokingly that it’s a shame that the race isn’t a week l...

No matter what happens elsewhere in the cycling world, talk of Remco Evenepoel's future and the rumours of an imminent move away from Soudal - Quick-Step continue to create headlines. The latest speculation, puts Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe in pole position for the double Olympic champion. After fin...

Mattias Skjelmose was one of the breakthrough stars of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. Attempting to ride for the general classification at a Grand Tour for the first time, the Lidl-Trek rider took home the White Jersey of Best Young Rider and finished 5th overall in an impressive display. One of those im...

After brilliantly defending his gold in the Olympic Games mountain bike in Paris earlier this summer, Tom Pidcock returned to home roads last week at the 2024 Tour of Britain. Sadly for the INEOS Grenadiers star, he crashed out on the final stage. With more information now revealed on Pidcock's cond...

After shocking the world at the 2023 Vuelta a Espana and usurping superstar teammates Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic to win the Red Jersey himself, Sepp Kuss was given unchallenged leadership of Team Visma | Lease a Bike at the 2024 edition of the Spanish Grand Tour. Sadly however, things didn't...

For Stephen Williams, 2024 has been the most successful year of his career to date. Having started with the overall victory at the Tour Down Under in January, Williams then took Classics success at La Fleche Wallonne in the Spring and most recently, bagged two stages and the GC of the Tour of Britai...

In 2024, all of cycling's three Grand Tours went home with Slovenian winners. Both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France were won by Tadej Pogacar, before just last weekend, Primoz sealed the victory at the Vuelta a Espana. Between the superstar duo, a total of nine Grand Tours have now been won...

After Tadej Pogacar's Giro d'Italia and Tour de France triumphs earlier in 2024, UAE Team Emirates were looking to match the feat of Visma in 2023 with a Grand Tour hat-trick at the Vuelta a Espana. Whilst that ultimately didn't transpire, the team remains happy with their efforts in Spain.“All thin...

After starring at the Tour de France earlier this summer in a stage hunting and King of the Mountains role, Richard Carapaz was back competing in a general classification capacity at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. Despite a bright and strong performance, the final podium eluded the Ecuadorian as he finis...

Despite emerging from the 2024 Tour of Britain as one of the big sprint stars for the future, Paul Magnier's performance, with 3 wins during the race, has been overshadowed after it was confirmed that the 20-year-old cyclist has suffered a "severe concussion" in a crash on the final stage.On the fin...

One of the big general classification hopefuls of French cycling, David Gaudu has struggled to set the world alight in 2024. After a somewhat disappointing campaign however, the Frenchman was much improved at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, finishing 6th overall. "If I had been told that I would finish si...

On the 14th of September some of the best female riders in the peloton will tackle the European Championships road race in Heusden-Zolder. It will be a course fit for the sprinters and classics riders, with a prestigious jersey to award at the end of the day. We take a look at the race's profile. Th...

The week following the Vuelta a España will be one of the most important for the classics riders, sprinters and time-trial specialists. Both men and women will be in Belgium to tackle the European Championships where there will be plenty jerseys to hand out. We tell you when all the events will take...

On the 11th of September we have got the time-trial event at the European Championships, in Heusden-Zolder (Belgium). It is one of the most important of the season and we will have some of the biggest specialists in the discipline competing for the European stripes. We take a look at the profile of...

On the 11th of September we have got the time-trial event at the European Championships. It is one of the most important of the season and we will have some of the biggest specialists in the discipline competing for the European stripes. We take a look at the startlist. The startlist includes: Mieke...

Alberto Contador made a final analysis of what the Vuelta a España 2024 has given. The Spanish legend talked about the spice that Ben O'Connor's exhibition in Yunquera has given to the race, recalled his last moments as a professional cyclist in the streets of Madrid, left a tip for Primoz Roglic an...

The 2024 edition of the Vuelta a Espana concluded yesterday, marking the end of this year’s Grand Tour season. In a thrilling conclusion, Primoz Roglic claimed his fourth Vuelta title, cementing Slovenia's dominance in the Grand Tours this year after Tadej Pogačar's victories in both the Giro d’Ital...

An era comes to an end as Julian Alaphilippe will, for the first time in his career, race for other team than Soudal - Quick-Step from next season. "It feels a bit strange here because it is one of my last races for the team. But that is exactly why I am very motivated and focused for all the races...

Primoz Roglic was brought into Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe at the turn of the year for one reason: to win Grand Tours for a team not at all used to doing so. Although his main aim of Tour de France glory might not have gone to plan, at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, Roglic repaid the faith shown in his t...

INEOS Grenadiers have huge funds but over the past years have lost their dominant position in cycling and are now very far from it. They are trying to get back to signing the brightest Grand Tour talents but without an under-23 team this remains very hard and it is reported that they will not sign P...

Tom Pidcock has over the past few months been under a microscope when it comes to his possible departure from INEOS Grenadiers. At the ongoing Tour of Britain, he was asked about this topic, but gave an expectedly cryptic answer - one however where he admits that there are problems. "As in so many s...

Just week after the Road World Championships in Zurich, Gravel Worlds will arrive, inviting riders to once again venture to Belgium. While Mathieu van der Poel will be in Switzerland to defend his rainbow jersey, he's start on gravel is up in the air, the new Dutch gravel coach Laurens Ten Dam revea...

For almost two decades, Roberto Heras' Vuelta a Espana victories record stood strong. However 2024 is a year when all records fall, and Heras won't spared. Primoz Roglic was only one title away from equaling Heras since his third triumph in 2021, but a crash in 2022 and team tactics in 2023 stood be...

For Kaden Groves, it's already a second Green jersey from Vuelta a Espana in his collection. Yet the disparity between his two triumphs couldn't be more obvious. While last year the Alpecin-Deceuninck sprinter was unrivaled for the Points Classificaiton, this time the victory quite literally fell in...

Jay Vine was already on the way to become the King of Mountains at the Vuelta a Espana 2022, however a disaster struck with just three stages to go and Vine was forced to abandon the race after a crash. This year, his performances weren't as spectacular as two years back, yet that makes road that le...

Mattias Skjelmose wrapped an excellent Vuelta a Espana with an 8th place in the final time trial. The Lidl-Trek rider lost some ground in the standings at the end of the first racing block, but since then he made no little to no mistakes, gradually moving up the standings to ultimately enter the top...

It has not been an easy Vuelta a Espana 2024 for home crowd favourite Mikel Landa. The Basque rider arrived after a spectacular Tour de France and a lot was expected. He was in the fight for the podium or, at least, very well placed to finish in the top five for the majority of the race too. However...

There's something about the Vuelta a Espana that really brings the best out in Primoz Roglic. In 2024, this was again the case as the Slovenian bounced back from crashing out of the Tour de France to sweep up the Red Jersey at La Vuelta for the record-equalling 4th time in his career. “It’s nice [to...

Throughout the Vuelta a España, the race jury attributes fines to some of the riders and sporting directors. Ultimately the fines can come in the form of money, time penalties or even UCI points, depending on the rule breaking. Here we present what has happened during the race. João Almeida (UAE Tea...

Throughout the 2024 Vuelta a España there will be many riders to withdraw from the race, for several different reasons. We make a list of all riders who leave the Spanish Grand Tour as well as list out a few of the main crashes and health issues that take place during the race. Nothing to note. Dyla...

For some, after 13 days in the Red Jersey, finishing second would be something of a disappointment. For Ben O'Connor however, 2nd place is a career-affirming result that means a great deal to the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team leader. After finishing 4th at the Giro d'Italia earlier this year, and...

Enric Mas has arguably had the best legs of his life in the 2024 Vuelta a Espana and has been rewarded with a well-deserved podium after a couple of difficult years. However, the taste is bittersweet. As he mentioned post-stage 21, he came to win and in the end, he had to settle for third.The Movist...

After years of close calls and near misses, Stefan Kung has finally secured himself a Grand Tour stage win, ending the 2024 Vuelta a Espana in perfect fashion with a dominant performance against the clock on stage 21 in Madrid. "I had to win here," admitted the former European time trial champion in...

New year, new team, same Primoz Roglic! The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader has secured a record-equalling 4th Red Jersey win with a sensational GC success at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. There was no procession in Madrid on the final stage however, as instead, the race organisers this time set up a...

For the fourth time in his illustrious career, Primoz Roglic has taken overall victory at the Vuelta a Espana. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader couldn't cap it with another stage win however as Stefan Kung powered to victory on stage 21 in Madrid. First man down the start ramp was Team DSM-Fir...

Stage 21 of the Vuelta a España is the final day of the Spanish Grand Tour. Primoz Roglic is set to win the overall classification; we should see a few battles in the spots behind however and we will also have the fight for the stage win which should include plenty other riders. Follow our Live Blog...

An award more than deserved! Marc Soler will not leave the 2024 Vuelta a Espana empty handed after having been rewarded with the Super-combativity prize for the Spanish Grand Tour. It's no wonder either. The UAE Team Emirates Spaniard has been a protagonist in practically every important breakaway i...

After the Tour Down Under and La Fleche Wallone, Stephen Williams has added another big win in 2024, at his home race no less, taking the general classification of the 2024 Tour of Britain. “It doesn’t get much better than winning your home race. My name will always have this race underneath it," re...

The 2024 Vuelta a Espana comes to an end this Sunday, September 8 and there will be no sign of the usual procession, with a stage 21 individual time trial in Madrid being the finale.Primoz Roglic is set to celebrate his fourth title after winning in 2019, 2020 and 2021, leading by2 minutes from seco...

The Vuelta a España will come to a close this Sunday in Madrid. The riders will tackle the final time trial in Madrid; the overall classification has a known winner unless something shocking happens but the stage is open for many riders. The race ends in Madrid again this year but not with a stage s...

The Vuelta a Espana starts on the 17th of August and finishes on the 8th of September. It is the final Grand Tour of the season and, like every year, it will feature a luxurious startlist packed with climbers, sprinters and classics riders looking for their final opportunity to win big in a Grand To...

A stalwart of the Team Visma | Lease a Bike setup in its various guises over the years, Robert Gesink's Grand Tour career is set to come to an end this Sunday afternoon, marking the conclusion of a near-20-year career amongst the cycling elite. "It's great to finish at this high level and not to con...

The 2024 BEMER Cyclassics brought an all-star list of the biggest names in sprinting to the start line in Hamburg. In the end, it was Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Olav Kooij who proved the quickest of the lot, powering to victory in the final sprint for the line.“I didn’t know how I would feel today...

Olav Kooij has taken the win at the 27th BEMER Cyclassics in Hamburg this Sunday afternoon, fighting off competition for an all-star sprint field in the process.Five riders got themselves up the road and into the breakaway. Michael Morkov (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarché - Wa...

Israel - Premier Tech's 'Welsh Wizard' Stephen Williams has capped off a brilliant season for himself with overall victory at the 2024 Tour of Britain. On the final stage in Felixstowe however, it was Matevz Govekar who powered to the victory.With the peloton all over the place heading into the fina...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale have had a tremendous season and are seeing some of their young riders develop very well into climbers. They have in their junior team Paul Seixas, one of the biggest prospects in the current youth ranks, but they might not be able to keep him as the World Tour teams are h...

Chris Froome had hoped to race the Tour de France this year but was not selected. Ever since, he has just been filling in the calendar where the team asks him to; but hopes to return still next year. At the end of the Vuelta a España, he talked with the Spanish media, recalling some of his most memo...

As the 2024 Vuelta a España reaches its climax, the final stage promises to be anything but a procession. Unlike the traditional parade into Madrid, this year’s race will be decided by a 24.6km individual time trial. With the podium positions still in the balance, this stage could deliver a dramatic...

Florian Lipowitz is one of the biggest breakthroughs of this season. Out of nowhere, he rode to third at the Tour de Romandie winning the queen stage and was set to make an impression at the Giro d'Italia before he was forced to abandon in the first week. At this Vuelta a España, he confirmed his fu...

Brandon McNulty has shown himself at a very high level this year against the clock and will be a favourite to win the final time-trial of the Vuelta a España but also the World Championships. This afternoon, he has the chance to finish the Spanish race the same way he started it. The UAE Team Emirat...

Primoz Roglic is just one day away from a potential 4th career Vuelta a Espana win. On stage 20, the Slovenian had more than just his Red Jersey rivals to worry about though as illness struck in the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe camp. In total, three members of Roglic's support squad abandoned on stag...

Enric Mas tried on the slopes Picón Blanco on stage 20 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, but could neither win the stage nor take second place from Ben O'Connor. After the race, resigned, he regretted the final result:"It's what it is, we can't ask for more. The whole stage went very fast, it's true that...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe were uncharacteristically weak on stage 20 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. Having done all the hard on the prior stage to get Primoz Roglic back into the Red Jersey, a trio of abandons then threatened to undo all that hard work. With the INEOS Grenadiers setting a fierce pac...

After another gritty and determined performance on the final climb of stage 20 at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, Ben O'Connor retains his 2nd overall heading into the final stage individual time trial in Madrid. “I’m proud,” a smiling O’Connor reflected in his post-stage interview afterwards with Eurospo...

On the 8th of September, the same day the Vuelta a España finishes; the peloton in Germany will tackle the BEMER Cyclassics. The one-day race provides an opportunity for the sprinters and classics specialists in an explosive race. We preview the race ahead. The route is 198 kilometers long, with the...

Stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana 2024, in addition to confirming Primoz Roglic's victory in the general classification, saw Jay Vine snatch the King of Mountains jersey from teammate Marc Soler.The UAE Team Emirates rider overtook his Spanish colleague, who was leading a classification ahead of the s...

Sir Bradley Wiggins came to watch the Tour of Britain stage 5 on Saturday to cheer on his son Ben. The relatively easy stage turned out harder than necessary for the 19-year-old who was among the last riders to cross the line, 8 minutes behind stage winner, after having crashed earlier on the day. "...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike was unable to get involved in the battle for the stage win in the final regular stage of the Vuelta a España. Sepp Kuss crossed the line in 25th place which puts him into 13th in the overall standings ahead of the final time trial."We had the plan to go for the stage win,"...

One of the riders who had the hardest time in the queen stage of the Vuelta a Espana 2024 was David Gaudu. At least, so says the Groupama - FDJ rider, because what was seen was a great level of the Frenchman to maintain 5th position in the general classification before the final time trial in Madrid...

The Netherlands have confirmed its selection for the Zurich 2024 World Championships. The goal is clear - to defend the rainbow jersey of Mathieu van der Poel. Many strong Dutch climbers and classics riders will assist the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider in his quest, but not Wout Poels. Despite the climbi...

Quite a common sight throughout this Vuelta a Espana, we have seen Mattias Skjelmose hanging onto the group of favourites by a thread when what was left of the peloton hit the early slopes of Picón Blanco. And while the 23-year-old Dane didn't pull off another pacing masterclass to finish third like...

Pavel Sivakov can be proud about finishing the Vuelta a Espana in the top-10 of the GC, repeating his feat from Giro d'Italia 2019. However experienced climber representing France won't settle for just a "minor GC placing" anymore as he wanted to add a stage victory to his palmares. His attack in th...

The 2024 Vuelta a Espana is not going to end as Mikel Landa would've hoped, far from it. After the Soudal - Quick-Step (T-Rex Quick-Step for this edition of the Spanish Grand Tour) disaster on stage 18, the Basque was left out of the overall, and tried to go for the win on the Picón Blanco queen sta...

From the 3rd to the 8th of September Great Britain's biggest event, the Tour of Britain, will be on the road. We preview stage 6.The race ends in Felixstowe with another flat stage. The sprinters will be getting the final opportunity of the race here with little doubt, concluding another edition of...

Richard Carapaz is sitting fourth overall at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, 49 seconds off the podium with just one stage to go. The Ecuadorian was expected to try a long attack in Picón Blanco, but did not have the strength to do so.Upon arriving at the finish line, he admitted to feeling proud of the s...

On the 8th of September, the same day the Vuelta a España finishes; the peloton in Germany will tackle the BEMER Cyclassics. The one-day race provides an opportunity for the sprinters and classics specialists in an explosive race. We take a look at the startlist. The final startlist includes: Jonath...

Stage 20 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was the last mountain stage and a big chance for movement up the general classification. In the end though, the fight for the podium looks even tighter than before. Enric Mas almost overtook Ben O'Connor in the fight for second overall behind Primoz Roglic. The S...

After a rough twelve months filled with crashes and disappointment, Eddie Dunbar has soared at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. In one of his best ever displays, the Irishman attacked from the Red Jersey group on the final climb of stage 20, soloing to a stunning, second stage win of the Spanish Grand Tour...

The penultimate stage of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was a thriller. In the end, Eddie Dunbar took it, his second stage win of this Grand Tour whilst the likes of Enric Mas, Primoz Roglic, Richard Carapaz and Ben O'Connor largely cancelled each other out. With much still to be decided before the Grand...

Stage 20 of the Vuelta a España is the single hardest day of the race. Primoz Roglic has just jumped into the red jersey with a great performance on Moncalvillo but he tackles a very big challenge before getting to Madrid. Follow our Live Blog below!

Primoz Roglic might be back in the Red Jersey for stage 20 at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana but it's far from plain sailing for the Slovenian on the penultimate stage of this Grand Tour. With the INEOS Grenadiers setting a fierce pace on the front of the peloton on third categorised climb of the day, Pri...

Paul Magnier has been the dominant sprint force at the 2024 Tour of Britain. On this Saturday afternoon's stage 5, the prodigiously talented French youngster again impressed, taking his 3rd stage win of the race so far. “I enjoyed it a lot!" reflected the 20-year-old with delight in his post-stage i...

Soudal - Quick-Step's Paul Magnier continues to prove himself the quickest sprinter in the 2024Tour of Britain peloton, taking his third stage win of the race on stage 5.In somewhat miserable conditions, three riders got themselves up the road and into the days breakaway. Those on the attack were Co...

For the first time in two weeks, Ben O'Connor will not be in the Red Jersey of race leader on stage 20 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana. After a brave fight since taking red on stage 6, the Australian was finally usurped by Primoz Roglic on the final climb of stage 19. “From our side the team did a great...

On the 8th of September, the same day the Vuelta a España finishes; the peloton in Germany will tackle the BEMER Cyclassics. The one-day race provides an opportunity for the sprinters and classics specialists in an explosive race. In this article you can find a wrap-up of all the information needed...

"I am a former breakaway king," Thomas de Gendt said in his final days as a pro rider in a Grand Tour. The Lotto Dstny rider is hanging up the wheels at the end of the season happy with his career, and admires how much the level has grown over the past decade - which has effectively left him in a po...

Primoz Roglic had a difficult ending to his Tour de France, crashing out of the race once again but managing to return to competition at the Vuelta a España. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe rider is two stages away from winning the race for a fourth time and there were plenty complements regarding h...

On the 8th of September, the same day the Vuelta a España finishes; the peloton in Germany will tackle the BEMER Cyclassics. The one-day race provides an opportunity for the sprinters and classics specialists in an explosive race. This is where and when to watch the race.  Estimated time of departur...

On the 8th of September, the same day the Vuelta a España finishes; the peloton in Germany will tackle the BEMER Cyclassics. The one-day race provides an opportunity for the sprinters and classics specialists in an explosive race. We take a look at the prize money available. The prize money in total...

Alberto Contador has analyzed and given his opinion on what can happen in the penultimate stage of the Vuelta a España 2024. The three-time winner of the Spanish race speaks of a beastly day that has numerous climbs and where strategy will be key. He has no doubt that many things can happen, althoug...

Patrick Levefere, the boss of Soudal Quick-Step, has spoken about what happened in the Vuelta a España with his team on the climb to Puerto Herrera in which Mikel Landa was dropped and Mattia Cattaneo was pulled back from the breakaway in a very controversial decision. In his column in Het Nieuwsbla...

The World Championships will be on the programme for many of the peloton's biggest names on the 29th of September in Zurich. One of those who won't be present however, will be Danish superstar, Jonas Vingegaard. In the absence of the two-time Tour de France winner, the Danes have opted for a team bu...

The 2024 Vuelta a España has undoubtedly been one of the most intriguing and unpredictable Grand Tours in recent memory. In a race often dominated by pre-race favourites, this year has brought a refreshing change of pace, challenging the conventional wisdom of what makes a race truly exciting. The a...

The 2024 Vuelta a Espana seems to be a foregone conclusion, as far as the general classification victory goes after stage 19. Barring disaster, Primoz Roglic will add in Madrid on Sunday his fourth title after those achieved in 2019, 2020 and 2021, thanks in part to his dominant performance on the f...

Slowly but surely chipping away at Ben O'Connor's advantage since stage 6, Primoz Roglic has finally moved back into the overall lead at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana thanks to a scintillating solo stage 19 success atop Alto de Moncalvillo.With Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe controlling the front of the bun...

It feels as if it has been coming for a while now, but Primoz Roglic is back into the overall lead at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana after sensational performance on the final climb of stage 19 saw the Slovenian distance all of his Red Jersey rivals, including Ben O'Connor. With Red Bull - BORA - hansgroh...

Primoz Roglic has taken control of the overall classification of the Vuelta a España. He has finally taken on the red jersey but has a colossal mountain day ahead where the victory is anything but assured. We preview stage 20. The queen stage is the final one in the mountains. Vuelta organizers went...

Before the start of the fourth stage in the Tour of Britain, Ben Wiggins junior came with positive news about his father - Sir Bradley Wiggins. The former Olympic champion and Tour de France winner was recently declared bankrupt and struggled with mental problems."He's doing well. Certainly a lot be...

Luke Rowe connected his whole professional career with the lone British WorldTour team that managed to win 11 Grand Tours between 2011 and 2021. Having spent thirteen seasons in the team that is currently known as INEOS Grenadiers, Rowe has witnessed the ups and downs of his team from a first-row se...

Lotte Kopecky competes in her last race, wearing the rainbow jersey at the Tour de Romandie Féminin. She will soon face a tough course in Zurich where it won't be easy to defend the stripes, although the Belgian all-rounder doesn't give up her hopes."Last month it really hit me that this will be my...

Marc Soler is riding a superb Vuelta a Espana with a stage victory to his name and polka dot jersey on top ahead of the last stage. His UAE Team Emirates bosses are logically pleased with the Spaniards performances. In particular the DS Joxean Matxin."Marc’s versatility is world class. We tell him t...

Ethan Vernon is back from a two-month break and his legs are as fast as ever. The wait for the second victory of 2024 (last triumph was at the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes in February) still continues, but the 24-year-old mustn't be ashamed of two runner-up results at his home Tour of Britain.Today, the...

Eddie Dunbar can already be happy with his Vuelta a Espana thanks to the stage victory on stage 11, but now that he's clearly found a very good shape in the last week of the race, he'd also like to attack a top-10 placing in the GC.On the nineteenth stage, the Irishman from Jayco AlUla put up a brav...

Sepp Kuss had far from ideal year and thus Vuelta a Espana title defense was never really the topic for the American. Despite losing a lot of time throughout the race, the Visma | Lease a Bike rider seems to have finally found good legs in the third week and he'll try to save what's possible on the...

With just two stages to go at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, the fight for the polka-dot jersey and the title of King of the Mountains looks set for a two-horse race between UAE Team Emirates duo Marc Soler and Jay Vine. “We rode easy. In the end, we wanted to put a man in the breakaway just in case ther...

On stage 19 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, Primoz Roglic was a clear cut above the rest of the Red Jersey challengers, soloing to a sensational summit victory atop the Alto de Moncalvillo. Somewhat surprisingly, leading the chase behind was Groupama - FDJ's David Gaudu. Gaudu has been quietly impressi...

Primoz Roglic launched what seems like a fatal blow for the Red Jersey fight at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana on stage 19. The fight for the podium behind however, now looks incredibly tight with an exciting finale to the Spanish Grand Tour expected.Looking ahead to Saturday's queen stage, the focus will...

Primoz Roglic and Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe finally executed a flawless tactical masterclass on Stage 19’s brutal ascent of Alto del Moncalvillo. After a series of strategic missteps earlier in La Vuelta a Espana 2024, namely the surprising five-minute loss to Ben O’Connor on Stage 5, the team deliver...

Whilst the Red Jersey at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana might be over after stage 19, where Primoz Roglic soloed to the stage win atop Alto de Moncalvillo, the fight for the White Jersey and the title of Best Young Rider is starting to really heat up. Following his third placed finish on the final climb o...

Primoz Roglic has seemingly all but officially confirmed the 2024 Vuelta a Espana after winning on stage 19's summit finish, gapping all his general classification rivals in the process. Movistar Team's Enric Mas arrived at the finish completely empty. He attacked, was brave and for a while had thre...

Stage 19 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was the first of the last two mountain stage of the race. After nearly two weeks, Ben O'Connor's time in the Red Jersey was finally brought to an end as Primoz Roglic soloed away to the stage win and a massive time gap.With the arrival at the decisive final climb...

Stage 19 of the Vuelta a España will be another important day for the overall classification. The Brutal race sees another steep summit finish at the Alto de Moncalvillo where the overall classification can be turned on it's head once again. Follow our Live Blog below! 

After a brave battle over the last two weeks, Ben O'Connor has finally lost the Red Jersey at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana as Primoz Roglic soloed to a stunning stage 19 win atop the brutal Alto de Moncalvillo, cracking the Australian in the process.Five riders fought their way into the breakaway early...

From the 3rd to the 8th of September Great Britain's biggest event, the Tour of Britain, will be on the road. We preview stage 5.The fifth day of racing is also one for the sprinters, starting and finishing in Northampton where the fastest finishers will have the spotlight in the finale. Prediction...

The 2024 Vuelta a Espana is nearing a conclusion. Having survived nearly three full weeks of racing, the last thing the riders in the peloton need is an avoidable crash. Thankfully, they were just able to avoid disaster on stage 19. Courtesy of fan footage uploaded to X, a loose dog can be seen runn...

Returning to racing for the first time his historic Olympic double, Remco Evenepoel has mostly been working in the service of Soudal - Quick-Step teammates Paul Magnier and Julian Alaphilippe at the 2024 Tour of Britain. On stage 4, he was again successful as Magnier sprinted to the stage win. "I di...

Taking his second stage win at the 2024 Tour of Britain, Paul Magnier was again aided in his quest for victory by a superstar leadout from Soudal - Quick-Step teammates Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe. "I'm super happy again to take the victory," the 20-year-old French sprinter said delighted...

Mathieu van der Poel finally captured the Rainbow Jersey on the road last year in Glasgow. Can he defend his World Championship title in 2024? Well we now know the support team joining Van der Poel in the Dutch orange in Zurich.Playing a supporting role for Van der Poel in his quest for a second str...

Soudal - Quick-Step youngster Paul Magnier has taken a second stage win at the 2024 Tour of Britain on stage 4, with superstar teammates Julian Alaphilippe and Remco Evenepoel again playing a key role in the leadout. Four riders found themselves up the road early on stage 4, but after INEOS Grenadie...

Things seemed to be looking very strong for the Belgians heading into the upcoming European and World Championships. With one nasty crash at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana however, national coach Sven Vanthourenhout's plans have been thrown into disarray. "I cursed really hard," admits Vanthourenhout in c...

On the 8th of September, the same day the Vuelta a España finishes; the peloton in Germany will tackle the BEMER Cyclassics. The one-day race provides an opportunity for the sprinters and classics specialists in an explosive race. We take a look at the profile. The route is 198 kilometers long, with...

Alberto Contador was one more of those who did not understand the tactics of Soudal - Quick-Step during yesterday's stage of the Vuelta a España. The Belgian team had Mikel Landa being dropped in the Puerto Herrera when the GC fight imploded, but apparent communication issues and controversial decis...

The World Championships in Zurich are coming up and several teams are announcing their lineups. The United States of America are now having their riders confirmed for the races and it includes Olympic Champion Kristen Faulkner, Matteo Jorgenson and Brandon McNulty as the most notable figures. On the...

Mikel Landa was the rider who suffered the biggest defeat on stage 18 of the Vuelta a España, but alongside him in the small group was Sepp Kuss. The American was already outside the Top10 but has lost another three minutes in his pursuit for a good GC result. 3:20 minutes lost at the finish line to...

Remco Evenepoel was the big star at the start of the Tour of Britain but in terms of racing, he has been fading throughout the hilly days where he was expected to thrive. It was clear that he did not come with his best form, but the Olympic Champion has been struggling a lot with the cold temperatur...