The Australian BMX team is currently in Belgium, preparing for their starts at the Olympic Games. To their unpleasant surprise, they received an unwanted visitor on Wednesday. In Brussels, thieves smashed the windows of their van and then completely robbed the van. Luckily, no bikes were stolen.Aust...

One of the biggest names in the women's peloton, 32-year-old Italian Elisa Longo Borghini is arguably in the form of her life coming into the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after finally managing to the win the Maglia Rosa at the Giro d'Italia Women ahead of Lotte Kopecky earlier this month. "I'd be happy...

Matteo Trentin has done a lot in his nearly 14 year spell in the World Tour peloton. Before this Friday afternoon however, the experienced Italian had never managed to add a general classification triumph to his palmares. At the 2024 Tour de Wallonie however, that all changed.Entering the final stag...

There is probably no bigger name in the entire cycling world right now, than UAE Team Emirates leader Tadej Pogacar. No one knows the Slovenian better than his partner, Urska Zigart and the Liv AlUla Jayco rider has opened up on Pogacar's personality away from the bike. "For me he is just Tadej," Zi...

After his record breaking 2024 Tour de France campaign came to an end last week, Mark Cavendish hinted that not only his final Tour but perhaps his whole career had come to an end. Has the Astana Qazaqstan Team sprinter already changed his mind though? Speaking to VRT ahead of finishing second behin...

The second stage of the Volta a Portugal was designed by the organization to commemorate the 50th anniversary of April 25, Freedom Day, by taking the peloton along the same route that the Men of April took in 1974, between Santarém and Lisbon.It was under intense heat and a strong northerly wind tha...

Arguably the biggest sporting icon in Eritrea today, Biniam Girmay has been gifted the honour of being flag bearer for his nation in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this evening. Some of other notable sporting names lucky enough to have been given flag bearer honours for their r...

UAE Team Emirates have become the wealthiest team in pro cycling and have over the past few years reinforced themselves with an immense amount of leaders but simultaneously some of the strongest young riders in development. One of them was Finn Fisher-Black, but the Kiwi classics rider will leave at...

On the 27th of July both men and women tackle one of the most important races of the year. The Olympic Games begin and on this Saturday the best time-trialists go head to head in Paris to fight for the Olympic title. The course in Paris is rather simple. Both men and women will race on the exact sam...

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are here, and obviously our main focus will be on the road and track cycling events. Probably the most anticipated will be the men's road race, to be held on August 3, where many of the top names in the peloton will be competing.Although the time trial on July 27 will al...

This Saturday, July 27, the time trial of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place on a route of 32.4 kilometers that will start on the esplanade of the Invalides in the heart of Paris and will end at the Pont Alexandre III after passing through emblematic places of the French capital such as th...

On the 27th of July both men and women tackle one of the most important races of the year. The Olympic Games begin and on this Saturday the best time-trialists go head to head in Paris to fight for the Olympic title. We preview the race ahead. The course in Paris is rather simple. Both men and women...

On the final stage of the 2024 Tour de Wallonie, Samuel Watson took the stage but the drama was between Corbin Strong and Matteo Trentin as the overall race victory went to countback with the pair sharing the same time after five stages. A big, sixteen rider group went clear early on with the likes...

UAE Team Emirates continues to have a stranglehold over the peloton of late. On stage 2 of the 2024 Czech Tour, Marc Hirschi took the win, moving into the Yellow Jersey, with Diego Ulissi making it a UAE one two. After four riders got themselves into the day's breakaway, as the first of two ascents...

This Saturday, June 27, the time trial of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place on a route of 32.4 kilometers that will start on the esplanade of the Invalides in the heart of Paris and will end at the Pont Alexandre III after passing through emblematic places of the French capital such as th...

Primoz Roglic is desperate to claim the Maillot Jaune before he retires, so much so that the Slovenian left the all-conquering Team Visma | Lease a Bike at the end of 2023 in search of Tour de France leadership opportunities. In the end, that came from Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. Things didn't exac...

After years of trying without much luck, Victor Campenaerts finally managed to secure victory on a stage of the Tour de France in 2024, doing so on stage 18 ahead of Matteo Vercher and Michal Kwiatkowski in Barcelonnette.With Campenaerts Tour de France stage win adding to a Giro d'Italia triumph fro...

On August 3rd, the men's peloton will embark on a fight for gold at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the road race. Whilst some have been critical of the setup for the Olympic road race, Netherlands' Dylan van Baarle believes the extra chaos actually adds to the event. "It's getting bigger and bigger...

Luke Plapp, the true underdog for the Olympic Games time-trial? The Australian rider comes in as a contender for the Top10, but out of all the riders who are taking to the start tomorrow in Paris to race against the clock for 32 kilometers solo, Plapp may have been the one to dedicate himself the mo...

Ethan Hayter over the past few years has been having quite a lot of issues getting the results he used to have, seemingly losing the edge as a sprinter. He remained a quality rider in the time-trials and looked set to be an outsider for the medals in the Olympic Games but it has been confirmed this...

Double disk wheel bikes are rare in road cycling nowadays but not unseen. On the track, they are a popular choice in the pursuit of aerodynamical gains but on the road it is impossible to match the smoothness of the surface and the lack of weather conditions. In the 32-kilometer time-trial at the Ol...

Tom Pidcock is the reigning Mountain Bike Olympic champion and in Paris he will try to replicate it. The Briton has this as his main goal for the week, he will also race the road race event in Paris but will not be among the big favourites as is the case here. Off-road, the Briton is also the reigni...

We are currently in the middle of the 2023-2025 UCI Rankings cycle, which will decide the 18 teams that will be attributed a World Tour license from the 2026 season onwards. Whilst UAE Team Emirates largely dominates the rankings, at the bottom the Tour de France has not seen life get any easier for...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe showed off a new name and colours into the Tour de France but the performance was in fact a complete disappointment. The team saw it's two GC leaders abandon the race, but the team has a lot of optimism that Primoz Roglic will still be able to contest for strong results i...

Remco Evenepoel is a rider who does not hold back when it's time to share some unpleasant truths. That makes him, to many, quite popular, and today he has launched a bullet at the Olympic Games organizers."I spent most of Monday in bed, Tuesday I cycled a bit, but that didn't feel great. Just like W...

Wout van Aert will take on the Olympic Games still in rising form. The Belgian has already explored the time-trial route and was surprised with the conditions on the road. Ahead of the race, the Belgian talks about the possibility of riding a time-trial bike with double disk wheel, Remco Evenepoel a...

Joshua Tarling is the reigning European and British time-trial champion and goes into the Olympic Games as a big favourite to take the victory this Saturday in the opening event. Despite this, he believes he is flying under the radar; and has commented on topics such as his rivals and Wout van Aert'...

The UCI points scored during the Tour de France have been added to the rankings and the standings have changed quite a bit. However at the top that is not the case as yellow jersey winner Tadej Pogacar has extended his lead even more and only one rider has more than half the points of the UAE Team E...

One of the great medal hopes for Spain at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be Oier Lazkano. The Movistar Team rider will participate both in the men's time trial, solo, and in the road cycling, alongside Alex Aranburu and Juan Ayuso.The first of them will be the individual time trial, to be held ne...

Team SD Worx-ProTime are having many of their riders racing the Olympic Games over the coming weeks. In the time-trial they do not have major ambitions taking into consideration Marlen Reusser's absence, but both Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky are racing both events. Kopecky revealed she had a Cov...

Tadej Pogacar is the big absence from the Paris Olympic Games. Part of that is because of the Slovenian national team's decision to not take his fiancée Urska Zigart to the races. The decision has blown up in the face of the officials that also lack reigning time-trial champion Primoz Roglic... And...

Cycling's essence comes a lot from how much fans can interact with the riders, on and off the road. Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d'Italia back in May, a very dominant and popular win, made extra special for extra gestures such as the bidon he took from a soigneur on Monte Grappa (stage 20) and immedia...

Luke Lamperti is one of the riders Soudal - Quick-Step signed into the 2024 season, looking to bolster it's squad with young talents. The American sprinter had already proven himself as a quality rider earlier in the year but has won for the first time in the team today on the opening stage of the C...

Jan Tratnik has been a good part of Team Visma | Lease a Bike's plans for the Tour de France and has concluded the three weeks, after doing the same at the Giro d'Italia. Although he did not achieve the same results as Tadej Pogacar, he's done the same calendar and will fill in for the Slovenian nat...

The Olympic Games time-trial event will take place this Saturday with the likes of Remco Evenepoel, Filippo Ganna and Joshua Tarling fighting for the gold medal. Among the quality startlist racing in Paris will be a lot of quality riders but not Colombia's representative. Daniel Martínez has not man...

With the Tour de France wrapped up it is possible to make the math on this season's UCI rankings and the growing trend of UAE Team Emirates' dominance may have reached a peak. After finishing first, fourth and sixth in the Grand Boucle, the team officially has over double the points of the team that...

Colin Stüssi won the first stage of the Volta a Portugal and is the new yellow jersey. The Team Vorarlberg rider responded to an attack by Jonathan Caicedo within the last 5 km and launched an attack of his own, one that nobody was able to follow. António Carvalho was the closest rival, at 27 second...

Matteo Trentin has taken his first victory for Tudor Pro Cycling. After showing great form at the Tour de Wallonie, the Italian classics specialist was the fastest today in the sprint of a hilly day, taking over the race lead as well in stage 4. The fourth day of the race proved to be another diffic...

Soudal - Quick-Step has signed a batch of young riders into this season and has seen it's young sprinter Luke Lamperti take his first win in team colours today at the Czech Tour. The American rider was the fastest in the opening bunch sprint of the race and also takes on the leader's jersey. Stage 1...

Joshua Tarling was long known to be a huge talent, but has had a faster than expected rise within the professional ranks. In 2023 he signed with INEOS Grenadiers and began to race in the World Tour still as an 18-year old. He is still 20 but is going into the Olympic Games as a big favourite to win...

Cycling can be quite an unusual sport at times. Filippo Ganna and Joshua Tarling are teammates at INEOS Grenadiers but big rivals for the upcoming Olympic Games time-trial event. Both are big candidates for the gold medal, alongside Remco Evenepoel. However Ganna's own coach will be in Paris in supp...

The Tour de France has ended but UAE Team Emirates does not stop winning. Only a month after turning 20 years old, Jan Christen has taken yet another win this season with a strong solo attack on the Spanish Prueba Villafranca. The Spanish race marked one of the one-day races post-Tour de France that...

On the 27th of July both men and women tackle one of the most important races of the year. The Olympic Games begin and on this Saturday the best time-trialists go head to head in Paris to fight for the Olympic title. The course in Paris is rather simple. Both men and women will race on the exact sam...

The Olympic Games are about to start and already this Saturday we will have the time-trial events that will dictate a new champion. With Primoz Roglic out of the picture a new rider will take on the special title and amongst the favourites is Remco Evenepoel, fresh off a terrific Tour de France, and...

Guillaume Martin fought at the Tour de France to the best of his abilities, however it wasn't good enough to reach further than 13th place in the GC and without a realistic shot at a stage success. According to the Frenchman, the 'too heavy' LOOK bikes are to blame for his struggling.He reports this...

Annemiek van Vleuten very much enjoyed her time as a regular analyst for the NOS during the Tour de France. There, she even hinted that a start on the Paris Olympics was an option, but for that, the parcours would have to be very different from what we'll see next weekend."I was on the plane back ho...

On his Tour de France debut, Remco Evenepoel was the clear best of the rest behind Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, giving Belgian cycling hope that their long wait for a new winner of the Maillot Jaune might finally be coming to an end in the not too distant future. Former Belgian cycling pro an...

Geraint Thomas was one of the cyclists who combined the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France this year, but now he is relieved that it is finally over. The INEOS Grenadiers rider will skip the Olympics, giving him time for other things after several demanding months, a break he feels he needed."I'm...

Five-time Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins has opened up about being sexually abused by his cycling coach when he entered the sport at the age of 13.Wiggins alleges he was sexually assaulted by the elderly coach, who has since passed away, for three years. Speakin...

The UCI has suspended Polish team manager Dariusz Banaszek until March 2025 for multiple dangerous actions during last year's Tour of Denmark. The coach of the continental HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski performed crazy antics on the time trial course in order to be able to follow one of his riders. Since...

Partly thanks to the successes of his big brother Biniam Girmay, the relatively unknown Mewael Girmay has managed to secure a contract with Wanty-ReUz-Technord, the training team of World Tour formation Intermarché - Wanty. The 19-year-old brother of the new winner of the green jersey started racing...

Tadej Pogacar set new records on 288 Strava segments on his way to a third overall victory at the Tour de France this month.  The Slovenian has dominated the race on the road, but also virtually. New data from exercise-sharing app Strava has shown the extent of Pogačar's dominance, revealing him to...

Euskaltel - Euskadi have become the first team to announce its team of eight who will compete at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana between August 17 and September 8 in the final Grand tour of the season. The Basque team's main assets will be the veterans Jon Aberasturi in the volcades and Luis Ángel Maté, in...

Tadej Pogacar ended his wait for Tour de France glory in 2024, reclaiming the Maillot Jaune in stunning style and becoming the first man since Marco Pantani back in 1998 to complete a Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double in the process. After only one rider managed to stay within ten minutes of the...

Between the 25th and the 28th of July 2024, whilst many sport lovers will be thinking about the Olympic Games in Paris, the Czech Tour ensures there is still some daily UCI action for fans to enjoy. Included on the startlist are a number of big names such as: Marc Hirschi, Juan Sebastian Molano, Die...

There aren't many more experienced figures in the peloton currently than Israel - Premier Tech's 39-year-old Dane, Jakob Fuglsang. After recently completing the 18th Grand Tour of his career at the 2024 Tour de France, Fuglsang had hoped for a final crack at the Olympic Games but that was not to be....

The queen stage of the 2024 Tour de Wallonie brought plenty of drama. In the end, Uno-X Mobility's Markus Hoelgaard secured the victory ahead of Jimmy Janssens.Five riders got themselves into the breakaway of the day early on stage 3. Most notable among the attackers were Movistar Team's Johan Jacob...

After a quiet 2024 Tour de France, Mathieu van der Poel is now turning his attention towards the upcoming Olympic Games and a fight for gold medal in the men's road race. One of the most open races in all of cycling however, the Dutchman is far from guaranteed a medal in Paris this summer. Having co...

Whilst the Olympic Games are perhaps not as big of a deal for road cycling as it is on the track, the fact remains the Olympics only happen every four years, offering riders a limited number of chances during their career. Arguably, Tadej Pogacar might never get a better chance to go for gold than t...

Guillaume Martin had a solid if unspectacular 2024 Tour de France. Finishing as the top ranked French rider in the general classification, Martin was still over 14 minutes off the top-10 in 13th, a total of 43:49 down on Maillot Jaune winner Tadej Pogacar.Post-Tour de France, the Cofidis star lament...

There has simply been no stopping Tadej Pogacar in 2024. Simply a level above the rest, the Slovenian has become the first rider to win the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same year since 1998, won 12 Grand Tour stages and worn leader's jerseys for a record breaking number of days. Given the...

With the Tour de France completed, the Paris Olympic Games are next up on the calendar for a lot of the peloton's biggest names. With a prestigious Olympic gold medal on offer, on July 27th the men will take on the individual time-trial. Included on the startlist are riders such as: Brandon McNulty,...

Mark Cavendish did break the record and seventeen years after his Tour de France debut became the sole record-holder with 35 stage triumphs to his name. However while his predecessor Eddy Merckx was on top of the leaderboard for 50 years, the Manxman may not have to wait for half a century to be det...

During the 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar thrilled fans with his relentlessly attacking riding, winning six stages and taking a third Maillot Jaune of his career ahead of great rival Jonas Vingegaard. After every stage of the Tour de France however, arguably the most controversial figure in cycl...

Neither Tadej Pogacar or Urska Zigart will be representing Slovenia at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. Can the controversial absence of Zigart from the women's team be correlated with Pogacar's last-minute withdrawal though? In Jens Voigt opinion, it sure could. “His girlfriend Urska won the na...

Caleb Ewan took his second victory of this season this Tuesday at Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (1.1). Given the relatively easy parcours of this race, the Jayco AlUla sprinter entered the race as the big favourite and was able to deliver in a sprint against Davide Cimolai and Jenthe Biermans.The Austral...

There's no doubt that the 18-year-old Jarno Widar is already banging on the doors of professional world. The Lotto Dstny development team rider let the world hear about him in the spring when he matched Tadej Pogacar's Strava record on La Redoute. But he didn't stop there as in the recent months, he...

Sixteen years ago, Merijn Zeeman wouldn't have dared to dream of a Tour de France victory, let alone becoming the world's best team. Back when Skil - Shimano debuted at the Tour in 2009, a couple top 10s in sprint stages were the maximum possible. In 2023, Visma | Lease a Bike achieved unthinkable w...

Italian sprinter of Q36.5 Pro Cycling Matteo Moschetti won't make an appearance at the upcoming Czech Tour, after he was hit by a truck during on Tuesday, just before setting off for the 2.1 race. Judging from the severity of his injuries, it wouldn't be surprising if the 27-year-old Moschetti was n...

Portuguese EF Education-EasyPost rider Rui Costa gave an interview some time ago to Relevo where he spoke openly about a pertinent topic. In that interview, he spoke of the calm with which he faced the race whenever he was part of a breakaway and that the nicknames given to him in the peloton didn't...

Tom Gloag will make his comeback at the Czech Tour after almost a year of absence. The 22-year-old British climbing talent will start the Czech 2.1 race on Thursday. Normally, it'd be a race where he'd attempt to finish at the very least on the final podium, however this year, his goals are much mor...

Jonas Abrahamsen can look at the arguably best three weeks of his professional career. Ten days in the climbing jersey, three days in the green points jersey and one second place. Who would've thought that skinny puncheur who joined Uno-X back in 2020 would become one of the most feared attackers on...

Jordi Meeus will continue to sprint in the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe jersey in the coming seasons. The 26-year-old is the last rider to win on the famous Champs Elysées. Exactly one year ago, he celebrated his biggest career victory to date, winning the prestigious final stage of the Tour de Franc...

It's not long until the 2024 Paris Olympic Games get . and one of the first gold medals on offer, will be for the women's individual time-trial on July 27th. A number of the biggest names in the women's peloton will be taking part. Included on the startlist for the race are the likes of: Ellen van D...

Primoz Roglic doesn't seem to catch a break this year as he's been going from injury to illness to injury since the start of this season. After his Critérium du Dauphiné victory, things seemed to be finally heading in the right direction until a double-crash disaster struck in the second week of Tou...

Although Ben Healy wasn't quite able to take a stage win on his Tour de France debut over the last three weeks, the Irishman was consistently one of the instigators of attacks and one of the most exciting riders in the entirety of the peloton. “On a personal level, I’m really, really proud of where...

There were 33 km to go in the 2024 Tour de France and João Almeida was preparing to make his individual effort between Monaco and Nice. On the second category climb of the day, the Portuguese rider had someone very special pulling for him, his father, and at the finish line his mother and girlfriend...

In a frantic finale to the 2024 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Team Jayco AlUla's Caleb Ewan has powered to the sprint victory.With four riders attacking and forming the breakaway of the day, including three Spaniards and a Frenchman. The last survivor of the break turned out to be Carlos Garcia Pierna,...

In a punchy finale to the day, Israel - Premier Tech's Corbin Strong proved strongest to take his first victory of 2024. After the controversial finale of stage 1 which saw a number of riders go the wrong way in the last few kilometres, before Jordi Meeus sprinted to victory, three riders got themse...

Despite on paper at least having a very strong lineup that included the likes of Carlos Rodriguez, Tom Pidcock, Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas, the 2024 Tour de France was ultimately something of a disappointment for the INEOS Grenadiers team. Speaking after the conclusion of the 2024 Tour de France...

On his Tour de France debut, Remco Evenepoel silenced a lot of doubters. After starting strongly, the Belgian took a first stage win in the stage individual time-trial and never really suffered a massive drop-off thereafter, completing the podium behind Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard and winning...

There is no shortage of praise coming in from all corners for Tadej Pogacar after the Slovenian sensationally became the first man since 1998 to complete the Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double. One of those who knows the UAE Team Emirates leader very well, is compatriot Luka Mezgec. In fact, Mezg...

Although it's barely a couple of weeks since Mark Cavendish's legendary Tour de France career climaxed for the final time, with a record breaking 35th stage win in Saint Vulbas on stage 5 of the 2024 edition of the Grand Tour, the Manx Missile's record is already under threat from Tadej Pogacar. Wit...

Groupama - FDJ entered the Tour de France with the sole objective of chasing stage victories. Thus, unlike, past years, riders like David Gaudu and Valentin Madouas had full freedom to do their own thing. However all good intentions fall apart in face of lacking form, which was ultimately the case f...

Profile. On the 3rd of August 2024 the men's road cycling peloton takes on the Olympic Games. It is in Paris that the event will take place and the route fits the likings of many riders and the sport's biggest figures. The race will take place in and around Paris for a whole 273 kilometers. A very l...

Back when Joxean Matxin sent the 20-year-old Tadej Pogacar on a Vuelta debut, few would've predicted that just five years later, the Slovenian would become the first rider to complete the Giro-Tour double since the times of Marco Pantani."Everything went well," Joxean Matxin confides to AS. We had e...

Over €2 million euros were to be distributed throughout all teams present at the Tour de France and now that the race has concluded it is possible to make the math. UAE Team Emirates has taken a large slice of the cake, without surprise, after the majestic performance of Tadej Pogacar throughout the...

Remco Evenepoel has achieved a lot throughout his young career including world titles, monuments and a Vuelta a España title, but certainly the podium he has achieved yesterday at the Tour de France is well among those. The Belgian rider has confirmed his status as a possible future winner of the Gr...

Tadej Pogacar's Tour de France can be characterized with number 5 as we enter the final time trial today. Fifth Tour de France participation, fifth podium, five minutes of lead in GC and five stage victories. The latter doesn't sit well with his opponents, who openly speak about greediness. But iron...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike sports director Merijn Zeeman caused quite the stir a few days ago when he seemed to suggest that Tadej Pogacar's percieved greediness was not going to win the Slovenian any friends in the peloton. Now though, the DS has come to Pogacar's defence amidst talk of doping. "Thi...

After dominant wins at the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France already in 2024, there was some talk that Tadej Pogacar could even aim for another historic double with Olympic Gold and the Rainbow Jersey. According to the Slovenian's agent, Johnny Carrera, who manages the affair of the UAE Team Emir...

For Patrick Lefevere, Soudal - Quick-Step and Remco Evenepoel, the 2024 Tour de France was a very joyful one. The team leader secured a podium on his debut at the French Grand Tour and super-domestique Mikel Landa very impressively took 5th overall himself. "We are a year ahead of schedule," team bo...

Lance Armstrong has been one of those who during the Tour de France has jumped on the bandwagon of the wave of criticism towards Tadej Pogacar for being "greedy". However, the American has finally capitulated to the Slovenian after his latest Tour de France triumphs and has no doubt that he already...

The Slovenian Cycling Federation decided not to call Urska Zigart, the country's road and time trial champion, to the Olympic Games. This happened more than two weeks ago. At the same time her fiancée Tadej Pogacar was, unsurprisingly, among those selected for the men's road race.Yesterday, we learn...

Gazzetta dello Sport has previewed Tadej Pogacar's calendar between now and the end of the season. After winning the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, the Slovenian will take a well-deserved rest and will not participate in the Olympic Games. His main objective between now and the end of the yea...

Remco Evenepoel has made a clear statement at this year's Tour de France. Anyone who still thought the Belgian is not a 'real deal' in terms of being a top GC contender, must have admitted that Soudal - Quick-Step rider has what it takes to possibly even challenge the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Jona...

In the press conference following the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard confirmed that he will not race the Vuelta a España but may race soon in the World Tour (at the Clásica San Sebastián and Tour de Pologne); and that he is considering ending his season early after nine months of focused work on h...

After two years of losing to Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar has seized the control at the Tour de France in 2024 and added a third Grand Boucle title to his extraordinary list of achievements. That itself would've been a great feat, but the Slovenian won the Giro d'Italia earlier this season and ad...

In his first ever Tour de France appearance, Derek Gee certainly didn't disappoint with a top 10 in the general classification. Over the course of three weeks, the 26-year-old was super consistent and even managed to slip into a breakaway on the gravel stage to take a podium result on the day. After...

The 2024 Tour de France will be brought to an end in somewhat unfamiliar circumstances this afternoon, with an individual time-trial ending in Nice. Time-trial world champion Remco Evenepoel will have high hopes for a second stage win this Grand Tour as he confirms a podium finish on Tour de France...

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL saw only five of their rider reach the finish line in Nice, but that doesn't take away from their achievement on the very first day of the Grande Boucle.It took Romain Bardet ten Tour de France participations, but on the opening day from Firenze to Rimini, everything fell i...

Primoz Roglic mustn't have a good relationship with the Grande Boucle. Ever since his second place in 2020, it seems that the ex-ski jumper is cursed with a streak of three unfinished Tours (2021, 2022, 2024). At least for the Slovenian he's been often able to take a 'consolidation prize' in form of...

Tour de France podium, white jersey and a stage. There were all the reasons to celebrate at Soudal - Quick-Step in Nice. Remco Evenepoel did exactly what the team hoped he could do, losing only to the two winners of last five Tour editions. On top of that, teammate Mikel Landa added a fifth place ov...

In the end, Visma | Lease a Bike didn't manage to pull off a miracle and prevent the phenomenal Tadej Pogacar from winning his third Tour de France this year. Still, despite all the bad luck the Dutch team has been through this year, they still put up a good fight, with Jonas Vingegaard even winning...

Arkéa - B&B Hotels didn't have a good record in their latest Grand tour appearances, however they were able to break the streak of 'no results' at the 2024 Tour de France. That is thanks to Kevin Vauquelin who managed to win the 'San Luca' stage two. For the rest of the race, the French team hasn't...

You could say that Richard Carapaz has seen it all at this year's Tour de France. The Ecuadorian wore the yellow jersey for a day in the first week, then fell through the GC to comeback in the third week with a stage victory, King of the Mountains jersey and a Supercombativity prize on top of it.Car...

As one of the few Visma | Lease a Bike riders who escaped the spring (severely) unharmed, Tiesj Benoot could only watch his teammates fight on their way to recover in time for the Tour de France. And after all the poor luck, the second place of Jonas Vingegaard feels like a small victory for the Dut...

Mathieu van der Poel spent the past three weeks a bit under the radar. Wearing the rainbow didn't grant the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider wings to win a stage himself. Even then, he played a key role in Jasper Philipsen's three triumphs, which was almost enough to defend the Green jersey from last year....

Biniam Girmay was one of the stars of the 2024 Tour de France, winning multiple stages and taking a history making Points Classification triumph to win the Green Jersey in dominant fashion over Jasper Philipsen.As a reward for the Eritrean's immense efforts of late, Girmay has now been rewarded with...

Remco Evenepoel's Tour de France couldn't really have gone much better. Despite many doubting his capabilities over three weeks in such a strong field, the Belgian finished comfortably on the final podium, albeit a little off Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar."Pogacar simply blew away the entire op...

The opening stage of the 2024 Tour de Wallonie and with it the first leader's jersey of the race has gone to Jordi Meeus of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe.With the peloton all together heading into the final 30km. Despite a few riders trying their luck in the finale, a bunch sprint always looked the mo...

Biniam Girmay made history at the 2024 Tour de France, becoming the first black African to ever win a stage of cycling's most iconic race and the first rider from his nation to win the points classification. “What can I say? To be honest I really tried to enjoy it but sometimes, the feeling of emoti...

The Tour de France 2024 has come to an end after finishing the individual time trial in Nice that closed this year's edition of the world's most prestigious race, with Tadej Pogacar as the flamboyant winner of the general classification and six stages, equaling his performance at the recent Giro d'I...

Victor Campenaerts is currently on a cloud nine, and a slightly disappointing 13th place from the final time trial can't change that. After having welcomed his first child earlier this year, the Belgian also grabbed his first Tour de France victory in the eighteenth stage.A top position like in the...

Tadej Pogacar has won the overall classification, six stages and a lot more during the Tour de France. However the UAE Team Emirates rider did not only succeed in the major achievements, but even on some of the smallest. The Slovenian's worst result in the 2024 race was a 44th spot and that was the...

There have been a few riders that have specially showed their aggressive style of racing in the Tour de France. Two in particular, Jonas Abrahamsen and Richard Carapaz, took the fans' hearts with three weeks of non-stop attacking and providing a show in the race, and the Norwegian has officially spe...

The Tour de France has ended this Sunday with a massive spectacle in the city of Nice and with the race finished, all the teams have now understood how many UCI points they have won throughout the three weeks. Without surprise, UAE Team Emirates has surpassed all other teams with a strong collective...

Tadej Pogacar has reached the top of the cycling world once again, beating Jonas Vingegaard to win the Tour de France three years after his last triumph. The Slovenian is without a doubt the rider of the season and the best in the current peloton, having achieved unheard success for this generation....

Enric Mas has finished the Tour de France 2024 with good form, growing throughout the race and finishing among the best on stages 17 and 20 after being in the day's breakaway. Movistar did not reach their goals in this Grand Boucle but the Spaniard is left optimistic after showing a very strong leve...

From the 22nd to 26th of July we have got the race that transitions cycling fans from the Tour de France towards the rest of the season. For five days, the World Tour peloton and more will race the Tour de Wallonie which always delivers spectacular finales. The startlist features riders such as: Lar...

There was a tiny chance Tadej Pogacar would take the final time trial 'easy' and let someone else celebrate on the final podium in Nice... just kidding. The Slovenian doesn't hand out gifts and that didn't change in the last 33 kilometers of this year's Tour de France. Flying through the mountainous...

Remco Evenepoel wasn't going to take the final time trial in Nice and easy, but it didn't mean anything against the dominant Tadej Pogacar and so, just like in the general classsification, the young Belgian has to settle for third place. At least, there's a White jersey to bring home for the Soudal...

The Tour de France came to a wrap with Sunday's time trial in Nice, for many it was a final chance to either go for a stage success, or make up some time in the GC. However the podium was already settled and with Tadej Pogacar absolutely smashing the course, Jonas Vingegaard could already prepare hi...

At the end of the first week of the Tour de France, it was suggested that Alexey Lutsenko might be on his way out of Astana Qazaqstan at the end of this season. His new destination was reported to be the PRT Israel - Premier Tech, which might replace Astana in World Tour in 2026.According to newest...

The nowadays Ineos Grenadiers are still somewhat lagging to get back on the success track left behind by their predecessors, who have won 12 grand tours between 2011 (Chris Froome at the Vuelta) and 2021 (Egan Bernal at the Giro). In the era of Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, it...

The 111th edition of the Tour de France has come to an end and with it João Almeida's debut in the world's biggest cycling race. After several top five finishes at Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana, the Portuguese rider finally added a Grand Boucle top 5 to his collection.The final 33km time trial f...

Unlike previous years, Wout van Aert wasn't able to play decisive role for Visma | Lease a Bike, especially in the mountains. That was no surprise considering his injuries from spring. Thus it also makes sense the Belgian didn't force himself too much in the final time trial where he clocked only 12...

Mathieu van der Poel did not come close to winning another Tour de France stage in 2024, but it doesn't bother the Alpecin-Deceuninck too much, as his big goal for this season will only come in two weeks at the Paris Olympic Games. After the time trial from Monaco to Nice, the world champion told hi...

Carlos Rodriguez finished the Tour de France 2024 1:44 behind Matteo Jorgenson, the race leader at the time the INEOS Grenadiers rider crossed the finish line. In the general classification, he has not moved and remains in seventh place after the final time trial."Well, hard, as expected, I pushed a...

The Tour de France 2024 ended with an individual time trial in Nice in which many of the positions in the general classification were already decided, such as the victory of Tadej Pogacar, who was more than 5 minutes ahead of Jonas Vingegaard.With a historic performance to add his sixth stage win in...

The 2024 Tour de France will come to an end this Sunday with a time-trial from Monaco to Nice. A difficult one, but at this point of the race only the stage victory is to be decided among the top riders. The three riders who will fill the podium (Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel)...

Tadej Pogacar has officially reclaimed the Maillot Jaune and in style too with a scintillating sixth stage win in the final individual time-trial around Nice.All eyes were on Pogacar himself, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, the three big favorites for the win. In the end, the victory went to a...

Whilst Mark Cavendish had long revealed that the 2024 Tour de France would be the final Tour of his legendary career, it seems it may actually be the final race for the record breaking sprinter.When asked if this is the end by ITV post-stage, "Likely so yeah," Cavendish responded thoughtfully, signa...

With just one stage to go on the final Tour de France of his career, Romain Bardet's time is almost up in the professional peloton. Taking a stage win and finally getting to wear the Maillot Jaune, it's been far from a disappointment for the much loved Frenchman. “I think I’m really feeling at peace...

The 2024 Tour de France will come to a close in an unusual fashion on Sunday afternoon. Rather than a traditional and mostly processional ride around Paris, this time there will be a very keenly fought for individual time-trial from Monaco to Nice on the cards. The start times and order of the rider...

Mikel Landa put in another great performance on the 20th and penultimate stage of the 2024 Tour de France, working in the service of teammate Remco Evenepoel as Soudal - Quick-Step attempted to put the pressure on Jonas Vingegaard in the fight for 2nd place. In the end, Tadej Pogacar and Vingegaard...

Tadej Pogacar has been the biggest adversary of Team Visma | Lease a Bike over the last few years. When the Slovenian was breaking through the youth ranks however, he was actually almost a Visma rider according to the team's sports director Merijn Zeeman. "We heard that he was a special talent. Then...

After Sepp Kuss was forced out of the 2024 Tour de France on the eve of the Grand Tour due to Covid, Jonas Vingegaard was left without a key domestique. Although the Dane has been unable to claim a third successive Maillot Jaune, Matteo Jorgenson stepped up in the third week to offer his team leader...

Peter Sagan's cycling career is really over after today. The 34-year-old Slovak recently put an end to his career as a road cyclist, but has now also decided to end his professional career as a mountain biker. He will be in action one last time today.His team Pierre Baguette announced this via socia...

Nils Politt has been an absolute unit in the third week, making even the top climbers suffer trying to follow his pace uphill on some of the hardest mountain passes in Alpes. It's then no surprise the German had been awarded the 'Domestique of the Week' award for his brutal pulls.In previous two wee...

The 2024 Tour de France will come to an end this Sunday with a time-trial from Monaco to Nice. A difficult one, but at this point of the race only the stage victory is to be decided among the top riders. The three riders who will fill the podium (Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel)...

It's been 35 years since last time that Tour de France concluded differently than with a bunch sprint in Paris. Back in 1989, it was a heartbreak for French fans, who saw Laurent Fignon lose the yellow jersey to Greg Lemond in a time trial. But with the Olympic Games set to take place just week afte...

While neither UAE Team Emirates nor Visma | Lease a Bike seemed overly interested in taking the stage 20, for Soudal - Quick-Step it was an opportunity for one last shot at Jonas Vingegaard's second spot overall. The team around Remco Evenepoel took control over the course of action to prepare a hop...

Remco Evenepoel will normally conclude his debut Tour de France on the final podium, most likely in third spot. That's a very nice result for the young Soudal - Quick-Step leader. In past, there had been rumours that Evenepoel could break out of his contract with Patrick Lefevere's team and head els...

Urska Zigart will be racing for the women's counterpart of Patrick Lefevere's Soudal - Quick-Step, the AG Insurance - Soudal from 2025. Patrick Lefevere revealed this in his column in Het Nieuwsblad. The reigning Slovenian champion on the road and the time trial, comes over from Liv AlUla Jayco."Sho...

Josh Tarling could put his name down in the history as the youngest Olympic time trial champion next Saturday when the test against clock will take place. And it's not just wishful thinking that the current European champion could stand on top of the medal ceremony in Paris."I want to win," Tarling...

The 111th Tour de France of Astana Qazaqstan team, regardless of how low profile the team kept through majority of the past three weeks, can be regarded as successful thanks to two things: Mark Cavendish's historical 35th Tour stage victory and arrival of new rich sponsor from 2025 onwards - the Chi...

Officially, cycling transfers may not be announced until August 1, but that doesn't stop rumours from spreading. The latest outfit change could be as spicy as surprising with Julian Alaphilippe reportedly heading to the Pro Continental Q36.5 Pro Cycling.WielerFlits has learned from multiple sources...

The Tour will soon come to a wrap and so it is almost time for the post-Tour criteriums. Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert, just like many other riders, are skipping them all because of the Olympic Games. But for example Mathieu van der Poel will make at least one appearance. Green jersey Biniam Gir...

After the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France, it appears that both Visma | Lease a Bike and Ineos Grenadiers have immediately suspended their arrangement to broadcast radio communications with the race organisers ASO.With just three days left to go of the 2024 race, however, they’ve already cut...

Who would've thought that Biniam Girmay will bring the green jersey to Nice, let alone take a stage, before the Grand Départ in Florence. But the Eritrean stepped up from his shadow these past three weeks, and not only he took three stages, but also won the Points classification ahead of Jasper Phil...

In the 20th and penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2024, where the breakaway and climbers not in contention for the general classification had one last chance for victory, Enric Mas came close but ultimately fell just short in the end.The Movistar Team rider crossed the finish line in 5th posit...

Throughout the Tour de France, 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. Nothing to note. 24 bi...

Throughout the 2024 Tour de France there will be many riders to withdraw from the race, for several different reasons. We make a list of all riders who leave the Grand Boucle, as well as list out a few of the main crashes and health issues that take place during the race. The first day of the race w...

On stage 20 of the 2024 Tour de France, Richard Carapaz showed his great mental strength and determination by finishing third, 23 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar and 16 seconds behind Jonas Vingegaard, having been in the break for 105 kilometres. Whilst his efforts weren't rewarded with a stage win, th...

Remco Evenepoel went on the attack, gambling everything on the final mountain stage of the Tour de France, but was countered by Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar. Despite not winning, Evenepoel secures a third place finish in his first Tour appearance, provided no mishaps occur in the final time tr...

After the emotional disappointment of stage 19 at the 2024 Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard was again put on the back foot on stage 20 by Remco Evenepoel. This time however, the Dane did not buckle, powering away from his Belgian rival, although a stage win wasn't quite on the cards due to a superio...

Tadej Pogacar seemed to hint that his days of attacking at the 2024 Tour de France were over after stage 19. When the situation arose for another victory on stage 20 however, the Slovenian did not pass up the opportunity.Despite UAE Team Emirates content to let the break settle the stage and even ge...

The penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2024 was to offer the last day of high mountains, in which the general classification was already decided at the top, with Tadej Pogacar, barring a major surprise, as the winner.Nevertheless, Pogacar powered to his fifth stage win after Soudal - Quick-Step...

Tadej Pogacar has virtually sealed his victory in the Tour de France. At this point there will be no hope left for rivals to win the Grand Boucle but we still have one interesting final mountain showdown taking place from Nice to the tough Col de la Couillole. As the peloton has arrived at stage 20....

The final mountain stage of the 2024 Tour de France both Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard were front and centre yet again. In the end, Pogacar was the man on top yet again, emulating the late great Gino Bartali with a fifth mountain top victory in the same Tour de France.In the fierce French summe...

Currently closing out his fourth Tour de France appearance, world champion Mathieu van der Poel still has a busy summer ahead of him in the coming months, what with the Olympic Games and a defence of his World Championship crown. Could a Vuelta a Espana debut be added to the calendar also? “I still...

On stage 19 of the 2024 Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard was put into a position he's not often been in over past years, as he was conclusively and decisively distanced by main rival Tadej Pogacar, all but officially ending the Dane's dream of three Tour de France victories in a row. After crossing...

Tadej Pogacar has continued his complete dominance of 2024's Grand Tours at the Tour de France. After winning the Giro d'Italia by nearly ten minutes, the UAE Team Emirates leader is now over five minutes ahead of main rival Jonas Vingegaard with two stages to go in France. On stage 19, the Slovenia...

Tadej Pogacar has virtually sealed his victory in the Tour de France. At this point there will be no hope left for rivals to win the Grand Boucle but we still have one interesting final mountain showdown taking place from Nice to the tough Col de la Couillole. We preview stage 20. Stage 20 will be t...

Tadej Pogacar's fourth Tour de France 2024 stage victory on Friday at Isola 2000 has caused quite a stir in cycling. Lance Armstrong even took a swipe at the upcoming Tour de France winner on his podcast The Move. The American ex-pro believes winning too many stages could come back to bite the Slove...

Our colleagues from Ciclismoaldia were fortunate to hear first-hand before the start of the penultimate stage of the 2024 Tour de France, from the Maillot Jaune himself, Tadej Pogacar.One of the topics mentioned, was the criticism of the Slovenian for his perceived greediness. Recently, some have cr...

With the fight for the Maillot Jaune having realistically reached it's conclusion on stage 19, Jonas Vingegaard is giving his teammates a free role to chase the win on stage 20 of the 2024 Tour de France. Notably, Matteo Jorgenson, who came so close on Friday, could get another chance in the breakaw...

Starting the nineteenth stage of Tour de France with a lead of three minutes over Jonas Vingegaard, it seemed like a one last large attack would come from the Dane as he sent his best mountain domestiques up the road into the breakaway. However at the end of the day, it was the Slovenian who gained...

Despite the fact that Remco Evenepoel was never really in contention for the overall victory at the 2024 Tour de France, his team boss Patrick Lefevere speaks of his rider's performances in superlatives. A stage win and a podium in Nice are apparently more than for Soudal - Quick-Step in Evenepoel's...

Red Bull did not have the grand entrance to the world of professional cycling they had hoped for at the Tour de France. However sports director Rolf Aldag remains confident that the team will bounce back from this mishap and come back even stronger. But for now, the mood in the German team is still...

Bernard Hinault is a five-time winner of the Tour de France, ten-time Grand Tour winner, World Champion and much more... All of this has led him to an absolute legendary status within cycling but the fact that he is French further aided his popularity. The former pro rider believes that if Tadej Pog...

Tadej Pogacar had no mercy with Matteo Jorgenson as he took the stage win on his 'home climb', the Isola 2000. Will his victory counter at this year's Tour de France stop at four, or will he add another either on Col de la Couillole or in Nice?The Slovenian's hunger for victories already awarded him...

Tadej Pogacar is set to reclaim the Maillot Jaune after two successive years being the runner up at the Tour de France. In his latest display of dominance, the UAE Team Emirates leader burned the likes of Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel off his back wheel on the slopes of Isola 2000 to take his...

There will be no third successive Tour de France victory for Jonas Vingegaard, barring a miracle on the final two stages. After another destructive display by Tadej Pogacar on stage 19, Vingegaard is now languishing over five minutes down in the general classification. "I was not on a good day," Vin...

Visma | Lease a Bike saw Matteo Jorgenson's Tour de France stage victory disappear in the final kilometers of Friday's stage to Isola 2000. The young American was clearly the strongest in the breakaways, but he simply didn't have enough advantage over peloton as Tadej Pogacar flew past Jorgenson wit...

After nineteen stages, and with two more to go, the most fierce GC battle will be for the fourth spot between Joao Almeida, Mikel Landa, and theoretically Carlors Rodriguez. However the situation at the bottom ranks of the top 10 could provide a true battle as there are four challengers for spots 8-...

Julian Alaphilippe's main goal for this summer remain the Paris Olympic Games. Before that he debuted at the Giro d'Italia according to pre-season plans. What was beyond the expectation was that Alaphilippe completed a splendid race. In fact, the Frenchman climbed so well that he even his Soudal - Q...

Joining a breakaway in flat transition stages had become sort of a suicide mission in recent years which only the smaller teams were interested in taking on - either for sponsor visibility, or to get a headstart into regularity classifications (such as the re-introduced Intergiro competition at the...

Mathieu van der Poel's big objective, the Olympic Games, is quickly approaching as the 2024 Tour de France is coming to an end. There, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider gradually improved over the three weeks, Dutch national coach Koos Moerenhout notices. According to him, it's a good sign that he could...

Lennard Kämna is leaving the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe team at the end of the year. The German hasn't had the chance to race in the new jersey yet, and he likely won't add too many race days with a Red Bull logo either as he's still on a road of recovery from a serious training accident in April....

With Wilco Kelderman and Matteo Jorgenson in the leading group, Team Visma | Lease a Bike had everything prepared for the anticipated Jonas Vingegaard strike. However that never happened and instead it was the yellow jersey who took the stage away from Vingegaard' American teammate."No, there was no...

It seemed like everything played into Visma | Lease a Bike's hands in Friday's mountain test. With their two best climing domestiques Matteo Jorgenson and Wilco Kelderman up the road, ready to support Jonas Vingegaard's expect long-range attack. Frankly, the Dane didn't feel very well and thus Visma...

Simon Yates finished third in the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France on Friday. The Briton was one of the early escapees who were eventually passed by the lightning fast Tadej Pogacar.But before the Slovenian unleashed his horses, it long seemed like Yates might've a solid shot at the stage win....

After stage 19 of the Tour de France 2024, Mikel Landa has once again managed to combine his super domestique role for Remco Evenepoel with a high general classification standing, sitting 5th overall. Soudal - Quick-Step's Basque rider crossed the line in 8th position atop Isola 2000, taking advanta...

Stage 19 of the Tour de France 2024 was tinged with negativity for the INEOS Grenadiers team, which saw its leader, Carlos Rodriguez, again lose time in the fight to climb positions in the general classification.The Spaniard started the day 6th, with the goal of overtaking Mikel Landa (5th) and João...

Having already managed to get himself into the Maillot Jaune early on at the 2024 Tour de France, Richard Carapaz is into another leaders jersey following stage 19 as the Olympic champion took over from Tadej Pogacar in the King of the Mountains classification. As such, the Ecuadorian will start the...

Whilst Tadej Pogacar again stole the show on stage 19 of the 2024 Tour de France, leaving all rivals in his wake en route to a 4th stage win of the race and 10th Grand Tour victory of the year, a little further down the road, Remco Evenepoel was again proving to be every bit Jonas Vingegaard's equal...

Tadej Pogacar made cycling history with his victory atop Isola 2000 on stage 19 of the 2024 Tour de France. The Slovenian has all but officially sealed his third Maillot Jaune after an incredible performance on the final climb, leaving Jonas Vingegaard 5 minutes behind in the overall standings with...

No man since Marco Pantani in 1998 has managed to back up a Giro d'Italia win with success at the Tour de France but in 2024, Tadej Pogacar has seemingly ended that long wait. After a dominant performance in Italy earlier this year, the Slovenian has arguably been even better in France. Putting the...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike would have known it was a tough task to try and wrestle the Maillot Jaune from a seemingly faultless Tadej Pogacar on stage 19. In the end, Pogacar showed again just how good he is at the moment, breaking the hearts of not only Jonas Vingegaard, but also Matteo Jorgenson in...

Stage 19 of the Tour de France 2024 was extremely important in the fight for the general classification. On the slopes of Isola 2000 however, Tadej Pogacar was again completely dominant, leaving Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel trailing in his wake. It was nothing more and nothing less than Tade...

  The Tour de France is in the Alps and tackles yet another brutal day. Stage 19 of the race is not too long but is perhaps the hardest of the entire race, as the peloton tackles long ascents and extremely high altitude in the Cime de la Bonnette; perhaps the final climb where Jonas Vingegaard has a...

The queen stage of this 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar again proved himself by far the strongest rider in the race, as the UAE Team Emirates all but officially confirms a first Giro/Tour double since 1998 and the third Maillot Jaune win of his career with a 10th Grand Tour stage win of the year....

Tadej Pogacar started the day with over three minutes advantage to Jonas Vingegaard ahead of stage 19 at the 2024 Tour de France. Looking to make the overall win an emphatic certainty, the Maillot Jaune has launched his attack on Isola 2000.With around 9km to go, Adam Yates pulled over and rather th...

The fight for the Maillot Jaune at the 2024 Tour de France could potentially see a final and decisive swing on stage 19 this afternoon with a pair of HC climbs and a summit finish atop Isola 2000 set to give the likes of Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel a significant challenge. Ma...

In just his second season as a full-time professional and his first at Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the 28-year-old former Air Force captain was surprisingly drafted in for the 2024 Tour de France after the last minute withdrawal from the lineup by Sepp Kuss due to Covid. Although Lemmen may still be...

With a pair of HC climbs and a summit finish atop Isola 2000 looming for the peloton on stage 19 of the 2024 Tour de France, there is much possibility for a general classification shakeup. Remco Evenepoel starts the day in 3rd, but the Belgian's team are insistent they won't risk losing everything f...

Stage 19 is perhaps the hardest of the Tour de France and a big opportunity for Jonas Vingegaard to try and turn the race around. it is a very hard task but one that is not impossible; a few analysts argue that the Dane can put Tadej Pogacar under pressure today with the climbs being better suited t...

For anyone not feeling at full strength, today could be an absolute nightmare day on the bike at the 2024 Tour de France on stage 19. With two HC climbs on the menu before a summit finish atop Isola 2000, the casualties are already being felt in the peloton. Whilst Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL's Oscar...

UAE Team Emirates may have the Tour de France in the bag if Tadej Pogacar manages to not have an explosion in the remaining mountain stages. Joxean Matxin has seen the Slovenian dominate the Giro d'Italia and he is very confident that his team's star will be able to take the yellow jersey all the wa...

The Tour de France has thus far only seen Jonas Vingegaard beat Tadej Pogacar once. Today on stage 19, with brutal climbs and long altitude, we have got what is likely the last realistic opportunity for the Dane to drop his rival. But Team Visma | Lease a Bike are not unrealistic, they know that the...

Tadej Pogacar have had massive battles in the past three years at the Tour de France but this year may have actually surpassed those of the past. The two seem to be at their highest ever level in the mountains of the Grand Boucle, and Groupama - FDJ manager Marc Madiot doesn't believe the Team Visma...

Tadej Pogacar had been trained by Inigo San Milan over the early years of his career and this only changed at the end of last season. The Slovenian is now coached by Javier Sola who successfully helped Adam Yates reach his best ever level, and Pogacar himself has seemed to develop significantly duri...

Wout van Aert is slowly rising in form throughout the Tour de France and is on a level superior to that of when he started the race. He has the Olympic Games in sight and tells how he feels like a rider again after battling for stage wins over the past weeks, including stage 18 where he was in the b...

On the Vandaag Inside, a football analyst Jack van Gelder has launched accusations of doping at the Tour de France for Tadej Pogacar specifically. The Dutch commentator was asked about the ongoing race and his response was of complete skepticism over the current performance of the yellow jersey. Ask...

Although Lance Armstrong has made it clear in his podcast The Move that he believes Tadej Pogacar has the Tour de France all but won against Jonas Vingegaard, he believes that stage 19 with a finish in Isola 2000 and a short route with three long climbs strung together without a break can make anyth...

The 111th Tour de France is slowly reaching it's final instalment but many riders already have their eyes set on what's yet to come after the Grande Boucle. Yes, we're talking about the Olympic Games with time trial taking place only a week after the time trial in Nice with road race scheduled for t...

Javier Guillén, director of the Vuelta a España, has dropped the bombshell after assuring that Primoz Roglic, Juan Ayuso, Mikel Landa and Sepp Kuss are confirmed for this year's edition, and also does not rule out the presence of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. An affirmation that goes against w...

The Tour de France is in the Alps and tackles the another brutal day which we preview. Stage 19 of the race is not too long but is perhaps the hardest of the entire race, as the peloton tackles long ascents and extremely high altitude in the Cime de la Bonnette; perhaps the final climb where Jonas V...

Tadej Pogacar has looked little tired in all honest throughout this Tour de France, but he managed to take it a bit easier and save the legs for the decisive mountain stages remaining. Today at the Tour de France the yellow jersey prepared himself mentally for what he considers to be the toughest st...

Wout van Aert had, as Matt Stephens said whilst interviewing the Belgian for Eurosport, a 'target on his back'. It was always going to be very hard for the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider to win today out of 36 riders who jumped in the day's breakaway, but van Aert was still disappointed to miss out...

David van der Poel ended his active career last October. Afterwards, he planned to find a job in the world outside of cycling. However at early 2024, family friend Jean Guinée offered the older of Van der Poel brothers to stay within the cycling world as along with two other partners, they found the...

Michal Kwiatkowski, Victor Campenaerts and... Mattéo Vercher for the stage win? No, not even the 23-year-old Frenchman had dreamed of having a shot at the Tour de France stage victory. However the situation played ideally for TotalEnergies, who met luck at halfway as they entered the breakaway with...

With two stage victories under his belt, it doesn't come as a surprise that Michal Kwiatkowski had already his sights on the possibility of adding number three to his collection on eighteenth stage of the Tour de France. And for a long time, it seemed like everything plays into his hands, especially...

Tadej Pogacar will only celebrate his 26th birthday this September, however it is not far-fetched to already consider him among the sport's greats. There are still three more stages to this year's Tour de France, but with a field record of 3 Grand tour GCs, 23 GT stages and 6 monuments, Pogacar's fe...

Bart Lemmen was very impressive throughout the eighteenth stage of Tour de France. The Dutchman ultimately only cruised across the line in Barcelonnette as sixth, however whole Visma | Lease a Bike hoped to pull the Wout Van Aert card in the final. If only the Belgian wasn't stuck in the third group...

Everybody is keenly awaiting Visma | Lease a Bike's final attempt to steal Tadej Pogacar's yellow jersey from Friday onwards. However third place Remco Evenepoel points out that the Slovenian, who lives in Monaco, will have an advantage of home roads, which might come handy especially on Friday."I t...

Mikel Landa has ridden through safely the 18th stage of the Tour de France and remains in fifth position. The Basque rider has been racing a virtually perfect Tour thus far and his ambitions do not end in his current position; if he has the legs he will attempt to attack João Almeida's fourth place...

Oier Lazkano has been in many breakaways in this Tour de France 2024 and today might've been the final day where he could've gotten the win. The Movistar Team rider from Alava finished fifth in Barcelonnette but was quite disappointed with how the day turned out. He was one of the most active throug...

Stage 18 of the Tour de France 2024 was a day for the breakaway and although there was no GC action in the peloton, Steff Cras and Guillaume Martin benefited greatly from their presence in the front group to almost make the jump into the Top10. When it comes to the 'big 3' there have been no changes...

Victor Campenaerts is a very popular rider in the peloton and so his victory at the Tour de France today is one that many celebrate. After winning back in 2021 at the Giro d'Italia, the Belgian rider has proven that making the switch away from time-trials was a worthy one as he takes the biggest win...

  The 18th stage of the Tour de France is the final opportunity for everyone who is not a pure climber to win in this race. The peloton has a day of racing ahead of them that takes place fully within the Alps but in reality misses any big climbs and provides a perfect launchpad for breakaways to suc...

The day everyone battled to be in the breakaway at the Tour de France. All the glory on the day was been taken by one man: Victor Campenaerts, who was in the right place at the right time all day long and managed to take an impressive victory ahead of Michal Kwiatkowski and Mattéo Vercher. This was...

Tadej Pogacar has been absolutely headlining this Tour de France with incredibly performances in all terrains and a popularity that never fades. But he's also been in the spotlight for other reasons over the past week including an investigation into carbon monoxide rebreathing in the World Tour and...

The 18th stage of the Tour de France is the final opportunity for everyone who is not a pure climber to win in this race. We preview a day of racing that takes place fully within the Alps but in reality misses any big climbs and provides a perfect launchpad for breakaways to succeed. An interesting...

With the final weekend looming, Jonas Vingegaard's hopes of a third successive Tour de France title slipped marginally further away on stage 17 of the 2024 edition of the Grand Tour, as the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader lost 2 further seconds to Tadej Pogacar and 12 seconds to Remco Evenepoel. Th...

Tour de France: Unchained, the Netflix documentary series following cycling's biggest race, has been renewed for a third season. The series focus on bringing cycling towards the broader audience through exclusive back-stage shots, "catchy" stories, or displaying riders as normal human beings who als...

Tadej Pogacar continues to smooth-sail through the Tour de France as his lead grows over three minutes with four stages left. This also gives a bit more freedom to his teammates, who can begin to look around for opportunities to score a result of their own. This is includes the number four in the ge...

After yesterday's stage finish, Lance Armstrong is very clear that the Tour de France has been decided in favor of Tadej Pogacar and that Jonas Vingegaard will have to fight against Remco Evenepoel to hold on to second place in the general classification.The American analyzed the Visma | Lease a Bik...

While Tadej Pogacar has a pretty flawless Tour de France, the same cannot be said about his teammate Juan Ayuso. The Spaniard with a Vuelta a Espana podium finish in his palmares was intended to stay in the GC as a co-leader, but as he had to abandon the race during second week, the focus has to shi...

Johan Bruyneel participated yesterday in The Move podcast with Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie and explained perfectly what is happening to Jonas Vingegaard in the Tour de France 2024. The former US Postal sport director explains that the Visma | Lease a Bike program with regard to getting ready...

Despite having more than three minutes lead and a third Maillot Jaune win looking locked up barring any incident or injury, Tadej Pogacar was expected to be slightly more defensive in the final week. This was somewhat unsurprisingly not the case though on stage 17. The Maillot Jaune spotted main riv...

Stage 15 of the Tour de France has seen climbing performances unlike any other in the history of the sport. After 200 kilometers and almost 5000 meters of climbing, Tadej Pogacar climbed Plateau de Beille at almost 7W/Kg and over three and a half minutes faster than Marco Pantani's previous record o...

Tadej Pogacar just couldn't help himself on stage 17 of the 2024 Tour de France. With the GC group seemingly content to roll in and save their legs for another day, the Maillot Jaune caught everyone by surprise with a brutal attack on the penultimate climb. Although both Jonas Vingegaard and Remco E...

Mathieu van der Poel was already very important in the Tour de France as the final piece in the sprint-train puzzle for Jasper Philipsen, but the world champion himself did not come close to a stage win. There were not many chances for classics men like the Dutchman at this year's Tour, but on Thurs...

Stage 17 didn't bring too much action for GC favourites as is clear that the final standings will be decided in the last three stages. Hence it was finally time for breakaway show on Wednesday. However even with stage victory out of the equation, Tadej Pogacar still didn't miss the opportunity to ma...

Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana. The three grand tours every rider dreams of winning at least one. And in 2024, Tadej Pogacar could do impossible and win all three within four months - in a single season. However both the Slovenian phenomenon and his UAE Team Emirates boss Mauro Gi...

The cycling twitter is currently a bit over the moon about the cyclingnews forum user going under the nickname 'Mou'. Few weeks ago, he brought quite an in-depth analysis of Tadej Pogacar's power numbers, training methods and so on on the forum.Among the main points he raises are that the change of...

Mario Cipollini was never a man for the overall standings, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't follow the battle for the Tour de France triumph with any less passion than anyone else. In particular, he is impressed by Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian has already won a Vuelta in 2022, but there was always...

Max Schachmann won't enjoy racing with a Red Bull logo on his jersey for too long as his services at Ralph Denk's team are no longer as valued as both sides would have liked.But it's not a massive surprise at all. Schachmann's best years in Bora were in the first three years after making a move from...

Having fallen through the GC rankings during the first two weeks, Simon Yates was forced to change his plans for the Tour de France to hunting stages. Once again. The winner of ten grand tour stages had hoped to add another one on Wednesday, however Richard Carapaz turned to be outside Yates' reach....

Biniam Girmay managed to pull through the fast-paced stage 17 without his crash from the day before taking any significant toll on the Eritrean sprinter. Together with his team Intermarché - Wanty they're on the verge of a greatest success in the Belgian team's history."Today to be honest my elbow a...

After a difficult first two weeks of the Tour de France, Wout Poels was finally able to enjoy better feelings again as he entered the large (and late) breakaway during the seventeenth stage to SuperDévoluy. And Poels performed by no means poorly, crossing the line in eighth place in a sprint of smal...

Jonas Vingegaard is currently fully focused on the Tour de France where, despite number of defeats by Tadej Pogacar, the Dane still dreams of a comeback during the final three stages. But even if things don't work out in France, Vingegaard has better things to look forwards - birth of his second chi...

Carlos Rodriguez lost more than two minutes to Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, who are currently in the top three positions in the general classification respectively on stage 17 of the 2024 Tour de France. Eventually, Rodriguez came home in 44th position, in a group that also i...

With just four stages to go at the 2024 Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard now trails Tadej Pogacar in the general classification by 3:11. With the Dane's chances of a third successive Maillot Jaune looking slim, it's becoming increasingly likely that in order to overturn the deficit, Vingegaard might...

Whilst many were expecting Remco Evenepoel to fade slightly in the third week of the 2024 Tour de France, the Belgian showed some impressive signs on stage 17, gaining time on both Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard in a thrilling finale to the day. “I had done the reconnaissance for this stage so I...

The riders will not have a single more flat stage in this Tour de France. It's nothing but climbs and hills now all the way to the finish in Nice. The peloton arrives at stage 17, a day where the breakaway can fight for victory and at the same time, we may see another battle between Tadej Pogacar an...

Over three minutes clear in the general classification and on a relatively calm day for the Maillot Jaune hopefuls, Tadej Pogacar couldn't help himself but spark the GC fight into life on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France, attacking again on the penultimate climb. Arguably the main issue for Pogac...

Whilst a 12 second loss to Remco Evenepoel and a 2 second loss to Tadej Pogacar was far from perfect for Jonas Vingegaard on stage 17 of the 2024 Tour de France, it was far from a disaster either according to teammate Tiesj Benoot. “We are trying to win the Tour, even though we know it will be very...

Enric Mas finished third on stage 17 of the 2024 Tour de France, only being beaten at the finish by stage winner Richard Carapaz and Simon Yates, two former Grand Tour winners.At the finish line, Mas spoke to Eurosport colleagues and in statements collected by his team, he made it clear that he is f...

Winner of stages in the Vuelta a Espana and the Giro d'Italia, what Richard Carapaz was missing to round off his great career was a stage win in the Tour de France. On stage 17 of the 2024 edition of the Tour, he finally he achieved that goal. "We knew that the classification was very far away for u...

With every stage from now until Nice having the potential for general classification shake-ups, stage 17 looked for a while like being a quiet day. That was at least until Tadej Pogacar did Tadej Pogacar things and launched a brutal attack on the penultimate climb of the day. The Maillot Jaune spott...

Many have been calling for more breakaway opportunities at the 2024 Tour de France and on stage 17, those wishes were rewarded as Richard Carapaz took victory, completing his set of Grand Tour wins, ahead of Simon Yates and Enric Mas. The fight for the breakaway on stage 17 was one of the most bruta...

With over three minutes lead already, many expected Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates to ride defensively for the remainder of the 2024 Tour de France. Pogacar and defensive are two words not often in the same sentence however, and that has been proven again on stage 17.After a relatively quiet da...

Riding in his first Grand Tour since moving to Lidl-Trek over the recent off-season, Carlos Verona has been battling away at the 2024 Tour de France without much reward so far. Despite the rising fear of the returning Covid amongst the peloton however, the Spaniard's Tour de France has not been made...

Diet and nutrition have arguably never been as important in the professional peloton than they are in 2024. Whilst calorie and carb counting is important, it's also vital to keep the riders happy and enjoying their meals, as Team Visma | Lease a Bike's food coach, Karim Lambrechts explains."Every we...

At the 2024 Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard is without his trusty lieutenant of past Grand Tours, Sepp Kuss. After being forced out of the Tour with a positive Covid test, the American is now back on his bike at altitude, training alongside some Team Visma | Lease a Bike teammates with the Vuelta a...

Jonas Vingegaard has performed more than admirably at the 2024 Tour de France after months away from racing following his horrific crash at the Itzulia Basque Country. In fact, the Dane has been so good, some have called into question just how bad Vingegaard's injuries actually were. There's no doub...

With the final day for the sprinters already done, there isn't much other than the lure of competing the Grand Tour to keep the fast men in the race at the 2024 Tour de France. After a brutal opening to stage 17 and with much climbing to come, both Fernando Gaviria and Sam Bennett have both now drop...

2024 has not been the year for Alexey Lutsenko as far as the Grand Tours go. After abandoning the Giro d'Italia earlier in the season, the Kazakh rider has now departed the Tour de France on stage 17. With the pace incredibly high and the sun making the day blisteringly hot, Lutsenko was surprisingl...

During the Tour de France, all eyes are on the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar who has been headlining news all year long. His agent Alex Carera is in France keeping up with his rider's success and has talked about finances within cycling and the success of his other riders at the Tour. "An athlete is r...

Primoz Roglic signed with Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe with the big goal of trying to win the Tour de France and it seemed like, until stage 12, everything was going as well as possible. However on that day he crashed hard and ultimately abandoned the race. The team will consider taking him to the Vu...

UAE Team Emirates travelled to stage 16 with two riders separated from the rest of the team: Adam Yates and Tim Wellens. Joxean Matxin was not asked about the why, but has assured that no-one in the team is sick and the precautions the team are taking are only part of the safety protocol for the tea...

It has been reported by Marca that Egan Bernal had tested positive for Covid-19. The report was relatively credible taking into consideration INEOS Grenadiers actively has infected people still within the team bubble and the Colombian lost over 40 minutes in the queen stage on Sunday; but he has now...

Alpecin-Deceuninck have had a significant change in their Tour de France at the start of the second week and have now won three stages. Jasper Philipsen has had his fair share of success and is realistically back in the fight for the points classification win, whilst the team is very keen on Mathieu...

More and more Grand Tours organizers are looking to provide the most spectacular races and often that includes a lot of mountains, and to balance it out a few certain opportunities for sprinters. Among these past few years there have been less and less hilly stages and hilltop finishes which certain...

What Jonas Vingegaard has done throughout the past few months is nothing short of impressive, and until a few days ago, he was even placed as the main candidate to win the Tour de France. However that has changed this weekend with Tadej Pogacar's mythical climbing performances. Team Visma | Lease a...

Stage 15 of the Tour de France had almost 5000 meters of climbing and was raced at a very high pace from start to finish. Hence, after climbing Plateau de Beille in less than 40 minutes, a whole 3:44 minutes faster than Marco Pantani in 1998, a whole conversation began on the unreal watts that were...

This week in the Tour de France was marked by a history-changing climbing performance at Plateau de Beille from Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, which coincidentally came just days after the release of an investigation from Escape Collective that warned to the possibility that riders in the pelot...

The riders will not have a single more flat stage in this Tour de France. It's nothing but climbs and hills now all the way to the finish in Nice. We preview stage 17, a day where the breakaway can fight for victory and at the same time, we may see another battle between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Ving...

Mark Cavendish was emotional this morning at the start of stage 16, having been asked about his feelings on what should be his final ever Tour de France sprint. A day where the wind was ultimately not consequential, it gave opportunity to all sprinters to battle it out one last time this summer but...

Urska Zigart's non-selection for the upcoming Paris Olympics has generated notable controversy in Slovenia. The 27-year-old cyclist, who recently finished 12th in the final overall classification of the Giro d'Italia Feminine, received the news by text message from coach Gorazd Penko just before the...

Egan Bernal saw his Tour de France aspirations dashed after losing more than 42 minutes on Sunday's 15th stage. The Colombian cyclist, who until that moment was competing for a place in the top ten, was dropped early in the day, and it was later revealed that he had contracted COVID-19, according to...

The 16th stage of the Tour de France 2024 brought setbacks for Biniam Girmay. The Eritrean rider, who had so far had an outstanding performance in the race, was involved in a crash in the last kilometers of the day, which prevented him from scoring points at the finish. Despite the blow, the Interma...

In the first week of the Tour de France 2024, things didn't seem to be going well for Alpecin-Deceuninck, but the picture has changed completely. On stage 16, Jasper Philipsen took his third stage win so far in the race, thanks to impeccable teamwork and, in particular, perfect sprint preparation by...

Wout van Aert finished fifth in the 16th stage of the Tour de France 2024, finishing in Nîmes. The Visma - Lease a Bike Belgian was never really in the fight for victory during the final sprint, losing momentum in the chaotic last kilometer and not having the legs to match Jasper Philipsen. "I didn'...

Remco Evenepoel and his team, Soudal Quick-Step, achieved their goal on stage 16 of the Tour de France in Nîmes. Wearing the white jersey and in third place overall, the Belgian declared that the job was done. Although he wanted to leave immediately, he had to give a brief interview after the finish...

So far, Remco Evenepoel has passed almost every test on his Tour de France debut. Two weeks and 15 stages down, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader reaches the second rest day sitting third overall and with a comfortable 5:45 lead over his nearest challengers for the final podium position. "Last week the...

Juan Ayuso has had to abandon the Tour de France due to Covid-19 and that will mean that in the next Olympic Games he will only compete in the road race. Thus, his replacement in the time trial will be Oier Lazkano of Movistar. The UAE Team Emirates rider was perhaps the nation's best hope of a meda...

Mikel Landa is the best Spaniard in the Tour de France classification. He is fifth, with Joao Almeida only a few seconds ahead of him and Carlos Rodriguez close behind. So far he has always stayed alongside Remco Evenepoel in the mountain stages until the attacks of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaar...

Stage 16 of the Tour de France 2024 kicked off the third and decisive week of the race with the last sprint day of the entire Grande Boucle. This meant that, in principle, the fight for the general classification should not be among the favorites. But given the way Primoz Roglic withdrew from the ra...

Jasper Philipsen had big plans into the Tour de France but the first week proved to be a disaster. Now however the race has changed as he has now won three bunch sprints and even got back within range of the green jersey after Biniam Girmay hit the deck in the finale into Nîmes. “I am very happy aft...

Jasper Philipsen has won stage 16 of the Tour de France with a regular bunch sprint after a very calm day of racing. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider is back in the fight for the points classification as Biniam Girmay crashed in the final kilometers. The first day of racing in the final week promised to...

The Tour de France has been quite difficult so far and the last true opportunity for the sprinters comes on stage 16. The peloton have arrived at the day in which they leave the Pyrenees and starts heading east back towards the Alps.  Who will prevail today? Jasper Philipsen, Biniam Girmay, Dylan Gr...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have for the first time hit the front and raced the Tour de France aggressively on stage 15. The hardest stage of the race, they had a tactic that had been sktetched out for months and prepared their riders for an assault in the Pyrenees. At the end of the day Jonas Vingega...

Tadej Pogacar lost the 2022 and 2023 Tour de France on days with multiple mountains and a constantly high pace from Team Visma | Lease a Bike, and the Dutch team hoped for that outcome on stage 15 this time around. The Slovenian has proven that this is no longer a difficulty, as argued by Jan Boone....

Stage 16 of the Tour de France is a windy day by the Mediterranean coast into Nîmes where there can be differences in the wind, but ultimately a bunch sprint is expected. We take a look at the words of a few big candidates at the start of the day, including Mark Cavendish's praise for his teammates...

Covid-19 is being spread throughout the Tour de France peloton, staff and also must be said - fans. The huge amount of people that it takes to organize such a race and huge amount of fans has led to plenty positive cases amongst the riders, and most teams are at this point protecting themselves in s...

Tadej Pogacar has beaten Jonas Vingegaard in the three high mountain stages of the Tour de France so far (Col du Galiber, Pla d'Adet and Plateau de Beille). He has not been able to beat Jonas Vingegaard in the hilly days but at the time being it his his race to lose. We take a look at what it would...

Richard Virenque was the face of French cycling for many years in the 90's and one of the Tour de France's figures having won the KOM jersey countless times. The mountains were his terrain, and the former pro analyzes what has been nothing short of a spectacular Tour where Tadej Pogacar is in his ey...

A sight that has been seen on a few occasions this week. About a week ago Tom Pidcock and Geraint Thomas were seen being transported to the start of Tour de France stages in team cars and not on the bus, and later showed symptoms and tested positive for Covid-19 respectively. Two of Tadej Pogacar's...

Stage 15 of the Tour de France has created enough discourse for days of debating but this Tuesday the race is back on the road with more stories to create. On Sunday, we have witnessed was is termed by some as the biggest climbing performance in the history of cycling from Tadej Pogacar and Remco Ev...

Covid-19 and illnesses are running through the Tour de France peloton at alarming pace for about a week and it shows no signs of stopping. Stage 16 will start with at least one rider less as Team Jayco AlUla announce the departure of their climber Chris Harper from the race. Initially, the Australia...

Much has been made about a supposed lack of respect within the peloton of the 2024 Tour de France, with the Uno-X Mobility riders coming in for some criticism, especially after Jonas Abrahamsen attempted and attack whilst the Maillot Jaune wearing Tadej Pogacar had pulled over for a nature break. Af...

With the 2024 Tour de France reaching it's second rest day, the question of whether or not the race has already been won by Tadej Pogacar seems to have split the cycling community. On the one hand, a three-minute lead with Pogacar in his current form might look unassailable, however, with Jonas Ving...

Mathieu van der Poel went to the Tour de France with the ambition to win a stage himself and contribute to the success of his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Jasper Philipsen in the bunch finishes. While the latter goal goes relatively well with two stages to Philipsen's name, Van der Poel himself is st...

Jonas Vingegaard has silenced a lot of doubters in the opening two weeks of the 2024 Tour de France. After concerns over his health and fitness following a nasty crash at the Itzulia Basque Country earlier this year, the Dane, according to the numbers at least, is performing better than ever before....

Lance Armstrong, as he does every day after each stage of the 2024 Tour de France, discussed with his colleagues on his podcast The Move, George Hincapie and Bradley Wiggins what happened during a historic queen stage on Sunday.The Texan summed up Tadej Pogacar's superiority over Jonas Vingegaard an...

The Tour de France has been quite difficult so far and the last true opportunity for the sprinters comes on stage 16. We preview the day in which the peloton leaves the Pyrenees and starts heading east back towards the Alps. The third week begins with a sprint stage; perhaps the only one of the fina...

Rehabilitation for former professional Maurits Lammertink is not going as hoped. The winner of the 2016 Tour of Luxembourg was the victim of a road accident in the summer of 2021, when he was going to eat ice cream with his family and was hit by a motorbike. This painful mishap caused him several ce...

Turns out Peta Cavendish did not actually see the moment her husband Mark Cavendish won his record-breaking 35th career Tour de France stage. Yet somehow, she felt that it was about to happen on the fifth stage of the Tour de France. "I find it very stressful, watching a sprint, it’s not something I...

The International Cycling Union is pleased with some of the safety measures it introduced a month ago and which are being tested during this Tour de France.The UCI further confirmed in a press release that it will further test and fine-tune the measures in the coming months and also announced that t...

It is by no means a surprise, but it's take Ineos Grenadiers a moment before announcing a long-term renewal of Joshua Tarling's contract. The 20-year-old Welshman turned pro with the team in 2023 and has since become European and British time trial Champion, along with winning the bronze medal at th...

Wout Poels had to alter his preparations in spring, when the Giro d'Italia was replaced by Tour de France in his schedule. The ambition was clear as his team Bahrain - Victorious were hopeful the Dutchman could repeat his stage victory from 2023, but the harsh reality is that just like many other ri...

Tadej Pogacar's victory gesture on top of the Plateau de Beille may well have been well thought out. The Slovenian yellow jersey contender showed off his watch worth around 340,000 euros.The 25-year-old superstar pounded his chest like a superhero and then clenched both fists. On one of Pogi's wrist...

INEOS Grenadiers is currently in a bit of a pickle. Team leader Carlos Rodriguez is still in contention for a top 5 result in the GC, however the rest of the team is in the corner where the blows are falling. Last hit came when Egan Bernal, fighting with a cold, had to completely give up to on his G...

For the INEOS Grenadiers, the 2024 Tour de France has been something of a disappointment. Tom Pidcock was forced to abandon due to Covid, Geraint Thomas has also tested positive but continues with lesser legs and on Sunday's stage 15, team leader Carlos Rodriguez saw his podium hopes ride up the roa...

Tadej Pogacar has reached a level rarely seen in cycling history throughout 2024. Early season wins at the Volta a Catalunya and Liege-Bastogne-Liege were followed by a first career Giro d'Italia triumph. Now, as the Tour de France enters the third week, the Slovenian is three minutes clear in the f...

For the fourth Tour de France in a row, it looks as if Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard will finish in the top 2 positions at the 2024 edition. After Pogacar's win in 2021, Vingegaard triumphed in 2022 and 2023. Although it's the Slovenian who enters the final week in the lead this year, the fight...

Whilst much of the headlines from the 2024 Tour de France have been around the incredible fight for the Maillot Jaune between Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, Biniam Girmay has been starring in the sprints and as the Grand Tour reaches its second rest day, the Eritrean holds a co...

Maxim van Gils' second Tour de France experience is over after 15 stages. The 24-year-old Belgian of Lotto Dstny has abandoned the Grand Tour on the second rest day after testing positive for Covid."Unfortunately Maxim Van Gils has to leave this Tour de France, after having tested Covid positive," w...

Covid has returned to the peloton with a bang at the 2024 Tour de France, taking out a number of big name riders such as Tom Pidcock and Juan Ayuso, whilst the likes of Geraint Thomas among others continue on despite testing positive. According to Team Visma | Lease a Bike sports director Merijn Zee...

Barring any major disasters or strokes of bad luck, Tadej Pogacar is looking good for a third Maillot Jaune triumph of his career at the 2024 Tour de France. As the Grand Tour reaches its second rest day, the Slovenian is sitting at the top of the general classification, more than three minutes clea...

As the 2024 Tour de France reaches its second rest day, it looks like being an uphill challenge for Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader, Jonas Vingegaard to claim a third successive Maillot Jaune victory. After 15 stages of racing, the Dane trials his great rival Tadej Pogacar by more than three minute...

One of the INEOS Grenadiers most important domestiques, Laurens De Plus has been a bit quiet over the first two weeks of the 2024 Tour de France. On stage 15's queen stage however, the Belgian was bright, getting himself into the breakaway before then dropping back to support team leader Carlos Rodr...

Alpecin-Deceuninck have had much success over recent years through the current road race world champion Mathieu van der Poel. In honour of the Dutchman's legendary grandfather, the late great Raymond Poulidor, the team have now released another jersey inspired by the former darling of French cycling...

For Wout van Aert, the 2024 Tour de France has been a race of close calls so far. Whilst perhaps still not quite at his best following his spring crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Belgian has had five top-6 finishes on stages so far this Grand Tour, but a stage win remains illusive. "I felt much b...

Covid is still a very real concern amongst the peloton, with a number of big name riders such as Tom Pidcock, Juan Ayuso and Michael Morkov already forced out of the 2024 Tour de France. For some however, a positive test doesn't immediately mean an abandon from the race. For Pidcock's INEOS Grenadie...

Whilst things didn't quite come up Team Visma | Lease a Bike on stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France, the team were impressive throughout the day, setting a fierce pace on the front of the peloton and putting the pressure onto Jonas Vingegaard's general classification rivals. On the final climb of th...

After another brutal and unmatched attack on stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar now holds an advantage of 3:09 in the general classification, over his great rival Jonas Vingegaard. Race over then? Not just yet insists sprint legend turned Eurosport analyst Robbie McEwen. "It's almost...

The fallout and drama from the controversial scenes of corwd trouble, on the infamous slopes of Pla d'Adet, on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France continues.Whilst Tadej Pogacar was riding clear to another stage win on Saturday afternoon, one fan got a little too close for comfort to the Maillot Jau...

Tadej Pogacar's right hand man, Adam Yates has had a very important role at the 2024 Tour de France and the Brit helped his leader secure another stage win this Sunday. After a busy and tiresome day on stage 14, the Brit has revealed that the initial plan for stage 15 was to ride more defensive.Foll...

Lance Armstrong, who was highly critical of Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates for the tactics used on the Le Lioran stage, was for a change, full of praise for what they did on the Pla d'Adet."The tactics were good. They controlled the race, they controlled the breakaway, they have Adam Yates, the...

After the recent investment of Red Bull into the BORA - hansgrohe team, another big business has embarked on a cycling sponsorship with Chinese company XDS' long rumoured investment into the Astana Qazaqstan Team confirmed.Already a company that has a cycling interest, "XDS owns one of the largest b...

With the 15th stage of the 2024 Tour de France over, UAE Team Emirates came through the two Pyrenean stages with flying colours, dominating the weekend, winning stages and reinforcing Tadej Pogacar's lead in the general classification. One of the Slovenian rider's loyal lieutenants is João Almeida,...

It is no exaggeration to say that on stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar put in one of the greatest climbing performances of all time, destroying Jonas Vingegaard and building up a massive general classification advantage en route to another stage win.Obliterating the previous climbin...

With Mark Cavendish and Michael Morkov set to retire at the end of the season, it would be a shame to abandon the big sprint train project in Astana after a 2024. However without a clear high-profile finisher, the team managers had to scoop around the market to find the right replacement for the Man...

Jonas Vingegaard had to try something on stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France. Sadly for the two time Maillot Jaune winner however, although the Dane was able to destroy almost everyone on the final climb at Plateau de Beille, Tadej Pogacar was even stronger.  After Vingegaard had attacked with just...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike were at the front of the peloton and riding hard throughout stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France. All this work reached a crescendo at 10km to go when Jonas Vingegaard launched his attack. Sadly, from there, things didn't quite go to plan. “The team rode fantastically,” Team...

A bit in the shadow of the on-going Tour de France, Elisa Longo Borghini claimed an achievement that shouldn't be overlooked, as the Italian won her first Giro d'Italia Women. The Lidl-Trek leader entered the final stage with just one second advantage over Lotte Kopecky who promised to give it her b...

Belgium may have its first rider on the podium of Tour de France in 2024 since Jurgen Van den Broeck fourteen years ago. Remco Evenepoel is on course to finish third in Nice next Sunday. At this point only he himself can strip the Belgian off the nice result.The 24-year-old Belgian has made a good i...

Stef Clement is often quite critical of the riders and sports directors' tactics in his role as commentator or analyst. But after the epic two stages in the Pyrenees he ran out of superlatives. Not even the demotivating dominance of Tadej Pogacar could hamper his unusally cheerful mood.In his analys...

On Sunday's stage Visma | Lease a Bike tried to dictate the pace of the battle with UAE Team Emirates and especially Tadej Pogacar. However on the slopes of Plateau de Beille, they quickly met the limit of their lineup depth, as Jonas Vingegaard was forced to attack more than 8 kilometers from the l...

With their main leader Primoz Roglic out of the race, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe found themselves in a tight spot. A team built solely with the purpose of supporting their Tour de France podium bid with the Slovenian suddenly needed to find a new purpose. On Sunday, the German formation seemingly f...

After Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates completely annihilated breakaway yesterday, many hoped the Slovenian would give his teammates a bit of a restday and give a chance to the breakaway adventurers. However the group which included Richard Carapaz quickly realized their efforts would come in vain...

Carlos Rodriguez looked like one of the best bets to challenge Remco Evenepoel for the line spot on the podium at the 2024 Tour de France. Instead of moving up the general classification on stage 15 however, the INEOS Grenadiers leader saw himself slip down from 5th to 6th. “I felt good at the start...

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard went head to head yet again on stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France. For the second day running, it was Pogacar who prevailed and this time, the Slovenian put more than a minute into rival, moving three minutes clear overall as a result. Understandably, this was a b...

Remco Evenepoel continues to prove himself as the best of the rest at the 2024 Tour de France. Whilst a little way off Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, the Belgian has amassed a comfortable advantage in the fight for the final spot on the podium.“Today Tadej and Jonas showed that they are the two...

Tadej Pogacar has managed to win the day for the second consecutive stage of the 2024 Tour de France on Sunday at the Plateau de Beille. With the UAE Team Emirates leader gaining more than a minute over his main rival for the Maillot Jaune, Jonas Vingegaard, is it race over?After the stage, UAE Team...

For the 3rd time at the 2024 Tour de France and incredibly, the 9th time this year, Tadej Pogacar won a stage of a Grand Tour this Sunday afternoon. The queen stage of the Tour de France, on Bastille Day, gaining massive time over Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, not many Pogacar wins could hav...

It was said often ahead of stage 15 that whoever wins atop Plateau de Beille wins the 2024 Tour de France. Well, after another enthralling day of action on Bastille Day, Tadej Pogacar secured his 3rd stage win of this race and gained massively on the likes of Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel. Af...

Another summit finish at the 2024 Tour de France and yet again, Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar came to the fore on stage 15. On this occasion it was Pogacar who prevailed and with a massive time gap, the Slovenian may have just won the Tour.The racing was quickly turned fierce early on stage 15...

Tadej Pogacar has delivered a strong blow to Jonas Vingegaard in the first duel that has taken place in the Pyrenees. The peloton has arrived at stage 15, the most difficult stage of the race perhaps and one that on paper suits the defending champion better. Will we see the tables turn?Follow the To...

The Plateau de Beille climb has a reputation of being a Tour de France decider. Often, whoever wins on its incredibly steep slopes ends up winning the Tour de France. With Tadej Pogacar now solo at the head of the race, could we be seeing another Maillot Jaune winning move?After Vingegaard had attac...

Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar are again proving themselves the unquestioned, strongest riders at the 2024 Tour de France. On the final climb of the stage 15 queen stage, this time it was the reigning Tour de France champion who made the first move. Although a strong group of five including form...

The queen stage of the 2024 Tour de France and on Bastille Day no less, stage 15 offers plenty for both the fans and the GC men to get excited about. For the sprinters however, this is a day of nightmares. One of the first riders dropped on the day was the Green Jersey wearing Biniam Girmay's Interm...

Stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France sees the riders taken on a summit finish atop the storied climb of Plateau de Beille. An ascent with a history with the Tour de France, former Maillot Jaune winner Alberto Contador predicts today will be the ultimately decisive day in the general classification. C...

Despite all the brilliant racing on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France, the main talking point post stage was again one 'fan' taking things too far and getting too close to the riders. On the Pla d'Adet, one drunken idiot attempted to disrupt both Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, throwing crisps...

The 2024 Tour de France was one of the most hotly anticipated in a long while pre race and now 14 stages in, it's fair to say the Grand Tour has more than lived up to the hype with Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard going head to head and Remco Evenepoel holding his own as an intriguing third party....

In some very questionable scenes on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France, a drunken man at the roadside threw crisps and waved his bag in the faces of both Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard as the Grand Tour stars ascended the Pla d'Adet.Although thankfully, there was nothing more than a shake of th...

Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar have a very good vibe between them, much better than they can have with the timid Jonas Vingegaard, and yesterday after the stage won by the Slovenian it showed again. Both of them were doing some rolling to unload the muscles after the stage commenting on what happ...

With Enric Mas clearly nowhere near the shape to contest any positions in the Tour de France GC, it's time for Movistar to re-evaluate their possibilities and enter the race for stage wins with everything they have.Speaking to Quique Iglesias (Cadena Cope) at the finish line, Chente García Acosta, s...

Parallel to the world's biggest race Tour de France, the traditional junior race Ain Bugey Valromey Tour where the best riders in the category usually battle it out against each other, is taking place between July 10-14 this year.The third stage with finish in Ordonnaz was won by the big junior star...

The young man who threw potato crisps at Pogacar and Vingegaard was arrested by the police and then placed in police custody for aggravated violence. After a night in a drunk cell, he will be questioned this Sunday."It was a great afternoon of the Tour de France, partying, meeting people, cycling en...

When Tadej Pogacar attack on Pla d'Adet, it seemed clear that the battle for the stage will be between the Slovenian and Jonas Vingegaard. However the second rider in GC at the time Remco Evenepoel didn't say his last word yet, as he crawled back to the Dane. Vingegaard's pace proved too hard for th...

Cycling is one of the best sports in the world because of how accessible it is to supporters. You don't have to pay to go and see your heroes, you can simply go the roadside for free and offer your support. Sadly, there seem to always be some who take things too far which was again the case on stage...

Tadej Pogacar was at his very best on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France. After the blow of being caught and beaten by Jonas Vingegaard a few days prior, the UAE Team Emirates leader gained revenge and around 40 seconds on the Dane with a blistering attack on the final climb of stage 14. “The plan...

Stage 14 of the Tour de France 2024 was very important for the classification of the race. Maillot Jaune wearing Tadej Pogacar took the win after an attack with 4.3 km to go on the climb to the Pla d'Adet, set up perfectly by teammate Adam Yates. UAE Team Emirates finally played their cards well wit...

Tadej Pogacar has delivered a strong blow to Jonas Vingegaard in the first duel that has taken place in the Pyrenees. We preview stage 15, the most difficult stage of the race perhaps and one that on paper suits the defending champion better. Will we see the tables turn? The queen stage? Perhaps in...

After a disappointment on Puy Mary stage where Tadej Pogacar wasn't able to distance Jonas Vingegaard despite a powerful attack on the iconic climb in Central Massif, the arrival of Pyrenees seems to have found the Slovenian in much better shape. On Pla d'Adet his UAE Team Emirates finally used thei...

Lance Armstrong spoke on his podcast The Move with colleagues George Hincapie and Bradley Wiggins about what he expects from the start of the decisive phase of the Tour de France beginning with the two high mountain stages we will experience this weekend. In specific, he focused on yellow jersey Tad...

The Tour de France turned out to be a disappointment for Mads Pedersen. The Dane entered the race with ambition to fight for the green jersey as well as stages. However the consequences of his crash in the finale of the fifth stage made it impossible to continue in the race for the Lidl-Trek leader....

After the world's 3 best climbers (Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel), Carlos Rodriguez was the first to finish today's first high mountain stage in the Pyrenees in the Tour de France 2024.The rider from Granada is fifth overall at the moment and is very close to Joao Almeida, whom...

Guillaume Martin continues to fight his way through the 2024 Tour de France despite not exactly ideal form. The Frenchman however felt good on Pla d'Adet. Even then, he lost four minutes to stage winner Tadej Pogacar, which through him into a slight disbelief.Martin is well aware he won't be a match...

Back in 2020, Primoz Roglic entered the Tour de France as the main favourite for overall victory. With defending champion Egan Bernal fighting through intense back pain (and eventually abandoning the race in third week), the 2019 Vuelta a Espana champion seemed to be well on his way to the big Grand...

While we have witnessed another intense battle at the front of the race for the stage (and overall) victory, for Intermarché - Wanty today's stage was more of a formality. Yes, Louis Meintjes was in the mix from the breakaway, however it was long clear that it will between GC favourites on Pla d'Ade...

The battle for potential Grand Tour contenders is becoming more and more intense, with teams look for promising talents from very young age. Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe already have secured the services of four-time grand tour winner Primoz Roglic until 2025, however the head sports director Rolf Al...

Nothing but tough Tour de France for Jasper Philipsen who, despite two first and two second places is still nowhere near the green jersey wearer Biniam Girmay. The Belgian had bad luck to get caught up in a crash on third stage, while in stage 6 it was a strike of jury who relegated Philipsen from s...

Tadej Pogacar's mother, Marjeta, has enormous respect for how Jonas Vingegaard has risen from lying in the ditch in the Basque Country to riding on the level that nearly rivals the Slovenian himself at this year's Tour de France. However the yellow jersey is currently in the hands of Pogacar, who no...

Covid is running rife at the 2024 Tour de France with a number of big name riders being forced into abandoning after positive tests. Despite this however, a few riders who've tested positive are continuing on. One of those is INEOS Grenadiers' Geraint Thomas. This decision has led to some raised eye...

Jonas Vingegaard breathed new life into the Maillot Jaune fight at the 2024 Tour de France on stage 11 earlier this week. In the high mountains of stage 14 however, the Dane couldn't quite replicate that same form, slipping to nearly two minutes down on race leader Tadej Pogacar in the general class...

On his Tour de France debut in 2024, Remco Evenepoel has acquitted himself much better than many were expecting. Despite some time loss to Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard on stage 14, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader sits 3rd overall after 14 stages, with a comfortable near four minute lead over 4t...

Jonas Vingegaard may have lost some time to Tadej Pogacar in the fight for the Maillot Jaune on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France, but the Danish leader of Team Visma | Lease a Bike is up to 2nd overall and now officially the main challenger of his Slovenian rival in the general classification.Des...

Barely a day goes by without Ben Healy showing his face at the front of the 2024 Tour de France. Sadly for the Irishman however, the wait for a first Tour de France stage win goes on after another close call on stage 14. Last man standing from the day's breakaway, Healy was solo on the slopes of the...

Remco Evenepoel has been incredibly impressive at the 2024 Tour de France, proving many people wrong with his performances. On stage 14 however, the Belgian showed his first real sign of weakness, losing considerable time to Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, dropping from 2nd to 3rd in the general...

Things didn't exactly go to plan for Team Visma | Lease a Bike in the high mountains of stage 14 at the 2024 Tour de France. After Jonas Vingegaard's recent stage 11 win had given hope to a third successive Maillot Jaune win, the Dane was soundly defeated by Tadej Pogacar on Pla d'Adet this Saturday...

Although Tadej Pogacar was talking pre-stage about riding a defensive race on the slopes of Pla d'Adet on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France, the Maillot Jaune couldn't help himself. Distancing all his main rivals on the final climb of the day with a blistering late attack, Pogacar further strength...

The few sprint days we've just had at the Tour de France have delivered incredible action and now we are back in the mountains. The peloton has arrived at 14, the first day in the Pyrenees where Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard will go head-to-head in climbs such as the Col du Tourmalet and the su...

Stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France promised a lot of fighting for the general classification, even decisive depending on the outcome of the stage at the finish. The finish in the Pyrenees pointed directly to the two favourites for victory, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard.Pogacar did not fail on...

Tadej Pogacar has bounced back in style on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France, distancing Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel with a blistering attack on the Pla d'Adet, en route to taking a stunning stage win.There was an almighty fight for the breakaway on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France. Wh...

The fight for the Maillot Jaune has ignited once again on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France. After criticism of UAE Team Emirates over the recent days, the team seems to have played a blinder on stage 14. With Adam Yates attacking on the early slopes of the Pla d'Adet, Pogacar waited until around...

Whilst there were some question marks over Team Visma | Lease a Bike's leadership at the 2024 Tour de France pre-race, Jonas Vingegaard has emphatically put those questions to bed over the first, near two weeks of racing, showing no signs of a lack of form following his mass crash. As such, the team...

The abandons keep coming at the 2024 Tour de France with the latest of those riders to step off being EF Education - EasyPost's Italian national champion, Alberto Bettiol. Whilst the Italian hadn't been notably struggling, Bettiol had according to EF Education - EasyPost boss Jonathan Vaughters on D...

There have been a somewhat surprisingly high number of spats between riders at the 2024 Tour de France. Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen have been exchanging words, Remco Evenepoel, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard have traded barbs and now Maxim van Gils and Amaury Capiot are involved in a war...

Covid and just general illnesses are currently running rampant at the 2024 Tour de France with some tested positive riders still attempting to carry on. One of those was Soudal - Quick-Step's Louis Vervaeke but sadly, the key domestique of Remco Evenepoel has now abandoned on stage 14.Having been ke...

After a horrific crash that almost proved career ending and could actually have been much worse, Egan Bernal has been getting close to his very best in 2024. Although over 10 minutes down at the start of stage 14, sitting 13th overall, a top-10 placing is still a very realistic proposition for the C...

Stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France should have been a big day for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe with Primoz Roglic fighting for the Maillot Jaune on the Col du Tourmalet and Pla d'Adet. Sadly, the Slovenian was forced to abandon after a crashing late on both stage 11 and stage 12. With the Red Bull -...

Covid is back at the 2024 Tour de France and many within the peloton are feeling the effects. INEOS Grenadiers sadly had to announce the departure of Tom Pidcock ahead of stage 14 because of the infection. Speaking ahead of the day's racing, Pidcock's teammate, Geraint Thomas admitted he is also fee...

On stage 13 of the 2024 Tour de France, UAE Team Emirates' Adam Yates found himself up the road early on. Given his presence however, the breakaway was allowed no leeway by the peloton, earning Yates no friends in the process. "I told Adam Yates fifteen times to sit up and he said no because his tea...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe started the Tour de France with the goal of racing to the best possible result with Primoz Roglic. Ideally, the victory, even though that would always be a difficult mission. However after a roller-coaster 11 days, on stage 12 the Slovenian crashed hard and continuing the...

The Tour de France has been absolutely on fire over the past few days and it promises to continue as the race enters the Pyrenees this weekend. Now in the high mountains with long and repeated difficult efforts, Jonas Vingegaard could take the spotlight what has happened in previous years repeats it...

What can Jonas Vingegaard achieve in this Tour de France seems to be a question with a growing answer throughout these past two weeks. The Dane has matched Tadej Pogacar on several key occasions and has beaten him in the Slovenian's own terrain on stage 11. Tim Heemskerk, mastermind behind the defen...

Jonas Vingegaard suffered a fractured collarbone, ribs and a punctured lung at Itzulia Basque Country. For the months that followed, Team Visma | Lease a Bike constantly kept the idea of uncertainty in Jonas Vingegaard because of the non-ideal preparation, but a Slovenian staff member of INEOS Grena...

Covid-19 is not a story of the past and the Tour de France riders know it very well. Infection cases are growing in the peloton and many riders and teams fear their race ending because of it. Olympic Champion and INEOS Grenadiers headliner Tom Pidcock has been taken out of the race as the British te...

Emotions run high at the Tour de France, and as the weeks go by riders start to feel the fatigue more but also the pressure to achieve results. Stage 13 was the 9th fastest ever stage in the history of the race and plenty riders were angry at the end over Adam Yates' presence in the breakaway; but a...

Soudal - Quick-Step are having a virtually spotless Tour de France thus far and intend on keeping it that way as we enter the first decisive weekend of the race. Remco Evenepoel holds an impressive second place inbetween Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard and the team hope he can stay somewhat close...

Movistar Team are having a disappointing Tour de France and it's not showing signs of improving. Fernando Gaviria has been close but has not won in the bunch sprints whilst Enric Mas GC aspirations have evaporated into thin air. Bradley Wiggins, who has battled this team in the past, can't help it b...

Remco Evenepoel, who recently survived another day at the Tour de France without incident, has called for a return to precautionary measures in the face of Covid-19. After completing the stage between Agen and Pau with an outstanding performance, the Soudal Quick-Step leader expressed concern about...

After a 13th stage of the Tour de France 2024 where the riders gave it their all, we now head to the Pyrenees. There, Jonas Vingegaard will have to try to cut the lead that Tadej Pogacar has taken from him in the first half of the race. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader spoke after a spectacular...

Stage 13 of the Tour de France 2024 was a hard blow for UAE Team Emirates. Juan Ayuso had to abandon the race after testing positive for COVID-19 and was unable to keep the pace in the first kilometers of the day. This is bad news for race leader Tadej Pogacar who needs every bit of help to win this...

There's was a massive battle for a spot in the breakaway in the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France. Even the likes of Mathieu van der Poel tried to enter to early moves. However with wind picking up the speed and peloton nervous about echelons, the world champion never got much of a gap.Mike Teu...

The few sprint days we've just had at the Tour de France have delivered incredible action and now we are back in the mountains. We preview stage 14, the first day in the Pyrenees where Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard will go head-to-head in climbs such as the Col du Tourmalet and the summit finis...

Gianni Vermeersch never saw a big career for himself as a roadie. After all, ten years ago, he was still chasing the shadow of then rising kings of the cyclocross Mathieu van der Poel and Wout Van Aert. A decade later, he is racing alongside the Dutchman in Alpecin-Deceuninck jersey on road. And wha...

While huge reshuffles are likely coming at their competition (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Visma | Lease a Bike), UAE Team Emirates have been strangely silent at this year's transfer market so far. You'd almost get the impression of a contentment with their current roster.Of course some changes a...

Before the start of the season, UAE Team Emirates claimed that Isaac del Toro's debut professional season will be mainly about getting the hang of racing in the peloton at the highest level. Yet back then the UAE bosses didn't know the 20-year-old Mexican would go on to a stage at Tour Down Under, t...

We have witnessed another lightning fast day at the Tour de France. The threat of crosswinds was closer than ever and after handful of false alarms, the most loyal fans have finally witnessed the sought after echelons. And would you guessed it - Visma | Lease a Bike took charge in splitting the pelo...

Despite only a reduced peloton entered the final sprint of Tour de France stage 13, there was still a crash in the final kilometer which caused quite a commotion. Arkéa's Amaury Capiot came into contact with Lotto Dstny's Maxim Van Gils with both riders hitting the deck quite hard. The race jury fou...

One of the running themes of the 2024 Tour de France has been drama between Belgian compatriots Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen. Sadly, the pair continue to trade barbs via post and pre-stage interviews, even now, more than halfway through the Grand Tour. It all started back on stage 6. Philipsen...

Remco Evenepoel gave Primoz Roglic a little push during stage eleven of the Tour de France. Evenepoel seemed to urge Roglic to ride extra hard at the front in order to catch back to the leading duo (Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard). Remco's actions caused some commotion after the stage. Analyst M...

In an exclusive and also rather worrying story, Escape Collective reveals that at least three teams, including the Visma | Lease a Bike, UAE Team Emirates and Israel - Premier Tech have access to an expensive device called a carbon monoxide rebreather, which allows for the precise dosing of carbon m...

This morning, Juan Ayuso was forced to abandon the Tour de France due to illness. The UAE Team Emirates rider tested positive for COVID-19, but despite this he decided to try to ride out with his teammates and complete the stage. However, the situation did not improve and the Spanish cyclist had to...

Carlos Rodriguez remains the best Spanish and INEOS Grenadiers rider in the general classification of the Tour de France 2024. After a tremendous 13th stage for the peloton, where the riders went at top speed from the start of the day to the finish, they are now preparing for a brutal weekend where...

The Tour de France 2024 has been affected this Friday by the abandonment of Primoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso, two very sensitive casualties for the race, the second especially for UAE Team Emirates and the general classification goal of Tadej Pogacar.The Spanish rider tested positive for COVID-19 before...

Wout van Aert is having a Tour de France of disappointments. It had a very positive start but a late attack saw him not being able to benefit from his strong sprint to win and take the yellow jersey. Over this Tour he has been blocked in two bunch sprints, and today finished in second position for a...

Jasper Philipsen had a disappointing start to the Tour de France but is now up to speed. Alpecin-Deceuninck lost two riders the day before and committed much less to trying to reach a sprint on stage 13, but the Belgian sprinter managed to benefit from the work of other teams to snatch the victory a...

Stage 13 of the Tour de France 2024 promised changes in the general classification right from the start. Before the start, the withdrawal of Primoz Roglic was confirmed. One of the favorites for victory was out after his crash on stage 12. Later, the withdrawal of Juan Ayuso was announced after test...

The peloton has arrived at stage 13 of the Tour de France, a day where on paper the sprinters are the main favourites however we may see surprises en route to Pau. There are a few small hills both at the start and end of the stage which opens things up for many riders.  Riders like Arnaud de Lie and...

Primoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso abandoned the Tour de France on stage 13 but it was ultimately one of the most exciting days of racing in the year. Incredible breakaway action, vicious echelons, constant attacks from start to finish; but in the end it was a reduced bunch sprint to decide the outcome of...

Today we woke up to the horrible news of Primoz Roglic's withdrawal from the Tour de France 2024. This means that Carlos Rodriguez, the undisputed leader of INEOS Grenadiers, is now perhaps the most direct rival to Remco Evenepoel in the fight for the podium at the Tour. As analyzed by CiclismoAlDia...

Stage 12 delivered a very dramatic finale with a mass crash and the abandon of Primoz Roglic. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe rider's withdraw marked the words of many at the start of stage 13, but many also wondered about the effects of the wind and hills on a day that on paper would traditionally...

Tadej Pogacar snatched the Tour de France victory from Primoz Roglic back in 2020 and that set up the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe rider for a mission that continues until today: Win the Tour de France. Roglic has now crashed out of the race for a third participation in a row and his compatriot has s...

In 2019, Wout van Aert was in his first year as a World Tour rider and had made his Tour de France debut, winning a stage and having a dream race. On the time-trial in stage 13 he crashed against the barriers and suffered a massive wound in a leg. His wife now reveals that in the hospital in Pau - t...

UAE Team Emirates has started off stage 13 with Juan Ayuso testing positive for Covid-19 and now the Spaniard has abandoned the race. Like Pello Bilbao on the previous day, his compatriot has struggled in the early kilometers of the stage and ultimately pulled out of the race. It was reported by AS...

The Tour de France's podium celebrations are among the most popular and watched in the entire cycling world and with it comes a lot of pressure. Such pressure can lead to mistakes, as did the podium announcer at the end of stage 12 by calling for "Jonas Pogacar". The entertaining moment came as Poga...

The Tour de France's organizers are coming under heavy fire after the crash that has marked stage 12 and led to the abandon of Primoz Roglic. A few have criticized the peloton's passage through the curb with 10 kilometers to go that caused the incident, but the Tour's route designer defends himself...

It is not being the Tour de Francefor Cofidis. Third withdrawal in two days.. After Ion Izagirre and Alexis Renard went home during stage 11, today Jesus Herrada will not be able to start the thirteenth stage also due to illness. The rider from La Mancha, stage winner in the last two editions of the...

So far Jonas Vingegaard's Tour de France has been one that to him, has been very emotional. But even for anyone outside Team Visma | Lease a Bike, it's been impressive how the Dane recovered from massive injuries in April to reach his best form this summer, and to many already take the upper hand wh...

Stage 12 of the Tour de France has been marked by the unfortunate crash that has taken out Primoz Roglic from the race. But in the final sprint there was also a lot happening. Mark Cavendish and Arnaud Démare were relegated in the final sprint and the latter comments on it; whilst Jasper Philipsen i...

Road furniture is unavoidable in France but at some points in the Tour de France, it is not properly marked. This is the consensus that the peloton has reached once again after stage 12 saw a mass crash within the final 10 kilometers which has led to massive consequences in the withdraw of Primoz Ro...

The Tour de France race organizers are coming under heavy fire from riders and team managers alike after the mass crash that has now officially taken out Primoz Roglic from the race. Roglic's former head DS at Team Visma | Lease a Bike Merijn Zeeman was specially annoyed that the road furniture that...

It is official. The worst news have been confirmed by Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe this morning: Primoz Roglic has abandoned the Tour de France as a result of the high-speed crash suffered on stage 12, leaving the German team without a leader and breaking the Slovenian's heart. "Primož Roglič underwe...

Wout van Aert has been having a rollercoaster Tour de France and it shows no sign of stopping. Two days ago the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider crashed and suffered bad injuries which had him contemplating withdrawing from the race,  but yesterday he almost sprinted for the win in Villeneuve-sur-Lot...

The Tour de France is the most important cycling event in the world for many and is the race for which many are willing to take the most risks and endure the most pain. That is the case with Neilson Powless who has suffered a wrist fracture on one of yesterday's mass crashes but will continue the ra...

Biniam Girmay won his third victory in the Tour de France 2024 yesterday. The Eritrean is making history for his country in a Grande Boucle in which he is being, by far, the best sprinter of the competition. In fact, he has thepoints classification very much on track and only abandoning the race cou...

Stage 12 of the Tour de France 2024, although decided by a sprint, had movements in the general classification. Primoz Roglic was brought down by a crash 12 km from the finish line, with the Slovenian losing considerable time on the rest of his GC contenders.As a result, the Red Bull - BORA - hansgr...

Primoz Roglic suffered another hard crash on the twelfth stage of the 2024 Tour de France, casting doubt on his ability to continue in the race. The Slovenian rider of the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe team fell heavily on Astana Qazaqstan Team's Alexey Lutsenko about ten kilometers from the finish, i...

The 2024 Tour de France is heating up and we look set for an almighty fight for the Maillot Jaune between current leader Tadej Pogacar, reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard and Tour debutant Remco Evenepoel. Notably absent from that list now is Primoz Roglic after the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leade...

Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic have gone head to head at a number of Grand Tours over recent years. In 2025 and beyond however, could the superstar duo become teammates at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe? Well according to a report by HLN, representatives of Evenepoel and Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe...

The duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard on Wednesday made for one of the more entertaining Tour de France stages in a long time. Two-time Tour champion Bernard Thevenet claims he has never seen a rivalry such as the one between the winners of last four editions of Grande Boucle."When Pog...

Whilst Tadej Pogacar starts stage 12 of the 2024 Tour de France actually with a bigger lead than he had before stage 11, his aura of being the Maillot Jaune winner in waiting seems significantly diminished following Jonas Vingegaard's incredible performance and stage win. There was a curious moment...

We preview stage 13 of the Tour de France, a day where on paper the sprinters are the main favourites however we may see surprises en route to Pau. There are a few small hills both at the start and end of the stage which opens things up for a lot of riders. Another day for the sprinters, even if it...

Lance Armstrong discussed with The Move podcast colleagues George Hincapie and Bradley Wiggins the eleventh stage of the 2024 Tour de France, in particular the tactics of UAE Team Emirates who worked all day long to have no gain at the end. The seven-time winner (later stripped for doping) of 7 Tour...

At Red Bull, they don't make half-baked decisions. And so their investment in Ralph Denk's BORA - hansgrohe can only signal one thing. To become the best.While the team will considerably strengthen for next season (Tratnik, Pithie, Van Dijke twins, Pellizzari), some riders also must go. One such cas...

Mark Cavendish is the fresh owner of the title of a rider with most Tour de France stage wins to his name. In addition, the 39-year-old was recently awarded the British knight title for example representing of the kingdom. And it is at his home Tour of Britain where not only fans would like to see t...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale are having a great 2024 regardless of how Tour de France plays out. However a stage victory would still be more than welcome as the team has been playing a minor role at the Grande Boucle so far.Team manager Vincent Lavenu summed up the eleventh stage to Le Lioran where hi...

Alexey Lutsenko lost control of his bike in the final parts of the stage 12 when he missed a small curb in the middle of the road. The consequences are several wounded riders, but more importantly a podium favourite losing time in the crash.Primoz Roglic, who was involved in the crash, jumped back o...

'11' probably won't become Tadej Pogacar's favourite number. For the second time in last three years, it is on the eleventh day of the Tour de France that he is dealt a heavy blow by Jonas Vingegaard. As it is now became evident the two are not as worlds apart as some may have thought, we can only l...

Wednesday's Tour de France stage in Central Massif will be the one to forget at Cofidis. While Guillaume Martin fought for a stage success to a little effect in the breakaway, his teammates Ion Izagirre and Alexis Renard had to abandon the Grand Boucle due to illness at the early parts of the stage....

Although Mark Cavendish wasn't truly in the fight for the stage win on stage 12 of the 2024 Tour de France, crossing the line in 5th, the Manx Missile was among two riders relegated by the race jury post-stage, along with Arnaud Demare. "We're all obviously very disappointed," Astana Qazaqstan Team'...

Although Primoz Roglic no longer rides in the colours of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the feeling between both parties remains strong. After the Slovenian, now at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, crashed late on stage 12 of the 2024 Tour de France, all but ruling himself out of Maillot Jaune contention, V...

Juan Ayuso had a tough time on the 11th stage of the 2024 Tour de France. The Spaniard crossed the finish line in 15th position in a group with Matteo Jorgenson, Ben Healy, Egan Bernal, Steff Cras and Wilco Kelderman, 4:39 behind the day's winner, Jonas Vingegaard, and his UAE Team Emirates leader a...

Whilst stage 12 was supposed to be a more relaxed day for the general classification challengers, both Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic were caught up in crashes, with the latter losing significant time as a result. Although Soudal - Quick-Step leader Remco Evenepoel was the biggest inadvertent benef...

There is no doubt about who the dominant sprint force is of the 2024 Tour de France. On stage 12, Intermarché - Wanty leader Biniam Girmay powered to his third stage win of this Grand Tour, giving a big boost to his Green Jersey hopes."First of all I would like to say thanks to God for giving me a l...

Stage 12 of the 2024 Tour de France saw Biniam Girmay make it a hat-trick of stage wins this Grand Tour. Behind the Eritrean however, things were a little more complicated with a messy sprint bringing plenty for the race jury to look at post-stage. On the line, Arnaud Demare managed to cross the lin...

Stage 12 of the Tour de France 2024 promised little activity in the fight for the general classification. In principle there should be a sprint finish, and the favourites for the yellow jersey should not have too complicated a day. That's not quite how things transpired however. Unfortunately, the c...

Wout van Aert continues to be made to wait for any personal success at the 2024 Tour de France. On stage 12, the Belgian sprinted strongly again, but was forced to settle for second behind Biniam Girmay. "I'm disappointed. I was trapped between Arnaud Démare and the fences,” reflected the Team Visma...

  The race departs the Massif Central, towards the Pyrenees. The peleton has arrived at stage 12 of the Tour de France, a day that should end in a bunch sprint but the hilly profile does allow breakaway opportunists to dream of a surprise.  Could it finally be the day for Arnaud de Lie or can Wout v...

Biniam Girmay has made it a trifecta of Tour de France stage wins at the 2024 edition, with a thrilling bunch sprint win ahead of Wout van Aert and Arnaud Demare on stage 12. There was some early drama on stage 12, with a crash in the peloton seeing the Maillot Jaune of Tadej Pogacar himself caught...

Primoz Roglic has again been caught up in a crash at the 2024 Tour de France and with just 10km to go on stage 12, the Slovenian faces a race against time to get into the peloton by the end of the day.As the stress levels began to rise before the inevitable bunch sprint, Alexey Lutsenko of the Astan...

The Tour de France has had a rough start on stage 12 for a few riders. The strong pace of those trying to form a breakaway led to the difficulties of Fabio Jakobsen but also a crash that affected Tadej Pogacar. With 179 kilometers to the finale of the stage there was a crash involving several riders...

Just a few weeks ago, there was a black cloud of uncertainty surrounding Jonas Vingegaard's condition following his very nasty crash at the Itzulia Basque Country earlier this year, which resulted with time spent in intensive care. On stage 11 of the 2024 Tour de France however, Vingegaard put all u...

Something within the Bahrain - Victorious team at the 2024 Tour de France isn't quite right at the moment. Pello Bilbao has become the latest rider to abandon the Grand Tour, just a day after his teammate, Fred Wright was forced to leave the race by missing the time cut.Bilbao had been visibly strug...

For Jonas Vingegaard, the 2024 Tour de France has been an incredible display of resilience and strength. After a nightmare preparation, few believed the Dane would be on top form for the Tour, but on stage 11, Vingegaard looked as good as ever. Following his horrific crash at the Itzulia Basque Coun...

Primoz Roglic has had a roller-coaster of a Tour de France but at the start of stage 12 he starts off in fourth place, 2.15 minutes away from the yellow jersey of Tadej Pogacar but only a minute away from his main rival in the podium fight Remco Evenepoel. Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe confirmed that...

Astana Qazaqstan Team have had a successful Tour de France as they have achieved the stage win they looked for with Mark Cavendish. He and Michael Morkov have in different years teamed up together to hunt this historic feat and much of Cavendish's current position in cycling is owed to the Dane. Mor...

Wout van Aert has had two crashes now at this Tour de France. None of them were overly serious or led to fractures but the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider is definitely having obstacles to his goal of improving his form. He has had a good night and isn't thinking of abandoning the Grand Boucle, but...

The Tour de France blew up once again yesterday on the climbs of the Massif Central, despite being far from the toughest in the race. Soudal - Quick-Step and Remco Evenepoel have survived another day in second place and Remco Evenepoel fulfilled the team's goals on the day."By riding at his own pace...

It is something that seemingly does not happen so much in cycling anymore, but remains a sad reality. The Tour de France caravan has woken up today with unfortunate news that one of it's teams was a victim of mass theft. French team TotalEnergies had 11 bikes stolen overnight. Jean-René Bernaudeau,...

Michael Morkov is racing his final Tour de France but it has had a premature end. The Astana Qazaqstan Team rider, who has been supporting and leading out Mark Cavendish in the bunch sprints so far, has been forced to abandon the race after contracting Covid-19. It is said that Bahrain - Victorious...

UAE Team Emirates built up the plan to attack yesterday's stage into Le Lioran and fully committed to it. Pavel Sivakov was an instrumental part of this plan and did a lot of important work, but was not shocked to see Jonas Vingegaard being able to match Tadej Pogacar and points out that Team Visma...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is working on winning the Tour de France, a difficult task, but part of the team is naturally already focusing ahead. Wout van Aert had the Vuelta a España originally in his schedule and almost certainly the Belgian will take part in the final Grand Tour of the season. The...

Johan Bruyneel, on Lance Armstrong's The Move show, gave his thoughts on stage 11 of the Tour de France and was harsh on Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates for trying a tactic he believes was stupid against an obviously in-form Jonas Vingegaard. The former cyclist and current analyst began by expla...

Remco Evenepoel has kept his second place at the Tour de France despite an emergence from Jonas Vingegaard on a day that saw more damage in the overall classification than what most expected. The Belgian put on another controlled ride to finish third on the day and increase his advantage to many of...

A day for the books, many will say. The 2024 Tour de France is only in it's second day in the mountains and in the space of 11 days we have already had so much action. Today was one of the greatest ever battles between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar, but the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider manag...

Primoz Roglic has gone through it all in this Tour de France. Crashing, getting caught in splits, bad positioning. Today he put on a good performance in the climbs of the Massif Central but crashed in the final kilometers. However his dream of a Tour win has been saved once again, time time around b...

Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates had a plan to blow up the Tour de France today, but although they succeeded, they lost time to the man they tried to distance. The UAE Team paced all day long to control the day's breakaway and then put on the hurt in the early climbs of the day to set up Pogacar...

For Wout van Aert, the eleventh stage of the Tour de France ended at X-ray check-up where any fractures were ruled out. Why? Because the Belgian all-rounder hit the deck quite hard while preparing position for Jonas Vingegaard. And while Visma | Lease a Bike can celebrate a victory at the end of the...

The race departs the Massif Central, towards the Pyrenees. We preview stage 12 of the Tour de France, a day that should end in a bunch sprint but the hilly profile does allow breakaway opportunists to dream of a surprise. Stage 12 is a transition day through western France. It is 204 kilometers long...

We'll have to wait for a bit to know the exact Slovenian lineup for Paris Olympic Games, but if you look at the number of Slovenian professionals in the peloton - it's not difficult to guess. Right? Well, apparently the national coach knows something nobody else seems to know as he opted to not incl...

For Romain Bardet it is his last Tour de France and in the eleventh stage the climber of Team dsm-firmenich PostNL got to enjoy riding on his home roads one more time. On the Puy Mary climb, Bardet's fans were standing rows thick. The Frenchman rode far from the front and was able to savor the momen...

This year's Tour de France will be one to forget Fred Wright. After a rather miserable opening week, the Bahrain - Victorious rider seemed to be gradually finding his better legs again. But his eighth place from the stage 8 to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises will remain the highlight of Wright's Tour as t...

Reason to celebrate at Visma | Lease a Bike on Wednesday. So far, we still weren't sure whether Jonas Vingegaard could defeat Tadej Pogacar, but on the stage to Le Lioran - he did it. This bring only cosmetic changes to the general classification, however the moral boost for the Dane, as well as the...

UAE Team Emirates did everything in their might to put pressure on Jonas Vingegaard in a lead up to Puy Mary. And it seemed to work when Tadej Pogacar unleashed his horses on the steepest parts of the climb, as the Slovenian quickly opened a noticeable gap. And when the advantage passed half minute...

One of the many unwritten rules of the peloton has long been that when the race leader - in the case of the 2024 Tour de France, the Maillot Jaune wearing Tadej Pogacar - stops for a nature break, there is a respectful ceasefire of attacks until the leader returns. According to Egan Bernal however,...

We truly live lucky times in cycling, After three battles for the Tour de France win, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard keep delivering thrilling action every year in July and it's always somehow surprising. The two best climbers in the world went all-out today in the Massif Central in what was wit...

UAE Team Emirates had a clear plan today: Control the breakaway, win the stage and have Tadej Pogacar take time on Jonas Vingegaard. Safe to say it essentially exploded in their face. João Almeida talks about a well executed plan and the confirmation of a strong Jonas Vingegaard. “It could have been...

Stage 11 of the Tour de France 2024 was not presented as a brutal day of mountains. However UAE Team Emirates and Tadej Pogacar lit the race up to create the biggest differences in the race so far. But after so much work and attacking, the yellow jersey lost 1 second to Jonas Vingegaard in a day whe...

The Tour de France completed exploded this afternoon. Tadej Pogacar attacked and dropped Jonas Vingegaard with a long-distance attack with over 30 kilometers to go but the defending champion managed to close the gap and amazingly outsprint his rival in Le Lioran. The day was one where most expected...

 A tricky and difficult stage. The race goes into the mountains once again but on stage 11 they are short and explosive. We preview the race's main day on the Massif Central where it can be expected that the GC riders will be in action but a breakaway is likely to succeed on the day.  It is a day wi...

UAE Team Emirates had a plan for today's stage of the Tour de France and they are implementing it. It was a very fast and explosive start, and Tadej Pogacar has gone all-out to drop the competition in the very steep Puy de Mary. It was a day long's work to launch this move. UAE controlled and brough...

Wout van Aert has crashed once again. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider went down on stage 2 of the race and although he did not suffer meaningful injuries, he should not have a good night of sleep again as on the approach to one of the day's main ascents today on stage 11, he has hit the deck onc...

Stage 10 of the Tour de France was the calmest and most controlled day of the Tour de France. Also without any sort of climbing, the pure sprinters were able to fight on for the stage win and we've seen Jasper Philipsen taking it, supported by Mathieu van der Poel. The World Champion received quite...

The Tour de France puts in display some of the best leadouts in the cycling world and certainly one of them is that of Alpecin-Deceuninck. Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen teamed up to absolute perfection in 2023 but have had a rough Tour until yesterday's victory. But it was a victory in 2...

It was not to be. After winning a stage in 2023, Ion Izagirre's main goal for 2024 was to try to raise his arms again in the Grande Boucle, but in the eleventh stage he had to abandon. He and Alexis Renard were both dropped at the start of the day with the very high pace experienced in the peloton a...

Stage 11 of the Tour de France has started off full speed and not only are the stage hunters attempt to all attacks, but the GC riders too. Jonas Vingegaard has not been able to explore the roads of the Massif Central ahead of the race however he certainly knows that he has to be ready for anything....

Red Bull - BORA - hangrohe have so far been able to keep Primoz Roglic in the fight for the win at the Tour de France, although the withdraw of Aleksandr Vlasov is a meaningful hit. However one of his other domestiques, Bob Jungels, is said to have now signed a deal with INEOS Grenadiers. This has b...

Remco Evenepoel started stage 11 of the Tour de France in second place in the overall classification, 33 seconds down on the yellow jersey of Tadej Pogacar. The Soudal - Quick-Step rider continues to think long-term in this Tour but he is very much aware of how dangerous today's hilly stage can be f...

Miguel Indurain has won five Tours de France and holds an achievement that he believes Tadej Pogacar could reach. The Spaniard has talked a lot about the changes in technology over the last 30 years in the peloton and on the chances of the UAE Team Emirates rider winning this year's edition. “I see...

It is with no surprise to know that a few sprinters in the peloton are not happy with Jasper Philipsen's way of riding, but the truth is some are also awaiting apologies. No other than Wout van Aert says that he has yet to receive a personal apology following the dangerous move of the Alpecin-Deceun...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe has gotten it's first win with it's new name and colours. After a season packed with impressive performances, Florian Lipowitz was given the leadership at the Sibiu Cycling Tour in Romania and has won the overall classification. "I came to the Sibiu Tour without any great...

Podium celebrations always gather a lot of press, photographers, officials, guests and plenty fans wanting to watch the day's winner and jersey wearers. At the Tour de France you can expect this spectacle to be as large as ever but this becomes an issue for some. Remco Evenepoel's wife has shared he...

The psychological fight for the Tour de France win is full on. Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are typically very friendly and respectful of each other, having battled for now three consecutive Tour victories. However Vingegaard's extremely defensive and conservative tactics have gotten in the he...

The Tour de France has, in modern times, seen a new array of world-class riders who are not only extremely strong but also very popular and friendly with each other. But that may crack in this Tour, as it is very clear that after a very difficult and tactic stage 9, Jonas Vingegaard and Visma have g...

Tadej Pogacar didn't encounter any issues during Tuesday's stage 10 of the Tour de France. The Slovenian could even afford to save his UAE Team Emirates teammates' strengths on a day where the threat of echelons was premature and so it turned out to be a pretty peaceful day for most of the bunch."It...

A tricky and difficult stage. The race goes into the mountains once again but on stage 11 they are short and explosive. We preview the race's main day on the Massif Central where it can be expected that the GC riders will be in action but a breakaway is likely to succeed on the day. Into the Massif...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike recognize talent and make an effort to keep it. Bart Lemmen is in his Tour de France debut and has been making a great impression in the Dutch team this year, which has earned him a contract extension at the start of the race's second week. "I feel at home in this team. I h...

Wout van Aert is far from a pure bunch sprinter but he has been giving it a go in the flat finales of the Tour de France so far. Today he was not overly far from victory, but laments the lack of attempts from anyone in the peloton to make the race hard. "It was a very easy stage, but I felt okay. It...

Gerben Thijssen entered the Tour de France with the ambition to give the world's best sprinters a good run for their money. However similar was the situation for his teammate Biniam Girmay, who managed to win two stages and gain a massive lead in the points classification during the first week. Unsu...

Leadouts in sprints often do not go according to plan. Mark Cavendish knows this all too well. Although he has already made history in this Tour de France, the Manx Missile aims to achieve more success in the bunch sprints but did not participate once again today. However that was partially because...

Thomas Voeckler continues to trust Christophe Laporte with a selection for the Olympic Games, despite a complicated start to the season. But after months of not very ideal preparation, it seems that the Frenchman is once again close to his best level at the on-going Tour de France. Under normal circ...

Thomas Voeckler confirmed the French selection for the Olympic Games, and while the quartet Julian Alaphilippe, Christophe Laporte, Valentin Madouas and Kevin Vauquelin can ready themselves to represent their country in Paris, Benoît Cosnefroy was left out. And it's a massive upset both for his fans...

Slovenia, albeit small in size, currently belongs among the strongest cycling nations in the world. And so it's no surprise that they were able to secure the maximum possible of available Olympic Games slots. The four riders set to represent in Paris are yet to be decided, however the list with like...

Dylan Groenewegen was not involved in the sprint for victory in Saint-Amand-Montrond. The technical run-in to the finish cost many favourites a good position and the Dutch champion simply found himself too far off the front after the last turn. Ninth on the day was a maximum while Jasper Philipsen m...

White jersey Remco Evenepoel cruised through the tenth stage of this year's Tour de France without much of a problem. Thus the Soudal - Quick-Step leader can turn his sight towards the stage 11 - one that promises another showdown between the GC favourites."It was almost like a second day off," said...

The startlist for the Olympic Games events are slowly taking shape and the home nation of France have already announced their '4' for the road race. Thomas Voeckler had a difficult time deciding which riders they would take for the race and what tactics they'd use, but there was little question that...

In 2023 the Tour de France, and much of the season, was like a dream for Alpecin-Deceuninck but specially for the newly-discovered sprint duo of Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen. But no two seasons are the same and at this year's Tour, the duo had failed to succeed or even come close to a p...

Stage 10 of the Tour de France was not a very calm day with the threat of echelons floating over the peloton, but there were no CG differences or major attempts to split the race. It was a day for the sprinters, but the Tour is a three-week race and a few important riders have climbed up the overall...

Jasper Philipsen has had it all in the first week of the Tour de France. Second places, relegations and swearing on the bus behind cameras but that was the path to take into his first victory of the edition. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider finally showed his best level today alongside his leadout and m...

  The first week of the Tour de France is over. It had everything, from explosive stages in the hills, total mountain brawls, a thrilling time-trial, echelons, incredibly popular victories and finally a brutal stage on gravel roads. The race stabilizes in what is the final day of it's first half. Th...

It has been a hellish start to the Tour de France for Alpecin-Deceuninck as their leaders lacked the luck and Jasper Philipsen was unable to have the start he had in 2023. But that has ended today; the Belgian sprinter was able to team up with Mathieu van der Poel for a textbook leadout and finally...

There is less than one month until the riders tackle the Olympic Games, both time-trial and road race events. France is the home nation and has quality riders to present in Paris, but with only four spots available, national coach Thomas Voeckler was forced to make hard decision and disappoint a few...

Stage 10 of the Tour de France is a day for the sprinters. Completely flat in nature, it's a welcome sight after what was a very hard first week and the first rest day of the race. Whilst the pure sprinters will be at the front, a few riders are concerned with the chances of wind showing up and caus...

The first week of the Tour de France is over. It had everything, from explosive stages in the hills, total mountain brawls, a thrilling time-trial, echelons, incredibly popular victories and finally a brutal stage on gravel roads. The race stabilizes in what is the final day of it's first half. We p...

After the first week of the Tour de France 2024, Carlos Rodriguez is currently seventh in the general classification, 2:31 behind Tadej Pogacar and 1:16 behind Jonas Vingegaard on the podium. But INEOS Grenadiers have not let their guard down and their ambitions have not changed after the first week...

The rest day at the Tour de France is always a time for riders to relax a bit and loosen up in a race that is packed with tension, stress and media in all corners. Over this day we have seen plenty entertaining footage, interesting small news and even sponsor duties come about for some of the world'...

Mathieu van der Poel has had a very underwhelming Tour de France in 2023 when it came to individual results but it turned out to be perfect preparation for the World Championships right after. The Alpecin-Deceuninck may be on the same track for the Olympic Games this year, but he continues to chase...

Jonas Vinegaard has sustained multiple and very serious injuries in the crash he suffered this spring at Itzulia Basque Country and it might have literally changed the day the way he pedals on the bike. Philippe Gilbert has looked at the Dane's position and believes it is different than before the A...

Jonas Vingegaard kept the gaps as they were at the start of the day this Sunday as the peloton tackled a very hard and dangerous stage full of gravel sectors. Whilst not everyone was a fan of their defensive tactics the Dutch team achieved what they wanted and Johan Bruyneel complemented the success...

How Remco Evenepoel would fare on his Tour de France debut was a topic of much discussion ahead of the 2024 edition. As the race reaches its first rest day, the Belgian has so far been almost faultless and sits 2nd overall, just 33 seconds off the Maillot Jaune. On Sunday's thrilling gravel stage 9...

Stage 9 of the Tour de France turned out to be an all-time classic. Whilst almost the entire field of GC riders arrived to the finish line in Troyes together, in no way did that reflect the insane day of action from start to finish. Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar attacked Jonas Vingegaard and Tea...

Itzulia Basque Country is a race that will be marked on the 2024 cycling season but for the worst reasons. A crash early in the race saw Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic - three of the four Tour de France's main contenders - crash at high speed and Vingegaard suffered massive inju...

The ninth day of the Tour de France put on display the riders' qualities in the off-road sectors, team tactics and strength. Team Visma | Lease a Bike were without a doubt the strongest team and that allowed Jonas Vingegaard to not lose time on his rivals. He responds to criticism from both Remco Ev...

Whilst seemingly not quiet on the level of Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard so far at the 2024 Tour de France, Primoz Roglic has been using all his experience and fighting spirit to keep himself still in Maillot Jaune contention at the 2024 Tour de France reaches its first rest da...

Tadej Pogacar's dream of a historic Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double in 2024 is still very much alive at the Tour reaches its first rest day. In the Maillot Jaune after nine stages, the UAE Team Emirates leader holds a 33 second advantage in the general classification."Visma is trying to have c...

One of the stars of this spring - Stephen Williams has unsurprisingly opted to renew with the team where he has achieved his career's greatest successes - Israel - Premier Tech. Williams will stay with the formation for at least another four years.Before joining the Israeli team, the Welshman spent...

Urska Zigart is a five-time national champion (4x time trial). But the 27-year-old Slovenian who races for Liv AlUla Jayco is more known as 'Tadej Pogacar's partner'. Despite Zigart's relatively successful professional career - she became double Slovenian champion in June - most interviews end at Ta...

Just like Tadej Pogacar, Geraint Thomas is attempting a Giro-Tour double for the first time in his career. But while the Slovenian who dominated the pink race a month ago is in the mix for victory in France too, the 38-year-old Welshman already dropped out of the GC in the first week.But even withou...

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL couldn't have dreamed of a better start to Tour de France that what they witnessed in Rimini. While Romain Bardet got to wear a yellow jersey for the first time in his career, it was his young teammate Frank van den Broek who received the 'hero of the day' badge."I still ca...

Sir Bradley Wiggins, who recently entered bankrupcy, will be a special guest on Lance Armstrong's podcast for the next week, it was revealed on Sunday.Wiggins, the winner of the 2012 Tour de France, suggested to Cycling Weekly last month that he had a job lined up for the French Grand Tour, and has...

Perhaps a bit surprisingly, Bahrain - Victorious entered the Tour de France with Santiago Buitrago as their main leader. Despite losing a bit of time in Bologna, the Colombian rider remains in a solid 15th place (14th after the injury of Aleksandr Vlasov) in the general classification, within two mi...

Michael Morkov will retire at the end of 2024. Now this doesn't come as a complete surprise because as we know, the 39-year-old only joined Astana Qazaqstan ahead of this season with the aim to break the Tour de France stage victories record with Mark Cavendish. As this has been accomplished, there...

The long-awaited has been confirmed and we finally know for (almost) certain which four names will represent the host country at the Olympic Games in Paris.It's been speculated in long advance that the spearhead of French lineup should be the two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe. The 32-year-o...

The first week of the Tour de France 2024 came to an end this past Sunday, July 7, with the celebration of stage 9 of the race, the gravel stage, which gave a tremendous show before the rest day that is being given this Monday.For this reason, our colleagues at Ciclismoaldia have decided to make an...

The 2024 Tour de France promises to be a standout edition, commencing with its Grand Depart in Florence and Emilia-Romagna, just across the border in Italy. Notably, it will conclude away from Paris for the first time in many years, with the race culminating in Nice. Scheduled from June 29th to July...

A lot of heat has been laid at the door of Team Visma | Lease a Bike following the thrilling gravel stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France. According to some, the team were defensive and boring on the day, and that criticism has filtered back to the riders it would seem. Former commentator Maarten Ducro...

The Tour de France has underwent 9 stages so far and the first week has ended. We have seen fantastic stages in the mountains, hills, gravel, time-trial and in the sprints and after all this racing it is Intermarché - Wanty who has surprisingly brought in the most prize money, after Biniam Girmay's...

The highly anticipated gravel stage of the 2024 Tour de France more than lived up to the expectations on Sunday as an all-time great Tour de France stage was delivered. In the end however, there was no real GC shakeup as had been predicted. A big reason for this was the lack of desire by Jonas Vinge...

With the 2024 Tour de France reaching the first rest day, it's time for the Maillot Jaune hopefuls to take stock. For Remco Evenepoel and those within Soudal - Quick-Step, spirits are high after an overwhelmingly positive opening week. On Sunday's stunning gravel stage 9 that brought that opening we...

After playing a key role in Jonas Vingegaard's Tour de France victories in 2022 and 2023, Nathan van Hooydonck is forced to view the action from outside the peloton this time around after his premature retirement due to a heart issue. Assessing his former Team Visma | Lease a Bike teammates' perform...

Whilst Primoz Roglic scratched and clawed to keep his general classification dream alive at the 2024 Tour de France on the thrilling gravel stage on Sunday, now though, the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader has been dealt a rest day blow. One of the expected mountain super domestiques for Roglic to...

The cycling world was again rocked by the sudden death of one of its riders last week in Austria as Norwegian prospect Andre Drege, on the verge of a move to World Tour level, had his life tragically cut short following a crash on the penultimate stage of the Tour of Austria. This has once again bro...

For the second day running at the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women, there has been an Italian winner. After Elisa Longo Borghini took the stage win in the opening time-trial, Chiara Consonni has powered to a sprint win on stage 2. In a frantic finale in Volta Mantovana, Consonni narrowly took the win ahead...

Taking advantage of the rest day of the Tour de France 2024 after the first week of competition, INEOS Grenadiers have been busy renewing the contracts of their riders. 37-year-old Spanish veteran Jonathan Castroviejo has signed for one more season, until the end of 2025, and his stay at INEOS will...

After taking his second stage win of the 2024 Tour de France on Saturday, Biniam Girmay was impressive again on Sunday's gravel stage, taking a heap more points for his Green Jersey classification goals and eventually finishing 9th. "I had fun at the beginning, but after 50 kilometres I was complete...

When the route was announced, we all realized that the ninth stage of the Tour de France 2024, with several sections of sterrato, would be one of the most epic of the race. One of the important men in the peloton, Egan Bernal, made it through without any major difficulties. The Colombian rider of IN...

UAE Team Emirates went all out with it's domestiques to try and create as much damage as possible on stage 9 of the Tour de France. Tim Wellens was a big part of this plan, but the team ultimately couldn't make the difference against a very strong Jonas Vingegaard and Team Visma | Lease a Bike that...

Wout van Aert is undergoing this Tour de France in a domestique role and yesterday on the race's gravel stage where he supported Jonas Vingegaard in what was a massive collective performance. The Belgian rider is confident that he is part of a team that can conquer the Tour for a third year in a row...

The death of Andre Drege has cast a dark shadow over the world of cycling this weekend. Many tributes have been sent from all corners of the sport. As the police investigate the crash that has led to his heart-breaking situation, details emerge over what has led the Team Coop - Repsol rider to crash...

Jonas Vingegaard continues to show an incredible shape, given the circumstances, at the 2024 Tour de France. As the first day is reached the still recovering Dane sits 3rd overall at 1:15 off the Maillot Jaune of Tadej Pogacar. On the gravel stage 9, Vingegaard was in full defensive mode after an il...

Remco Evenepoel was an antagonist throughout the gravel stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France. At one point, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader was clear of the peloton alongside Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. Sadly for the chances of the move however, only two thirds of the group had any intention of...

Stage 9 of this year's Tour de France is much feared among the favourites for the overall victory. It's not because of its brutal climbs but due to the unpredictable gravel. Matej Mohoric, as the current gravel World Champion, seems to be the right person to give his opinion of how this stage might...

Despite repeated attacks at the front of the GC group on the stage 9 gravel of the 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar was unable to snap the elastic to his Maillot Jaune rivals, with almost all general classification riders crossing the line together. “It was pretty fun racing. There was lots of san...

Whilst Jonas Vingegaard and Team Visma | Lease a Bike were on the back foot to an attacking Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel on the gravel stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France, when the dust settled, all the big names crossed the line side by side. "I think it was a great team performance in this sta...

The dust has settled in Troyes both figuratively and literally and it's much to everyone's surprise, it's the big guy from Uno-X Mobility Jonas Abrahamsen who controls the situation in the King of Mountains classification as we head into the first rest day of this year's Tour de France.Abrahamsen's...

Despite the results turning out rather boring, the Tour de France gravel stage certainly didn't disappoint in terms of the spectacle it delivered. While nobody was ultimately able to create a difference within the peloton, Derek Gee fought it out at the front against his fellow escapees and ultimate...

Big disappointment at Lidl-Trek after the gravel stage in the Tour de France. Jasper Stuyven seemed to be on his way to victory, but was caught in the final kilometer by his former breakaway companions. "With that group with Turgis in it, we knew he wasn’t going to win in a sprint. Moreover, there w...

All reasons to smile at UAE Team Emirates after the ninth stage of Tour de France. After all Tadej Pogacar is in the yellow with solid lead over his nearest competitors. In addition, his teammates Juan Ayuso and Joao Almeida are in placed 5th and 6th overall respectively.The Slovenian probably hoped...

It was not the best day in Simon Yates' career. The 31-year-old was already quite deep in the provisional standings, but after the gravel stage where he lost another 10 minutes, his GC ambition is officially as we enter the first rest day. Before the stage, Yates shared his concerns about introducti...

Jonas Vingegaard was on the back foot for much of stage 9 at the 2024 Tour de France, but on the dangerous gravel, the Dane defended bravely, responding to multiple attacks from the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel to survive the day without any further time loss. An already tough day was...

Mathieu van der Poel was one of the fancied riders heading into the 2024 Tour de France's gravel stage 9. Despite a late attack however, the world champion was unable to make an impact at the pointy end of the race. Having kept himself quiet for much of the day, just following the wheels at the fron...

The seventh and biggest victory in the career of Anthony Turgis came on Sunday afternoon and in a stage for the ages at the 2024 Tour de France too as the TotalEnergies rider triumphed on the hotly anticipated gravel stage 9. "'I didn't even dare to raise my hand beforehand when asked who of us coul...

On a day well suited to the day capabilities of Tom Pidcock, the Brit was always fancied to be in the mix on the stage 9 gravel of the 2024 Tour de France, especially after falling out of GC contention. Sadly for the Brit, he couldn't quite take a second Tour stage win, coming home in a close second...

Stage 9 of the Tour de France 2024 closed the first week in style, with the celebration of a gravel day that promised a lot of dispute between the favorites for the general classification. Tadej Pogacar started the day defending the yellow jersey over Remco Evenepoel, 2nd, and Jonas Vingegaard, 3rd....

The final stage of the first week at the Tour de France takes place this Sunday. The famous gravel stage that has been talked up for months is now finally upon us. It has arrived, stage 9 of the Tour de France, a day where the race may not be won but it may definitely be lost in the 32 kilometers of...

After much hype and discussion, it's fair to say that the gravel stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France has more than lived up to expectations. After a truly astonishing day of riding, TotalEnergies' Anthony Turgis triumphed ahead of Tom Pidcock and Derek Gee as the GC riders cancelled each other out.Th...

On a thrilling day at the 2024 Tour de France, the attacks keep coming. The latest of which is from the Maillot Jaune Tadej Pogacar himself!With just under 22km to go, Pogacar attacked once again and this time his main follower on the day, Remco Evenepoel was nowhere no be seen. Although Christophe...

Now aged 32 and in her 13th ever Giro d'Italia Women, Elisa Longo Borghini proved in the opening stage individual time trial that she is still more than capable of finally taking overall victory, securing the stage win and the first Maglia Rosa of the race. "It’s really emotional," said a tearful Lo...

The race is hotting up at the front on stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France and the rise in stress levels has seen Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's Aleksandr Vlasov take a very nasty crash off the road and into a ditch. Forced towards the edge of the road in the GC group, Vlasov spectacularly went head o...

Remco Evenepoel continues to impress on his debut Tour de France. No one will have expected this however, as the Belgian has attacked with just under 80km to go on the gravel stage 9!After a testing move by Tadej Pogacar with around 90km to go, Evenepoel's move was a much more serious attack at 78km...

Four times a Tour de France stage winner, Michael Matthews had high hopes of taking a fifth win on stage 8 on Saturday. Sadly for the Australian, he was left completely off the pace, much to his own confusion. “For me I don’t really have words,” he said at the finish in quotes collected by Velo, aft...

There has been so much talk about the gravel sectors of stage 9 at the 2024 Tour de France and just two sectors in, the drama is already reaching fever pitch. Showing why it is so important to be at the front of the peloton on a day such as this, as the peloton entered the second sector, those halfw...

The final stage of the first week at the Tour de France takes place this Sunday. The famous gravel stage that has been talked up for months is now finally upon us. We preview stage 9 of the Tour de France, a day where the race may not be won but it may definitely be lost in the 32 kilometers of off-...

Much has been made of stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France as the races takes the riders onto the gravel with potentially GC shifting ramifications. The time for talking is now over though, as the day is here and for Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the plan is clear. "This stage is meant for the spectacle...

The opening stage of the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women saw the peloton take on a 15.7 kilometre time-trial. The winner on the day and as a result, the first Maglia Rosa of the race, was Italy's own, Elisa Longo Borghini.Among the times of the notable names, Lotte Kopecky clocked 21:02 for her efforts, Ju...

The mood at Intermarché - Wanty must be through the roof with their Eritrean gem Biniam Girmay at top of the Points classification after two dominant sprint victories. One of the key parts of his sprint train Mike Teunissen, himself a Tour stage winner, thus has to put aside his personal ambitions f...

Eurosport analyst Alberto Contador, has given his opinion on the ninth stage of the Tour de France 2024. Starting and finishing in Troyes, the stage will be marked by the stretches of dirt roads that will dot a day that could end up being decisive for the men in the general classification.The Spania...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe entered the Tour de France with only the highest ambitions. Their fresh signing Primoz Roglic is set to target the overall victory and after the first eight stages, his position in the GC indeed doesn't seem too bad. However another major danger awaits the Slovenian on Su...

The stage all teams feared since the route presentation last winter is here. The ninth stage in the surroundings of Troyes could shake up the general classification and that's why all favourites' teams tried to prepare for the day as best as they knew. However Visma | Lease a Bike's manager Richard...

After all the ups and downs of the first 8 stages at the 2024 Tour de France, the first section of the race ends in an eagerly anticipated gravel stage around Troyes on Sunday. For Remco Evenepoel, the nervous anticipation is already beginning to take hold. Fortunately, as they approached such a cru...

Tour de France is not only about the spectacular battles of the world's best cyclist on the roads. The race would be nothing without its loyal fanbase. It's essentially the crowds that create the unique atmosphere that draws riders to the Grande Boucle like a spell.However this is a double-edged swo...

Slovenian cyclist Jaka Primozic was the only witness to the unfortunate death of Andre Drege in the Tour of Austria. The Norwegian rider was in the breakaway when he crashed on the descent of the Grossglocker and suffered fatal injuries.The only witness to the fatal accident was the aforementioned 2...

The tragic death of Andre Drege (25) shocked the cycling world. The promising Norwegian cyclist suffered fatal injuries in a downhill from Grossglockner. Understandably so, the final stage of Tour of Austria won't be contested."The final stage of the 73rd Tour of Austria will not be contested due to...

The list of 31 cyclists who will represent Germany at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been confimed by the German Olympic Sports Confederation. As for the road, there are four women and two men who will participate in the various events. Germany's main hope will be the 26-year-old Liane Lippert who...

Axel Zingle was heavily criticised by Cofidis manager Cedric Vasseur for joining breakaway on stage 6. His fellow Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni quickly arrived to support Zingle, but now we finally get (some) reaction on the subject by the 25-year-old rider himself.Asked by Cyclism'Actu about his manager...

Jasper Philipsen is currently on a drought when it comes to sprint victories, having finished second three times. On the second occasion, he was relegated for his line deviation against Wout Van Aert. The Belgian later apologized for his actions online, but Dutch ex-pro Thomas Dekker doesn't expect...

Jonas Abrahamsen was the hero of Saturday's stage 8 to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises. After days with no breakaways at all, the Norwegian sacrificed his legs to provide viewers with a spectacle as he embarged on a nearly 150 km solo against the full peloton.The Uno-X Mobility rider than describes how th...

Biniam Girmay won his seconds stage at the Tour de France on Saturday. For Intermarché - Wanty - a team that was having a sub-par season so far it's a welcome boost of morale. The Belgian team is thus the only team that has already won two stages in this Tour de France. Satisfied head coach Aike Vis...

This Tour de France is turning into something of a nightmare for Jasper Philipsen. Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises didn't break Philipsen's curse but he remains confident heading into Sunday's gravel stage. The Alpecin-Deceuninck sprinter is not performing poorly, but a crash, a relegation and two second...

Whilst the men are completing their own Grand Tour currently at the Tour de France, the women will also soon be back in Grand Tour action as between July 7th and July 14th, the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women will be on the race programme. On the startlist for the race are a number of top names, including:...

Whilst in the high mountains the strongest rider almost always prevails over their rivals, on the gravel, luck can play a massive role. Strongest rider or not, an ill-timed puncture or mechanical could see a rider's Maillot Jaune hopes at the 2024 Tour de Franc, crash and burn on stage 9. As such, R...

With another day of racing in the legs of Jonas Vingegaard at the 2024 Tour de France, confidence within Team Visma | Lease a Bike seems to growing day by day as their leader continues to mix it with the best at the top of the general classification. On Sunday's stage 9 however, arguably the biggest...

On Sunday, the first week of the 2024 Tour de France will be brought to a close by a controversial and potentially GC shifting gravel stage. Tadej Pogacar enters stage 9 with a narrow lead over Remco Evenepoel, but is well aware that one piece of bad luck could completely change everything. Thankful...

Whilst stage 8 of the 2024 Tour de France was taking place between Semur-en-Auxois and Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises on Saturday afternoon, a tragic and horrific moment at the Tour of Austria sent the cycling world into a state of mourning. Team Coop - Repsol's 25-year-old Norwegian rider, Andre Drege w...

After his recent Belgian National Championship win, many in Belgium expected Arnaud De Lie to have little trouble tasting victory on his Tour de France debut. It's not quite gone to plan so far for the Lotto Dstny rider however, as was the case again on stage 8.A punchy, uphill sprint to the line, D...

A week ago, no black African had ever managed to win a stage of the Tour de France. Now, after two wins in six days, Biniam Girmay is becoming even more of a trailblazer than he was before."It's unbelievable," the 24-year-old Eritrean of Intermarché - Wanty reflected disbelievingly in his post-stage...

Ahead of a day that is sure to greatly increase the stress levels among the favourites for the general classification, stage 8 of the 2024 Tour de France saw a more relaxing day for GC riders as Biniam Girmay took his second stage win of this Grand Tour. Tadej Pogacar started with the yellow jersey...

The brilliant Biniam Girmay has doubled up at the 2024 Tour de France, taking victory ahead of Jasper Philipsen in a punchy uphill sprint on stage 8.Everyone had expected a massive fight for the breakaway today. When a trio of Stefan Bissegger, Neilson Powless and the King of the Mountains Jonas Abr...

Sunday's stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France brings the first week of racing to a close in an intriguing and somewhat controversial manner as the peloton is tasked with a day highlighted by a number of gravel sectors around Troyes. Whilst the day is likely to be great viewing for spectators of the wo...

Stage 4 of the 2024 Tour of Austria has been tragically overshadowed on Saturday afternoon. Whilst Filippo Ganna managed to triumph on the queen stage in style, a horrific situation was developing down the road. Although complete details about the incident and the situation are now fully known, it i...

  The overall classification contenders had a key day today at the Tour de France's sole time-trial but they won't be able to relax on a stage that was seemingly for the sprinters. We arrive at stage 8, a day where the many small climbs can see a breakaway succeed but the strong crosswinds can cause...

Jonas Vingegaard entered the 2024 Tour de France under a cloud of question marks having not raced in nearly three months following his Itzulia Basque Country horror crash. Although the Dane has lost over a minute to Tadej Pogacar over the first 7 stages, Team Visma | Lease a Bike are generally posit...

Primoz Roglic has seemed the most vulnerable of the Big 4 general classification contenders at the 2024 Tour de France so far this race. In the stage 7 individual time trial however, the Slovenian showed signs that he is starting to ride himself into the race and may only be getting stronger. Finish...

As has often been the case for Stefan Kung in the biggest races, bad luck struck again on the stage 7 individual time trial at the 2024 Tour de France. Having been motoring along nicely, the Swiss powerhouse was looking set for the provisionally fastest time before a dropped chain somewhat disrupted...

Whilst time trials have never been the strongest of disciplines for Egan Bernal, even when he was at his Grand Tour winning best level of 2019-2021, the INEOS Grenadiers man put in a solid effort on stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France, keeping the top 10 of the general classification in his sights. "...

After a stunning performance at the 2023 Tour de France, winning four stages and taking home the Green Jersey, Jasper Philipsen has been unable to replicate that form at the 2024 edition as of yet. Having been relegated from 2nd on the stage 6 bunch sprint after the race jury deemed Philipsen had da...

Wout van Aert's season was turned on it's head with the brutal crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen. Cobbled monuments and Giro d'Italia out the window and the Tour de France was inserted. The Olympic Games remained the only untouched goal for the summer and the Belgian rider remains focused on it, but no...

Mads Pedersen suffered a hard crash on stage 5 and has abandoned the Tour de France this morning as a precaution, but also to focus on the Olympic Games. The Lidl-Trek rider stayed in the race for two days after the fall, but tells how worried the team was with his state after the time-trial reveale...

UAE Team Emirates put in a lot of focus in the time-trials and the reason is obvious. They work to win Grand Tours and Tadej Pogacar this Friday had to battle against no less than Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic. But in the first battle against the clock since the Giro d'Italia,...

Stage 9 of the Tour de France will take the riders through 14 sectors and 32 kilometers of gravel roads around the city of Troyes. It is a very dangerous day for the overall classification contenders and it is a day that has been anticipated for months. Tadej Pogacar shares his thoughts on what may...

For the first time ever, the Big 4 of Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel are competing at the Tour de France in 2024. Whilst Pogacar is living up to his billing of pre-race favourite, it's somewhat surprisingly Evenepoel who is emerging as the Slovenian's nearest chal...

Wout Van Aert, Remco Evenepoel, Jasper Stuyven and Tiesj Benoot are the chosen four to represent Belgium at Paris Olympics. All four are currently in action at the Tour de France and so it makes sense there are concerns about whether the workload from three weeks of racing in France won't impact the...

The overall classification contenders had a key day today at the Tour de France's sole time-trial but they won't be able to relax on a stage that was seemingly for the sprinters. We preview stage 8 of the Tour, a day where the many small climbs can see a breakaway succeed but the strong crosswinds c...

In the sixth stage of Tour de France, Axel Zingle broke away from the peloton and joined Jonas Abrahamsen in a ride ahead of the bunch. This went against the plans of his team Cofidis. Team manager Cedric Vasseur was not happy with the action of his rider and criticized him publicly.Vasseur's public...

Close to home roads, stage 7's time-trial at the Tour de France was a very special day for Lidl-Trek's Julien Bernard. The French rider had a TV bike with him throughout his effort as in the day's climb there was a large fan group awaiting him including his wife and child - which he stopped to kiss....

Mads Pedersen will not continue the Tour de France. The Lidl-Trek rider was on an incredible sequence where he's won stages on all four previous Grand Tours he participated in but that run has ended as the effects of a high-speed crash left him with no choice. Lidl-Trek shared on social media this m...

The Tour de France is one of the toughest cycling events in the world and often rewards the most complete rider in the peloton. It is a race decided in the mountains and time-trials but with several other pitfalls every year. In 2024, there is a stage with plenty off-road gravel sectors, which will...

Jonas Vingegaard entered the Tour de France with relatively unknown form for his rivals but has positively surprised over the opening days of the race. On the Col du Galibier he was distanced by Tadej Pogacar and this Friday in the race's sole flat time-trial he shed more time, but he was not upset...

Jonas Vingegaard might have finished 4th on the stage 7 individual time-trial of the 2024 Tour de France, dropping to more than a minute down on his arch rival, Tadej Pogacar, but Team Visma | Lease a Bike maintain an optimistic outlook towards their leader's performances. In something that is quick...

Father of Mathieu van der Poel and himself a successful ex-pro Adrie van der Poel believes that the modern cyclist is far too sharp (and thin) and that health is gradually becoming a problem. He discussed this sensitive subject with ex-pro Nathan Van Hooydonck in De Avondetappe.Adrie van der Poel be...

Tom Pidcock's personal ambitions and the vision of INEOS Grenadiers. The cooperation can go either way in coming years as it's becoming clear the two sides won't unanimously agree in everything. In years to come, it'll become essential, more than ever, to find the right balance between their interes...

The bad luck doesn't seem to come to an end for Marta Cavalli. The 26-year-old was training this morning with a friend on the roads near her home when she was hit by a car on a roundabout. The car driver entered the roundabout (it remains to be seen whether he respected the right of way) and ended u...

In December, just after Christmas, Remco Evenepoel went to France to recon the first Tour de France time trial. Has it paid off for the Soudal - Quick-Step rider? Well, he won the test against the clock with a dominant performance that left no doubts... so you could say so.Remco's coach Koen Pelgrim...

Victor Campenaerts may not have been the fastest Belgian in the time trial from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin but unlike his compatriot Remco Evenepoel's victory, which was widely expected, Campenaerts' top 5 result came seemingly out of the blue. In fact the 32-year-old was the best amon...

Jasper Philipsen refused to speak to the press on Friday after the sprint incident in which he and Wout van Aert were involved at the end of stage 6. The Alpecin-Deceuninck sprinter however apologized on his Instagram in the morning after the stage. As if the third missed stage win in this Tour wasn...

Julien Bernard may not have contested for the win on the stage 7 individual time-trial at the 2024 Tour de France, but the 32-year-old Frenchman of Lidl-Trek will take away a lifelong memory from the day after receiving a hero's welcome on the days's climb. Bernard, who is competing in the fourth To...

After a solid performance in the stage 7 individual time-trial, Matteo Jorgenson is now up into the top 10 of the 2024 Tour de France, continuing to go from strength to strength since his off-season move to Team Visma | Lease a Bike.Stopping the clock with the 7th fastest time, 53 seconds down on th...

It's fair to say that Primoz Roglic's 2024 Tour de France didn't start ideally. Is the Slovenian starting to ride himself into the race however? On the stage 7 individual time trial, Roglic gained time on his former teammate Jonas Vingegaard, closing the gap to the podium places in the process."I'm...

Ordinarily, Wout van Aert would start a Tour de France time-trial as one of the hot favourites for victory. On stage 7 of the 2024 edition however, that was far from the case with the Belgian finishing way off the pace.“I didn’t have a good feeling today,” the 29-year-old of Team Visma | Lease a Bik...

The world champion in the discipline, Remco Evenepoel started the day as pre-race favourite ahead of the first individual time trial of the 2024 Tour de France. That's how things turned out too, as the Belgian put time into all his Maillot Jaune rivals, taking the first stage win of his Tour career....

Some say the individual time trials are the most boring stages of a Grand Tour. The stage 7 fight against the clock at the 2024 Tour de France was a true thriller however, with Remco Evenepoel taking the first stage win of his Tour debut. Gaining 12 seconds on Tadej Pogacar, 34 on Primoz Roglic and...

The overall classification contenders at the Tour de France face a new and very important test. Stage 7 of the Tour, the first time-trial of the race and in all honesty the one where the biggest differences may be made. It's one of the most important stages of the first week.This will be a fight bet...

After a thriller of a time trial, the titans of the 2024 Tour de France went head to head against the clock with Remco Evenepoel proving strongest, gaining time on the likes of Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic. The first time trial of the 2024 Tour de France, the record breaking, hi...

Of the big four, it seems that it is Primoz Roglic who has drawn the shortest match in the first week of Tour de France. The Slovenian four-time Grand tour winner made a much discussed move from Visma | Lease a Bike to Bora - hansgrohe (now Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) last winter and half a year la...

With the stage 7 individual time-trial of the 2024 Tour de France taking the riders from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, fans have come out in force to celebrate the peloton. No one has had more support than Lidl-Trek's Julien Bernard however. The 32-year-old Frenchman, who is competing in...

Although his place in Tour de France history has long been assured, Mark Cavendish confirmed himself as the greatest stage winner in the history of cycling's most famous race earlier this week, completing his 'Project 35'.Overtaking the legendary Eddy Merckx as the man with the most stage wins in To...

With the INEOS Grenadiers' main Grand Tour leader, Geraint Thomas now nearing the end of his career, the team's Performance Director Scott Drawer insists they won't replace the Welshman with another expensive and ready made Grand Tour contender. Instead, the INEOS Grenadiers will target the youth of...

The general classification contenders at the 2024 Tour de France face a new and very important test on stage 7. The first time-trial of the race and in all honesty the one where the biggest differences may be made. It's one of the most important stages of the first week and the start times and order...

The overall classification contenders at the Tour de France face a new and very important test. We preview stage 7 of the Tour, the first time-trial of the race and in all honesty the one where the biggest differences may be made. It's one of the most important stages of the first week. The first ti...

At the 2024 Tour de France, Axel Zingle was planned to have a very important role in the final sprint for Bryan Coquard and Cofidis. According to the team's boss, Cedric Vasseur however, the Frenchman went into business for himself on stage 6.On stage 6, there was a hush over the peloton, with no br...

On stage 7, the 2024 Tour de France enters Remco Evenepoel's terrain with the first individual time-trial. Just 45 seconds behind the Maillot Jaune of Tadej Pogacar, there has been some talk of the Belgian finishing the day in yellow. Evenepoel's coach however, isn't so sure. "45 seconds is a big ga...

History was made on stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France as sprinting legend Mark Cavendish took a record breaking 35th Tour de France stage win, moving clear of the great Eddy Merckx as the most successful stage winner in the history of cycling's most iconic race. "I can't believe it. It was a big ga...

The great thing about the sport of cycling is that you don't need to buy a ticket to come and see your heroes in person. The fact supporters can easily get up close and personal with riders comes with problems however, as seen on numerous occasions over the years. At the recent Giro d'Italia for exa...

Not for the first time, Jasper Philipsen's sprint was the subject of much controversy on stage 6 at the 2024 Tour de France. This time though, the race jury took action, relegating the Belgian, who'd initially crossed the line in 2nd. Not all are in agreement with the decision however. Analysing the...

Jasper Philipsen's bad luck at the 2024 Tour de France continued on stage 6 in Dijon. Having initially narrowly missed out on the stage win to Dylan Groenewegen in a photo finish, the Belgian was then relegated by the race jury for a dangerous sprint. Although this isn't the first time that Philipse...

After his dominant sprint performances at the 2023 Tour de France, winning four stages and the Green Jersey, Jasper Philipsen is finding things a lot tougher in 2024. Three sprints down, the Belgian is still waiting for a win and to make matters worse, he was also relegated from 2nd on stage 6. In t...

Although on paper, the almost pancake flat stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France was supposed to be a calm day for the Maillot Jaune contenders, a little bit of wind saw Tadej Pogacar isolated momentarily in a worrying moment of weakness for UAE Team Emirates. As the wind picked up, Team Visma | Lease...

It is no secret that in recent years, Soudal - Quick-Step have been making a concerted effort to improve their climbing ranks and therefore strengthen the support of Grand Tour leader, Remco Evenepoel. Arguably the most important signing made has been Mikel Landa. “I am very proud of the decision I...

It's not been an ideal few days at the 2024 Tour de France for Lidl-Trek's Mads Pedersen. After crashing hard in the sprint finale of stage 5, a battered, bruised and bandaged Dane was unable to contest for the win on stage 6.To make matters worse for the 28-year-old, he wasn't allowed to head strai...

Jasper Philipsen's wait for glory at the 2024 Tour de France continues. Three sprint stages down, it's been three different forms of disappointment for last year's Green Jersey winner.On stage 6, the Belgian was doubly disappointed too. After narrowly missing out on the stage win to Dutch national c...

The 2024 Tour de France takes on its first time trial this Friday afternoon. After his stunning performance against the clock twelve months ago, can Jonas Vingegaard put in a similarly impressive display?Having safely navigated the threat of crosswinds and echelons on stage 6, Vingegaard sits 3rd ov...

The fight for the Maillot Jaune at the 2024 Tour de France is likely to take another turn on stage 7 as the riders take on their first individual time-trial of the Grand Tour.Time-trial world champion Remco Evenepoel starts the day 2nd in the general classification, just 45 seconds behind race leade...

Whilst Mark Cavendish was sprinting to a history making 35th Tour de France stage win in Saint Vulbas on Wednesday afternoon, a little further behind, another story was developing, involving Bahrain - Victorious' sprinter, Phil Bauhaus. Although the German was never truly in the fight for the win, c...

Six stages down, it's hard not to have been impressed with Tour de France debutant Remco Evenepoel. Sitting second in the general classification, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader is just 45 seconds off Tadej Pogacar with the race entering Evenepoel's territory. On stage 7, the 2024 Tour de France take...

Wout van Aert continues to wait for some success at the 2024 Tour de France. On the bunch sprint of stage 6, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike star crossed the line in 7th, as Dylan Groenewegen secured victory on the day. After the finish line was crossed however, van Aert was visibly frustrated. The re...

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. It's one of the all time great Tour de France rivalries and although Pogacar is the man to have the early advantage in the 4th chapter of their story, Groupama - FDJ boss Marc Madiot, has seen something that may concern the Slovenian's supporters. The perhaps tell...

The sell out at Cofidis seems to continue as another big name is looking to move elsewhere at the end of the season. Axel Zingle's move to Visma | Lease a Bike is already taken for certain, but now it seems like the French team's star climber Guillaume Martin won't extend at Cofidis either.Martin an...

The mood in Astana Qazaqstan is currently over the moon thanks to Mark Cavendish, who managed to complete his mission and won the 35th Tour de France stage in his career, becoming the sole record holder. However things are from ideal in the Kazakh formation as reports emerge that their poster rider...

Stijn V. was arrested at the end of June. The 45-year-old Belgian ex-pro is suspected of having led a criminal organization that defrauded their victims of at least 24 million euros by convincing gullible people to invest in cryptocurrencies thtough shady companies.The money was transferred to bank...

Lotto Dstny is on a good way to recover its WorldTour license for the next cycle, but the team around young talents Arnaud De Lie, Maxim Van Gils and Lennert Van Eetvelt will most likely lose another two important two figures after the deprature of the Victor Campenaerts.Sylvain Moniquet is leaving...

Jasper Philipsen came in second again. Or so it seemed. Lotto Dstny sprinter Arnaud De Lie relied on Philipsen's train to get him out of the positioning troubles. Thanks to Alpecin-Deceuninck he was able to cross the line in sixth place.Things weren't looking good for the Belgian champion. With one...

Jasper Philipsen continues to struggle to replicate the immense success he had at the 2023 Tour de France in 2024. Although he crossed the line in 2nd on stage 6 behind Dylan Groenewegen, the Belgian has now been relegated.In the opinion of the race jury, Philipsen's sprint was dangerous in the fran...

For the sixth time in his career, Dylan Groenewegen became a Tour de France stage winner on stage 6 of the 2024 edition, taking the win ahead of Jasper Philipsen in a thrilling finale in Dijon. "I'm really happy, this is such a good feeling. I said beforehand that it would be nice to win and have a...

Despite on paper, stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France giving another day of relative rest to the fight for the general classification, the mid stage wind caused worry momentarily, with Tadej Pogacar being left all alone as his UAE Team Emirates companions were caught out.At about 80 km from the finis...

Following Biniam Girmay and Mark Cavendish, Dylan Groenewegen has now joined the sprint party at the 2024 Tour de France, taking victory on stage 6 in a frantic finale. After a relatively calm opening to the day, the polka dot jersey wearing Jonas Abrahamsen of Uno-X Mobility emerged at the front at...

  The Tour de France has only had five stages so far but every single day has been a great story. This Wednesday was no exception as Mark Cavendish raced to Tour de France history with a record-breaking 35th win. Stage 6 is another chance for the sprinters to thrive but it will be very difficult to...

Astana Qazaqstan Team fully backed Mark Cavendish's quest to realise 'Project 35' at the 2024 Tour de France. In a change from last year's edition, this time around the Manx Missile arrived with a team built around him an expert leadout. Among those with a key role to play was Davide Ballerini. Part...

Remco Evenepoel is making his much anticipated Tour de France debut in 2024 and in credit of the Belgian, he has started very strongly, sitting second in the general classification after two stages, 45 seconds down on Tadej Pogacar. With Evenepoel seen by many as Belgium's best hope to end the long...

Whilst Mark Cavendish's 35th Tour de France stage win on Wednesday in Saint Vulbas brought many an emotion to those watching, for the sprinting legend's Isle of Man compatriot, former teammate and longtime friend, Peter Kennaugh, things were especially emotional."It's insane isn't it! The longevity...

The 3rd of July 2024 is a day that will live long in the memories of cycling fans after the greatest sprinter of all time, Mark Cavendish reaffirmed his status by finally claiming a historic 35th Tour de France stage win, moving clear of the great Eddy Merckx in the process as the most victorious ri...

Ion Izagirre is racing the Tour de France 2024 with a broken rib. The veteran climber crashed in the Tour de Suisse and was forced to drop out. Nevertheless, he has made it to the Grande Boucle and is looking to take a win despite starting with a setback. The Cofidis rider, in statements to diario A...

Remco Evenepoel and Mark Cavendish didn't race too often together but in Soudal - Quick-Step they were teammates for two years. Two riders of completely different generations but Evenepoel spared a moment to congratulate the Manxman for his unbelievable achievement that was conquered this Wednesday....

Geraint Thomas and Mark Cavendish are riders of the same generation who continue to thrive in a cycling that has evolved beyond most of their age. Thomas continues to impress as a stage-racer and his former teammate and compatriot Cavendish has impressed him by winning once again at the Tour de Fran...

Mads Pedersen crashed hard on the finale of stage 5 in this Tour de France, against the barriers but luckily not to catastrophic consequences as other crashes that have taken place in recent years. The Lidl-Trek rider fell back into the road and just moments later had Axel Zingle bunny hop over him...

Mark Cavendish's victory yesterday is an absolute Tour de France highlight, not just this year but for the decade as well. The man he dethroned, Eddy Merckx, had no negative feelings on the loss of the record (which both held for the past years) and Patrick Lefevere was also proud of his former ride...

The 35th stage win at the Tour de France has finally come about for Mark Cavendish. The Manx Missile has worked towards this goal throughout over decade and a half and over the past few years it often looked like the dream was unrealistic or even over. It required tremendous tenacity, patience and b...

On the Col du Galibier UAE Team Emirates set the race on fire and this included work from all riders. On the most difficult slopes of the climb it was João Almeida and Juan Ayuso who did the bulk of the work but at a moment the Portuguese gestured for his teammate to go work. Ayuso tells that this w...

Yesterday's sprint at the Tour de France was, literally, historic. Mark Cavendish soared to a stage win that sets him up in the record books for years (or decades) to come, but behind all other sprinters battled for their own results. One who did not manage to make it to the line unscathed was Mads...

Jonas Vingegaard said yesterday at the finish line that everything was going "according to plan". In fact, that everything was going better than plan, as he had calculated to lose about two minutes in the first stages and after two attacks by Tadej Pogacar he is "only" 50 seconds behind the Slovenia...

Dust settled and after four stages into Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard is looking at Tadej Pogacar's bib numbers from a distance of 50 seconds. But as we have witnessed it in the past, we should only count the eggs in our basket after the time trial in Nice as only there the overall standings will...

Jasper Philipsen was the great dominator of the sprints at the 2023 Tour de France but has not had his way over the first two sprints of the 2024 race. This Wednesday he was beaten by Mark Cavendish. "It was a very nervous sprint and I was a bit boxed in for a while," Philipsen said in a post-race i...

Tadej Pogacar, on the results sheet, looked to have a calm day on the bike, but it was not quite. He survived a tense moment where he almost crashed and rode across the finish line safely in Saint-Vulbas, but he shares his opinion on what is arguably the highlight of the day: The victory of Mark Cav...

Mark Cavendish claimed his 35th Tour de France victory today, breaking Eddy Merckx's stage win record. For Wout van Aert, it didn't come as a complete surprise. "I'm not completely surprised, I always thought it was possible that he could still pull it off," he said in front of the WielerFlits camer...

Adam Yates' performance on the Galibier climb was more than disappointing and this morning before the race he wanted to blame his teammate Juan Ayuso for being left early. Surprisingly, he didn't spend much time in the lead, much less than the Spaniard and João Almeida, who was Tadej Pogacar's best...

Did you see it? Mark Cavendish won stage 5 of the Tour de France and alongside it, took all the attention on a day that had a few other striking moments. One was of Tadej Pogacar almost hitting a road traffic island at high speed, and the other was Mads Pedersen crashing against the barriers in the...

The Tour de France is won in the mountains and time-trials but can be lost at any moment. One day after taking over the yellow jersey after a brutal performance into Valloire, the Slovenian almost crashed at high speed with road furniture. His save was nothing but unbelievable. With 60 kilometers to...

The Tour de France has only had five stages so far but every single day has been a great story. This Wednesday was no exception as Mark Cavendish raced to Tour de France history with a record-breaking 35th win. Stage 6 is another chance for the sprinters to thrive but it will be very difficult to to...

Franck Alaphilippe, the cousin and personal coach of Julian Alaphilippe spoke about the start of Tour de France, marked by two stage victories of Alaphilippe's compatriots, Julian's absence and Olympic Games in Paris.After a strong Giro d'Italia, Julian Alaphilippe opted to not race Tour de France d...

Mark Cavendish was of course over the moon after his 35th stage win at the Tour de France. One of the first people he hugged after the finish was Cees Bol, an important link in the sprint train of Astana Qazaqstan. "I am very happy to be part of this, and especially that it worked out," the Dutchman...

Alexander Vinokurov and whole Astana Qazaqstan Team have another reason to celebrate on top of Mark Cavendish's Tour de France stage victory. You could say the Kazakh team has finally completed the mission they embarked on back in 2023. 18 months ago, they put their WT license in a stake to assist t...

He's done it. Mark Cavendish is the sole name on top of the historical leaderboard of Tour de France stage wins. His wife Peta Todd is happy there won't be any 'what ifs' and that her husband can finally wrap the career at the end of the season without any regrets."When Mark decided to do another ye...

Winner of the first mass sprint in the third stage, Biniam Girmay wasn't able to get into the mix for stage win in Saint Vulbas after the Eritrean found himself closed far from the front. But the Intermarché - Wanty sprinter has not reason to be sad, as he takes Jonas Abrahamsen's green jersey. With...

Alekxander Vinokourov and his Astana Qazaqstan have all the reasons to smile after the fifth stage of the Tour de France. The team's big goal has been achieved: the 35th stage win for Mark Cavendish. The Kazakh manager of Astana tells WielerFlits that he has always had confidence in the 'Manx missil...

Stage 5 of the Tour de France 2024 promised a day of apparent calm for the overall favorites with a day that had to be decided by sprint, barring a surprise, and so it was, with a historic result after Mark Cavendish flew to the finish line to surpass, at 39, Eddy Merckx's record number of wins. Tad...

There is little more to say. After winning for the first time at the Tour de France back in 2008, he was beaten sprinters over generations on end and has done it today once again. Astana Qazaqstan Team's goal of taking the Manx Missile to Tour glory has payed off and Mark Cavendish has finally manag...

Mark Cavendish has won stage 5 of the Tour de France. This is another victory in his extensive palmarès but perhaps the most important of his entire career, as he finally achieved the ultimate record of 35 wins in the race. The start of the day was another very calm and slow one, with no-one intendi...

Stage 5 of the Tour de France; a day where the sprinters will return to the spotlight. It will be a day where the overall classification contenders can recover a bit from what was a tough day on the bike, and the likes of Jasper Philipsen, Mark Cavendish and Biniam Girmay will instead be the main na...

Mathieu van der Poel entered the Tour de France with only seven race days and after over two months without racing. After a successful cyclocross season and a massively successful sprint with victories at Tour de Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and assisting Jasper Philipsen to Milano-Sanremo victory... He...

Biniam Girmay had entered the Tour de France under the radar. After a massive breakthrough in 2022, the Intermarché - Wanty rider has managed to stabilize his career and after making his Tour de France debut last year, this time around he won the first bunch sprint of the race. The Eritrean is defin...

Wout van Aert had unknown form at the start of the Tour de France but took great confidence from his opening day in the race. On the second day he crashed and perhaps that led him to struggle more than expected on stage 4. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider was of little support to Jonas Vingegaard...

The fourth stage of the Tour de France saw the first big gaps open and the race is fully on. It has been a thrilling start to the Grand Boucle and as the race crossed the border into France, the climbers were once again taken to the limit, with Tadej Pogacar coming out on top with a masterful perfor...

Remco Evenepoel looked to be missing climbing capacity before the Tour de France but has reached his best level at the perfect time. The Belgian rider has ridden superbly up the Col du Galibier and is in fact Tadej Pogacar's closest rival in the overall classification after stage 4. Soudal - Quick-S...

After a stunning performance from Jonas Vingegaard on the second stage of the Tour de France, questions were asked on whether Tadej Pogacar would be able to make a difference on the first day in the mountains. With class and great form, the Slovenian capitalized on a massive day of work from UAE Tea...

A completely devastated Enric Mas spoke to Spanish radio partners after losing four minutes in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France 2024. Movistar Team's leader in the Grande Boucle was taking one of the biggest sporting blows of his career, but he had the courage to face the press.He made...

Tadej Pogacar managed to deal a first blow to Jonas Vingegaard in the fourth stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, but the Danish title defender of Visma | Lease a Bike is not far from the Slovenian and we can look forwards to a great battle over next three weeks.In his regular column for Het Laat...

Following a successful spring campaign at Alpecin-Deceuninck, it seems that staff changes are around corner for the Classics lineup. Soren Kragh Andersen was part of the team around Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen which saw the pair split three monuments between themselves.But after two se...

Primoz Roglic did not have an easy time in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France. The Slovenian had to let the other favourites go in the final kilometre of Col du Galibier, but eventually finished fourth in Valloire. The leader of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe had to recognize the result was...

Joxean Fernández Matxín, manager of UAE Team Emirates, was ecstatic after Tadej Pogacar's victory in the fourth stage of the Tour de France 2024. He talked about his star rider following the victory on stage 4, but also about João Almeida and Juan Ayuso who had a misunderstanding on the Col du Galib...

We preview stage 5 of the Tour de France; a day where the sprinters will return to the spotlight. It will be a day where the overall classification contenders can recover a bit from what was a tough day on the bike, and the likes of Jasper Philipsen, Mark Cavendish and Biniam Girmay will instead be...

Matteo Jorgenson was unable to keep up with the better climbers in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday. The American sensation met his limits on the flanks of the Col du Galibier and had to concede almost three minutes to winner Tadej Pogacar in Valloire."It was a learning expe...

Jonas Vingegaard set himself up to fight for the Tour de France win after he resisted the attack of Tadej Pogacar on the second stage. However in the high mountains, where the Dane usually thrives, he was not able to match his closest rival and has shed significant time today. “It’s a shame to lose...

Remco Evenepoel showed yesterday that he is ready to fight for the podium at the Tour de France, by finishing second in the first Alpine stage to Valloire. One of the anticipated weaknesses of Evenepoel, his team, didn't show during the fourth stage as the Belgian was never isolated at the front. On...

Mathieu van der Poel has been unusually quiet in the opening days of Tour de France, mostly hanging at the middle of the pack without any major activity. But on the stage with Col du Galibier, the world champion finally showed his rainbow jersey at the front when he joined the daily breakaway."But t...

After a disappointing stage 2, where INEOS Grenadiers was only limiting losses on San Luca, it was a different story on Col du Galibier. Leadership within the team is finally clear, as only the youngest - Carlos Rodriguez was able to follow the favourites all the way up the climb, finishing sixth on...

It seemed as if everything played out perfectly for UAE Team Emirates on Col du Galibier. Breakaway was caught just in time to reduce the battle for stage only to race favourites and Tadej Pogacar still had two loyal teammates in a very select front group. Right?At one point, it became clear Juan Ay...

Soudal - Quick-Step can look back at the Tour de France stage 4 with satisfaction. Remco Evenepoel came second in Valloire after being among the strogest riders on Galibier and his teammates - especially Mikel Landa - were up there to support the Belgian for as long as possible.Tom Steels, Evenepoel...

UAE Emirates impressed in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France. Tadej Pogacar's team thinned out the group of favourites on the climb towards the highest point on this year's route - the Col du Galibier, with the leader himself taking off just before the summit.In particular, it were Joao...

Jonas Vingegaard was the only rider to come at least close to following Tadej Pogacar's acceleration on Col du Galibier, however even the mighty Dane came short to his Slovenian counterpart after a short while. The gap between the two even further deepened in the long descent to Valloire, with Vinge...

Richard Carapaz's yellow dream only lasted one day and had a bit of a bittersweet ending. The Ecuadorian cracked on Col du Galibier and lost the leader's jersey to Tadej Pogacar. Still, Carapaz enjoyed his day in the yellow jersey, as he hinted before the stage that he didn't expect to keep hold of...

Mikel Landa has performed at a high level on the first day of high mountains of the Tour de France. With Remco Evenepoel performing among the very best, Soudal - Quick-Step can also be happy with their Basque climber whilst others struggled and lost minutes to Tadej Pogacar in Valloire. He was signe...

João Almeida had an interesting stage today at the Tour de France. Perhaps most have taken notice to the gesture towards Juan Ayuso on the Col du Galibier but neither he or the team gave much importance to that, having the strong headwind on that section of the climb as the justification for both ri...

Stage 4 of the Tour de France 2024 promised to be the first real test of the favorites for the general classification. It was the first day of high mountains with the mythical Col du Galibier as the protagonist and it certainly delivered. Richard Carapaz started the day in the yellow jersey, with th...

  Two chaotic hilly stages and a very nervous sprint finale have opened up the Tour de France and now there will be another different test. On stage 4 of the Grand Boucle the riders tackle the high mountains for the first time, with the high-altitude Col du Galibier on the menu of a difficult day wh...

UAE Team Emirates fully committed to attacking stage 4 of the Tour de France, but it was to a lot of avail. Tadej Pogacar attacked the mythical Tour mountain to drop Jonas Vingegaard and took his first win of the race, jumping back to the yellow jersey and gaining significant time on his rivals. The...

With 20 kilometers to go on stage 4, Tadej Pogacar attacked the Tour de France for the second time. After making the difference up the Madonna di San Luca, the Slovenian wasn't able to drop Jonas Vingegaard. But up the Col du Galibier he did with an impressive attack. Adam Yates, Juan Ayuso and João...

Astana Qazaqstan Team have come to the Tour de France fully focused on obtaining a stage win with Mark Cavendish in the sprints but the first attempt was far from successful. The Manxman was 113th across the finish line after he was hampered by a mass crash in the final kilometers of the stage, and...

The Tour of Austria began this Tuesday and will be one of the races tackled simultaneous to the Tour de France. A few riders use it to prepare for the Olympic Games including Filippo Ganna; but in a three-week prologue he was beaten by Lidl-Trek's under-23 team rider Cameron Rogers - the nephew of f...

The fourth stage of the 2024 Tour de France with a route of just 140 kilometers that can mark the first big differences between the men in the general classification. Egan Bernal faces the climb to the Galibier confident of being able to spend the day among the best and believes the climbers will ar...

Remco Evenepoel has shown only good signs on the first days of the Tour de France and is excited for the first high-mountain challenge at the Col du Galibier this afternoon. This morning at the start in Pinerolo, the Soudal - Quick-Step rider had cautious words regarding the finale into Valloire. “F...

After stage 2, Tadej Pogacar had admitted to Remco Evenepoel that he made an attempt to 'give' the yellow jersey away but that this did not happen. Into stage 3 there was a lot of debate on whether Richard Carapaz and Remco Evenepoel would try to go for the yellow jersey and the Ecuadorian succeeded...

Bad luck continues the plaque Team Visma | Lease a Bike in 2024. Despite the overwhelmingly positive performance of Jonas Vingegaard so far at the Tour de France, Wout van Aert was denied a chance to fight for the stage win on stage 3, being caught behind a late crash. In a frantic and messy finale...

The Col du Galibier is 23 kilometers long at 5% and has it's steepest sections towards the summit finish at above 2600 meters of altitude. It is a day where big differences can be created, but Jonas Vingegaard is not looking to do that. The Tour de France's defending champion is not feeling the pres...

Two chaotic hilly stages and a very nervous sprint finale have opened up the Tour de France and now there will be another different test. On stage 4 of the Grand Boucle the riders tackle the high mountains for the first time, with the high-altitude Col du Galibier on the menu of a difficult day wher...

Biniam Girmay is currently making history in cycling, becoming the first Black African rider win a stage at the Giro d'Italia and, this Monday, replicating the feat at the Tour de France. The Intermarché - Wanty rider is setting a benchmark to his peers but team manager Aike Visbeek continues to be...

Dylan van Baarle had his spring classics campaign disrupted by illness and then his next big goal, the Tour de France, was disrupted by a crash and injuries suffered at the Criterium du Dauphiné. Safe to say the former Dutch champion was disappointed not to be part of the Grand Boucle, but he is sur...

Cofidis manager Cédric Vassuer has provided his opinion on the ongoing battle for the Tour de France win, which is expected to see another round today on the Col du Galibier. The French manager believes that UAE Team Emirates will be disappointed after not being able to make the difference on stage...

The Tour de France has had three thrilling days of action and it shows no signs of calming down. The peloton will ride up the Col du Galibier today in what is the first true long climbing test and Team Visma | Lease a Bike look fully ready to tackle it; with Matteo Jorgenson also entering the stage...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike are on sky high motivation. After having months of doubts on Jonas Vingegaard's form, several riders sidelined from the Tour de France due to injuries and even several crashes in the opening two days of the race; Vingegaard matched Tadej Pogacar's stinging attack on the Mad...

Remco Evenepoel has impressed in the early stages of the 2024 Tour de France. Ahead of the first high mountain challenge at the Col du Galibier on stage 4 however, the Soudal - Quick-Step team has been dealt a blow.One of Evenepoel's key domestiques in a team built solely around the Belgian, Casper...

Stage 3 of the Tour de France 2024, although decided by a sprint that ended with Biniam Girmay winning ahead of Fernando Gaviria, led to another change of the Maillot Jaune, which now adorns the shoulders of Richard Carapaz.The EF Education-EasyPost rider, who started the day in 4th position in the...

The dominant figure in the bunch sprints of the 2023 Tour de France, Jasper Philipsen was denied a chance at victory in the opening bunch sprint of the 2024 Tour, after hitting the tarmac hard in a late crash. “The damage is not too bad considering the circumstances. I think I hit the ground at at l...

After a stunning opening two days at the 2024 Tour de France, stage 3 was a markedly more quiet affair, with Biniam Girmay eventually taking the stage win. Nevertheless, there was still some GC drama at the very last.In fact, there is a new yellow jersey. Richard Carapaz has moved into the overall l...

Joris Nieuwenhuis is leaving Baloise - Trek Lions with immediate effect. The Dutch champion was hoping for an improved contract with the cyclocross team managed by Sven Nys, but an agreement was not reached and so they part ways.In a statement on social media, Baloise - Trek Lions announced the term...

Julian Alaphilippe finished second overall at the Tour of Slovakia last weekend, seven seconds short of Mauro Schmid. The Frenchman tried to drop the Swissman multiple times on the queen stage, but was unable to do so against the Jayco AlUla team's numbers advantage. While Schmid neutralized Alaphil...

There is no other WorldTour race taking place next to the Grande Boucle, however that doesn't mean the cycling world stopped spinning for a month. Throughout the July, we'll see numerous popular one-week stage races across the Europe, starting with the traditional Tour of Austria.INEOS Grenadiers ap...

Peter Sagan's cycling career is definitely over. In the shadow of the Tour de France, the three-time world champion rode his last competitive kilometers in the Pierre Baguette jersey on Sunday in his home race, the Tour of Slovakia. In an emotional message on social media, Sagan bids farewell.  "Cro...

Remco Evenepoel’s key climbing support rider Mikel Landa expects that the first 'real' mountain stage of Tour de France will test everyone's legs and deal the cards for upcoming weeks.Tomorrow, riders will take on the Col de Galibier in what is meant to be the first big mountain test. "It will be th...

The stage 4 of the 2024 Tour de France will lead rider to the Alps for the first time. The finish is located in Valloire, after a long and technical descent from this year's Souvenir Henri Desgrange - Col du Galibier. Cycling expert and a formerly very successful pro Tony Martin is very critical of...

Jonas Abrahamsen's dream Tour de France continues, as the Uno-X Mobility rider will start as leader of both points and mountain classifications also on Tuesday. And he's not without chances to visit the flower ceremony also in Valloire."It’s the Tour de France, the biggest race in the world so you h...

The best result in recent times came for Fernando Gaviria on the third stage of the 2024 Tour de France. The Movistar Team sprinter, who was not among the favourites to win, took 2nd place in the first bunch sprint finish of this year's edition of the race.The Colombian was in the end, a bike length...

In the first bunch sprint of the 2024 Tour de France, Biniam Girmay has triumphed in a crash marred finale ahead of the likes of Arnaud De Lie and Fernando Gaviria.After a frantic opening two stages of the 2024 Tour de France, it was perhaps somewhat expected for today to be a calmer day. When no on...

With three stages down at the 2024 Tour de France, Soudal - Quick-Step leader Remco Evenepoel sits in 3rd in the general classification, level on time with race leader Richard Carapaz and the last two men to win the Maillot Jaune, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. Whilst nothing was ever to be gai...

Mark Cavendish has his own, much talked about goals of taking a history making stage win at the 2024 Tour de France. In the first bunch sprint of the race however, the Manxman was held up by a late crash, with Biniam Girmay being the man to take the win. "Yeah, I wasn't the only one. I was just luck...

For the newly crowned Belgian national champion, Arnaud De Lie, expectations were high heading into the 2024 Tour de France. It's worth remembering that this is the first ever Grand Tour for the 22-year-old Belgian starlet though, and in his first Tour de France bunch sprint, De Lie took a creditabl...

It wasn't to be for Dylan Groenewegen in the first bunch sprint of the 2024 Tour de France. The newly-crowned Dutch national champion was forced to settle for 5th place as Biniam Girmay took a history making stage win. "I'm angry," a furious Groenewegen began his post-stage interview with NOS afterw...

After his history making wins at Gent Wevelgem and the Giro d'Italia in 2022, Biniam Girmay has continued to write his name into African cycling folklore with a stunning sprint win at the 2024 Tour de France on stage 3 in Torino.In a messy and crash marred sprint, the likes of Jasper Philipsen and M...

Primoz Roglic became the first of the 'Big 4' contenders to show any signs of weakness at the 2024 Tour de France on stage 2. Whilst Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard crossed the line side by side, Roglic was forced to give up 21 seconds to his rivals. Despite the early time loss,...

After their all-conquering dominance of 2023, Team Visma | Lease a Bike have probably been the most unlucky team in the entire peloton in 2024. Things have continued to go against them in the early stages of the Tour de France with Wilco Kelderman, Wout van Aert and Matteo Jorgenson all crashing in...

  The opening weekend of the Tour de France was explosive and has delivered a lot of action. Now we have the final full day of racing in Italy ahead of us; stage 3 of this year's race is the first stage fully suited to the sprinters, but it's also a very very long day on the bike. Will there be surp...

When Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard rode clear of their GC rivals on the second ascent of the San Luca on stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France, the Maillot Jaune looked set for another two horse race already. Battling hard however, Remco Evenepoel dragged himself and Richard Carapaz back into cont...

Stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France brought with it the first showing of the general classification riders, with Tadej Pogacar launching a brutal attack on the San Luca, with only the reigning Tour de France champion, Jonas Vingegaard able to follow initially. Whilst Pogacar was unable to gap his mai...

Stage 3 of the 2024 Tour de France sees the sprinters get their first chance at glory in this year's edition of the race. Amongst the favourites for the day, will be the newly crowned Dutch national champion, Dylan Groenewegen. The Team Jayco AlUla sprinter has become one of the most talked about ri...

Stage 3 offers the sprinters a first opportunity for success at the 2024 Tour de France. One of those who ordinarily would have fancied his chances, is EF Education-EasyPost's Marijn van den Berg. On this occasion however, team orders mean there is no sprint opportunity for the Dutchman. The reason...

After two challenging opening days at the 2024 Tour de France, stage 3 provides a first chance for the sprinters. Favoured more than anyone else, last year's Green Jersey winner Jasper Philipsen is determined to lay down an early marker. “Must win is a big word, but of course I want to win and we ar...

Intermarché - Wanty's Laurenz Rex has gone wild in the streets of Bologna this Sunday. The Intermarché - Wanty rider has decided to show off his bike skills to the columns of spectators on the climb to the Madona di San Luca on stage 2 of the Tour de France and rode no less than a one-minute wheelie...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike had months in preparation to the Tour de France where only they knew how Jonas Vingegaard's form was. Much was said ahead of the race and it seemed as if the Dane still had to build up his form quite a lot before the start, but that was not the case. UAE Team Emirates knew...

Andy Schleck has won on the Col du Galibier back in 2011 via the same side that will be climbed this Tuesday. The former Tour de France winner is on the ground at the Grand Boucle and has shared his opinion on the battle between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard... And Remco Evenepoel. "On paper, w...

The opening weekend of the Tour de France was explosive and has delivered a lot of action. Now we preview the final full day of racing in Italy; stage 3 of this year's race is the first stage fully suited to the sprinters, but it's also a very very long day on the bike. The sprinters will finally ha...

There is not a single doubt that Jonas Vingegaard is close to or at top form. He and Tadej Pogacar raced up the Madonna di San Luca yesterday at absolute record speed, by far beating the previous times up the Italian ascent after the Slovenian launched a devastating attack up it's very steep slopes....

INEOS Grenadiers had a difficult day at the Tour de France, with Laurens de Plus going down and losing some time in the hilly finale in Bologna. The British team had many cards but none were able to match the best of the Madona di San Luca; but the team is not concerned with the few seconds shed to...

Tadej Pogacar will wear the yellow jersey today for the first time in the Tour de France 2024 thanks to the positions he obtained in the first two days of the race. Because of his strong sprint on stage 1 mainly, he jumped into the race lead yesterday in Bologna after attacking the climb to San Luca...

Wout van Aert had came into the Tour de France with very modest expectations and thinking mostly of support for Jonas Vingegaard, but that may be changing. The Belgian may have freedom to chase his own ambitions and he tells at the start of the stage that he will likely aim for the final bunch sprin...

In 2023 Mathieu van der Poel tested himself in new grounds, racing as a leadout man for Jasper Philipsen in the spring with a lot of success. He then rode the Tour de France in that role and helped the Belgian to immense success; and the duo are looking to replicate that the successful formula once...

Keeping his 2024 Tour de France hopes alive, Remco Evenepoel fought bravely and battled hard to get back into contact with the attacking Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard on stage 2, moving up to 2nd overall and into the White Jersey of Best Young Rider in the process.“I think these first two days...

As the general classification ignited for the first time at the 2024 Tour de France on stage 2, three of the Grand Tour 'Big 4' crossed the line side by side. The man to miss out, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader, Primoz Roglic.Eventually crossing the line in 27th place, Roglic finished 2:42 down...

Expectations weren't all that high for Jonas Vingegaard at the 2024 Tour de France, given all he's been through so far in 2024. In the surest sign yet of his recovery however, the defending Tour champion was the only man able to follow Tadej Pogacar's first attack of the race on stage 2. “Today was...

At the 2024 Giro d'Italia, Tadej Pogacar moved into the race lead on stage 2 and then never let go. On stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France, the UAE Team Emirates has taken the Maillot Jaune, although this time it looks far from race over.“A good day? Well, so-so," assesses the two-time Tour de France...

A week before the start of the Giro d'Italia Donne, where Fem van Empel was going to aim for final top-10, the 21-year-old multi-talent was hit by a car during a training ride near her home. Whether this will impact her start at the Italian Grand tour will become clear in coming days.Fortunately, Va...

While most eyes were focused on the battle at Tour de France, there is another piece of news that deserves at least a quick mention. Today, Peter Sagan completed his very last road race (he swears). And he did that in front of his home crowds at Tour of Slovakia. His current formation, Pierre Baguet...

Patrick Lefevere doesn't hide his ambitions to fight for general classifications at Grand Tours with his crown jewel Remco Evenepoel. It could've been seen from both; the latest signings such as Mikel Landa, but also from departures of team's long-time leaders for spring classics, while the rest of...

Lennard Kämna won't spend much time racing in the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe jersey after the German team's re-branding. Kämna is currently still recovering from his training accident but apparently there is still severe interest for German's services on the market.Winner of stages at all three Gra...

Maxim Van Gils entered the Tour de France on a high note, fighting for a result with the best riders in the world. While in the first stage, it was only enough for a fourth place, his display on San Luca was even more impressive. The Belgian held on to the group of favourites until Tadej Pogacar's a...

After two breathtaking stages of Giro d'Italia Tour de France, the flatter third stage from Piacenza to Torino offers us a bit of time to look back at everything that happened, especially on the last San Luca ascent. While Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard flied away to the sunset with Remco Evenep...

Temperatures on the road this Saturday reached as high as 40 degrees in the blazing Italian sun, and many riders felt the difficulties on stage 1. Lance Armstrong is against the race being ran without change in such conditions and have criticized Tour de France organizers for not having implemented...

The 2024 Tour de France already wrote many stories and we're still just two days into the race. Perhaps the biggest hero of the stages in Italy was Norwegain Jonas Abrahamsen. The 28-year-old from Uno-X Mobility joined breakaways on both days and for his efforts, he was rewarded with lead in Points...

Richard Carapaz showed some strong legs on the second stage of the 2024 Tour de France. The Ecuadorian from EF Education-EasyPost finished tenth, 2:21 behind the day's winner, Kevin Vauquelin, in a group with the big favourites with Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel. Carapaz arrive...

Any questions around Jonas Vingegaard's fitness and physical shape following his spring crash were emphatically put to bed on stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France as the defending Tour de France champion matched Tadej Pogacar's brutal attack.Even at his peak level, the parcour of stage 2 would have be...

After his emotional stage victory on the opening day of the 2024 Tour de France, Romain Bardet finally managed to get himself into the Maillot Jaune. Sadly for the Frenchman his spell in the overall race lead has been a short one. Losing time on stage 2 as Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard ignited...

When Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard attacked in tandem on the second and final ascent of the San Luca climb of stage 2 at the 2024 Tour de France, there were some quite reasonable fears that the GC fight might already be over. Fighting back strongly and impressively however, Remco Evenepoel ensu...

Having long been touted as a potential star of French cycling's future, Kevin Vauquelin has confirmed his immense potential on stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France, soloing to a stunning stage win from the breakaway. "I win the second stage of the Tour. That is wonderful, also for the team. It is the...

Stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France threatened to be the first real fight for the general classification with the daunting two climbs of San Luca. In the end, that double climb left Tadej Pogacar as the new yellow jersey despite Kévin Vauquelin's stage win. Remco Evenepoel is 2nd and Jonas Vingegaard...

Arkéa - B&B Hotels' Kevin Vauquelin has taken a stage win on his Tour de France debut, ensuring French success for the second straight day at the 2024 edition of the Grand Tour, with the breakaway prevailing on stage 2. In the GC fight, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel gained big...

The Tour de France has started off in the most brilliant fashion with a first day that has seen a lot of drama, action among the GC riders and a fan-favourite victory for Romain Bardet who has won and taken the yellow jersey on his final Tour de France. It will be hard to forget such performance, bu...

Tadej Pogacar has launched the first move of the 2024 Tour de France's fight for the Maillot Jaune on stage 2. Despite the ferocity of the UAE Team Emirates leader's attack however, Jonas Vingegaard was straight on the wheel.As Adam Yates began to set the pace in the GC group on the second ascent of...

Not for the first time, the outspoken Soudal - Quick-Step team boss Patrick Lefevere is not a happy man. The target of his fury on this occasion? Tour de France race organisers, ASO. It all started before stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France had even gotten underway on Saturday in Florence, when Jan H...

Although he looked relatively comfortable on a pacey and hot opening stage of the 2024 Tour de France, the fact remains the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader Jonas Vingegaard is almost completely untested heading into this Grand Tour after injury. As such, rival teams have no interest in allowing the...

Starting with a bang, the 2024 Tour de France opened with a thrilling finale to stage 1, with Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL duo Romain Bardet and Frank van den Broek holding off the peloton to take the win and the first Maillot Jaune of the race. Despite the narrow margin the leading duo held and the fr...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have not had good luck of late. There were hopes that bad luck was behind them heading into the 2024 Tour de France but sadly, it seems not. Ahead of the intermediate sprint of the day, the peloton was beginning to stress with positioning being key for a number of teams. Sa...

The opening stage of the 2024 Tour de France was an absolute thriller. In the end, it was a win for Romain Bardet in his final Tour de France, seeing the darling of French cycling move into the Maillot Jaune for the first time. This win brought a smile to nearly all cycling fans faces, except that i...

The 2024 Tour de France has been one of the most hotly-anticipated for a very long time. If stage 1 is anything to go by, that anticipation was very placed as Romain Bardet and teammate Frank van den Broek held off the peloton in a thrilling finale to the opening stage. One of the darlings of modern...

The Italian fans have come out in force on the opening two stages of the 2024 Tour de France. Sadly, not all have been able to keep their hands to themselves. On stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France, taking the riders from Cesenatico to Bologna, an EF Education - EasyPost rider was the victim of an ov...

Stage 2 of the Tour de France sees a double ascent of the Madona di San Luca in Bologna and the general classification could explode on it's steep and heat-affected slopes. Wout van Aert was third in yesterday's stage and could definitely be a contender to take the yellow jersey today, but he doesn'...

Remco Evenepoel sprinted to eighth place on the first stage of the Tour de France. The former Belgian road race champion has raced in his standard Soudal - Quick-Step jersey for the first time in a while this Saturday, and today on stage 2 he could hunt the stage win. “The San Luca, but certainly al...

It was a difficult first day at the Tour de France but surprisingly, one that didn't see many crashes. None actually that the TV broadcast captured, but we know that off camera Wilco Kelderman of Team Visma | Lease a Bike did fall. However, this does not jeopardize the race for the Dutchman. The fal...

Lidl-Trek were one of the hardest working teams on the opening day of the Tour de France. Mads Pedersen had a very strong day and survived the brutal weather conditions and hard pace on the climbs to have a chance at the final sprint, but it was ultimately worked that was not rewarded at the end of...

UAE Team Emirates had the plan to attack stage 1 but left it when Juan Ayuso looked to be struggling. The team then rode conservatively to the finale but Tadej Pogacar still went to sprint in search of bonus seconds, much to  the surprise of team manager Mauro Gianetti. "It was a difficult first sta...

In 2023 at the Tour de France, Wout van Aert did not win a stage and that was much due to the disappointment on stage 2 where Victor Lafay attacked in the final kilometer and Wout van Aert was left sprinting to second place. Many, including José de Cauwer, criticized the lack of work from Jonas Ving...

Mark Cavendish struggled right from the very start of the Tour de France and his difficulties were one of the main stories of the first day. However from Astana Qazaqstan Team and team manager Alexandre Vinokourov there wasn't much stress, the Kazakh admits himself. "We knew that this stage was goin...

Tom Pidcock has previously declared that he won't aim for GC during this year's Tour de France, but that doesn't stop the 24-year-old Brit from testing to see how far he can go with the best in the first week. The opening stage didn't see much action, which was ideal for Pidcock, who can now set his...

Mathieu van der Poel was an outsider for the opening day of the Tour de France but found himself in deep difficulties. He was one of the many riders who suffered from the climbing and heat in the Italian hills; as Tom Pidcock called it: "The weirdest stage I've ever done". “It was an exceptionally t...

Frank van den Broek and Romain Bardet rode an absolutely perfect tactic and stage yesterday to make a one-two on the opening day of the Tour de France. The neo-pro van den Broek rode his heart out and looked the strongest on the day, but the victory was awarded to Romain Bardet which was not to the...

The Tour de France has started off in the most brilliant fashion with a first day that has seen a lot of drama, action among the GC riders and a fan-favourite victory for Romain Bardet who has won and taken the yellow jersey on his final Tour de France. It will be hard to forget such performance, bu...

Mark Cavendish did not win the stage but was definitely one of, if not THE biggest story of the first day of the Tour de France. The Manxman seemed to be suffering from heat stroke on the first climb of the race and was dropped from the peloton with 160 kilometers to go. The 35th win dream could've...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike had quite an interesting first day at the Tour de France. Juan Ayuso's difficulties meant UAE Team Emirates postponed their attempt to put Jonas Vingegaard into difficulties; and in the end Wout van Aert would've likely won the stage and taken the yellow jersey if it wasn't...

Frank van den Broek is only 23 years old and is a neo-pro, and in his first time racing at the Tour de France the Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL rider was an absolute star. He was in the breakaway of the day, helped Romain Bardet drop all rivals and rode together with the Frenchman all the way to the fin...

There's not one day where Tadej Pogacar isn't in the eye of spectators in a cycling race. Today at the Tour de France UAE Team Emirates changed plans during the stage, but despite not going on the attack, Tadej Pogacar still went on to sprint for bonifications but came up just short of succeeding. "...

It was a crucial day for Jonas Vingegaard on this first stage of the Tour de France. The Danish leader of Visma | Lease a Bike was reassuring and reassured himself, finishing in the peloton, alongside all the other GC favorites without showing any signs of weakness. "To be honest, I'm really happy w...

Stef Clement has lashed out at dsm firmenich-PostNL in his Tour de France commentary for NOS. According to the former cyclist, the Dutch team should have let the young Frank van den Broek win the stage in Rimini instead of veteran Romain Bardet.Clement shook his head at the finish when Bardet and Va...

Steven Kruijswijk had to forget about racing Tour de France after crashing out of Critérium du Dauphiné along with teammate Dylan van Baarle. Now the Dutchman hopes the streak of bad luck for his team is coming to an end.Kruijswijk suffered a broken hip - an injury that will see him stay away from a...

Another young rider is set to take their first steps among professionals in 2025. Currently 18-year-old Dane Peter Oxenberg agreed to a three-year deal with the British formation. Øxenberg impressed this year with 2nd place at U23 Eschborn-Frankfurt and a stage win at Orlen Nations (2.NC).Øxenberg s...

Visma | Lease a Bike had a solid opening day at the Tour de France. Jonas Vingegaard survived the first racing test without any issue, Wout Van Aert narrowly missed out on the victory behind the leading duo and thus the only downside of the day was the unnecessary crash in a downhill for Wilco Kelde...

Like most GC riders, Remco Evenepoel never got into trouble in the tough opening stage of the Tour de France. The Soudal - Quick-Step leader finished safely in the peloton with all the favorites, five seconds behind the team dsm-firmenich PostNL duo."I had a good feeling overall. Better than in the...

Romain Bardet had won on three occasions at the Tour de France, finished twice on the podium and won big races throughout his career. But none likely came close to the emotions and triumph felt today on stage 1 of the Tour. After announcing his retirement and that this would be his final ever Tour,...

The Tour de France 2024 started this Saturday, June 29, with an inaugural stage whose Grand Départ was held in Florence. With a very hilly day, with several categorized climbs throughout the day, a first battle was expected in the fight for the general classification, although there would also be a...

Team DSM-Firmenich have planned the perfect Tour de France day. Stage 1 of the Tour de France was won by Romain Bardet who, alongside Frank van den Broek, did the ride of a lifetime to win on a brutal day in Rimini and take on the first yellow jersey of the race. The first day of the Tour, with jers...

 The first stage of the 2024 Tour de France starts today in Florence!It is a hilly day with plenty climbing to open things up where much action is expected. There are plenty climbs where Tadej Pogacar may test Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic. Riders such as Remco Evenepoel, a few sprinters (Binia...

Remco Evenepoel dreams of a Top5 and stage win at this year's Tour de France, his first appearance in the race. It is a race that starts off immediately with a difficult day but the Belgian believes that rather than a GC fight, he expectes a sprinter to take on the first yellow jersey. "It can start...

Wout van Aert is an interesting rider to follow on the opening stage of the Tour de France. In ideal terms, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike can certainly aim for the first yellow jersey of the race; but we will see if he will have permission and legs to contest for a result or if the GC riders will ta...

Jonas Vingegaard has suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs and collarbone less than three months ago. He spent eight days with a lung drain and almost two weeks in a Basque Country hospital, but today he began the Tour de France with dreams of winning it for the third consecutive time. But the defe...

Astana Qazaqstan Team are having a nightmare start to the Tour de France. Mark Cavendish is under serious difficulties right from the start of the race and is being supported by several teammates not to abandon the race. But one of them has, Michele Gazzoli has become the first rider to abandon this...

Big rivals and the biggest favourites to win the Tour de France for a third year in a row. We get another round of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard at this year's Tour and at before the start of the race, the Slovenian talked about his relationship with the defending champion. "It is already very...

The dream of a 35th win at the Tour de France remains alive for Mark Cavendish however it is all but assured taking into consideration the events of stage 1. We are only halfway through the day at the moment but the Manx Missile has already been dropped from the peloton by a few minutes and is also...

Not since Marco Pantani back in 1998 has a rider won both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same calendar year. One of those to have attempted the challenge was Chris Froome in 2018, and the seven-time Grand Tour winner has analysed Tadej Pogacar's chances in 2024."Speaking firsthand,...

The 2024 Tour de France starts this Saturday in Florence! It is a hilly day with plenty climbing to open things up where a lot of action is expected. There are plenty climbs where rivals may test Jonas Vingegaard; whilst riders such as Remco Evenepoel, a few sprinters and classics specialists can be...

Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France is finally here and one of those with intentions of mixing it up for the opening stage win and the first Maillot Jaune alongside, will be EF Education - EasyPost's Tour de France debutant, Ben Healy. “For me, there has been a big focus on the heat work, because it...

Alpecin-Deceuninck haven't been quite about Mathieu van der Poel's plans for the 2024 Tour de France, with the Grand Tour being mostly used as preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. There are however, a few certain stages the world champion will target. "You cannot consider a Tour with...

We've not had to wait long for the first crash of the 2024 Tour de France. Before the flag has even been dropped for stage 1 in Florence, Soudal - Quick-Step's Jan Hirt has been introduced face first with the Italian tarmac. "There 100 rules for the team but one with backpack made crashing Jan Hirt...

At the 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar is attempting to become the first man since Marco Pantani in 1998 to complete a Giro d'Italia/Tour de France double. Although somewhat less heralded, Team DSM-Firmenich Post NL's Oscar Onley will be ending another long wait in the peloton.Not since Robert Mi...

With his second Tour de France getting underway later today in Florence, Biniam Girmay is very hopeful of writing more history with a first stage win over the next few weeks.“I think this year is special," the Eritrean icon previews in quotes collected by Africa News ahead of the 2024 Tour de France...

2024 has so far not been a year to fondly look back upon for Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Crash after crash, illness and illness, there is barely a rider in the team to have not suffered some form of bad luck during the campaign. As such, they enter the 2024 Tour de France more in hope than expectatio...

Tadej Pogacar will begin his latest quest for a third Maillot Jaune later today as the 2024 Tour de France departs from Florence. Although UAE Team Emirates teammate Domen Novak hasn't been selected for the team's lineup for the Grand Tour, the Slovenian will be watching with a keen eye. Speaking to...

Primoz Roglic made the difficult decision to leave Team Visma | Lease a Bike in search of more Tour de France leadership opportunities over the winter. Having found a new home at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, the Slovenian is ready to prove he made the right choice. “It's really nice to be here with...

Juan Ayuso faces his first Tour de France with the belief that he can be a protagonist, able to fight to win a stage, to be able to finish as high as possible in the general classification but, above all, with the very clear idea of UAE Team Emirates' only objective in the Grande Boucle 2024: to win...

The time has come and later today, the 2024 Tour de France gets underway in Florence. Starting with a stage full of potential for immediate drama, one man taking to the Grand Depart full of optimism is Lotto Dstny's Maxim van Gils. On his Tour de France debut in 2023, van Gils came close to a stage...

According to Alpecin-Deceuninck boss Christoph Roodhooft, Mathieu van der Poel will again use the Tour de France as preparation for bigger goals to come. In 2023 this worked well as the Dutchman took the Rainbow Jersey, could a similar route in 2024 end with the 29-year-old wearing Olympic gold?Last...

At the 2024 Tour de France, the hopes of French team Cofidis rest mostly on the shoulders of the French duo Bryan Coquard and Guillaume Martin. For Coquard, this will be the 8th Tour de France in his career and although the 32-year-old sprinter is yet to taste the glory of a stage win, he still hold...

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In an unexpected change to the management team, the INEOS Grenadiers revealed earlier this week that Steve Cummings would be replaced as leading sports director for the 2024 Tour de France, by Zak Dempster.Cummings was one of the leading characters in season 2 of Netflix's Tour de France: Unchained...

Whilst the fight for the Maillot Jaune at the 2024 Tour de France is set to be one of the mouth watering in a long while, the battle for sprint wins also has plenty of intriguing stories to follow.Last year, Jasper Philipsen proved himself the dominant sprint force, winning four stages and taking a...

The 2024 Tour de France promises to be a special edition, kicking off with its Grand Départ in Florence and Emilia-Romagna, across the border in Italy. For the first time in many years, the race concludes in Nice, not Paris. Spanning from June 29th to July 21st, this prestigious event will feature 2...

The 2024 Tour de France promises to be a unique edition, starting with its Grand Depart in Florence and Emilia-Romagna, just over the border in Italy. For the first time in many years, the race will conclude away from Paris, with riders heading to Nice for the finale. Scheduled from June 29th to Jul...

In what shape will Jonas Vingegaard be in at the 2024 Tour de France? On the eve of the Grand Tour the question remains unanswered and is on the mind of almost all cycling fans. One man who believes he knows the answer however, is 'the Voice of the Tour de France', Phil Liggett.A true icon of sports...

Jasper Stuyven, 32, was not on the preliminary startlist for the 2024 Tour de France, but he received an unexpected call on Sunday night: would he be willing to take part in the Tour? After discussing some "conditions" with his team, he decided to travel to Florence. "Physically and mentally I feel...

The talented Breton climber David Gaudu is preparing for his seventh participation in the Tour de France at the age of 27. In this 111th edition, Gaudu will once again lead the Groupama - FDJ team with the goal of achieving the best possible result in the general classification. However, his arrival...

Carlos Rodriguez is preparing to face his second Tour de France with the INEOS Grenadiers team. In an exclusive chat with MARCA, the young Spanish cyclist demonstrates a mix of calm humility and undiminished ambition as he prepares for one of the biggest challenges of his career.Rodriguez is optimis...