As they do with every major race, the colleagues of the WEDU podcast The Move analyzed what happened in the first stage of the Giro d'Italia. Yesterday, pundits Spencer Martin and Johan Bruyneel spoke, focusing on the big differences they saw between the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and UAE Team Emir...

Patrick Lefevere is no longer at the head of Soudal - Quick-Step but continues to be an important part of the team, and after yesterday's disaster at the Giro d'Italia where Mikel Landa was forced to abandon after a crash, he has shared words of support over the rider who only a few days ago confirm...

Geraint Thomas is now in his final season of a long professional career, and he is completing it with INEOS Grenadiers where he's been racing for decade and a half. In a recent interview he's talked about his mindset heading into his final Tour de France and also Tom Pidcock who left the British tea...

The opening stage of Giro d'Italia had unsurprising winner in Mads Pedersen. However that some GC favourites would already lose time purely on poor performance was quite surprising. Thymen Arensman certainly didn't want to see 2024 (when he lost four minutes in the opening weekend) repeat. Yet now h...

Stage 2 of the 2025 Giro d'Italia will be a 13.7-kilometer time-trial in the Albanian capital of Tirana which will dictate the first meaningful differences between the overall classification contender - those who didn't lose time already on the opening day of the race, that is. We take a look at the...

The Corsa Rosa is the first Grand Tour of the season and this year it will include a start in a nation that will for the first time in it's history host a Grand Tour, Albania; and also several mountain stages in it's second half whilst the first half will feature some tricky stages including one tha...

Throughout the 2025 Giro d'Italia there will likely be many riders forced to withdraw from the race, for various different reasons. We make a list of all riders who leave the race, as well as list out a few of the main crashes that take place during the race. Juan Ayuso and Max Poole were involved i...

A shock moment for the cycling world: Jan Ullrich, Germany's only Tour winner, had a serious fall during a training ride. Near his home, the 51-year-old was cut off by a car and brutally forced off the road. The result: a broken collarbone, numerous bruises and painful abrasions. Ullrich had to be t...

Matteo Moschetti is Q36.5 Pro Cycling's sprint leader in the Swiss team's first Giro d'Italia participation, but they didn't wait for first sprint stage to bring first good news to the table. The 28-year-old Italian renews with team lead by Doug Ryder for two more seasons. "I am really happy I signe...

The two-time winner of Giro d'Italia Vincenzo Nibali no longer stuns fans with his vicious uphill (and downhill) attacks, but he still took his time to have a look at the race at hand, sharing few of his thoughts about the course, favourites and possible surprises. As a man with vast experience raci...

Mostly calm day for GC riders on the outskirts of Tirana quickly turned into a chaos when peloton ascended the Surrel climb for a second time. And more precisely in the subsequent descent. In a dangerous chicane with about five kilometers to go, many riders had to hit their brakes hard to stay on t...

Lidl-Trek did a phenomenal job during the first stage of Giro d'Italia, shaking off all pure sprinters to create a perfect scenario for their fast man Mads Pedersen. After a massive leadout from Mathias Vacek, finishing off the job was just a formality for the Dane, says Lidl-Trek DS Maxime Monfort....

While Egan Bernal sailed through the opening stage of Giro d'Italia without any problems, his co-leader Thymen Arensman lost the greatest amount of time of all the GC favourites (if we exclude Mikel Landa). For the 25-year-old, it's yet another blow for his ambitions after he had lost a shot at podi...

The opening stage of the 2025 Giro d'Italia ultimately went along with predictions and no important gaps for the general classification were created on a circuit in Tirana. Primoz Roglic navigated through today's stage safely also thanks to responsible ride of his Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe colleag...

The Giro d'Italia has begun today and there was a surprising amount of debutants at the start line, ranging from ages 21 to 33. It is an interesting statistic that almost 1 out of every 3 riders that have started today's stage had never previously raced at the Giro d'Italia, and are getting their fi...

The 2025 Giro d'Italia is now under way and in the peloton of 184 riders there are a few who stand out for whichever reason. Within these are plenty riders making their first Grand Tour appearance and others are already veterans with almost 20 years of pro racing under their belt. We take a look at...

The Giro d’Italia kicked off today in spectacular fashion, and as ever, Wout van Aert was at the centre of the action. After battling illness in recent weeks, the Belgian came heartbreakingly close to a fairytale debut stage win, only to be edged out in a photo finish by Mads Pedersen. The Dane, ex...

The Giro d'Italia 2025 has started off well for Movistar Team. Einer Rubio only had to stay in the peloton and by doing so, he managed to gain time already on several of his direct rivals in the battle for a spot in the Top10, whilst Orluis Aular pulled off a brilliant ride to join Mads Pedersen and...

The Giro d'Italia 2025 has started with a lot to talk about. There were no attacks whatsoever on the climbs of stage 1, but by the end of the day three serious GC contenders lost important time unexpectedly and another has had to abandon the race due to a crash in the final kilometers.  Mikel Landa...

Wout van Aert fell just short of capturing the pink jersey in the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia 2025. The Belgian managed to match Mads Pedersen in the final sprint of stage 1, however he couldn't go through him and had to settle for a second place in Tirana.  "This was way beyond my expectatio...

Cycling fans all over the world will be devastated today to learn of the withdrawal of one of the sport's most popular and cheered for riders. Mikel Landa has a history of bad-timed crashes and today at the Giro d'Italia, his race ended only hours after it began with a high-speed crash on the final...

Lidl-Trek began the Giro d'Italia with a plan and executed it to perfection on stage 1. Mads Pedersen won the opening stage of the Corsa Rosa and has taken on the pink jersey, result of a hard pace on the final day and perfect control over the peloton.  "This is my favourite [stage] now. To win the...

The man to beat for stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia was Mads Pedersen and the Dane did not disappoint. Lidl-Trek did a textbook work and leadout for the Dane, who outsprinted Wout van Aert in the final sprint to be the first rider to put on the pink jersey.  The first breakaway of the race was formed r...

Mikel Landa spoke with Marca colleagues before the start of a Giro d'Italia in which he will be the leader of Soudal - Quick-Step. He does so days after renewing his contract with the Belgian team for one more season, and has had interesting things to say.  As it could not be otherwise, he is very c...

Wout van Aert has been ill heading towards the Giro d'Italia and his level is a relative unknown. The Belgian showed his best legs once again in the spring classics with the perfect timing, but training partner and friend Jan Bakelants  "He has been ill and we have to take that seriously. Wout is no...

Marianne Vos continues to bring in strong victories and today at La Vuelta Femenina she won for the second time this week, beating Mischa Bredewold in the final sprint in Baltanás - although it certainly wasn't wasy to achieve it in the fast dash to the line.  "I’m very happy and exhausted to be hon...

Einer Rubio finished 11th in 2023 and 7th in 2024 at the Giro d'Italia. In 2025 he has very clear ideas and wants to improve those positions. Thus, the Movistar Team leader made it clear to the team's media before the start of the race in Albania what his goal is this year.  "I've been more than a m...

Marianne Vos is not called the best of all time for no reason, and at age she continues to bring in big victories for her palmarès. On stage 6, she has taken her second triumph of the week at La Vuelta Femenina in an intense uphill sprint.  A seemingly non-treacherous day at the Spanish race, but th...

Egan Bernal is the winner of the 2021 Giro d'Italia but only months later he suffered a life-threatening crash that turned his career around completely. Four years later he returns to the Corsa Rosa, not with the same ambitions, but quite optimistic coming in with good form and still improving accor...

Juan Ayuso is only 22 years old but begins his fourth Grand Tour as a GC contender, and by this time he is already an experienced figure, and also a rider with the legs to take the overall victory. He points out Primoz Roglic as the obvious rival for the pink jersey, but will have plenty variables o...

Primoz Roglic takes to the Grande Partenza in Albania with the Giro d'Italia victory on his mind. In the press conference leading up to the race the Slovenian was in a relaxed mood and did not give away much about what he thought of the route and his rivals, rather keeping it very vague and light-he...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Wout van Aert was a clear favourite to take on the pink jersey in the opening days of this year's Giro d'Italia as stages 1 and 3 present quite some climbing but a sprint finish, and stage 2 is a mostly flat time-trial. However, the Belgian comes in uncertain after the il...

The Corsa Rosa is the first Grand Tour of the season and this year it will include a start in a nation that will for the first time in it's history host a Grand Tour, Albania; and also several mountain stages in it's second half whilst the first half will feature some tricky stages including one tha...

Tom Pidcock is a rather unusual character in cycling, an incredibly talented rider but one who likes to do things in his own way and carry his responsibilities. After moving to Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, he has found this sole leadership and rhythm into preparing himself which has led to his return to...

Richard Carapaz turned his career around for good with his 2019 victory in the Giro d'Italia with Movistar Team. In the 3 participations that the Ecuadorian has had in his life in the corsa rosa he has finished fourth, first and second in his last participation in 2022. As leader of EF Education he...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike are starting the Giro d'Italia with high ambitions taking into consideration Wout van Aert and Olav Kooij can battle for all kinds of sprint finishes whilst Simon Yates is gearing up for the GC battle. Dylan van Baarle, set to help all of them throughout the upcoming three...

From the 9th of May to the 1st of June, the cycling world will be glued to the screens for the first Grand Tour of the season: the Giro d'Italia. From Albania to a mini Strade-Bianche to the high Alps, the race will provide spectacle in all kinds of terrains. Here's where and when to watch it.  The...

From the 9th of May to the 1st of June, the world of cycling will be glued to the screens for the first Grand Tour of the season: the Giro d'Italia. From Albania to a mini Strade-Bianche to the high Alps, the race will provide spectacle in all kinds of terrains. We take a look at its startlist.  The...

Every May, Italy is painted pink. Streets are draped in rosy banners, mountain roads fill with eager spectators, and an electric buzz of anticipation sweeps the country. This Friday, May 9th, the Giro d’Italia, the grand Tour of Italy, begins once again, and with it returns a national ritual over a...

Egan Bernal arrives at the Giro d'Italia with great enthusiasm. The INEOS Grenadiers rider will be wearing a very special jersey. As Colombian road and time trial champion, he will wear the colors of his country's flag during the race, but not in any way, but as a tribute to a mythical Colombian tea...

From the 9th of May to the 1st of June, the world of cycling will be glued to the screens for the first Grand Tour of the season: the Giro d'Italia. From Albania to a mini Strade-Bianche to the high Alps, the race will provide spectacle in all kinds of terrains. We preview the race ahead.  The route...

What seemed impossible, XDS Astana Team might already overtake Team Picnic PostNL on the UCI ranking during this Giro d'Italia. But the team doesn't stress too much about chasing points on Italian roads - scoring some nice results instead seems to be the goal for most, including Wout Poels. And if y...

Debut at Grand Tour is a special moment for riders, but also for the men in team cars. One such debutant is former cyclocross world champion Bart Wellens who'll be responsible for the results of Intermarché - Wanty in Italy for the next three weeks. "We have two sports directors. Dimitri Claeys is r...

Victor Lafay is quickly turning into one of major what ifs. After his stellar performances at the 2023 Tour de France, everyone predicted the Frenchman would become a major force at the Ardennes - but no such luck.  Since his transfer to Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, Lafay added only 46 race days and...

Once upon a time, it seemed like the cycling races in United States were on a rise with WorldTour even Tour of California and many more top-level events such as Tour of Utah and Colorado Classic. But the fairy tale ended with the arrival of COVID and right now, the biggest North American stage race...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader Primoz Roglic was, traditionally, brief about his goals, ambitions... and pretty much any expectations for the upcoming Giro d'Italia. But the team of five-time Grand Tour winner can't afford to aim for anything less than overall victory. Such opportunity to race w...

The eyes of all cycling fans and experts will be on Primoz Roglic as the man-to-beat and Juan Ayuso as the Slovenian's main challenger at upcoming Giro d'Italia. But there are several other men who strive to succeed, for example home favourite Giulio Ciccone. "From October to today, Giulio has shown...

Giro d'Italia is up ahead and one of the men who can upset the GC favourites is Thymen Arensman. Among other things, he can make a use of tips received from former Giro winner Tom Dumoulin with whom he met up in March. "I got a lot out of that meeting with Tom," Arensman said after meeting with Dumo...

The Grand Tour season officially begins tomorrow as the Giro d’Italia 2025 gets underway, and for Sam Bennett, the stakes are clear. The Irish sprinter is desperate to return to the top step after a challenging period, and he leads Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale into Italy with a point to prove. Bennett...

Demi Vollering delivered one of the finest wins of her career today on stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina, crossing the line with raw emotion and a deeper message behind her performance. It was a result built on strength and incredible endurance that we now expect from her, but this win had more of a pro...

Just days after sealing a superb stage win at the Tour de Romandie, Jay Vine begins the 2025 Giro d’Italia with measured optimism. Speaking to Cycling Pro Net ahead of the first stage, which takes place tomorrow, the UAE Team Emirates – XRG rider acknowledged the confidence gained from his recent pe...

Boucles de l'Aulne 2025, the last race before the Giro d'Italia, but the first of the 4 French classics to be held this week, took place on Thursday, May 8. And the winner was Lewis Askey, who delivered a superb performance when it mattered. The British rider has given Groupama - FDJ a superb victor...

Demi Vollering has won stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina in a stage where all the favourites battled it out for the victory. Vollering played her tactical cards superbly well, and attacked at precisely the right moment on a savage final climb.  Before the start of the race, there was drama. Pauline Ferr...

As the 2025 Giro d’Italia prepares to roll out tomorrow, Groupama - FDJ finds itself in the headlines not only for the race ahead but also for growing speculation surrounding Stefan Küng’s future. Reports have suggested that the Swiss rider will leave the French team at the end of the 2025 season, b...

The 2025 Giro d’Italia gets underway on Friday with a punchy first stage in Albania and a Grand Tour route backloaded with the potential for chaos. While the bookmakers lean toward a sprint to open the race, former pro and team boss Johan Bruyneel isn’t so sure, and neither is cycling analyst Spence...

Mads Pedersen returns to the Giro d’Italia tomorrow for the first time since 2023, bringing momentum from a strong spring and a clear ambition to win. The Dane took a stage victory at the Giro in 2023 and has since continued to establish himself as one of the most consistent riders in the peloton. T...

As the 2025 Giro d’Italia gets underway tomorrow, INEOS Grenadiers rider Thymen Arensman stands out as one of the dark horses for a strong general classification performance. The 25-year-old Dutchman comes into the race in excellent form. He recently won a stage at the Tour of the Alps and finished...

Wout van Aert is far from the luckiest of riders, and that is proving to be the case once again. After finally managing to regain his best form once again he fell ill after the spring classics, and is not overly positive coming into the Giro d'Italia as his form may be far from what he had hoped for...

Alpecin-Deceuninck have enjoyed another superb spring campaign, once again driven by the brilliance of Mathieu van der Poel. But as the 2025 Grand Tour season begins with the Giro d’Italia, the Belgian team turn to a different leader: fast-finishing Australian Kaden Groves. With both Van der Poel an...

One of the leading Grand Tour riders of his generation, Vincenzo Nibali ended his career at the conclusion of 2022 with two Giro d'Italias, a Tour de France and a Vuelta a Espana on his palmares among numerous other successes. Although the Italian was never convicted of doping during his career, sin...

Earlier this year, Geraint Thomas confirmed that 2025 will mark his final season in the professional peloton. After nearly two decades at the top of the sport, the 38-year-old will retire not only as a legend of INEOS Grenadiers and British cycling, but as a British sporting icon in his own right. T...

A blow of justice to Miguel Ángel López. According to Cycle 21, the CAS has dismissed the appeal against his doping sanction. Recall that the UCI had sanctioned him 4 years for menatropin use during the Giro d'Italia 2022.  Thus, the Colombian cyclist will have to serve his full sentence after the C...

In 2025, UAE Team Emirates - XRG are backing two horses at the Giro d'Italia as Juan Ayuso and Adam Yates combine to form a two-pronged Maglia Rosa attack. This marks a stark difference from the team's tactics last year, where Tadej Pogacar completed the first leg of his Giro d'Italia - Tour de Fran...

Antonio Tiberi finished fifth at last year's Giro d'Italia and won the youth classification, something he aims to do once again this year. However the Bahrain - Victorious doesn't hold himself back to only achieve what he did last year, he wants to improve on it after a spring where he showed to be...

The Giro d'Italia presentation took place this Wednesday afternoon in Albania where the race will begin, and al of the race's headliners were present. For the next three weeks we will have a luxurious list of riders fighting for the wins through the mountain, hills, sprints and time-trials. We've le...

For the first time in his career, Tom Pidcock is set to ride the Giro d'Italia in 2025. Given the freedom to ride how he wants by the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, the former Tour de France stage winner is also set to ditch the general classification ambitions he'd developed over the latter half of his ti...

Primoz Roglic is a very particular figure in the world of cycling and in his interviews, his style of talking is unmatched. The leader of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe will be taking to the start in Albania tomorrow in search of his second pink jersey, and comes directly from an altitude camp which he...

From the 9th of May to the 1st of June, the world of cycling will be glued to the screens for the first Grand Tour of the season: the Giro d'Italia. From Albania to a mini Strade-Bianche to the high Alps, the race will provide spectacle in all kinds of terrains. We take a look at it's profiles.  The...

The Tour de Romandie, Tour of Turkey and Eschborn-Frankfurt have provided teams with opportunities to score big this past week and at the very top was... XDS Astana Team. The Kazakh team have virtually completed their comeback, and are a mere few points away from entering the Top18 teams once again...

As we're already used to, team Alpecin-Deceuninck doesn't waste time announcing their transfers one by one. For the Wednesday morning, they've prepared four transfer announcements. While two long-time members renew their contacts, the other two men will be promoted from Alpecin's development team. ...

Dwars door Vlaanderen could've been the peak of Visma | Lease a Bike's spring - with three men in a leading group of four, it seemed impossible not to win. The greater was everyone's disbelief at the finish when experienced men Wout Van Aert, Tiesj Benoot and Matteo Jorgenson were outfoxed by Neilso...

Victor Campenaerts was forced to abandon the Itzulia Basque County last month after a crash during third stage that saw him walk away with fractured scapula. It's never good to break a bone in preparation towards Tour de France, but the Belgian was able to keep rhythm through indoor training session...

The time of year is almost there - we're counting hours until the start of the first Grand Tour of 2025. All key protagonists are already present in Albania where the Grande Partenza will take place on Friday. And the organizers didn't hold back when it comes to parcours, having prepared two hard cl...

Stage 9 of the 2025 Giro d’Italia promises to be a turning point, as riders face a punishing route through Tuscany’s iconic white gravel roads. Dubbed a "mini Strade Bianche," the stage features 30km of gravel, relentless short climbs, and a dramatic finish in Siena via the brutal ascent of the Via...

Now 27 years old, Brandon McNulty is really starting to come into the peak years of his career. The American, long-time servant of UAE Team Emirates - XRG has certainly stepped up a level over the last couple of seasons, something McNulty hopes to carry on at the 2025 Giro d'Italia over the coming w...

Derek Gee's real breakthrough came at the 2023 Giro d'Italia, when the Canadian lit up the race over three weeks, despite consistently missing out on taking a first Grand Tour stage win. As Gee prepares to return to the Italian Grand Tour in 2025, the Israel - Premier Tech has different ambitions th...

Tadej Pogacar continues to be the subject of some lofty praise, both from names within the modern generation of the sport and those of yesteryear. Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich is no different, raving about the current world champion in recent comments.  “He’s simply a mega-talent," begin...

A five-time Grand Tour winner, few riders have had as much success in the three-week races in the modern generation than Primoz Roglic. The Tour de France remains notable by its absence on the palmares of the Slovenian though, and in 2025, Roglic has opted for a different route to Paris, this time o...

Two of the greats of the modern era, Marianne Vos and Anna van der Breggen have played their part in making numerous cycling memories over their respective careers. The rivalry of the two Dutch stars was renewed on stage 4 of La Vuelta Femenina 2025, as Van der Breggen took the solo win, holding off...

For the first time since making her return to the sport in 2025, Anna van der Breggen has been able to celebrate a victory. In some style too, as a demon descent in the finale of stage 4 at the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina fired the Dutch leader of Team SD Worx - Protime to a stunning win.  "I did not ex...

Matt White has been the recognisable face of the performance staff of the GreenEDGE cycling team over the years under its various guises. In some shock news from the Team Jayco AlUla camp however, the 51-year-old Aussie ex-pro is departing with immediate effect.  "GreenEDGE Cycling announces a restr...

Team SD Worx - Protime's Anna van der Breggen has taken the first win of her second professional career thanks to a demon descent in the finale of stage 4 at the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina. There was a big fight for the breakaway over the first half of the stage, but every attack that managed to get a...

When it comes to the fight for the Maglia Rosa at the 2025 Giro d'Italia, two names stick out in most experts analysis - Primoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso. According to Thijs Zonneveld however, it's Roglic that is the clear favourite of these two.  "I’m expecting a head-to-head battle, and my pick is Rog...

EF Education-EasyPost have become the final team to officially announce their lineup for the 2025 Giro d'Italia, confirming a team built around supporting the general classification ambitions of 2019 Maglia Rosa winner Richard Carapaz.  "The Giro is a very important race for me and my sports career...

The Giro d’Italia has delivered some of the most dramatic and emotional moments in recent cycling history. From historic solo rides to poetic acts of friendship, the race has been a showcase of what we love about the sport. Here, we look back at some of the most memorable moments of recent editions,...

A three-time Giro d'Italia stage winner, Sam Bennett returns to the Italian Grand Tour with a bit of a point to prove in 2025. Now in his second season with the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, the Irish sprinter will be looking to prove he still has what it takes to win Grand Tour sprints.  "I feel...

Primoz Roglic is looking to take on the ominous task of a Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. It's perhaps not quite as ominous as it once was though, given that just last year, Roglic's compatriot Tadej Pogacar ended a 26 year wait for a rider to complete the doub...

They might not have the two star riders of the team - Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen, but Alpecin-Deceuninck are heading to the 2025 Giro d'Italia full of ambition. Targeting stage wins, most of the hopes of the team will rest on the performances of Kaden Groves and Quinten Hermans.  “For...

Whilst most of the pre-Giro d'Italia talk surrounds the likes of Juan Ayuso, Primoz Roglic and Adam Yates, Tudor Pro Cycling Team's general classification hopeful Michael Storer is being allowed to fly slightly under the radar, despite his sparking performances en route to winning the recent Tour of...

Caleb Ewan revealed this Tuesday that he has retired from cycling with immediate effect, following a few difficult years in the sport and an unlikely comeback with INEOS Grenadiers. After winning twice in a few weeks, the 'Pocket Rocket' decided to end a successful career, although one that was mark...

Israel - Premier Tech are not putting exclusive focus on the Tour de France, and this year they are certainly putting a lot of their chips on the Giro d'Italia. Besides Corbin Strong who will hunt for stage wins in the sprints and hilly days, Derek Gee has made it his main goal of the season and bri...

Soudal - Quick-Step is a team that has built a climbing core over the past years because of Remco Evenepoel but the truth is that nowadays it expands beyond the Olympic Champion. Mikel Landa was a cornerstone of this change, and the Belgian team have managed to secure the Basque climber until 2026 o...

Nairo Quintana arrives with the ambition of winning a stage at the Giro d'Italia 2025. Last year, after a very complicated start to the campaign, only Tadej Pogacar prevented him from winning in Livigno. This season, without the Slovenian cannibal in the race, he hopes to raise his arms again in a G...

Stage 3 of La Vuelta Femenina ended with a bunch sprint won by Team SD Worx - ProTime's Femke Gerritse however it was a day full of crashes. One however, that is likely the most bizarre out of them all, was not caught by TV broadcast but was by spectators whilst in the stage's neutralized start.  A...

In two days' time Primoz Roglic will be starting the Giro d'Italia and will be doing so as one of the two main favourites to wear the pink jersey in Rome. However in the back of his mind the Tour de France continues to be present as the priority for 2025 - and the Slovenian may be trying to attempt...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG is a team with a lot of money that has reinforced it's climber block substantially over the last few years, however that naturally makes it harder for others to have their opportunities and freedom. However, for the next two years, the team will be able to count on both Adam...

Adam Yates has formed a very important role for himself within the UAE Team Emirates - XRG train over the last few years, embracing his duties as Tadej Pogacar last man standing in the high mountains of the Tour de France. At the 2025 Giro d'Italia however, the Brit gets the chance to step out of Po...

Grand Tour season is nearly upon us. In just four days, the 2025 Giro d’Italia will roll out on May 9th, kicking off the summer of elite stage racing that will lead us into July and the sport’s biggest spectacle, the Tour de France. This year’s Tour, which begins on July 5th, is already shaping up t...

Matthew Brennan broke onto the professional scene like a hurricane, winning stages at Volta a Catalunya and Tour de Romandie like it was his daily bread. Considering that the young Brit is yet to turn 20, many already compare him to greats of cycling world such as Mark Cavendish or Brennan's Visma |...

The UCI Rankings have provided a few changes this week with the end of the Tour de Romandie and Eschborn-Frankfurt, and we have seen UAE Team Emirates - XRG have a second rider at the top of the rankings as João Almeida won the overall classification of the Swiss race.  You can check the previous up...

Maxim Van Gils made a big name for himself during the 2024 season, fighting consistently for podiums at biggest one-day hilly races. All that while racing on a modest salary in the colours of Belgian ProTeam Lotto. Naturally this attracted rich sharks who were willing to buy out the 25-year-old out...

Pello Bilbao has finished in the top-5 of Giro d'Italia twice in his career, but this year he doesn't aim to repeat such feat. Instead, he'll take on the mission of supporting younger teammate Antonio Tiberi on his quest for a podium result. "We know that Antonio did a great job last year and that b...

With five-time Grand Tour winner Primoz Roglic, there cannnot possibly be doubts about who will lead the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's charge at the upcoming Giro d'Italia. The Slovenian who has won Giro d'Italia in 2023 is also the go-to favourite this year with the Spanish riders Juan Ayuso and Mi...

Mathieu van der Poel looks back at another phenomenal spring when his palmares became two Monuments larger again. After his third back-to-back Paris-Roubaix triumph, the Ducthman allowed himself to have a brief racing break before shifting focus towards his summer objectives - namedly Tour de France...

Despite never having won the race, Simon Yates is a rider who has become intertwined into the modern history of the Giro d'Italia. After making the move to Team Visma | Lease a Bike ahead of the 2025 season, can the 32-year-old Brit finally get his hands on the Maglia Rosa in Rome? Winning six stage...

After her win on stage 2 of the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina on Monday, Marianne Vos was again right in the mix on stage 3 this Tuesday afternoon. Sadly though, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike legend wasn't quite able to replicate her success, narrowly losing out at the line to her younger compatriot Femke...

Stage 3 of the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina belonged to Team SD Worx - Protime's Femke Gerritse as the 23-year-old Dutchwoman powered to the sprint win ahead of Marianne Vos in a frantic finale, taking over control of the race leader's Red Jersey in the process.  “This is just amazing. I really didn’t ex...

With just four days to go until the 2025 Giro d’Italia rolls out on May 9th, Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team have revealed their squad for what will be their very first Grand Tour appearance. It marks a major milestone for the team, and a pivotal moment for star signing Tom Pidcock, who will lead their campa...

Tadej Pogacar has officially concluded his spring campaign, and what a run it was. The Slovenian superstar once again delivered a masterclass on two wheels, collecting podiums at Milano–Sanremo and Paris–Roubaix, while winning both the Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a feat few riders in...

At just 24 years old, Ben Healy continues to prove he’s one of the most exciting talents in the peloton. The EF Education–EasyPost rider, a two-time Irish national road race champion and Giro stage winner in 2023, secured his first-ever Monument podium last weekend with an impressive third place at...

Incredible news we woke up to today. Caleb Ewan announced today his immediate retirement from professional cycling after 11 years of career and countless victories. He had signed with INEOS Grenadiers earlier this year and had won the 2 races in which he had participated: Coppi e Bartali and Itzulia...

While Marianne Vos was able to bounce back with a victory on day two from the hardships Visma | Lease a Bike had suffered during the opening team time trial in the streets of Barcelona, the negligence of La Vuelta Femenina race commisaries continues to spark heated emotions.  Visma | Lease a Bike co...

Lidl-Trek are one of the fastest growing and most ambitious teams in the entirety of the peloton. Could that ambition and quest for improvement be set to see two of their most loyal servants depart at the end of the 2025 season though? Well, according to a report by the well-respected British cyclin...

The countdown is nearly over. On May 9th, the 108th Giro d’Italia gets underway, and with it, the battle for the maglia rosa. Tadej Pogacar may be absent, but this year’s start list is stacked with talent. From seasoned Grand Tour winners to riders seeking redemption and breakthrough moments, the 20...

Team SD Worx - Protime's Femke Gerritse has sprinted to the win on stage 3 of the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina, denying the legendary Marianne Vos and moving into the Red Jersey of race leader as a result. A five-woman group rode clear relatively early on to form the breakaway of the day. Best placed on...

A wearer of the Maillot Jaune at the Tour de France and the Red Jersey at the Vuelta a Espana, Wout van Aert's main goal is a clear one as he prepares for a Giro d'Italia debut this month - get himself into the Maglia Rosa to complete his set of Grand Tour leaders jerseys.  After the official confir...

The 2025 Giro d'Italia is almost here and for Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the opening Grand Tour of the campaign marks a great opportunity to kickstart their season after a relatively quiet Spring. Through the leadership trio of Wout van Aert, Simon Yates and Olav Kooij, Visma also have plenty of dif...

There are many riders set to make their Giro d'Italia debuts when the Grand Tour kicks off later this week. It's fair to say that few have been as highly-anticipated as the debut of Team Visma | Lease a Bike superstar Wout van Aert. Many experts are expecting big things of the Belgian over the comin...

With the 2025 Giro d'Italia now just days away, the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team have become the latest to confirm their roster for the opening Grand Tour of the 2025 season. Leading the way, is three-time Giro stage winner Sam Bennett, back at the Corsa Rosa for the first time since 2018. The Ir...

The 2024 Giro d'Italia was nothing less than a three week exhibition of Tadej Pogacar's brilliance. Winning a total of six stages over the three weeks, and the Maglia Rosa by just shy of ten minutes, Pogacar was completely dominant on his Giro debut. This year though, the Slovenian isn't returning t...

With the opening Grand Tour of 2025 looming, former Maglia Rosa winner Primoz Roglic is front and centre when the names of the big, pre-race favourites are discussed. Given the immense quality of the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe support squad around the Slovenian, it's perhaps understandable that Rog...

Ahead of the 2025 Giro d'Italia, teams across the peloton are full of hope and ambition. With Lidl-Trek however, that ambition is certainly well placed as they back the inform duo of Mads Pedersen and Giulio Ciccone for stage wins and the general classification respectively.  Especially with Ciccone...

Groupama - FDJ have become the latest team to officially confirm their lineup for opening Grand Tour of 2025 - the Giro d'Italia. The French-based outfit are backing their general classification hopeful David Gaudu as he makes his debut at the Corsa Rosa. Gaudu, who is set to do a Giro d'Italia - To...

From the 9th of May to the 1st of June, the world of cycling will be glued to the screens for the first Grand Tour of the season: the Giro d'Italia. From Albania to a mini Strade-Bianche to the high Alps, the race will provide spectacle in all kinds of terrains.  In this article you can find a wrap-...

Team Picnic PostNL are currently in trouble, as they see very real chances of losing their World Tour license at the end of the year. Hence, the team enters the Giro d'Italia with some pressure to perform, with Romain Bardet in the lead in what will be the final Grand Tour of his career.  The French...

As a French team, Cofidis will always have more input in the Tour de France where they deposit their biggest hopes throughout the cycling season, however over the past few years they've had a few success stories at the Giro d'Italia including last year with Benjamin Thomas. This year, the team's lea...

Soudal - Quick-Step are bringing an ambitious lineup to the Giro d'Italia, ready to perform both in the mountains and the sprints. After having done so in the past, Mikel Landa returns with possible ambitions for a final podium, or even more if he finds the form that he's had at last year's Tour de...

A team with over 40 years of history and one that remains solid in the world of cycling. It's name changes often, but VG Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè is back to the Giro d'Italia and this year it will once again try to make good use of it's wildcard to chase stage wins and always be part of the br...

The American Lidl-Trek team has confirmed it's lineup for the upcoming Giro d'Italia this morning and without surprise we see a team with the two scheduled leaders. It is a team that can afford itself to be ambitious, both in the fight for the pink jersey, the ciclamino jersey, and stage wins in all...

After a solid Spring for Wout van Aert went unrewarded, the Belgian heads into his Giro d'Italia debut later this week still searching for a first win of the 2025 season. If he were to take it on the opening stage, a Maglia Rosa would of course, completing the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader's set...

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has anything but low expectations of the Germany's biggest climbing talent Florian Lipowitz. The former biathlete broke through last year with podium at Tour de Romandie and later a 7th place at Vuelta a Espana while riding in support of winner Primoz Roglic....

Despite the presence of five-time Grand Tour champion Primoz Roglic, the 2025 Giro d'Italia promises to be a very interesting race as many riders have a good shot at a nice GC result. One of them is the 33-year-old Louis Meintjes - a man with five Grand Tour top-10 finishes. Such result could be wit...

Marianne Vos may have won the second stage of La Vuelta Femenina, but after a horror team time trial of Visma the day earlier, it's today's runner-up Letizia Paternoster (Liv AlUla Jayco) who claims the overall lead. And it's not an exaggeration to say she may have been happier than winner Vos... "B...

Stefan Küng's career seems to be on crossroads. After seven years of racing for Groupama - FDJ, it seems that Fabian Cancellara approached his compatriot with an appealing offer to join Tudor Pro Cycling from 2026 onwards. According to cycling journalist and transfer market expert Daniel Benson, the...

Chris Froome has so far completed two stage races in what might be his final season in professional peloton. In meantime, the seven-time Grand Tour champion went on an adventure that was perhaps even more adrenaline than his legendary downhill attack on Peyresourde in 2016. Through an Instagram vide...

Remco Evenepoel's spring was only three weeks long, starting with a victory at the Brabantse Pijl mid-April and concluding with another victory at the Tour de Romandie. However the results and mainly performances in between those two triumphs were eyebrow-raising. "He expected to ride a better Liège...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have had a rollercoaster first couple of stages at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. After controversially losing time on the opening stage team time trial due to reasons outside their control, their legendary leader Marianne Vos has fired back to gain a modicum of revenge on stage...

With the 2025 Giro d'Italia fast approaching, teams across the peloton are unveiling their lineups for the first Grand Tour of the season. The latest of which have been Intermarché - Wanty, announcing a versatile lineup capable of competing on all fronts.  Leading the lineup are the experienced head...

The legendary Marianne Vos has sprinted to the win on stage 2 of the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina, the 256th success of her incredible career after a chaotic day of racing.  After Elena Cecchini went on the attack early, the peloton were locked together at the front of the race heading into the final 60k...

One of the invited teams for the 2025 Giro d'Italia, Team Polti VisitMalta can be expected to be protagonists of breakaways throughout the next three weeks with some attacking racing. In the form of rumoured Team Visma | Lease a Bike target Davide Piganzoli though, can the team even mount a GC chall...

For 28-year-old Brit Paul Double, the 2025 Giro d'Italia marks a real step up in his career as a professional bike rider as the Team Jayco AlUla talent makes a long-awaited Grand Tour debut. Having already added a win to his palmares this year, Double is keen to make his mark at the Giro.  “Being at...

Antonio Tiberi starred at the 2024 Giro d'Italia, finishing 5th overall and taking home the White Jersey for Best Young Rider. As he prepares to return to his home Grand Tour in 2025, Bahrain - Victorious have backed their climbing talent with some strong climbing support. “We have one clear objecti...

The always entertaining Derek Gee is hoping to mount a serious Maglia Rosa threat at the 2025 Giro d'Italia. With the Israel - Premier Tech team now having officially confirmed their lineup for the opening Grand Tour of the season, it seems the Canadian can count on an experienced support squad arou...

In the early part of 2025, few teams have been as successful as the XDS Astana Team, making their hopes of saving themselves against World Tour relegation much more positive. Can they continue that good form at the opening Grand Tour of the season - the Giro d'Italia?  It's likely that stage hunting...

After missing the opening months of the season due to a serious crash in December 2024, Remco Evenepoel is gradually finding his rhythm again. The Belgian star has now returned to consistent racing, and while he's not yet at his imperious best, the signs are promising as he targets a peak performanc...

The Giro d'Italia 2025 is here! It's already entered the week in which the first of the season's grand tours will finally begin. This Friday, May 9, the Grande Partenza will take place in Albania, and Movistar is already prepared for a very exciting edition. Movistar Team has already confirmed its f...

We are entering the week of Giro d'Italia 2025! The race will begin this Friday, May 9, and with it the 2025 grand tour season, and it will do so with an edition that is expected to be very exciting. With no Pogacar, Vingegaard or Evenepoel in the star line-up, the fight for the maglia rosa will be...

With just four days to go until the 108th edition of the Giro d’Italia begins, UAE Team Emirates–XRG have unveiled their squad, and while Tadej Pogacar won’t be defending his 2024 crown, the team arrives with a formidable roster and high ambitions. The Emirati outfit, which dominated last year’s rac...

La Vuelta Femenina began today, however - as has happened in the past in the very same city of Barcelona in the men's race - the opening team time-trial saw some chaos. In this case a few teams had issues with their start because of a delay in the checking of the bikes, and Team Visma | Lease a Bike...

The 2025 Vuelta a España Femenina got off to a chaotic and controversial start in Barcelona, as organisational issues marred the opening team time trial. Multiple teams, including Team Visma | Lease a Bike and Uno-X Mobility, were forced to start the stage late or with incomplete squads due to delay...

The 2025 Tour de Romandie came to a close yesterday with Remco Evenepoel powering to victory in the final time trial and João Almeida securing the overall classification. For Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the Swiss stage race reflected much of their spring campaign so far, quiet in profile, but rich in...

With just four days to go until the 2025 Giro d’Italia gets underway on May 9th, all eyes are on the riders who could challenge for pink. For INEOS Grenadiers, that includes Thymen Arensman, who will share leadership duties alongside 2021 Giro winner Egan Bernal. The 25-year-old Dutchman arrives in...

Jai Hindley is heading back to the Giro d’Italia, where he etched his name into cycling history with his 2022 overall victory, but this time, the 28-year-old Australian will line up in a different role. As a key support rider for Primoz Roglic at Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe, Hindley arrives at the f...

Elia Viviani’s career is far from finished. The veteran Italian sprinter may be 36 years old, but he’s riding with renewed purpose, and his eyes firmly set on one more major milestone: 100 professional victories. At the Tour of Turkey, Viviani took a crucial step toward that target, sprinting to vic...

In the lead-up to the 2025 Giro d’Italia, concerns had mounted over the condition of the Colle delle Finestre, one of the race’s most iconic and challenging climbs. In recent weeks, images of the pass buried under heavy snow circulated online, fuelling fears of another weather-related disruption for...

Lenny Martinez may have missed out on the overall victory at the 2025 Tour de Romandie, but the young French climber still walks away with his first WorldTour stage race podium, and plenty of pride. After a stunning ride on Saturday’s Queen Stage, where he out-sprinted João Almeida to take the stage...

Michael Storer delivered the best week of his professional career at the 2025 Tour of the Alps, claiming a decisive victory on Stage 2 and sealing the overall title with consistent climbing and tactical awareness. The 28-year-old Australian, riding for Tudor Pro Cycling Team, is now turning his atte...

From the 9th of May to the 1st of June, the world of cycling will be glued to the screens for the first Grand Tour of the season: the Giro d'Italia. From Albania to a mini Strade-Bianche to the high Alps, the race will provide spectacle in all kinds of terrains. Here's the prize money available.  Th...

Throughout the Tour de Romandie, there will likely be many riders forced to withdraw from the race, for various different reasons. We make a list of all riders who leave the race, as well as list out a few of the main crashes that take place during the race. Luca van Boven and Andrea Vendrame did no...

João Almeida is a very consistent rider and this spring he has been performing very well. Having the lead given by UAE Team Emirates - XRG in plenty races, he has seized it, and closed off his spring campaign with a second GC win in the space of a few weeks at the Tour de Romandie.  “I am very happy...

Remco Evenepoel had a few weeks of racing and comes out of his first racing block of 2025 with victories on the first and last days respectively. The Olympic Champion started off brilliantly at Brabantse Pijl, slowly began to struggle in a few races, but this Sunday has conquered the final time-tria...

A hilly race but one that finished in a sprint, and XDS Astana Team continue to bring in massive UCI points. After Matteo Malucelli won the final stage of the Tour of Turkey and Wout Poels conquered the overall classification, the Kazakh team has taken their third win of the day at the Lotto Famenne...

Remco Evenepoel has had a rocky week, but it ended in the best possible way at the Tour de Romandie. The Olympic and World Champion was the fastest in the final time-trial in Genèbre whilst João Almeida was close to victory but did manage to jump into first place on the overall classification.  The...

After winning the Tour de France in 2019 and the Giro d'Italia in 2019, Egan Bernal looked poised to dominate the Grand Tours of the 2020s. That's not quite how things have transpired though, with the Colombian having to pretty much start from scratch again after an almost career-ending crash. Ahead...

Long gone are the days where Soudal - Quick-Step would dominate the Spring Classics. In 2025, wins for Tim Merlier at Scheldeprijs and Remco Evenepoel at Brabantse Pijl were they only successes, leaving former team boss Patrick Lefevere somewhat disappointed.  “Too many riders are underperforming,”...

XDS Astana Team made the trip over to Turkey for the week and it proved to be an absolute success. A ton of UCI points have entered the Kazakh team's tally, who have won four out of the eight stages and finished both first and second in the overall classification.  On the final day, it was Matteo Ma...

La Vuelta Femenina has begun this Sunday with a team time-trial in Barcelona and although the gaps were small, there were jerseys to hand out and small overall classification gaps to open up. In the initial challenge, it was Lidl-Trek who succeeded.  The American team was the fastest over the 8-kilo...

Alpecin-Deceuninck have developed and nurtured the talent of Mathieu van der Poel to perfection and might be doing the same with another young talent. Far away from the spotlight, the team is seeing the fast rise of Tibor del Grosso, a compatriot of van der Poel's whose talent and evolution on the b...

XDS Astana Team are in search of UCI points and from the Tour of Turkey they will certainly obtain a huge amount. Wout Poels has won the overall classification followed by teammate Harold Martin López; and on stage 8 of the race - the final one - the team has won it's fourth stage of the week with t...

The 108th Giro d'Italia kicks off on Friday, May 9th, 13.30 hours CET in Albania. Stage one features a challenging course, giving Wout van Aert a prime opportunity to chase the coveted pink jersey. The Visma team leader came up empty-handed this spring and will be eager to make his mark in the Giro....

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for its climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. We preview stage 5. The same way it'...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for its climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. Find the start times and order right...

Richard Carapaz is a rider that continues to be very motivated to perform in the Grand Tours and he comes into the Giro d'Italia with high ambitions. The leader of EF Education-EasyPost has had very modest results over the spring, but believes his slow build-up has been ideal towards his return to t...

The Australian Team Jayco AlUla team have confirmed their lineup for the upcoming Giro d'Italia and it will be one that will focus on fighting for stage wins, alongside a potential Top10 GC result. The team will not have it's sprinters Michael Matthews and Dylan Groenewegen present, but will provide...

Soudal - Quick-Step are having Remco Evenepoel race their first stage-race of the season at the Tour de Romandie and throughout the whole week it's been clear that the Olympic Champion has not been under pressure. After timing their preparation for the Tour de France perfectly last year, the Belgian...

The 2023 winner of the Maglia Rosa, Primoz Roglic returns to the Giro d'Italia in 2025 as arguably the man to beat. With a host of superstar contenders set to vie with Roglic for the Grand Tour win though, the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader is unlikely to have things all his own way, with a Slov...

There’s no sugar-coating it, Team Picnic PostNL are enduring a rough start to the 2025 season. With results failing to materialise and their UCI ranking under pressure, particularly in contrast to the strong early form of rivals XDS Astana Team, the mood in the Dutch squad has been far from upbeat....

Lenny Martinez claimed a thrilling victory on the Queen Stage of the 2025 Tour de Romandie, outsprinting João Almeida at the summit of Thyon 2000 after an intense two-man battle. In the process, both riders etched their names into the record books…by one second. The duo completed the punishing ascen...

The cycling transfer rumour mill is spinning once again, and this time it’s Dylan Groenewegen who finds himself at the centre of speculation. According to WielerFlits, the Dutch sprinter is reportedly close to leaving Team Jayco AlUla, where he has raced since 2022. The news comes as the sprint tran...

With the Spring Classics in the rear-view mirror, Grand Tour season is officially underway. Team SD Worx–Protime have confirmed their line-up for La Vuelta a Espana Femenina, bringing a balanced mix of experience, emerging talent, and returning legends to the Spanish stage race. The team will be led...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s Jorgen Nordhagen delivered a standout performance on Stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie, finishing eighth on a demanding summit finish won by France’s Lenny Martinez. It marks another impressive display from the young Norwegian, reinforcing his potential as one of the sport’...

João Almeida narrowly missed out on victory on Stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie, losing to Lenny Martinez in the uphill finish. Despite the setback, the UAE Team Emirates – XRG rider remains in a strong overall position heading into tomorrow’s decisive time trial. Sporting director Fabrizio Guidi sha...

Demi Vollering finally got her hands on the Red Jersey of La Vuelta Femenina back in 2024, after podium finishes the two previous years. Now, as she returns to Spain in the colours of a new team in 2025, the Dutchwoman is intent on retaining her women's Grand Tour title.  Having swapped Team SD Worx...

Lenny Martinez claimed victory on Stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie today, conquering the summit finish at Thyon 2000 with a powerful sprint ahead of João Almeida of UAE Team Emirates - XRG. The team rode aggressively throughout the day, with Almeida and Jay Vine leading the charge in the final kilome...

Long-time friends, Slovenian duo Primoz Roglic and Jan Tratnik have reunited in 2025 at the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe team, after previously racing together at Jumbo-Visma, and their biggest assignment of the season so far is coming up at the Giro d'Italia.  For Roglic, the Giro brings back fond m...

On the 4th of May, the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina kicks off the Grand Tour racing season for the women. On stage 1, there is a short and explosive team time trial to start the race. Find the start times and order right here! First team down the start ramp is the Lotto Ladies team at 12:51 local time. F...

The Vuelta Femenina 2025 will start in Barcelona next May 4 and will have a total of 7 stages. The race will feature many of the best stars of women's cycling, with Demi Vollering as the main favourite for the final victory. Find the startlist right here! Among the notable names on the final startli...

There really is something different about the XDS Astana Team in 2025. Across their roster, riders have stepped things up a level and Lorenzo Fortunato at the Tour de Romandie has been no different. After winning stage 2, the Italian performed admirably on the Queen Stage, crossing the line 3rd and...

The Tour de Romandie - from the 29th of April to 5th of May - will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no excep...

Bahrain - Victorious have some lofty ambitions for Lenny Martinez after his big-money move from Groupama - FDJ over the off-season. On the Queen Stage of the 2025 Tour de Romandie, the Frenchman proved why, out-kicking Joao Almeida at the top of the Thyon 2000 to take the stage win and move into the...

There is seemingly still much work to be done for Remco Evenepoel in his quest to get back to top form in 2025. On the Queen Stage of the Tour de Romandie this Saturday afternoon, the Belgian played a domestique role for Soudal - Quick-Step teammate William Junior Lecerf, helping the Best Young Ride...

The Queen Stage of the 2025 Tour de Romandie more than delivered on its promise of excitement. In the end, it was Lenny Martinez who took the stage, coming out on topping of a thrilling battle with Joao Almeida. In the process, the French talent now also takes control of the Maillot Jaune with just...

Jonas Vingegaard has been ramping up his preparations for the Tour de France with a series of training camps. During one of these sessions, the two-time Maillot Jaune winner crossed paths with 19-year-old amateur Paul Capelle and his friends. What happened next was nothing short of extraordinary, as...

Bahrain - Victorious' Lenny Martinez has taken the win on the Queen Stage of the 2025 Tour de Romandie, coming out on top of a two-man battle between himself and Joao Almeida on the slopes of the Thyon 2000. The trio of Ben Zwiehoff (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe), Louis Barré (Intermarché - Wanty) an...

With the 2025 Giro d'Italia now just a matter of days away, teams are starting to reveal their lineups for the opening Grand Tour of the season. For the Tudor Pro Cycling Team, it will be Michael Storer leading the charge, with genuine Maglia Rosa ambitions. Notably however, the expected Giro debut...

Paul Magnier has been turning heads in 2025, adding a stage of the Etoile de Besseges to his palmares, and coming close to more with podiums at the likes of the Figueira Champions Classic, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Le Samyn. All this has earned the 21-year-old Frenchman a highly anticipated Grand To...

There aren't many more experienced riders in the entirety of the peloton Elia Viviani. For a while though, it looked as if the Italian's professional road career might be over as he struggled to find a contract after leaving the INEOS Grenadiers at the end of 2024. Lotto eventually came calling howe...

Italian sprinting icon Elia Viviani has rolled back the years to take his first victory since signing for Lotto, just his team's second win of the season, in a frantic bunch sprint finale to stage 7 of the 2025 Tour of Turkey. A group of eight riders came together to form the day's early breakaway,...

The Belgian cycling press has been lit up over the last week or so by a war of words between the double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and Sporza analyst Ruben van Gucht. The drama initially began following some comments by Van Gucht that Evenepoel took offence to. Speaking about Evenepoel's recen...

For the last few years, Team Visma | Lease a Bike have been one of the leading teams in the entirety of the peloton. Front and centre of the Visma team over these seasons have been their superstar leaders Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard, with duels against storied rivals Mathieu van der Poel and...

Jay Vine has been in top of late, adding three wins to his palmares in 2025, including most recently a stage of the Tour de Romandie. It's pretty incredible that Vine is performing at this level just over a year after a nearly career-ending crash at the Itzulia Basque Country in 2024, something the...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG, with their vast amount of results and financial resources, has become the most attractive team for the top climbers in the peloton. For others, it is a battle to match such possibilities, however Team Visma | Lease a Bike continue to be on their toes and are reported to be c...

In less than a week, the first Grand Tour of the season gets underway — and the Giro d’Italia 2025 promises to be one of the most unpredictable editions in years. All eyes will be on Primoz Roglic, the seasoned Slovenian and reigning Vuelta a España champion, who enters the race as the standout favo...

Tadej Pogacar has earned himself the reputation as the leading the light of his generation, thanks to some epic performances over the last few years. Whether or not the Slovenian is the greatest of all-time is a question that will likely never see a unanimous response from fans, but according to UAE...

Thibau Nys joined the road peloton deep into the Classics campaign, but still managed to secure some nice results. However he doesn't come even close to Mathieu van der Poel, his rival from cyclocross. Among all the stunning performances of this spring, he'd like to highlight his sprint at Milano-Sa...

Tadej Pogacar has been typically impressive this Spring, winning a pair of Monuments among 7 total victories added to his palmares already in 2025. By comparison the world champion's storied Tour de France rival Jonas Vingegaard, has been relatively quiet, racing just the Volta ao Algarve and part o...

For the fourth time in his career, Mads Pedersen is heading to the Giro d'Italia in 2025. After a strong Spring saw the Dane consistently impress, albeit without adding that illusive Monument win to palmares, Pedersen is stepping up his preparation for a return to Italy with a special and rather uni...

Speaking to EFE before the Titant Desert in Morocco, the riders Luis Angel Maté (Cofidis, Euskaltel) and Andrey Amador (Movistar, INEOS, EF) have criticized the extreme professionalisation of cycling today, that, according to them, makes everything more predictable and boring.   Maté, who hung up hi...

Matthew Brennan continued his sensational start to the 2025 season with a commanding sprint victory on Stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie, marking his third triumph at World Tour level. The 19-year-old Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider proved to be in a league of his own in the uphill finish in Fribourg,...

The opening stage of a Grand Tour is always one of the most hotly contested days of racing on the entire cycling calendar, and stage 1 of the 2025 Giro d'Italia looks set to be no different. Whilst the likes of Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen will be dreaming of the Maglia Rosa though, one of the pe...

Jan Ullrich was one of the most iconic riders around the turn of millenium, winning 1997 Tour de France, a World time trial champion twice in 1999 and 2001 and Olympic gold medallist in Sydney. But after his career, he was remembered more as a leading figure of the 'Dark era of cycling' along with r...

XDS Astana Team wasn't in a good place at the end of last season, looking up at 18th placed Cofidis with a deficit of nearly 5.000 UCI points. Even with the arrival of Chinese sponsor XDS and big changes to roster, the team need to be among the best in the world, something they wouldn't even dare to...

Tudor Pro Cycling is finishing final touches with view to their second Giro d'Italia participation. However they'll have to make do without their star sprinter Arvid de Kleijn who is still recovering from injury earlier this season. While it's a big damage to Tudor's fine-tuned sprint train, it's al...

Lidl-Trek didn't make many moves on the transfer market past winter, bringing in only two men with previous professional experience. Although it was not the idea, both were connected by late start to a season caused by health problems. Soren Kragh Andersen's debut in new colours was delayed until Ma...

Urska Zigart was set to make her appearance at the first Grand Tour of the 2025 season. However an ill-timed sickness makes it impossible for the Slovenian champion to make it to the starting line of La Vuelta Femenina. Nicole Steigenga is called in as a last-minute substition. Lining up as one of c...

The likes of Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal have given the Colombians some great memories of the Giro d'Italia over the last decade or so. Although both are returning to the Italian Grand Tour in 2025, could it be a different Colombian that holds the most realistic Maglia Rosa ambitions? Movistar Te...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. We preview stage 4. The queen stage...

Remco Evenepoel was one of those touted as a potential contender for the win on stage 3 of the 2025 Tour de Romandie. In the end though, the Belgian had to settle for a 7th placed finish as UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Jay Vine soloed to the stage win with a late attack.  “I felt pretty good today, I w...

Jay Vine has been through a lot of turmoil over the last couple of years, but the Australian ace seems very much back to his best in 2025. After a perfectly timed late attack on stage 3 of the 2025 Tour de Romandie, Vine has now added a first World Tour win to his palmares in over two years. "The fi...

After Jay Vine's impressive uphill win on stage 3 of the 2025 Tour de Romandie, the general classification has had a small shakeup in the top 10 once again, with both the Aussie stage winner and his UAE Team Emirates - XRG teammate Joao Almeida leapfrogging Remco Evenepoel. It's still EF Education-E...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Jay Vine has soloed to the stage 3 win at the 2025 Tour de Romandie after a perfectly timed attack on a punchy, uphill finale to the day.  The trio of Huub Artz (Intermarché - Wanty), Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek), and Stefan Küng (Groupama - FDJ) formed the breakaway of the da...

The first Grand Tour of the 2025 season is almost upon us, and although at time of writing, only the INEOS Grenadiers have officially confirmed their lineup for the Giro d'Italia, UAE Team Emirates - XRG boss Joxean Matxin has broken down what we can expect from his side Maglia Rosa challenge.  Simi...

XDS Astana Team's Harold Martin Lopez has climbed to a brilliant summit finish stage 6 win at the 2025 Tour of Turkey, leading home his teammate Wout Poels for an Astana one-two in another stunning result for the team.  There was a massive fight for the breakaway early on stage 6. When the elastic d...

Geraint Thomas is always a very vocal voice, and having been present at the recent Liège-Bastogne-Liège, he has a lot of insight from within the peloton on INEOS Grenadiers' tactics, Tadej Pogacar's jokes and even Jonas Vingegaard's 'mystery'.  "There was no chance that he would be beaten. I heard h...

Jonas Vingegaard has long been a rider almost solely focused on peaking for the Tour de France. Over the last couple of years though, the Dane's appearances in other races have seemingly been growing even rarer, leading some to suggest that past crashes have mentally scarred the Team Visma | Lease a...

The INEOS Grenadiers have become the first team to confirm their lineup for the 2025 Giro d'Italia, with former Maglia Rosa winner Egan Bernal leading the team alongside Dutch star Thymen Arensman. With this two-pronged attack, the team is confident that it will be able to challenge the upper echelo...

Remco Evenepoel enters Stage 3 of the Tour de Romandie sitting sixth overall, 52 seconds behind race leader Alex Baudin. The Belgian remains one of the favourites for the overall title, and although he has his sights set on the weekend’s tougher stages, he’s not ruling out making gains today. Speaki...

Derek Gee has emerged as one of professional cycling’s most unexpected, and impressive, breakout stars in recent seasons. Now 27, the Ottawa native has grown from tireless domestique to genuine general classification contender, and heads into the 2025 Giro d’Italia aiming for his biggest result yet....

The countdown is almost over, Grand Tour season is about to begin, and the 2025 Giro d’Italia kicks off on 9 May. With just a week to go, the first team to unveil its lineup is none other than the INEOS Grenadiers. Heading to Italy with a dual-leadership strategy, the British squad will back both Th...

With the Spring Classics season now behind us, World Champion Lotte Kopecky has offered a candid reflection on her campaign in a heartfelt Instagram post. Kopecky, who has battled a persistent knee injury throughout the winter, admitted that her disrupted preparation and the pressure of public scrut...

Concerns are mounting this morning over the Grand Départ of the 2025 Tour de France, following reports that industrial unrest in northern France could disrupt the opening stages of cycling’s biggest race. According to La Voix du Nord, the powerful CGT union (France’s largest after the CFDT) has issu...

The first Grand Tour of the season is just days away, as La Vuelta a España Femenina gets set to begin on 4 May. Running through to 10 May, this 11th edition of the race will once again see the world’s top riders battle it out across the varied terrain of Spain. Among them is Team Visma | Lease a Bi...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. We preview stage 3. Stage 3 is perh...

The countdown is nearly over. In just one week, the 2025 Giro d’Italia will roll out, and while Tadej Pogacar won’t be returning to defend his title, anticipation is building for what looks set to be one of the most competitive editions in recent years. Pogacar’s absence is notable. Last year, the S...

It's been a while since the situation around Grand Tour favourites was as hard to read as is the case now with upcoming Giro d'Italia. Of the many men who can aim for Maglia rosa, the two that are mentioned more often than others would be 2023 winner Primoz Roglic and UAE Team Emirates - XRG wonderk...

The 2025 is becoming the year of XDS Astana Team. After a success of Wout Poels at 2.Pro Tour of Turkey on Wednesday, Lorenzo Fortunato "one upped" his more experienced teammate by scoring the team's first WorldTour victory in stage two of Tour de Romandie. "I feel good. Today was tough because Soud...

Boosted by Matthew Brennan's sprint victory in first stage, Team Visma | Lease a Bike entered the second stage of Tour de Romandie with courage even though the Dutch lacks an outright GC favourite. All their hopes were pinned on just a 20-year-old Jorgen Nordhagen. But unfortunately for the Norwegia...

Without a top start at the start of Giro d'Italia, Team Jayco AlUla will aim to surprise in the mountains. One of their wild cards should be the Australian time trial champion Lucas Plapp who already came close to winning a stage in Italy last year. "Everything is going well with Luke," sports direc...

Remco Evenepoel left the memories of miserable Sunday at Liege behind in the stage 2 of Tour de Romandie. He commanded Soudal - Quick-Step teammates to turn up the heat on middle section, reducing the front group to just a little over 20 men. Ultimately, the battle for victory would play out without...

Defending champion at the Tour de Romandie, Carlos Rodriguez has returned in 2025, once again the leader of the INEOS Grenadiers and with two stages and a prologue in his legs, the Spaniard is very much in contention. Sitting 14th on GC, Rodriguez is 1:03 down on the new race leader Alex Baudin aft...

23-year-old Frenchman Alex Baudin is the new general classification leader of the 2025 Tour de Romandie following stage 2. After narrowly missing out on the stage win to Lorenzo Fortunato however, the EF Education-EasyPost prospect cut a slightly frustrated figure in his post-race interview.  "To be...

Lennert Van Eetvelt has made big strides in the general classification at the 2025 Tour de Romandie on stage 2. Although the Lotto leader missed out on the stage win and the leader's jersey, he does still end the day more than 45 seconds up on Remco Evenepoel and Joao Almeida in the GC.  "Many rider...

With two stages and a prologue in the legs at the 2025 Tour de Romandie, things are starting to become a littler clear in the general classification. There is a new race leader too as EF Education-EasyPost's Alex Baudin moved into the race lead on stage 2.  Baudin was part of a five-rider attack tha...

Lorenzo Fortunato has given XDS Astana Team another boost in their fight against World Tour relegation, winning stage 2 of the 2025 Tour de Romandie ahead of Alex Baudin and William Junior Lecerf after a late attack saw most of the GC contenders lose time.  After quite a big fight for the break in t...

Michael Matthews has looked bright so far this season without much tangible reward for his efforts. Finally though, at Eschborn-Frankfurt 2025, the experienced Aussie of Team Jayco AlUla was able to celebrate a first win of the season, out-sprinting Magnus Cort Nielsen from a reduced bunch at the fi...

Team Jayco AlUla's Michael Matthews has taken the win at Eschborn-Frankfurt 2025, prevailing ahead of Magnus Cort Nielsen from a reduced bunch sprint in a frantic finale in Germany this Thursday afternoon.  The duo of Laurence Pithie and Pierre Thierry went clear in the early breakaway of the day. T...

Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour of Turkey was supposed to be played out on the roads between Marmaris and Aydın this Thursday afternoon. That's not how things actually transpired however, as adverse weather conditions forced a cancellation of the day's racing. Not all are completely convinced this was the...

Alberto Contador is looking ahead to the Giro d'Italia with his Team Polti VisitMalta squad, with more than a belief that they can secure a stage victory again and finish as high as possible with their big star, Davide Piganzoli. The Spaniard, in an interview to the Gazzetta dello Sport, acknowledge...

It’s already 1 May 2025, and with the blink of an eye, the Spring Classics are behind us. The cobbles and chaos have given way to the long, gruelling roads of Grand Tour season, with the Giro d’Italia just around the corner. The race begins on 9 May, marking the next major chapter in an already dram...

Stage 5 of the Tour of Turkey has been officially cancelled due to extreme weather conditions, bringing an early halt to the day’s racing after just 70 kilometres. Even before the peloton rolled out, much of the route had already been neutralised in anticipation of dangerous conditions. As the rain...

The spring is over for both Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. The Dane has struggled, winning the Volta ao Algarve but crashing out of Paris-Nice where he last raced. Meanwhile Tadej Pogacar has raced and won a lot, but that does give him the advantage towards the Tour de France?  The truth is tha...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. We preview stage 2. Stage 2 is anot...

Tim Heemskerk is Jonas Vingegaard's coach and he has talked about the Dane's current position whilst preparing for the Tour de France. Whilst it would've been ideal not to have suffered an injury at Paris-Nice which cost him a lot of competition in the spring, he is not worried that this will later...

The organisers of Giro d'Italia prepared a wild card for this year's GC battle. That will be introduction of bonification intermediate sprints as we know them from smaller stage races. Sponsored by Red Bull, this 'Red Bull KM' will be a breath of fresh air with bonus seconds awaiting first riders on...

With over 3000 meters of climbing and an ascent that was over 3 kilometers long at 11%, stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie was expected to be a very open hilly day. However, it finished with a bunch sprint, and the one man that stood out from the crowd - Matthew Brennan - fulfilled expectations, taking...

Jip van den Bos, a former professional cyclist who spent two years with Team Visma | Lease a Bike, has opened up about her experience at the Dutch outfit, highlighting a perceived gap between the men’s and women’s programmes. Now 29, van den Bos stepped away from racing in 2022 after suffering long-...

On the 1st of May, the spring classics are "officially" over however the World Tour calendar has one more one-day race on offer with plenty UCI points and a prestigious victory up for grabs. This will be of course the Eschborn-Frankfurt. We preview the race ahead.  The race is 198 kilometers long an...

While Tadej Pogacar has dazzled with a dominant spring campaign that included multiple Monument victories, his key rival for the upcoming Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard, has kept a much lower profile. The Dane's most notable performance so far this season was his overall win at the Volta ao Algarv...

For third time in a row, the Giro d'Italia will conclude with a stage held in the capital of Italy, Rome. However, this year's edition will be special thanks to a "symbolic start" from the Vatican City in Rome to pay tribute to the late Pope Francis. BBC reports that the final stage in Rome on 1 Jun...

The fight for promotion/relegation grows harder and harder. The gap between the teams that hug the red line is as small as it could be, and as soon as in the space of the next few weeks, we will certainly see Team Picnic PostNL get pushed into ProTeam level zone. UAE Team Emiratea and Lidl-Trek in t...

While the era of Alexander Kristoff is slowly coming to an end with his final professional season, the name Kristoff will not entirely disappear from roads. That's because Alexander's half-brother, 19-year-old Felix Orn-Kristoff is going to turn pro with Intermarché - Wanty in 2026. Before passing o...

Remco Evenepoel's performance at Liege-Bastogne-Liege was far from what anyone would've expected of this olympic champion, however much of his failure cannot be attributed to the Belgian himself. In the run-up to key climb La Redoute, the Soudal - Quick-Step jerseys simply disappeared from the front...

It was with heavy heart that Patrick Lefevere watched Soudal - Quick-Step struggle through this spring. Wolfpack didn't even slip into top-25 at the first four Monuments of the season, let alone to compete for prizes. "I'm going to try to tell it, without offending anyone. But it wasn't good," says...

In a head-to-head clash of main protagonists of relegation battle, XDS Astana beat Picnic PostNL by a difference of class. For Wout Poels, who now becomes a new leader of general classification, this is a first victory since last year's stage 5 of Tour de Hongrie. "I felt good today. The same went f...

The transfer market only opens up in three months time but there are already serious moves happening behind the scenes in the Wolrd Tour. In this past week it has already been heavily hinted that Tiesj Benoot will be departing towards Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, however he is not the only rider that...

On May 1st, the cycling world turns its attention to Germany for the first World Tour level one-day race following the spring classics. The Eschborn-Frankfurt Classic will feature some of the finest sprinters and classics riders, setting the stage for an exciting race. Find the startlist right here!...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have a super talent in Matthew Brennan and the 19-year old has taken his third World Tour victory at the Tour de Romandie this afternoon on stage 1, being by far the strongest in the final bunch sprint.  The hilly day with finale in Fribourg presented a lot of climbs, but t...

Liège-Bastogne-Liège was hoped to be the climax of the battles between Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel this spring but it was anything but that. After a brilliant Amstel Gold Race, the Olympic Champion simply did not have the legs to compete for the win, whilst the World Champion was above the res...

XDS Astana Team are having a fabulous season and this afternoon at the Tour of Turkey their run of wis continues as Wout Poels took home the queen stage of the race. It was a very difficult summit finish that saw the two teams battling for the World Tour position go head-to-head with two riders each...

Soudal - Quick-Step was in the past a team of classics specialists and sprinters. Nowadays, the classics specialists are gone - at least when it comes to the cobblestones - but the team is not only able to sign top climbers, but also keep them happy. At the time being, it seems increasingly likely t...

The 2025 Giro d'Italia will be starting in the space of just over a week, and more details are beginning to come out regarding the upcoming editions. Whilst it is not yet confirmed, there are heavy rumours that there could be a Grande Partenza in the Arabian peninsula for the first time ever in 2027...

Remco Evenepoel has returned to racing only less than two weeks ago but has since been in the spotlight constantly. From his Brabantse Pijl victory, Amstel Gold Race bad luck, fallout in the final Ardennes classics and now a public spat with Belgian journalist Ruben van Gucht. The Olympic Champion s...

Romain Bardet has spent many years in pro cycling and will be retiring within month and a half at the Criterium du Dauphiné. He will be racing the Giro d'Italia, his final Grand Tour, with ambitions, but is happy looking back at a career where he has achieved a lot.  "I feel I've achieved everything...

Tadej Pogacar proved once again on Sunday at Liege-Bastogne-Liege that he remains the man to beat in the World Tour peloton. Obliterating all his so-called rivals, the Slovenian put in a now typically impressive display to solo to the win at the Ardennes Monument. Whilst undoubtedly impressed by Pog...

The clash between Ruben Van Gucht and Remco Evenepoel will have a sequel. The VRT, Van Gucht's employer, promised to issue a statement, following statements made by the cycling presenter and journalist in the TV program De Afspraak. While the cards have been revealed, an internal investigation with...

This spring was an important step in the career of Thibau Nys. No, he didn't win any (major) Classic. But in his debut the Lidl-Trek rider found out that winning in Ardennes may not be a mission impossible. His results; 12th in Amstel, 8th at Fleche Wallonne and 5th in Liege support this conjecture....

With Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège taking place in the past week, there were lots of UCI points awarded. Tadej Pogacar had until now been in a tight battle with Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen, but that is certainly not the case anymore as he won both the Belgian Ardennes classics...

The words "UCI ranking" must be a banned substance at managment of Team Picnic PostNL. Although the Dutch team is currently located in a safe 18th place, the pressure coming from XDS Astana, who closed a gap of 4.000 points already, can be felt on every step. And in case of relegation, Picnic PostNL...

It's not a victory for time trial world champion Remco Evenpoel in the opening prologue of Tour de Romandie. But his team Soudal - Quick-Step didn't expect him to shine on a techincal 3.5 km course either. After all, this 8th place after first day of racing is a nice starting point into the rest of...

The family of Remco Evenepoel is considering taking legal action after the unnecessary racist remarks on social media towards Evenepoel and his wife Oumi Rayane. These voices stacked up considerably after Evenpoel's recent bad performance at Liege-Bastogne-Liege (finished 59th). Someone seems to hav...

Jonas Vingegaard's next racing appointment remains the Critérium du Dauphiné, also often seen as the final test before Tour de France. It'll be also the first competition for the Dane in nearly three months. The leader of Visma | Lease a Bike was forced to withdraw from Paris-Nice early in the seaso...

On the 1st of May, the spring classics are "officially" over however the World Tour calendar has one more one-day race on offer with plenty UCI points and a prestigious victory up for grabs. This will be of course the Eschborn-Frankfurt.   In this article you can find a wrap-up of all the informatio...

Nowadays there is a very strong rumour ongoing in the peloton that Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Tiesj Benoot is leaving towards Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at the end of the season. Whilst it can be seen as a risky move, a rider who followed the exact same path last season is quite happy with the deci...

INEOS Grenadiers have found a true talent in Sam Watson who over the first months of the 2025 season has shown a lot of talent on the hilly terrain, classics and sprints. As it turns out, he is a man who can also thrive in the prologues, as he today took the opening victory of the Tour de Romandie -...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. We preview stage 1. Stage 1 is just...

INEOS Grenadiers came to the Tour de Romandie with a strong squad, however very few would've expected it to be Samuel Watson to bring the team it's first victory on Swiss soil. The Briton was the fastest in the opening prologue, winning with a gap of less than a second.  Watson put in a time of 4:33...

On the 1st of May, the spring classics are "officially" over however the World Tour calendar has one more one-day race on offer with plenty UCI points and a prestigious victory up for grabs. This will be of course the Eschborn-Frankfurt. Here's where and when to watch it.  The race will be broadcast...

The Vuelta Femenina 2025 will start in Barcelona next May 4 and will have a total of 7 stages. The race will feature many of the best stars of women's cycling, with Demi Vollering as the main favorite for the final victory. Watch out for Vollering's rivalry, which means that the Dutchwoman's title d...

The Tour de Romandie is the final stage race of the spring and the last key test before the Giro d’Italia. Known for its climbs and time trials, the Swiss race once again attracts top stage racers. Find the start times and order of the prologue right here! First man down the start ramp will be Lotto...

XDS Astana Team really are punching above their weight this year, and this afternoon at the Tour of Turkey there has been another unexpected surprise. Russian track rider Lev Gonov has taken the biggest win of his career on stage 3.  Gonov was one of the riders that went on the attack throughout the...

Every single year there are causes for concern regarding the weather in the Alps and how it affects the Giro d'Italia. Snow is often an issue, which has led the organizers to choose less high-altitude mountains for this year's edition. However, that may still not be enough, and the year's most famou...

Jonas Vingegaard suffered a concussion in a crash at Paris-Nice, whilst he led the race, and ended up in a situation similar to 2024 where the fall ended his spring campaign. Whilst his injuries are nowhere near as big (although he did have to stay off the bike for 10 days), he has not raced since m...

In the early years of his career, Remco Evenepoel was known for quite hard public statements that often came from the fact that he was so heavily exposed to the media and it's pressure since a young age. Ever since that has died down, but after his and his family's life was talked about by a Belgian...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. We preview the prologue. The race o...

Tadej Pogacar is without a doubt the star of this spring, winning the Tour of Flanders, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Strade Bianche, UAE Tour; and being the main attraction at both Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix. His results are literally historic (yesterday for example he became the first rider in histo...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. We preview the race ahead. The race...

With a dominant victory for Tadej Pogacar at Liege-Bastogne-Liege closing out the Spring Classics for 2025 last Sunday afternoon in the Ardennes, it's time to take stock and see who has been the most successful riders of the last few months in terms of prize money earned. Somewhat unsurprisingly, it...

After last year's dominance of a Slovenian phantasm at the Giro d'Italia, the 2025 edition can write a completely different story with a wide range of candidates for victory. Runner-up from 2021 Damiano Caruso thinks that Bahrain - Victorious have the right champion who can conquest the Corsa Rosa....

Two out of two for Alpecin-Deceuninck at the 2025 Tour of Turkey. Yesterday's victory of Simon Dehairs was backed up by his younger teammate Tibor del Grosso in an exciting finale of stage two where he outsprinted Giovanni Lonardi and Lander Loockx. "We knew for sure that this would be a really good...

Cian Uijtdebroeks continues to fight "the dull feeling" in his legs. That means no Tour de Romandie for the Belgian climber this week. The 22-year-old has been removed from the startlist by his team at last moment. The team chooses to let our compatriot train again without pressure against .  Uijtde...

With the Spring Classics concluded for another year, there have been a number of standout performances across the 2025 campaign. The likes of Tadej Pogacar, Mathieu van der Poel and others have ensured some memorable racing and following the former's Liege-Bastogne-Liege solo last Sunday afternoon,...

The Spring Classics are over, meaning it's almost time for the Grand Tours. For some, the preparation for these Grand Tours steps up at the 2025 Tour de Romandie, with the UAE Team Emirates - XRG team being led by Portuguese star Joao Almeida.  "The Tour de Romandie is always a tough race, with unpr...

So often one of the most prominent teams in the Classics over recent seasons, Team Visma | Lease a Bike were a step or two off the pace for much of 2025's Spring. As a result of a quiet Liege-Bastogne-Liege last Sunday, where Tiesj Benoot was the team's highest finisher in 13th, Visma end the spring...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for its climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. Find the startlist for the race righ...

Although the Ardennes Classics have been largely dominated by Tadej Pogacar over the last couple of weeks, the Slovenian and his UAE Team Emirates - XRG aren't the only team to be ending the Spring on a high. Most notably, Lidl-Trek has starred in the Ardennes, something that has been a source of gr...

Kim Le Court made history on Sunday afternoon at Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes 2025, becoming the first African Monument winner in the history of the sport. Alongside Le Court's win though, a big talking point from the race was when a fan in a UAE Team Emirates - XRG jersey rode onto the course, just...

Remco Evenepoel will be looking to bounce back from his Liege-Bastogne-Liege disappointment at the 2025 Tour de Romandie. With Soudal - Quick-Step now confirming the support squad around the double Olympic champion, sports director Dries Devenyns is keen to calm expectations as Evenepoel continues t...

It's a second win for Alpecin-Deceuninck in as many days at the 2025 Tour of Turkey. Tibor del Grosso has stormed to a first pro win on stage 2, powering up a punchy finale in very impressive fashion. Five men attacked early to form the breakaway of the day on stage 2. By 56km to go however, all the...

There were big hopes for Remco Evenepoel at Liege-Bastogne-Liege last Sunday afternoon. Sadly though, the Belgian was unable to properly put up a fight against Tadej Pogacar, eventually crossing the line 3:11 down on his rival in 59th place.  Despite the obvious disappointment at the result of their...

The Tour de Romandie - from the 29th of April to 5th of May - will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no excep...

With the Spring Classics almost done and dusted now, it's nearly time for the Grand Tours. At the Tour de France, Team Visma | Lease a Bike will, as always, be bringing out a unique jersey and this year's is extra special as it allows cycling fans to feature on the kits worn by the likes of Jonas Vi...

Tadej Pogacar more than lived up to the pre-race hype at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025. Everyone had predicted the Slovenian to attack on La Redoute, but despite this expectation, once Pogacar made his move there was no stopping him and for his rivals at least, no seeing him again until the finish. A no...

Chris Froome might not be able to compete at the front of races like he used to, but the seven-time Grand Tour winner remains one of the biggest star attractions wherever he does take to the startline. The 2025 Tour of the Alps was no different for the 39-year-old of Israel - Premier Tech. Returning...

Not many believed the legacy of Eddy Merckx would ever be truly threatened in the sport of cycling. In recent years however, Tadej Pogacar has emerged and the Slovenian's repeatedly stunning performances are putting himself very much into the conversation for the greatest of all time. The most recen...

Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel analyzed on 'The Move' podcast the events of Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, which ended with an uncontested victory for Tadej Pogacar. For them, there was no match for the World Champion in what is the final of the spring classics.  First of all, they recalled in d...

Tadej Pogacar was once again head and shoulders above all other contenders at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025 soloing to a dominant win on Sunday afternoon in the Ardennes. Behind the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader, Ben Healy was involved in the battle for the podium, eventually coming home in 3rd place a...

Ahead of Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025, there a great deal of anticipation for a potential showdown between Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel. Sadly though, the superstar rivals looked leagues apart on the road with more than three minutes separating race-winner Pogacar and 59th placed Evenepoel by the...

Tadej Pogacar remains the man to beat in 2025. That is much easier said than done, but according to American ex-pro Bobby Julich, however, if the peloton wants to stop the unstoppable, they should look to the team with which he was once a race coach, Team Sky. "I am a huge fan of Tadej Pogacar. He r...

On the 1st of May, the spring classics are "officially" over however the World Tour calendar has one more one-day race on offer with plenty UCI points and a prestigious victory up for grabs. This will be of course the Eschborn-Frankfurt. We take a look at the profile.  The race is 198 kilometers lon...

Being a World Tour team is no longer the only option to race a Grand Tour if we aren't talking about an Italian, French or Spanish team. In 2025, two big-budget but second-tier squads, Tudor Pro Cycling Team and Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, have split the wildcards for the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France a...

Liège-Bastogne-Liège, monument number 4 of the season, has delivered a finale where the man to beat Tadej Pogacar had no struggle to create the race-winning difference. He and Remco Evenepoel are the riders most talked about by pundits all-around after the end of the race.  "He just wanted to weigh...

For several years now Julian Alaphilippe has struggled to match the best in the top classics. At Liège-Bastogne-Liège we have perhaps seen the Frenchman at his best level once again, but cramps in the finale of the long and difficult race saw the former World Champion sink down the results sheet.  A...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. Here's where and when to watch it. ...

An historical victory for Tadej Pogacar, who continues to add monuments to his palmarès. Out of all of them, perhaps this Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège was the most comfortable, as he attacked in the saddle at the Côte de la Redoute to create the race-winning difference. He has also taken the KOM. ...

Tom Pidcock has been riding a formidable season so far in 2025 after his move away from INEOS Grenadiers, and is one of the few riders who has managed to battle Tadej Pogacar - at Strade Bianche. However at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Briton was already at the limit when the race-winning move happened...

Although he's not racing for a star-filled team, nor wins 20 races per year, Davide Piganzoli may be one of the most interesting names out there on the transfer market. Slightly under the radar, the Italian climber grew into a very reliable GC leader at all levels, including a 13th place at last yea...

Fourth place is rarely a result that is celebrated, but for XDS Astana it's almost the same as winning the Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Thanks to Simone Velasco's excellent sprint, Astana is 440 points closer to their goal of holding on to their WorldTour license with gap to safe 18th position dropping bel...

Without a doubt, Puck Pieterse can be proud of her spring campaign. After completing 11 races (and not just some races!), she is yet to finish outside of a top-10. Today's 2nd place at Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes may be a bit bittersweet, but Pieterse admits that victory simply wasn't within her rea...

Looking at past seasons, this spring was relatively dry for Lotte Kopecky who only won the Tour of Flanders. Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes was an opportunity to give the campaign a sweet ending, but the SD Worx - Protime rider frankly missed a bit to tag along with the winning group. "I rode a pretty...

While they are often a force to be reckoned with on cobbles, Team Visma | Lease a Bike was unable to play a large role in any of the major races in Ardennes, a series of Classics that concluded with Liege-Bastogne-Liege today. Tiesj Benoot was the first rider across the line for the yellow-and-black...

Tadej Pogacar had absolutely no mercy with his opponents at Liege-Bastogne-Liege and successfully defended his title from year ago. What's so special about this victory? Pogacar now trails only behind Eddy Merckx and Roger de Vlaeminck when it comes to number of Monuments won. His UAE Team Emirates...

Demi Vollering was probably the big, pre-race favourite at Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes 2025 this Sunday afternoon in the Ardennes. Sadly for the Dutch superstar however, the best she could manage in a four-woman sprint for the victory was 3rd place at the line.  Despite the disappointment of losing...

Still feeling the effects of a crash at La Fleche Wallonne in midweek, Mattias Skjelmose struggled to produce his best form at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025, coming home in 39th place, 1:10 down on race-winner Tadej Pogacar. Nevertheless, there is still plenty of reason to be positive for the Danish lea...

History was made at Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes 2025 on Sunday afternoon in the Ardennes as AG insurance - Soudal's Kim Le Court became the first African winner of a Monument, outsprinting Puck Pieterse, Demi Vollering and Cedrine Kerbaol in a dramatic four-woman sprint for victory at the finish lin...

Ben Healy has been threatening a big Monument performance for a couple of years now and at the 2025 Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Irishman finally secured a first podium finish at one of the sport's biggest one-day races, taking 3rd behind Tadej Pogacar and Giulio Ciccone.  “A podium in a monument, that...

Tadej Pogacar was quite simply on another level to the rest of the race at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025 on Sunday afternoon in the Ardennes. Behind the Slovenian though, there was an intense fight for second place, one that eventually went the way of Lidl-Trek's Giulio Ciccone.  Ahead of the Monument,...

There were some crazy scenes earlier this afternoon at Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes 2025 as a fan in a UAE Team Emirates - XRG jersey rode onto course and into the back wheel of the elite women's riders. As the race entered its final 30 kilometres, television cameras caught a fan, wearing the UAE Tea...

Kim Le Court of the AG Insurance - Soudal Team has outsprinted Puck Pieterse, Demi Vollering and Cedrine Kerbaol to take a thrilling victory at Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes 2025 for the biggest road win of her career so far! Eight riders got up ahead of the peloton early to form the day's breakaway....

In the first Monument of his career, the continually impressive Thibau Nys has claimed a very solid 5th placed finish at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025. Afterwards, the Belgian revealed his pride at the result and his overall performance.  “This means a lot to me. I’m feeling so many emotions right now,"...

Remco Evenepoel has hardly put a foot wrong since making a triumphant return to racing at Brabantse Pijl earlier this month. At Liege-Bastogne-Liege however, this lack of race fitness perhaps made a difference for the first time as the Olympic champion exploded way out of race winning contention at...

Many experts, fans and even fellow riders had predicted Tadej Pogacar to launch a big, potentially race-winning attack on La Redoute at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025 and that is exactly what happened. As it turned out though, that might not have been the world champion's initial plan when he came to the...

Tadej Pogacar has taken a dominant win at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025, absolutely decimating all of his predicted pre-race rivals to claim a landmark 3rd success in Liege and a 9th career Monument victory.  In total, 12 riders managed to get themselves up the road and into the early breakaway. Those i...

Everyone and their dog knew Tadej Pogacar was going to make a move on La Redoute at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025. Predicting it and actually doing anything about it are two completely different things though, as has just been proven! Inside the final 50km and with La Redoute looming, Pogacar started to...

On April 27th, we reach the culmination of the Ardennes classics and the conclusion of the spring classic season with La Doyenne, more commonly known as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the fourth monument of the season. Here's the prize money available.  The prize money in total for the race will be a total o...

Marc Soler has claimed overall victory at the 2025 Vuelta a Asturias, sealing the win with a dominant solo performance in the final stage. UAE Team Emirates - XRG showed overwhelming superiority throughout the Spanish race, taking home two stage wins and the general classification. This special cent...

Tadej Pogacar is one of the standout favourites to take the win at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025 this Sunday afternoon in the Ardennes. If he needs it, the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader has some extra motivation to ride well today as he honours the late mother of his partner, Urska Zigart.  In a touchi...

Michael Storer sent out a warning ahead of the 2025 Giro d'Italia on Friday, pulling off an incredible turnaround at the Tour of the Alps and reclaiming the race lead from Thymen Arensman on the final stage with an epic long-range raid. As it turned out, this performance was fuelled by a secret moti...

At Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025 this Sunday afternoon, Uno-X Mobility won't be seen in their traditional red and yellow. Instead, the team pays tribute to one of the iconic jerseys of yesteryear as they don a throwback 7-Eleven jersey, something Magnus Cort Nielsen is hoping to do justice to at the Mon...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike head to Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025, uncharacteristically under the radar. Despite lacking a standout favourite for the win however, team sports director Arthur van Dongen is quietly confident that Visma can get themselves in the mix if they play their cards right.  “We’re go...

Alpecin-Deceuninck's Simon Dehairs has sprinted to the win on the opening stage of the 2025 Tour of Turkey in Antalya.  Eight riders got themselves into the breakaway of the day. Among them, were three local Turkish riders, but with the peloton never really allowing a gap any bigger than two minutes...

One of the debutant on the Liege-Bastogne-Liege startling this afternoon in the Ardennes is Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's exciting Italian prospect, Giulio Pellizzari. Starting with an ambitious attitude, the 21-year-old is keen to make a mark on the Monument. "The idea started to come to me after C...

Enric Mas is heading into Liege–Bastogne–Lirge full of motivation. The Mallorcan rider brings to a close the first block of his season today — one that has been more successful than usual, highlighted by podium finishes at both the Volta a Catalunya and the Itzulia Basque Country. Now, after being f...

For the third and final time in his career, Geraint Thomas will compete at Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday. The former Tour de France winner, in the final year of his career, has previously competed at the Belgian Monument in 2018 and 2022, but this time it's going to be an extra special appearance...

On April 27th, we reach the culmination of the Ardennes classics and the conclusion of the spring classic season with La Doyenne, more commonly known as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the fourth monument of the season. Let's take a look at the start.  The final list of participants includes names like Auréli...

Despite the presence of the likes of Remco Evenepoel, Tom Pidcock, Thibau Nys, Mattias Skjelmose and others at the startline of Liege-Bastogne-Liege, all eyes are once again on the world champion Tadej Pogacar as he looks to claim an incredible 9th Monument win of his career to date this Sunday afte...

This afternoon, Liege-Bastogne-Liege closes the Ardennes Classics and a mouth-watering dual between world champion Tadej Pogacar and the Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel is expected to provide some more blockbuster racing for fans to enjoy. The question of who has the advantage however, is one that...

Tiesj Benoot has been an incredibly consistent figure for Team Visma | Lease a Bike in the Spring Classics over recent years, with 2025 being no different. Ahead of the Ardennes ending Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday afternoon however, the talk surrounding Benoot isn't so much about the race, but r...

He might not be the force he once was in the Classics, but Julian Alaphilippe has shown signs this Spring that there might yet be a big result or two still to come for the Frenchman in 2025. Ahead of Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday afternoon, Alaphilippe is quietly confident in his own level.  “I’m...

As is the case whenever he takes to the startline, all eyes will be on Tadej Pogacar this Sunday as the Slovenian look to secure a third win at Liege-Bastogne-Liege in the last five years. After a dominant win last time out at La Fleche Wallonne, the world champion is understandably full of confiden...

The time has almost arrived for what is poised to be an epic dual in the Ardennes between Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar for Monument glory at Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025. Both have two wins here already on their palmares, with all eyes are on the Olympic champion and the world champion. Speaking t...

Tragedy once again plagues cycling. A 40-year-old British rider died this Saturday during the Mallorca 312 OK Mobility race. The organisation announced that the cyclist suffered a serious accident during the race. Despite the quick action of the emergency services, the victim arrived lifeless at the...

Just a few days ago, Mattias Skjelmose was on top of the world after stunning world champion Tadej Pogacar and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel in a thrilling finale to the Amstel Gold Race. After being brought back down to earth with a bump at La Fleche Wallonne on Wednesday however, the Dane's hop...

Over the last four years, Liege-Bastogne-Liege has been a race dominated by two figures - Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar. With both of the cycling superstars set to be on the startline this Sunday, we finally look like getting a head-to-head dual between the pair for Monument glory.  For Evenepoe...

The fourth monument of the season and the first of the year arrives this Sunday, April 27, where Tadej Pogacar is the clear favorite to win and break the tie with Mathieu van der Poel when it comes to the total amount of won monuments.  With the Dutchman out (incredibly he decides yet another one no...

Tom Pidcock has done a hell of a lot in his career from Tour de France stage wins to Olympic gold medals and even World Championships titles in various disciplines. One thing that has proven illusive however, is a Monument win with a 2nd place at Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 2023 being the closest he's c...

On April 27th, we reach the culmination of the Ardennes classics and the conclusion of the spring classic season with La Doyenne, more commonly known as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the fourth monument of the season. We preview the race ahead.  The race features a whole 252 kilometers making it one of the...

The end of Tour de France on ITV was a huge shock for British fans of cycling as that means either they'll be either forced to pay for pricey subscriptions, or settle to just race highlights. Last hope was that the British government would step in to find a solution, but that option is clearly off t...

Tao Geoghegan Hart's career was altered by a crash at the fateful 2023 Giro d'Italia, three years after his greatest overall victory at the Corsa Rosa. Recent months have been a rollercoaster - once it seemed like the 30-year-old is on the way back, and the next moment he was kicked down by an illne...

The second place at La Fleche Wallonne brought mixed emotions for Kevin Vauquelin, who was runner-up already year ago. But now with a bit of perspective, there was nothing to be done about Tadej Pogacar who was in a class of his own. "I still find it hard to believe what happened on Wednesday, I had...

Only 12th place was left for Lotte Kopecky atop Mur de Huy earlier this week. But that doesn't stop the world champion from dreams of conquering the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes on Sunday. Her secret weapon will be the team strength of Team SD Worx - Protime. And in particular Anna van der Breggen. "...

While the attention will be on the duo Pogacar-Evenepoel during Liege-Bastogne-Liege, other teams can plot to overthrow the superhumans from the shadows. However EF Education-EasyPost is not one of them since all of their leaders are known as notorious attackers. Neilson Powless will be one of the m...

Remco Evenepoel has good memories of Montmartre - a climb in Paris that witnessed his two Olympic triumphs last year. The organizers were so happy with how the debut of this climb went that they in fact explore ways to include it in the traditional final stage of Tour de France at the moment. Given...

Since swapping Team SD Worx - Protime for the FDJ - Suez team over the recent off-season, Demi Vollering hasn't yet managed to enjoy the same kind of success in the big one-day races as she had become accustomed in recent years. This Sunday however, the Dutch superstar returns to some familiar hunti...

Thibau Nys seemingly has a massive future laying in wait over the coming years. Make no mistake though, the 22-year-old Belgian is a threat for the big races in 2025. This Sunday, Nys takes part in his first ever Monument at Liege-Bastogne-Liege with the stacked startlist of rivals absolutely nothin...

Stage 3 of the Vuelta a Asturias 2025 proved to be the most difficult to follow so far. After the excellent coverage on the previous day, the race’s official X (formerly Twitter) account was unexpectedly suspended, making real-time updates and tracking virtually impossible. Despite the coverage issu...

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes marks the finale of the Ardennes classics for the women's peloton. Set for April 27th, it brings a spectacular close to the extended period of spring classics. Find the startlist right here! Among the final starters are: Demi Vollering, Juliette Labous, Evita Muzic, Elisa...

Between the 27th of April and the 4th of May, eight stages of the 2025 Tour of Turkey are on the programme for the peloton. Last year, Frank van den Broek took the GC win. Find the startlist for the 2025 edition right here! Among the notable preliminary starters are: Harold Martin Lopez, Fausto Masn...

Johan Bruyneel has shared his insights on what could unfold at this Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege during a recent episode of Lance Armstrong’s WEDU podcast. The former directeur sportif of the US Postal team, who worked closely with Armstrong, weighed in on his top pick for the race. Although recent...

A winner of Liege-Bastogne-Liege back in 1992, Dirk De Wolf knows exactly what it takes to take victory at the Belgian Monument. In 2025, the expectation is that it is going to be a head-to-head battle between Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar, and according to De Wolf, his compatriot Evenepoel has...

Mads Pedersen made no secret about the fact that his big goal for 2025 was Paris-Roubaix. The Dane arrived on the French cobbles in top form too and was able to showcase that for much of the day. Sadly though, any dreams the Lidl-Trek leader had of winning the race were ended by a disastrously timed...

After an almost incomparable Spring of consistently high level performances, Tadej Pogacar climaxes his first block of racing in 2025 this Sunday at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. A two time winner of the Belgian Monument, Pogacar starts as the pre-race favourite again, and according to Jens Voigt, the Slove...

Runner-up at Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 2023, Tom Pidcock is leading the charge of the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team this Sunday. Having already put in solid performances in the Ardennes with a 9th at the Amstel Gold Race and 3rd at La Fleche Wallonne, hopes are high that the Brit could claim the first Monume...

Ben Healy has again been a protagonist in the Ardennes Classics so far this year, taking top 10 finishes at both the Amstel Gold Race and La Fleche Wallonne over the course of the last week. With Liege-Bastogne-Liege upcoming this Sunday, the Irishman is again looking to make his mark.  "The fact th...

This Sunday, Liege-Bastogne-Liege climaxes the Spring Classics, with a battle between Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel widely expected to decide the day. According to Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team's Oliver Naesen, there really isn't much to separate the world champion and the Olympic champion.  O...

As the 2025 Tour de Romandie approaches, all eyes are on Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian star arrives in scintillating form after dominating the Ardennes classics and will headline a stacked start list in what promises to be one of the most competitive editions of the race in recent years. With two tim...

The fight for the Maglia Rosa at the upcoming Giro d'Italia looks set to be an incredibly open and exciting one. Of all the pre-race favourites though, it's Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader Primoz Roglic that has the most pedigree. The Slovenian can also count on former Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hi...

We might only be in April, but already, there is a growing swirl of transfer rumours beginning to emerge online as teams plan for the 2026 season. One of the latest and most interesting rumours discusses the rumoured interest of EF Education-EasyPost in one of Soudal - Quick-Step's stars of the futu...

As has been the tradition since many years ago, Mur de Huy was once again in the centre of attention of La Fleche Wallonne with all favorites saving their matches for this final ascent. In fact, according to Belgian experts this may have made the race a bit too boring, which brings on a radical idea...

Rain with cold are becoming a key aspect of La Fleche Wallonne, although the race takes place deep into the "spring" Classics. By the time Mur de Huy arrives, it's as if the gods themselves wanted to see the riders suffer. Except there was one man who was completely unphased by the ordeal on Wednesd...

It's been a solid start to life at the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for Tom Pidcock in the first part of the 2025 season. Although he's not managed a big win so far this Classics season, the positive signs have continued in the Ardennes with a top-10 at the Amstel Gold Race, followed by a podium finish la...

2025 marks the debut season for the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies team. Among the squad for this year's campaign is 21-year-old Scottish talent Callum Thornley, although it seems he won't be there for too long as the former Trinity Racing star has been confirmed as the history-making first rid...

Tadej Pogacar starts his quest for an incredible 9th Monument win of his career on Sunday at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader will no doubt start as the pre-race favourite, but according to TNT Sports expert Adam Blythe, Pogacar's recent Amstel Gold Race defeat exposed a one...

Following Tadej Pogacar's victory at La Fleche Wallonne, Lance Armstrong took to his podcast WEDŪ, with Johan Bruyneel and George Hincapie, to discuss just how impressive the Slovenian was.  "I won this race 29 years ago in 1996," said Armstrong. "Another day with another great performance by Tadej...

When Pauline Ferrand-Prévot declared her offensive on Tour de France Femmes title within next three years, it wasn't really taken seriously. Although the Frenchwoman became a road world champion in 2014, she hasn't raced on road since 2018 when she switched full-time to mountain bikes. But after her...

Michael Boogerd belonged among the best riders of late 90s and early 2000s with victory at Amstel Gold Race, top-5 at Tour de France and a number of other results. But back in 1996, he was still relatively unknown rider. All the more surprising was his victory in stage 6 of that year's Tour de Franc...

The final stage of Tour of the Alpes witnessed a big show from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale duo Paul Seixas and Nicolas Prodhomme. One by one, they were able to ride away from their breakaway companions and at the end Prodhomme was allowed to celebrate his first professional victory as the French duo...

Team Intermarché - Wanty is not having the smoothest start to new season and now even bad luck struck. Young French climber Alexy Faure-Prost was involved in a training accident which will see him sidelined for a while now.  "Alexy Faure-Prost was hit by a car while training on Tuesday 22 April. He...

Antonio Tiberi did quite well at Tirreno-Adriatico month ago, but since then completed only one race day before abandoning the Tour of the Alps. With view to his participation at Giro d'Italia where he aims for podium, that's not ideal run up. "Of course it is important to have a good preparation fo...

Interesting observation from the results of La Fleche Wallone is that the 26-year-old Tadej Pogacar was the oldest rider to finish in the top-10. It's a proof of the general trend in cycling with riders reaching their peak much sooner than what was usual in the days of Greg Van Avermaet. "It is a ge...

Tiesj Benoot has been the core of Visma | Lease a Bike's Classics lineup for a while now. But his current contract will run out at the end of this season which is an opportunity for another team to add the experienced 31-year-old to their ranks from 2026 onwards. And is it turns out, one big player...

In 2025, Primoz Roglic is doubling up in his Grand Tour quests with both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France on the radar of the Slovenian and it's fair to say that the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe are confident of their team leader bringing home at least one general classification win.  In an e...

Remco Evenepoel goes in search of the 3rd Monument win of his career this Sunday at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Although he has just three race days in his legs in 2025, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader's confidence is sky high as he looks to take the fight to world champion Tadej Pogacar.  “I’ve been surpr...

Thymen Arensman headed into the final stage of the 2025 Tour of the Alps holding a narrow 11 second advantage over Michael Storer at the top of the general classification. Sadly for the INEOS Grenadiers leading Dutchman, it ultimately wasn't an advantage he could keep as his Australian rival turned...

Iván García Cortina claimed victory in the second stage of the Vuelta a Asturias — the race of his childhood and in his home region — delivering a powerful performance that culminated in a dramatic sprint finish. The Movistar Team rider prevailed after a long and gruelling breakaway, during which he...

The 18-year-old Paul Seixas has been incredibly impressive at the Tour of the Alps this week. The French, widely touted as a rider with the potential to end his nation's long wait for a Tour de France win, also showed his class on the final stage. But whilst he a first pro win looked a certainty, Se...

This Sunday, the Spring Classics for 2025 climax at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, where Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel are expected to do battle once more. According to Belgian cycling icon Philippe Gilbert, himself a winner in Liege back in 2011, Evenepoel is more than capable of not only matching Pogac...

Could the second tier Tudor Pro Cycling Team really win a Grand Tour? If the performances of GC leader Michael Storer at the Tour of the Alps this week are anything to go by, it's not completely out of the question. The Australian starred in the Alps again on the final stage, embarking on a long-ran...

Michael Storer has taken an incredible GC win at the 2025 Tour of the Alps with a long-range raid on the final stage, overturning an 11-second deficit to Thymen Arensman and ensuring the Tudor Pro Cycling Team leader heads to the upcoming Giro d'Italia in race-winning form. Storer didn't take the st...

On the 4th of May we've got the Belgian classics back and with a banger! The Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic always provides chances for many of the riders who choose or aren't invited to race the Giro d'Italia. We take a look at it's profile.  The race features 2400 meters of climbing and it's a very...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike are starting Liège-Bastogne-Liège without the likes of Wout van Aert, Matteo Jorgenson or Jonas Vingegaard and so the team will be a secondary card in a wide array of strong teams present. Tiesj Benoot will be the team's main card to chase a result, and the Dutch team will...

Lennert van Eetvelt is one of the most talented riders in the peloton, and leader of Lotto alongside Arnaud de Lie. It is a big problem for the Belgian team then that for the second season in a row the Belgian is having an injury hamper him throughout the spring, but as it stands currently he will r...

The Tour de Romandie will be the final stage-race of the spring period, and the last before the Giro d'Italia. The Swiss race every year attracts some of the best stage-racers in the world for it's climbing and time-trial tests, and this year will be no exception. We take a look at it's profiles.  A...

On April 27th, we reach the culmination of the Ardennes classics and the conclusion of the spring classic season with La Doyenne, more commonly known as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the fourth monument of the season.  In this article you can find a wrap-up of all the information needed to know for the 2025...

Derek Gee counts among the winners of the penultimate stage of Tour of the Alps. When the live broadcast started, the peloton was already scattered across the mountains with the Canadian in center of the action. Ultimately, he wasn't able to repeat teammate Marco Frigo's success from day earlier, bu...

Koen Bouwman made a radical decision coming into 2025 - to leave Team Visma | Lease a Bike after nearly 10 years, and pursue luck at Team Jayco AlUla. His start with new team was hampered by an injury, but during the brutal stage 4 of Tour of the Alps, the 31-year-old seemed once again to be near hi...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale had a great campaign in 2024, but with the arrival of new season, the attention has shifted to a different topic. Obviously, the arrival of mega talent such as Paul Seixas couldn't go unnoticed. Also within the team. Especially seeing how he can immediately perform against...

7-Eleven returns to professional peloton! Uno-X Mobility rebrands and will debut the new kit at Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday... and that'll be also the last time we'll see this kit, since the rebranding is for just this race. In honour of the legendary team from late 80s and early 90s, the Norwe...

Wednesday's La Fleche Wallonne was a freezing experience for everyone present. The conditions caught up also to Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel who crossed the line in rather disappointing 9th place. To embrace the rain, he set out on another cold adventure in today's training. He did so while som...

The 2025 edition of La Fleche Wallonne, held in punishing conditions of cold, rain, and treacherous roads, didn’t just deliver drama - it sparked debate and silenced a few loud voices along the way. The race is always decided on the road, but this time even casual fans - those who usually tune in on...

Every year, Team Visma | Lease a Bike release a special edition of their traditional jersey for the Tour de France and 2025 is set to be no different. After the announcement of a new sponsor, set to debut on their Tour de France jersey, the team have released a sneak peek of what the likes of Jonas...

From the 21st to the 25th of April the World Tour - and not only - peloton will tackle the single most important preparation race into the Giro d'Italia: The Tour of the Alps. Every year, it provides a lot of climbing opportunities for the men preparing for the first Grand Tour of the year and now i...

There was a lot of hope and expectation for the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe team in 2025, especially in the Classics after the notable arrivals of star signings Maxim van Gils, Oier Lazkano, Jan Tratnik and Laurence Pithie. So far though, it's fair to say the Spring has been a big disappointment.  H...

Steff Cras claimed an impressive win in the opening stage of the 2025 Vuelta a Asturias - but few were able to witness it. The Belgian rider from TotalEnergies crossed the line ahead of the UAE Team Emirates - XRG duo Marc Soler and Alessandro Covi, sealing a strong start to the race in a stage that...

So often this Spring, Puck Pieterse has been an instigator of excitement in the women's big Classics. Despite being consistently there or thereabouts though, a win still eluded the Dutch star. At least that was until La Fleche Wallonne Femmes on Wednesday when Pieterse stunned Demi Vollering with a...

Thymen Arensman is reportedly set to be a key figure in the INEOS Grenadiers Giro d'Italia charge in the coming weeks, with hopes of fighting for the Maglia Rosa. If his incredible long-range solo victory on stage 4 of the 2025 Tour of the Alps is anything to go by, it could be a very special Grand...

The general classification of the 2025 Tour of the Alps has been completed exploded on stage 4 as Thymen Arensman secured the first win of his INEOS Grenadiers career, narrowly taking the race lead from Michael Storer. After a six-man group of Lennart Jasch, Felix Engelhardt, Kim Heiduk, Geoffrey Bo...

Things didn't exactly go to plan for Remco Evenepoel at La Fleche Wallonne 2025 on Wednesday afternoon. After being clear pre-race that he needed to explode the race early if he wanted to win, the Belgian entered the final climb of the Mur de Huy in a relatively large peloton. As a result, the Souda...

Things didn’t quite go to plan for Remco Evenepoel at La Flèche Wallonne. After winning the Brabantse Pijl and finishing third at the Amstel Gold Race last week, expectations were high for the Belgian star. But on the Mur de Huy, he had to settle for ninth, a respectable result, though clearly not w...

Tadej Pogacar powered to a commanding victory at the 2025 edition of La Flèche Wallonne, launching an explosive attack on the brutal slopes of the Mur de Huy that no one could follow. While the Slovenian rode clear to celebrate yet another major win, EF Education–EasyPost's Ben Healy put in a strong...

For the second year in a row, Kevin Vauquelin has claimed a very impressive 2nd at La Fleche Wallonne in 2025. Despite the growing familiarity with the Mur de Huy, the Frenchman looked completely stunned as his crossed the finish first of the mortals, behind only the world champion Tadej Pogacar.  "...

This Sunday, April 27th, the fourth Monument of the 2025 cycling season takes centre stage, Liège–Bastogne–Liège. It’s not just any race. For cycling fans, it’s a sacred date in the calendar, marking the oldest Monument of them all and a final crescendo to the Spring Classics. With a compelling nar...

Yesterday, Tadej Pogacar once again etched his name into cycling history with a commanding victory at La Flèche Wallonne, dominating the iconic Mur de Huy with a late, explosive assault that left even the formidable Remco Evenepoel trailing in his wake. The Slovenian superstar’s second career win a...

Remco Evenepoel returns to one of his favourite hunting grounds this Sunday as he leads Soudal - Quick-Step at the 111th edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the fourth Monument of the cycling season. The iconic Ardennes Classic will once again offer a brutal test, featuring eleven classified climbs and...

Thymen Arensman, the 25-year-old Dutch climber from Deil, has experienced a turbulent Tour of the Alps in 2025, a key preparation race for his upcoming Giro d’Italia campaign starting May 9. Leading INEOS Grenadiers in the five-stage race through Italy and Austria, Arensman has shown flashes of bril...

The anticipated showdown between Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel at the Tour de Romandie won’t happen, as only Evenepoel will compete. Vingegaard, absent since abandoning Paris-Nice last month, where teammate Matteo Jorgenson claimed victory, won’t race again until the Critérium du Dauphiné in...

Just days after claiming a sensational victory at the Amstel Gold Race, Mattias Skjelmose was brought back down to earth at La Flèche Wallonne with a heavy crash in grim conditions. With around 40 kilometres remaining, a crash at the front of the peloton took down several riders, and Skjelmose appea...

Wout van Aert’s 2025 spring campaign hasn’t set the world on fire, but it has certainly been consistent. After returning from injury, the Belgian star put together a string of solid performances across the classics, even if that elusive major win remained out of reach. Speaking on the HLN podcast ‘W...

The UCI Rankings continue to change every week, more and more it seems like there will be a change in the teams that will receive World Tour licenses for 2026... UAE Team Emirates - XRG remain in the top with a large lead over the rest.  You can check the previous update. Towards the bottom Cofidis...

Former pro cyclist and now directeur sportif Luke Rowe had a weekend to remember , for all the wrong reasons, at the Amstel Gold Race, where he somehow managed to get lost while driving the team car. Now working behind the wheel for Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, Rowe was caught up in the aftermath of...

Earlier this month, Neilson Powless achieved something few believed possible: he outsprinted Wout van Aert at Dwars door Vlaanderen. In a race often dominated by the classics elite, the 28-year-old EF Education–EasyPost rider stunned the cycling world, and perhaps even himself, by beating one of the...

Demi Vollering came up just short at La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday, finishing second behind Puck Pieterse, who powered to her second-ever professional road victory, and by far the most significant of her young career. On the steepest slopes of the Mur de Huy, it looked for a moment like Vollering...

After an impressive return to racing at Brabantse Pijl and Amstel Gold Race, where he showed few signs of a six-month absence, Remco Evenepoel faced a much tougher test at La Flèche Wallonne. On a cold and grim day in Wallonia, the Belgian star couldn't quite match his usual high standards. The defi...

Not for the first time over the last couple of years, Team Visma | Lease a Bike were plagued by bad luck at La Fleche Wallonne 2025. In the end, Tiesj Benoot crossed the line as the team's best placed rider, securing a 12th placed finish, 26 seconds down on the eventual race winner Tadej Pogacar.  "...

For the second successive year, Lotte Kopecky has left La Fleche Wallonne Femmes disappointed. Although her 12th placed finish in 2025 was an improvement on last year's performance, the world champion was still some way off the fight for victory between Puck Pieterse and Demi Vollering.  "Yeah, it w...

Big things were expected of Thibau Nys on the Mur de Huy at La Fleche Wallonne 2025. Sadly for the Lidl-Trek star however, his final kick deserted him on the climb to the finish line, with the Belgian eventually having to settle for an 8th placed finish.  According to the man himself, the biggest is...

From the 21st to the 25th of April the World Tour - and not only - peloton will tackle the single most important preparation race into the Giro d'Italia: The Tour of the Alps. Every year, it provides a lot of climbing opportunities for the men preparing for the first Grand Tour of the year and now i...

Puck Pieterse has consistently been there or thereabouts in the Classics this Spring. At La Fleche Wallonne Femmes this Wednesday afternoon in the Ardennes, the Dutch prodigy finally managed to take a victory and in some style too, denying former Tour de France Femmes winner Demi Vollering on the Mu...

Puck Pieterse has taken the win at La Fleche Wallonne Femmes 2025, denying Demi Vollering on the Mur de Huy to take just her second everr professional road victory. With no real breakaway to speak of, 69km from the line, Anne Knijnenburg of the VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team attempted a some...

After a couple of quiet performances at Brabantse Pijl and the Amstel Gold Race, Tom Pidcock was right back in the mix for the win on Wednesday afternoon at La Fleche Wallonne 2025. Although Tadej Pogacar was a dominant winner, Pidcock put in a career-best performance on the Mur de Huy behind to fin...

After finishing on the podium at La Fleche Wallonne twelve months ago, Maxim van Gils had a day to forget at the Ardennes Classic in 2025. Plagued by the after-effects of a crash at the Amstel Gold Race last weekend, the Belgian struggled home to a 43rd placed finish, more than a minute and a half d...

Returning to racing for the first time in a month, after a short break at altitude, Lenny Martinez looked strong on the final climb of Mur de Huy at La Fleche Wallonne 2025. In the end though, the Bahrain - Victorious star couldn't quite mark his return with a podium, finishing 4th behind Tadej Poga...

With an incredibly dominant win at La Fleche Wallonne 2025, Tadej Pogacar has emphatically shut down any doubts that may have arisen after missing out at the Amstel Gold Race last Sunday. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader blew everyone away on the final Mur de Huy climb for what was a relatively co...

Tadej Pogacar has prevailed at a wet, cold and slippery edition of La Fleche Wallonne in 2025. The world champion dominated on the final Mur de Huy climb to take the win in style ahead of Kevin Vauquelin and Tom Pidcock.  In some disgusting weather conditions, almost every rider in the peloton was w...

On April 23rd, the second of the Ardennes classics unfolds: the Flèche Wallonne. This Belgian classic is renowned for its spectacular and grueling finale up the Mur de Huy. Here's the prize money available.  The prize money in total for the race will be a total of €40.000. This will be split between...

Mattias Skjelmose was one of the pre-race favourites for La Fleche Wallonne 2025, following the Lidl-Trek leader's stunning Amstel Gold Race win last weekend. Sadly for the Dane however, his hopes look to have been ended in the harshest of styles after a painful crash in the rain.  With Mother Natur...

A long-range solo win is always an incredibly impressive feat for a rider. A long-range solo win at the Tour of the Alps however, is something that requires extra attention given the obviously mountainous parcours of a race set in the region. On stage 3 of the 2025 edition, Israel - Premier Tech's M...

Tadej Pogacar has been the standout rider of the last couple of years, winning almost every race he has targeted. Could it have been even better for the Slovenian though? Well, according to former Lotto sports director Herman Frison, despite Pogacar's success, the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader some...

In a thrilling finale to stage 3 at the 2025 Tour of the Alps, Israel - Premier Tech's Marco Frigo has taken the first win of his professional career, holding off the GC chasers after an incredible solo of more than 50km. A massive 21-man breakaway forced their way clear of the peloton early on. Amo...

Over the last few years, the generational talents of Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel have dominated much of the Monuments and Grand Tours between them. As such, opportunities for the rest of the riders have been a little limited, but for one, Bahrain - Victorious' Fred Wright is loving the ch...

After his stunning win last time out at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race, Mattias Skjelmose takes to the startline of La Fleche Wallonne this afternoon as a much more closely watched rider. Nevertheless, the Dane's confidence is understandably high. So can Mattias Skjelmose go back-to-back in the Ardennes?...

Remco Evenepoel has been absolutely electric since making a winning return to racing recently at Brabantse Pijl. Following a podium at the Amstel Gold Race, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader now has eyes firmly focused La Fleche Wallonne, although he admits the race isn't best suited to him.  In his on...

The Ardennes Classics have kicked off in spectacular fashion. Mattias Skjelmose claimed a stunning victory at the Amstel Gold Race, narrowly edging out Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel in a nail-biting photo finish. As we head into the second battle of this trilogy — La Fleche Wallonne 2025 — the i...

Lance Armstrong, alongside Johan Bruyneel and George Hincapie, unpacked the dramatic finale of the Amstel Gold Race on the latest episode of the WEDŪ podcast. Like most fans and pundits, Armstrong was caught off guard by the rare sight of Tadej Pogacar not winning. The Slovenian star launched a trad...

The 2025 edition of Amstel Gold Race was entertaining beyond expectations with epic battle between Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, while we found a surprising winner with Mattias Skjelmose. Yet journalist and expert Thijs Zonneveld noticed another rider whose performance was far from epic. Julian...

Mattias Skjelmose stole the show at Amstel Gold Race, but perhaps the happiest was a rider who didn't even reach the podium. In Wout van Aert's palmares, the fourth place is "just another" decent result, but the way he achieved it matters the most. Finally, the 30-year-old Belgian was able to win a...

Tadej Pogacar comes into the 2025 La Fleche Wallonne with a point to prove, off the back of a rare question to his superiority last time out at the Amstel Gold Race. This probably makes the Slovenian more dangerous than ever though and having already won La Fleche Wallonne back in 2023, Pogacar is k...

On April 23rd, the second of the Ardennes classics unfolds: the Flèche Wallonne. This Belgian classic is renowned for its spectacular and grueling finale up the Mur de Huy. We preview the race ahead.  205 kilometers and 3100 meters of climbing. That is the data you’ve got for this race, it is one th...

As the Ardennes Classics continues later this afternoon at La Fleche Wallonne 2025, can Lidl-Trek back up Mattias Skjelmose's stunning Amstel Gold Race win with some more success? Well according to Belgian icon Sven Nys, rather than Skjelmose, his own son Thibau Nys could be the team's best best for...

As we near the end of the current UCI World Tour cycle, many teams are fighting for promotion or relegation from the elite level of the sport. For the Arkéa - B&B Hotels team however, there is a much more pressing concern ahead of the end of 2025 - the future of the entire team itself.  “It’s unfort...

Ordinarily, Maxim van Gils would be at the startline of La Fleche Wallonne amongst the contenders for the win. After all, the Belgian finished on the podium there in 2024 whilst riding for Lotto. This year though, Van Gils himself is playing down his chances, thanks mostly to a nasty crash he suffer...

For a third Sunday in a row, a fourth place was awaiting Wout van Aert at the finish line of Amstel Gold Race. But compared to previous races, this results comes with a massive confidence boost. That's because Visma | Lease a Bike rider finally won a sprint this spring. Former American professional...

Benoît Cosnefroy has endured a tough start to the 2025 season, but the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rider is set to make his return to competition at the Tour de Romandie, which gets underway on April 29. Cosnefroy has not raced since the Renewi Tour eight months ago, having been sidelined with collar...

The UCI Rankings have changed due to the Brabantse Pijl and Amstel Gold Race over the past few days. Tadej Pogacar has grown his gap over Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen in the 2025 rankings.  You can check the previous update. And in the meantime, in the year-long rankings, Wout van Aert has...

Cast your mind back to 2022, when Robert Stannard made the move from Mitchelton-Scott to Alpecin-Deceuninck. At the time, the Australian was seen as a rising star in the peloton. However, midway through 2023, news broke of a potential anti-doping violation dating back to 2018. On 3 August 2023, Stan...

Puck Pieterse may have been beaten to the finish line by Mischa Bredewold at Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, but she did manage to win one race, the race to down her drink. Bredewold produced a tactically brilliant ride to take victory. When Ellen van Dijk launched an attack, Bredewold followed her fello...

According to journalist Daniel Benson, the INEOS Grenadiers are looking to strengthen their youth setup and are currently leading the race to sign Spanish prodigy Benjamín Noval. The 16-year-old MMR Academy rider has been attracting attention from several top teams since early last year. Benson repo...

From the 21st to the 25th of April the World Tour - and not only - peloton will tackle the single most important preparation race into the Giro d'Italia: The Tour of the Alps. Every year, it provides a lot of climbing opportunities for the men preparing for the first Grand Tour of the year and now i...

Darren van Bekkum joined the XDS Astana Team for the 2025 season, making the step up to the WorldTour after leaving Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s development squad. It was supposed to be a move that would see him grow into the men’s peloton, and establish himself as a promising rider. However, the 23-...

Remember when Mathieu van der Poel pulled off wheelies on the climbs during the 2022 Giro d’Italia? Now, the rider some are calling his heir has followed suit. Tibor Del Grosso (like Van der Poel) has a background in cyclocross and boasts exceptional bike-handling skills. The Dutchman has won the U2...

On the 23rd of April, the women's battle are set to do battle at the 28th edition of La Fleche Wallonne Femmes. Find the startlist for the race right here! Notable names on the final startlist include: Ruby Roseman-Gannon, Cedrine Kerbaol, Noemi Ruegg, Eva van Agt, Marion Bunel, Kimberly Le Court, A...

Michael Storer of Tudor Pro Cycling Team claimed a massive victory on stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps, moving into the overall lead with a commanding performance. The Australian now holds a lead of more than 40 seconds in the general classification following his dominant ride. Storer launched his mo...

The Laureus World Sports Awards took place yesterday, a celebration of athletic excellence that, for over two decades, has recognised the most dominant, inspiring and influential sportspeople on the planet. Often dubbed the “Oscars of sport,” the awards are meant to transcend disciplines and reward...

On April 23rd, the second of the Ardennes classics unfolds: the La Fleche Wallonne. This Belgian classic is renowned for its spectacular and gruelling finale up the Mur de Huy. Find the final startlist right here! Among the starters are the likes of: Clement Berthet, Dorian Godon, Finn Fisher-Black,...

On Monday, April 21, Colombian cycling legend Lucho Herrera was accused by a protected witness as a participant in a disappearance and murders that occurred in 2002. The former winner of the Vuelta a España has spoken out on the matter, with the publication of an official statement in which he denie...

Michael Storer claimed a sensational victory on stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps earlier today, propelling himself into the overall lead of the race. Riding for Tudor Pro Cycling, the Australian delivered a dominant performance on the final climb to Obertelfes/Telves di Sopra (4.2 km at 7%), launchin...

After six months away from racing due to a training crash in December, Remco Evenepoel has come back like he never left. In the space of a week, the Belgian star has taken victory at the Brabantse Pijl and secured third place at the Amstel Gold Race, two races, two podiums to kick off his 2025 seaso...

Michael Storer has won the second stage of the Tour of the Alps with an incredible solo attack on the final climb of the day. The chasing group finished a whopping 40 seconds behind, and so Storer takes the overall lead. In the early part of the race, a breakaway was formed featuring Fran Miholjević...

At the Amstel Gold Race, fans witnessed the first clash of the 2025 season between Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, and it didn’t disappoint. In a rare display of vulnerability from the Slovenian, Evenepoel managed what no other rider could: he reeled back one of Pogacar’s trademark solo attacks....

Disaster has struck for Antonio Tiberi, as the 23-year-old was forced to abandon the Tour of the Alps during today’s stage due to illness. The Bahrain Victorious rider had been using the race as a key part of his build-up to the Giro d’Italia, which begins on 9 May. Whether he’ll now be able to star...

On April 27th, we reach the culmination of the Ardennes classics and the conclusion of the spring classic season with La Doyenne, more commonly known as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the fourth monument of the season. Here's where and when to watch it.  The race will be broadcast on the traditional channels...

Mattias Skjelmose put in the ride of his life to win Amstel Gold Race ahead of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel. However he remains realistic on his chances of repeating this, and he believes that for Flèche Wallonne it is actually his teammate Thibau Nys who has the best chances of beating the Wor...

Giulio Ciccone is one of the few riders in the pro peloton who has a trademark celebration, and that is throwing his sunglasses to the audience. This time around, at the Tour of the Alps, he was fined after winning stage 1 and he may never actually do it again.  After this happened, on social media...

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes marks the finale of the Ardennes classics for the women's peloton. Set for April 27th, it brings a spectacular close to the extended period of spring classics. We take a look at it's profile.  This race could be named Bastogne - Liège actually, starting in the city right...

On April 27th, we reach the culmination of the Ardennes classics and the conclusion of the spring classic season with La Doyenne, more commonly known as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the fourth monument of the season. We take a look at it's profile.  The race features a whole 252 kilometers making it one of...

Romain Bardet is in the final months of his career but he is still looking to make an impact. The Team Picnic PostNL rider has not taken a pro win since last year's Tour de France, but he is quite eager to try and grab his first of 2025 at the Tour of the Alps.  "For the first day back, it's quite o...

On April 23rd, the second of the Ardennes classics unfolds: the Flèche Wallonne. This Belgian classic is renowned for its spectacular and grueling finale up the Mur de Huy.   In this article you can find a wrap-up of all the information needed to know for the 2025 Flèche Wallonne. It includes previe...

A few weeks ago the nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards were revealed and fans of cycling could deposit their hopes on two riders who performed very well during the 2024 season: Tadej Pogacar and Tom Pidcock. One of them has won the category they had been nominated to, however it wasn't the...

Behind many of Tadej Pogacar's wins this years is a long solo attack and a story to go along with it. At Amstel Gold Race he attempted to do so once again, but this time it did not work out and he was beaten by Mattias Skjelmose in the final sprint. UAE Team Emirates - XRG DS has warned the World Ch...

A scandal has shaken Colombian cycling. Renowned former rider Lucho Herrera has been accused of involvement in a double disappearance that occurred in 2002. As a result, he is now under investigation for possible involvement in the case. According to a report from Ciclo21, Herrera is suspected of ha...

Mattias Skjelmose upset the big favourites of Amstel Gold Race - Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel to take the biggest victory of his career so far in a sprint against the two superhumans.  "First of all, I had expected that Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège would suit him better than Amstel....

Only 20th place was not what Demi Vollering came for at the Amstel Gold Race Ladies, but all things considered, things could've ended much worse. The leader of FDJ - Suez fell quite early on into the race and ultimately never really participated in the fight for victory as she got stuck in the stand...

Remco Evenepoel's 2025 debut may have been delayed by his training accident, but that only makes his immediate good level all the more impressive. Can the Belgian continue his podium streak? Contrary to the world champion, Evenepoel has only limited racing experience on Mur de Huy as he had only rid...

The holy week in Ardennes is in full speed with the fearsome Mur de Huy awaiting new challengers already this Wednesday. The clear favourite is none other than the world champion, Tadej Pogacar. After the bitter defeat at Amstel Gold Race, the Slovenian will be eager to reclaim the throne. "I’ve enj...

It hasn't taken Remco Evenepoel long to make an impact upon his return to the pro peloton in 2025. After missing four months of action following a nasty crash whilst training in early December, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader is seemingly already back somewhere close to his very best.  After marking...

From the 21st to the 25th of April the World Tour - and not only - peloton will tackle the single most important preparation race into the Giro d'Italia: The Tour of the Alps. Every year, it provides a lot of climbing opportunities for the men preparing for the first Grand Tour of the year and now i...

The 2025 edition of the Amstel Gold Race was a real thriller as Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Mattias Skjelmose did battle for the race win, with the latter somewhat suprisingly coming out on top. According to ex-pro Jan Bakelants however, it was Wout van Aert - who crossed the line 34 seconds...

Despite a typically bright and attacking showing, Ben Healy couldn't replicate his heroic performance from the 2023 edition of the Amstel Gold Race in 2025, with the Irishman eventually forced to settle for a 10th placed finish at the line.  Back in 2023, Healy finished 2nd to Tadej Pogacar, having...

The opening stage of the 2025 Tour of the Alps was a chaotic one, not exactly helped by a distinct lack of coverage due to inclement weather in the region. With the cameras at the finish line working however, those who stuck with the TV coverage will have seen Lidl-Trek leader Giulio Ciccone power h...

It's not too hyperbolic to say that Mattias Skjelmose shocked the cycling world on Easter Sunday, stunning the world champion Tadej Pogacar and the Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel to take a thrilling victory at Amstel Gold Race 2025.  After a dramatic last hour had seen the Dane and Evenepoel do so...

Lidl-Trek's Giulio Ciccone has climbed to a brilliant stage win on the opening day of the 2025 Tour of the Alps ahead of Decathlon duo Felix Gall and Paul Seixas, moving into the overall lead of the race as a result! An exciting trio of young talents, Andrew August (INEOS Grenadiers) and Finlay Pick...

Tao Geoghegan Hart makes his return to competition today as he lines up for stage 1 of the Tour of the Alps, marking his first appearance since falling ill at the Volta a Catalunya last month. The former Giro d’Italia winner will also head to the Tour de Romandie later in April, as he builds form ah...

Earlier this month, Mathieu van der Poel made history once again by winning Paris-Roubaix for the third consecutive year. His 2025 campaign has already been remarkable, beating Tadej Pogacar at both Milano-Sanremo and Roubaix, and finishing third at the Tour of Flanders, which Pogacar won. The rival...

Lidl-Trek's Mattias Skjelmose has prevailed at a thrilling 2025 edition of the Amstel Gold Race. Emerging victorious from an incredible three-up sprint ahead of world champion Tadej Pogacar and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel. Eight riders got themselves into the breakaway of the day. Those being M...

Something extraordinary unfolded at the Amstel Gold Race: Tadej Pogacar launched one of his signature solo attacks…and it didn’t work. In a rare sight, the Slovenian was caught by Remco Evenepoel and Mattias Skjelmose, setting up a dramatic three-man sprint. It was Skjelmose who stunned the cycling...

Wout van Aert continues to be there or thereabouts this Spring without taking the ultimate reward. On Sunday afternoon at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike star was forced to settle for winning the sprint for 4th, having missed the decisive move. After Tadej Pogacar attacked s...

Tom Dumoulin is one of the most talented riders of the past generations and has achieved more than most could ever dream of. However it was the change in professionalism of the sport and different requirements that slowly drained the Dutchman from his motivation to continue racing and led to an earl...

Wout van Aert's 2025 season to date has been far from a disaster, with a number of high placings in notable race. The lack of a win however, gives the stark impression that a little something is missing from the Belgian this year. What exactly that missing piece is, is up for debate but according to...

Some heart-warming news to start the day, Nathan Van Hooydonck and his wife Alicia have welcomed a baby girl into the world. The couple have named her Isabella. It's a moment of immense joy for the Van Hooydonck family, and a touching milestone following a challenging past 18 months. The 29-year-old...

The Tour of the Alps gets underway today, widely regarded as the most important warm-up race ahead of the Giro d’Italia. Among those looking to sharpen their form is Thymen Arensman, who hopes to find his best legs after a recent altitude training camp. “After an altitude training camp, you never kn...

Enric Mas has started the season better than ever, with two podiums in Volta a Catalunya and the Itzulia Basque Country. Yet, neither race produced a victory. The Mallorcan was clearly beaten in the Volta a Catalunya by Primoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso, and then in the Basque country by Joao Almeida. In...

Between the 21st and the 25th of April, the peloton heads to the high mountains at the Tour of the Alps, giving Giro d'Italia hopefuls a chance to test their climbing legs ahead of the upcoming Grand Tour. Find the final startlist for the race right here! Included on the preliminary startlist are no...

After finishing 12th in last year’s Amstel Gold Race, Romain Grégoire delivered an even stronger performance in 2025, claiming an impressive seventh place in a race defined by relentless pace and a dramatic finale. The victory went to Mattias Skjelmose, who pulled off a major upset by outsprinting b...

Remco Evenepoel finally made his much-anticipated return to racing last week, immediately reminding the cycling world of his class. He claimed victory at De Brabantse Pijl and then followed it up with a third-place finish at the Amstel Gold Race, where Mattias Skjelmose surprised both Evenepoel and...

Tom Dumoulin has expressed strong criticism of FDJ – Suez and Demi Vollering’s performance at the Amstel Gold Race, following a surprising turn of events in the women’s edition of the Dutch Classic. Rather than being shaped by the pre-race favourites, the race saw a large group of shadow contenders...

First it was Wout van Aert, and now the greatest female cyclist of all time, Team Visma | Lease a Bike have announced that Marianne Vos has signed a lifetime contract with the team. Vos has been a key part of the women’s squad since its formation in 2021, joining as one of its founding leaders. Sinc...

According to VRT, the UCI Gran Fondo Belgium was brought to an abrupt and tragic halt on Sunday following a massive crash that left 47 participants involved and seven requiring hospitalisation. The competition was ultimately cancelled. Held near the dam of l'Eau d'Heure, the Gran Fondo is an event t...

The Amstel Gold Race once again didn’t fall Lotte Kopecky’s way on Sunday, as the world champion found herself marked out of the race by her fellow favourites. Despite the setback, Kopecky remained composed and praised her team’s performance. "I could have been there myself and then it would have be...

Michael Matthews secured fifth place at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race and offered his reflections at the finish in an interview with Cycling Pro Net. While the Team Jayco AlUla rider just missed out on the podium, he remained upbeat about the performance and the points gained. "It started at like 50ks t...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike produced another solid display at the Amstel Gold Race, continuing what has been a consistent, if not yet victorious, 2025 Classics campaign. On a gruelling 260-kilometre course featuring over 3,000 metres of climbing, Wout van Aert once again finished just shy of the podiu...

Lidl-Trek have long been vocal in their confidence and backing of Danish leader Mattias Skjelmose, declaring big things are in the future of the 24-year-old. This Easter Sunday at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race, Skjelmose proved his team right in the most scintillating style, denying Tadej Pogacar and Re...

After a thrilling edition of the Amstel Gold Race in 2025, it was Lidl-Trek's Mattias Skjelmose that emerged with a surprise win, defeating world champion Tadej Pogacar and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel in a thrilling three-up sprint for the win. Although Team Visma | Lease a Bike had no rider on...

From the 21st to the 25th of April the World Tour - and not only - peloton will tackle the single most important preparation race into the Giro d'Italia: The Tour of the Alps. Every year, it provides a lot of climbing opportunities for the men preparing for the first Grand Tour of the year and now i...

From the 21st to the 25th of April the World Tour - and not only - peloton will tackle the single most important preparation race into the Giro d'Italia: The Tour of the Alps. Every year, it provides a lot of climbing opportunities for the men preparing for the first Grand Tour of the year and now i...

Never one to go down without a fight, Julian Alaphilippe gave it his all to light up Amstel Gold Race 2025 this Sunday afternoon in the Netherlands. Despite having even Tadej Pogacar in difficulty for a short while however, the former world champion ultimately blew himself up - fading to a 20th plac...

Although he may have been considered one of the dark horses ahead of the 2025 Amstel Gold Race, not many would have realistically expected Mattias Skjelmose to take the win this Sunday afternoon in the Netherlands. That is exactly what the Dane did however, denying Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel...

It's not very often that Tadej Pogacar leaves a race disappointed. It's even rarer that the Slovenian is denied the win after attacking solo from long range. But at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race this Easter Sunday, that is exactly what happened to the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader as he was caught and...

Remco Evenepoel has hardly lost a beat after four months out through injury. Following a winning return to racing on Friday at Brabantse Pijl, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader put in a mammoth effort on Easter Sunday at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race, although he was ultimately forced to settle for 3rd spo...

The 2025 edition of the Amstel Gold Race is one that will live long in the memory of cycling fans as Mattias Skjelmose upset the all-star duo of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel in a thrilling, three-up fight for the line. As is the custom at the Amstel Gold Race, the riders on the final podium a g...

In a potentially career-defining performance, Mattias Skjelmose has taken the stunning victory at Amstel Gold Race 2025, outsprinting Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel after an enthralling day of racing, backing up pre-race confidence with the upmost style. Not many believed Skjelmose pre-race when...

Mattias Skjelmose has sensationally upset the world champion and the Olympic champion, outsprinting Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel in a thrilling three-up fight for the line this Sunday afternoon at Amstel Gold Race 2025.  Pogacar had threatened to ride away to one of his typical solo masterpiece...

Team TotalEnergies' Matteo Vercher has taken the win at Tour du Doubs 2025, securing his first ever pro victory. Five riders got themselves into the breakaway of the day, including some notable names too, such as Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development Team duo Tim Rex and Pietro Mattio, plus British...

On April 20th, the peloton engages in the third of the Ardennes classics with the Amstel Gold Race, kicking off with its customary long and hilly route through the Limburg hills. Here's the prize money available.  The prize money in total for the race will be a total of €40.000. This will be split b...

Tadej Pogacar is doing Tadej Pogacar things yet again. With just over 40km to go at Amstel Gold Race 2025, the world champion has attacked and dropped all his rivals and is riding clear solo! The first big move of the day came from former world champion Julian Alaphilippe. Unsurprisingly, the curren...

For Dutch riders, there are few more special races to win than the Amstel Gold Race. On Sunday afternoon, this dream was realised by Team SD Worx - Protime's Mischa Bredewold who secured the biggest win of her career to date at the 2025 edition of the Amstel Gold Race Ladies.  "This is Amstel! It's...

With the start of the Ardennes Classics on the calendar today, the cycling world has their eyes locked on the Amstel Gold Race. For the men, a mouth-watering battle lies in store including a host of notable names such as Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar.  After his triumphant return...

Team SD Worx - Protime's Mischa Bredewold has taken the win at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race Ladies, delighting the Dutch crowd in attendance after a chaotic start to the Ardennes Classics.  As the race began to split up with the finish in mind, an massive 18-woman group got themselves clear up the road...

On April 23rd, the second of the Ardennes classics unfolds: the Flèche Wallonne. This Belgian classic is renowned for its spectacular and grueling finale up the Mur de Huy. Here's where and when to watch it.   The race will be broadcast on the traditional channels, most notably Discovery, MAX, TNT S...

Wout van Aert did not race throughout much of March but instead spent three weeks training at altitude which has prepared him perfectly for the cobbled monuments. He now ends his spring campaign at Amstel Gold Race still carrying great form, and will be a contender for victory - however with Tadej P...

Remco Evenepoel suffered big injuries in December which cut his start of the season by several months. His first however, at Brabantse Pijl, ended in victory against Wout van Aert. However, the Belgian is aware that Amstel Gold Race will be a completely different affair - of course, with Tadej Pogac...

The 2025 season is going through a very special moment from April 21 to 25. The Tour of the Alps is being held this week as a race that serves, for many, as preparation for the Giro d'Italia and will feature many of it's headliners.  Daniel Martinez, Felix Gall, Jai Hindley, Giulio Ciccone, Thymen A...

On April 23rd, the second of the Ardennes classics unfolds: the Flèche Wallonne. This Belgian classic is renowned for its spectacular and grueling finale up the Mur de Huy. Let's take a look at the profile.  205 kilometers and 3100 meters of climbing. That is the data you’ve got for this race, it is...

The last time Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel have raced together was at last year's Il Lombardia, where both ended their 2024 seasons. Ever since Pogacar has went on to win the UAE Tour, Strade Bianche, Tour of Flanders; and podium both Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix. Evenepoel has suffered a m...

From the 21st to the 25th of April the World Tour - and not only - peloton will tackle the single most important preparation race into the Giro d'Italia: The Tour of the Alps. Every year, it provides a lot of climbing opportunities for the men preparing for the first Grand Tour of the year and now i...

On April 20th, the peloton engages in the third of the Ardennes classics with the Amstel Gold Race, kicking off with its customary long and hilly route through the Limburg hills. We preview the race ahead.  As always, a race of endurance. Taking place in the hilly area around Valkenburg, it's a race...

Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault has come out strongly in defence of Tadej Pogacar, who has once again found himself the subject of doping speculation, largely due to his astonishing success and cycling’s troubled history with performance-enhancing drugs. The fact that Tadej Pogacar...

The 2025 edition of the Amstel Gold Race takes place this Sunday, and anticipation is high for what promises to be a thrilling showdown. Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel, and Wout van Aert headline a stacked field, with the Dutch classic once again positioned as a key battle in the Ardennes calendar....

XDS Astana Team are facing a pivotal year in 2025 as they continue their fight to retain WorldTour status. But after a difficult spring campaign 12 months ago, signs of a turnaround are already emerging, with the team delivering strong performances across the cobbled Classics. In contrast to their s...

Some heart-breaking news to share from the cycling world. Belgian rider Robbe Ghys, who rides for Alpecin-Deceuninck, has shared the devastating loss of his son, Zion. In an emotional message posted to Instagram, the 28-year-old opened up about the moment he and his partner had to say goodbye during...

Tibor Del Grosso is quickly becoming one of the most exciting young talents in cycling. The 21-year-old Dutchman has enjoyed a standout 2025 so far, building on his reputation as the next ‘Mathieu van der Poel’. Del Grosso began the year by claiming the Dutch national cyclocross title before going o...

Olav Kooij is on track to return to racing at next month’s Giro d’Italia, despite suffering a fractured collarbone at Gent-Wevelgem earlier this April. The 23-year-old Dutch sprinter remains on Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s list for the Grand Tour, which begins on May 9th. Kooij had enjoyed a promisin...

Remco Evenepoel will line up for the Amstel Gold Race for the first time in his career tomorrow, just two days after making a spectacular return to racing. The Soudal – Quick-Step rider had not been seen in competition since Il Lombardia last October, but he kick-started his 2025 season in style on...

Tadej Pogacar has taken the sport of cycling to new heights over the last couple of years, rewriting the rulebook on what many people thought possible through his performances. Given the checkered history of cycling when it comes to doping however, there have some notable doubters of the Slovenian. ...

Mattias Skjelmose gets back to one-day racing this weekend as he starts the Ardennes triple header with a battle on Sunday afternoon at the Amstel Gold Race. After a solid if unspectacular showing at the Itzulia Basque Country last time out, the Lidl-Trek leader is hopeful of being in the mix for vi...

With its 59th edition set to take place this year, Amstel Gold Race is one of the most iconic races on the schedule and the biggest race in the Netherlands. Just like any race in the country, Amstel too faced its fair share of obstacles in recent years. But it's thanks to one man in particular that...

Recent years and months, we've seen more than enough high speed mass crashes that had more or less severe consequences on those involved. Among many other possibilties to reduce the risk of crashes similar to that of Itzulia Basque Country 2024 happening, one is so obvious, yet quite simple. To rest...

Just like most of nowadays races, also Paris-Roubaix is becoming faster and faster thanks to many new innovations. This year's edition was in fact so fast that the winner from just six years ago wouldn't even make the time limit cut today. This is once again evident from the findings of so-called cy...

One of the topics of the moment is the announcement of the route for the 2027 World Championships. The UCI presented an edition to be held in Sallanches, France, which will be one of the toughest mountain climbing courses the cycling history remembers. The circuit will consist of 20 laps of more tha...

Patrick Lefevere might not be the CEO of Soudal - Quick-Step any longer, following his recent retirement, but the Belgian remains an avid viewer of the sport. On Friday, Lefevere watched the man he built his team around - Remco Evenepoel - make a triumphant return to racing at Brabantse Pijl after f...

22-year-old Joseph Blackmore is seen by many as one of the bright hopes for the future of British cycling. On Friday afternoon in Belgium, the Israel - Premier Tech showed glimpses of just why he is so highly rated with a standout performance at Brabantse Pijl 2025.  After Belgian superstar Remco Ev...

On the 20th of April the Ardennes classics officially start in the women's peloton, and the first out of the three World Tour classics will be Amstel Gold Race - the less difficult one, but the one which is simultaneously the most tactical. We take a look at its startlist.  The final startlist inclu...

On the 20th of April the Ardennes classics officially start, and the first out of the three World Tour classics will be Amstel Gold Race - the less difficult one, but the one which is simultaneously the most tactical. We take a look at its startlist.  The final startlist includes: Maxim van Gils, Ju...

After no wins for three years, Guillaume Martin has taken his second victory in as many days at Tour du Jura 2025, denying a massive breakaway effort from Odd Christian Eiking in a thrilling finale on the Mont Poupet. On the opening climb of the day, 4 riders got free of the peloton to form the earl...

Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar have gone head to head at the first three Monuments of 2025, giving cycling fans some of the most exciting racing seen this calendar year. Whilst the epic rivalry is undoubtedly fun to watch, according to one former Tour de France winner however, there could be...

For four months out through injury, there was a real sense of uncertainty ahead of Remco Evenepoel's return to racing on Friday afternoon at Brabantse Pijl. Against a top-quality field of rivals however, the Olympic champion looked immediately back to his very best, taking an emotional win - much to...

Wout van Aert has put in a number of impressive performances on the road in 2025, but after losing out to compatriot Remco Evenepoel at Brabantse Pijl on Friday afternoon, the 30-year-old Belgian is still searching for his first win of the season. According to Belgian ex-pro Jan Bakelants, a lot of...

For the first time in his career, Marc Hirschi is heading to the Giro d'Italia. This has now been officially confirmed, following the announcement that the Tudor Pro Cycling Team would receive a wildcard for the 2025 edition of the Italian Grand Tour.  Although Hirschi has competed at the Tour de Fr...

For almost their entire careers, both on the road and in cyclocross, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel have found themselves compared against the success of the other. For many years, this was a close battle too, but of late, the Alpecin-Deceuninck leader has surged clear of his Team Visma | Le...

One of Tadej Pogacar's most important Classics domestiques at UAE Team Emirates - XRG, the German powerhouse Nils Politt is instantly recognisable in the peloton with his trademark facial expressions, as he bares his teeth whilst putting the power down. And when you realise just how much power Polit...

Ordinarily, you would always expect Wout van Aert to be able to beat Remco Evenepoel in a sprint for the line. Last Friday at Brabantse Pijl 2025 however, that was not the case, and alarmingly, it's not the first time in recent weeks that the Belgian has been somewhat surprisingly beaten in the fina...

Wout van Aert's wait for a win in 2025 goes on. The Belgian came up just short at Brabantse Pijl 2025, losing out to compatriot Remco Evenepoel on the his return to racing in a thrilling two-up sprint for the line on Friday afternoon.  Although the disappointment was obvious after yet another close...

Despite having just completed his debut at Paris-Roubaix, Tadej Pogacar has no plans to put his season on hold. The world champion will take on the Amstel Gold Race this Sunday, his first challenge of the Ardennes Classics, which will conclude with Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG s...

Remco Evenepoel's triumphant return to the peloton on Sunday afternoon at Brabantse Pijl was an incredibly moving victory for many cycling fans. For the Soudal - Quick-Step leader's father however, the win had an extra touch of emotion thanks to Evenepoel dedicating the success to the late Pascal Va...

Tom Pidcock made his return to racing after a short break this Friday afternoon at Brabantse Pijl 2025. This failed to truly sparkle though, eventually failing to even crack the top 10 as Remco Evenepoel took victory on his own return to the peloton.  Detailing the race itself, Pidcock analyses hims...

After a great period in the middle of 2024 season, things went sideways for Remco Evenepoel past winter. But the Olympic champion pulled through the hardships and now is ready to finally write down his first start of 2025 - at Brabantse Pijl. "We have prayed together often and will continue to do so...

Sierra Nevada might remain unusually silent next month. It's around that period of the year that snow finally retreats and the best of best in cycling peloton head to the altitude to ride important kilometers in their Tour de France prepataion. However planned strikes of local hospitality emplyees c...

It's not every day Guillaume Martin gets to raise his hands in victory, but today was one such special occasion. You would have a hard time looking for a bigger favourite at the start of Classic Grand Besançon Doubs and the Groupama - FDJ rider confirmed predictions to triumph in front of José Manue...

XDS Astana Team is a pleasant surprise of this season. After two lesser seasons, the team of Alexandre Vinokourov was in the depths of UCI ranking. But with arrival of new title sponsor, Astana reawakened like a phoenix. The Kazakh squad has cashed in at previously irrelevant races like the Tour of...

Elisa Longo Borghini has won the Brabantse Pijl for the second time in her career. But she had to dig quite deep to hold off the quickly approaching peloton in the final kilometer. However the numbers she saw on her bike computer simply couldn't be matched by her opponents.  "I don’t look at statist...

Caleb Ewan made a big name for himself for the first time in 2011 when, then as a first-year junior, he became the world champion in Omnium. That also appears to be the Australians last major track result as his focus since then shifted fully to road. But at INEOS, he re-discovered some of the long-...

Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) once again left his mark on the international peloton this Friday, claiming a dominant victory in the fourth and final stage of the Giro d’Abruzzo. It was the Portuguese rider’s second win in just four days - a remarkable achievement that left him both speechle...

Whilst the win of returning superstar Remco Evenepoel and his thrilling battle with Wout van Aert take the headlines from Brabantse Pijl 2025, shortly after the two Belgians, UAE Team Emirates - XRG prodigy Antonio Morgado won the sprint from the bunch for the final spot on the podium, quietly addin...

Remco Evenepoel has had a well documented, difficult start to 2025. After crashing nastily in training in early December, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader has been forced to wait for his season opener. But after finally taking to the startline at Brabantse Pijl this Friday afternoon, the wait proved m...

Remco Evenepoel has taken an incredible win on his return to racing Brabantse Pijl 2025, following a thrilling battle with compatriot Wout van Aert, he outsprinted the Visma star at the line to seal the victory. Six riders managed to work their way into the early breakaway of the day. Tuur Dens (Tea...

Remco Evenepoel has been ignited on his return to racing at Brabantse Pijl. Like he'd never been away, the Olympic champion has blown the race wide open alongside compatriot Wout van Aert inside the final 50k. At 48km to go the break were caught, and immediately, both Van Aert and Evenepoel came to...

Guillaume Martin has taken his first victory in the colours of Groupama - FDJ, holding onto the solo win at Classic Grand Besançon Doubs 2025 following a monstrous effort on the final climb.  Following an early break that included Tom Portsmouth, Loe van Belle and Vinzent Dorn, heading into the fina...

Intermarché - Wanty's Georg Zimmerman has secured the overall victory at the 2025 Giro d'Abruzzo after UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Ivo Oliveira managed to take the win on the final stage in Isola del Gran Sasso, his second win of the race. A very strong breakaway went clear early in the day. Nine ride...

UAE Team ADQ leader Elisa Longo Borghini has taken a heroic solo victory at the 10th edition of Brabantse Pijl WE, narrowly holding off the peloton in a thrilling finale. After the peloton split at around the 50km to go mark, by the time the lead group headed into the 30km, an elite seven woman grou...

On April 20th, the peloton engages in the third of the Ardennes classics with the Amstel Gold Race, kicking off with its customary long and hilly route through the Limburg hills.  In this article you can find a wrap-up of all the information needed to know for the 2025 Amstel Gold Race. It includes...

In an interview with Marca, Alejandro Valverde has spoken about his new role as coach, making it very clear that it is his main priority and that it is ahead of any goal he might have this year, such as the Gravel World Championships. Instead he talks about the road Worlds in Rwanda and the two set...

Against super riders such as Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel, there's little that rivals can do in the classics. Team Visma | Lease a Bike showed tremendous depth at the Tour of Flanders, and that was without Christophe Laporte who is only now starting his season after prolonged illness. The...

Months before going on to win his first Tour de France at the time, Lance Armstrong was still very much a rider that looked more fit to battle for the one-day races. Amstel Gold Race, taking place this Sunday, hadn't been one and he recalls with Michael Boogerd how that finale came down.  "It's a mi...

Thibau Nys only began his road season now in April but immediately took a victory at the GP Miguel Indurain, and then at Itzulia Basque Country he was able to prime his form. Whilst absent most of the week, his performance on the queen stage was a staggering climbing performance which seems top put...

On April 20th, the peloton engages in the third of the Ardennes classics with the Amstel Gold Race, kicking off with its customary long and hilly route through the Limburg hills. Here's where and when you can watch it.  The race will be broadcast on the traditional channels, most notably Discovery,...

Just one week after a remarkable debut at Paris-Roubaix where he finished second, Tadej Pogacar is set to launch his 2025 Ardennes Classics campaign this Sunday at the Amstel Gold Race. The reigning world champion returns to a race he won in memorable fashion back in 2023 and will once again lead UA...

On the 18th of April we will have on the road the Brabantse Pijl. The Belgian classic is a mix of the cobbled and Ardennes classics, and coincidentally it comes in between the two phases of the spring. We preview the race ahead.  The 162.5-kilometer race fits the puncheurs and cobbled classics speci...

Paul Seixas certainly didn't disappoint to deliver on his professional debut with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale. He already scored nice results of honour at French Cup races and even finished top-10 on Jebel Jais, just 4 seconds behind superstar Tadej Pogacar. "2nd in Paris-Camembert, 5th in La Marseil...

For Shari Bossuyt, the suspension suffered after her doping case has come to an end after 2 years out of competition. The AG Insurance - Soudal rider will return to the peloton after confirmation from the Belgian team in an official statement. However, Soudal also announces that her first race will...

Former U23 World champion Axel Laurance was kind of forced out of Classics team Alpecin-Deceuninck after last season and so he hoped to find his place with GC-focused INEOS Grenadiers. However with arrival of Laurance, the mentality of the British formation shifted and so Laurance is once again on t...

The Amstel Gold Race 2025 will be held this Sunday, April 21, but the controversy has already made its presence felt. A pro-Palestine group, FPM (Free Palestine Maastricht), has announced that it will stage a protest during the race. The reason is due to the participation of the Israel - Premier Tec...

Cyclism’Actu recently caught up with Valentin Paret-Peintre during the UCI event in Haute-Savoie, where the 2027 UCI World Championships were officially announced. For the Frenchman, who joined Soudal – Quick-Step at the start of the 2025 season, the upcoming Worlds already carry a special significa...

The Classic Grand Besançon Doubs promises to be an exciting day of racing tomorrow, concluding with  a steep ascent that will provide a lot of action! We take a look at it's startlist.   The final startlist features: Cian Uijtdebroeks, Louis Rouland, Ewen Costiou, Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet, Pietro M...

On the 18th of April we will have on the road the Brabantse Pijl. The Belgian classic is a mix of the cobbled and Ardennes classics, and coincidentally it comes in between the two phases of the spring. We take a look at it's startlist.  The final startlist features: Ethan Hayter, Tom Pidcock, Tibor...

Today marks 100 days until the Grand Départ of the fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes, which will begin on Saturday 26th July. For the first time in its history, the women’s Grande Boucle will kick off in the Morbihan region of Brittany. The 2025 edition will span nine stages, one more than...

With a spring campaign that is finally going in the right direction, Wout van Aert appears to be finding his form just in time for the Ardennes Classics. Following two strong fourth-place finishes at the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, Team Visma | Lease a Bike now shift their focus to De Braban...

In brutal conditions on Stage 3 of the Giro d’Abruzzo, Edison Alejandro Callejas Santos delivered the biggest win of his career with a sensational solo attack on the final climb. The Petrolike rider defied the cold and rain to take a memorable victory on the queen stage of the race. Callejas crossed...

Mathieu van der Poel’s Paris-Roubaix victory dominated the headlines on Sunday, but for his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Silvan Dillier, the day took a very different turn. Dillier was involved in a dramatic crash during the race after colliding with a Team Visma | Lease a Bike mechanic. The incident...

Mathieu van der Poel’s third straight triumph at Paris-Roubaix should have been the headline story from the weekend. But instead, much of the attention has been diverted to a now infamous moment when a spectator hurled a bottle at the Dutchman, hitting him in the face during the race. Van der Poel l...

On stage 3 of the 2025 Giro d'Abruzzo, Edison Callejas has taken the victory and with it the queen stage of the race. Behind what was one of the biggest ever wins for Petrolike, Georg Zimmermann came second to take the race lead, as David de la Cruz took third. If there's one word to describe the ea...

Tibor del Grosso has already made his presence felt this year. After already making a good impression in 2024, the rider from Alpecin-Deceuninck has now ridden himself fully into the spotlight. Earlier this cycling season, he excelled in cyclocross, but now he is mainly showing his qualities on the...

Mathieu van der Poel has just concluded yet another spectacular spring campaign. The Dutch superstar secured his third consecutive victory at Paris-Roubaix, alongside wins at the E3 Saxo Classic and Milano-Sanremo. Before even hitting the road, he made history by claiming a record-equalling seventh...

It's been a long road for Team Visma | Lease a Bike prospect Cian Uijtdebroeks in his fight against lingering injuries, but after we reported yesterday that he was finally training pain free, the Belgian himself has now confirmed an imminent return to racing this Friday.  Earlier this week, Uijtdebr...

With 300 teams, the first edition of WorldTour Manager was a resounding success. And so CyclingUpToDate continues with a game just for the Amstel Gold Race. This makes following the race even more exciting! At the top of the website is a link for the Amstel Gold Race Game in WorldTourManager!   The...

After a little break from racing since his Milano-Sanremo disappointment, Tom Pidcock returns to action this Friday at Brabantse Pijl. Having already sparkled in early 2025, Pidcock's coach, Kurt Bogaerts is optimistic about his rider's chances of making a real impact.  "I think more like a general...

At the start of the year, the race for the final spot in the World Tour at the end of the current cycle looked like a straight up battle between Cofidis and the XDS Astana Team. With both of those teams showing strong improvement however, it's now Team Picnic PostNL that are suddenly most at risk of...

It's probably fair to say that if Wout van Aert ends his professional career with just the one Monument win from Milano-Sanremo 2020, the Belgian will have underachieved in the Spring Classics. With him now the wrong side of 30 though and up against the all-conquering threats of Mathieu van der Poel...

Colnago, the bike brand used by the world’s top cycling team, UAE Team Emirates, has unveiled the new model that will be at the disposal of Tadej Pogacar and his teammates - one they claim is even “lighter and more aerodynamic.” The Italian brand introduced the bike on social media, with the world c...

Mads Pedersen has been in a real purple patch this Spring, winning at Gent Wevelgem and finishing on the final podium at the E3 Saxo Classic, the Tour of Flanders and most recently, Paris-Roubaix. With the Dane in his contract year at Lidl-Trek and left out of the provisional Tour de France lineup,...

2025 will be the last season in a long career of home favourite Alessandro De Marchi. After 15 seasons at the highest level of cycling, the 38-year-old will hang up his bicycle in the jersey of Jayco AlUla. "I have decided that the 2025 cycling season will be my last as a professional cyclist," De M...

Tadej Pogacar gave it good go last Sunday on his Paris-Roubaix debut, but the world champion ultimately came up just a little short in his battle against Mathieu van der Poel at the 'Hell of the North'. According to German cycling icon Jens Voigt, a partial reason for this might be the fact that for...

Tadej Pogacar might have fallen just short in his quest to win Paris-Roubaix on debut last weekend, eventually finishing runner-up to Mathieu van der Poel, but the Slovenian has once again ensured he is the talk of the cycling world thanks to his performances. One of those left stunned, was former T...

There are not many reasons for happiness in the best team of 2023 - Visma | Lease a Bike. While Jonas Vingegaard is once again injured, the team's other star Wout van Aert was only a shadow of his past self at the cobbled Classics with merely places of honour. And the sky isn't more blue across the...

Alberto Contador is one of the most renowned commentators of the international cycling scene. The former Giro, Tour and Vuelta winner is a Eurosport reference and usually tells 'little stories' that liven up the long transmissions of the two-wheeled sport. On a recent podcast appearance, he has shar...

Absolutely mind-wobbling. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot crashed on one of the decisive cobbled sectors on her Hell of the North debut, but later caught up with the front and ultimately drove everyone off her wheel. Who would've thought that the French woman who aims for Tour de France Femmes title would go...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG has won Itzulia Basque Country with João Almeida and Tadej Pogacar finished second at Paris-Roubaix. The Emirati team has scored the most this past week, growing its gap to all others in every standard, whilst towards the bottom of the charts, there are a few interesting move...

Although the badge of wonderkid among Lidl-Trek lineup belongs to Albert Withen Philipsen, there'll another massive prospect coming to WorldTour through their development structure in 2026. And that Jakob Söderqvist's future seems to be any less exciting is evident from the way he's already able to...

Tudor Pro Cycling joins fellow Swiss ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling as the only two teams to receive not one, but two Grand Tour wildcards this season. For the team of Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi, this marks a historical debut at Tour de France as the team seems ready to tackle on the challenge o...

Ronde van Limburg was for the first time in its history moved onto a lucrative spot in cycling calendar, right between the cobbled Classics and Ardennes. The director of organizing party Flanders Classics expressed the ambition to, in future, build up the race to be a key stepping stone with view to...

Milan Fretin became the lucky winner of Wednesday's Ronde van Limburg. However, things didn't always play into his hands with a flat tire in final parts of the race. "I needed a bike change in the final because I had a flat tire at a bad time. Luckily I had Stan (Stanislaw Aniolkowski, ed.) with me...

Don’t let the title fool you. Mads Pedersen got extremely unlucky on Sunday at Paris-Roubaix. It was the wrong moment for things to go wrong. In the midst of what was shaping up to be a thrilling finale to the 2025 edition of the Hell of the North, the Dane suffered a puncture at the worst possible...

Remco Evenepoel is the current double Olympic champion which comes with the honour of wearing golden helmet in races. However we haven't seen the glittering complement to his blue outfit on the roads in 2025 yet. A training injury sidelined Evenepoel for a while, but now he's finally back to race th...

The 2025 edition of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women is set to bring world-class racing back to the UK with a spectacular four-stage route stretching across northern England and Scotland from June 5th-8th. Beginning in the heart of the North York Moors, passing through picturesque coastal towns, an...

On Sunday, Mathieu van der Poel made history. Again. Winning Paris-Roubaix for the third consecutive year, the Dutchman cemented his status not just as the modern king of the cobbles, but as one of the very best one-day riders the sport has ever seen. His win in the 2025 edition of the “Hell of the...

After conquering the Itzulia Basque Country last week, with two stage wins and a dominant display, João Almeida couldn't hide his satisfaction with one of the most remarkable moments of his career. The Portuguese rider from UAE Team Emirates - XRG called this victory his most important to date, high...

The world of cycling is preparing for its next major transformation. After the resounding success of the first unified UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow in 2023, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is gearing up to host the second edition in 2027. This time, the spotlight shifts to Haut...

Milan Fretin has won the Ronde van Limburg after a chaotic ending, where Biniam Girmay failed to pick up his first win of the season. One of the first big moves of the day came when Tibor Del Grosso took off on the Manshoven cobbled section, with around 50km to the finish lines. He could certainly b...

On October 12th, 2024, Remco Evenepoel stood on the podium at Il Lombardia, having finished second in the season’s final Monument. At the time, it marked the end of a spectacular year, arguably the finest of his young but already remarkable career. That afternoon, there was every expectation that 20...

Last weekend brought us one of the most unforgettable Paris-Roubaix doubleheaders in recent memory. Mathieu van der Poel extended his legacy with a third consecutive triumph on the iconic cobbles, defeating Tadej Pogacar in a historic men’s race. A day earlier, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot delivered a mas...

In the second stage of the Giro d'Abruzzo, Ivo Oliveira has taken the victory! In a race that only really came alive in the final kilometres, it was yet another win for UAE. Day two of the race took the riders from Tocco da Casauria and to Penne. With 15km to go, the final breakaway rider (Samuele Z...

The 2025 Tour de France is fast approaching, with just 80 days separating cycling fans from the Grand Départ on July 5. But for French supporters in particular, all eyes will be on Stage 10, set to take place on July 14, Bastille Day, a date that traditionally carries extra emotional weight during t...

Last weekend at Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2025, Team SD Worx - Protime fell short in their bid to make it a hat-trick on Monument wins to start the season, as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot soloed to her first win since returning to the road. Whilst the French star was undoubtedly impressive on the cobbles, acco...

Whilst the thrilling battle for the win between Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar took most of the headlines at Paris-Roubaix 2025, each and every rider that took part can leave the race with an interesting story to tell. For former Irish national champion Rory Townsend, who spent a large part...

Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar have lit up the Monuments of 2025 so far, sharing the three races between them and giving fans of the sport some of the most exciting racing seen in years. Although fierce rivals on the bike however, the pair are known to be good friends off the bike and it's t...

Few riders have ever been as consistently strong at Paris-Roubaix as Mathieu van der Poel has over recent years. Last Sunday, the Dutch superstar made it an incredible, three successive victories at the 'Hell of the North', pushing back a strong fight from Tadej Pogacar to take the solo win in the v...

Cian Uijtdebroeks has had an awful run of luck over the last year. The main, recurring theme of the Belgian's time at Team Visma | Lease a Bike so far has been a feeling of numbness in his legs, something that until recently has been an issue without any resolutions. Now though, could there finally...

Mads Pedersen has made no secret about the fact that Paris-Roubaix is the race he wants to win more than any other. Despite a monumental effort last weekend, the Dane was forced to settle for 3rd spot on the podium at the 2025 edition of the Hell of the North, following a notably badly timed mechani...

Tadej Pogacar's road to completing the sport of cycling has a few notable sticking points. Already in 2025, the Slovenian has come close to adding Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix wins to his palmares for the first time, and Vuelta a Espana boss Javier Guillen is hopeful a similar lure of adding a n...

After nearly half a year since his nightmare crash with a BPost van in early December, Remco Evenepoel is finally nearing a return to the peloton at Brabantse Pijl 2025 on Friday. With this being far from the first lengthy lay-off of the Belgian's career however, this time the problems were as much...

Sean Kelly is no stranger to the chaos and glory of the Spring Classics. The Irish legend, now 68, won Paris-Roubaix and Milano-Sanremo multiple times, and claimed five Tour de France stage victories alongside a Vuelta a España title. His palmarès include nearly every major honour in the sport, with...

The 2025 edition of Paris-Roubaix was not as close as some have been in the past, but it has nevertheless delivered dramatic action. Before entering the final 90 kilometers, the main favourites had gone to the limit, and then it was a matter of riders cracking and suffering mishaps all the way to th...

Last Sunday's incredible battle at Paris-Roubaix 2025 saw some fiery riding on the bike. It was one instant of an overzealous crowd member over-stepping his boundaries that dominated the post-race talk though, as race-winner Mathieu van der Poel was attacked by a 'fan' at the roadside, who threw a f...

Mathieu van der Poel has sadly been no stranger to crowd trouble of late. One of these notable example came at the E3 Saxo Classic when the Alpecin-Deceuninck leader received a disgusting spit from one of those in attendance at the road side. Thankfully, the culprit is set for repercussion for his a...

The cycling world was rocked in December 2023 by the tragic passing of Australian star Melissa Hoskins. With her husband, former world time-trial champion Rohan Dennis currently in the docks after pleading guilty to an aggravated charge of creating a likelihood of harm, the family of Hoskins has sha...

During the past week we have had the end of Scheldeprijs, Itzulia Basque Country and Paris-Roubaix, so it's safe to say there were a lot of UCI points distributed - whilst a lot of riders also lost theirs of last year. There have been big changes in the UCI Rankings, however not at the very top wher...

Compared to previous years, there's a "new" one-day race taking place in Belgium in April. Ronde van Limburg may be just a 1.1-level race, but with the organizer Flanders Classics hopes to create an extra opportunity for versatile sprinters in the midst of the biggest Classics of the season. "Let’s...

While Jasper Stuyven crashed early on in Paris-Roubaix and ultimately finished 95th, his wife Elke Bleyaert had an even worse ordeal that weekend. She went to watch Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's first road comeback victory at Paris-Roubaix Femmes, but after the race she found her car completely looted. W...

Somewhere deep inside, Alexander Kristoff must've hoped that in his last time at Paris-Roubaix, he might break the curse of the Hell of the North and finally score a top result in his fifteenth attempt. However no fairy tale was awaiting the 37-year-old Norwegian who crashed hard quite early on in t...

Sadly, there seems to be no hotter topic in the cycling world at the moment than the crowd troubles that continue to plague big events. The issue of Mathieu van der Poel are most prominent at the minute, but the Dutchman is far from alone in his plight. During last winter's cyclocross season, Eli Is...

For the 4th time in his career, UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Alessandro Covi was able to celebrate a professional win on stage 1 of the 2025 Giro d'Abruzzo on Tuesday afternoon in Crecchio, Italy. After being forced to wait three years since his victory though, this win comes as a much needed boost for...

The fallout from Paris-Roubaix 2025 continues to dominate the headlines in the cycling world. Although Mathieu van der Poel stunningly soloed to a third successive success on the iconic cobbles, it is once again crowd troubles aimed at the Dutch superstar that leave a sour taste for the true fans of...

Mathieu van der Poel stormed to a third successive triumph at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday afternoon in yet another standout performance in the glittering career of the Dutch superstar. Post-race though, much of the headlines were surrounding a shocking example of crowd unrest as one 'fan' threw a full b...

On the 18th of April, Remco Evenepoel makes a long-awaited return to the peloton, finally kick starting his 2025 season at Brabantse Pijl. After a disastrous crash involving a BPost van back in early December, Evenepoel has been waiting a long time to get back into the mix.  “I am counting the days...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Alessandro Covi has taken the win on the opening stage of the 2025 Giro d'Abruzzo, in the process securing the first leader's jersey of this year's edition of the Italian stage race, continuing his team's winning start to the season.  The all-Italian trio of Diego Bracalent...

Last Sunday, Mathieu van der Poel once again proved himself the undisputed ruler of the cobbles by storming to the solo win at Paris-Roubaix for the third straight year. In doing so, the Dutchman equalled the Roubaix tally of the legendary Swiss Classics icon, Fabian Cancellara.  "He was the deserve...

Portuguese cycling is going through an excellent period and the latest results only confirm this trend. João Almeida had a memorable week in the Tour of the Basque Country, where he won two stages and brilliantly won the final general classification. But it's not just Almeida, no, as António Morgad...

On the 14th April, Monday, we enter the week where Remco Evenepoel will return to pro cycling. His last race was on the 12th October, over half a year ago when he was second to Tadej Pogacar at Il Lombardia. This upcoming Friday he returns to competition at the Brabantse Pijl and he has shared a tha...

The Vuelta a España 2025 will take place from August 23 to September 14 and will start from Italy! The final Grand Tours of the season will start in Italy, pass through France and Andorra, before going through a heap of mountainous and hilly stages throughout the Spanish mainland. We take a look at...

After a steady but unspectacular classics campaign, Biniam Girmay will look to reignite his season this Wednesday at the Ronde van Limburg. The Intermarché–Wanty rider, who last tasted victory at the 2024 Tour de France where he secured the green jersey, but there’s cautious optimism within his camp...

The Giro d'Italia Donne will take place from the 6th to the 13th July 2025 and will be one of the key moments in the women's peloton season. The Italian Grand Tour will feature a route from north to south, missing out on the Passo del Mortirolo which was expected, but featuring interesting stages aw...

The Giro d'Abruzzo takes to the road from today until next Saturday, the 18th of April. It will be a four-stage race and features a tougher course than last year's edition, which will make it more attractive to climbers. The final startlist features: Ivo Oliveira, George Bennett, Pablo Torres, Louis...

I tried to illustrate this article with a picture of Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Vingegaard together, but I couldn't find one. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but the fact that it's very difficult to find one with both of them perfectly exemplifies my idea: I think that a sector of cycling fans...

As cycling continues to reel from the shocking bottle-throwing incident at Paris-Roubaix, a Belgian fan club linked to Matej Mohorič has released a detailed statement distancing itself from the act and confirming it played a role in helping the perpetrator turn himself in. Matej Mohorič, who crashed...

Mathieu van der Poel wrote another chapter in his legendary career last weekend, powering to a third consecutive victory at Paris-Roubaix. His dominant display on the cobbles of northern France further cemented his status as one of the greatest Classics riders in history. But rather than celebratin...

One of Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s key riders has been notably absent throughout the spring Classics campaign, Christophe Laporte. The Frenchman, a consistent performer in the one day races in recent seasons, has been side-lined with cytomegalovirus, a condition that kept him off the bike for weeks...

Besides the gruesome cobbles, another characteristic of Paris-Roubaix is the full-blown chaos of this French Monument. Sporza's Renaat Schotte followed the whole race, including some unreal scenes, from a TV motorbike. "7,000 things were happening at once," the Belgian journalist begins his analysis...

Tim Merlier was hopeful to improve his best result at Paris-Roubaix, but last weekend he clearly met his limit. The European champion tried to hang on with top groups for as long as possible, but ultimately he saw the best ride away while the Belgian arrived onto the Roubaix velodrome as 36th. "I'm...

Paris-Roubaix is a race that, days after it has finished, is still talked about because of the number of stories it generates. One of the most unusual of the 2025 edition was Dries de Bondt. The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rider was looking for a deserved Top 10 in the Hell of the North, but an unusu...

Paris-Roubaix was again a two-man show. Behind, the battle for podium featured also Wout van Aert who, using the new Gravaa tire-pressure system, hoped to raise his stocks against the superhumans. But eventually it was only a fourth place... "Wout van Aert and Visma | Lease a Bike hoped the much-dis...

Wout van Aert didn't really have many reasons to smile last year and the consequences of crashes that caused that state of mind continue to haunt him also in 2025. Although fourth places at Flanders and Roubaix sound okay on paper - they're not victories.  "Van Aert lost his race on a stretch of bar...

The biggest surprise of Paris-Roubaix may have just been Stefan Bissegger. The Swiss timetrialist was for a long time in the mix for a top result and even though an ill-timed puncture took him out of battle for final podium, he still finished the race in a nice 7th place. "I'm very tired! Everything...

At INEOS, Joshua Tarling has shown that he is much more than a time trialist. That's why he came to Paris-Roubaix 2025 with the illusion of achieving a great result. However, a food problem ruined his day. Tarling finished the Hell of the North in 52nd position, 11:42 behind Mathieu van der Poel, a...

On April 20th, the peloton engages in the third of the Ardennes classics with the Amstel Gold Race, kicking off with its customary long and hilly route through the Limburg hills. We take a look at it's profile.  As always, a race of endurance. Taking place in the hilly area around Valkenburg, it's a...

Crashes at Paris-Roubaix are a sad but unavoidable reality, however usually they happen because of the technical cobbled sectors or the tense fights for positioning. For Silvan Dillier, former runner-up and key domestique for Mathieu van der Poel who won the race, it ended after he collided with a m...

Seven Movistar Team riders set off for Paris-Roubaix and none of them made it to the velodrome. The leader, Iván García Cortina, who was looking for a great result after his top 10 in the Tour of Flanders a week earlier, went out giving a show and entering very high in Aremberg, but soon realized th...

The UCI has released a statement following the incident that included Mathieu van der Poel and a fan during Paris-Roubaix. The now three-time winner of the Hell of the North was victim of a bidon thrown at his face by a spectator during his solo ride to victory, and the story continues to develop in...

Biniam Girmay is a rider that broke through in the international peloton at the 2022 Gent Wevelgem. The Eritrean rider showed off his talent in the cobbled classics and ever since, he's been a feature in these races - aside from Intermarché - Wanty's leader. At Paris-Roubaix, he had an interesting d...

INEOS Grenadiers started Paris-Roubaix with high ambitions but were struck by a lot of bad luck which ultimately took them out of the fight for the third monument of the season's victory. Filippo Ganna was the team leader, but couldn't be satisfied with what he had achieved when arriving to the velo...

Wout van Aert has shown his best level once again, after two years of bad luck which have prevented him from taking the desired result at Paris-Roubaix, but this was only enough for a fourth place in both the cobbled monuments. Whilst there are reasons to be satisfied with his form, there are mixed...

At Paris-Roubaix, the unthinkable happened. Mathieu van der Poel has in the past unfortunately been thrown beer, urine and even spat on. But this Sunday at Paris-Roubaix, minutes before his triumphant third victory, he was thrown a full Visma bidon. The man who has done it has been identified in the...

The assault on Mathieu van der Poel during Paris-Roubaix was a shocking incident and one that with luck did not have worst consequences. A spectator - who has in the meantime turned himself into the police - threw a bidon at the former World Champion's face during the race finale, and many argue tha...

It's been nine years since a Briton had finished in the Top10 of Paris-Roubaix, back when Ian Stannard was third in 2016. Fred Wright has re-inserted the nation back on to the top positions of the Hell of the North after a strong ride that was also marked by bad luck.  "I avoided the big crashes and...

The spring classics are races that in the past were very marked by the unexpected and surprises in some of the very top events of the year. This year in 2025, the same two riders - Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel - were the two main favourites for all three of the first monuments and in all t...

A dangerous trend is emerging in cycling. A handful of spectators, dressed in their idol's colors, or just barely, are behaving more like hooligans than fans. Mathieu van der Poel is spit on, urine is thrown at him, and at the latest edition of Paris-Roubaix, even now a full drinking bidon has flown...

Throughout history there have been massive rivalries in cycling and after having Jonas Vingegaard and the Tour de France duels, Tadej Pogacar has now found himself in a titanic dispute with Mathieu van der Poel on the spring classics. The World Champion has nothing but respect for his main rival, ev...

He may not have managed to crown his Paris-Roubaix debut with a win, but Tadej Pogacar has once again left the entire cycling world incredibly impressed following his 2nd placed finish at the 2025 edition of the 'Hell of the North' behind Mathieu van der Poel. For much of the race, Pogacar seemed ev...

In cycling there is not as much hate to the athletes as happens in other sports, however there are exceptions, and unfortunately due to the close contact spectators have with the riders, this can pose serious consequences. At Paris-Roubaix, a spectator used this proximity to throw a full bidon at Ma...

Paris-Roubaix is a race that is thrilling but unfortunately also brutal on many. Crashes open often due to the tension but also the treacherous aspect of racing on narrow and cobbled roads. Stefan Küng is no stranger to dramatic falls, and after coming down on a cobbled sector he found himself finis...

With 38 kilometers to go at this year's Paris-Roubaix, the race winning gap opened up as Tadej Pogacar fell on one of the 30 cobbled sectors of the Hell of the North, whilst Mathieu van der Poel stayed upright and rode to victory into the velodrome. The fall did not hold physical consequences, but s...

Paris-Roubaix is known as one of the most unforgiving races in cycling, and Joe Pidcock proved just how much resilience it demands. The 23-year-old, riding for Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, was the final rider to cross the line in the 2024 edition, trailing winner Mathieu van der Poel by 53 minutes and 40...

A remarkable revelation has emerged, suggesting that INEOS Grenadiers once attempted to acquire the entire Alpecin-Deceuninck setup, in a bold move to secure the services of Mathieu van der Poel. The idea of Van der Poel in INEOS colours may seem difficult to imagine now, but according to team boss...

Mathieu van der Poel has made it an incredible hat-trick on the iconic cobbles of Paris-Roubaix, defying a massive effort from debutant Tadej Pogacar to seal the solo win in the velodrome for the third straight year in 2025. Eight riders attacked early to form the days breakaway: Kim Heiduk (INEOS G...

Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar wrote a thrilling 3rd chapter of the their Monument battles in 2025 on Sunday afternoon at Paris-Roubaix. This time though, rather than a moment of brilliance that decided the day, it was a mistake, as Pogacar crashed out on a cobbled sector, leaving Van der Po...

It's likely nothing dampen the spirits of Mathieu van der Poel this evening, following the Alpecin-Deceuninck leader's historic win at Paris-Roubaix 2025. As it turns out though, the race jury might be trying to do just that, handing the race winner and his team boss Christoph Roodhooft a sizeable p...

In the latest of a string of crowd trouble incidents against Mathieu van der Poel, the Alpecin-Deceuninck leader had a bidon viciously thrown right at his face by a 'fan' at the roadside, as he neared victory on Sunday afternoon at Paris-Roubaix 2025. Post-race, Van der Poel is now calling for serio...

Tadej Pogacar came within touching distance of a historic debut victory at Paris-Roubaix, but ultimately had to settle for second behind three-time champion Mathieu van der Poel. While the Slovenian’s podium was an impressive feat in itself, the result also highlighted the growing mutual respect bet...

At just 19 years old, Matthew Brennan produced a sensational ride on his Paris-Roubaix debut, impressing throughout in one of cycling’s most iconic and brutal races. The British prospect, riding for Team Visma | Lease a Bike, held his own against the best in the world over the punishing cobblestones...

Biniam Girmay experienced the brutal reality of Paris-Roubaix for the first time on Sunday, putting in a strong ride to finish 15th on debut in the Queen of the Classics. The Intermarché – Wanty rider handled the infamous cobbles with poise, avoiding crashes and mechanical issues that marred many ot...

Mathieu van der Poel has made history once again, becoming just the third rider to claim three consecutive victories at Paris-Roubaix. His dominant win not only adds to his growing legend but also served as a response to Tadej Pogacar, who had bested him a week earlier. This time, the roles were rev...

Mathieu van der Poel etched his name even deeper into cycling folklore today, claiming a historic third consecutive Paris-Roubaix title with a dominant display that cemented his status as arguably the finest cobbled specialist the sport has ever seen. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider powered to victory...

Mathieu van der Poel's reign as king of the cobbles has extended for another year. The Dutch superstar made it a historic hat-trick of Paris-Roubaix victories on Sunday afternoon, pushing back the challenge of Tadej Pogacar to arrive in the iconic velodrome finale a solo leader.  Watching the action...

Tadej Pogacar looked incredibly strong on his Paris-Roubaix debut this Sunday afternoon. Despite the best efforts of the world champion however, he couldn't quite take the victory as a late crash from the Slovenian saw Mathieu van der Poel power to the solo victory in the iconic velodrome for the th...

After finishing runner-up at the 2023 and 2024 editions of Paris-Roubaix, Jasper Philipsen looked well placed to be in the podium mix again in 2025. Sadly for the Belgian however, in the final portion of the race, everything went wrong and he eventually crossed the line 11th, more than four and a ha...

For the first time in his illustrious career, Tadej Pogacar tackled the iconic cobbles of Paris-Roubaix on Sunday afternoon. For the majority of the race, the Slovenian looked every bit the match of Mathieu van der Poel too, before one small mistake proved key. Given this bitter ending though, Pogac...

Mads Pedersen has looked incredibly strong this Spring, and the Dane has made no secret of the fact that his ultimate goal has been Paris-Roubaix. Sadly for the Lidl-Trek leader however, his wait for a first ever Monument win goes on after a badly-timed mechanical meant the best he could hope for in...

Wout van Aert's wait for Monument glory goes on. Despite a creditable performance from the Belgian star at Paris-Roubaix 2025, the best the Visma leader could manage was a 4th placed finish, losing out in a sprint for the podium to Mads Pedersen, over two minutes down on Mathieu van der Poel.  On so...

For the third year in a row, Mathieu van der Poel has soloed to the win at Paris-Roubaix. In 2025, though, the Dutchman was pushed incredibly hard on the cobbles by his Classics super-rival, Tadej Pogacar, with a small slip-up from the world champion ultimately proving the decisive factor on the day...

Mathieu van der Poel is sadly no stranger to being on the receiving end of some crowd trouble. At Paris-Roubaix 2025 however, it might be the most shocking example yet as the Alpecin-Deceuninck leader had a bottle thrown directly into his face by a 'fan' at the roadside. Following a slip up from Tad...

Tadej Pogacar has matched Mathieu van der Poel's every pedal stroke so far at Paris-Roubaix 2025. After the Slovenian made his first real mistake of the race though, it's the Dutchman who is now solo at the head of the race heading into the finale.  On the 5* Mons-en-Pévèle, Van der Poel launched a...

Lidl-Trek have ruled the race at the 2025 edition of Paris-Roubaix Espoirs, the men's under 23 version of arguably cycling's most iconic one-day race. In the end, it was Danish talent Albert Philipsen who took the victory, leading home teammate Jakob Soderqvist in the velodrome for a Lidl-Trek one-t...

Tadej Pogacar is making a highly-anticipated Paris-Roubaix debut this afternoon in France. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader has looked completely at home so far too, although his race-winning hopes were almost ended just now, by his own team car. With Mathieu van der Poel and Pogacar continued to...

This afternoon, world champion Tadej Pogacar makes a highly anticipated career-debut on the iconic cobbles of Paris-Roubaix. Can he win on debut though? That remains a hot topic of debate amongst the cycling world.  Pogacar's confidence would have been boosted by the recent win at the Tour of Flande...

Tadej Pogacar has taken the cycling world by storm over recent years, emerging not only as arguably the greatest rider of his generation, but perhaps the greatest of all time. Given this immense talent, there were surely numerous teams following the Slovenian as a youth. One of these was Soudal - Qu...

In the world of cycling there are many traditional faces and a lot of modern teams and aspects. When it comes to this, the long-standing manager of Groupama - FDJ Marc Madiot and World Champion Tadej Pogacar are on complete outside sides of the spectrum, but the Frenchman does have respect for the U...

While for Bram Welten a victory at junior version of Paris-Roubaix in 2015 may have been the highlight of his career, there was a rider back then finishing in 30th place who would ten years later be dubbed as top favorite to win the elite version - Tadej Pogacar. However at the time, the name hadn't...

Troisville is the first sector of cobblestone roads at Paris-Roubaix, every year an iconic moment on the Hell of the North. But it is also one of the most tense. In the run-up to it, several top favourites have crashed or punctured already.  Away from the cameras Wout van Aert has reportedly crashed...

Paris-Roubaix is one of the single most important races of the season and at the start - or team presentation this past Saturday - there were plenty big voices sharing their thoughts ahead of the third monument of the season. Jasper Philipsen, Tim Merlier, Biniam Girmay, Stefan Küng, Filippo Ganna a...

Wout van Aert and Team Visma | Lease a Bike are aiming for victory at Paris-Roubaix, something they have been seeking for many years. Albeit lacking some riders they hoped to have present, the team can still dream big after the Belgian put in a storming ride at the Tour of Flanders and is back to hi...

Tadej Pogacar has started his very first Paris-Roubaix this Sunday morning, but despite this lack of experience in the flat cobblestones, he is amongst the very top favourites in a race where it seems like all main classics specialists are at their best. UAE Team Emirates - XRG may deploy different...

Portuguese cyclist João Almeida, racing for UAE Team Emirates - XRG, brilliantly won the 2025 edition of Itzulia Basque Country, winning the decisive and emotionally-charged 6th and final stage with the yellow jersey on. At the age of 26, the native of A-dos-Francos described this triumph as the mos...

Paris-Roubaix takes place on the 13th of April this year and it is the grand climax of the cobbled classics. This will be the final and ultimate one, the third monument of the season features 55 kilometers of cobbled roads and every single year it is a highlight of the season. We preview the race ah...

Attacking and then finishing second behind Mathieu van der Poel at the E3 Saxo Classic, winning Gent Wevelgem by himself with a long solo attack and finish second at the Tour of Flanders ahead of van der Poel and van Aert. Mads Pedersen is having the best spring of his life, and his peak form could...

There was forecast of rain overnight in northern France and this scenario was confirmed. Whilst the Paris-Roubaix peloton will not have rain falling on them likely, they will be riding over wet cobblestones in some areas and with the race already starting, it will be impossible for them to dry in th...

It wasn’t to be for Lotte Kopecky at this year’s Paris-Roubaix. The reigning world champion, who stormed to victory at the Tour of Flanders just last week, appeared in excellent form once again on the cobbles. But despite her strength, the race slipped away. Victory instead went to Pauline Ferrand-P...

The Itzulia Basque Country 2025 came to an end on Saturday with an iconic final stage, the queen stage. João Almeida took the victory and the win in the general classification as well, but alongside him on every climb was an aggressive Enric Mas who attacked lots of times and climbed dramatically in...

Lotto’s Alec Segaert is gearing up for one of the most demanding races on the calendar, with his focus firmly on the unpredictable challenge of Paris-Roubaix. Speaking ahead of Sunday’s race, the Belgian talent highlighted how much the weather could shape the day’s outcome. "A lot will depend on the...

When it comes to marginal gains, few teams embrace innovation as relentlessly as Team Visma | Lease a Bike. For a race as brutal and unpredictable as Paris-Roubaix, the Dutch squad are once again turning to cutting-edge technology in the pursuit of performance, this time, with tyre pressure. At the...

Sunday marks the return of the “Hell of the North,” and all eyes will be on Mathieu van der Poel as he bids to win his third consecutive Paris-Roubaix. The Dutchman has been unstoppable over the past two editions, and in both 2023 and 2024, it was his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Jasper Philipsen who...

Two riders with contrasting histories at Paris-Roubaix are aiming to make headlines in the 2025 edition of the race, which takes place tomorrow. Jenthe Biermans of Arkéa–B&B Hotels and Laurenz Rex of Intermarché–Wanty both believe the unpredictable nature of the cobbled Monument could work in their...

Wout van Aert returns to Paris-Roubaix with a clear mission: to finally conquer the iconic cobbled Monument and overcome two of the sport’s biggest names, Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar. Speaking to Cycling Pro Net ahead of Sunday’s race, the Belgian star appeared composed and focused, with...

Tomorrow, Mathieu van der Poel stands on the brink of cycling history. The Alpecin-Deceuninck leader has the chance to become just the third rider ever to win Paris-Roubaix three times in a row, a feat that would cement his legend on the cobbles and place him alongside the race’s all-time greats. Sp...

As cycling fans gear up for the 2025 edition of Paris-Roubaix, there’s no better time to look back on the most iconic moments from a race that, outside the grand tours, is often the race fans look forward to the most. That’s likely because the fans don’t have to ride the cobbles… Known as The Hell...

Throughout the 2025 Itzulia Basque Country, 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. Finn Fish...

Throughout Itzulia Basque Country, there will likely be many riders forced to withdraw from the race, for various different reasons. We make a list of all riders who leave the race, as well as list out a few of the main crashes that take place during the race. Nothing to note.  Ethan Hayter (Soudal...

INEOS Grenadiers have been having a good season so far and part of the reason why is Filippo Ganna's spring. The Italian has thrived in Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo and the Flandrien classics; and now he finishes his campaign at Paris-Roubaix where he will be an interesting contender for victor...

João Almeida showed perhaps the strongest level of his career this week at Itzulia Basque Country. Not only being the strongest climber in the race, but also dealing with the pressure, the bad weather, the explosive climbs and much more. He has won the overall classification alongside his second sta...

Itzulia Basque Country 2025 came to an end this Saturday with a queen stage that was pure spectacle. Enric Mas gave one of the best performances of his professional career, climbing from 8th to 2nd place in a final general classification that was won by Joao Almeida - and the two had an interesting...

Paris-Roubaix takes place on the 13th of April this year and it is the grand climax of the cobbled classics. This will be the final and ultimate one, the third monument of the season features 55 kilometers of cobbled roads and every single year it is a highlight of the season. We take a look at it's...

The boss of Itzulia Basque Country. João Almeida has won the Basque race, the biggest win of his career, as he sealed the overall classification today in Eibar. He attacked, defended himself from other attacks, and beat Enric Mas in the final sprint to also take his second stage win of the week.  Th...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot spent over half a decade away from road cycling in it's majority and now within a few months of a full-time return to the discipline, she has been able to achieve greatness. After podiums at the Strade Bianche Donne and Tour of Flanders, she is now the first French winner of t...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a rider that in the past has achieved a lot in road cycling, and for six years she put the road aside to focus on mountain biking and off-road racing. In 2025 she made her return with Team Visma | Lease a Bike, and it couldn't have been more glorious as she achieved the fir...

Tadej Pogacar is present at Paris-Roubaix this year and he is the big star at the start line, despite it featuring all of the top classics riders. The rainbow jersey was at the team presentation this afternoon and talked a bit about his thoughts 24 hours before the start.  In Flanders, the UAE Team...

For the first time since the early 1990s, the defending Tour de France champion is set to compete at Paris-Roubaix in 2025 as Tadej Pogacar continues to rewrite the cycling rulebook. Despite the potential dangers of the iconic French cobbles though, the Slovenian has done more than enough to earn th...

António Morgado comes from a country that has very little history in the northern classics but has very quickly left an impression in the peloton by finishing Top5 of the Tour of Flanders in his neo-pro season. In 2025 his role transformed into a supporting one for Tadej Pogacar in the monuments, bu...

Paris-Roubaix is perhaps the race on the World Tour calendar where rain can make the most difference. Not only visually, but the 'Hell of the North' is exceptionally dangerous when the conditions are wet, and the riders may just find that this Sunday.  Whilst this Saturday's Paris-Roubaix Femmes has...

Paris-Roubaix 2025 is here. This Sunday marks one of the most exciting editions of the Hell of the North. Not only because of the debut of Tadej Pogacar and his new chapter in the rivalry with Mathieu van der Poel, but also because of the huge number of contenders for the victory. The favorites are...

Paris-Roubaix is one of the most highly anticipated races of the year and throughout the entire week little else has been on the mind of fans and riders alike. With a vast array of contenders for the victory in northern France, Johan Bruyneel has shared his opinion on a few.  On Mathieu van der Poel...

Belgium is the birthplace of many of cycling's best ever, and whilst it still does currently, it's no match for the 20th century's stars. Because of the country's history, tradition and large landscape of media, it's riders receive substantially more attention than in most other nations. This contri...

By now, Artem Shcherbyna is a name that becomes more and more recognizable in pro cycling. The Ukrainian Youtuber had multiple interesting videos throughout the winter following riders such as Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Tom Pidcock and Remco Evenepoel in Spain; and now he has followed Mathieu...

On the eve of Paris-Roubaix, all the preparations are done into what is the final major cobbled classic of the spring. Two-time defending champion Mathieu van der Poel is at the top of the list of favourites which stretches amongst several riders, and his health has improved since the Tour de Flandr...