In 2025, many high-profile riders have announced their retirement. One of them has been the Italian sprinter Elia Viviani, who is hanging his bike after an extremely successful career both on the road and on the track. Although he ended on a high note by winning the elimination race at the recent W...

Another young rider has decided to retire from the professional peloton, this time 24-year-old Dutchman Lars Boven. After two seasons in the WorldTour with Alpecin - Deceuninck, where he served as a valuable domestique for Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen, Boven has chosen to end his road c...

The 2026 season is coming closer and closer and lots of riders remain without a contract for the 2026 season. Some do, but are not publicly revealed by their teams. But amongst those who aren't known by the public to have a sitting contract for the upcoming year are the likes of Biniam Girmay, Richa...

The 2026 season will start soon and lots of riders will race for the first time in a World Tour team. This list includes some pretty interesting names including Grand Tour stage winners, Top5 finishers, big classics winners and some of the most talented riders in the world who actually hadn't raced...

The 2026 season is taking shape and so are the plans of the top teams. Although the Giro d'Italia route has not been officially announced yet, most details are known and at this point in time there are some choices that are rather obvious within a few teams. At Bahrain - Victorious, there is already...

XDS Astana Team entered the 2025 season with a major UCI point deficit and an almost certain chance of meeting relegation at the end of the year. It now feels distant, but team manager Alexandr Vinokourov has brought up the team's achievement, closing the gap and overtaking several teams in its way...

Matteo Jorgenson was signed by Team Visma | Lease a Bike two seasons ago, and last winter the Dutch team brought in Victor Campenaerts. The two riders have significantly increased their level after their move, have fit in absolutely perfectly as Jonas Vingegaard's right-hand men, and have also becam...

Another World Tour rider has confirmed his retirement from cycling: Movistar's Davide Cimolai. The 36-year old has turned pro in 2010 already in the World Tour and spent his entire career in top teams where he has achieved a lot but also been a reliable domestique for many quality riders.  "I'd been...

Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar are the two riders in the current peloton who have reached the highest historical value, and certainly, they remain the riders with the most dominant wins against their peers. There are questions, though, on how long they can keep it up after such a high amount...

Thibau Nys is a rider that often suffers from inconsistency however he has started off the 2024-2025 season on the right foot. After winning the Koppenbergcross, he has once again hit hard where it matters, winning today the Tabor World Cup, the first of the discipline's most important competition. ...

Baloise - Glowi Lions are trying to take hold of the cyclocross cups and today in Tabor they have done a good job to take the lead of the World Cup. Thibau Nys has taken his first win in the Belgian national champion jersey this winter, taking a dominant win after his teammate Lucinda Brand did the...

The Cyclocross is for many the most important cup of the season and it began today in the Czech Republic after two months of smaller races; the Superprestige Cup and the X2O Badkamers. Lucinda Brand took the victory in the opening round and has reacted to another top result alongside European Champi...

The Cyclocross World Cup began today in Tabor and the winner was not a surprise in the women's field. Lucinda Brand has thus far been dominating the women's field and she has done so once again, beating Crelan duo Sara Casasola and Inge van der Heijden.  The race started off with Marie Schreiber tak...

Professional cycling’s organisational landscape has shifted, with Vuelta a Espana director Javier Guillen elected as the new president of the AIOCC — the influential body representing organisers of the sport’s major races. His appointment brings an end to Christian Prudhomme’s 15-year tenure, markin...

So far in the 2025 season reviews, it feels like its been quite negative. But today, that mood will change. The 2025 season proved to be another significant chapter for the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team. Across spring classics and three Grand Tours, they mixed steady returns with a few near-misses...

Former Belgian national coach Rik Verbrugghe will tie his future to the R.EV Brussels Cycling Academy in 2026, the development structure run by Remco Evenepoel and his father Patrick Evenepoel.  The R.EV Brussels Cycling Academy is a cycling academy in Brussels that focuses on making cycling accessi...

The name of Freddy Ovett might not sound familiar to most cycling fans, but this former pro is actually Mathieu van der Poel's current social media cameraman, having accompanied him over the past years. The Australian rider, son of former Olympic 800-meter champion Steve Ovett, began his sporting li...

After years of trying to establish himself as a Grand Tour general classification contender, Giulio Ciccone has decided to end that chapter of his career. The 30-year-old Lidl-Trek rider, once seen as Italy’s next great GC hope, confirmed that he will no longer chase overall results, shifting instea...

Sam Bennett's transfer to Q36.5 has been one of the main stories of the offseason. The veteran Irish rider, after spending two seasons with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, has switched teams and will represent the Swiss Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling in 2026, with renewed ambitions of riding the Tou...

Greg Lemond is a three-time Tour de France winner, two-time World Champion and a rider who has marked the history of the sport in the 1980's and 90's. He was reported to have a VO2Max of 92.5mL/kg/min which is said to be the highest amongst pro cyclists that have achieved meaningful results up to th...

Tony Martin has tested himself in competition for the first time since hanging up his wheels at the end of the 2021 season, and the four-time world time trial champion wasted no time in showing that the famous “Panzerwagen” engine is still very much intact. The German, formerly of teams such as Jum...

Many have warned that at this point in cycling, the riders may begin to retire earlier in their careers. That certainly seems to be an ongoing trend already and today 29-year old Jonas Gregaard has announced his retirement from the sport after many years racing at the top level.  "After many years a...

The 2026 season is getting closer and closer. Although the cycling market is still active, the main signings have been closed. There have been very mediatic signings, others thinking long term, and some key renewals. All thinking about the new three-year period until 2028. Here are some of the most...

More and more top riders retire at younger ages from the sports. Whilst this is widely feared due to their early development, what we're currently seeing are riders left without a contract earlier on in their careers as the teams make continuous pushes to sign younger riders. It's a transition phase...

Training on the road for pro cyclists is a dangerous job, as many have learnt this year. The list of injuries from riders getting hit by drivers on the road, however, continues to extend and is leaving a dent in the peloton. This Friday, Arkéa - B&B Hotels' Thibault Guernalec was the victim of a car...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike has several long-term veterans in the team, many of them climbers. Whilst the level increases by the year, Wilco Kelderman continues to be competitive throughout the generations and although he is fully on a domestique role currently, he continues to have the motivation at...

Remco Evenepoel is most likely going to the Giro d'Italia. This can already be accurately accessed at the time being as, if the Giro d'Italia route features a 40-kilometer long time trial as its rumoured, Remco Evenepoel has already expressed that it is perfect for him and should be the natural choi...

The Cyclocross World Cup will begin this Sunday the 23rd of November in Tabor, Czech Republic. It is the last of cyclocross' big cups to start and it will feature many of the world's best. We take a look at its course, the startlists, favourites, how and when to watch it - including information on t...

In 2025, Tadej Pogacar outdid himself with an even more outstanding season than the one in 2024, which already seemed unbeatable. The Slovenian added further victories in the Tour de France, World Championships and other major races on the calendar, as well as his first victory at the European Champ...

Remco Evenepoel's calendar selection will be mostly decided after the 1st of December when the Giro d'Italia organizers reveal the route for the 2026 edition. Knowing what the Belgian has said, there is a high incentive to have a long flat time trial and rumours suggest this will indeed be the case,...

Unibet Rose Rockets continue to make their big push towards the 2026 Tour de France wildcard. Its signed Tour de France stage winners in Dylan Groenewegen, Victor Lafay and Wout Poels; Its gotten a French nationality; and its increased its level significantly in riders and also staff. The team has n...

Tadej Pogacar is having no thoughts  of retiring anytime soon despite the potential for it that began after his exhausting fourth Tour de France win. He is staying with UAE Team Emirates - XRG until 2030, and in recent interviews he has discussed also Remco Evenepoel who could emerge as his new top...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG, as it is known today, was created in 2017 out of the former Lampre-Merida project. For much of its existence it was a mostly Italian-based team, however over time this has changed quite a bit, and currently it has evolved into the world's wealthiest and most successful team...

In the 2026 season, Lidl-Trek will welcome many new faces among their ranks, including the big GC talent of Juan Ayuso. The Spaniard has been their stellar signing in the cycling market, although the American team's activity has not stopped there. They have also added Matteo Sobrero, who will arrive...

Marcel Kittel was one of the great sprinters of his generation. He dominated the big sprints of the 2010s, won 14 stages in the Tour de France and became a reference in world cycling before retiring young. He has recently shared his opinion on doping and how it's changed and hasn't changed since the...

In recent weeks, many sprinters have raised their voices. Why? Above all because of the announcement of the route of the 2026 Tour de France, where the finish in Montmartre has been reinstated after this year's success. The problem is that for the sprinters, one of the most mythical possible victori...

The Tour de France 2025 included a novelty that pleased most cycling fans. In the mythical stage 21 in Paris, instead of the classic route along the Champs Elysées, with a finish for the sprinters, there was a day in classic format with Montmartre as the key climb, where Wout van Aert defeated Tadej...

A big show is set to take place this evening in Milan, Italy. And many of the biggest stars of cycling peloton such as Tadej Pogacar, Biniam Girmay, Jasper Philipsen or Isaac del Toro are among invited. The common denominator? Alex Carera's A&J All Sports Agency is working in the background on contr...

A quiet but transformative shift has swept across the WorldTour: the long-running Israel - Premier Tech project has been reborn as the NSN Cycling Team, marking the end of its Israeli-Canadian identity and the start of a Spanish-Swiss era built around one of the most unusual backers the peloton has...

Jonas Vingegaard may have ended the 2025 Vuelta a Espana in the red jersey, but the memories that linger most vividly are not of mountain attacks or GC battles — they are of the chaotic scenes that repeatedly disrupted the race. Speaking to TV2 after returning home to Denmark following a short holi...

Remco Evenepoel’s debut season in Red Bull – BORA  hansgrohe colours looks set to open with a surprise twist, as La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the Belgian superstar is expected to take on Milano-Sanremo for the first time in his career. The Italian outlet’s well-connected journalist Ciro Sco...

Biniam Girmay, Fernando Gaviria, Richard Carapaz, Leo Hayter and a few World Tour teams securing several of their riders are the main stories in this week's cycling market. Despite heading into the second half of November, there is still plenty activity in all corners of the cycling world and the ac...

Tadej Pogacar has signed one of the best seasons in the history of cycling after winning the Tour de France, Strade Bianche, three monuments (Flanders, Liège and Lombardia), the World and European Championships and more. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader seems to have no rival and there are only th...

Peter Sagan has reflected on the state of contemporary professional cycling, arguing that increasing levels of scientific control and predictability have reduced the sense of suspense that once defined racing. Speaking to Marca in Abu Dhabi in his role as a MyWhoosh ambassador, the three-time World...

In a sense, cyclocross is the most traditional of the current cycling disciplines. The sport has barely changed over the last decade, both physically and technically. With the rise of gravel and it's wide tyres, the obvious question is often brought up; wouldn't it be better to race on gravel or mou...

Remco Evenepoel’s blockbuster move to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe is already reshaping the team’s identity — and according to Johan Vansummeren, it could come at a painful cost for one of Belgium’s fastest finishers. Speaking in his column for Het Belang van Limburg, the 2011 Paris-Roubaix champion...

Thomas De Gendt has offered one of the most frank assessments yet of the turbulent Lotto–Intermarche merger, admitting that riders caught in the middle of the process are living through a “hellish” period of uncertainty and have been left without the information they need to plan their futures. The...

Lidl-Trek general manager Luca Guercilena has urged cycling’s authorities to rethink safety from the ground up, arguing that the sport is stuck in a cycle of opinion-based fixes rather than evidence-driven solutions. Speaking in conversation with Bici.Pro, he outlined a striking proposal: invest he...

Cofidis has lost Jesús Herrada and now Stefano Oldani heads to Caja Rural - Seguros RGA. Two of the French team's Grand Tour stage winners are leaving towards Spanish second-division teams and will provide direct competition in 2026.  Oldani will wear green after completing six seasons at the highes...

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are the Grand Tour rivals of a generation and a decade. From 2021 to 2025, they have finished first and second on every single Tour de France, and the presence of one another raises the level of both. Vingegaard had admitted it, and the Slovenian believes the same....

Wout van Aert is a rider who has had his career recently marked heavily by crashes, and explains the effects it's had on him physically and mentally. Alongside that, in a recent interview, he explained what was going through his mind in the iconic 2025 Tour de France finale, in which he dropped Tade...

Cameron Mason has started off the cyclocross season strongly and before Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel make their return, he still has a few opportunities to hit big. The Briton has been close, but a resurgence and a new training strategy over the summer might trigger his best level.  "Mathi...

Davide Piganzoli was one of Team Visma | Lease a Bike's signings this winter, a young Italian climber who has potential to develop in future years and maybe even gain a leadership position depending on his evolution. For the time being it is a period of adaptation for the Team Polti VisitMalta rider...

Iván Romeo is one of the most promising riders at Movistar Team. The rider from Valladolid has established himself as one of the great promises of Spanish cycling with an extraordinary 2025 in which he has consolidated his position by winning a stage in Dauphiné, winning the Spanish Championship and...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is a structure that has lasted for several decades now in the world of cycling and it continues to function as a top team, although it has changed names plenty times over the years. With over 40 years of existence, there is room for a few riders to have spent most of their...

The XDS Astana Team staff will have an interesting new member in 2026. While it's no news that the Kazakhstan cycling's legend Alexander Vinokourov is in charge of the whole projects, his name being listed twice on the team staff page from next season is. The 23-year-old Alexandr Vinokurov jr. wrapp...

TotalEnergies have complicated period up ahead. The team's title sponsor is confirmed to be pulling out of the sponsorship at the end of 2026 and following the disbandment of Arkéa - B&B Hotels who were unable to find enough funds to continue, it's clear that the finishing pond for rich sponsors in...

The 2025 season was, besides many outstanding cycling performances, also tainted by the many political protests for which cycling races have unfortunately served as a perfect platform with its free access and limited security restrictions. Although Vuelta a Espana will be remembered mostly with canc...

Diego Ulissi will start his seventeenth season in professional peloton in 2026. The only two-time junior world champion (in this millenium) can already look back at overly successful cycling career, but the 36-year-old rider is not yet planning to hang up his bicycle. Although his contract at XDS As...

When Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the World Championships in 2024 - alongside others, many wondered if this was the greatest season ever seen in cycling. However, 50 years earlier, one man had already achieved that triple. That man, of course, was Eddy Merckx, the prot...

It's been known for a few weeks now that Israel and Premier Tech will part ways with the formation led by Kjell Carlström at the end of the 2025 season, but who will become the successor of the project which previously had an Israeli-Canadian image was a well-kept secret. Although rumours surfaced t...

Jesús Herrada has recently talked about his step down to ProTeam level, as he joins Burgos Burpellet BH on a one-year contract. He does not consider it a step down in his career, but instead a necessary boost in motivation to get back to his winning ways. However, at 35 years of age, he recognizes t...

Victor Campenaerts has transferred from Lotto to Team Visma | Lease a Bike in 2025 and it has transformed him fully. He was brought on top be a luxury domestique and has truly become one of the very best for the likes of Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert. Not only that, but he has reached his best-...

Jordan Jegat was the great revelation of the Tour de France, a rider whom few had even predicted could be in GC contention, ended up finishing in the Top10 through good climbing performances, heavy consistency and also well timed breakaways. The Frenchman embodied the aggressive spirit of the French...

Tadej Pogacar is without a doubt the fruit of an incredible cyclist who has found himself fitting perfectly in the requirements of the sport. But at the same time, he is incredibly gifted, genetically speaking. The Slovenian is a perfect mix of many factors that work in his favour and a new study ca...

Giulio Ciccone is a tremendously talented climber and a rider who often performs well in the stage-races. But the Grand Tours are a different monster, and the Italian has often encountered tough obstacles that got in his way. Hence from 2026 onwards, Ciccone will not be aiming for a overall classifi...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG was the top scoring team when it comes to UCI points in 2025, by far. It had Tadej Pogacar who was absolutely uncontested in individual terms, however when it came to the collective, the team had no problems in placing several riders close to the top. Here is a full breakdown...

Although it is not yet official, as expected Biniam Girmay will not ride for the renovated Lotto from next season despite a running contract with the disbanding Intermarché - Wanty. Instead, the Eritrean sprinter will bring his talent over to the current Israel - Premier Tech, which will be known un...

Jonas Vingegaard has offered his most candid explanation yet for the difficult end to his 2025 season, admitting he arrived at the European Championships in France so physically depleted that he is now relieved he pulled out of the World Championships in Rwanda. Speaking in conversation with Feltet...

Francesco Moser sees storm clouds gathering over Remco Evenepoel’s long-term Grand Tour ambitions. The Italian legend believes the new Red Bull leader is already boxed in by Tadej Pogacar at the Tour de France – and now faces a fresh obstacle in Italy if rumours around Jonas Vingegaard’s 2026 progra...

Mario Cipollini, one of the most dominant and charismatic sprinters in cycling history, has confirmed that he has been admitted to hospital in Ancona for medical tests due to ongoing heart concerns. The 58-year-old, who famously won 42 stages of the Giro d'Italia and the 2002 Road World Championship...

In it's last years, team Vini Zabú was hardly even taken seriously by anyone in the cycling community. Although the Italian formation spent over a decade at the ProContinental level, and even celebrated success at the Giro d'Italia with three stage wins and KOM jersey in early 2010s, the downfall fr...

Norwegian continental team Coop-Repsol went through a horror last summer, but through hard work and collective efforts, they were able to turn the page and reward their long-term sponsor Coop with a fairy-tale victory of Storm Ingrebrigtsen at the home Tour of Norway in the company's last year as te...

In a time where UCI points matter more than ever before, many World Tour teams seem to be missing out on a rider who could potentially be very fruitful. Clément Venturini is currently still looking for a team into the 2026 season, despite the factor that make him more and more of a valuable rider. ...

Marco Pantani is remembered by a legion of fans as one of the greatest climbers in cycling history. If the comparison is limited to the mountains, few names can dispute his place among the best of all time. However, his figure was always shrouded in controversy: he was part of a generation hit by do...

Oscar Onley is a tremendous climber and was known to be a very promising talent, but only at the Tour de France did the cycling world learn just how high the Scottish rider could aim for. This year's fourth place at the Tour came close to the final podium and rode a perfect race in what is one of th...

Jesús Herrada is a rider that has been around the top teams for a very long time already, having made his pro debut in 2011 with Movistar, and ever since having ridden either with the Spanish team, or Cofidis since 2018 - all but two years at World Tour level. He has won plenty times including three...

Thomas van der Spiegel, president of Flanders Classics - which organizes the Cyclocross UCI World Cup - is surprised with the lack of World Tour teams that properly invest in cyclocross. With extra months of TV exposure and soon also more UCI points coming from the discipline to aid their World Tour...

Paul Seixas' future is one of the most interesting current plotlines in pro cycling, with the Frenchman delivering incredible results this season as an 18 and 19-year old. His potential is immense, he is France's best hope when it comes to winning the Tour de France in the next few years and his pot...

Bahrain - Victorious have recently announced several riders who were departing the team into the 2026 season, but it did not feature several names that had not yet had a public contract for the upcoming years. Amongst those were Matej Mohoric and Damiano Caruso, who are now confirmed to stay with th...

Granada has emerged as the definitive choice to host the final stage of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana, following a dramatic shift shaped by political decisions and calendar clashes. Reports from both local and national outlets confirm that the iconic finish traditionally held in Madrid was ruled out beca...

Alpecin-Deceuninck’s masterminds Philip and Christoph Roodhooft have rarely been ones for bold proclamations. But as they reflected on their third consecutive Team Manager of the Year crown in Belgium, one quote cut straight through the noise — and perfectly captured their mindset heading into 2026....

Slovenia’s most celebrated sporting couple, Tadej Pogacar and Urska Zigart, have been crowned the nation’s cyclists of the year for 2025 — a rare double triumph that reflects not only their individual success but also the remarkable rise of a partnership that has become one of the most recognisable...

Carlos Verona believes Lidl-Trek have finally found the Grand Tour leader they have been searching for — and he has no concerns whatsoever about the arrival of Juan Ayuso. In fact, the 33-year-old insists that big personalities are essential for winning the sport’s biggest races, welcoming the forme...

The Canary Islands have withdrawn their interest in hosting the 2026 Vuelta a Espana, citing political concerns linked to the continued presence of the former Israel - Premier Tech team in the professional peloton. Officials in Gran Canaria argue that the squad’s planned name change and shift in reg...

George Hincapie has returned to frontline professional cycling with a clear message: his new Modern Adventure Pro Cycling Team is not an extension, revival, tribute nor disguised continuation of his long association with Lance Armstrong. The American former Classics specialist, who retired in 2012...

It's still nearly four years until the 2029 Tour de France, but the battle to host its Grand Depart is already in full swing. One of the frontrunners, Czech Republic, have presented their bid to Tour director Christian Prudhomme this week. And from the reactions of both parties, it seems like the me...

The UAE Team Emirates - XRG have been in the spotlight more often than any other team in 2025, winning 97 professional races, enough to comfortably break the previous records. But a bit away from the main ruckus, the team is also working on development of its next generation of stars within the "Gen...

Will cycling ever come clean of doping? Probably no. But at the very least, it appears so that systematic doping is no longer haunting the beautiful sport. However individuals can still end up being pushed over the edge for various reasons; hunger for success, pressure to perform, inner uncertainy,...

The Wolfpack will not be the same without its pack leader Patrick Lefevere, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Soudal - Quick-Step will no longer be a team to follow in years to come. The approach of new manager Jurgen Fore is diametrically opposed to his predecessor's, but we'll have to wait an...

A significant move has taken place in the professional cycling transfer market. After an eye-catching 2025 campaign, Haimar Etxeberria is set to leave Kern Pharma and step up to the WorldTour with Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe, one of the most ambitious and strategically-driven teams in modern cycling...

Lorena Wiebes had an excellent 2025 season that was concluded with three world titles (in gravel and track) in October. In total, the fastest woman in peloton had won 24 road professional races including a Dutch title, among others. Since her crash in madison at the track World Championships in Sant...

Slovenia has officially secured the 2026 European Road Championships, paving the way for reigning champion Tadej Pogacar to attempt one of the most symbolic title defences of his career on home roads between 3 and 7 October, having famously claimed the European title for the first time in his illust...

Just weeks after severing its crisis-ridden partnership with the former Israel - Premier Tech structure, Canadian industrial group Premier Tech has officially secured its return to professional cycling — this time via a strategic move into the French Continental scene with St Michel - Preference Hom...

Team Jayco AlUla have confirmed the arrival of highly rated British climber Finlay Pickering, securing the 22-year-old from Bahrain - Victorious on a two-year contract that will see him race with the Australian WorldTour squad through to the end of 2027. The move follows a season that showcased his...

Cycling’s fight against doping never stops. Unfortunately, although the dark past of Lance Armstrong and his Tour de France victories is now behind us, cases continue to emerge that stain this beautiful sport. Following the provisional suspension of Oier Lazkano for abnormalities in his biological...

Belgian climbing talent Jarno Widar has confirmed that his first season in the senior ranks will include a debut appearance at the Vuelta a Espana, signalling the beginning of a long-planned transition from U23 phenomenon to WorldTour contender. Speaking in conversation with HLN, the 20-year-old ma...

Competitive indoor cycling is a discipline that has been created and developed significantly over the past few years, growing in popularity as well as in support and prize money. This has attracted many towards the discipline, but also more potential for wrongdoings and possible doping. Recently cro...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe are showing up to the 2026 season with a major lineup containing several Grand Tour specialists. Florian Lipowitz has had a major breakthrough this year and can become the team's next Tour de France, and the entry of Remco Evenepoel in the German team might actually benef...

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale are putting in serious resources to build the best sprint block in the cycling world. After signing Olav Kooij as their new leader and several of his compatriots to form a strong leadout train, the French team has also signed Mark Renshaw and Heinrich Haussler to provide s...

Team Jayco AlULA has had financial guarantees to survive into the 2026 season given only recently, to a point where it didn't deliver the paperwork for their World Tour license until after the designated date. This made it difficult for them to make big deals this winter, but now things are back on...

Whilst in the men's peloton almost all of the big stars and firmly secured with leadership roles in their own teams, the women's peloton saw a major shift. Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser and Elisa Longo Borghini were some of the riders making moves this winter, into new teams and roles which have wo...

Remco Evenepoel has in a recent interview provided massive amounts of insight into his mentality, training, ambitions moving forward and even some of his racing data. Besides hinting at a possible debut at Milano-Sanremo and Tour of Flanders, the Olympic Champion has talked about his wattages at the...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG has the biggest budget in pro cycling currently and they are putting that money to good use. The Emirati team has announced the renewal of a big name this Tuesday morning, as João Almeida has extended his contract for another two seasons with the team in which he's achieved t...

Simon Yates was close to conquering the Giro d'Italia back in 2018, but then lost it on the Colle delle Finestre. In a theatrical way, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider managed to win the overall classification of this year's Corsa Rosa on the same mountain. He recalls that day, where he outplayed...

During the 2025 road season Léo Bisiaux established himself as one of the great promises of cycling. At just 20 years of age, the Frenchman from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rose to fame at the Vuelta a Burgos, where he took his first professional victory with a daring move on stage 3. Ahead of cyclis...

Aleix Espargaró has retired from professional cycling. His adventure has lasted less than a year in the Lidl-Trek structure (he was under contract in the development team). He will not ride a professional cycling race again in order to focus 100% on his work as a Honda test rider. Espargaró rode wit...

The men's cyclocross season so far has a name and a surname: Thibau Nys. Although there have been more winners, such as Toon Aerts (European champion), the young Belgian rider's consistency, along with his two victories, are leading him to stardom. And he is doing so in a discipline that is still wa...

Arkéa - B&B Hotels will no longer be a part of the professional peloton in 2026. Having failed to find sponsors, the French squad announced its demise, leaving many riders without a contract for the following season. While a tragedy for many cyclists, it's also a great opportunity for some of the sm...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia route will be announced on the 1st of December but most details will be known beforehand. For example the Grande Partenza in Bulgaria, and the overall structure of the route alongside most of its mountain stages. One key aspect to the route is the presence of many flat time tr...

Fernando Gaviria is one of the riders that is not getting a new contract with Movistar Team, after Spain's only World Tour team renewed with Orluis Aular whom they're betting on. However the Colombian, after a few unsuccessful seasons, is not hanging up the wheels just yet as he seems set to join Ca...

EF Education-EasyPost team does not publicly share informations regarding all of the team riders and contractual situation, which often leads to speculation. Richard Carapaz for example, officially, is not known to have a contract for next year. But new information suggests that this is the case and...

Wout van Aert is a tremendously talented rider and one with a lot of history in cycling. This year he only won twice, but both were perhaps the most spectacular stages of both Giro d'Italia and Tour de France - in Siena and Paris. He recalls these, as well as his everlasting motivation to win a cobb...

Tadej Pogacar is currently the best cyclist in the world. On the bike, the Slovenian is practically unrivaled, but off the bike, as a person, he is also a role model. Whenever he can, the two-time world champion is seen doing his bit for different charities. He even has one of his own, which has now...

At Rouleur Live, plenty of big figures in the world of cycling were present and shared their thoughts on plenty relevant topics. Dan Bigham, aero expert and staff member of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, is going to work with Remco Evenepoel and has been asked directly if the Olympic, World and Europe...

Italian cycling icon Francesco Moser has cast serious doubt over Wout van Aert’s chances of ever winning the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix, suggesting that the Belgian may now be outgunned in the decisive moments that define cycling’s most unforgiving one-day races. Speaking in conversation wit...

The debate surrounding professional cycling’s financial future has intensified, with Tour de France organiser ASO now publicly ruling out paid roadside access, despite influential voices elsewhere warning that the WorldTour’s current economic model is becoming harder to sustain. Previous concerns we...

23-year-old Belgian Victor Vercouillie says he hopes to build a long-term career as a selfless support rider in the elite ranks, naming recently retired powerhouse Tim Declercq as the model he wants to follow. Speaking in conversation with Sporza, the Team Flanders - Baloise rider insisted that he...

Australian Paralympic cycling champion Paige Greco has passed away at the age of 28 following what her family described as an unexpected medical episode at her home in Adelaide on Sunday. The news was formally announced in a statement released via AusCycling. Greco, one of the defining figures of Au...

Cofidis' Hugo Toumire is retiring from pro cycling at age 24. The French rider is ending his career prematurely after struggling at the highest level of the sport, and after not being renewed with the team that has lost its spot in the World Tour and will once again be racing at ProTeam level next y...

Tadej Pogacar’s 2025 season left most of the peloton gasping. It also left one of cycling’s leading sports scientists slightly stunned. “This year, what stuck with me most was the domination of Tadej Pogacar. I find it exceptional that he is capable of winning such different types of races – from st...

Cycling’s World Tour might look healthier than ever from the roadside, but two of its most experienced team bosses are warning that the financial foundations beneath the sport are starting to crack. In conversation with La Derniere Heure, Team Jayco AlUla’s Valerio Piva and former team manager of t...

Wout Poels has indicated that the 2026 season is likely to be the closing act of a professional career that began back in 2009 and has delivered one of the most unique blends of support excellence and headline victories in modern cycling. Now 38, the Dutch climber has opened the door to a final yea...

The winter training-camp season is slowly but steadily approaching, and nearly every professional team will gather in the same country to prepare for the upcoming season: Spain. However, this was not the case a few years ago, as teams usually preferred going to another Mediterranean country. Matteo...

This September, Ide Schelling surprised the cycling world with his final decision to retire from competition. At just 27 years of age, the Dutchman from XDS Astana Team has hung up his bike, much earlier than expected for a rider of his qualities. When a rider retires at such a young age, it usually...

Joris Nieuwenhuis was unable to add on to his Saturday victory in Superprestige Merksplas as a third place was the maximum possible for the Dutchman in Flandriencross Hamme. The 29-year-old made an incredible comeback in the early phases of the cross when he found himself in the very last position a...

Since the 2024 Benidorm World Cup, Lucinda Brand has not missed a cyclocross podium and there was not a force to prevent the inevitable from happening again in the X2O Trophy round in Hamme. Her closest rivals were once again compatriots Inge van der Heijden and Aniek van Alphen, but neither could f...

When comparing this and past season, you could barely recognize Cameron Mason. The Seven Racing's Briton has become a regular top-10 feature this winter with 5th place at the European Championships in Middelkerke and already two second places. The most recent came this Sunday when Mason was once aga...

The X2O Badkamers Trofee standings look noticeably different following a dramatic double-header in Hamme, where Thibau Nys and Lucinda Brand secured significant victories in heavy, technical conditions. With three rounds completed in both competitions, the early hierarchy is beginning to take shape...

Daniele Bennati has added his voice to the growing debate around the Tour de France’s Montmartre finale, arguing that the Paris stage must remain a realistic target for sprinters rather than a playground for all-rounders and GC stars. Speaking in a recent interview with Bici Pro, the 2007 Champs Ely...

Florian Lipowitz has moved straight into the Tour de France podium club, but he is not pretending that suddenly makes him an equal of Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar. Reflecting on his breakout 2025 campaign on the Roadbike podcast, the German GC revelation was brutally honest about where he beli...

Thibau Nys claimed a highly significant victory at Flandriencross Hamme on Sunday afternoon, taking his first win in the Belgian champion’s jersey after an intense, tactical and physically demanding duel with British champion Cameron Mason. The pair were locked together for almost the entire race b...

Mathieu van der Poel’s long-awaited return to the mud is edging closer, with Alpecin-Deceuninck finally breaking the silence over when fans can expect the world champion back in cyclocross colours. While a precise race has not yet been confirmed, team manager Christoph Roodhooft has offered the cle...

Thibau Nys claimed a symbolic and hard-earned victory at the Flandriencross in Hamme, taking his first win in the Belgian tricolour after holding off a superb challenge from British champion Cameron Mason in a gripping, tactical and punishing X2O Badkamers Trofee showdown. The pair delivered one of...

Jean-René Bernaudeau believes modern cycling is in danger of losing patience with its own talent — warning that the sport’s obsession with early success risks erasing a generation of riders who mature more slowly. In a reflective interview with Cyclism’Actu, the long-time TotalEnergies boss used the...

Luke Rowe’s first year as a sports director at Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale has been far more intense than he expected. The 35-year-old Welshman retired last year, ending a fruitful and longstanding career in which he only rode for one team: INEOS Grenadiers (formerly Team Sky). Rowe recently granted...

The collapse of Intermarché - Wanty has shaken Belgian cycling — but few feel the blow more sharply than the man who spent a decade building the team from the ground up. Speaking to Het Nieuwsblad, former directeur sportif Hilaire Van der Schueren has lifted the lid on years of mismanagement, spira...

Benoît Cosnefroy has barely had time to hang up his Decathlon AG2R kit, yet UAE Team Emirates - XRG have already begun reshaping the Frenchman for the next chapter of his career. After an injury-ravaged 2025 season, the 30-year-old is looking for a complete reset — and according to team CEO Mauro Gi...

No, it is not a joke. Q36.5 have unveiled a new rain jacket called 'the condom', which has been used by Tom Pidcock and Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team this year with great results. The name given by the Swiss clothing company is certainly eye-catching, and it came as a result of collaboration with the team...

Lucinda Brand mastered the mud, ruts and constant risk of error at the Flandriencross in Hamme, powering to victory in the latest round of the X2O Trofee on Saturday afternoon. The Dutch rider immediately took control of the race from the opening minute and, despite several small slips in the worsen...

The 2025 season has reached its conclusion and within INEOS Grenadiers, it was without a doubt a negative season. A few glimpses of success and different tactics made it a different year for the British team, but it arrived to the end of the season only as the eight best UCI-point scorer. However, p...

Jonas Vingegaard has won the Tour de France now on two occasions, and at long last he's obtained a Vuelta a España title. He is only lacking the Giro d'Italia to complete his Grand Tour trilogy and is expected to make his debut in 2026. Spencer Martin and Johan Bruyneel have discussed this possibili...

During the last Vuelta a España Pedro Delgado, Spanish cycling legend and RTVE commentator for 3 decades, gave his opinion on Televisión Española about the pro-Palestinian demonstrations that affected the Spanish race. There were often taken the wrong way and the Spanish legend's job was said to hav...

Comparing Tadej Pogacar to Eddy Merckx has become one of the most repeated exercises in modern cycling. The emergence of the Slovenian, capable of winning on virtually all terrains and maintaining a very high level of consistency throughout the season, has reopened a debate that seemed untouchable:...

INEOS Grenadiers... One of the cycling teams with the most history and perhaps the most notable in modern cycling. The British team, formed in 2010 under the Sky ProCycling and then Team Sky names, has for many years been the team with the highest budget in the entire sport. It has signed stars of a...

Former American pro Greg LeMond has recently spoken about the current standard of anti-motor doping protocols in professional cycling, addressing concerns over hidden motors in the sport.  The American legend has an impressive palmarès, including three Tour de France, two World Championships and 31...

Uno-X Mobility is preparing to make a decisive push in women’s cycling, aiming to become one of the world’s top teams. After entering the Women's World Tour in 2022, the squad has kept growing steadily and 2025 has marked its best season so far.  They almost doubled their number of victories (going...

After a 6-year hiatus, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has made one of the most successful returns to road cycling ever, winning Paris-Roubaix Femmes, the GC of the Tour de France Femmes and two stages, concluding her first full season back on the road at the very top of women’s cycling. Her extraordinary ye...

Thomas Voeckler has delivered one of the most striking assessments yet of modern men’s cycling — praising Tadej Pogacar’s extraordinary level while warning that UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s dominance has created a competitive landscape that many teams simply cannot keep up with. Speaking to Cyclism’Act...

UCI president David Lappartient has raised fresh concerns over the sport’s fractured internal politics on rider safety, warning that too many teams are actively resisting reforms designed to make racing less dangerous. The remarks come from an interview he gave to Ouest-France. Lappartient made clea...

Mathieu van der Poel has made a career out of bending the sport to his will — but nothing comes close to the challenge now looming in 2028: the Tour de France, the Olympic mountain bike race and the Olympic road race, all squeezed into the space of a single week, on opposite sides of the world. It i...

Four rounds into the 2025/26 Telenet Superprestige and both classifications have taken a significant turn after a dramatic afternoon in Merksplas. The women’s race has begun to settle into a clearer hierarchy, with Inge van der Heijden tightening her grip on the overall lead after another strong dis...

Joris Nieuwenhuis delivered one of the grittiest rides of his cyclocross season in Merksplas — overcoming a crash, a broken shoe, and a chain-dropping incident before riding everyone off his wheel for a statement Superprestige victory. What looked like a ruined afternoon in the opening laps turned...

INEOS Grenadiers have plenty of riders living and residing in the Nice-Monaco area. This year, French oil giant TotalEnergies has entered the frame as a team sponsor and from 2027 onwards, a title sponsor, which will lead to INEOS reducing its investment in the team. And potentially, the team may ch...

Joris Nieuwenhuis produced one of the most assured performances of his cyclocross season, recovering from a crash and mechanical before riding away from an elite lead group to win Superprestige Merksplas in convincing fashion. Once the Dutchman hit the front in the closing laps, no one came close to...

Lucinda Brand’s winter continues to move with the momentum of a freight train. Fresh off yet another commanding ride at Superprestige Merksplas, the Dutch icon now finds herself on the verge of a milestone rarely seen in modern cyclocross: 50 consecutive podium finishes. For a rider who insists she...

Lucinda Brand continued her commanding start to the winter with another assured display in Merksplas, powering away in the second half of the race to claim her sixth victory of the 2025/26 cyclocross season. The Dutch champion handled every shift in rhythm, every sand section and even an early mecha...

The Tour de France has seen Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar dominate every single edition since 2021, with the two finishing first and second on all occasions. But since 2024, the latter has taken a step up, and at the time being, is unbeatable in the mountains. According to Johan Museeuw, it's l...

Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel have an immense rivalry. The two generational talents collide at a point in time where both are at their prime, and are winning top races left and right. But in the mountains, Pogacar remains superior, but Evenepoel is going after his Tour de France reign.  “You hav...

Marco Villa is part of the organizing crew for the Tour of the Alps and also part of the Italian national team, where he comes into contact with all of the country's best riders. He addresses how they race against Tadej Pogacar, a rival like no other in modern cycling.  "We know Pogacar. You have to...

Remco Evenepoel has talked about how he is considering his schedule for the 2026 season with two clearly outlined plans which depend on the route of the Giro d'Italia. But in an interview with Het Laatste Nieuws, the Belgian rider has also discussed his recent aero training, first impressions with R...

Roger De Vlaeminck, one of the most influential Classics riders in cycling history, is known for his unvarnished judgments. In one of his most recent interviews, one remark in particular made headlines: his comparison between Tadej Pogacar and Eddy Merckx - with the key sentence that Pogacar was not...

A few weeks ago it was published in many media his retirement and he himself had to come forward on social networks to deny the news, making it clear that it was possible that he would hang up the bike, but that he was looking for a team. And he has found it. Thus, the legendary Francisco Mancebo wi...

The 2025 season is over and soon there will be changes to the staff teams of all World Tour structures. Running a top team is a difficult job and even for a job as selective and important as being a sports director, teams need vast amounts of manpower to take the team through what can be at times a...

Isaac del Toro craze has already spread way beyond Mexico with multiple teams searching carefully for the next superstar coming from the nation that has until now lived for soccer above anything else. And while the runner-up from this year's Giro d'Italia is locked away from other teams by a lengthy...

The Volta a Catalunya has taken a decisive step towards its 105th edition, to be held from 23 to 29 March 2026, by confirming all the start and finish venues of its seven stages. The route once again opts for diversity and challenge, with three high altitude finishes, unpublished sections and a rout...

The 2026 season in women's cycling is going to be historic for one reason in particular. The first African continental UCI team has been created by Team Amani. The potential of this squad is very high, setting very ambitious goals for the coming years of competition at the most demanding level. This...

Since 2025 road season ended, no one has ever doubted that Visma | Lease a Bike will once again shift its focus on Grand tours in 2026. Having won each of the Grand Tours twice since 2022, there's no wonder that the team led by Richard Plugge strives for more. And while in 2025, they have won both G...

Women's cycling is a discipline that, fortunately, has more and more global relevance. This past road season has been a success. The Tour de France Femmes was widely followed around the world, thanks to Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's victory over Demi Vollering. This may encourage more young women to take...

Isaac del Toro is already a star. His incredible 2025 season full of victories means that even more will inevitably be expected of him in the run-up to 2026. In his second year with UAE Team Emirates - XRG he won a stage and came close to winning the overall at the Giro d'Italia, won stages and over...

Roger de Vlaeminck is one of cycling's greatest legends, having won many monuments, Grand Tour stages and much more throughout his extensive career that spanned throughout the 1970's and 1980's. Hence, it came as a surprise to see the Belgian 78-year old criticize the comparisons of Eddy Merckx with...

It doesn't come as a surprise, but it comes as a confirmation. Chris Froome will not race for Israel - Premier Tech (which will be renamed) in 2026. The team has confirmed it this Friday afternoon in a post on Instagram where they have said goodbye to their departing riders after a season that had s...

The 2025 season is over and INEOS Grenadiers' tally isn't the best. The team was barely able to hang on to a Top5 place in the 2023-2025 UCI points rankings, showing in very literal terms how it has struggled to keep up with the pace of other major teams in recent years. However, with a solid 28-vic...

Women's cycling is having a boom in popularity and exposure, and is being boosted by a few big stars including Puck Pieterse. The Dutch rider's social media activity, Youtube videos and success over multiple disciplines makes her a very attractive figure and the Dutchwoman is also looking to inspire...

At 22 years of age, Tibor del Grosso seems to be navigating his way into the cycling world, thus far, with perfection. A decade ago not many riders of his age performed at the level the Alpecin-Deceuninck does at this point in time, but the evolution of riders such as Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepo...

This week Lidl-Trek announced the signing of Bernhard Eisel to be part of the women's team sports director group and now another veteran of the sport is back. Luxembourg icon Fränk Schleck has found his way back into pro cycling, only now with a new role.  “It feels amazing to be back. This team mea...

Remco Evenepoel is one of the single biggest figures in pro cycling and his 2026 schedule is starting to take shape. Everything depends on the route of the Giro d'Italia, which will be unveiled on the 1st of December. But in his plans could be a Giro-Tour de France double, a season start at the Volt...

In his early years, Remco Evenepoel was a very emotional rider and would often get in arguments with other riders in the peloton. One such case happened at the 2021 Benelux Tour, involving Gianni Vermeersch. Now, the duo will be teammates, and have put this dark episode behind.  At the time, Vermeer...

In our series of 2025 reviews so far, it feels as if many have been negative. Unfortunately, today won’t be the day that that changes. The 2025 season was a turbulent one for Cofidis. As a French UCI WorldTour squad with decades of history, the team entered the year hoping to solidify top-tier statu...

Julian Alaphilippe is a rider with a big name, and so after several years of internal disputes at Soudal - Quick-Step, the Frenchman finally made his big move last winter towards Tudor Pro Cycling Team. A full change of scenery for the former two-time World Champion, who was now at the helm of a sec...

For the typical non-runner, Mathieu van der Poel's speed on two legs is quite high. The cyclocross World Champion is not only a tremendous athlete on the bike, but also an active runner - and swimmer, as recently revealed by his training group. Van der Poel has posted his first Strava activity in al...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike has over the past few years been host for several quality riders, but in a team with so many leaders, it takes a lot to stand out. Attila Valter didn't manage to get the freedom he ambitioned in the Dutch team and is departing it at the end of 2025.  "Three great years in y...

Tim Wellens was signed by UAE Team Emirates - XRG and it turned out to be a transfer of absolute perfection. The Belgian is at his very best level ever, despite being at the top of the cycling world for over a decade already; and the team won a perfect right-hand man for Tadej Pogacar.  When questio...

China has around 1.4 billion citizens, 700 times more than for example Slovenia. Yet, there has been 8 Slovenians and only one Chinese rider in WorldTour in 2025. Statistically, there should be a few Chinese cyclists strong enough to ride a GrandTour but... The last time a Chinese rider rode one was...

Mathieu van der Poel has already become world champion in cyclocross, gravel and on the road. However the elusive mountain bike rainbow stripes have slipped through the Dutch phenomenon's fingers multiple times, and the same goes for a big Olympic medal. In Tokyo 2021, Van der Poel crashed in traini...

Greg van Avermaet made it clear to everyone that his sporting level remains incredibly high even two years since he stopped his road career. Last weekend, the former Olympic road champion won the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in the age category 40-44. Another incredible trophy to display in his...

Miguel Induráin is one of the best cyclists of all time. If we talk only about time trials, he is in the discussion of the greatest of all time. But the Spanish rider was much more than that, he also had the ability to hold off the great climbers in the high mountains. That led him to have a legenda...

Soudal - Quick-Step is a team that has over time hosted many of the world's best sprinters. Paul Magnier fits like a glove into what the team wants and needs, but in the team hierarchy he falls behind Tim Merlier and is aware of it. Hence, he is not entering 2026 with the hopes of making his Tour de...

It is no secret that both Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel will both return to cyclocross this winter, although their dates may differ significantly. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider is more likely to be back to the discipline sooner, as he takes on some off-road training in Belgium.  In a...

Pinarello is a bike brand that like only a few others, are closely associated and always remembered by their partnership with one team: INEOS Grenadiers (the formerly known Team Sky). However that is now not only the case as the Italian bike brand will extend its sponsorship to Q36.5 Pro Cycling Tea...

Israel - Premier Tech, as it is currently known, is coming to an end. Israel has removed itself from backing the team any further after the intense protests at the end of the 2025 season, with its climax at the Vuelta a España where the race was significantly disrupted; and its other title sponsor P...

The Modern Adventure Pro Cycling team is going to be on the road in 2026, it has been made official and the team has signed 20 riders for its debut season. The United States of America gain a new ProTeam, the second division of the sport, and feature a lineup including some very experienced figures,...

Mathieu van der Poel is one of the most versatile and successful men in pro cycling, but even away from it, he is a sports man. An active golf player, and potential triathlete try-out too soon. On Instagram he has once again teased a possible participation in an Ironman triathlon, motivated by his c...

Despite not being a mountainous country, Great Britain's top pro riders who are still active are in their grand majority Grand Tour specialists: Chris Froome, Oscar Onley, the Yates twins, Tao Geoghegan Hart, even Tom Pidcock now... Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas who are hanging up their wheels soo...

Jonathan Milan is one of the best sprinters in the world and from 2026 he will be teammate's with Juan Ayuso at Lidl-Trek. The Italian has discussed several topics ahead of the 2026 season, including the Spaniard who is the grand novelty in the lineup after a few rocky years with UAE Team Emirates -...

Mathias Vacek is a rider that over the past year and a half has evolved tremendously and currently, he is one of the best classics riders and time trialists in the world, besides being Mads Pedersen's right-hand man throughout some of the season. The Czech start wants to be in the Tour de France thi...

This Saturday, some of the world's best indoor racers in cycling will gather in Abu Dhabi for the E-Sports World Championships. Whilst this involves a different skillset than other disciplines in the sport, it by no means refutes the incredible power that the riders have. In particular, the United S...

At the end of October, EF Education-EasysPost rider James Shaw looked towards social media to help in his efforts to find a contract into 2026. So far he hasn't yet succeeded, but has gathered quite a lot of attention and his performances should be enough to land the Briton another year in pro cycli...

Filippo Fiorelli is one of Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Italian signings for the 2026 season. After a great season at Bardiani he makes a huge leap to the WorldTour against all odds at the age of 30, a transfer that surprised him at all levels and will see him team up with the likes of Wout van Aert...

By mid-November, several World Tour teams have already hostel small team camps where the new riders have been presented, and a lot of information has been gathered about everyone's data, sensations, ambitions and much more. But other teams continue to grasp for a lifeline and attempting to sign new...

2025 was not a season that has seen too many sensational winners, at least not on the men's part. However the situations was very different at women's side where the season started with breakaway win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, then followed by somewhat shocking performances of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot,...

Track cycling has been part of the Summer Olympic Games since 1896, while Road cycling joined in 1936 after a four-decade hiatus following its 1896 debut. Since then, Mountain bikes have also found its way to the Olympic Games in 2012 with less traditional disciplines such as BMX have already made t...

The first-ever World Championships on African soil are already a history, but behind the scenes, the Rwandan Cycling Federation are already working on a plan to keep the momentum going for years to come. Alongside the International Cycling Union, Rwandans are currently exploring the possibilities, w...

The disparity between best and worst WorldTour teams couldn't be more alarming. It is no secret that UAE Team Emirates - XRG operate on double (or sometimes even triple) the budget of teams such as Intermarché - Wanty and then it doesn't come as a surprise that the latter has opted to merge with Lot...

The richest grow stronger while average men starve. That's one way to summarize the current situation of the two top cycling divisions. The difference between top WorldTour teams and bottom-tier ProTeams is absolutely abyssmal and thus the many sponsors of these smaller teams pulling out is a logica...

In 2009, Alberto Contador was already one of the best cyclists in the world and the main contender for every Grand Tour he entered. He had just won his first Tour de France in 2007 and enjoyed a very successful 2008 with a victories at the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España - completing the triple cr...

The United States of America are a massively populated and wealthy country, in which access to cycling is easy but the calendar is reduced when it comes to professional road cycling. However, the nation has two World Tour teams and at the time being, 14 riders signed at the top division of the sport...

Out of the 10 most recent races Lorena Wiebes has started, she won 9. The European Champion is THE rider who has won the most in 2025 - men and women combined - and she 'hates losing'. Those are the words of the Gravel World Champion, who is women's cycling most dominating sprinter and is looking to...

The post-Tour de France criteriums are a long-standing tradition in pro cycling in which there are exhibition races (mostly in France and Belgium in the weeks following) in Europe and Asia after the end of the season. The Singapore and Saitama Criteriums recently have attracted a lot of headlines, a...

Great Britain currently has only one pro cycling team: INEOS Grenadiers. A country that is the birthplace of so many successful riders and has such an ingrained culture in the sport continues to suffer, and it seems to have no end. The lack of teams is already incredibly difficult for the nation, an...

Roger De Vlaeminck’s latest verbal grenade — claiming Tadej Pogacar “isn’t fit to lace Eddy Merckx’s shoes” and that he “wouldn’t drop me if I were still in the peloton” — has caused ripples well beyond Belgium. Now one of his former rivals, Riccardo Magrini, has joined the debate, accusing the four...

The 2026 season is still a long way off, but it is slowly approaching, and there are still several dozens of riders that race at the highest level without a contract. Amongst these are several leaders, veterans and the former World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski, whose time with INEOS Grenadiers may be...

Ben O'Connor at age 29 is right around the peak of his career but the 2025 season was a mixed bag. The Australian rider spent several years with Dimension Data and the Decathlon AG2R team where he became a stage winner at the highest level and almost a Grand Tour winner, but moved away into Australi...

Soudal - Quick-Step's development team has been set up in 2023 on the basis of Belgian continental Team Elevate p/b Home Solution Soenens. Since then, many talented riders have found their way to the higher divisions of cycling. And Federico Savino hopes to become another success story of this under...

Marion Norbert Riberolle will have to skip the upcoming cyclocross races in Merksplas and Hamme after being absent from the startlist of Niel Superprestige. The Belgian champion was hit by a car during training on Sunday, the day after the European Championships where she finished 13th. A day later,...

Alexander Salby will definitely have a smile on his face this off-season, no matter at which team he lands for 2026. The 27-year-old cyclist from Aarhus racked up 9 professional victories this season, massively extending his previous palmares that featured only two triumphs before the season. And de...

Following a disappointment at the European Cyclocross Championships, Lucinda Brand arrived for the Jaarmarktcross Niel with an added motivation to prove who's the best cyclocrosser in women's peloton. And in the third round of Superprestige on Tuesday, the Baloise - Trek Lions star was unmatched by...

Paul Seixas is bound to attract the attention of French cycling fans for years to come. The promising 19-year-old climber took his first steps in WorldTour this year with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, proving his immense potential right away. And as is always the case, public would love to see their n...

Three rounds into the 2025/26 Telenet Superprestige and both overall classifications are already finely poised. Michael Vanthourenhout continues to defend his early dominance on the men’s side, while Inge van der Heijden has emerged as the surprise pacesetter in an unpredictable women’s contest that...

For years, Thymen Arensman had been tipped as one of the Netherlands’ most promising Grand Tour riders. But it wasn’t until the 2025 Tour de France — a race defined by Tadej Pogacar’s dominance — that the INEOS Grenadiers climber finally delivered the breakthrough many had long predicted. Two stage...

In the most recent update on the cycling market there are plenty teams that have hit the market hard including EF Education-EasyPost who have finally begun unveiling their transfers for the 2026 season, and Unibet Rose Rockets who have signed Victor Lafay in hopes of reaching the Tour de France next...

Pavel Sivakov has never been afraid to dig into the difficult questions about his own career. Once tipped as a Grand Tour winner in waiting, the Frenchman’s path has instead evolved into something more complex — and, in his eyes, far more meaningful. In a revealing end-of-season interview with Cycli...

Two days after a frustrating European Championship left him well off the pace, Laurens Sweeck bounced back in style at Jaarmarktcross Niel, claiming his first victory of the season in the tightest of finishes. The Belgian rider snatched victory from Niels Vandeputte in a thrilling final sprint, seal...

The men’s Superprestige Niel served up one of the most unpredictable finishes of the season, as Laurens Sweeck edged out Niels Vandeputte in a dramatic last-gasp sprint. From the outset, the race promised fireworks. Swiss rider Kevin Kuhn and Czech challenger Michael Jezek were the first to show the...

Jonas Vingegaard has admitted he was completely unaware of the knee injury that almost forced Tadej Pogacar to abandon the 2025 Tour de France — a revelation that has only now come to light thanks to Tim Wellens’ detailed account of the crisis that unfolded behind the scenes at UAE Team Emirates - X...

Lucinda Brand continued her superb run of autumn form with a commanding victory at the Superprestige Jaarmarktcross Niel, leading from the early laps and never looking back to claim her fourth win at the event and her fifth triumph of the 2025 season. On a dry, fast course that rewarded rhythm and c...

The end of the 2025 road season has led to the typical criteriums where cyclists perform exhibitions for the public. For example, this Sunday in Saitama one was held in which Jonas Vingegaard won. The Visma star won in front of the Japanese public. But as well as these races, there are also analyses...

The idea of charging fans to stand beside the road during a bike race – long considered unthinkable in cycling’s free-to-watch tradition – is gaining surprising traction. Days after Jerôme Pineau caused a stir by suggesting the 2026 Tour de France could “privatise” the upper slopes of Alpe d’Huez, f...

2025 has arguably been Ben Healy's best season of his young career, with a Tour de France stage win, time in the yellow jersey, and a bronze medal at the World Championships. While Healy’s aerodynamics, climbing ability, and racing instincts have all contributed to his success, EF Education-EasyPost...

The 2026 WorldTour season will, as usual, begin in Australia, with the Santos Tour Down Under scheduled from January 20 to 25, kicking off the international racing calendar. Organizers have unveiled a challenging route that blends opportunities for sprinters with decisive mountain stages, including...

Jonas Vingegaard won the Saitama Criterium in the traditional end-of-campaign exhibition race that he attended with other big stars of world cycling such as Primoz Roglic or Jonathan Milan. In Japan, he has talked about plenty topics including next season's Grand Tour choices, Cian Uitjtdebroeks' de...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike don't have the deep pockets of UAE Team Emirates - XRG or Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, and so this winter they have had to play their cards differently. They have signed a few unexpected riders, amongst them Filippo Fiorelli, a rider who turned pro at age 25 and has spent h...

INEOS Grenadiers currently have 22 riders confirmed for their 2026 lineup, with eight positions left to fill. In their roster currently are five riders who have not renewed with the team or signed a contract with any other. What will be of their future?  Kwiatkowski is obviously the biggest name on...

Jonas Abrahamsen is a very special rider, one of the most combative in the peloton, and his combativity has been shown also off the bike. Abrahamsen fractured his collarbone on the 18th of June, on the 5th of July he started the Tour de France, and on the 16th he won a stage. This, despite not even...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe is currently in a complicated situation with Oier Lazkano, having signed the Spaniard as a great hope into the 2025 season but not having had any reward from it. Furthermore the rouleur was suspended from racing internally from May onwards, and suspended by the UCI now in...

Barely a week after walking away from its crisis-stricken partnership with Israel – Premier Tech, Canadian company Premier Tech is already being courted by several top-tier squads eager to bring the brand back into the WorldTour fold. According to Daniel Benson’s latest reporting, both INEOS Grenadi...

Lidl-Trek has announced the addition of Bernhard Eisel as its newest Sport Director, marking a significant reinforcement to the team’s leadership structure. The Austrian, who enjoyed a 18-year professional racing career before retiring in 2019 and then spending four years in the team car with Red B...

In today’s season review, we’re looking at Bahrain – Victorious. The 2025 season was supposed to mark another leap forward for the squad, a team entering its ninth year at the sport’s highest level. With a mix of established names and emerging stars too, expectations were high for big results and so...

Clara Koppenburg, the German rider for Cofidis, has recently participated in the Nedbank Gravel Burn, a gravel stage race held in South Africa. She also opened up in a conversation regarding eating disorders in the peloton and how her performance changed taking into consideration her strategy.  Afte...

Sarah Gigante has taken her latest comeback to new extremes, completing a 190-kilometer indoor ride on Zwift during a 4.5-hour session over the weekend. The Australian rider suffered a heavy training crash while training in August, right after the Tour de France Femmes, which left her with a broken...

In recent years, there is no denying the progress that has been made in women’s cycling. On the face of it, salary minimums, better contracts and rising viewership seem to signal progress in women’s racing. But dig deeper and the gap remains wide, in prize money, team budgets, media access and caree...

The 2026 season still has a couple of months to go before it gets off to a flying start. However, preparations have already begun, and that means that the stars of the teams are surely already planning their respective calendars, especially for the grand tours. Within Team Visma | Lease a Bike, how...

Cyclocross didn’t spring from a lab; it sloshed out of winter fields and the need for riders to stay fit when the roads turned hostile. Ask where it began and you’ll land in early-20th-century France, where cyclists threaded farm tracks, hurdled fences, and shouldered their bikes between towns in a...

Valentin Paret-Peintre is one of Soudal - Quick-Step's most interesting cards and with Remco Evenepoel departing, he gains a new role in the team. More opportunities, more freedom, but also more responsibility.  "I think we are entering a new phase for Soudal Quick-Step. The team wants to refocus on...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is a team stacked with top talent from top to bottom and just being part of it requires a very high level. Julien Vermote didn't make the cut and is looking for a contract into the 2026 season. But at the time being, nothing is signed or assured.  “You always know it’s the...

One of the big stories of this winter is the merger between Intermarché - Wanty and Lotto. In many ways, a chaotic one, and one in which the riders do not seem to have been satisfied with taking into consideration the mixed signals that have been sent throughout the past few months. This sees severa...

Uno-X Mobility are officially moving up to the World Tour in 2026 and with this come some changes. In truth, the team will remain faithful with its block of leaders, but it could be on the verge of signing a new one. Torstein Traeen could be the rider elected to fill position number 30 in the Norweg...

Allan Peiper is one of the most influencial figures in pro cycling that fans don't often see. Throughout the past decades he's been the manager of several World Tour teams, and most recently managed UAE Team Emirates - XRG during Tadej Pogacar's first three years in the team. He stepped away from pr...

Primoz Roglic is heading into a season where a lot of new things await, as Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe is set to have Florian Lipowitz as a new big star and Remco Evenepoel coming into the team. The Slovenian's role is rather undefined but he has ambitions left in his career, and whilst he has the l...

Demi Vollering was one of the absolute best riders in the peloton already for several years, and her success was developed at Team SD Worx - ProTime, and so when news of her departure came at the end of 2024, it would go on to rock the women's cycling scene. She and Marlen Reusser went from part of...

Nicolas Roche had a successful road professional career that extended across nearly two decades with highlight two stage triumphs at the Vuelta a Espana. The Irishman hung up his bike at the end of 2021, but since then he didn't just sit on his sofa idly. In the subsequent years, Roche picked up gra...

While much of the sport’s focus often revolves around the “big three” of Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock, Dutch ex-pro turned expert Thijs Zonneveld believes the 2025 Cyclocross European Championships showed just how entertaining the sport can be without them. In Middelkerke, fa...

Belgian cyclist Jordi Warlop has decided to put an end to his career after eight years in the professional peloton. He is retiring at a young age, as he is just 29 years old. Sharing the news through his personal Instagram, Warlop reflected on both the triumphs and challenges of his career, expressi...

Promising Belgian rider Luca De Meester has announced his retirement from professional cycling at just 25 years old, bringing an abrupt end to a career that once promised much for the powerful classics rider. In a heartfelt Instagram post, De Meester revealed that ongoing medical problems had left h...

The 2026 road season is slowly approaching. Preparations have only just begun, but many important changes are expected for next year's calendar. One of them has to do with the renaming of one of the most historic and prestigious races, the Gent Wevelgem. The Gent Wevelgem is a race that has been hel...

Just days after UCI director Peter Van Den Abeele hinted that Tadej Pogacar’s team were blocking his potential return to cyclocross, veteran Italian journalist Beppe Conti has offered a strikingly different version of events — one that could place the world champion at the centre of one of cycling’s...

Greg Van Avermaet is no longer part of the road peloton, having retired two years ago. The 2016 Olympic champion enjoyed a splendid road career, and after finishing his mission, he took his skills off the road. Gravel racing seems to be mandatory for the retired ex-pros, but Van Avermaet has taken t...

Belgian cycling great Roger De Vlaeminck has launched a blistering attack on modern-day stars, claiming Tadej Pogacar is being “heavily overrated” and insisting no one from today’s peloton compares to Eddy Merckx. In a typically fiery interview with Het Laatste Nieuws, the 78-year-old icon dismissed...

After stepping away from racing last year to focus on his mental health, Leo Hayter will return to the professional peloton in 2026 with the new Hincapie-backed Modern Adventure Pro Cycling project. The Briton, once seen as one of INEOS Grenadiers’ brightest stage-race prospects, joins the 20-rider...

Jonathan Milan's 2025 season ended up being a bit longer than he would have liked it to be, but after the Saitama Criterium, the Lidl-Trek finally also gets his deserved time off the bike. While a great opportunity to go on holidays, the Italian also took some time to sum up the passed season and lo...

Pim Ronhaar was the man chosen to carry the Dutch flag highest during elite men's race at the European Cyclocross Championships in Middelkerke. Surrounded by Belgian rivals, the 24-year-old was faced with a difficult task, and ultimately a 4th place was the maximum possible for the rider of Baloise...

For a long time, Edoardo Affini was only Italian cyclist on Visma | Lease a Bike men's team. But that is bound to change in 2026 as the Dutch team signed three new riders coming from the Italian peninsula. Next to Pietro Mattio who graduated from Visma's academy, there will be also Davide Piganzoli...

It was supposed to be the day Joris Nieuwenhuis confirmed his rise into the elite hierarchy of men’s cyclocross. Instead, the Dutchman endured a harrowing afternoon in Middelkerke, fighting not for medals but for air. Nieuwenhuis had lined up among the pre-race favourites after victories at Rapencro...

Filippo Baroncini’s return to the bike in the Dubai sunshine marked a moment few inside UAE Team Emirates - XRG will forget. The 25-year-old Italian, who only months ago lay in an induced coma with multiple fractures after a horror crash at the Tour de Pologne, is pedalling again – and doing so with...

Cofidis rider Ludovic Robeet has shared a positive update on his recovery, two months after suffering a stroke that left his 2025 season in doubt. The Belgian has revealed that he is now back on the bike outdoors — a major milestone in what has been a long and uncertain road to recovery. In a heartf...

Belgian cyclocross continues to face an uncomfortable truth — two of its most recognisable riders are fighting the same potentially career-ending vascular condition. While Eli Iserbyt remains absent from competition nearly nine months after his last race, Laura Verdonschot has revealed that she too...

Thibau Nys fought through injury and self-doubt at the 2025 Cyclocross European Championships in Middelkerke on Sunday afternoon, but had to settle for silver after being out-sprinted by compatriot Toon Aerts in a dramatic finale on the Belgian coast. The 22-year-old arrived at the start line uncert...

Tears flowed on the sand of Middelkerke as Toon Aerts produced one of the most emotional victories of his career, claiming the European Championship after a dramatic sprint finish against Thibau Nys. For the 32-year-old Belgian, the gold medal marked not just a comeback to winning ways, but the begi...

In a thrilling finale worthy of a continental title, Toon Aerts claimed the Cyclocross European Championship in Middelkerke after a tense last-lap sprint against Thibau Nys. The 30-year-old Belgian held his nerve through the final dunes and powered to gold, securing his first major championship win...

There was no contest. In a season that felt like a highlight reel from start to finish, Tadej Pogacar has been voted CyclingUpToDate’s Men’s Rider of the Year for 2025, taking a staggering 630 of 851 votes (74%) in the public poll. The result reflects the scale of his dominance across every corner o...

After a busy and successful season in which he won a stage at both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, Wout van Aert is taking a well deserved rest before starting the 2025-2026 cyclocross season. Before going to the mud, the Belgian star decided to cross the Atlantic ocean and replace the bik...

After two seasons with Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, Matteo Sobrero is preparing for a fresh start with Lidl-Trek in 2026 — and as he leaves one of cycling’s most ambitious projects behind, the Italian has offered an unusually candid glimpse into what life inside the Red Bull structure is really like...

This Sunday's European Championships events eventually culminate with the men's elite race, one in which there are many potential candidates for victory. With no Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, and in a course where Thibau Nys isn't expected to dominate, it's an open battle field in Middelke...

Jonas Vingegaard has raced and won the Tour de France's Saitama Criterium this Sunday, an exhibition race in Japan where he is having a family vacation away from Europe. The Dane also crashed early in the race, and provided an update on his injuries from the 2024 Itzulia Basque Country crash.  “I ju...

The 2025-2026 Cyclocross European Championships take place this weekend in Middelkerke, Belgium, and the men's elite race is the highlight of this Sunday. In the startlist are lacking big names such as Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Eli Iserbyt; but we have defending champion Thibau Nys at...

Unibet Rose Rockets could well race the 2026 Tour de France after one more wildcard has been attributed from this summer onwards, the team's French nationality and the major growth in level this winter. Victor Lafay was attracted by the project and that goal, and for a potential return as a leader t...

Many World Tour riders are still at this point in time looking for a contract for 2026 and this includes high-level riders who are capable of leading positions almost anywhere in pro cycling. However many are not guarranteed a presence in the World Tour and the peloton but one team has seemed to hav...

Johan Bruyneel is a common critic of the UCI and its actions, specially those from David Lappartient - and after the suspension of Oier Lazkano over biological passport anomalies, the Belgian pundit brings forward the point that cycling's governing body may treat riders differently depending on thei...

The season has come to a close and throughout the weeks that follow there are multiple Tour de France-organized events, specially in the Asian countries, as some of the biggest stars in the world compete in exhibition races. Today at the Saitama Criterium, it was Jonas Vingegaard who took the win. ...

Turned pro with INEOS Grenadiers and was one of its brightest talents for years. But Ethan Hayter is a very particular rider, and his skillset has evolved greatly over the past few years. His move to Soudal - Quick-Step was motivated by a bad ending with INEOS management, and with an improvement whe...

Marlen Reusser has recently spoken out forcefully against doping in cycling, emphasizing the importance of integrity for both the sport and her own sense of fulfillment and categorically rejecting having ever considered to resort to it. “Not at all. Simply because I don’t need it,” Reusser said in a...

The Cyclo-cross European Championships are taking place this weekend in Middelkerke, Belgium. After Inge van der Heijden became the new female European champion on Saturday, it will be the turn for men on Sunday. The biggest dominator of the last decade, Mathieu van der Poel, will not be at the star...

After a fertile and successful career, the best Japanese rider ever Yukiya Arashiro no longer rides to prove anything to anyone. The 41-year old does not have a contract for the upcoming season yet, but retirement does not seem a possibility for now. Now part of Team Solution Tech - Vini Fantini, a...

He’s just 19, but Adrià Pericas already sounds like a rider who belongs in cycling’s biggest team. The young Spaniard has capped off a breakout season with UAE Team Emirates - XRG by reflecting on the surreal moment he found himself training alongside Tadej Pogacar — and discovering that the world’s...

When Vincenzo Nibali starts singing and Nairo Quintana joins in, you know it’s not your usual post-race podium. For one weekend in Barranquilla, cycling legends from different eras swapped race radios and mountain passes for microphones and laughter — all under the Caribbean sun. The occasion was El...

UAE Team Emirates – XRG are heading into the 2026 season with an enviable problem. After years of building almost entirely around Tadej Pogacar, the emergence of Isaac Del Toro as a Grand Tour revelation and João Almeida’s steady climb towards elite GC status have opened up a fresh internal debate:...

Primoz Roglic has confirmed that he hopes to return to the Vuelta a Espana in 2026 to chase what would be a record-breaking fifth overall victory, after sitting out the 2025 edition for the first time since his debut in the race six years ago. Speaking to AS while attending the Saitama Criterium in...

Inge van der Heijden delivered the ride of her life in Middelkerke, storming to the European Championship title after a dominant solo display that stunned even the pre-race favourite Lucinda Brand. The Dutch rider led from the first climb to the finish line, securing an eighth consecutive European c...

It was billed as a coronation for Lucinda Brand, but it was Inge van der Heijden who produced the performance of her life on the sands of Middelkerke, powering to a shock victory at the Women’s Elite European Championships. The 26-year-old Dutchwoman led from start to finish to deliver an eighth con...

For most riders, the off-season means rest. For Davide Stella, it means one final race, another flight, and a notebook full of lessons from an eleven-month campaign that has carried him across four continents. The 19-year-old from Friuli, Italy, who began his year at the Al Salam Championship in the...

The stage is set for a fascinating women’s elite Cyclocross European Championship this afternoon in Lombardsijde — and for once, the Dutch stranglehold on the event looks vulnerable. With champion riders Fem van Empel, Puck Pieterse and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado all missing from the start list, opp...

The dust is far from settled after Premier Tech’s abrupt decision to sever ties with the team formerly known as Israel – Premier Tech. Hours after the Canadian company confirmed it would end its co-title sponsorship with immediate effect, a leaked internal memo from general manager Kjell Carlstrom r...

Bradley Wiggins has revealed that he is travelling to the United States for an intensive week of trauma counselling — a visit to a Utah clinic funded by Lance Armstrong. Speaking during a promotional event for his new autobiography The Chain, Wiggins said he was preparing to fly to America “on Frida...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has been voted CyclingUpToDate’s Women’s Rider of the Year for 2025, taking a commanding victory in the public poll after one of the most significant comeback seasons modern women’s cycling has ever seen. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike star collected 96 of 234 votes (41%), well...

The crisis engulfing the team formerly known as Israel – Premier Tech has reached a breaking point. Canadian company Premier Tech has terminated its co-title sponsorship with immediate effect, citing that the project’s “core reason” for involvement had been “overshadowed to a point where it has beco...

It’s been a year of highs and hard knocks for Jasper Philipsen. The Belgian sprinter, who began 2025 by winning Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and later pulled on both the yellow jersey at the Tour de France and the red jersey at the Vuelta a Espana, has revealed just how mentally draining the middle part o...

One of Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team’s newest recruit, Tobias Lund Andresen, has revealed that his first pre-season camp with the French squad was anything but a quiet affair — admitting the team’s bonding sessions involved “beer, shots and plenty of laughs” as the group got to know each other ahe...

The 2025 season is over. Although this last year on the road was not meant to be Davide Cimolai's farewell, the Italian has found himself in a situation where he has decided that the most logical thing to do is to hang up the bike. At 36 years of age, the Movistar Team member believes that the best...

Many cyclists have retired in the 2025 season, but very few (if any) with the career of Alexander Kristoff. The Norwegian has decided to hang up his bike at the age of 38 after one last dance with the Uno-X Mobility team, and with 98 pro wins under his belt. But that doesn't mean he's forgetting the...

The end of the 2025 season came as a blow to Cofidis. Despite attempts to retain the World Tour license, the French team was unable to avoid relegation, which has condemned it to the Pro Team category until at least 2028, where it could be promoted again after the end of that three-year period. It w...

Dylan Groenewegen, Wout Poels, and most recently Victor Lafay. Unibet Rose Rockets have made some serious moves this off-season with the aim to be at the start of the 2026 Tour de France. And with three former Tour stage winners among their ranks, that scenario is very well realistic all of a sudden...

Jayco AlUla had a dizzy period in recent months with complicated financial situation almost pushing the Australian team over the edge. At one point, riders were even allowed by UCI to leave the team, but ultimately everything came together successfully for both the men's and women's teams to continu...

Eli Iserbyt’s season — and possibly his career — hangs in the balance after another crushing injury setback forced the Belgian to stop racing completely. The 28-year-old Pauwels Sauzen–Altez Industriebouw rider has been ordered to take four weeks of full rest, with his future now depending on the ou...

After a season marked by both triumph and turbulence, Jasper Philipsen says his sights are shifting — from bunch sprints to the brutal cobbles of the Classics. The Belgian star, speaking to Tutto Bici Web after closing his year at the Tour de France EFGH Singapore Criterium, revealed that Alpecin-De...

Joran Wyseure has set his sights on a breakthrough performance at this weekend’s Cyclocross European Championships in Middelkerke, confident that the course, conditions, and timing all play to his strengths. Five weeks on from his victory at the Berencross in Meulebeke, the 24-year-old Crelan-Corend...

Tim Wellens has lifted the lid on just how close Tadej Pogacar came to abandoning the 2025 Tour de France — revealing the world champion required an emergency hospital scan mid-race due to a serious knee scare. The Slovenian went on to ride into Paris in yellow for a fourth time, but the Belgian has...

Team Picnic PostNL have moved to strengthen their roster ahead of the 2026 season, unveiling two promising signings with markedly different paths into the professional peloton — Italian climber Mattia Gaffuri and French all-rounder Henri-Francois Haquin. Both riders will step up from the continental...

Florian Lipowitz has reflected on the mental and emotional strain of his breakthrough Tour de France, revealing how the pressure of unexpectedly riding for the podium began to weigh on him as the race unfolded. The 25-year-old German, who became the first rider from his country since Jan Ullrich to...

A flicker of tension appeared in the Nys household last weekend — a reminder that even Belgium’s most famous cycling family isn’t immune to a bit of friction. For all their shared success in cyclocross, Niels Albert believes father and son Sven and Thibau Nys couldn’t be more different in temperamen...

Jonas Vingegaard will close out his 2025 season in style this weekend, swapping the rigours of Grand Tour racing for the spectacle of the Saitama Criterium in Japan — an event as much about entertainment as it is about cycling. The two-time Tour de France winner has travelled to Tokyo with his famil...

There was only ever going to be one winner. After a campaign that rewrote records and redefined modern dominance, UAE Team Emirates – XRG have been voted CyclingUpToDate’s Team of the Year for 2025. The Emirati powerhouse claimed an overwhelming 199 votes in our reader poll — more than every other n...

For a couple of years now, Tadej Pogacar has become an almost unbeatable figure in pro cycling. The Slovenian is by far the most successful rider in the current peloton. As a result, in 2025 he surpassed a 2024 season that was already said to have been the best individual season in history. The most...

The 2025 season sees plenty of top riders and former stars hanging up their wheels and this includes former Grand Tour winners, World Champions and many of the 2010's best sprinters. It is a list of 28 World Tour riders and 17 ProTeam riders, thus far, who have confirmed they are ending their career...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have won two Grand Tours this year and continue to perform at the very top level but financially speaking they are losing ground to the other top teams. Bjarne Riis, one of Denmark's most important figures and compatriot of Jonas Vingegaard, worries that this could become a...

EF Education-EasyPost have finally begun sharing their signings and after Luke Lamperti and Michael Leonard, the American team has confirmed the signing of another top talent who raced for the UAE Team Emirates - XRG development team: Matthias Schwarzbacher.  “Matthias can really impress in those sh...

INEOS Grenadiers' 2026 lineup is still rather unclear with many spots left unfilled, but one of them will not be taken by its rider Michael Leonard. The Canadian rider is moving away from the British team and joining EF Education-EasyPost on a three-year deal where the American team is looking to de...

The 2026 campaign is getting ready little by little. Although the off-season has only just begun, the days are passing, and in the blink of an eye the World Tour teams will once again be competing on the road for the best victories on the calendar. And, as every year, many spotlights will be on the...

Looking ahead to 2026, one of the expected developments in the World Tour peloton is the formation of a new team born from the merger between Lotto and Intermarché - Wanty. The two outfits have merged and will race under the former's first division license. However, the President of the CPA (Profess...

UAE Team ADQ concluded 2025 as the world's third best team, at least per the UCI ranking. Less than 2.000 points shy of FDJ - SUEZ and SD Worx, the women's version of the dominant men's team UAE Team Emirates - XRG can aim to join their male colleagues at the top of the cycling world next year. But...

Tom Pidcock's transfer to Q36.5 Pro Cycling seems to have been exactly what the talented Brit needed to unleash his best self. All of a sudden, Pidcock was able to consistently finish on podiums in the biggest races, including Vuelta a Espana, La Fleche Wallonne or Strade Bianche. With that, the 26-...

The 2025 season is now over and it is possible to make the math of the riders who have raced the most this year. Often unsung heroes, these are not usually the riders who take the big wins, but usually work horses or riders who love the Grand Tours and race a heavy calendar all-year long. The one wh...

The Cyclocross European Championships will take place this weekend in Middelkerke, Belgium, and it will be a track that is somewhat different than the regular. In a sandy course, defending champion Thibau Nys certainly won't be the man to beat as was the case last year in Pontevedra. He discusses hi...

Former Luxembourg rider Gaëtan Pons retired from cycling in 2019 at age 27 and became a sports director in recent years, making his presence felt at Unibet Rose Rockets where he's spent the past two seasons. His talents haven't gone unnoticed and Team Visma | Lease a Bike have gone on to sign the 33...

Remco Evenepoel had a very busy and successful end to the season, conquering the World and European time trial championships as well as finishing second to Tadej Pogacar in the road races and Il Lombardia. Afterwards, he had a team camp with his new teammates at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and a sti...

Unibet Rose Rockets are quickly becoming one of the top ProTeams in the scene, having signed several top riders this winter that will exponencially increase their level into the 2026 season. It is even possible to aim for a Tour de France wildcard in a few months, taking into consideration the array...

Yesterday Egan Bernal posted a video on his social networks to report the theft of the bike with which he won the Tour de France in 2019. The INEOS Grenadiers rider is the last rider of the British team to win the Tour back in 2019, when he and Geraint Thomas finished on the top of the standings aft...

Mathieu van der Poel's return to cyclocross is now not a distant scenario. As the peloton enter November and the winter, the specialists who spent the season on the road begin to prepare for a change with specific training. In the World Champion's case, some stunt riding in the Spanish sun.  In a sh...

XDS Astana Team were scrambling for UCI points this year and although the Kazakh team comfortably managed to make the split, it's easy to forget that at the start of the year, chances seemed low that the team would even be able to survive in the World Tour. Because of their ambitions, the team signe...

Tom Dumoulin has paid tribute to Jonas Vingegaard’s remarkable rise from loyal domestique to two-time Tour de France champion, admitting he never imagined the Dane would go on to dominate cycling’s biggest race. The Dutchman, who retired in 2022 at just 31, shared a team with Vingegaard at Jumbo-Vis...

In today’s season review for 2025, we arrive at the Arkea – B&B Hotels team. So unfortunately, this story is not one with a happy ending. The 2025 season was a turbulent and ultimately defining year for the Arka - B&B Hotels men’s road cycling team. Arkéa entered 2025 with modest expectations and lo...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is one of the teams at the very top of the cycling world and so for Dan McLay to be signed last winter, it was a great opportunity for a rebirth in the scene. He was set to be a key leadout man for Olav Kooij - who is now also leaving the team - but the Briton struggled thr...

The long-expected has been confirmed on Wednesday. Fem van Empel abandoned the Koppenbergcross after just half a lap last weekend, leaving fans in doubt about her reason for that and whether she would still participate in the European Cyclocross Championships in Middelkerke on Saturday. For the latt...

The biggest cycling teams are always on the lookout for the most talented young riders. The chances of discovering the next Remco Evenepoel or Tadej Pogacar are very intriguing, but teams shouldn't forget some steps in their easter egg hunt. At least that's how Cole Kessler who has been a part of th...

The end of a three-year UCI ranking cycle will bring many more or less significant changes to the structure of top cycling. The less happy news are that two traditional Belgian projects Lotto and Intermarché - Wanty will merge into a single team, closing a WorldTour formation alongside its under-23...

Ahead of 2025, Tom Pidcock made a daring move to leave one of the world's biggest teams INEOS Grenadiers to join a middle-of-the-pack ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling. It was a clear statement from the 26-year-old Brit who has grown tired of the endless power struggles in the unclear leadership hierarchy a...

Alan Hatherly was a wildcard signing for Team Jayco AlUla in 2025, but it was a complete success. The South African has managed to balance his time on the road and mountain biking quite well, and on the previous he managed to take some quite interesting results where his potential was fulfilled - an...

Victor Lafay’s career looked dangerously close to an early ending after two seasons wrecked by injury and illness. But the picture around the 29-year-old’s future has brightened considerably, and he has been confirmed to join Unibet Rose Rockets.  Lafay was hailed as one of the breakout stars of the...

Valentin Paret-Peintre is a tremendously talented climber and this was recognized by Soudal - Quick-Step who signed him on a long-term contract. Initially set to support Remco Evenepoel in the mountains, the Frenchman now finds himself in a much more free position, where he should have plenty opport...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG have managed to win almost 100 pro races this year and next season they may achieve that taking into consideration their new signings. Benoît Cosnefroy is a proven winner, and if the Emirati team is able to get the Frenchman into his best form, then he can certainly boost tho...

In a year filled with unforgettable displays of power and nerve, readers have chosen Tadej Pogacar’s solo World Championships victory in Kigali as the defining ride of 2025. The Slovenian superstar claimed a commanding win in our Individual Performance of the Year poll, earning 267 votes — a result...

Team Jayco AlUla have landed a major sprinting coup ahead of the 2026 season, securing the signature of German fast-man Pascal Ackermann on a two-year deal. The 31-year-old will lead the Australian squad’s sprint programme through 2026 and 2027, bringing a formidable palmares and a wealth of experie...

Lenny Martinez has spoken candidly about the controversy that overshadowed his Tour de France debut, admitting that the backlash to his sticky-bottle incident was difficult to ignore — even as he insists there was no intent to gain an unfair advantage. The young French climber was sensationally dock...

With the 2025 season in the books, it’s hard to ignore how two of cycling’s brightest young stars — Isaac del Toro and Juan Ayuso — have travelled down completely different roads this year. Both started with the same jersey, both were tipped to become the future of UAE Team Emirates - XRG. By season...

Tadej Pogacar’s peers are running out of superlatives. And now, three Grand Tour champions — Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal and Vincenzo Nibali — have united in their belief that the Slovenian will continue to dominate cycling in 2026 and beyond. Speaking during the Giro de Rigo event in Colombia, in q...

Dylan Groenewegen spent four seasons at Jayco AlUla, leading the Australian team to 21 professional victories, including two at the Tour de France. Scoring around 4,600 UCI points in that period, Groenewegen was an important contributor to Jayco AlUla's total amount as the team was far from safe, fi...

Twelve hours after conquering the Koppenberg in one of the standout cyclocross displays of the season so far, Thibau Nys found himself wrestling a very different opponent at Rapencross Lokeren: chaos. Dropped shifters, repeated bike swaps, a crooked cockpit and finally a sand-pit crash turned the Eu...

Unibet Rose Rockets will become a name to be respected within the professional peloton in 2026. A project that started on whim rather than with a clear vision has taken things up a notch this season with mutliple strong recruitments on the transfer market. Their latest "magic trick" was to sign Wout...

The European Cyclocross Championships are just around the corner. This weekend, Middelkerke will host the 11th edition of the race to crown the best cyclocrosser of Europe. Among main favourites are the defending champion Thibau Nys in men's race while the flying Lucinda Brand's odds to win the wome...

For a week this September, Rwanda has become the heart of the cycling world. With first-ever cycling World Championships on African soil, many of the biggest stars explored the scenic land whilst competing for rainbow jersey. And while the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel are not likely to...

Lotte Kopecky won't remember the 2025 season as one full of positive emotions and big successes. In a last attempt to write an optimistic final chapter to her story of 2025, Kopecky will line up for the popular track event, the Six Days of Ghent (November 18-23). Kopecky won't contest the general cl...

After several stop-start seasons hampered by health and setbacks, Max Schachmann quietly rebuilt himself in 2025 — and now the former two-time Paris-Nice champion is eyeing a full-blooded return to winning level in Soudal - Quick-Step colours next year. Back in the Wolfpack jersey for the first time...

Lidl-Trek rider Otto Vergaerde has spoken out after his home in Melle, Belgium was burglarised while he was on holiday in Spain with his girlfriend, with thieves breaking in via the roof and stealing jewellery and watches. The 31-year-old Belgian had only just arrived for his break when the shocking...

Even before the peloton heads back to the slopes of Alpe d’Huez twice during the 2026 Tour de France, the iconic climb is already at the centre of a fierce debate about cycling’s future. Former B&B Hotels manager Jerôme Pineau has reignited the long-running question of how the sport should fund itse...

EF Education-EasyPost have confirmed the signing of American talent Luke Lamperti, securing one of the United States’ brightest rising stars ahead of the 2026 season. The 22-year-old arrives from Soudal - Quick-Step and is already seen as a future cornerstone of the American WorldTour squad thanks t...

Tiesj Benoot has sounded an alarm over what he views as an increasingly intense developmental culture in men’s road cycling, warning that the current generation of rising stars risk burning out long before they hit their prime. Speaking on the Thomas Guenter Podcast, the 31-year-old reflected on how...

The wave of anti-doping headlines in professional cycling has continued, with the UCI confirming the provisional suspension of Portuguese rider António Carvalho Ferreira. The announcement arrives fresh after high-profile cases involving Oier Lazkano and Vinicius Rangel, marking a turbulent spell for...

Eli Iserbyt’s fight with recurring iliac artery issues has taken another worrying turn — and one rider who lived the same nightmare believes the Belgian star may now be facing the hardest decision of his career. Viktor Verschaeve, who was forced to retire early after his own battle with the conditio...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s 2025 campaign will be remembered for dominance across every terrain — and for the arrival of Isaac del Toro as one of cycling’s biggest new GC forces. Speaking to L’Équipe, experienced teammate Tim Wellens has reflected on the Mexican talent’s rapid rise, while lifting the...

From Grand Tour dynasties to breakout brilliance, the 2025 men’s season delivered fireworks at every level. We witnessed history at the Tour de France, the emergence of new GC superstars, and sprinting and Classics campaigns that will be talked about for years to come. Nine names stood above the res...

Simon Yates has been voted CyclingUpToDate’s Signing of the Season, edging out Tom Pidcock in one of the closest polls of our End of Year Awards so far. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike recruit secured 163 votes, just ahead of Pidcock’s 157, after a season that delivered instant Grand Tour glory and re...

Veteran Eurosport commentator Javier Ares has reacted to the provisional suspension of Oier Lazkano, calling for calm and due process while expressing surprise at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe’s decision to immediately cut ties with the Spaniard following biological passport irregularities. Speaking o...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe has formed a superteam capable of matching and perhaps realistically challenging UAE and Visma for victory at the Tour de France. But now all of the pieces have to fit together, and that includes several leaders who have their own personal ambitions. Primoz Roglic talks a...

The fallout from Oier Lazkano’s suspension continues to ripple through the sport, with former Quick-Step sports director Brian Holm suggesting the warning signs were visible long before the rider’s biological passport results triggered UCI action and his dismissal from the peloton. Holm, speaking to...

Tadej Pogacar may have completed his historic Tour–Europeans–Worlds treble in 2025, but former Tour de France White Jersey winner Tejay van Garderen believes the Slovenian is far from finished. In fact, the American insists cycling’s most dominant rider currently operates “without a rival” as the pe...

In the latest episode of the podcast Watts Occurring, former teammates Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe talked about the impact of technological progress in professional cycling and whether a rider like Tadej Pogacar could still dominate using equipment from a decade ago. Thomas began the conversation w...

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado’s comeback has been dealt a fresh setback, with the former world champion still unable to pin down a return date as she continues to battle a lingering knee injury. The 25-year-old had been due to resume competition at Tabor on 23 November, but that target has now been rul...

Cycling legend Mark Cavendish retired last year after a long and successful career in which he arguably became the best sprinter ever, amassing 165 wins, 35 of which came at the Tour de France. They say there is no place like home, and Cavendish seems to agree, as he immediately returned to his home...

Bobby Julich, former American professional cyclist, reflected on what he described as another phenomenal season of racing from start to finish. In his detailed season recap he shared with Velo, Julich reviewed standout performances across four main categories: Grand Tours, classics, sprinting, and...

2025 was an unforgettable season for Filippo Conca with no doubt. His victory in the Italian National Championships, achieved with the amateur Swatt Club, surprised many and opened the door back to the WorldTour, where he is now riding for Team Jayco AlUla. The 27-year-old already made it to the Wor...

Team Bahrain - Victorious has announced that former Swiss professional cyclist Enrico Gasparotto will rejoin the team in 2026, this time stepping into the role of Sports Director. Gasparotto previously raced for the squad in 2017 and 2018 (when it was called Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team), playin...

After taking an extended break, Mathieu van der Poel is now back in full training ahead of his cyclocross season. The Dutch world champion, who wrapped up his 2025 campaign after the Mountain Bike World Championships in mid-September, has not limited himself to cycling. Recently, Van der Poel joined...

Sir Bradley Wiggins says he still views his London 2012 Olympic gold as the defining moment of his career — not Paris, not podiums in yellow, but the day he turned a childhood escape route into one of British sport’s most iconic scenes. A decade on from retirement, Britain’s first Tour de France win...

Lidl-Trek boss Luca Guercilena believes Juan Ayuso will thrive in new colours next season, insisting the Spanish climber represents both a statement signing and the right cultural fit for a maturing super-team. Speaking to Cycling News, Guercilena stressed that the decision to bring Ayuso on board —...

Wout van Aert has spent more than a decade thrilling Belgian crowds — but on Saturday, it was his son’s turn to steal a little of the spotlight. At Tim Declerq’s farewell criterium in Belgium, four-year-old Georges van Aert rolled up to the kids’ start line in Belgian colours, calmly guided into pos...

Albert Philipsen has already produced moments that make seasoned pros feel old — and he has only just completed his first season in the elite ranks. That was the verdict from fellow Danes Rasmus Wallin and Andreas Stokbro on Radio Tour – In Breakaway with Anders Mielke, after the 19-year-old capped...

Bart Wellens has voiced serious concern for Eli Iserbyt’s mental wellbeing as the Belgian cyclocross star faces yet another painful setback in his long fight to return to racing. The former world champion says Iserbyt’s situation — battling complications following four iliac artery surgeries this ye...

Isaac del Toro has been crowned CyclingUpToDate’s Breakthrough Rider of 2025, winning a remarkable 82% of the public vote in our End of Year Awards poll. The Mexican sensation’s standout campaign — headlined by a podium finish and race-leading stint at the Giro dItalia — made him the overwhelming ch...

Lidl-Trek had the budget and two winters ago they signed Jonathan Milan from Bahrain - Victorious. In the years that followed, they've turned the Italian into a proven winner with a world-class leadout and an enviable palmarès. At the Singapore Criterium, Milan explained his motivations.  "My first...

Doping is a topic that has for many years been a part of cycling and that is something that will not likely come to an end in any foreseeable future. Whilst previously, many riders were caught after their wrongdoings after the testing system evolved, the case of Oier Lazkano brings worries that some...

Former cyclocross World Champion Paul Herygers is a vocal voice in the world of cyclocross and after the opening weeks of the season, he has shared who he believes will be the main favourites for next weekends' European Championships in Middelkerke - perhaps the most important event of the first hal...

Intermarché - Wanty and Lotto are merging this winter and this has left many extra riders in the market from both teams. Surprisignly, Lotto hasn't held on to one of its best performing classics riders Arjen Livyns, and in the midst of the chaos, XDS Astana Team have taken the opportunity to sign th...

Michael Matthews has had a long partnership with Team Jayco AlUla and it is set to continue. After the team faced financial issues and had its very existence at risk, the path is now secured and uphill. With it begin the renewals the team was in need of, including its leader this Monday morning.  “M...

And just like that, the 2025 cycling season has been and gone. And what does that mean? It’s time for the assessment and review of each team’s performance throughout the year. Who improved on 2024? Who took a step back? In today’s piece, we review the Alpecin-Deceuninck men’s road cycling team in th...

Tom Pidcock was at INEOS Grenadiers and at the end of last season he made the move to Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, two lineups that were on very different sides of the spectrum when it comes to pro racing. However, in the Swiss team the Briton found the perfect environment this year and has thrived, perf...

Italian sprinter Alberto Dainese will ride for a new team in 2026. Despite remaining winless in 2025, Soudal - Quick-Step signed him to add even more firepower to the sprinters section, which is already packed with loads of talent. He is thus making the jump from the ProTour level with Tudor Pro Cyc...

On a date that carries special meaning for him, Italian rider Fabio Felline has officially announced that he is retiring from professional cycling. The 35-year-old from Turin shared the news on November 1, a day he used to celebrate his traditional Fellinata, a gathering to bid farewell to the seaso...

Eli Iserbyt has suffered a relapse of his injury after undergoing four surgeries earlier this year on the iliac artery in his left leg. The 28-year-old Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team rider had hoped to make his comeback in a couple of weeks, but that plan has now been abandoned....

Marion Norbert Riberolle finished second at the Rapencross morvaLokeren on Sunday, only behind Lucinda Brand, but her thoughts after crossing the line were far from the race itself. The French-born rider, now representing Belgium, used her post-race interview to express grief following the tragic de...

Cyclocross may be on the brink of its biggest leap in decades — and in the eyes of UCI Director of Sport Peter Van Den Abeele, even cycling’s most dominant Grand Tour rider could soon return to the mud. With a major UCI rule change coming in 2027 that will allow WorldTour teams to earn points from o...

In the latest episode of their podcast The Move, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin discussed recent speculation regarding Tadej Pogacar’s race calendar after claims made by Patrick Evenepoel, father of Remco Evenepoel. Patrick Evenepoel said a few days ago that Pogacar might skip the Tour de France...

Twenty-four hours after ruling the Koppenberg and lighting up the cyclocross world, Thibau Nys experienced the other side of the sport’s brutality — a mechanical-ruined afternoon at Rapencross Lokeren that turned into a fight for survival rather than glory. While the European champion stormed to vic...

Chris Horner has doubled down on his criticism of UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s Stage 20 collapse at the 2025 Giro d’Italia earlier this year — now fuelled further by Isaac Del Toro’s own candid comments on the communication breakdown that cost him the Maglia Rosa on the Colle delle Finestre. Reacting t...

Joris Nieuwenhuis delivered a commanding performance at Rapencross Lokeren, powering clear mid-race and never looking back to take his second victory of the season in the X2O Badkamers Trofee — while Thibau Nys endured a wildly contrasting afternoon marked by frustration, crashes and mechanical woes...

Biniam Girmay is trying to leave Intermarché-Lotto, the team that is set to be officially announced soon and with the new names to be revealed as well. The Eritrean has for the first time spoken this openly about the topic with the media at the Tour de France Singapore Criterium where he is one of t...

Wout van Aert has offered an honest early verdict on the 2026 Tour de France route, admitting the parcours may not be perfectly aligned with his strengths — while confirming that his winter racing plans remain flexible as he eases back into training following a long break. With a route heavy on pure...

Rui Costa has announced his retirement from pro cycling. The Portuguese rider has spent the last two seasons of his career with EF Education-EasyPost, and has closed down a career that began 18 years ago in the professional peloton. Behind him lays a World title in 2013, three stages at the Tour de...

Lucinda Brand’s autumn momentum shows no sign of easing. The Dutch powerhouse claimed her fourth win in just five starts this season at the Rapencross in Lokeren, breaking clear from Sara Casasola and Aniek van Alphen with two laps to go and powering away to another authoritative triumph in the X2O...

Lucinda Brand continued her superb early-season form with a commanding victory at the Rapencross Lokeren, distancing her rivals in the second half of the race and riding to her second win of the weekend in the X2O Badkamers Trofee. Belgian champion Marion Norbert Riberolle produced a storming late c...

Ben O'Connor has had a rocky first years with Team Jayco AlUla but mentally he is in a good place after many years 'abroad'. The Australian rider is starting his season early on next year, as he has already expressed clear interest in racing the national championships in early January - which could...

Primoz Roglic has won the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España on four occasions, but the Tour de France is no longer a realistic goal. In a Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe that continues to grow in quality, his role has changed, as has his calendar. But where will Primoz Roglic race in 2026, and is th...

The off-season is upon the pro peloton however a few riders have made the trip to Asia over for one of the post-season Tour de France criteriums. In Singapore, a few of the world's best were present this Sunday in an exhibition criterium, and the Tour's green jersey Jonathan Milan emerged victorious...

Primoz Roglic was signed to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe at the start of 2024 and ever since the team has brought up two other great leaders. Florian Lipowitz evolved straight within the team, whilst Remco Evenepoel was now bought from Soudal - Quick-Step. How does the veteran plan to fare in the mid...

Oier Lazkano is now involved in what is currently the most prominent doping case in cycling, albeit being a rather tricky one. The Spaniard hasn't tested positive for any specific substance, and in his first statement issued since the suspension, he defends his innocence.  "I have never used doping...

At the end of 2024 Team SD Worx - ProTime lost DemI Vollering, Niamh Fisher-Black and Marlen Reusser, who all had stellar 2025 seasons. The Swiss rider hasn't, in any way, fallen behind Vollering and has seen her very best level in 2025 where realistically only a handful of riders had a year compara...

Mark Cavendish was never not a controversial figure in the sport of cycling and in a book that hehe has released one week ago called 'Believe: Achieving the Impossible' he has discussed his time with Soudal - Quick-Step, one marked by a grandious comeback to the top of the sport, and a very rocky bu...

Remco Evenepoel is the one that got away, for INEOS Grenadiers. Over the years it's been heard time and time again that the British team attempted to buy the Belgian out of his contract with Soudal - Quick-Step, but unsuccessfully. But according to Mark Cavendish these aren't just rumours, it is a k...

For the final time in his long and successful career, Lars van der Haar faced the infamous slopes of the Koppenbergcross. On November 1, the Dutch rider from Baloise Glowi Lions finished sixth on the muddy and historic climb known as the Bult van Melden, marking the end of an era in professional cyc...

It was a farewell that could hardly have been scripted better. After a decade and a half in the professional peloton, Elia Viviani ended his career on the highest possible note: winning the world title in the elimination race at the Track World Championships in Chile. The 36-year-old Italian deliver...

After over a decade in the professional peloton, South African climber Louis Meintjes has decided to bring his career to a close. He got seven professional wins, including one stage at la Vuelta a España and the infamous 2024 Itzulia Basque Country stage, in which a massive crash forced Jonas Vingeg...

After 21 editions, the Tour of Norway is in serious risk of disappearing from the cycling calendar, at least in 2026. Tour of Norway director Roy Hegreberg has sounded the alarm after the Norwegian government proposed abolishing the special subsidy scheme for international cycling races in its 2026...

Jonas Vingegaard's long-anticipated debut in Danish national colours may not have delivered the fairytale result on paper, but the significance of the moment is still resonating inside the national camp. After finally pulling on the red and white jersey at the 2025 European Championships, the two-ti...

The 2025 women’s peloton delivered a season for the ages — Grand Tours decided by seconds, a first-time French Tour champion, landmark Classics victories, and rising stars transforming into genuine headliners. From dominant sprinting to all-terrain mastery and epoch-making GC performances, these six...

Thibau Nys is building something special on the Koppenberg. On the climb where his father Sven forged legend-status, the 22-year-old delivered another commanding display to take his second Koppenbergcross title — and in doing so underline that the famous surname is no burden. It is a standard he int...

Tadej Pogacar has already rewritten cycling’s modern record book. Now, the UAE has frozen one of his most iconic gestures in time — unveiling a golden statue that places the sport’s dominant force at the heart of the nation that has adopted him as its sporting symbol. Rather than depicting a sprint,...

Thibau Nys returned to cyclocross in emphatic fashion on the cobbles of the Koppenberg, storming to a dominant victory in his first race of the season to claim his second career win on this legendary climb. The European champion out-powered Cameron Mason after an intense early battle, eventually rid...

Superteams rose. Dynasties wobbled. New forces broke through. If 2025 taught us anything, it’s that cycling’s balance of power continues to shift — and the battle to be the best team in the world has never felt fiercer. Grand Tour dominance, Monument brilliance, relentless week-long consistency, and...

A frightening end to October has forced rising British star Zoe Backstedt to hit pause on her cyclocross campaign before it even begins, after a crash in training left her with two small fractures in her hand and wrist. The 21-year-old used Instagram to reveal the incident — and to stress that her h...

Lucinda Brand conquered the Koppenberg at long last, claiming her first ever victory on the iconic climb after taming treacherous mud, cobbles and a spirited challenge from French sensation Célia Gery. The Baloise Trek leader finally cracked the 19-year-old in the closing laps to secure a hard-earne...

After becoming the great star of the Movistar Team, Iván Romeo dreams of a 2026 season that surpasses a magical 2025. The young cyclist from Valladolid was the best rider of the team throughout the season, winning victories such as the Dauphiné and the Spanish Championship. He has also discussed the...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is one of the top teams in the peloton and alongside the sports director role comes a lot of responsibility and pressure. Jesper Morkov has thrived in this role this year guiding the team to both its Grand Tour wins despite being around the same age as several of the team's...

Tom Pidcock is unlikely to do cyclocross during the winter and after a long and very successful season on the road, the Briton is not yet on full holiday mode into the winter. He is currently in South Africa but is racing the week-long Nedbank Gravel Burn, mostly on easy mode, but on stage 5 he took...

Oier Lazkano was signed by Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Danish pundit Michael Rasmussen argues that the German team knew about Lazkano's suspicious biological passport values. This is because when he was signed, certainly there was the sharing of medical files, which have either not been analyzed...

The suspension of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's Oier Lazkano has been one of the main stories this year in the world of cycling and little was known about the situation of the Spanish rider. However more and more begins to come out and reveals a long police investigation that culminated in a house v...

A member of the Axeon under-23 during its golden years, Soudal - Quick-Step and INEOS Grenadiers, few could've imagined that Jhonatan Narváez' level could increase further at this point in his career. However what happened is that with his new contract at UAE Team Emirates - XRG, the South American...

Cyclocross can get serious at times, but not when Influencer Average Rob is around! The famous youtuber's Turbo Cross is back for yet another edition in 2025, but in a new format. This fun cyclocross race will take place on December 22nd, right at the start of the Christmas holidays. This time, Aver...

Ruben Van Gucht, one of the leading cyclocross commentators for Sporza, has been sentenced to a nine-month driving ban and a fine of 4,800 euros by the Dendermonde police court. This adds to Van Gucht's growing number of oversteps after a massive controversy of last year regarding his comments about...

The cyclocross peloton is trembling as one of the sport's biggest stars is ready to make a 2025/26 debut at the Koppenberg this weekend. So far, it's been all fun and games, but with the presence of European champion Thibau Nys, the competition will grow in seriousness. And the 23-year-old who also...

Recently Remco Evenepoel travelled to the United States to put on a few days of research work for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe to use regarding everything the team has directed to the time trials. However, Evenepoel had spent a lot of time in the Specialized headquarters previously with Soudal - Quic...

UCI points are closely tracked by teams, specially as this year there were promotions and relegations based off a difference of just a few points. When it comes to riders there is also always interest, although Tadej Pogacar takes the top of the charts without any challenger... But what if the UCI r...

Team time trials were in the past decade underutilized in the top of the cycling world and what once used to be a tradition in Grand Tours became less and less common. However over the past few years, the discipline seems to be having a resurgence, so much so that in 2026, the UCI calendar will feat...

In traditional Unibet Rose Rockets style, today's signing announcement came in form of an interesting video. After a teaser, in which the French team dropped hints about the upcoming transfer, it has been confirmed: Rory Townsend, Irish national champion, is making the move over to add even more fir...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has made the most successful return to road cycling that she could've hoped for this year, winning Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Tour de France Femmes. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider was asked about several topics but has talked about her Tour de France success with a lot of d...

Oliver Naesen is a veteran of the peloton but a man that remains firm in the World Tour due to his vast experience as a classics rider and road captain. The Belgian rider is part of Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale and is seeing first-hand how much different the sport is becoming and the amount of focus t...

It can't be said that the UCI's announcement of the suspension of Oier Lazkano came as a major surprise, however it has now led to major consequences to all involved. The Spaniard has been released by Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe who has had to issue a statement over their riders; whilst Movistar has...

Mark Cavendish is a rider that has spent multiple generations in the peloton and has become one of cycling's most successful riders ever, now holding the Tour de France stage win record. In a recent interview he was asked about doping quite a lot, as the Manx Missile is a rider that has bridged acro...

Tadej Pogacar made his debut with UAE Team Emirates - XRG back in 2019 at the Tour Down Under, and seven years later he may make a return. The World Champion has only raced in Australian back in that week in 2019 and also at the 2022 World Championships, but without success. May he want to change th...

"Having lots of good riders is a privilege, not a problem" applies to several teams. Will it apply to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe? In 2026 the German team will have a sea of sharks, but without a Tadej Pogacar or Jonas Vingegaard, cycling's new super team will have to be careful for them not to cann...

The peloton approaches November and whilst many are taking their much-deserved holidays or beginning their preparations towards the 2026 season, some riders - including a few top figures - are still left scrambling for contracts, either to remain in the World Tour or outright save their career. We t...

The 2025 season has come to an end but at this point in time, almost 200 riders from the World Tour and Pro-Team level remain without a contract for next season. Many will find a new home or renew with their current team, but with the end of October also come worrying or interesting questions - depe...

Nils Eekhoff won't remember 2025 for being a great season, but it's also a year from which the 27-year-old can draw a lot of optimism into the future. The Picnic PostNL rider's season had many ups and downs, from his biggest victory to the day, through multiple injuries, to a strong final push at th...

The Elimination race at 2025 Track World Championships in Santiago, Chile was the last dance of Elia Viviani. And it was a masterpiece. The Italian made no mistake and remained in control of the action, beating New Zealand's Campbell Stewart and Dutchman Yoeri Havik. Thus, the legend of Italian cycl...

For more than one decade, Matt White played a pivotal role in the story of Jayco AlUla. That was until early May of this year when his job at the team was terminated. Although a replacement for his leading role has not been publicly communicated by the Australian team yet, the 51-year-old has alread...

Neither men's WorldTour team Jayco AlUla nor the Australian team's women's team Liv AlUla Jayco were present at the initial list of applicants for WorldTour licences for the 2026 season published by UCI some week ago. The reported reason were supposedly missing bank guarantees at the time of first d...

The 2025 season is over and history has been made. UAE Team Emirates - XRG has won 97 races this year, surpassing all the previous established records and setting a new benchmark due to the many wins of Tadej Pogacar, Isaac del Toro, João Almeida, Juan Ayuso, etc. Now we take a look at all World Tou...

Isaac Del Toro has opened up about the day he lost the Giro d’Italia — and the confusion that surrounded the defining moment of his debut at the Italian Grand Tour. Speaking to GCN en Español, the 21-year-old Mexican admitted his frustration at how team radio communication unravelled on the Colle de...

The news that had been feared for months have today been confirmed. Oier Lazkano, rider for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, has been officially suspended by the UCI after having shown biological passport abnormalities from 2022 to 2024.  "The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that Spanish r...

The Tour Colombia is a race that has delivered a lot in the past decade but over the past few years it hasn't been ran. In 2026 it was set to make a return, and was officially added to the UCI calendar. However the good news were short-lived, and it is now confirmed that the organizers lack the fund...

Arkéa - B&B Hotels were set for relegation this winter out of the World Tour, but the French team's end is only the symptom of a bigger illness in the peloton. Financially speaking, a few teams have evolved significantly whilst behind, those who don't get left behind significantly and can no longer...

Sam Bennett was at the top of the sprinter world in the early 2020's, entering the decade with a victory in the Tour de France's points classification and a couple of golden years with Soudal - Quick-Step. Ever since, things haven't been as bright for the Irishman who is on his way out of the World...

The curtain may have fallen on the 2025 cycling season, but some of the sport’s biggest names aren’t quite ready to put their bikes away. On Sunday, 23 November, the streets of the Principality will once again host BeKING Monaco, an off-season criterium that attracts world champions, Tour winners, a...

In a season packed with drama, dominance, and defiance, a handful of riders still managed to stand out with performances that demanded replays. From long-range solo wins to perfectly timed strikes in the sport’s biggest races, these were the rides that defined 2025 – the ones that made you sit forwa...

Remco Evenepoel isn’t wasting a single moment before the 2026 cycling season begins. While most riders are already on holiday, the Belgian star has spent the past week fine-tuning every aerodynamic detail of his setup — in true Formula 1 style. The 25-year-old travelled to California for extensive t...

The race to secure the next Remco Evenepoel or Tadej Pogacar is accelerating — and senior figures from inside the World Tour are sounding the alarm over the pressures now placed on teenagers poised to become the future of the sport. Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s Head of Performance, Robbert de Groot,...

Andrea Raccagni Noviero has ended his first WorldTour season by setting his sights on the two most sacred dates on the Italian calendar. After a year that stretched from Australia to China and delivered real signs of progression, the 21-year-old believes the next step is obvious: aim for Milano–Sanr...

Alexander Krieger took a rather unorthodox path to becoming a professional. For the German, it's taken 10 season of racing at the Continental level before making a debut on the grand stage with Alpecin-Deceuninck at the age of 28. Six seasons down the road, Krieger had accomplished everything he dre...

After 14 seasons at the heart of one of cycling’s most dominant dynasties, Salvatore Puccio has called time on his career — and admits he’s leaving behind a sport that no longer resembles the one he joined. Speaking to TuttoBiciWeb, the long-serving INEOS Grenadiers / Team Sky rider reflected on how...

Thibau Nys has a bright future ahead of him on road, however the Belgian talent's biggest passion is cyclocross and that's why we can look forward to seeing the Lidl-Trek talent in action already this Saturday at the Koppenbergcross. Due to the late start of the winter (compared to his rivals), the...

Egan Bernal has admitted to a mix of admiration and frustration when racing against Tadej Pogacar — the man who has come to define his generation. Speaking to Colombian TV show Despierta Win, the 2019 Tour de France winner said that Pogacar’s dominance often leaves rivals feeling powerless. “He’s on...

A fresh doping scandal has surfaced in cycling as October draws to a close — a stark reminder that, despite years of reform, the sport still cannot completely shake off its darker past. The shadow of the Lance Armstrong era has long since lifted, yet the fight for credibility continues. The latest r...

For a decade, Jakub Mareczko was one of the most enigmatic sprinters at the professional level. Partly due to his impressive turn of speed. But mostly thanks to his palmares with a total number of professional victories that would humble many of his sprinter colleagues. 50. If you're looking for Gra...

The small town of Buja, located in the northeast of Italy, very close to the frontier with Slovenia, became the center of emotion and nostalgia as Alessandro De Marchi officially said goodbye to professional cycling. “Now I’ll tell you something you might not expect,” De Marchi said to bici.pro when...

Julien Vermote is currently without a contract into the 2026 season and his task is being made more difficult due to the teams' pursuit of young riders and the 'next Evenepoel or Pogacar'. The Belgian in the meantime, with 15 seasons of racing at the top level and the motivation, is struggling to fi...

Doping left a permanent mark on cycling and even though in recent years there haven't been more than individual cases at the highest level, it's still a topic that hits headlines from time to time. But back when Luke Rowe made a professional debut in early 2010s, the biggest doping scandals of the g...

As one of the main preparation races for the Tour of Flanders, E3 Saxo Classics holds a special place in the Flemish Classics calendar. The last two editions were won by Mathieu van der Poel, but the 2026 race promises to be a bit different from recent years. The reason for a change has been explain...

The cyclocross season has barely started yet, but the 2025 European Championships are already around the corner and a topic of the day for all the specialists. Belgium as a men's cyclocross powerhouse are the ones that are expected to dictate the pace and not a single thing about that changes in the...

Greg Van Avermaet isn't competing on road since 2023, but the 2016 Olympic champion remains in a top shape, as is evident from his latest Strava activity. However the effort alone would not be all that interesting, if during the run, he didn't run across a familiar face - Mathieu van der Poel. Unlik...

The debate began the moment Christian Prudhomme left the stage in Paris. Too few time-trial kilometres, too much backloading, too many climbs packed into the final weekend — but as The Gruppetto host Rob Hatch put it bluntly during TNT Sports’ route-reveal special, “there isn’t a route in the world...

A transfer twist appears to be brewing in the WorldTour, with multiple reports in the Dutch media — including WielerFlits — claiming that Louis Barré is poised to join Team Visma | Lease a Bike for 2026. The 25-year-old Frenchman has reportedly been released from his Intermarché-Wanty contract a yea...

After a relatively quiet end to the 2025 season, Movistar Team has announced a sweeping internal restructuring aimed at modernising the organisation and strengthening its fight to remain in the World Tour beyond 2026. The Spanish outfit confirmed the creation of a new development framework under th...

Sir Bradley Wiggins has lifted the lid on what he describes as a deeply troubling culture inside British Cycling during his time with the national programme, claiming he overheard racist, sexist and homophobic language from senior figures within the organisation. The five-time Olympic champion, who...

If 2025 was the year of the breakthrough, it was also a year when a few high-profile moves changed the shape of the peloton entirely. Some transfers delivered instant Grand Tour glory, others revitalised careers, and a few quietly proved to be the glue that kept whole projects together. We’ve shortl...

After a few years of quality riding in the Belgian circuit, Tom Paquot managed to find his way into the World Tour in 2023 with Intermarché - Wanty. He was promised a contract back in May with the team but it never came, turned down conversations with other teams and now is fighting to find a contra...

How many teams have the pleasure of having two potential green jersey winners at the Tour de France? It's not often a choice any team has to make, but Lidl-Trek into 2026 has to choose one of its sprinters over the other to pursuit the fast men's top objective: Mads Pedersen and Jonathan Milan.  In...

The cycling world was shocked to learn about the extent of Filippo Baroncini after his crash at this year's Tour de Pologne, and the UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider was placed in an induced coma for two weeks. A lot could've happened, but was is close to the best case scenario is coming to reality as...

Lars van der Haar is racing his final cyclocross winter as a professional rider. At age 34, the Dutch veteran has decided to hang up the wheels in February and ride these last few months of his career all-out. In modern cyclocross, he has without a doubt stood out as one of the world's best.  "It’s...

Team Jayco AlUla had Simon Yates in their ranks from the very start of his career in 2014 all the way into 2024. It was a decade of a successful partnership that saw the Bury-native win the Vuelta a España, stages in all Grand Tours and almost three dozen triumphs including plenty World Tour ones. H...

When Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish sat side-by-side on BBC Radio 2 with Dermot O’Leary, it felt like more than just a reunion of two old teammates — it was the rekindling of a bond forged across some of British cycling’s most golden, and most turbulent, years. For Wiggins, the moment was one of...

Still with no luck, the Swiss cycling is looking for a successor of Fabian Cancellara's cycling throne. While Stefan Küng came close to repeat his heroic feats, on his best days he still fell short of making the final step. Thus the baton is slowly being passed down to Mauro Schmid. The Jayco AlUla...

Magnus Cort Nielsen had a strong start into the 2025 season, dominating the O Gran Camino with four stage victories. Later, he also finished 6th at Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo to close spring with a 2nd spot at Eschborn-Frankfurt. But instead of becoming a springboard into a strong second half...

Former Belgian professional cyclist Frans Melckenbeeck passed away on 28 October 2025. He would have celebrated his 85th birthday on 15 November 2025. Born in Lede, East Flanders, Belgium (15 November 1940), his career made him one of the notable riders of the 1960s peloton. Melckenbeeck’s most cele...

The list of teams that applied for men's WorldTour license for the 2026 season has been published by UCI already some time ago, but one striking name has been missing among the initial 20 interested parties. Usually registered under the GreenEdge license, Jayco AlUla, just like the women's alternati...

Marlen Reusser says she is still feeling the physical and emotional toll of her gruelling World Championship triumph in Kigali, describing the time trial that earned her gold as an effort that “cost me seven lives.” The Swiss powerhouse enjoyed the finest season of her career in 2025, winning the To...

The men’s elite cyclocross season is about to take a sharp turn with the return of European champion Thibau Nys, who will line up this weekend on the Koppenberg, one of the most iconic and brutal courses in the sport. Both Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert are still yet to make their seasonal d...

Dylan Groenewegen says he’s “ready” to make a return to the Tour de France as he prepares for a new chapter with the Unibet ROSE Rockets in 2026 — and hopes the team’s growing strength, bolstered by the signing of veteran Wout Poels, will earn them a place on cycling’s biggest stage. Speaking to In...

Former Brazilian national champion Vinicius Rangel Costa has been handed a 20-month suspension by the UCI for whereabouts failures, ruling him out of competition until April 2027. The UCI confirmed on Tuesday that the 24-year-old has been sanctioned for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation after recording...

After weeks of speculation about tension inside Lidl-Trek’s newly-assembled GC dream team, sports director Kim Andersen has confirmed that Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose have now cleared the air following the announcement of the Spaniard’s high-profile transfer from UAE Team Emirates - XRG. Speaki...

Florian Lipowitz has confirmed that his 2026 season plans are already taking shape – and that the Giro d’Italia will not be part of them. Instead, the German revelation of 2025 has set his sights firmly on a return to the Tour de France, where he hopes to once again lead Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe...

After several weeks away from competition, Wout van Aert looks to be rediscovering his rhythm. The Visma | Lease a Bike star uploaded a 96.9 kilometre ride to Strava on Monday, captioned tongue-in-cheek: “Annexatie van de Vlaanders completed.” The route traced a wide loop through the Belgian country...

The recently unveiled 2026 Tour de France route has sparked debate across the cycling world, but few opinions carry as much weight as those of 2011 Tour winner Cadel Evans and Australian compatriot Stuart O’Grady. Both men believe the latest edition will be an unforgiving race that could create hug...

Thor Hushovd has never been one for modest targets. Days after Uno-X Mobility confirmed their long-awaited WorldTour promotion, the team’s general manager is already sketching out what comes next — and the ambitions are every bit as daring as the journey that got them here. The promotion, sealed by...

Dutch ex-pro turned analyst Thijs Zonneveld has never been one to hold back — and his verdict on the newly revealed 2026 Tour de France route is as sharp as ever. The 45-year-old has accused organisers of “playing it safe” and serving up a mountain week that “makes no sense”, describing one Alpine s...

The 2025 WorldTour season has been one of the most exhilarating in recent memory — a year defined by the emergence of an entire new wave of talent. From Grand Tour podiums to dominant sprints and stunning one-day heroics, these six names have all reshaped the sport’s future in their own way. We’ve s...

The past 12 months have seen a complete U-turn in Tom Pidcock's career, with a contract termination at INEOS Grenadiers leading him to go towards the small-level Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team in 2026, where he has found his best level and turned the Swiss team into another World Tour-level outfit. The Brit...

Alpecin-Deceuninck are a full-on classics and sprint team and they may be on the verge of collecting one of the best value riders on the market for their specific goals. Arkéa - B&B Hotels is coming to an end and there is one rider on the market who specializes in support of top classics riders and...

Israel - Premier Tech are no more, after the pressure from fans, race organizers, team sponsors and riders themselves to remove the state sponsorship and its owner Sylvan Adams from the team. It seemed to be the end of story for the Middle Eastern nation in the sport for the time being, however it m...

Cycling is a sport where unfortunately tragedy happens on a frequent basis, however frequently it is because of training or racing crashes. But outside of competition, the athletes are also regular humans and disaster can happen at any time. For Uno-X Mobility's Simon Dalby, this almost happened rec...

Stephane Heulot was the general manager behind the Lotto team for three years but that came to an end this summer, and the Frenchman admits quite a lot of dissatisfaction towards how business is conducted currently in pro cycling, with less and less human values, contract breakings and lack of long-...

The sport we know and love today is all about endurance and enduring spirit, but with the bonus of scientific performance analysis and high-tech products. But that wasn’t always the case. Cycling didn’t arrive as a fully formed sport; it took shape as technology, culture, and ambition converged. Pin...

Money means a lot in the world of cycling, and looking at UAE Team Emirates - XRG it is easy to see this develop as the team is able to sign multiple of the world's most successful riders and at the same time many of the brightest talents. But almost no teams are able to do this, and most teams only...

Thirteen years after his historic Tour de France victory, Bradley Wiggins has opened up about the internal tensions that marked his time at Team Sky. In his new book The Chain, the 2012 Tour winner details how a single moment of insubordination from Froome nearly caused him to quit the race. The con...

Tobias Johannessen was one of the unexpected stars of the 2025 Tour de France. Although the 26-year-old Norwegian had previously shown glimpses of his potential here and there, his ability to perform over the course of three weeks was a pleasant discovery this summer. Partly thanks to the massive 52...

Despite a very long list of victories in 2025, the season of Lorena Wiebes doesn't end on a high as she would've hoped for. The new world champion in Omnium and Scratch did not complete her three-peat in Madison for which she partnered up Lisa van Belle. In fact, the Dutch favourites crashed during...

The Lotto-Intermarché merger is now inevitably going to take place. But rather than "50-50 merger" with the best of both teams coming on-board the new project, we see the most promising riders of Intermarché - Wanty setting out on new adventures. And the case is not any different for Hugo Page. The...

Lidl-Trek rider Andrea Bagioli has announced that he and his partner Letizia are expecting their first child — a piece of news that quickly drew a flood of affection from across the peloton. The 26-year-old Italian shared the update on Instagram with a photo of the couple’s small dog Maya beside a b...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe’s new team manager Zak Dempster has opened up on the scale of the challenge facing him in 2026: managing a roster so deep in Grand Tour potential that internal competition could become as fierce as the battles against Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. Speaking in an int...

The newly unveiled 2026 Tour de France route has triggered frustration and disbelief among Belgian cycling figures, who believe organisers have missed a rare opportunity to test Tadej Pogacar with a more balanced parcours. While the race begins with a 19.7km team time trial in Barcelona, the individ...

For Joxean Matxin, there’s no secret to UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s historic 2025 campaign — there’s just Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian once again stood at the heart of everything as the team rewrote the record books with 95 victories, the highest tally ever achieved by a professional squad. “Working w...

Paul Seixas may already be the name on every French fan’s lips, but the teenager himself is in no hurry to live up to the weight of national expectation and test himself against the best in the world at the Tour de France.  After a sensational first full season in the WorldTour, the 19-year-old says...

As debate continues over whether the newly unveiled 2026 Tour de France route has once again been built to favour Tadej Pogacar, one notable name in French cycling has pushed back on suggestions that Christian Prudhomme’s team should be actively trying to stop the Slovenian. Speaking on Les Grandes...

Elia Viviani’s farewell to cycling was pure theatre — one final surge, one last rainbow jersey, and a golden goodbye worthy of his glittering career. In Santiago, the 36-year-old Italian didn’t just win the men’s elimination race at the Track World Championships; he sealed a storybook ending that fe...

Lidl-Trek have hosted their first team camp into 2026 already, one of the few World Tour teams to already put in the work over a month before its first training camp, and during it an important business deal has been concluded: Lidl has taken a majority share of the team's stake, although everything...

The 2025 road season has been finished and a few riders have stood out this year in terms of victories. There have been a few notable faces that have stood out, specially towards the end of the year bringing in victories left and right. Most would believe Tadej Pogacar is the one who has raised his...

Last year the Giro d'Italia's presentation was delayed until late December, hampering the decision making of the World Tour's leaders to make the decision to which Grand Tour they would be riding. There's no sign of the delay repeating itself this year and within the next month we should learn about...

Unibet Tietema Rockets are one of the most inovative projects in pro cycling over the past few years and by the year the French team is growing its level. In 2026 it's already having Dylan Groenewegen on board as a strong new leader and the Tour de France is becoming a more realistic dream. But Bas...

The transfer of 2024-2025? Perhaps, but there is no denying that Tom Pidcock's departure from INEOS Grenadiers was one of the strongest stories of last winter, and one of the riskiest too. With a strong millionaire contract, a British team backing him up and a team stacked with stars, it came as a s...

The route of the Tour de France 2026 was unveiled a few days ago in Paris, and as always, it has sparked mixed reactions among riders and fans.  One of the men that attended the presentation was Sandy Dujardin. The TotalEnergies rider shared his excitement and ambitions for the coming season in an i...