Wout van Aert's race against the clock to be fit for the Tour de France is on. The Belgian star recovers from an elbow wound infection, caused initially by a training crash two weeks ago, and will take his reovery "day by day". Arriving at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with bandages on his elbow, th...

Matteo Jorgenson and Team Visma" Lease a Bike are taking the good with the bad after a mixed Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The American suffered a slightly disappointing finale as he finished in tenth place but leaves the race with a fourth overall and plenty to be happy with. Racing for the first time...

The 2026 Tour de France looms near. Within the space of less than three weeks, Netcompany INEOS will be lining in up in Barcelona, in need of a race that will justify the massive investment made in the team. But there are many problems, with some riders injured, others out of form; and an '8' that i...

The 2026 Tour de Suisse will take place from the 17th to the 21st of June this year, a special edition in which the race has been thinned down from eight to five race days. Tadej Pogacar headlines the final pre-Tour de France World Tour event, which every year brings a luxurious startlist. We previe...

The Baloise Belgium Tour will be taking place from the 17th to 21st of June in 2026 and it will be the single most important preparation race for the sprinters ahead of the Tour de France. We take a look at the stages for this year's edition. Below, you'll also find all the information on how to wat...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is, at the end of the day, still the most common test for GC riders ahead of the Tour de France. Cian Uijtdebroeks was one of the climbers who put himself in the fight for the overall classification this past week and has come out with quite an interesting outcome - and...

In what was his final race day before the Tour de France, Paul Seixas abandoned the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Frenchman had a far from ideal end to his preparation race ahead of the Tour, but it shouldn't jeopardize his preparation towards it.  On stage 7, Seixas crashed at high-speed during a...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike decided on their Tour de France lineup still in January when the riders' calendars were revealed to the media, but since, Christophe Laporte was forced out of the '8'. Reportedly, the decision is made on his replacement, and it might come as a surprise.  The Dutch team is a...

Isaac del Toro keeps smashing barriers and stacking up reasons to be seen as one of world cycling’s standout talents. His victory at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes served as another step up in an already illustrious career, and the Mexican rider is a full-on contender for the podium at the upcoming T...

Oscar Onley was one of Netcompany INEOS' leaders at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and was set to be one for the Tour de France. His crash on stage 6 may have derailed fully the climber's plans for the summer, but above all his health was seriously put in jeopardy. More details emerge over his fall,...

The 2026 Tour de Suisse will be taking place from the 17th to the 21st of June this year, a special edition in which the race has been thinned down from eight to five race days. Tadej Pogacar headlines the final pre-Tour de France World Tour event, which every year brings in a luxurious startlist. B...

The 2026 Tour de Suisse will be taking place from the 17th to the 21st of June this year, a special edition in which the race has been thinned down from eight to five race days. Tadej Pogacar headlines the final pre-Tour de France World Tour event, which every year brings in a luxurious start list. ...

Remco Evenepoel's reported training numbers have generated considerable discussion ahead of the Tour de France, with claims that the Belgian reached an FTP of 425 watts during a recent altitude camp. While the figures underline the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader’s exceptional physical condition,...

Isaac del Toro sealed overall victory at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with a dominant performance on the final stage, overturning a 49-second deficit to race leader Luke Tuckwell on the decisive climb to Plateau de Solaison. While the Mexican secured both the stage win and the yellow jersey, Mattia...

Lotto-Intermarché is facing another significant blow to its sporting project, with several key riders expected to leave at the end of the season. After already losing a number of important names following the merger between Lotto and Intermarché-Wanty last winter, the Belgian team is now set to part...

Mikel Landa will make his long-awaited return to racing at the Tour de Suisse, marking his first competitive appearance since the injury he suffered at Itzulia Basque Country ended his spring campaign. The Spanish climber headlines a Soudal - Quick-Step lineup that will target strong results across...

Gianni Vermeersch has raced alongside two of cycling’s biggest stars, Remco Evenepoel and Mathieu van der Poel, and believes the pair share one defining characteristic: an extraordinary desire to win. The Belgian, currently enjoying a strong Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and hoping to secure a place in...

Isaac Del Toro delivered a commanding performance on the final stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, winning atop Plateau de Solaison and securing overall victory in the process. The Mexican rider overturned Luke Tuckwell’s race lead on a brutal mountain stage featuring the Col du Pré, Montée de B...

Paul Seixas’ Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ended on the first climb of the final stage, but Danish Eurosport cycling expert Jesper Worre does not believe the abandon should trigger major concern before the Tour de France. The Decathlon CMA CGM Team rider stepped off less than 24 hours after his heavy cr...

Carlos Rodriguez left the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes without a stage win, but with an important Tour de France signal after a difficult week for Netcompany INEOS: his body is finally coming round. The Spaniard was part of an aggressive final-stage plan on the road to Plateau de Solaison, with INEOS p...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is not only shaped by attacks in the mountains and sprint finishes on the road, but also by the decisions made behind the scenes by the race commissaires. The French race takes place from the 7th to 14th of June and we take a look at the fines, time penalties, relegatio...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has long built its reputation on attrition as much as spectacle. From the 7th to 14 of June, crashes, illness, exhaustion, and withdrawals can completely reshape the race, whether in chaotic bunch sprints, freezing mountain conditions or much more.  This live Tour Auver...

Isaac del Toro had just won the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with back-to-back mountain victories, but the Mexican refused to turn his final-weekend surge into a UAE Team Emirates - XRG leadership debate before the Tour de France. Del Toro overturned a 49-second deficit to Luke Tuckwell on the final st...

The 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes classifications will evolve across eight days of racing, from the opening stage in Vizille to the final summit finish at Plateau de Solaison. Every climbing test, sprint opportunity, breakaway move and team time trial has the potential to reshape the fight for the...

Luke Tuckwell lost the yellow jersey on the final climb of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but still left Plateau de Solaison with second overall and the biggest result of his young career. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe neo-pro finished behind Isaac del Toro on GC after a brutal final stage, limiti...

Juan Ayuso ended the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on the final podium, beaten by Isaac del Toro on the road to Plateau de Solaison but encouraged by Lidl - Trek’s final Tour de France preparation test. The Spaniard finished third overall after the decisive final stage, where Del Toro attacked 9km from...

Isaac del Toro turned the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes upside down on the final climb to Plateau de Solaison, winning stage 8 and the overall title as Luke Tuckwell finally cracked in yellow. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider began the final stage 49 seconds behind Tuckwell, with Matteo Jorgenson secon...

Liam Slock won GP Gippingen 2026 in extraordinary fashion, taking a surprise victory for Lotto-Intermarche before crashing across the finish line as he began to celebrate. The Belgian had just beaten Aleksandr Vlasov and Richard Carapaz from a select front group in Leuggern, timing his sprint perfec...

Jasper Philipsen got the Copenhagen Sprint result he wanted, even if the race never became the full pre-Tour sprint test it had promised. The Alpecin - Premier Tech fast man won the second men’s edition of the Danish WorldTour race from a reduced front group after a major crash with 18 kilometres to...

Jasper Philipsen won the 2026 Copenhagen Sprint after a chaotic finale in the Danish capital, where a late crash, rain and a stubborn breakaway turned a likely bunch sprint into a far more frantic finish. The Alpecin - Premier Tech sprinter came through after the day’s escape was caught inside the f...

Paul Seixas’ bruising chase back after his Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes crash has drawn a pointed warning from Chris Horner, who believes cycling’s post-crash protocol can leave riders facing an unfair sporting penalty once they are allowed to continue. Seixas crashed heavily on a descent before the Gr...

On the 14th of June the World Tour peloton will take on the newest of the top-category races. This is the Copenhagen Sprint, a race created at a period where riders are making their final adjustments towards the Tour de France, and one where the sprinters will have a big opportunity. We take a look...

Paul Seixas has abandoned the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on the final stage, with the Decathlon CMA CGM Team teenager’s key Tour de France test cut short one day after his heavy crash on the road to the Grand Colombier. The 19-year-old started stage 8 in sixth place overall, 1:54 behind race leader L...

Paul Seixas’ crash on the Grand Colombier did not end his Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but it has sharpened the question hanging over his first Tour de France: how much risk should Decathlon CMA CGM Team allow their teenage star to take before July? The 19-year-old went down at close to 70kph on stage...

Carlos Rodríguez assessed his Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - the former Critérium du Dauphiné - ahead of the final stage, stressing the race’s role as preparation for the Tour de France, while not ruling out chasing a strong result on the last day. The Spanish rider explained that his focus here was...

Before the final stage of the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes —formerly the Critérium du Dauphiné—, Pello Bilbao took a calm look back at a demanding week, defined by physical issues and the race’s fierce level, in comments made at the start. The Basque rider told Cycling Pro Net he wasn’t at his best in...

Paul Seixas is offering no excuses as he takes to the start for stage 8 of the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes. The Decathlon CMA CGM star has it all to do if he's to come out victorious in a final day general classification battle, but Saturday's brutal crash and fightback have left him with battle scars...

Wout van Aert's Tour de France preparation is very much in doubt after the Belgian star abandoned the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes just hours after victory in stage 5. Sporting injuries from a training crash days before the race, van Aert left as an elbow wound pain became too much. Returning to Belgiu...

Paul Seixas has had a tremendously eventful day today at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Frenchman crashed early in the day at high speed and with consequences, that threatened not only his race but his Tour de France debut. He detailed the crash, took the blame for it, and talked extensively abo...

On the 14th of June the World Tour peloton will take on the newest of the top-category races. This is the Copenhagen Sprint, a race created at a period where riders are making their final adjustments towards the Tour de France, and one where the sprinters will have a big opportunity. We preview the...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, formerly known as the Critérium du Dauphiné, is taking place from the 7th to 14th June 2026. The French race is highly praised as the Tour de France's most important preparation race, and one of the big World Tour events of the year. We preview the race and take a look...

Paul Seixas may have lost valuable time to his general classification rivals on stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Saturday, but the 19-year-old's defiant fightback from a hard crash to return to the front of affairs saw him gain many new fans. But the recovery was very much a team effort a...

Richard Carapaz's 2026 plans came crashing down seven weeks ago as the Ecuadorian star had to undergo surgery, ruling him out of the Giro d'Italia and forcing the EF Education-EasyPost off the bike for over three weeks as he recovered. Carapaz had built the first half of his season around the Corsa...

Iván García Cortina once looked destined to become a strong sprinter and a credible classics rider, but he has fallen short in both roles. One of Movistar Team’s golden boys who, always willing and always intent, has rarely hit the mark, he seems set to leave Abarca Sports without making a lasting i...

Cian Uijtdebroeks went from the sobering lows of the bathroom to the soaring heights of the Grand Colombier during the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Movistar star impressed on stage 7 despite revealing that he had been under the weather earlier in the race. With the race reaching a boiling point on...

Geoffrey Bouchard has announced that 2026 will be the final season of his professional career, bringing an end to a journey that saw him rise from a late starter to a respected climber in the WorldTour peloton. Speaking before stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the 34-year-old Frenchman expla...

Petrolike’s future has been thrown into serious doubt after ongoing financial problems forced the Mexican Continental team to miss the Giro d’Italia Under 23 despite having received an invitation from RCS Sport. The squad, which has established its operational base in Italy and built a reputation fo...

Luke Tuckwell endured the toughest day of his young career on stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but the 21-year-old Australian managed to retain the race lead after a determined ride on the Grand Colombier. Although the Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe rider was dropped by the main contenders on...

Matteo Jorgenson strengthened his position in the general classification at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with a fourth-place finish on the Grand Colombier, moving up to second overall ahead of the race’s final stage. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider overcame a challenging day for his team, which...

Tobias Johannessen produced another impressive ride on the penultimate stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (formerly the Critérium du Dauphiné) finishing third atop the Grand Colombier and moving into fifth place overall. The Uno-X Mobility rider was pleased with his own performance after a diffi...

Isaac Del Toro delivered a statement performance on the brutal slopes of the Grand Colombier, claiming victory in Stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes after a spectacular late attack. The Mexican rider from UAE Emirates - XRG reeled in Juan Ayuso before dropping the Spaniard in the final kilomet...

Isaac del Toro had a complicated end to his spring after getting injured at Itzulia Basque Country. He had to withdraw from the race which was then dominated by Paul Seixas, and forced to skip the Ardennes classics. At the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes however, winning stage 7 - The Mexican is back on t...

Juan Ayuso started off his 2026 season with a set of strong performances at the Volta ao Algarve which earned him the overall win. An injury at Paris-Nice derailed his spring, but as the peloton reaches the summer and the Tour de France period, the Spaniard has returned to his best level. He could'v...

Stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes was a dramatic day for Decathlon CMA CGM Team, who managed to save the day, but saw Paul Seixas crash and also lose time at the end to the likes of Isaac del Toro and Matteo Jorgenson. Whilst Seixas did not criticize his competition, his young teammate Léo Bi...

Stage 7 of the 2026 Tour-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes delivered a lot of drama. The main favourite Paul Seixas crashed and made an hours-long recovery of a four-minute gap; Luke Tuckwell survived in the yellow jersey on the brutal ascent to the Grand Colombier; and it was Isaac del Toro who took the win in...

Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team might become one of the most stacked sprinter teams in the peloton next season. Aside from their current headliners, they are reported to be signing Tom Crabbe and Tommaso Dati - two riders having a breakthrough season. It seems as if the Swiss team is also close t...

Paul Seixas has suffered a crash in the early moments of stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and faces a huge fightback to make his way to the peloton, with the gap standing at over four minutes. The Decathlon CMA CGM rider fell on a descent with around 96 kilometers remaining, taking some time...

The last two weeks have been quite the rollercoaster for Wout van Aert and Visma | Lease a Bike as the Belgian went from crashing in training and a shaky start to the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, to a stunning stage win before more disappointment as his injuries deteriorated.  The Paris Roubaix winner...

Patrick Lefevere has once again shown his most critical side in his latest column published in Nieuwsblad. The storied former Soudal-Quick Step director harshly questioned the UCI’s sanctioning policy, criticised its lack of transparency, and lamented teams’ limited ability to react to decisions by...

Juan Ayuso believes he's getting closer and closer to top form as he grows into the 2026 Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes. The Lidl-Trek co-leader goes into the weekend mountains feast in a strong position after some encouraging performances. The Spanish rider enjoyed a successful start to life at his new...

Luke Plapp thinks fellow Australian Luke Tuckwell will be hard to catch after taking the yellow jersey as stage 6 threw up a surprise new leader of the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes. With Saturday's mountain stage to finish on Col du Grand Colombier, the general classification battle takes centre stage....

A 60-man breakaway... that's a turn of events which certainly caught the entire Decathlon CMA CGM Team, including Paul Seixas, off-guard on the sixth stage of Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. As the only team not present at the front, it was the French team's responsibility to limit damages, but the leade...

Team Visma| Lease a Bike are down to just four riders for the final weekend of the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. First injuries took away star man Wout van Aert less than 24 hours after his stage win on Thursday, but it's now been confirmed that two riders are out with illness. Jorgen Nordhagen and Per...

Paul Seixas and Isaac Del Toro are among the two leading contenders to light up the iconic Col du Grand Colombier as the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes finishes up the brutal climb for the first time. Saturday's stage seven features six categorised ascents and a gruelling finale but an opportunity for on...

Netcompany INEOS saw their dream Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes situation turn into a nightmare on Friday's stage 6. Not only did they lose two key riders from the race, but the team have confirmed they have both suffered injuries and face time off the saddle. Heading into the high mountains with dual le...

Visma | Lease a Bike have endured a rollercoaster 24 hours that has saw the highs of a Wout van Aert stage win at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, before concerns emerged around the Belgian star as he abandoned the race on Friday morning. Van Aert sprinted to an emphatic win on stage 5 as he was the s...

Chloé Dygert has not had a great joy from cycling so far in 2026. The American time trial star has only three results and three 'DNFs' to her name this season - the last one dating back full two months. A return finally begun to emerge on the horizon two weeks ago when the Canyon//SRAM rider shared...

Former professional cyclist Rohan Dennis has been arrested by South Australian police for allegedly driving while serving a five-year driving ban. According to Australian broadcaster ABC, the vehicle Dennis was driving has been impounded, and he is expected to appear before a judge. Dennis, now 36,...

Erlend Blikra started the 2026 Giro d'Italia as one of the many sprinter outsiders looking to upset favourites Jonathan Milan and Paul Magnier, but his race had quickly gone sideways during the opening stage finale in Burgas. The narrow finish in Bulgarian city caused a massive pile-up with multiple...

Oscar Onley's crash during stage 6 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes "spooked" Matteo Jorgenson, who witnessed the Netcompany Ineos rider suffer a crash on a technical descent before the day's final climb. Four minutes behind a strong breakaway that saw Maxim Van Gils take the win and Luke Tuckwell g...

The sixth stage of Tour of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes was quite the rare experience with a 60-headed breakaway getting up the road on an introduction-day to the mountains. But that doesn't mean that the peloton had stopped - quite the contrary. A high pace maintained by Decathlon CMA CGM throughout the da...

Maxim Van Gils claimed victory on the first mountain stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Friday, attacking from a massive breakaway to win atop Crest-Voland. The Belgian outsprinted Tobias Halland Johannessen after a selective finale, securing a second consecutive Belgian stage win in the race...

Luke Tuckwell and Red Bull BORA Hansgrohe couldn't believe the situation unfolding during stage 6 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as Luke Tuckwell rode into the yellow jersey and Maxim Van Gils took victory in a chaotic Friday of racing. The 21-year-old Australian, in his first season at WorldTour,...

Maxim Van Gils may have suffered while altitude training with Remco Evenepoel before the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but he's certainly got his reward after a brilliant stage 6 victory on Friday. The Belgian, who returned at the stage race after almost four months injured, was the strongest from an i...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes delivered a stunning day of racing on stage 6 that provided a breakaway battle, yellow jersey heist and decisive general classification battle. Maxim Van Gils took a stage win from a 60-strong breakaway, Luke Tuckwell moves into yellow while Paul Seixas and Isaac Del To...

Movistar Team can’t find results on the road and now the headache appears to be spreading beyond competition: Telefónica SA is weighing a cutback or even a sale of its historic team sponsorship. As part of a wider review of its marketing investments, the Spanish company is exploring two main avenues...

Thomas Gloag arrived at Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling ready for a fresh start with a new team over the winter. He opened his account with the team in encouraging fashion with two ten finishes, but by the beginning of March, something wasn't quite right. The British rider signed for the team after thre...

Stage 6 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes provides the climbers with their first summit finish of the race, an important day where there will be an accurate test of many Tour de France contenders' form. Juan Ayuso and Santiago Buitrago, two contenders for the win, have shared their insight ahead of t...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes arrives to the mountains once again this Friday afternoon and in the center of attention will be Paul Seixas, the rider everyone will keep an eye on as the race tackles its first summit finish of the week.   “Yes, no doubt we want to make the race tougher today. Then...

This past week's Ronde de l'Oise was brought to the spotlight as for the third time in the space of just over half a year, Jan-Willem van Schip was disqualified after breaking a UCI rule. This time it was because of a bidon placed inside the front of his jersey, which is not allowed. The team worrie...

Wout Van Aert suffered a crash during training last week and has an elbow injury that has stayed with him throughout the Tour Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike has abandoned the race ahead of stage 6, raising questions about the Tour de France.  "Wout van Aert will not appear at t...

The decision on whether Tadej Pogacar will race the 2026 Vuelta a España will only be made after the end of the Tour de France, however there is another argument for the World Champion's participation. Whilst preparing for the Tour at Sierra Nevada, the Slovenian has also reconned several climbs tha...

Wout Van Aert is heading to the Tour de France to support Jonas Vingegaard, however he can also fight for his own results. And as shown this Thursday at the Tour Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes, the Belgian is also back to his winning ways, earning that right.  “He had already shown yesterday that he was fast...

Gijs Leemreize is the only rider combining this year's Giro d'Italia with Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. With only one week setting apart the finish of 2026's first Grand Tour and the start of re-branded Critérium du Dauphiné, it's logical that no other riders have opted for such a schedule. In fact, no...

The "post-Evenepoel" Soudal - Quick-Step felt a little bleak in the first months of 2026, and it's taken until Giro d'Italia to finally reclaim the spotlight in one of their fine disciplines; bunch sprints. Paul Magnier stood on top of the feeding chain in three out of four bunch sprints and brought...

No, it's not a season to remember at EF Education-EasyPost with at least four riders in the infirmary. The most recent addition to the unavailable list is Mikkel Honoré - the 29-year-old Dane crashed hard in the final phase of Heistse Pijl, suffering a dozen fractures and a collapsed lung on the day...

As has been a long-running tradition at Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the Dutch formation will sport unique jersey designs at Tour de France this summer. And this does not only apply to men, but also Visma's women's team racing at Tour de France Femmes at the start of August. The team of defending cham...

The UCI jury had started to enforce a new rule this week which has caused many teams at the on-going Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes to lose a significant amount of money ahead of stage 3 team time trial. The reason? Coming late to an equipment check prior to the team time trial. Team manager Mario Aerts...

After several difficult days searching for form at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Wout van Aert finally delivered a statement performance on stage five. The Belgian rider from Team Visma | Lease a Bike proved the fastest in a bunch sprint, taking victory ahead of Hugo Hofstetter and Phil Bauhaus aft...

Chris Froome’s next race is not at the Tour de France, not on the road, and not even on a traditional bike. The seven-time Grand Tour winner is set to take part in Together Crossing for the Pelagos, a 225km water-bike challenge from Viareggio in Italy to Monaco on 19 and 20 June. Froome will be one...

Wout van Aert took the stage 5 headlines in Villars-les-Dombes, but Alex Baudin left the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with the Maillot Jaune still on his shoulders and the most important day of his race waiting on home roads. Baudin safely retained yellow after one of the calmest days of his spell in t...

Twenty-four hours after Wout van Aert had been left sprinting for minor places behind a successful breakaway, Team Visma | Lease a Bike made sure stage 5 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ended on their terms. Van Aert won in Villars-les-Dombes after Visma helped bring the race back together, then de...

Wout van Aert claimed victory on stage 5 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes after Team Visma | Lease a Bike helped turn one of the quietest days of the race into a controlled sprint finish in Villars-les-Dombes. After Quinn Simmons had denied the peloton on stage 4, the fifth stage brought a far more...

Leo Bisiaux has spent recent weeks riding close to Paul Seixas, helping Decathlon CMA CGM Team prepare their teenage leader for one of the most anticipated Tour de France debuts of the summer. His own Grand Tour programme, however, is heading in a different direction. While Seixas is being sharpened...

Movistar Team’s Tour de France build-up has been hit by an influenza A outbreak just weeks before the Grand Départ, with team manager Eusebio Unzue admitting the Spanish squad has been forced into a difficult reset after several riders left the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes through illness. The timing i...

Wout van Aert’s Paris-Roubaix victory was supposed to stand as one of the great emotional pay-offs of Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s modern era. Instead, it may now be remembered inside the team for something else too. According to former professional rider and analyst Michiel Elijzen, Van Aert’s long-...

The UCI team ranking enters a key phase of the calendar. With the Giro d’Italia just finished and a quiet competitive week, movement has been limited, although some squads have used smaller races to bank valuable points at what can be considered the midpoint of the season - but it's a change on the...

Jasper Philipsen has made a clear deviation in his sprint to the Tour de France, but the move could be set to reward the Belgian fast man. Initially set to ride next week's Tour de Suisse, he will instead reportedly take to the line for the Baloise Belgium Tour. It was initially reported that Philip...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes returns from June 7 to June 14, 2026, continuing the legacy of the race many fans still know as the Critérium du Dauphiné. Widely regarded as the most important warm-up event ahead of the Tour de France, the eight-day stage race once again attracts many of the sport's b...

The large-scale changes of Lidl-Trek management at the start of June have taken the cycling world by storm. And the game of musical chairs has involved also their upper-echelon competitors Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Visma | Lease a Bike, all three teams changing staff at key management position...

Wout van Aert is hoping that Tadej Pogacar hasn't chose the right path to this year's Tour de France, but has his doubts. Set to be a key man for Team Visma | Lease a Bike's mission to win a third Tour for Jonas Vingegaard, the Dutch team are bidding to break the UAE Team Emirates - XRG man's strong...

Matteo Trentin has sounded a word of warning to sprinters who think Thursday's Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes stage 5 is heading to bunch race to the line. The Tudor Pro Cycling star is one who could look to capitalise in that scenario, but is worried another hilly start could favour a breakaway heist. W...

Kevin Vauquelin cut a frustrated figure at the end of Tuesday's team time trial at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes after an Oscar Onley mechanical saw the team ease off their effort to ensure both leaders stayed together during the race against the clock. On course for a stage win heading into the fin...

The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games are beginning to sketch the profile of one of cycling’s most anticipated events. The LA28 organisers confirmed on Tuesday that the men’s and women’s road races will finish at a venue of powerful symbolism and sporting demand: Griffith Observatory. This should play...

Tadej Pogacar bid farewell to Sierra Nevada last weekend as he ended his high altitude training camp. Entering the final phase of preparation for the 2026 Tour de France, the Slovenian is almost ready for the July 4th Grand Depart, but faces one key test first. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader wil...

For years, cyclists have linked lactic acid to one of the bike’s most uncomfortable sensations. That moment when the legs start to stiffen, the effort bites harder, and holding pace feels increasingly difficult. But what if that changes at the next Tour de France 2026? Lactate build-up has traditi...

Remco Evenepoel is seemingly getting close to Tour de France shape after seemingly revealing his power numbers. The Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe leader is on training camp in Teide, Spain, but released a Youtube video of the behind-the-scenes of his training and preparation for the grand tour.  In the...

Paul Seixas rode his first team time trial with Decathlon CMA CGM on Tuesday, with the team recording a solid sixth place finish and a respectable time amongst the other leading teams in the discipline. However, there was one big moment the 19-year-old sensation appeared to be putting his own team u...

Danny van Poppel has returned to a familiar role as elite lead-out man for Jordi Meeus, despite having previously outlined ambitions to pursue more personal sprint opportunities in 2026. The current Dutch national champion, who recently guided Meeus to victory at the Brussels Cycling Classic, has re...

Jordi Meeus enters the final phase of his contract without a confirmed destination for 2027, with growing speculation linking the Belgian sprinter to Lidl-Trek. The Belgian sprinter, who has steadily built his status in the WorldTour with multiple sprint wins and a Tour de France stage victory, insi...

Alex Baudin retained the overall lead at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes after safely navigating a fast and demanding fourth stage, where the breakaway narrowly held off the peloton and Lidl-Trek’s Quinn Simmons sprinted to victory. The French rider, who claimed the yellow jersey after his solo win on...

Corbin Strong finally broke through to take victory at the 2026 Circuit Franco Belge, delivering a long-awaited win after previous podium finishes in 2023 and 2025. The New Zealander timed his effort perfectly in a reduced uphill sprint, holding off Anders Foldager and race favourite Paul Magnier to...

On Thursday, June 11, the biggest sporting event of the summer gets underway as the FIFA World Cup kicks off across Mexico, Canada and the United States. For the first time ever, 48 nations will compete for football's ultimate prize. With twelve groups, a knockout stage featuring 32 countries and a...

Finn Fisher-Black’s impressive consistency this season continued at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but the New Zealander was once again left without a victory. The Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe rider finished second to Quinn Simmons on stage 4 after being part of a ten-man breakaway that narrowly resisted...

American national champion Quinn Simmons powered to victory on stage four of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes after surviving a relentless day in the breakaway. The Lidl-Trek rider timed his sprint perfectly from a reduced leading group, while Wout van Aert won the bunch sprint several seconds later. A...

Quinn Simmons is a rider who does not win very often, but always wins big. In 2025 he won the USA national championships and stages at the Volta a Catalunya and Tour de Suisse. In 2026 he opened up his tally this Wednesday afternoon, winning stage 4 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône Alpes.  This was fruit...

Wout Van Aert had a very modest first days at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, suffering from a minor injury but not showing the level he had during the spring. The Belgian got his competitive edge back today on stage 4, but the chances of him winning the bunch sprint were cut by the fact that the bre...

The 2026 Circuit Franco-Belge provided an opportunity for the puncheurs and the sprinters who can climb to take the win, and has led to a very explosive finale. It was a sprint that decided it, in which NSN Cycling Team's Corbin Strong took the win, beating none other than Paul Magnier to the finish...

Stage 4 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes was a battle between the peloton and the breakaway for victory. In the end the previous succeeded, with Lidl-Trek's Quinn Simmons taking the stage win from a sprint from a large group in front, with only 4 seconds separating the groups.  The day had a profile...

The Tour Auvergne - Rhône Alpes could've seen Ramses Debruyne of Alpecin-Premier Tech in the yellow jersey. In the absence of the Belgian team's major leaders, the young all-rounder was able to reach the spotlight in a rare position of leadership. He describes this moment and his point of view with...

While much of the transfer-market spotlight falls on marquee signings, Movistar Team has already started building its future from the ground up. It has done so by sealing a signing that, although it flew under the radar for many fans, could prove a major long-term bet in the coming years. On June 3r...

João Almeida keeps edging back towards his best. The UAE Team Emirates XRG rider tackled stage 4 of the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 2026 (in Spanish Tour Auvernia Ródano-Alpes, the Dauphiné’s new name) with optimism, while admitting he is still short of top condition. After several difficult months...

Juan Ayuso tackles stage 4 of the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in a prime position on the general classification after Lidl-Trek’s solid team time trial. The Spaniard and Mattias Skjelmose put themselves well in play ahead of the decisive mountain days. This scenario has fuelled speculation about a pos...

Paul Seixas tackles the second half of the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 2026 convinced the general classification remains wide open. The Decathlon CMA CGM rider lost time to several key rivals after the team time trial, but he stayed calm and confident ahead of the remaining mountain stages. The third...

Michael Matthews is reluctant to give it is all in a bunch sprint at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ahead of Wednesday's stage 4. The Australian fast man is in strong form after capping off a solid team time trial for Team Jayco AlUla, but has good reason to not want to go to the line in a chaotic su...

Tadej Pogacar is in the height of his 2026 Tour de France preparation as he goes from versatile classics hunter to a more slimmed-down Grand Tour specialist ready to soar in the high mountains. But with the Tour de France just over three weeks away, the Slovenian has received some bad news about his...

Wout van Aert looked in trouble from the very first meters uphill during Tuesday's team trial at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. That's according to his team manager Maarten Wynants who noted that they knew immediately that the Belgian wasn't at his best.  Van Aert suffered a crash last Monday while...

Bahrain Victorious delivered a solid team time trial at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 [the new name of the Dauphiné]. The squad executed a flawless plan designed to protect Santiago Buitrago’s general classification ambitions. After the stage, Pello Bilbao highlighted the team’s collective work...

It's no secret that the opening stage of the 2026 Tour de France has been circled and underlined by Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe as a golden chance to get one of their team leaders into the yellow jersey from the very first day. But after Tuesday's stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, they know they...

Demi Vollering’s final-stage Giro d’Italia Women heist has earned one of the biggest comparisons in modern cycling, with British legend Lizzie Deignan framing the Dutch star as the women’s peloton’s closest answer to Tadej Pogacar. Vollering completed her Grand Tour clean sweep in Saluzzo, ripping t...

The cycling fans saw Tom Dumoulin win time trials at both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in 2016, as well as become Olympic silver medallist in the discipline, just a year prior to his 2017 breakthrough as he won the Giro and became world ITT champion. But his start to the season ten years ago...

Thibaut Pinot has announced a very special initiative to coincide with this summer’s Tour de France. The former professional will offer one family the chance to stay for three nights at his farm in Mélisey, in the Haute-Saône region, completely free of charge. The experience is part of a collaborati...

The TotalEnergies formation has been a consistent force of professional peloton for a few decades now, yet it's come close to its extinction at the end of this season with title sponsor TotalEnergies expected to move to a bigger scene as Netcompany's partner in WorldTour from 2027. That left the Fre...

Wout van Aert endured a difficult day in the team time trial at the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 2026. The Belgian could not hold his teammates’ pace in the opening kilometres and was dropped very early, a scenario he did not expect that raises questions about his form just weeks before the Tour de Fra...

After two days dominated by breakaway specialists, the general classification contenders finally came to the fore on stage three of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and it was Team Visma | Lease a Bike who emerged on top. The Dutch outfit powered to victory in the 28-kilometre team time trial around L...

The UCI WorldTour ranking reaches the midpoint of the season with a notably stable picture at the top. The latest update confirms no changes in the top 10 compared with last week, in a spell marked by a lull in major races after the Giro d’Italia and with the Tour de France just around the corner as...

Isaac del Toro lost ground in the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes team time trial, but the Mexican left stage 3 looking at the bigger picture. UAE Team Emirates - XRG finished behind the strongest GC squads in the 28.4-kilometre test around Perreux, losing time to Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Netcompany INE...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike turned a chaotic Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes team time trial into a Tour de France warning shot. Matteo Jorgenson led the Dutch squad home to victory on stage 3 around Perreux, where Visma stopped the clock in 32:52.17 despite losing Wout van Aert early and seeing Ben Tulett...

Cian Uijtdebroeks left the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes team time trial with more than a useful result for Movistar Team. For the Belgian, stage 3 was also a valuable rehearsal for the discipline that will help shape the opening weekend of the Tour de France. Movistar finished seventh in the 28.4-kilom...

Kevin Vauquelin believes Netcompany INEOS may have lost “15 or 20 seconds” in the team time trial decision that left him 12 seconds short of the Maillot Jaune at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Frenchman led INEOS home in stage 3 around Perreux, where the British team finished second, 9.61 second...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike turned a disrupted stage 3 team time trial into victory at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, winning in Perreux despite losing Wout van Aert early and seeing Ben Tulett suffer a badly timed puncture. The 28.4-kilometre test delivered the first major GC shake-up of the week aft...

Uno-X Mobility reportedly used images of Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel in a challenge to the UCI after Anthon Charmig was handed a yellow card following his Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes stage 2 victory. Charmig received the sanction from the race jury for using a non-compliant rid...

Afonso Eulalio arrived at the Giro d’Italia as a long-term Bahrain - Victorious project and left it as one of the most talked-about young GC riders in the peloton, with his agent now claiming contract figures have jumped “five or six times higher” after his breakthrough in Italy. The Portuguese ride...

Tom Pidcock’s return to the Tour de France comes with more expectation than ever, even if he is doing everything he can to avoid placing it on himself. The 26-year-old is no longer arriving only as a stage-hunting wildcard. His third place at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana changed the shape of the discuss...

The 2026 Tour de France is starting in the space of just under a month, and all of the riders who are aiming for strong results there are currently doing their specific preparation. Some use the Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes, some the Tour de Suisse, and some will do some minor races. However, others...

Joaquim Rodríguez’s podcast has been dropping headlines every week, but in the Giro d’Italia special he delivered one of his toughest critiques of modern cycling. This includes EF Education manager Jonathan Vaughters; whilst he also criticized those who compared Enric Mas in his early years to Alber...

Paul Seixas is a rider with plenty talents on the bike, however some aspects of pro cycling can only be learnt with experience and time. At 19, he has never ridden a team time trial as an elite rider. Today's at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes will be his first, and will be a crucial test ahead of the...

Azerion / Villa Valkenburg rider Jan-Willem van Schip was disqualified from yet another race this past Sunday. The Dutch rider and his team are livid with the UCI commissaires' behaviour towards them in races, reported as harassment, whilst the rules continue being bent all over the sport without co...

The start order has been confirmed for the stage 3 team time trial at the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with EF Education-EasyPost set to roll down the ramp last as Alex Baudin continues his defence of the yellow jersey. Tuesday’s test begins at 15:05, with Team Picnic PostNL the first squad to st...

Team Picnic PostNL is having a horrendous 2026 campaign, currently placed 29th in the UCI team ranking, sitting mid-pack among ProTeams as a WorldTour formation. This is not a great news as on the background, the Dutch team is looking to secure its future with WorldTour license provided only for thi...

Lorenzo Milesi’s future is coming into sharper focus as the transfer market gathers pace after the Giro d’Italia. The Italian rider, currently with Movistar Team, now looks set for a team change that, if confirmed, would be one of the most notable moves among the WorldTour’s young talents. According...

The secret is out! Lotte Kopecky and Axel Merckx have shared their marriage with the world after two weeks of speculations sparked by reports of Belgian media. The pair have shared pictures from their wedding ceremony held last Saturday. "A day we will cherish for the rest of our lives," Lotte share...

Tim Rex became one of the unexpected viral faces of Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s Giro d’Italia dominance, but not everyone was impressed by the way Jonas Vingegaard’s young domestique emptied himself on the front. The 22-year-old stepped up to the WorldTour in 2026 after riding for Visma’s developmen...

Juan Ayuso’s arrival at Lidl-Trek raised high expectations for the 2026 season. However, physical issues and incidents have so far prevented the Spanish rider from fully showing his potential alongside Mattias Skjelmose, with whom he is tipped to form one of the strongest duos in the peloton. After...

The 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is quickly turning into the race of the breakaway specialists. One day after Alex Baudin powered to victory in the opening stage, the attackers once again fought for the stage win on day two, this time with Anthon Charmig emerging victorious after a decisive move o...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike left stage 2 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with their general classification position intact and their focus already turned towards the team time trial. Anthon Charmig took the stage victory from the breakaway in Le Puy-en-Velay, continuing the race’s early pattern of su...

Alex Baudin kept the yellow jersey at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but stage 2 made clear how quickly life changes once a breakaway winner becomes a race leader. One day after taking the biggest victory of his career in Saint-Ismier, the EF Education-EasyPost rider spent the longest stage of the r...

Anthon Charmig knew stage 2 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes had become the kind of chance he could not afford to miss. The Uno-X Mobility rider won in Le Puy-en-Velay after keeping his nerve through a chaotic breakaway finale, refusing to panic when others attacked before striking on the final clim...

Anthon Charmig claimed stage 2 of the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with a perfectly timed late attack from the breakaway, as the peloton missed out for the second day in a row. The longest stage of the race, from Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux to Le Puy-en-Velay, always looked difficult to control. With m...

Alex Baudin’s Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes breakthrough came with perfect timing for EF Education-EasyPost. The Frenchman delivered a superb solo victory on stage 1, attacking from the breakaway on the Cote de Rousset before holding off the reduced peloton to win in Saint-Ismier. It gave Baudin the ope...

Wout van Aert’s muted return at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has been given a calm verdict by former Tour de France stage winner and RTBF consultant Cyril Saugrain, who believes the Belgian’s difficult opening day should not trigger alarm. Van Aert returned to racing on stage 1, around two months a...

Paul Seixas left stage 1 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with only a small time loss to Oscar Onley, but former Vuelta a Espana winner Chris Horner believes Decathlon CMA CGM Team were fortunate the damage was not far worse. Alex Baudin took the opening victory and the first yellow jersey after att...

The final stage of the Giro d’Italia Women was billed as a Dutch showdown: Anna van der Breggen trying to defend pink, Demi Vollering searching for one last way to rip it away. Then Antonia Niedermaier turned the race into something even more dangerous. The Canyon//SRAM rider attacked on the road to...

The peloton's focus is currently on the Tour Auvergne-Rhône Alpes but away from racing, agents and teams alike are working hard to secure the future of their riders. There is a massive amount of activity in thee cycling market currently and we provide the first of many updates regarding the latest s...

The 2026 Heiste Pijl ended in success for EF Education-EasyPost as Noah Hobbs took the victory in Heist-op-den-Berg, but the team finished the race without Mikkel Honoré, who suffered a high-speed collision with a barrier and was taken to intensive care due to the multiple injuries he endured.  The...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has presented a brutal route, one with a few opportunities for Wout Van Aert who returns to racing two months after his Paris-Roubaix victory. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider did not show his best form on the opening day, but there is no urgency for the Dutch team. ...

Ben Healy’s return to racing gave EF Education-EasyPost plenty of reason for optimism on stage 1 of the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 2026. Two months after ending his Itzulia with injury, the Irishman was back in the bunch and played an active role in a plan that delivered victory for teammate Alex Bau...

Jan-Willem van Schip's name has by now been more associated with the UCI than anything else during the 2026 season, as he has been repeatedly disqualified due to the infringement of different rules. All of them are regarding aerodynamics, and this Monday he has also been removed from the French Rond...

The Tour Auverge-Rhône Alpes, formerly known as the Criterium du Dauphiné, is taking place from the 7th to 14th June 2026. The French race is highly praised as the Tour de France's most important preparation race, and one of the big World Tour events of the year. We take a look at its startlist, fea...

As professional cycling struggles with skyrocketing operational costs and a widening wealth gap between the sport's elite squads and the rest of the peloton, the push for financial regulation is increasing. Brent Copeland, the general manager of Team Jayco AlUla and president of the International As...

Following an exceptional breakthrough performance last year where he secured tenth place overall at the Tour de France, Jordan Jegat has found himself at the center of intense transfer market speculation. With his current team, TotalEnergies, still searching for a secure primary sponsor for the 2027...

When multi-discipline cycling star Fem van Empel abruptly paused her professional career six months ago, it sent shockwaves through the cycling community, leaving many wondering if the young talent would ever return to the peloton. Now, half a year into her indefinite hiatus, the 23-year-old Dutch r...

Following a mixed spring classics campaign, Matej Mohoric has completed a training block in Tenerife, Spain, to prepare for a busy summer schedule that includes the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (formerly Criterium du Dauphiné) and the Tour de France. Speaking at a road safety event in Slovenia, the Bah...

Wout van Aert's historic victory at Paris-Roubaix this spring stood out as one of the most impressive and emotional moments of the cycling season, finally filling a major gap in his classic palmarès. Behind this win was a complex mix of physical reconstruction and mental visualization, as revealed b...

The 78th edition of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes began in Vizille with a demanding 146,2 km route towards Saint-Ismier. Unlike many week-long stage races that ease into the action with a sprint stage or prologue, the organisers opted for a relentless climbing test from the very first kilometre. Fiv...

Paul Seixas is still weeks away from the first Tour de France start of his career, but the scale of what is coming has already reached his family. The 19-year-old Decathlon CMA CGM Team rider is set to make history in Barcelona on 4 July, when he is expected to become the youngest rider to start the...

Anna van der Breggen refused to use her Stage 7 crash or lingering back pain as an excuse after losing the Giro d’Italia Women on a chaotic final day, as former SD Worx-Protime team-mate Demi Vollering ripped the Maglia Rosa away in Saluzzo. Van der Breggen began the day in pink, 49 seconds clear of...

Demi Vollering has completed her Grand Tour triple crown after turning the Giro d’Italia Women upside down on the final stage, launching the all-or-nothing attack that ripped the Maglia Rosa away from Anna van der Breggen in Saluzzo. The FDJ United - SUEZ leader started the day 49 seconds behind Van...

Wout van Aert’s first race since conquering Paris-Roubaix was a bruising reminder that his Tour de France build-up is still very much a work in progress. Two months after taking the second Monument victory of his career, the Belgian returned at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with his right arm wrappe...

Demi Vollering completed her women’s Grand Tour triple crown in spectacular fashion at the Giro d’Italia Women, overturning Anna van der Breggen’s Maglia Rosa on the final stage after a dramatic long-range battle around Saluzzo. The FDJ - SUEZ leader began the day one minute behind Van der Breggen,...

Jordi Meeus claimed victory at the 2026 Brussels Cycling Classic after Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe controlled a chaotic finale and delivered their Belgian sprinter into position for a powerful sprint win. Meeus came through a tense run-in to beat Milan Fretin and Biniam Girmay, with the sprint openi...

Netcompany INEOS left stage 1 of the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with an early general classification gain after turning a tactical finale into a small but useful advantage for Oscar Onley. Alex Baudin took the opening stage victory and the first yellow jersey after surviving from the breakaway,...

Alex Baudin’s opening-stage victory at the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes already looked like one of the rides of his career. The story became even more remarkable once the Frenchman revealed he had suffered food poisoning the day before his solo triumph in Saint-Ismier. Baudin won stage 1 from the...

Alex Baudin claimed a brilliant solo victory on stage 1 of the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, holding off the reduced peloton after attacking from the early breakaway on the Cote de Rousset. The 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes opened with a demanding stage from Vizille to Saint-Ismier, as the race f...

João Almeida approaches the start of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 with caution, but also optimism after several difficult months in which he struggled to find his best legs. The Portuguese rider, still one of the peloton’s key contenders for Grand Tours, made it clear that his main goal this s...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes may only be underway just a few hours, but Paul Seixas has been dealt a blow for his general classification hopes after a key teammate was forced to abandon the race. Arriving with lofty ambitions of a GC charge in the WorldTour race, the 19-year-old is hoping to underl...

Pello Bilbao approaches the start of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 with a blend of optimism and caution after a final week of prep marked by some health issues. The Bahrain Victorious rider acknowledged he has not arrived in ideal condition, though he trusts the work banked over recent months....

Wout van Aert has admitted that he suffered a crash in training on Monday, leaving him with bandages on his right knee and elbow at the beginning of stage 1 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike star returns to racing for the first time since his emphatic Paris Roubaix vict...

Paul Seixas approaches the start of the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 2026 with optimism after a build-up that, he said, unfolded smoothly and left the team with good sensations. On the eve of the race, the rider answered Cycling Pro Net’s questions about his form, preparation, and the team’s expectatio...

Juan Ayuso returns to racing at the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 2026 after several months away from competition since his last appearance at the Itzulia. The Spanish rider approaches the French race with optimism, aware it will be an important week to regain rhythm and keep building towards one of his...

Isaac Del Toro fronts a UAE Team Emirates - XRG line-up with high hopes heading into the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Saturday. The Mexican champion, however, has the Tour de France on the back of his mind as he prepares to be Tadej Pogacar's right hand man in July. The 22-year-old enjoyed a breakth...

Remco Evenepoel won't be riding the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Saturday. After setting out that he won't be racing before the Tour de France and his team repeatedly reiterating the tailored preparation, two major indicators made some believe that the Belgian could have been a surprise starter. The...

Paul Seixas has Tour de France dreams as he plans to take to the start on July 4th, but he knows dethroning Tadej Pogacar and breaking into the top two with Jonas Vingegaard is a massive ask for his first Tour. However, the 19-year-old is up for the challenge.  The Decathlon CMA CGM rider's evolutio...

During a recent appearance at the Wattage Festival in Ostend, 2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins shared his profound admiration for the sport's current generation, naming Wout van Aert as his ultimate favorite rider. Reflecting on the recent Giro d'Italia, the 46-year-old cycling legend an...

RCS Sport CEO Paolo Bellino defended the sudden decision to cut stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia Women, stating that an unpredictable avalanche risk left organizers with no alternative. Following urgent warnings from national park authorities regarding an unstable ice sheet near the summit of the Colle...

Demi Vollering took her second stage win of the 2026 Giro d'Italia on stage 8 on Saturday. The stage was shortened due to unstable ice as the riders raced up the iconic Colle delle Finestre - meaning the Dutch rider crossed the new finish line one kilometer before the top of the gruelling climb.  Co...

Larry Warbasse capped off his Giro d'Italia campaign with a final breakaway appearance on stage 20, aiming to carry his hard-earned Grand Tour form into the upcoming US National Road Race Championships in Charleston, West Virginia, on June 21. Warbasse, who previously claimed the stars-and-stripes n...

What has been happening at Lidl-Trek in recent weeks, with deep structural changes, cannot be assessed without looking at the German squad’s recent months of blockbuster signings and heavy spending. Since Lidl’s arrival and the team’s shift to a German identity, everything is changing. On The Move p...

The UCI Management Committee has signed off on a series of significant regulatory reforms targeting equipment, rider safety, and the yellow card system. These updates will phase in over the coming seasons, with the earliest changes taking effect next month. In an immediate move to crack down on aero...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (formerly known as Criterium du Dauphiné) begins this Sunday, featuring an eight-stage route that includes a team time trial on the third day and several challenging mountain finishes. The race marks the competitive comeback of Matteo Jorgenson, who has recovered from a...

Cycling has spent years trying to sell itself as a modern, global, professional sport. Yet every time the UCI takes certain organizational decisions, it signals the opposite. The announcement of the 2027 calendar has again left an indefensible impression: the Vuelta a España will partially overlap w...

Ahead of his return to racing at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Wout van Aert expressed his surprise regarding long-time sports director Grischa Niermann's departure to rival team Lidl-Trek. While team CEO Richard Plugge labeled the move "the end of an era," Van Aert remains highly confident that Te...

The 2028 UCI Road World Championships have been pushed back one week, making the championships set to be one of the latest editions in modern history. Abu Dhabi is set to host a desert edition of the championships, with the Emirati event primed to be a battle of the sprinters. The UCI Management Com...

The 2026 Tour Auvergne Rhône Alpes (heir to the historic Critérium du Dauphiné) shapes up as one of the season’s most anticipated fixtures. The French race will again serve as the major dress rehearsal for the Tour de France and gather many of the world’s top GC riders, including a Tobias Johannesse...

Noah Hobbs took his first career victory at Heiste Pijl on Saturday as the 21-year-old edged out a bunch sprint. The EF Education - Easypost man, just 21-years-old, was the fastest on the day as the bunch went to a sprint following a fast and furious day in the saddle.  The Belgian one day race feat...

An update on Tadej Pogacar's preparation and shape for the 2026 Tour de France has come from an unlikely source - a rival team in Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe. With multiple WorldTour teams wrapping up Sierra Nevada training camps, the team of Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz caught a glimpse of th...

Netcompany Ineos will arrive at the newly named Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with a strong team featuring Oscar Onley and Kevin Vauquelin. With three of their riders already confirmed to start the Tour de France, it's a strong line-up that offers the British team multiple channels for victory, and aven...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia didn’t just leave a disappointing result sheet for Enric Mas. It also sparked a deeper debate about the Spanish rider’s sporting future, his place in elite cycling over the coming years, and, above all, whether Movistar Team can still afford to regard him as a Grand Tour leade...

Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team has conducted several high-profile signings this winter and boosted its level significantly. However not all have had the best outcome, as seen by Irish duo Sam Bennett and Eddie Dunbar who have both had serious health issues comes as big obstacles in the 2026 seas...

The Tour de France is fast approaching and its main contenders are taking considerably different preparations towards the race. Remco Evenepoel's is perhaps the most conservative, without any race days, something the team is fully behind so as for him to reach his best level this July.  Over the pas...

Patrick Lefevere no longer runs Soudal - Quick-Step, but he remains one of the most influential and feared voices in professional cycling. The veteran Belgian executive dissected the sweeping changes at Lidl-Trek and unleashed a barrage of scathing critiques at the team’s new leadership. Among other...

Maxim Van Gils returns to racing this Sunday at the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes after almost four months out following his Clásica Jaén crash. The French stage race comes at a key point in the season and with significant changes to Van Gils' professional set-up within Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe....

Alpe d'Huez in 2024. Col de la Madeleine in 2025. Mont Ventoux in 2026. The women's cycling keeps pushing the boundaries of what has once been viewed as the limits of female cyclists. And after the ladies already conquered Alto de l'Angliru at this year's Vuelta, the Tour de France Femmes director M...

It's anything but usual to witness major shuffles on a WorldTour level mid-season, but three of the world's top teams - Visma | Lease a Bike, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Lidl-Trek made sure of serious ruccus this week when it became public that all three structures will see significant changes t...

Tudor Pro Cycling have enjoyed a moderate success during the 2026 Giro d'Italia thanks to Michael Storer's 7th place in the general classification. If anything was missing, it has to be a stage win - or at least coming close to one. Not only because of the prestige, but also as a very effective sour...

Alpecin-Premier Tech has announced significant changes to the racing programs of two of its headline riders, Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen, as they fine-tune preparations for the Tour de France. The plan reshapes both riders’ usual roadmaps and is clearly aimed at optimising form for the...

Anna van der Breggen faces an uphill battle in the literal sense as she tries to recover from a crash on stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia Women on Friday. The SD Worx-Protime leader will try to hold on to her pink jersey when the bunch race up Colle delle Finestre on Saturday. The peloton is preparing f...

Remco Evenepoel raised a few eyebrows when it was announced he wouldn't be riding any preparation races before the Tour de France. The Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe star is preparing to share leadership with Florian Lipowitz this summer, and both riders are preparing away from the spotlight. While Lipow...

Ben Oliver struck a double victory as the New Zealander picked up an emphatic Tour de Wallonie stage win on Friday's final day saw him also pick up the general classification honours. A dramatic final sprint saw him best Killian Théot and Lotto–Intermarché fast man Arnaud De Lie in Aubel. After De L...

Célia Gery took a huge win as she claimed stage 7 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women on Friday thanks to a well-timed late attack from the peloton with other riders such as Elisa Longho Borghini and Lucinda Brand - catching the day's early breakaway and timing her sprint to perfection.  Stage 7 served...

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes starts on Sunday June 7th, officially kicking off the build-up to the 2026 Tour de France as fans look forward to the premier Grand Tour's latest edition. After Jonas Vingegaard's Giro d'Italia victory, speculation is rising that he could be set to duel with Tadej Pogac...

Tadej Pogacar’s dominance has become so complete that even the question of whether cycling is becoming predictable now follows him towards the Tour de France. The Slovenian has won the last two editions of the race with authority, added another extraordinary spring campaign in 2026, and will again l...

Lidl–Trek are shaking up the market with cheque‑book ambition. The American squad are already looking ahead to next season, shoring up both their men’s and women’s teams. Each boasts deep, competitive rosters, but the latest moves signal a step up in the sporting project’s quality. A radical shift i...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike are set to say goodbye to Griescha Niermann in the latest shake-up to the Dutch team's staffing roster. The team's head of racing is on the way to Lidl-Trek, joining the fast-evolving American team in their own staffing re-shuffle announced this week. The 50-year-old has be...

The transfers market is bustling with activity at this point of the year, months before the official opening of the transfer season. At the Giro d'Italia many riders have discussed their future with different teams, whilst some have impressed and convinced their current teams that they are a worthy...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is going into the Tour de France with an incredibly strong and motivated lineup. All the pieces seem to be falling together for Jonas Vingegaard to battle Tadej Pogacar; and the team is boosting the motivation of one more of its riders as Edoardo Affini is set to renew with...

João Almeida resumes racing this Sunday at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, his first race in almost three months. The Portuguese rider reveals that he never discovered what virus affected him and took him out of the Giro d'Italia, whilst also confirming that he will not take part in the upcoming Tour...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG have announced the renewal of Nils Politt, with a new contract that runs all the way into 2029. This come as positive news for Tadej Pogacar, who has in the German one of his most important support riders.  “I’m really happy to continue with UAE Team Emirates-XRG. From the fi...

Derek Gee-West completed the 2026 Giro d'Italia without displaying any major weaknesses, used his strong weapon - time trial - to move up the rankings, and through a daring attack in the queen stage secured a top-5 result, his second within two years following a 4th place in 2025. This confirms Gee-...

Pro Cycling Manager 2026 has revealed the ratings of four standout names in the international peloton ahead of the 2026 Tour de France. Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, and Paul Seixas appear among the riders with the best stats in Cyanide’s game, which recreates each cyclist’s attr...

After several weeks of altitude work in Sierra Nevada, Juan Ayuso is eager to return to racing at the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, a key tune-up race before the Tour de France. The Spanish rider believes he has rediscovered his top level after an opening to the season marked by both wins and setbacks....

Luca Guercilena is one of the key figures at Lidl-Trek, a manger who's been with the team for over a decade and helped it grow substantially into what is today one of the top teams in the sport. He has discussed the leadership of Mads Pedersen and his biggest regret.  Although the team can currently...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe are going all-in for the Tour de France, with Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz in the lead and Giro d'Italia podium finisher Jai Hindley likely heading as a domestique. The Belgian rider is the biggest headliner in the team, and his preparation is looked at through th...

Team Jayco AlUla have not been having an easy year. Whilst Mauro Schmid has accumulated most of the team's wins and UCI points, elsewhere the pieces haven't often fell in place. Since January, the team hasn't been able to rely on Michael Matthews, who has been recovering from a myriad of health issu...

Tadej Pogacar remains comfortably clear at the top of the latest UCI men’s rider rankings, but the post-Giro d’Italia update has sharpened the picture behind him, with Jonas Vingegaard strengthening his grip on second place and Felix Gall making the week’s most eye-catching jump into the top five. T...

The 2026 Tour de France route once again looks like an ASO-crafted puzzle, with each stage hiding nuances that can disrupt control of the race. Beyond the great Alpine and Pyrenean passes, the course includes several turning points that, without the brute hardness of a traditional colossus, can beco...

Matteo Trentin was one of the strongest riders of this year's Classics campaign and fought for a top result on every cobbled race up until the Tour of Flanders. There, the Italian veteran once again placed himself in a position to compete for a top-5 result, until a large crash in the chasing group...

Groupama - FDJ United may not be momentarily at their historically best situation, sitting 16th in the UCI team ranking at the moment, but they can rely on their star rider Romain Grégoire for many years to come. The Frenchman, who already had a running contract through 2027, opted to trigger a clau...

The love story of Jai Hindley and Giro d'Italia wrote its another chapter this May. The 2022 Corsa Rosa champion and a runner-up from 2020 complete his podium result collection with a strong third place after three weeks of consistent performances in the mountains. "It was a great Giro," Hindley ana...

Jonas Vingegaard left the 2026 Giro d’Italia as the race’s first Danish winner, a Grand Tour Triple Crown champion and the dominant force of the Corsa Rosa. For Spanish cycling journalist Javier Ares, the size of that dominance also raised a harder question about the field behind him. Vingegaard was...

Remco Evenepoel’s place in the Tour de France hierarchy has become harder to define than it was two years ago, but Michel Wuyts believes the Belgian’s career is still being judged through an unfairly narrow lens. The former cycling commentator and long-time Belgian analyst has pushed back against th...

Urska Zigart’s Grand Tour ambitions no longer feel like a distant projection. As the Giro d’Italia Women heads towards its decisive weekend, they are being backed up by results, consistency and another place inside the race’s top 10. After the race returned to flatter terrain on Stage 6, Zigart rema...

Elisa Balsamo continued her remarkable Giro d’Italia Women run on Stage 6, sprinting to victory in Brescello after a flat day that briefly threatened to turn into something far more complicated. The Lidl - Trek sprinter came into the finale with only Lucinda Brand left as her final lead-out rider, b...

Arnaud De Lie won Stage 4 of the 2026 Tour de Wallonie in Eupen, launching his sprint inside the final 500 metres to overhaul Riley Sheehan after a fast, attacking finale. Sheehan had accelerated inside the final 6km and remained at the front into the closing stages, but De Lie came through stronges...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG will begin the final phase of their Tour de France build-up with Isaac del Toro back in action and Joao Almeida alongside him at the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. The race, formerly known as the Criterium du Dauphine, starts on Sunday, 7 June and gives UAE another chance to test...

Olav Kooij’s move to Decathlon CMA CGM Team was supposed to open a clearer path towards the Tour de France. Instead, the Dutch sprinter now looks set to miss the Grande Boucle again, with Paul Seixas’ rapid rise and his own disrupted spring reshaping the team’s July plans. Kooij left Team Visma | Le...

Tom Pidcock is heading towards the Tour de France with no interest in pretending the race hierarchy has suddenly been turned upside down. Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Paul Seixas remain the names around which July is expected to revolve, but Pidcock is not shutting himself out of the conversa...

The 20-gram bike-weight ruling that ended Lorena Wiebes’ Giro d’Italia Women is now becoming a legal fight over the UCI’s own process, with SD Worx-Protime hiring a lawyer, calculating financial damage and openly preparing for the possibility of a CAS case. Wiebes crossed the line first on Stage 1 i...

The Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes starts on Sunday, June 7th, with Isaac del Toro, Paul Seixas, and Juan Ayuso among the leading contenders for the overall of the newly renamed French stage race, which succeeds the Critérium du Dauphiné. On terrain that will serve as a prelude to the Tour de France, t...

Once part of Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates - XRG, 27-year-old Joel Suter has now stepped away from road cycling. The Swiss rider has now left Tudor Pro Cycling Team effective immediately, and will be replaced by a former speed skater rapidly rising through the ranks. Lennart Jasch has been promo...

Paul Seixas will arrive at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Sunday with the bar set high as he declared exactly what his goal for the race is: to win it. The 19-year-old's lofty ambitions come as he's set to make his debut at July's Tour de France. Emerging in the 2025 season as France's great gener...

Enric Mas has been Movistar Team’s reference rider in Grand Tours for more than half a decade and, since Alejandro Valverde’s retirement in 2022, also the team’s leading figure. Yet he has not won a race since that year (Giro dell’Emilia) and has only stood on the podium once in the six Grand Tours...

Arnaud De Lie was almost out of words as he reflected on yet another disappointment following a setback on stage 3 of the Tour de Wallonie on Wednesday. Frustration seems inescapable for the Belgian fast man, and he's reflecting on a tough period. De Lie endured a nightmare Giro d'Italia after arriv...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia was a breakthrough moment in the career of Afonso Eulálio. The Bahrain - Victorious rider led the race for nine days, won the youth classification, and was one of the figures of the race. CyclingUpToDate discussed the race with Eulálio in a post-Giro press conference in which...

The Giro d'Italia Women has been rocked by a further two disqualifications after riders were found to have been holding onto either their own or another team's car during the race. Greek rider Argyro Milaki of Aromitalia Vaiano and Italian youngster Anita Baima of Isolmant Premac Vittoria were both...

Paul Seixas could dominate the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as he steps up preparations to make his Tour de France debut in just one month, at least that's according to one former French cyclist who believes the demanding route could dictate how the Decathlon CMA CGM rider takes on the race. The race,...

The full route of the 2026 Tour de France was unveiled months ago, marking the official start of preparations for next season. La Grande Boucle will begin on July 4th with a Grand Départ in Barcelona, featuring a team time trial, and finish on July 26th. There will be 21 demanding stages, with a des...

The road to the 2026 Tour de France is narrowing fast, and the biggest names in the peloton are now entering the final phase of preparation before Barcelona hosts one of the most anticipated Grand Departs in recent memory. The 113th edition of the Tour begins on 4 July with a team time trial in the...

Jhonatan Narváez is a former rider for Netcompany INEOS and over the past few months, it had been understood that he was the British team's focal figure for the upcoming transfer season. However, it is now reported that the Ecuadorian might have agreed on a new deal with UAE Team Emirates - XRG.  Th...

Florian Lipowitz was on the podium of last year's Tour de France and wants to do one or two better this time around. But with Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard a step above, the Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe rider comes into the race as dual leader with Remco Evenepoel and looking over his shoulder at...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG manager Mauro Gianetti has confirmed that Tadej Pogacar and the team's coaching staff closely monitored Jonas Vingegaard's victorious Giro d'Italia campaign. While Vingegaard was competing in Italy, Pogacar completed a three-week altitude training camp in Spain. The Slovenian...

Tommaso Dati may still be racing for Continental team Team UKYO, but not for much longer if the latest transfer rumours are to be believed. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Ciro Scognamiglio, the young Italian is close to securing a WorldTour contract with XDS Astana Team for the 2027...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG will delay confirming their final lineup for the Tour de France as several key riders continue to recover from injuries. Sports director Andrej Hauptman stated that the team expects to bring its strongest possible roster to support Tadej Pogacar, but admitted that final selec...

Wout van Aert will return to road racing this Sunday at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, marking his first competitive appearance since his victory at Paris-Roubaix. Ahead of the event, the Visma | Lease a Bike rider received high praise from his teammate Owain Doull. The 33-year-old Welshman joined...

Two major Catalan pro-independence organizations have called for demonstrations during the opening stages of the 2026 Tour de France in Barcelona. The Catalan National Assembly (Assemblea) and Òmnium Cultural announced on Tuesday that they will organize demonstrations along the race route. The group...

Lotto-Intermarché are having a difficult season and 2027 can be a very tough year, as many of its leaders are leaving the team. However, the Belgian team seems to be close to signing a new leader and potentially saving its winter period: Juan Sebastián Molano.  Lotto is a team that over this decade...

Alpecin-Premier Tech is losing one of its leaders this winter, as Kaden Groves is set to leave the team. The Belgian outfit managed to maintain Groves despite his secondary position in the team throughout the past few years, however according to several sources the Australian is heading to Tudor Pro...

Stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia Women delivered immense action for hours. In the Dolomites, Anna van der Breggen's lead could not have been tested more thoroughly, but the Team SD Worx - ProTime defended her lead convincingly. Demi Vollering took the stage win, but could not take more than a moral win...

Stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia Women was a full-on day of racing with plenty climbing in the Dolomites and a GC race that exploded very far from the finish. Demi Vollering attempted to distance Anna van der Breggen on multiple occasions but was not able to; but in Sante Stefano di Cadore, the European...

Stage 3 of the Tour de Wallonie was a stage for the sprinters and puncheurs, with a slight rise to the line making it a tricky finish. However, only a few men would go on to fight for it, as a massive fall in the peloton left only a few riders at the head. Laurence Pithie benefited from a perfect le...

Equipo Kern Pharma face an existential threat in 2026 as they seek a new title sponsor into the upcoming season; and this Wednesday they have taken one of the most important wins of their season. Ibon Ruiz and Ivan Sosa finished first and second at the Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes Maritimes, one of the...

In 2026, Matteo Jorgenson was handed a different schedule for the large part of the season, however not everything has gone to plan. The American rider has now changed his schedule ahead of the Tour de France, removing the Tour de Suisse from the calendar and adding the Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes. ...

George Hincapie’s Modern Adventure Pro Cycling has claimed the biggest victory of its short history, with Ben Oliver winning Stage 2 of the Tour de Wallonie to deliver the American team’s first European success just six months into its debut season. Oliver’s victory in Libramont-Chevigny also moved...

Anna van der Breggen did not simply beat Demi Vollering in the Giro d’Italia Women’s first major GC test, according to Sporza commentators Ine Beyen and Ruben Van Gucht. In their view, the SD Worx - Protime leader also exposed a visible difference in how the two Dutch rivals handled the same broad e...

Fabio Jakobsen’s latest setback at the Boucles de la Mayenne has drawn a brutally direct assessment from Tom Dumoulin, with the former Giro d’Italia winner warning that the Dutch sprinter is currently falling far short of the level required in the professional peloton. Jakobsen was the only rider to...

Damiano Caruso will remain with Bahrain - Victorious after his retirement from racing, with the Italian veteran confirmed for a future Sports Director role on the final day of the 2026 Giro d’Italia in Rome. The move keeps one of the team’s most experienced riders inside the structure beyond the end...

Luca Guercilena’s long spell at the head of Lidl-Trek will come to an end after the 2026 Tour de France, with the team confirming a sweeping restructure of its senior leadership and performance departments. Guercilena has been one of the defining figures in the organisation since its earliest days,...

Jonas Vingegaard’s Giro d’Italia dominance has strengthened the sense that he will arrive at the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar’s most serious challenger, but Alberto Contador is not ready to accept one of Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s most important arguments without a tougher test. Vingegaard left...

Just over a year ago, Afonso Eulálio was still seen as one of the rising stars of Portuguese cycling. Today, he is already an established name in the international peloton. The Bahrain - Victorious rider wrapped up the Giro d’Italia on Sunday with an impressive 6th place overall, also winning the Wh...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia has reached its conclusion. On Sunday, Jonas Vingegaard completed the triple crown of Grand Tours with a landmark victory at the Corsa Rosa. Beyond its weight in cycling’s narrative, the season’s first Grand Tour also triggered major shifts in the UCI WorldTour Ranking. Alongs...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike never for a second displayed signs of weakness on their path to overall victory at the 2026 Giro d'Italia with Jonas Vingegaard. The dominance was even more impressive with the newcomers to the team taking up key roles during the race; Davide Piganzoli and Tim Rex. The Ital...

Florian Lipowitz approaches his build-up to the upcoming 2026 Tour de France as one of the marquee names in the peloton. At Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe they know the rivalry will be fierce, with Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard as the main favourites, alongside a rapidly rising Paul Seixas. The Ge...

The disqualification of Lorena Wiebes from the 2026 Giro d’Italia Donne continues to stir debate in the peloton. The Dutch rider was removed from the race just hours after a brilliant opening-day performance, once it was found her bike fell below the UCI’s minimum weight. Wiebes’s bike underwent a...

Rolf Sorensen, a former Tour de France stage winner and one of Denmark’s leading cycling analysts, believes Jonas Vingegaard’s dominant Giro d’Italia has changed the tone of the Tour de France build-up, claiming the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader is now operating at a level that can once again mat...

Netcompany INEOS left the Giro d’Italia without a podium, but not without progress. Thymen Arensman’s fourth place was the best Grand Tour result of his career, Egan Bernal helped save it on the final mountain stage, and Geraint Thomas saw a team still reshaping itself around a new GC reality. Thoma...

Jonas Vingegaard has left the Giro d’Italia with the maglia rosa, five stage wins and a completed Grand Tour set, but Johan Bruyneel believes the result also changes the balance of expectation before the Tour de France. Bruyneel, the former US Postal and Discovery Channel sports director who helped...

Ben Oliver delivered the biggest victory in Modern Adventure Pro Cycling’s short history on Stage 2 of the 2026 Tour de Wallonie, taking the American team’s first European win after a rain-hit finale in Libramont-Chevigny. The victory was the team’s third since its arrival in the professional peloto...

Anna van der Breggen turned the first major GC test of the Giro d’Italia Women into a personal statement, then used the moment to deliver a message shaped by the long road back to the top. The Dutch great, who returned to racing after retirement, crushed the Stage 4 uphill time trial to Nevegal Tudo...

Marlen Reusser refused to pin her Giro d’Italia Women time trial defeat on bike choice after Anna van der Breggen blew the race apart on the climb to Nevegal Tudor. The world time trial champion finished second on Stage 4, 1:04 behind Van der Breggen, after starting the 12.7km uphill test on a road...

Anna van der Breggen produced a dominant ride on Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia Women, crushing the uphill time trial to Nevegal Tudor and taking the maglia rosa as the race moved firmly into the hands of the general classification contenders. After three consecutive stage wins for Elisa Balsamo, the...

Remco Evenepoel’s 2026 Tour de France could begin with a major equipment statement, as Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe prepare to target the opening team time trial in Barcelona with a brand new Specialized time trial bike. Evenepoel heads towards July in a very different place to where he stood after h...

Isaac del Toro’s road back to the Tour de France begins this weekend, with the Mexican talent set to return to competition at the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes after almost two months away from racing. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider has not raced since crashing heavily during stage 3 of Itzulia - Vue...

Jonas Vingegaard leaves the Giro d’Italia with the maglia rosa, five stage wins and a place in one of cycling’s most exclusive historical groups. Matt Stephens believes the greater warning for Tadej Pogacar may be what still comes next. Stephens, the former British professional rider and long-time T...

Afonso Eulálio returned to Portugal this Monday with a subtle smile, but fully aware that he has just signed off one of the biggest results in Portuguese cycling in recent years. The Bahrain - Victorious rider landed at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, in Porto, a day after finishing the Giro d’Italia...

It was reported this Monday evening that Head of Racing at Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Grischa Niermann, was leaving the team. The current Head of Racing is a key part of the team and has guided the likes of Jonas Vingegaard, Wout Van Aert and the group of sports directors within the team. This has n...

On the 3rtd of June 2026 the peloton takes on the Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes; taking place in the southeast of France, as one of the few European one-day races that are specifically aimed for the climbers; some of them preparing for the upcoming Tour de France. We preview the race and take...

Felix Gall has just finished second at the Giro d'Italia, the best result of his career in a Grand Tour and the one where he showed his best level in the mountains. The Austrian could benefit from an unwritten rule amongst the pros, which might have been the reason why he was never tested on the dow...

A lot of management changes are ongoing at the top teams in professional cycling. Visma head of racing Grischa Niermann is joining Lidl-Trek and with that, the German team's manager Luca Guarcilena might be on the way out. But another team is, away from the spotlight, seeing a change of face at the...

Thymen Arensman wrapped up the 2026 Giro d’Italia with the best Grand Tour result of his career. The Dutch rider finished fourth overall after three weeks of steady consistency, improving on the two sixth places he had previously achieved at the Italian race. The Netcompany INEOS rider delivered a r...

At the end of the day, it did not work out for Unibet Rose Rockets. The much-desired stage win will have to wait for another year. The French-Dutch team pinned their hopes for a Grand Tour debut onto their marquee signing Dylan Groenewegen, but the experienced sprinter could not reach further than t...

Jonas Vingegaard will leave the 2026 Giro d’Italia as the defining figure of the race. Five stage wins, the maglia rosa and a near-certain Grand Tour Triple Crown have turned the Dane’s Giro debut into a statement performance. Behind him, the race also produced a clear group of winners. Paul Magnier...

Giulio Ciccone seemed destined to take a stage win for much of the 2026 Giro d'Italia but finally sat down to rest in Rome on Sunday having come agonisingly close over the course of the Grand Tour. Despite disappointment, the Lidl-Trek rider has no regrets as he takes home the blue jersey for the Ki...

The 2026 Tour Auvergne - Rhône Alpes might be an edition for the ages, featuring brutal stages and Paul Seixas as the main favourite. But who may be his biggest rivals in France? We look at some of the contenders.  The Frenchman, just 19 years old, arrives at the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 2026 not...

Paula Blasi has, in just a few weeks, become the most coveted name on the women’s cycling market. The 23-year-old Spaniard has burst spectacularly into the world elite, turning her future into one of the main points of interest in the Women's World Tour peloton. The results fully explain the buzz. I...

Paul Magnier wrapped up his Giro d’Italia without adding a fourth stage win, but that did little to dent an outstanding campaign for the Frenchman. The Soudal - Quick-Step sprinter left Italy with three stage victories and the Maglia Ciclamino awarded to the race’s top sprinter. After completing the...

The 2026 edition of the Giro d'Italia 2026 will forever be remembered as the race where Jonas Vingegaard completed cycling’s elusive Grand Tour Triple Crown. The Dane arrived in Italy with enormous pressure on his shoulders and left Rome having delivered one of the most commanding performances seen...

Giulio Pellizzari painted a fairy tale Giro d'Italia in his mind, but instead ended up with his dreams shattered. Arriving to Bulgarian Grande Partenza as the expected number one challenger of Jonas Vingegaard, the reality hit as soon as the first big mountain test. While on Blockhaus, Pellizzari ma...

Andreas Leknessund was undeniably one of the few names that stuck to the viewer's mind during the 2026 Giro d'Italia. Thanks to his aggressive racing style, the Norwegian champion found himself at the front of the race almost every other day. And as the former 8th place at Giro is no rookie, Lekness...

The dust has settled on yet another edition of the Giro d'Italia as 2026 saw Jonas Vingegaard sweep up his fourth grand tour win and join an illustrious club to become a triple crown grand tour winner. With the win, Vingegaard and Team Visma | Lease a Bike have dominated the Giro prize money earning...

The Jonas Vingegaard story is past for Team Visma | Lease a Bike already with the arrival of breaking news that the Dutch team's Head of Racing Grischa Niermann is leaving the structure with immediate effect. Not only that, the German tactician is set to join Lidl-Trek as the team’s general manager,...

Lorena Wiebes was a "complete mess" as news broke that the sprinter had been disqualified from the Giro d'Italia Women on Saturday evening. After race judges deemed that her bike did not meet the minimum weight as per UCI regulations, a shock announcement saw her pink jersey, stage win and participa...

One day after the Giro d’Italia finished, the action shifted to Belgium with the start of the 2026 Tour de Wallonie. With a punchy stage 1 featuring multiple ascents of the cobbled Thuin wall (0.3 km at 8.7%), the finish delivered standout results. Jordi Meeus took the win and the first overall lead...

After Elisa Balsamo’s opening double at the 2026 Giro d’Italia Donne, Monday’s stage 3 threatened to snatch the chance from the sprinters with Montenars (2.5 km at 7.1%) near the finish. But the peloton survived the attacks, and in the final sprint the Lidl-Trek star won again in the maglia rosa. Th...

There are riders who slowly fade from the spotlight. And then there is Jai Hindley. The Australian spent almost a full year moving through a kind of limbo within the WorldTour. He was still a Giro d’Italia winner, still part of one of the most powerful teams on the planet, and still stacking solid...

Afonso Eulálio wrapped up a Giro d’Italia he will hardly forget on Sunday. The young Bahrain Victorious rider secured the white jersey, awarded to the best young rider, crowning three weeks of remarkable consistency in what was his definitive breakthrough among the most promising names in world cycl...

Victor Campenaerts turned philosopher as the Giro d'Italia wrapped up on Sunday evening as he reflected on Jonas Vingegaard's maglia rosa win, being one of the oldest at the highest level and how success makes him feel. The Visma | Leade a Bike rider has been a crucial domestique for Vingegaard as h...

The 109th Giro d’Italia reached its conclusion last Sunday in Rome. Via dei Fori Imperiali welcomed Jonas Vingegaard into the Hall of Fame of Triple Crown winners. The Dane was the undisputed protagonist of the corsa rosa alongside his team, Visma - Lease a Bike. After three weeks of racing, from...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia is over. The last three weeks of racing have provided a lot of fireworks, but also a GC battle that was perhaps as uncompetitive as it was back in 2024 when Tadej Pogacar won six stages. This time around, Jonas Vingegaard won five, and ruled over the pink jersey the entire tim...

Jai Hindley won the Giro d'Italia back in 2022, however with the peloton's development over the past few years, it was always going to be a big mission to repeat the same feat. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe did however finish on the podium of the Corsa Rosa, his first since that year, and may take...

Felix Gall has previously finished Top5 at the Tour de France and Top10 at the Vuelta a España. After his three-week debut at the Giro d'Italia back in 2022, he returned this year with a completely different set of ambitions. The Decathlon CMA CGM Team rider hoped to make it onto the podium in Rome...

Paul Magnier has reached the status that he had the potential for throughout the last few years, at last. The Soudal - Quick-Step sprinter has been crowned the Giro d'Italia's new maglia ciclamino after a spotless race in which he was by far the most successful sprinter.  The Frenchman, at a fresh 2...

The Giro d’Italia is not only shaped by attacks in the mountains and sprint finishes on the road, but also by the decisions made behind the scenes by the race commissaires. Across three weeks of racing between 8 May and 31 May, fines, time penalties, relegations, and other sanctions can quickly infl...

Lorena Wiebes was dramatically expelled from the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women on Saturday evening, hours after taking a dominant stage 1 victory and taking the pink jersey. Organisers released a bombshell statement after the podium ceremonies to disqualify Wiebes from the race and award the stage win to...

Jonathan Milan ended his long wait for a stage win at the 2026 Giro d’Italia with victory on the final day in Rome, powering to the line in the Italian capital as Jonas Vingegaard safely completed overall victory and added the maglia rosa to his Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana titles. After a Gir...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia classifications will evolve day by day over three weeks of racing, from the Grande Partenza in Bulgaria to the final stage in Rome, between 8 May and 31 May. Every summit finish, sprint stage, breakaway, and time trial has the potential to reshape the fight for the Maglia Rosa...

Decathlon CMA CGM Team rider Paul Seixas has traveled straight from a two-week altitude camp in the Sierra Nevada to the Pyrenees to scout stage 6 of the upcoming 2026 Tour de France. The 19-year-old French rider spent his weekend analyzing the key climbs of the mountainous stage between Pau and Gav...

Olav Kooij made a successful return to racing at the Boucles de la Mayenne, taking two stage victories and putting an end to any doubts following a long battle with illness. The Decathlon CMA CGM Team sprinter showed he has recovered his form by winning the third and final stage, keeping his focus f...

Lorena Wiebes was disqualified from the Giro d’Italia Women after winning the opening stage on Saturday. Race organizers removed the Dutch sprinter from the Grand Tour because her bike was found to be 20 grams below the minimum weight requirement. As a result, the pink jersey was handed over to runn...

Jonas Vingegaard’s 2026 Giro d’Italia victory has been described as an “emphatic statement” by TNT Sports, with former Tour de France stage winner George Hincapie, once a key lieutenant in Lance Armstrong’s Grand Tour teams, pointing to the scale of the Dane’s recovery from his 2024 crash as he clos...

The 113th edition of the Tour de France begins in Barcelona in five weeks, and rather than starting with a traditional prologue or a standard road stage, the race will open with a team time trial. Because this discipline requires precise coordination, teams are already starting their specific prepar...

The final stage of the Giro d'Italia concluded in Rome with a bunch sprint won by Jonathan Milan, who beat Giovanni Lonardi and Paul Penhoet to the line. The 131-kilometer stage looked set to be a standard processional day until time trial specialist Filippo Ganna launched a dangerous move late in t...

Jonas Vingegaard has entered one of cycling’s most exclusive clubs, with victory at the 2026 Giro d’Italia making the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader only the eighth men’s rider in history to win all three Grand Tours. The Dane arrived in Rome with the maglia rosa all but secured after a dominant f...

Jonas Vingegaard was left fighting back emotion in Rome after sealing overall victory at the 2026 Giro d’Italia, with the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader admitting that sharing the moment with his family brought “tears to my eyes.” The Dane safely completed the final stage in the Italian capital to...

Jonathan Milan finally found his Giro d’Italia release on the final day in Rome, ending a race of frustration and near misses with victory on Stage 21 as Lidl - Trek closed their three weeks with a badly needed sprint success. The Italian had spent much of the race chasing a breakthrough that would...

The Giro d’Italia has long built its reputation on attrition as much as spectacle. Across three weeks of racing between 8 May and 31 May, crashes, illness, exhaustion, and withdrawals can completely reshape the race, whether in chaotic bunch sprints, freezing mountain conditions or the brutal final...

Lorena Wiebes’ Giro d’Italia Women expulsion has left former Danish professional rider, Olympic track medallist and Eurosport analyst Julie Leth convinced of one thing: this was a costly mistake, not a calculated attempt to gain an advantage. Wiebes crossed the line first on Stage 1 in Ravenna and a...

Olav Kooij won the final stage of the 2026 Boucles de la Mayenne in Laval, taking his second victory of the race as Benoit Cosnefroy secured overall victory for UAE Team Emirates - XRG. The Decathlon CMA CGM Team sprinter came through at the end of the 147.8km stage from Cosse-le-Vivien, beating Mad...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Jonas Vingegaard put on another spectacular show on the climb to Piancavallo on stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia. Because his team looked a little more vulnerable on the climbs than on previous days, the Dane decided to launch a solo move with more than ten kilometers left to the line. Nobody could mat...

The Giro d'Italia Women is set to feature some of the world's best riders as they compete for the second grand tour of the year. Beginning on May 30th, riders such as Demi Vollering, Elisa Longo Borghini, Lorena Wiebes, Elise Chabbey and more headline a star-studded startlist.  Nine stages lie in st...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia runs from May 8 to May 31, beginning in Bulgaria before returning to Italy for a three-week battle that will once again shape the Grand Tour season. With a climber-friendly route, a single long time trial, and a decisive final week in the mountains, this year’s race is set up...

Elisa Balsamo turned a chaotic start to the 2026 Giro d’Italia Women into a perfect weekend for Lidl - Trek, sprinting to victory in the maglia rosa on Stage 2 in Caorle. The Italian had inherited both the Stage 1 victory and the race lead after Lorena Wiebes was removed from the Giro despite crossi...

Fabio Jakobsen’s difficult search for his former level has suffered another worrying setback, with the Dutch sprinter finishing outside the time limit on stage 2 of the 2026 Boucles de la Mayenne. The Picnic PostNL rider was distanced on Saturday’s queen stage to Pre-en-Pail-Saint-Samson, a brutal 2...

Unibet Rose Rockets have suffered a Giro d'Italia robbery on ahead of the Corsa Rosa finale in Rome. It's been an eventful grand tour on the road and now off it for the French team, and they're now looking to repair some broken windows. The team have suffered a robbery after one of their team cars w...

Egan Bernal proved the saviour for Thymen Arensman on Saturday as the Giro d'Italia reached its climax on stage 20 on the climb to Piancavallo. The Netcompany Ineos rider was put under pressure by Derek Gee-West and it was a flashback for Bernal that helped him step up to the mark. Arensman sat four...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia is already in the books. An edition marked by emotion, by chaotic stages, and by moments cycling fans will struggle to forget. Yet it was also a race with relatively little suspense for the general classification. Jonas Vingegaard made it clear he was a step —or several— above...

Soudal-Quickstep found themselves a game-changer in the transfer market over the off-season and it's one that has helped bring Paul Magnier to the next level with three stage wins in this Giro d'Italia as he hunts another in Rome. That's according to former CEO Patrick Lefevere at least, who describ...

Dylan Groenewegen and Unibet Tietema Rockets have successfully made their way to Rome and are on the brink of finishing their first grand tour. But leader Dylan Groenewegen isn't interested in making up the numbers and wants to make his mountain suffering worth it with a stage victory on Sunday. Thi...

Derek Gee-West will have the same thing on his mind as he did finishing his last two Grand Tours. The Canadian finished this year's Giro d'Italia with some emphatic performances to seal a place in the top five but feels he could have been on the podium if not for some early time losses in week one....

Women's World Tour squad Canyon//SRAM has abruptly ended its partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto, citing clear breaches of contract by the company. However, despite the sudden mid-season shakeup, team management issued a press release reassuring fans that its long-term future ambiti...

The peloton will navigate the historic streets of Rome on Sunday for the final stage of the Giro d'Italia, where barring any major surprises, Jonas Vingegaard will officially secure the overall victory. The Danish rider confirmed his dominance during the final mountain stage, riding away to his fift...

The penultimate stage of the Giro d'Italia is complete, with Jonas Vingegaard dominant once again, finishing more than a minute ahead of Felix Gall, Jai Hindley, and Derek Gee to take his fifth stage victory. Behind the fight for the stage win, one of the revelations of the race, Afonso Eulálio, suc...

Jhonatan Narváez’s sudden withdrawal from the Giro d'Italia, just a few kilometers into stage 19, was a massive shock that robbed the race of one of its most dominant animators (he secured three stage wins) and Paul Magnier's main contender for the maglia ciclamino. UAE Team Emirates-XRG sports dire...

Jai Hindley is set to return to a Grand Tour podium at the 2026 Giro d’Italia after surviving the final mountain test on Piancavallo and defending third overall behind Jonas Vingegaard and Felix Gall. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe rider finished third on Stage 20, crossing the line in the same tim...

Thymen Arensman paid tribute to Egan Bernal after Netcompany INEOS helped him survive Derek Gee-West’s late attack and defend fourth overall on Stage 20 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia. Arensman finished fifth on the stage to Piancavallo, four seconds behind the group containing Felix Gall, Jai Hindley an...

Lorena Wiebes sprinted to victory on Stage 1 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia Women, taking the first maglia rosa in Ravenna after a crash-hit opening day that forced British talent Cat Ferguson out of the race. The SD Worx - Protime sprinter was the clear favourite on the flat 139km stage from Cesenatico...

Jonas Vingegaard’s 2026 Giro d’Italia has already delivered pink jersey dominance, five stage wins and a near-certain Grand Tour Triple Crown. On Piancavallo, the Dane added another layer, reportedly beating Marco Pantani’s long-standing climbing record on the final mountain stage. According to clim...

Felix Gall ended the final mountain stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia with second place on the stage and second place effectively secured overall, but the Austrian was in no mood to pretend Jonas Vingegaard had been within reach. Gall was the only rider able to follow when Vingegaard attacked on the f...

Giulio Ciccone will reach Rome with the maglia azzurra secured, but the Lidl-Trek climber admitted his Giro d’Italia still carries the sting of a stage win that escaped him. The Italian made the mountains classification mathematically safe on Stage 20, sprinting from the GC group over the first pass...

Benoit Cosnefroy won stage 2 of the 2026 Boucles de la Mayenne after a punishing queen stage to Pre-en-Pail-Saint-Samson, where the race was blown apart and overnight leader Julius Johansen lost touch long before the finish. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider finished fastest from a reduced front gro...

Jonas Vingegaard offered no apology for chasing another victory at the 2026 Giro d’Italia after his fifth stage win of the race all but sealed overall victory before Sunday’s finale in Rome. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader attacked on the final ascent of Piancavallo on Stage 20, briefly taking...

Jonas Vingegaard effectively sealed overall victory at the 2026 Giro d’Italia with another emphatic mountain masterclass on Stage 20, attacking on the final ascent of Piancavallo before riding solo to his fifth stage win of the race. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader had already controlled the Gi...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia has not only reshaped the general classification. According to Beppe Conti on Rai-Radiocorsa, it has also accelerated several major transfer stories, with Felix Gall, Jhonatan Narvaez and Afonso Eulalio all central to the latest market movement. Gall is the headline name from...

Stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia delivered a lot of GC action but amongst those who were aiming for the stage win, there was perhaps a bigger battle. Einer Rubio and Giulio Ciccone were chasing a stage win all Giro and looked in tremendous form. However, they seem to be coming out of it without a win a...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Jonas Vingegaard is closing in on the Grand Tour Triple Crown at the 2026 Giro d’Italia, but TNT Sports’ experts believe the achievement will still land inside the shadow of his defining rivalry with Tadej Pogacar. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader has already won the Tour de France and Vuelta a...

Primoz Roglic’s place at the top of the peloton has come under fresh scrutiny in 2026, but Bogdan Fink believes the doubts around the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader are being pushed too far. Fink is not an outside observer of Slovenian cycling’s rise. A former professional rider, long-time race...

The Giro d’Italia will not allow the Rome finale to become another Milan. That was the message from race organisers after the stage 15 neutralisation row, with RCS Sport insisting the final stage circuit in the Italian capital is safe, familiar and set to be raced as planned. The controversy in Mila...

Thymen Arensman has refused to give up on his Giro d’Italia podium dream after a painful queen stage setback saw the Netcompany INEOS leader slip out of the top three with one final mountain test remaining. Arensman started stage 19 in third overall, only 24 seconds behind Felix Gall in second, but...

Brian Holm, one of Denmark’s most respected cycling voices, believes Sepp Kuss’ queen stage victory at the 2026 Giro d’Italia summed up the scale of Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s control, with the Danish legend claiming the team are now in a position where “everything they touch turns to gold.” Kuss w...

Jai Hindley has revealed he was sick enough during the second week of the 2026 Giro d’Italia to require antibiotics, adding fresh context to his late surge back onto the provisional podium. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader moved into third overall on stage 19 to Alleghe, gaining ground as Thym...

Jonas Vingegaard has made clear that Team Visma | Lease a Bike will not simply ride defensively on the final mountain stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, with the maglia rosa openly admitting he would love to add another stage win before Rome. Vingegaard starts stage 20 firmly in control of the general...

Sprint legend and expert analyst Robbie McEwen has accused Einer Rubio of acting “purely out of spite” after the Movistar Team rider’s Passo Falzarego move sparked a furious Giro d’Italia flashpoint with Giulio Ciccone during stage 19. Ciccone had spent much of the queen stage fighting to strengthen...

Sepp Kuss completed his Grand Tour stage win set on the queen stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, but his victory in Alleghe came with a wider Visma subplot attached. Kuss won stage 19 after catching and passing Giulio Ciccone on the final climb, then riding clear to complete a rare Giro, Tour de Franc...

While the men's 2026 Giro d'Italia is gradually coming to its conclusion this Sunday, ladies will move to the spotlight from this Saturday onwards. Fierce battles are expected over the next nine stages with the general classification battle set to culminate on the mythical Colle dell Finestre. Movis...

The 2026 season had lacked one of the world's for a long time, but Olav Kooij is finally back from his persistent health issues. And whilst he makes a racing debut for his new employer, Decathlon CMA CGM Team, the Dutchman has decided to spice things up with an immediate sprint victory on first oppo...

CANYON//SRAM brought the breaking news on the Friday evening that their co-sponsor zondacrypto will disappear from the team's structure entirely with an immediate effect. This marks an end of a 20-month parternship which seems to have gone anything but smoothly and resulted in an abrupt termination...

Since the battle for overall victory at the 2026 Giro d'Italia seems to be a one-sided competition, the sights of cycling fans turn towards the battle for remaining podium spots which is considerably more open with one big test left of this year's edition. Felix Gall seems comfortably in a second po...

Despite having dropped out of the general classification at this year's Giro d'Italia (on purpose), Giulio Ciccone continues to be in the center of attention. On stage 19, Ciccone joined his already fifth breakaway of this Giro. His goal was clear; to move into the Maglia Azzurra, ideally with enoug...

Sepp Kuss produced one of the standout performances of the race to win the queen stage of the Giro d'Italia after an exhausting day in the Dolomites. The American climber from Team Visma | Lease a Bike attacked from the breakaway and held off the chasing riders on the brutal final ascent to Pian di...

Jonas Vingegaard has won every single mountain stage of the Giro d'Italia until this Friday, but on this occasion, the leader of the Corsa Rosa was more than happy to give his teammate Sepp Kuss the opportunity to take the win - something which was accomplished perfectly.  "We knew that anything can...

Derek Gee had an extremely eventful day at the Giro d'Italia, starring several plots that marked the day. The Canadian rider entered the fight for the podium after a non-planned breakaway, reached for the stage win and also got in a heated spat with Einer Rubio.  The latter happened during the Passo...

The Eagle of Durando, Sepp Kuss, has now won stages in all three Grand Tours. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike got one opportunity to fight for his own individual result at the 2026 Giro d'Italia, and he struck gold with a victory on the race's queen stage in the Dolomites.  "To be honest it was never...

Stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia was the most difficult of the race, however in the Dolomites the big attacks only came on the climb to Pianni di Pezzè. From the breakaway, Sepp Kuss brought in his first stage win at the Giro, completing the list of stage wins in each Grand Tour; whilst behind Jonas Vi...

Stage 1 of the Boucles de la Mayenne followed the early prologue, and saw the sprinters go head to head to fight for a stage win. It was Olav Kooij who came out victorious, in his very first bunch sprint of the year.  The first stage of the race finished in Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne with a flat pr...

Victor Campenaerts has had a fantastic Giro d'Italia so far and will be a key part of Jonas Vingegaard's support crew on the queen stage of the race. With almost 5000 meters of climbing in just over 150 kilometers, the Belgian won't be in his favoured terrain but will be wearing his climbing shoes. ...

Stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia is the queen stage of the race for its brutal difficulty. On their THEMOVE+ podcast, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin dug into what they expect in the Dolomites and agreed on one key point: they see Jonas Vingegaard as the standout favourite. The conversation came afte...

Felix Gall finds himself neither here nor there in the Giro d'Italia general classification battle - at least that's how the Decathlon CMA CGM rider has hinted he sees it. The Austrian sits in second place, a massive 4:03 behind leader Jonas Vingegaard and with a 57 seconds cushion keeping him on th...

Jonas Vingegaard cut a cautious figure in pre-stage interviews ahead of Friday's monstrous Giro d'Italia 19th stage. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leads the general classification by over four minutes, but warned that stranger things have happened in previous years as he hopes to hold on to his pink...

Jonathan Vaughters doesn't think seeing an all-conquering Tadej Pogacar is good for the sport of cycling, but thinks he knows exactly what could be done to even the odds for smaller teams. The EF Education-EasyPost team manager has advocated for a salary cap-style financial system to be implemented...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

The 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia reignited the debate over motorbikes influencing the race. After the finish, several riders voiced their anger about the alleged aerodynamic aid the breakaway received, a topic later dissected on Eurosport by Alberto Contador and Juan Antonio Flecha. Flecha note...

Jai Hindley has eyes on the Giro d'Italia podium as Friday's queen stage will see over 5000 meters of climbing, huge dolomite peaks and the crucial Cima Copi. The Australian, a former winner of the Corsa Rosa, knows that now is the time to strike for the top three in his favoured arena. Red Bull - B...

Julius Johansen has certainly found his feet after signing with UAE Team Emirates - XRG in 2025. The 26-year-old has become a revelation and trusted domestique for Tadej Pogacar's squad and has now re-added an old weapon to his arsenal this season - the time trial. The Danish rider has won the natio...

The question of Red Bull - BORA Hangrohe's 2026 Tour de France leadership raises more eyebrows than most as fans wonder if it's a case of too many cooks in the kitchen or whether their dual leadership platter could burn the other general classification leaders. Last year's podium finisher Florian Li...

Paul Magnier underlined his growing status as one of cycling’s most explosive finishers by claiming a third stage victory at the Giro d'Italia on Thursday, mastering a selective finale in Stage 18 to outsprint a reduced peloton in Pieve di Soligo. The young Frenchman from Soudal Quick-Step delivered...

Meanwhile Unibet Rose Rockets turn their attention towards Giro d'Italia - the team's debut Grand Tour - this May, more racing takes place across Europe. That includes the Boucles de la Mayenne this week - a race important to the Irish champion Rory Townsend for whom the race marks a racing return f...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia Women will have a large absentee in Sarah Gigante. Despite the best efforts of her and AG Insurance - Soudal Team doctors, the podium finisher of last year's edition was not cleared to participate due to an injury suffered nine months ago. This has been confirmed by the team's...

Team Bahrain - Victorious is enjoying a surprisingly decent Giro d'Italia. Even though their main star Santiago Buitrago withdrew following stage 2 crash, the remaining group of riders put out great performances, especially Afonso Eulálio. The Portuguese man was again in the spotlight during stage 1...

The eighteenth stage of Giro d'Italia had a relatively unexpected development. What seemed like a breakaway stage ended up as a bonus chance for sprinters... providing they'd survive the extremely steep Muro Ca' del Poggio. Jonathan Milan did not manage that with the first group, but crossed the top...

Jasper De Buyst has seen the opening part of his season swept from under him after suffering a heart rhythm disorder in March. The 32-year-old had just raced the UAE Tour and was primed for the spring classics before he started to feel symptoms of the disorder, and it wouldn't be the first time for...

Jonas Vingegaard is the main favourite for the following two stages of the Giro d'Italia, but this Thursday's stage was not as relaxed as the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider expected, as he had to follow along with the very high pace and even cover attacks in the final kilometers.  For the Dane, a b...

Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia was expected to be contested between the breakaway riders, stage winner Paul Magnier himself admitted. Soudal - Quick-Step however found themselves taking the win after the perfect storm had developed for their two main riders, who executed the sprint finish to perfecti...

A Spanish Criminal Court has convicted Marcos Maynar Mariño and Ignacio Bartolomé Sánchez for trafficking unauthorized medicines linked to supplying substances to athletes, mainly cyclists and swimmers, in the so‑called Operación Ilex. However, it acquits the doctor and Vicente Belda of sporting dop...

Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia was a day with a very explosive finale. There were attacks from GC riders, there were splits, a lot of tension but in the end a sprint finale. Paul Magnier has taken his third stage win and returned to the maglia ciclamino after the sprinters had their way in Pieve di S...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike are on their way to win the 2026 Giro d'Italia, but in the back of their mind is already the Tour de France. Jonas Vingegaard is aiming to retake the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar but that is no easy task. Hence, with Christophe Laporte taken out of the '8', who will be...

Soudal-Quickstep see Paul Magnier's Giro d'Italia breakthrough as a breath of fresh air as they look ahead to a potential third stage win in Rome and future grand tours. After the 22-year-old won his first grand tour stage and second in a successful first week, team manager Tom Steels knows the futu...

Remco Evenepoel's team have preached faith and confidence in their Tour de France preparations as Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe seek to deliver the former world champion to the Barcelona Grand Depart in the best shape and as relaxed as possible. Control is fast becoming the key for the German team. With...

David de la Cruz tackles stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia with the shared sense of fatigue across the peloton, yet convinced the day is once again one for the break. The Spaniard weighed up a demanding route that offers little to sprint teams, especially given the toughness of the finale. “Tired, yes,...

Giulio Pellizzari has admitted he thought about abandoning the 2026 Giro d’Italia after another painful day on stage 17, as the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe rider’s race continues to unravel after beginning with genuine GC expectations. Pellizzari finished 13:29 behind stage winner Michael Valgren in...

Jonas Vingegaard has paid a warm tribute to Michael Valgren after his fellow Dane claimed one of the biggest victories of his career on stage 17 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia. Valgren won in Andalo after a perfectly timed late attack from the breakaway, holding off Andreas Leknessund and Damiano Caruso...

Alberto Contador expects stage 18 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia to produce another fierce breakaway battle, with the former Grand Tour winner warning that the road to Pieve di Soligo could be far more complicated than its profile suggests. After Michael Valgren won stage 17 from the breakaway in Andalo,...

Lidl-Trek are reportedly interested in signing Felix Gall for next season, with the Austrian’s impressive Giro d’Italia campaign putting him at the centre of another major Grand Tour transfer storyline. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, sources at the Giro have indicated that Lidl-Trek are looking...

Bjarne Riis has hailed Michael Valgren’s stage 17 victory at the 2026 Giro d’Italia as “absolutely world class”, with the former Tour de France winner describing the Danish rider’s triumph in Andalo as fully deserved after his long road back from serious injury. Valgren attacked inside the final kil...

Victor Campenaerts has played down the illness concerns around Jonas Vingegaard at the 2026 Giro d’Italia, insisting there was never a moment when Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s race leader was in real difficulty. Vingegaard’s condition became one of the major talking points of the second week after Vi...

Jonas Vingegaard believes Team Visma | Lease a Bike have taken a clear step forward ahead of this summer’s Tour de France, with the Dane already looking towards a renewed battle with Tadej Pogacar while he continues to control the 2026 Giro d’Italia. Vingegaard has been the dominant figure of the Gi...

Jonas Vingegaard’s fourth stage win of the 2026 Giro d’Italia has pushed the race deeper into his control, but it has also reopened the wider question that follows him into every Grand Tour season: how close is he now to the Tadej Pogacar level? Vingegaard extended his overall lead to more than four...

Davide Ballerini’s 2026 Giro d'Italia was an emotional rollercoaster. In a span of just a few days, the 31-year-old XDS Astana Team rider soared to the highest of highs in stage 6 by becoming the first Italian stage winner of this edition in Naples, only to be brought crashing down to earth on stage...

The 2026 Tour de France draws near, where Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard will face off; whilst the likes of Paul Seixas and Remco Evenepoel will also be going all out in pursuit of the World Champion's level. UAE Team Emirates - XRG may still have the strongest collective in France, however Poga...

Thymen Arensman’s decision to execute a total media blackout during the first week and a half of the Giro d'Italia has sparked a fierce debate across the cycling world. While some have defended the Netcompany INEOS rider, and others have criticized his professionalism, Demi Vollering’s attempt to we...

While the peloton is turning itself inside out in the brutal final week of the Giro d'Italia, French prodigy Paul Seixas is quietly constructing a launchpad for his historic Tour de France debut. The 19-year-old Decathlon CMA CGM sensation has been turning heads all spring with his racing, but his r...

Per Strand Hagenes is quickly asserting himself as the next crown prince of the cobblestones for Team Visma | Lease a Bike. The 22-year-old Norwegian powerhouse recently stormed to victory at the Antwerp Port Epic with a powerful final-kilometer attack, marking his first pro win in almost three year...

Giulio Pellizzari’s high hopes for the general classification at the Giro d'Italia have officially unraveled. After a stomach illness in the opening week initially derailed his ambitions, the young Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe climber fell completely out of contention on stage 16 before being dropped ear...

Michael Valgren delivered one of the most memorable victories of his career on stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia, attacking inside the final kilometre in Andalo to take his first ever Grand Tour stage win. The 34 year old Dane emerged from a chaotic day of racing, full of attacks, regroupings and late d...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Jhonatan Narvaez insisted stage 17 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia had still delivered exactly what he needed after the UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider moved into the ciclamino jersey, despite missing out on the stage victory in Andalo. The Ecuadorian started the day as one of the obvious favourites for the...

Jonas Vingegaard has admitted he would still like to add more stage wins before the 2026 Giro d’Italia reaches Rome, but the maglia rosa is already balancing that ambition against the bigger picture of his summer. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader remained firmly in control of the general classif...

Michael Valgren admitted frustration helped drive him towards a superb stage 17 victory at the 2026 Giro d’Italia after the Dane attacked inside the final kilometre to win from a chaotic breakaway finale in Andalo. The EF Education - EasyPost rider struck just as the winning group had come back toge...

Michael Valgren produced a superb late attack to win stage 17 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia in Andalo, striking inside the final kilometre after a frantic breakaway finale had briefly come back together. The EF Education - EasyPost rider had spent much of the closing phase fighting to stay with Einer Ru...

Giulio Ciccone’s Giro d’Italia frustration has drawn a sharp response from Chris Horner, with the American former Vuelta a Espana winner questioning the Italian’s body language during a tense mountain-stage fight. Ciccone has been chasing opportunities in the final week of the Giro, with the Lidl-Tr...

Jonas Vingegaard’s Giro d’Italia dominance has carried the familiar calm of a rider who rarely looks rushed, rattled or remotely interested in theatre. Yet Nathan Van Hooydonck says that quiet exterior should never be mistaken for softness once the race is on. The Dane has built his reputation on co...

Modern cycling is living a golden age of talent. The dominance of Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Mathieu van der Poel has pushed the sport to spectacular heights. Yet among so many superstars, there’s a rider profile fans often value even more: the attacking, unpredictable, fearless type. Few e...

Tadej Pogacar has become the new benchmark in pro cycling, however in recent times Jonas Vingegaard has been putting in big steps towards making a legacy. He is set to become a winner of all three Grand Tours before the World Champion; and has this Tuesday become only the fifth rider in history to w...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe entered the Giro d'Italia with Jai Hindley and Giulio Pellizzari to aim for the overall classification, but nothing would've prepared them for an illness that took several of its men out of path at the end of the first week. After a Giro of ups and downs, Giulio Pellizzar...

Giulio Ciccone managed to wear the maglia rosa for the first time at the 2026 Giro d'Italia, however it is currently being one where the Lidl-Trek rider is experiencing mixed feelings. The Italian rider is in tremendous form, but his results are being hampered by a dominant Team Visma | Lease a Bike...

Tadej Pogacar has flirted with riding the Vuelta a España in recent seasons in a bid to add the Spanish grand tour to his illustrious palmarès. But with important races like the World Championships and an often-bust Spring schedule, the Slovenian is yet to return to the race where he made his first...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and 21 stages will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winning. We preview s...

Jonas Vingegaard’s fourth stage win at the Giro d’Italia not only confirmed his absolute command of the race, it also reignited the debate over who can truly challenge Tadej Pogacar’s throne at the Tour de France. Is there anyone however? Former pro Jan Bakelants has not yet seen signs that someone...

Stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia was perhaps the best sign Jonas Vingegaard's season needed at this point in time. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider put in a stellar effort to cement his lead in Carì; but for the first time this year, he put in a performance that may actually be an argument for him t...

Lotte Kopecky still isn't quite on her previous defeat-less streak, but the Belgian woman clearly enjoys cycling more again after a year full of struggles. And a lot of the credit for her mental (and physical) recovery goes to Axel Merckx. The two personas of Belgian cycling have been dating since l...

Olav Kooij's acquisition by Decathlon CMA CGM Team was one of the key moves of last winter's transfer market. But since then, mostly silence. The Dutchman was sidelined from racing by a mystery virus for the first four months of this season and will only make his racing debut in new colours this wee...

Derek Gee-West's performance in stage 16 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia was among one of the few very pleasant surprises in the GC pack. While other contenders such as Giulio Pellizzari or Ben O'Connor entered the final week of this year's Giro with major losses, the Canadian champion was on top of his g...

Tadej Pogacar is the best climber in the world currently, but pro cycling has several riders that have an unreachable level even for the average World Tour climber. At the Giro d'Italia, Jonas Vingegaard is ruling over every single mountain stage; something that is described by Uno-X Mobility's Joha...

Afonso Eulálio endured a day of damage limitation on the final ascent to Carì. The Portuguese rider finished 11th on stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia 2026 and slipped from second to fifth overall, with five stages remaining. Despite the setback, the young rider radiated calm at the finish and made it...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike made another step towards winning the 2026 Giro d'Italia with Jonas Vingegaard after winning the stage 16 with summit finish in Cari, Switzerland. And the Dane wasn't the only Visma rider high up in the overall rankings as his young teammate Davide Piganzoli again kept up w...

Jonas Vingegaard delivered another emphatic statement at the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday, storming to victory atop the brutal climb to Carì and strengthening his hold on the pink jersey with a fourth stage success of this year’s race. The short but explosive Alpine stage into Switzerland was expected t...

Egan Bernal showed his best version again on the brutal stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia 2026. The Netcompany INEOS rider delivered a solid seventh place on the final climb to Carì, a result that moved him up two spots to tenth overall, on a day marked by Jonas Vingegaard’s fourth stage win of this edi...

Felix Gall has now finished second at Blockhaus, Corno alle Scale, Pila and Carì. If it weren't for Jonas Vingegaard and Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the Austrian rider could've been having a generation Giro d'Italia; however he is forced to settle for second place a fourth time as the riders reached...

Jonas Vingegaard continues to rule the 2026 Giro d’Italia with an iron fist. The Visma | Lease a Bike leader sealed his fourth stage win in Cari, his first wearing the maglia rosa. It was perhaps the most important win of the race for him, as he cements his lead in the overall classification.  He al...

Jonas Vingegaard has won stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider was the man to beat in the first summit finish of week 3 at the Corsa Rosa; and he established his dominance with the most convincing victory of his race yet.  Starting in Bellinzona, the stage only had 113 k...

Afonso Eulálio's adventure in the lead of the Giro d'Italia is over but the Portuguese climber remains focused on finishing high on the GC. A Top10 is all but assured, whilst the new Bahrain - Victorious leade wants the experience for future Grand Tour tilts.  Eulálio benefited from a breakaway on s...

Enric Mas tackles stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia aiming for a stage win in the race’s final week. The Movistar Team leader, now out of GC contention, assesses his sensations after two weeks of racing and the rest day before this decisive block as the Spanish team look to save a race where they haven'...

Egan Bernal approaches the third week of the Giro d’Italia with the calm of having reset after the rest day, but fully focused on a finale that should decide both the overall and the mountain stages. The INEOS Grenadiers rider told Cycling Pro Net the pause came at the right time to rebuild after th...

Jonas Vingegaard is crushing the high mountains at the Giro d’Italia, but he missed the top 10 in the flat time trial. That sparked plenty of claims that he would have no chance against Tadej Pogacar at the next Tour de France, but the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider has had his backers. One of thos...

Jai Hindley has vowed that the Giro d'Italia is by no means over as the general classification favourites face a demanding final week in the battle for the Maglia Rosa. The Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe rider sits fifth place overall but almost four minutes behind leader Jonas Vingegaard. Hindley won th...

The mountains return to centre stage at the Giro d’Italia with a stage 16 that promises fireworks from kilometre zero. The 113-kilometre day between Bellinzona and Cari packs five climbs and an explosive finish that could shake up the general classification. Ahead of the stage, Alberto Contador brok...

Tim Merlier may have left Monday's Antwerp Port Epic frustrated after the breakaway had their day and he had to settle for a bunch sprint for minor places, but both he and his team know things are falling into place just in time. The Soudal - Quickstep sprinter now heads to altitude training to fine...

Jan Christen has a lot on his mind as he and UAE Team Emirates - XRG head into the final week of the Giro d'Italia. The team are flying high with four stage wins already confirming a successful race, but Christen is disappointed he hasn't been one of them and is on a mission for a stage win. The 21-...

After 15 gruelling days, the Giro d'Italia reached Milano, where they could enjoy a second rest day. Some are putting up a mental fortress to bear the endless climbing days ahead, while others plot ways to turn around their Giro. And for cycling fans, this is a perfect time to quickly look back at t...

Per Strand Hagenes may have won just his first race since 2023 at Monday's Antwerp Port Epic, but the 22-year-old Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider has lofty ambitions in what has been an impressive season for the Norwegian that included a podium finish in a top spring classic. Returning from a frustr...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike bet big this winter on riders from smaller teams, trying to increase their level out of a bigger focus on nutrition and training. They hit the jackpot with Davide Piganzoli, who is racing the Giro d'Italia at an incredibly high level and is becoming Jonas Vingegaard's new r...

The transfer market is bubbling with action throughout the long spring months, with teams trying to get an early lead in important signings for the 2027 season. More than ever, these deals are made early in the season, and far from August when the transfer can be made public. One of the most sought-...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and 21 stages will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winning. We preview s...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia enters its decisive phase from Tuesday. After two weeks of racing, the battle for the maglia rosa moves onto the most demanding terrain with a final week built for the mountains and big gaps. Although Jonas Vingegaard retains a significant lead on GC, the three remaining high-...

The fall-out from Sunday's 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia continued on the rest day as race organisers criticised the Jonas Vingegaard-led appeal that saw general classification times neutralized during the race, with riders lobbying about the dangers of the Milan circuit. What was penned to be a s...

In line with Decathlon CMA CGM Team's pre-Giro plan, Felix Gall passed the second rest day of this year's edition on the provisional podium, within reach of outsider Afonso Eulálio, but not as close to leader Jonas Vingegaard. However heading into final week, Gall cannot grow too confident of his ow...

The absence of Joe Blackmore is not about to end any time soon, however a ray of hope to end the young Brit's problems has emerged. The 23-year-old had undergone a surgery to treat his knee injury, aiming to not postpone his racing return with NSN Cycling Team any further than necessary. Blackmore i...

The women's peloton will have to make do without one of its star climbers in 2026. The third rider of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, Pauliena Rooijakkers, will step away from racing for a foreseeable future to fully focus on more joyous moments in her life - welcoming her first child - as she annou...

Mathieu van der Poel will once again be one of the star attractions of the upcoming 2026 Tour de France. Having the Dutch superstar at the starting line is by no means great news for the organizing party as the 31-year-old never fails to deliver a spectacle, even if he's won only two Tour stages so...

The future of Igor Arrieta has become one of the most compelling storylines in the transfer market looking ahead to 2027. Although just days ago everything seemed to point towards a renewal with UAE Team Emirates XRG, the arrival of Lidl-Trek in the bidding has completely changed the landscape and n...

Wout Van Aert and his Visma | Lease a Bike teammates took on a gruelling day of gravel riding in Spain on Sunday as they ramped up Tour de France preparations. The Dutch team have been based in Sierra Nevada as Van Aert and other teammates such as Matteo Jorgenson, Bruno Amirail.  Van Aert hasn't on...

The Antwerp Port Epic served up exactly that as Per Strand Hagenes' well-timed move saw him take a brilliant win from the breakaway. The Visma | Lease a Bike rider was the strongest of the leaders and picked his moment perfectly inside the final kilometer to take his fourth professional victory. Aft...

Enrico Zanoncello has claimed that the decision to disqualify him from the Giro d'Italia was 'unfair' based on a piece of footage. The Bardiani CSF 7 Saber sprinter was expelled after he was deemed to headbutt another rider, leading to a high-speed crash on Sunday's stage 15. Commissaires decided to...

Thymen Arensman has seen his Giro d'Italia form back up his growing general classification confidence as he looks ahead to the final week. Reflecting on a demanding second week of racing that has seen the Dutchman consolidate his place among the podium contenders, the Netcompany Ineos man has admitt...

Tom Pidcock made it five wins in a row at the demanding Nové Město Mountain-bike World Cup round on Sunday, stamping his authority in the second lap to take an emphatic win, delivering a flawless solo performance to finish well ahead of French rider Luca Martin and Switzerland's Filippo Colombo. The...

Jonas Vingegaard has opened up on his future career plans as the Danish rider made one of his most comprehensive declarations yet about his future in cycling. Now wearing the pink jersey as leader of the Giro d'Italia, Vingegaard addressed transfer speculation linking him to Netcompany Ineos, his go...

Stage 15 was the penultimate sprint opportunity for the fast men at this Giro d'Italia with an iconic finale in the center of Milano. However, the day ended up being marked by criticism over motorbikes, a shocking breakaway win and a GC neutralization due to the dangerous urban circuit. A lot to tac...

Jay Vine is one of the most unlucky riders in the peloton, having suffered several major injuries throughout the past few years. At the 2026 Giro d'Italia he was one of the riders who had to withdraw after the mass crash on stage 2, but he confirms now that he is back to training.  "A few weeks post...

The Giro d'Italia will have its final week begin this Tuesday, a week in which there will be three high mountain stages. These will be the days where the Corsa Rosa will be decided - Jonas Vingegaard has talked about the behaviour of his rivals, his form, his past illness in the race and the Tour de...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have a firm hold of the pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia currently and there are not many signs that Jonas Vingegaard will be handing it over. In the bigger picture, team CEO Richard Plugge is eagerly anticipating the Tour de France in which he believes the team can put Tad...

The miracles are not gone from cycling just yet. What looked destined to become another routine bunch sprint at the Giro d'Italia instead turned into one of the biggest surprises of the race so far, as Frederik Dversnes stunned the sprinters by winning from the breakaway in Milano. After the brutal...

Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia 2026 left a bitter taste for Unibet Rose Rockets and especially for Dylan Groenewegen. The Dutch team was among the most active throughout the chase of the break, but the collective effort wasn’t enough to stop the win from going to the escapees. Groenewegen crossed t...

Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia 2026 left mixed feelings for Paul Magnier. The Soudal Quick-Step rider reclaimed the maglia ciclamino as leader of the points classification thanks to fifth place at the finish, but the day ended with a distinctly bitter taste for one of the big favourites for the stage...

Netcompany INEOS needs new leaders in a full rebuild that includes sponsor changes and a sporting reset, and Spanish cycling looks set to play a central role in that shift. Markel Beloki of EF Education-EasyPost has reportedly already agreed to join the team.  Thus, as first reported by Nacho Labarg...

A flat Grand Tour stage finishing in Milan is usually an absolute lock for a bunch sprint, but stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia completely flipped the script. To the shock of the peloton, a four-man breakaway defied the odds, holding off the chasing pack to contest the victory, with Fredrik Dversnes ta...

The Mountain Bike World Cup took place in Nove Mesto this weekend, but one of the sport's biggest names was absent from the start list. We are talking about reigning World Champion Alan Hatherly, who is currently making his Grand Tour debut at the Giro d'Italia with Team Jayco AlUla. The 30-year-old...

A classic Grand Tour surprise unfolded on Sunday as the sprinters completely misjudged the breakaway, allowing a four-man group to stay clear and fight for glory on the streets of Milan during stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia. Norwegian rider Frederik Dversnes of Uno-X Mobility ultimately powered to an...

French cycling has been searching for its next true superstar for decades, but 19-year-old Paul Seixas looks like the real deal. After a jaw-dropping spring that saw him dominate the Tour of the Basque Country, win La Flèche Wallonne, and go toe-to-toe with Tadej Pogacar at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the...

Two-time Olympic champion Tom Pidcock put on a masterclass on Sunday, capturing his fifth career cross-country World Cup victory in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The British rider wasted no time stamping his authority on the Czech course, breaking clear as early as the second lap before deli...

Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia 2026 looked scripted in advance. A pan-flat route, tailwind, and relentless speed all day set the perfect stage for the sprinters’ teams. But cycling always leaves room for the improbable. And in Milano, Fredrik Dversnes turned an attack that almost looked pointless int...

Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia 2026 delivered more than another successful defence of the maglia rosa by Jonas Vingegaard. The day was defined by tension between riders and race organisers over the state of the final circuit in Milan, a layout the peloton deemed excessively dangerous, which led to a...

The peloton averaged 51.3Km/h racing stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia. The victory for the breakaway came as a surprise and almost felt unbelievable to watch, as the peloton lets its penultimate opportunity slip away in Milano. For many, it was literally an unbelievable performance, and the accusations...

The 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia was completely flat and, theoretically, not very conducive to a breakaway. Yet, that's exactly what happened. The peloton lacked the strength to neutralize the modest early breakaway, and Fredrik Dversnes of the Uno-X achieved the biggest victory of his career. Th...

Stage 5 of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque was a day for the sprinters, finishing in the city that gives the race its name. The overall classification had virtually been decided previously and Laurence Pithie could celebrate his GC triumph; whilst Jordi Meeus won the sprint for the final stage.  It was a p...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia is extremely important for Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Jonas Vingegaard made it a big goal of his and is racing to try and complete his Grand Tour set, whilst he and the team are training Davide Piganzoli to potentially become their new leader for future editions of the Corsa R...

Jonas Vingegaard lined up for stage 15 of the Giro in the maglia rosa after his exhibition on the Valle d'Aosta, on the eve of which he spoke to CyclingPro.net and shared several thoughts on the state of the race and what awaits in the third week. The Dane acknowledged the special meaning of leading...

Sprinting is not all about the power. Aerodynamics, positioning, experience and willingness to take risks are all key parts of one of professional cycling's most thrilling moments but if one does not rule them all, it's not easy to succeed. Tim Merlier worries that his teammates Paul Magnier may lac...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike had a plan for the Giro d'Italia's first multi-mountain stage and they delivered to perfection. Jonas Vingegaard took the stage win, much due to the work of his teammates. In particular, Tim Rex' work early in the day did not go unnoticed, as his pain face leading up the pe...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe feared a dark day on the Valle d'Aosta as both its leaders were affected by illness earlier in the week. However the German team came out of it with good news, with Giulio Pellizzari recovering a good level on the first serious high mountain stage of the race - whilst bot...

The first half of the Giro d’Italia has fallen short of expectations for Movistar Team. Especially in the case of Enric Mas, back to racing after eight months out and performing below what was hoped. Even so, Eusebio Unzué remains calm. The manager of the Spanish squad acknowledges in an interview w...

The Tour of Norway is plotting a major comeback after being wiped off the 2026 calendar due to severe government funding cuts. Fresh off his retirement from the professional peloton at the end of the 2025 season, Norwegian sprinting icon Alexander Kristoff has been appointed as the new race director...

Jonas Vingegaard is commanding the Giro d'Italia as the standalone heavyweight favorite in a field missing several of cycling's top Grand Tour contenders. While the Visma | Lease a Bike rider has already secured three stage victories and looks entirely in control, his passive racing style and quiet...

It has been a decade since one of the most shocking stage results in modern Giro d'Italia history, when a virtually unknown Alexander Foliforov denied Steven Kruijswijk a mountain time trial victory by mere fractions of a second. The surprise result raised eyebrows in the peloton, leading Kruijswijk...

Jonas Vingegaard and Team Visma | Lease a Bike are heading into stage 14 as favourites to take the lead at the Giro d'Italia. With a brutal day of climbing on the way to Pila, general classification is set for a shake-up by Saturday evening. With Afonso Eulalio attempting to defend his pink jersey,...

Thymen Arensman is putting together an incredible ride at the Giro d'Italia, currently sitting fourth in the general classification, but his quiet demeanor off the bike is sparking a massive storm behind the scenes. The Dutch Netcompany INEOS rider has completely shielded himself from the media sinc...

Slovenian cycling is firing on all cylinders right now, and the buzz is only growing with a home European Championships coming up in October. In a recent wide-ranging interview, Slovenian national team coach Uros Murn opened up about the modern racing calendar, what's really going on with Primoz Rog...

Just a few days after questions emerged about his condition following an underwhelming time trial, Jonas Vingegaard delivered a devastating response in the mountains of the Giro d’Italia. The Danish rider attacked with authority on the final climb to Pila, won the stage in commanding fashion and cla...

Tom Pidcock’s return to mountain bike racing came within a sprint of victory on Saturday, as the Briton finished second in the UCI Mountain Bike World Series Cross-country Short Track race in Nove Mesto. Back on the MTB circuit after a road-focused spell, Pidcock was beaten only by France’s Mathis A...

Jhonatan Narvaez has turned UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s stage-hunting Giro into a classification fight of its own. Three stage wins had already made him one of the standout riders of the race, but Stage 14 added something different: the Maglia Ciclamino. On the same day Jonas Vingegaard finally ripped...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Afonso Eulalio finally lost the Maglia Rosa on the climb to Pila on stage 14, but the Giro d’Italia did not get the full collapse many may have expected. Jonas Vingegaard now has pink, a third stage win and clear control of the race, yet the Portuguese outsider who was never listed among the obvious...

Felix Gall did not try to dress up the new shape of the Giro d’Italia after Jonas Vingegaard’s Stage 14 takeover. The Decathlon CMA CGM Team leader moved onto the podium at Pila, but after another mountain-top finish ended with Vingegaard riding clear, Gall admitted his fight now looks more like a b...

Jonas Vingegaard’s first Maglia Rosa arrived with the force of a team performance as much as an individual attack. After days of waiting behind Afonso Eulalio, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader finally moved into pink on Stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia, taking his third stage win of the race at Pil...

Jonas Vingegaard finally ripped the Maglia Rosa from Afonso Eulalio’s shoulders on Stage 14 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, taking his third stage victory of the race after Team Visma | Lease a Bike spent the day grinding the peloton down across a brutal Aosta Valley mountain stage. The Dane attacked on...

Natnael Tesfatsion celebrated his 27th birthday with victory on Stage 4 of the 2026 4 Jours de Dunkerque, attacking from the front group in the final few hundred metres to win in Cassel. The Movistar Team rider timed his move perfectly after a selective finale had broken the race apart. Stan Dewulf...

Jonas Vingegaard’s rivals are still looking for the weakness. Former leadout supremo and Danish national coach Michael Morkov sees something else entirely: a rider who looks calm, races with patience, and strikes the moment the door opens. “He is calm, but he is greedy,” Morkov said on Eurosport Den...

Jonas Vingegaard has spent much of this Giro d’Italia being questioned, measured and second-guessed. After his time trial disappointment, the illness confirmation from Visma | Lease a Bike and Afonso Eulalio’s stubborn hold on pink, the race now reaches the kind of mountain terrain where the Dane is...

Mikkel Bjerg has put fresh focus on Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s cautious Giro d’Italia strategy, with the UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider pointing out how little work Jonas Vingegaard’s squad have done on the front despite the Dane’s status as the overwhelming favourite for overall victory. Visma rema...

Davide Piganzoli came to the Giro d’Italia to work for Jonas Vingegaard. Across the first two weeks, he has already become one of Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s most valuable mountain pieces. Stage 14 now gives him the hardest test yet. The route stacks Saint-Barthelemy, Doues, Lin Noir and Verrogne be...

Netcompany Ineos look to have a huge talent on their hands after one of their boldest signings put in a huge climbing display, recording impressive numbers as a junior rider at just 17-years-old. Benjamín Noval has prompted speculation that he could emerge as the next big thing and attracting compar...

It's not just fans who are expecting Jonas Vingegaard and Team Visma | Lease a Bike to flex their muscles and take control of the Giro d'Italia on stage 14's mountain terrain, some of the top general classification contenders are in agreement. As Bahrain - Victorious seek to defend Afonso Eulalio's...

The cycling transfer market is in full flow as riders seeking a new contract assess their options and hope that their spring results can trigger offers before announcements are made later this season. According to reports, Jordi Meeus is the latest to be on the move as he's set to leave Red Bull - B...

Stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia 2026 looks set to be the first true tipping point in the general classification. After several attritional days and relative calm among the favourites, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin spoke on Lance Armstrong’s The Move podcast about the race’s second big mountain sta...

Giro d'Italia stage 12 winner Alec Segaert has a bit of Fabian Cancellara about him, that's according to his former teammate and compatriot Victor Campenaerts who heaped praise on the young rider after his impressive exploits this week. Bahrain - Victorious continued their dream Giro with a stage wi...

This year's Giro d'Italia has seen illness run rampant with several high-profile riders affected. However, Ben O'Connor has brushed off any illness concerns as he revealed that he too had been feeling symptoms in recent stages of the Corsa Rosa. Jonas Vingegaard, Jai Hindley and Giulio Pellizzari ar...

Filippo Ganna lives in Verbania where today's stage of the Giro d'Italia finished. The Netcompany INEOS rider tried getting in the breakaway but found himself to be a heavily marked man, which meant he didn't stand a chance to fight for one of his main goals.  That this was a key day for the Italian...

Gone are the days when that slight, wide-smiled kid would show up at press conferences or speak to journalists shyly. Afonso Eulálio, who remains at the top of the general classification of the 2026 Giro d’Italia after 13 days of racing, now speaks with fluency and a natural ease whenever there’s a...

Alberto Bettiol delivered a perfectly timed attack to win stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia, giving XDS Astana Team a memorable success after an aggressive day shaped entirely by the breakaway. The 189 kilometres stage from Alessandria to Verbania had been expected to favour attackers rather than the ge...

Stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia was another day where the peloton saw the breakaway succeed, without chase from the peloton as expected. A group of climbers, classics specialists and rouleurs stood out on the stage into Verbania, and it was Italy's own Alberto Bettiol who took the home country's third...

The rise of Paul Seixas as just 19-years-old has set the world of cycling on fire. As fans look forward to the French rider's Tour de France debut this July and wonder how much the teen sensation can improve, comparing other young talents to Seixas has been labelled unfair. At least that's how Lotto...

For over a decade, it's been a tradition for the Tour Down Under to hold both men's and women's races. And since 2023, we have seen both events run under a WorldTour license. But another big change is coming in 2027 - stages of the women's race will run the exact same parcours as men's race stages,...

Giro d'Italia steals the cycling world spotlight in May but in the background, a battle even more thrilling than that for Maglia Rosa takes place. Of course, the talk is about the transfer negotiations as teams use all their tricks to secure the best possible future of their formations, while rider...

Ecuador’s brightest star Richard Carapaz is back on the bike after a complicated spring. The 32-year-old performed at a high level to finish 18th at Tirreno-Adriatico and 10th overall at Volta a Catalunya with aim on Giro d'Italia, only to be ruled out of the race by a health indisposition requiring...

Andreas Leknessund did everything in his capacity to win the stage 13 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia... but against the overwhelming Alberto Bettiol, it simply was not enough. Despite a tremendous effort, the Uno-X Mobility rider has to settle for yet another second place as he already came close to a vi...

Jonas Vingegaard is the headliner of this year's Giro d'Italia, and so stage 13 was in a way an important day to have some much needed relaxation. On a day where the breakaway took over all the attention, the Dane could enjoy an easier day ahead of the return to the mountains.  After building an ear...

Alberto Bettiol has nine wins in his palmarès, but almost all are of an extremely high level. The Italian has won the Tour of Flanders, a stage at the Giro; and most recently the national championships in 2024. This afternoon, he broke his two-year dry streak at the Corsa Rosa where he won in his se...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Rasmus Tiller has taken the victory on stage 3 of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque, benefitting from an explosive race that split in the day's many cobbled sectors. This was an important victory for Uno-X Mobility, whilst Laurence Pithie defended his race lead.  The third stage of the race was flat but feat...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have confirmed Jonas Vingegaard has been among the riders affected by illness at the Giro d’Italia, adding a significant new layer to the questions around the Dane’s form after a turbulent few days in the fight for pink. Sickness has become one of the major threads of the s...

The Tour de France is perhaps the most hotly contested race in professional cycling and in order to reach it with chances of taking good results, all riders need their best form. Over the past few years a new altitude camp location has become the overwhelming destination for most top riders in the p...

Damiano Caruso initially announced his retirement from professional cycling in 2025. Much to the request of Bahrain - Victorious (and Antonio Tiberi, has he told CyclingUpToDate this winter), he delayed it for 2026. He is now experiencing another dream Giro d'Italia, but confirms it will be his last...

Iván García Cortina approaches stage 13 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia with optimism, despite admitting he was not at his best the day before. The Movistar Team rider explained at the start that allergy issues affected his performance in the previous stage, though he highlighted the collective work of th...

Jonas Vingegaard has issued an update after it was confirmed that he was among the Team Visma | Lease a Bike riders suffering symptoms of sickness in recent days at the Giro d'Italia. The Danish rider has faced criticism for recent performances, and his team confirmed that he was suffering with some...

Felix Gall has played down a general classification raid during Friday's Giro d'Italia stage 13. Gall thinks that many of his pink jersey rivals will keep their legs fresh for Saturday's mountain stage, despite a steep ramp late in the course providing a potential attack launchpad for attacks from t...

Vicenzo Nibali will be surprised if anyone other than Jonas Vingegaard rides into Rome in the pink jersey. However, the legendary Italian cyclist wants to see the Team Visma | Lease a Bike man make a statement with a race-defining attack - similar to the likes cycling fans have become accustomed to...

For a few moments on the Blockhaus, it looked like Giulio Pellizzari would go toe-to-tow with Jonas Vingegaard for this year's Giro d'Italia. The young Italian followed the overwhelming race favourite during his initial attacks on the mammoth stage 7 finish as fans wondered if they were in for a thr...

Stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia delivered one of those finales that perfectly sum up modern cycling: strategy, attrition, opportunism and cold blood. In the latest episode of the Lance Armstrong YouTube channel “The Move”, Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin broke down a chaotic day that ended with Alec...

The 2028 Tour de France is set to be a truly unique edition as it was announced that it will start on June 24th, a significantly earlier date than its usual July slot and its earliest in decades. The move was made so the as the race doesn't clash with the 2028 LA Olympic Games, but the calendar shif...

Jonathan Milan knows how rare a full sprint finish has been in this Giro d'Italia and saw another stage slip away on Thursday. The Lidl - Trek fast man targeted stage 12 as an opportunity to get his first win of this year's race on the board, but finished with disappointment. The Italian rider's sea...

There are still nine stages left to ride at this year's Giro d'Italia, but Unibet Rose Rockets' sprint mentor Marcel Kittel won't be part of this adventure. The German coach left Italy on the second rest day, and will continue his work remotely as the team around Dylan Groenewegen eyes the last two...

The Brussels Market Court ruled in favor of SRAM in a legal case where SRAM argued that UCI's actions regarding gearing restrictions were not in line with the principles of a fair competition, causing the bike equipment supplier to be placed in a notable disadvantage compared to its rivals Shimano o...

Looking ahead to the upcoming stages, many sprinters have circled the stage 12 as a day when "it could work out" and we'd witness a (reduced) bunch sprint. While the stage certainly ended up with a medium-sized group sprinting for a victory, you'd look for sprinters in the group in vain, as Toon Aer...

Stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia ended in breakaway success whilst the peloton remained conservative. However, in a day with plenty climbs and also technical descents, Jonas Vingegaard could not afford to take it easy. He has discussed the stage and also how his choice of tires worried him.  “I think i...

The Giro d’Italia’s illness problem is no longer just an early-race footnote. After abandonments, GC disruption, team-wide concerns and now Johan Price-Pejtersen’s grim gruppetto warning, sickness is becoming one of the most dangerous hidden forces in the race. Ahead of Stage 12, the Alpecin-Premier...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Netcompany INEOS have set their sights on a return to the summit of the sport. Not simply a place among the stronger WorldTour teams, but the Tour de France-winning, peloton-leading status that once made the old Sky machine the reference point for Grand Tour racing. A rebuild of that scale needs mor...

Alec Segaert produced a superb late attack to win Stage 12 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, timing his move perfectly inside the final 3km after a day that had been ripped away from the pure sprinters by Movistar’s aggressive climbing pressure. The Bahrain - Victorious rider launched on the long approach...

While the weather on the west coast of Italy has been quite welcoming to the Giro d'Italia participants these last few days, a storm has passed through the peloton. And rather than a weather condition, it refers to a controversy sparked by a single UCI jury report after stage 9. The UCI has seen eno...

Paul Seixas and his Tour de France debut will be the main storyline of this summer, regardless of how the race goes for the Frenchman. At just 19 years of age, the Decathlon CMA CGM Team rider is listed among hottest podium prospects at the world's biggest cycling race, just behind Tadej Pogacar and...

Belgian rider Alec Segaert produced the ride of his young career on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, launching a perfectly timed solo attack inside the final three kilometres to claim a sensational victory in Novi Ligure. The 22 years old rider from Bahrain - Victorious caught the reduced peloton by s...

Paul Magnier left Stage 12 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia still in the maglia ciclamino, but with frustration clear after a day that turned a possible sprint chance into another chaotic reduced finale. The Soudal - Quick-Step rider was one of the biggest losers from Movistar Team’s aggressive approach on...

Afonso Eulalio found another small margin in the Giro d’Italia pink jersey fight on Stage 12, and the Bahrain Victorious leader admitted afterwards that the opportunity was almost handed to him. On a day dominated by Alec Segaert’s late victory in Novi Ligure, Eulalio quietly strengthened his hold o...

Alec Segaert did not win stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia by accident. After Movistar had spent the decisive part of the day tearing the sprint field apart, the Bahrain - Victorious rider saw the moment, trusted the plan and launched the move that left the reduced peloton staring at his back wheel on t...

Victor Papon claimed a surprise victory on Stage 2 of the 2026 4 Jours de Dunkerque, winning from the breakaway after the peloton ran out of road in Lievin. The Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur rider was part of the five-man move that shaped the day, before Jaakko Hanninen was dropped inside the final 3km...

Afonso Eulalio’s Giro d'Italia has already gone far beyond the usual logic of a surprise Maglia Rosa run. The Bahrain - Victorious rider has survived the mountains, survived the time trial, held off Jonas Vingegaard by 27 seconds and now found himself at the centre of a growing national story in Por...

Jan Christen is a very talented rider, however one that doesn't have the 'killer instinct' according to a UAE Team Emirates - XRG sports director. That is something the team is looking to develop, with the guidance of the (so far) three-time Giro stage winner.  Christen has often found issues in the...

Fighting for victory in a breakaway is a difficult task, specially when the races are hilly and suit different riders in very different ways. Stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia saw Enric Mas and Jhonatan Narváez, polar opposites, fight for the victory. Thijs Zonneveld argued that Mas' tactics were poor a...

The Giro d’Italia time trial offered an unexpected read on Jonas Vingegaard. Although the Dane remains the clear favourite to win the race, his performance in stage 10 opened a small window for doubt. That was Alberto Contador’s take on Eurosport’s La Montonera. The former Madrid rider was blunt w...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe arrived at the Giro d'Italia perhaps as Jonas Vingegaard's biggest rivals however the opening week of the race was not overly favourable to the German squad. Currently, both Giulio Pellizzari and Jai Hindley are trying to overcome illness in order to remain in the fight f...

The Tour de France is one of cycling's most difficult and hotly contested racing, meaning that all riders must be at their absolute best level in order to contest for results. Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Remco Evenepoel are going all-in on the preparation for their first Tour together, with trai...

Mystery has surrounded Mathieu van der Poel's mountain bike return after it was reported that he would compete in the Nové Mesto MTB World Cup round on May 24th. The organisers announced his participation in the round on social media, however his team Alpecin - Premier Tech denied that he will take...

Jonas Vingegaard moved closer to the Maglia Rosa on Stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia, but his performance in the race’s only individual time trial has raised fresh questions over whether the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader is quite at his usual level. The Dane cut Afonso Eulalio’s overall lead from 2:...

Stage 11 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia was another day for the breakaway and the winner is no stranger. Jhonatan Narváez has stormed to a third victory at this year's race, his second from a breakaway and UAE Team Emirates - XRG's fourth of the race.  The stage was heavily hinted to be won by the breaka...

Jonas Vingegaard's disappointing time trial was the highlight of this Tuesday's stage at the Giro d'Italia and it was a day where the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader did not manage to take the time he hoped for in his rivals. He is defended within his team, who believe many expect performances such...

Team Picnic PostNL Raisin's 2026 season is one big disaster. The already reduced lineup is a frequent victim to crashes, illnesses and injuries. And none of their leaders seem to be spared as the series of bad luck caught up also to the Dutch's team sprinter Pavel Bittner during Classique Dunkerque....

The 4 Jours de Dunkerque's opening stage had a not-so-surprising winner with Laurence Pithie conquering the uphill drag sprint in Laon. Much of the credit for his victory goes to his choice of a wheel to follow as opponent Lewis Askey's early launch of sprint placed Pithie in a perfect position to f...

Afonso Eulálio finished another day dressed in pink at the Giro d’Italia, his sixth, and this time he could breathe a little easier. After intense days defending the lead, highlighted by two summit finishes and an individual time trial, the Portuguese rider from Bahrain - Victorious finally had a mo...

Cristian Scaroni did everything right in the eleventh stage of Giro d'Italia and yet, he walked away with a mere 6th place and multiple scars. The 195-kilometer stage from Porcari to Chiavari brought about an eventful afternoon with a compact breakaway battling for a stage victory while being kept o...

On paper, the stage 11 of 2026 Giro d'Italia was made for a breakaway. Placed just a day after a key 42-kilometer time trial, there was no chance any of the GC favourites would be willing exert an excessive effort with little to gain, despite the undulating parcours. But if you expected the peloton...

Jhonatan Narváez continues to dominate the Giro d'Italia. After already winning the fourth and eighth stages, the Ecuadorian rider added stage eleven to his growing collection on Wednesday, beating Enric Mas in a two-man sprint in the streets of Chiavari. Behind them, the general classification cont...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG CEO Mauro Gianetti has heaped praise on his riders following a fourth stage victory at the 2026 Giro d'Italia. After three stages, the race seemed to be a disaster for the team after losing three riders in a nightmare Grande Partenza. But eight stages later on Wednesday, the...

Enric Mas came close to glory in stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia, but finally succumbed to the undeniable finishing speed of Jhonatan Narváez on the line on Wednesday. After a day of hard attrition and a bold move in the mountains, the Movistar Team leader sounded resigned at not being able to finis...

Giro d'Italia stage 11 winner Jhonatan Narváez took home his third stage win of the race after yet another stunning performance on Wednesday. The Ecuadorian champion bridged across to the day's decisive breakaway before he and Enric Mas came to the line for a sprint finish. The 29-year-old, on paper...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Laurence Pithie timed his sprint to perfection at 4 Jours de Dunkerque, rounding Lewis Askey to take the stage 1 on an uphill finish. The Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe rider takes the first leader's jersey in Laon, and is in prime position for general classification, as Bryan Coquard took second and Ask...

The Giro d'Italia is one of the biggest and most prestigious races in professional cycling, where many months-long storylines finally come to be. The race is headlined by Jonas Vingegaard; is seeing the breakthrough of Afonso Eulálio; and an old controversy has been reignited as the race organizers...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia time trial produced one of the most striking images of the season. And, paradoxically, also one of the most commendable performances for the Movistar Team. Lorenzo Milesi finished ninth in the long individual test, banked 30 valuable UCI points for the Spanish squad, and confi...

Afonso Eulálio stays in pink at the Giro d’Italia and not even he expected to come out of the stage 10 time trial still leading the overall. The Portuguese cyclist admitted, however, that Jonas Vingegaard, the main favorite for overall victory, was not at his best in the individual effort between Vi...

Tadej Pogacar’s dominance has become so familiar that even those inside his own team are left searching for normal language to describe it. For Pavel Sivakov, the explanation starts with the obvious. On the bike, the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader is operating at a level few riders can realistically...

Jonas Vingegaard’s grip on the 2026 Giro d’Italia narrative has suddenly become more complicated. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader remains in a strong general classification position after Stage 10, but his performance in the Viareggio to Massa time trial has left Philippe Gilbert questioning wh...

Thymen Arensman has changed the shape of the Giro d’Italia podium fight. After Stage 10, Team Visma | Lease a Bike can still see the Maglia Rosa within touching distance for Jonas Vingegaard, but the rider closest to the Dane is not Felix Gall, Jai Hindley or even Ben O’Connor. It is Arensman. The N...

Tom Dumoulin’s scrutiny of Jonas Vingegaard’s Giro d’Italia has continued, with the former teammate of the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader now questioning the Dane’s equipment choice after his underwhelming Stage 10 time trial. Vingegaard had been widely expected to take the Maglia Rosa from Afonso...

The 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia delivered exactly what many expected from Filippo Ganna, a crushing display of power against the clock. The Italian rider from Netcompany INEOS lived up to his status as overwhelming favourite in the 42 kilometres individual time trial from Viareggio to Massa, pro...

One of Britain’s most exciting young road prospects is recovering at home after being hit by a motorbike during a training ride in Girona. Harry Hudson, the reigning junior men’s road race world champion, revealed that he spent 24 hours in hospital after the crash and suffered a compression fracture...

Jonas Vingegaard’s Stage 10 time trial at the Giro d’Italia has sparked debate, but Robbie McEwen does not see it as proof that the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader is in trouble. Vingegaard went into the 42km test from Viareggio to Massa widely expected to take the Maglia Rosa from Afonso Eulalio....

Thymen Arensman turned Stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia into a major personal breakthrough, climbing onto the provisional podium after a superb ride in the 42km individual time trial from Viareggio to Massa. The Dutchman finished second on the stage behind teammate Filippo Ganna, completing a dominant...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Jonas Vingegaard has won both summit finishes so far at the 2026 Giro d’Italia, but the way the Dane has done it has become almost as much of a talking point as the victories themselves. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader has looked in control through the first major climbing tests of the race, ta...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG’s Giro d’Italia could have unravelled before the race had even properly reached Italy. Adam Yates, Jay Vine and Marc Soler all abandoned after the major Stage 2 crash in Bulgaria, stripping the team of its original Grand Tour structure and ending any realistic hope of the rac...

Jonas Vingegaard gained almost two minutes on Afonso Eulalio in the Stage 10 time trial at the Giro d’Italia, but the day still fell short of the takeover many expected from the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader. The Dane started the 42km test from Viareggio to Massa 2:24 behind Eulalio and was widel...

A lot can happen at a Grand Tour, and that saying applies twice as much for the first stage after a rest day. Some riders come back swinging, while others lose a bit of the flow switching from action-packed stages to a coffee rider, and back. For a 30-year-old Sjoerd Bax, riding a Grand Tour is a ne...

Arnaud De Lie's stint at the 2026 Giro d'Italia was brief, but left an impact in its own way. The Belgian rose the ranks to become one of the anticipated names for bunch sprints again following a Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic, but his ambitions were cut short due to an illness he had contracted at t...

The Unibet Rose Rockets are halfway through their Grand Tour debut. The goal of winning a stage is yet to be ticked off, however team's head tactician and sprinter coach Marcel Kittel is nevertheless very satisfied with how the team presented itself so far in the race with one podium result for Groe...

Matteo Jorgenson's importance for Team Visma | Lease a Bike is hard to measure with his unique set of skills. Thus it's no surprise that the American is part of the Dutch team's plans for all kinds of the biggest races. Ranging from hilly and cobbled classics, through week-long stage races and inclu...

It's mentioned only occasionally that Tadej Pogacar, the reigning world champion, holds the European title as well after a dominant performance in Ardeche last October. Moving to the current season, Pogacar is faced with an opportunity to equal Peter Sagan's record of three consecutive world titles...

Women’s cycling has been moving towards its first million-euro salary for years. Alex Carera now believes Paula Blasi could be the rider who finally takes it there. That is no small statement. Carera is not just another agent talking up a client. The Italian represents Tadej Pogacar, Jasper Philipse...

Felix Gall left the Giro d’Italia podium places on Stage 10 after a difficult afternoon against the clock, with the Decathlon CMA CGM Team leader losing ground to several direct general classification rivals in the 42km individual time trial from Viareggio to Massa. The Austrian began the day third...

Afonso Eulalio’s grip on the Giro d’Italia looked set for its toughest examination on Stage 10. By the finish in Massa, the Bahrain - Victorious rider had survived it, keeping the Maglia Rosa after limiting his losses to Jonas Vingegaard in the race’s only individual time trial. The 42km test from V...

Filippo Ganna did not spend long celebrating the Giro d’Italia time trial victory that always looked made for him. After crushing Stage 10 from Viareggio to Massa, the Italian champion immediately opened the door to a different target in the second half of the race: a road stage win. The Netcompany...

Filippo Ganna delivered a crushing victory on Stage 10 of the 2026 Giro d’Italia, dominating the 42km individual time trial from Viareggio to Massa as Afonso Eulalio survived a major test of his maglia rosa against Jonas Vingegaard. Ganna was in a race of his own on the flat coastal course, stopping...

Artem Shmidt took a dramatic solo victory at the 2026 Classic Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts-de-France, holding off the chasing peloton after a late attack in the final kilometres towards Mont-Saint-Eloi. The Netcompany INEOS rider went clear inside the final 15km, first bridging across to long-ti...

Jaume Guardeno has been moved to the Clinica Guttmann in Barcelona as the Caja Rural - Seguros RGA rider begins the next stage of his recovery from the serious training crash he suffered on 31 March. The Spanish prospect will now continue his rehabilitation under a specialist medical team at the cli...

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe’s Giro d’Italia challenge has reached a delicate point just as the race arrives at one of its most important tests. Jai Hindley and Giulio Pellizzari remain inside the top 10 overall, but illness concerns inside the team have added another complication before the Stage 10...

Former Portugal national coach José Poeira believes that the 2025 World Championship marked a decisive shift in Afonso Eulálio’s career. Poeira closely followed the Portuguese rider’s development and considers that the current Giro d’Italia leader has stopped being just a support rider within teams...

Tiesj Benoot signed with Decathlon CMA CGM over winter, but is yet to officially make his debut with team after suffering a a herniated disc in his back, which required surgery. A versatile rider with remarkable consistency, the French team have been working hard to ensure his return with the Tour d...

Tom Dumoulin has criticised former teammate and Giro d'Italia favourite Jonas Vingegaard for his race tactics during his victory in stage 9. The 2017 Giro winner said the Dane's late attack wasn't 'stylish' and questioned how much energy it would save in his general classification bid.  Vingegaard a...

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has issued a warning to the Giro d’Italia peloton after detecting behaviour deemed inappropriate related to the use of bidons during the race. Cycling’s governing body expressed concern that some riders may have been urinating into empty bottles before throwin...

Igor Arrieta has become one of the standout riders of the 2026 Giro d’Italia after his stunning stage win, a triumph that has strengthened his standing in the peloton and on the market. The 23-year-old Spaniard is out of contract at the end of this season, but already has a renewal offer from UAE Te...

Jonas Vingegaard is building his bid for the 2026 Giro d’Italia with a formula many see as old-fashioned, but which for Brian Holm captures the purest essence of Grand Tour racing. The former Danish pro, now a commentator, sees in his compatriot’s racing style a direct line to the tactics that ruled...

Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe appear to be struck with an illness crisis at the Giro d'Italia following Giulio Pellizzari reporting stomach issues on stage 9. The Italian, who is co-leader with Jai Hindley, confirmed that he is suffering with an illness that now seems to have affected Hindley, Giuanni M...

Jonas Vingegaard came to the Giro d'Italia with a lot of spinning plates. Doubling up with the Tour de France, the Dane is aiming to pick up a general classification victory, solidify his position as the second favourite for the Tour behind Tadej Pogacar and do all of this perhaps early in the race...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia faces on Tuesday one of those days that can definitively set the course of the race. Stage 10, a demanding 42-kilometre individual time trial between Viareggio and Massa, pan-flat and built for the specialists, looms as the first absolute test against the clock for every magli...

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will take place from the 8th to the 31st of May. It is the first Grand Tour of the season, and there are 21 stages that will take the riders through many of Italy's iconic cities, the mythical Alps, and many treacherous stages - each one can end the climber's chances of winnin...

Filippo Ganna exudes confidence as he goes into Tuesday's Giro d'Italia stage 10 - a 42 kilometer flat time trial. A specialist against the clock, the stage seems almost tailor-made for him and he finds himself the big favourite to take an eighth Giro stage win. The Italian powerhouse is synonymous...

Ilia Topuria keeps sharpening his preparation for his next UFC date, this time away from the gym and on two wheels. The Spanish-Georgian fighter used a bike training day in Miami to share a nod to Alberto Contador, with whom he has maintained a good relationship for some time. The lightweight champi...

Mathieu van der Poel is sure to be left with a bitter-sweet taste in his mouth when he looks back on his spring campaign, and will reportedly be at the Tour de Suisse next month to right some wrongs. The Dutch rider picked up two big one day classic wins - but neither of them were a monument after c...

Ten World Tour teams and an exciting field of versatile riders will take to the start line for the 2026 4 Jours de Dunkerque. The French 2.Pro stage race offers a varied route with difficult segments and punchy climbs offering an opportunity for many within the peloton. We take a look at its startli...

Olav Kooij signed with Decathlon CMA CGM over winter as one of the most exciting sprinters in the world and a huge coup for the French team. But a virus made it a nightmare start to the season as he saw his spring campaign completely swept away and is still waiting to make his debut for the team. Si...

Team Visma | Lease a Bike were the expected overlords of the first mountain tests of the 2026 Giro d'Italia - and they haven't disappointed so far. As a matter of fact, their dominance has been even more oppressive than we might've expected with Davide Piganzoli controlling situation in a third plac...

All eyes are on Jonas Vingegaard and Felix Gall at the on-going Giro d'Italia, however at least one rider has been ride a near-perfect race so far in the first block, allowing himself to sit sixth overall - fourth among "main" GC contenders - on the today's rest day. Of course, the talk is about Thy...

The 2026 Itzulia Women concluded on Sunday what was yet another thrilling action-packed edition. Ultimately, it was SD Worx - Protime's Mischa Bredewold to have claimed the overall title, but in a battle of seconds, it's taken every last bit of energy from the former European champion to defend her...

The 2026 Giro d’Italia is moving on towards its second half following the first rest day. Although most of the race still lies ahead, things have turned complicated for Movistar Team in the general classification. Their leader, Enric Mas, blew up on the first high-mountain day, conceding 6 minutes t...

Jai Hindley's long reported move to Team Visma | Lease a Bike seems far from certain as transfer rumours swirl on the Giro d'Italia rest day. With Hindley spearheading a Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe podium push as the race enters the second week. Hindley is out of contract this winter and has long been...

Felix Gall will certainly be on the mind of Jonas Vingegaard when he takes to the Giro d'Italia stage 10 start line on Tuesday, and not only because the Decathlon CMA CGM rider will have started his time trial just moments before him. The Austrian rider seems to be the only one close to the Dane's c...

As riders enjoy a well-earned Giro d'Italia rest day after a brutal first week featuring mountain-top finishes, gruelling weather conditions, serious crashes and hectic sprints, fans are reflecting on an action-packed nine stages while some teams may be counting their winnings from prizes. Although...

Cycling fans in the UK have been handed some good news as free-to-air coverage of the Tour de France has been promised by this summer. Due to TV rights changes and the closure of Eurosport UK last year, British cycling fans haven't been able to access live coverage of major cycling races without a p...

Official routes and profiles for the 2026 UEC European Championships have been confirmed - including the men's and women elite road races and individual time trials. Slovenia plays host to the championships, and Tadej Pogacar will certainly be licking his lips at the announcement as he seeks to defe...

The decision for host city of the 2028 Tour de France was made official this Monday. The city of Reims will bring the Grand Boucle back for a French start, as the Grand-Est region will be hosting the first days of the competition.  Reims is not too far from Lille, but is part of a separate region wh...