During the first Tour, each rider was on his own. Outside help was banned and riders had to mend their bikes themselves. Now Tour race leaders are backed by other riders and dozens of coaches, assistants and mechanics. This is how the teams evolved in a hundred years…
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If you look at the calendar, the shift is obvious. The 2026 Women’s WorldTour tends to get more serious around Omloop Het Nieuwsblad at the end of February, then there’s the long pull through the Spring Classics, and, at last, it is time for the…
Two riders dominated the men’s spring season, and neither one was named Remco Evenepoel or Jonas Vingegaard. One was, of course, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG), who is the focus of cycling conversations after every season, usually in sentences that begin or end with the…
There was a plan, and then there was the execution. Demi Vollering didn’t wait for a sprint this time at Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes.
There were two winners of Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) won the race for the third time in a row, and teenager Paul Seixas won the hearts of racing fans everywhere – and the world champion’s respect – by staying with him, for…
