When Dave Brailsford rejoined INEOS Grenadiers in a prominent, day-to-day role in early July 2025, on the eve of the Tour de France, it signaled that he and the team had had enough of the lack of eye-catching results that had made the INEOS predecessor…
It was a year in which political protests seriously disrupted the Vuelta Ciclista a España, and top riders such as Remco Evenepoel and Juan Ayuso broke their contracts to sign with new teams. But mostly it was the year of Tadej Pogačar, aka King Pogi…
This year’s edition of the last Monument of the season, Il Lombardia, was déjà vu all over again: It was won by Tadej Pogačar after a 36.6km solo ride that no one could follow, with Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) finishing second, at 1:48, and –…
Let’s start with the second-biggest transfer of the year so far, after Remco Evenepoel’s move from Soudal Quick-Step to Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe: Juan Ayuso breaking his contract with UAE Team Emirates–XRG and signing for five years with Lidl-Trek.
