One mountain-bike race all season, a Tour de France still in his legs, a painful back and 34 riders ahead of him on the starting grid. None of it prevented Tom Pidcock from becoming cross-country world champion for the second time.
Sport is thrilling, inspirational, dramatic, and uplifting, but it can sometimes be very cruel and remind you that nothing in life is guaranteed. On Saturday’s stage 8 of the Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour race he was leading by nearly 4 minutes and looked…
Tadej Pogačar was forced to abandon the 2026 Vuelta a España after crashing heavily about 34 km from the finish of Saturday’s stage 8. According to a medical report by UAE’s medical director, Dr Adrian Rotunno, “Tadej has been diagnosed with a concussion, a displaced left…
Three stages, two Tadej Pogačar wins. The beat goes on as the UAE Team Emirates–XRG leader seems well on his way to a record-breaking performance on the only Grand Tour he has not yet won.
