Sometimes the most important victory of an athlete’s career is a loss. It’s much too early to make such a judgment about Paul Seixas’ crash and astonishing but futile fightback in Saturday’s stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes, but it was a comeback of legend.…
Just weeks after winning La Vuelta Femenina and after dominating the queen stage over the Tourmalet, the 23-year-old secured overall victory at the Tour Féminin des Pyrénées, continuing what is rapidly becoming one of the breakout seasons in women’s cycling.
So far, 2026 has not been a banner year for the best cycling team in the world, UAE Team Emirates–XRG. Yes, they lead the UCI’s technical rankings with 15,059 points, but Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe and Visma–Lease a Bike are close behind. And while the team has…
Remco Evenepoel is trying to win the Tour de France without riding in a race for more than two months prior to stage 1. Is that an act of desperation or a brilliant course of action based on innovative principles of sport science? We can’t…
