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Pogačar Just About Wraps Up Tour Victory in the Alps

July 25, 2025 at 12:28 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

As expected, Tadej Pogačar took a stranglehold on his fourth Tour de France victory in the first two of three Alpine stages, resisting with his customary icy aplomb Visma–Lease a Bike’s desperate efforts to find a weakness in his armour.

Road to the Tour: Ben O’Connor Looks to Crack the Tour de France Top 5

July 2, 2025 at 4:49 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Is Ben O’Connor a potential Tour de France top 5 contender? Because that is the goal the 29-year-old Australian and his Jayco AlUla team have set for this year. It sounds like a modest objective, but in fact it’s quite ambitious given the opposition.

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Hurt Roglič Falters, del Toro in Pink, Verona Wins Sixth Giro Stage for Lidl-Trek

May 26, 2025 at 10:23 am3 min reading

Road cycling

If favorite Primož Roglič ever has occasion to think back on the 2025 Giro d’Italia, his thoughts will invariably land on Sunday’s stage 15, a massive 220km from Fiume Veneto to Asiago. That was the stage in which his legs failed him when his GC…

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Roglič Bites the Dust, van Aert Wins, del Toro Takes Giro Lead on

May 19, 2025 at 10:37 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Anyone wondering why the second Sunday stage of the Giro d’Italia did not have any big mountains in it has their answer. Stage 9 had a few modest climbs, but its five sectors of white gravel, which were part of this year’s Strade Bianche (which…

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Ayuso and Roglič Favored in Volta a Catalunya

March 24, 2025 at 2:58 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

The Volta a Catalunya got underway on Monday in Sant Feliu de Guíxols with a start list that would be the envy of most stage races, but without the rider whose presence would have made it a prime event. Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas…

Weather Sows Chaos in Paris-Nice as Almeida Pips Vingegaard on Stage 4

March 13, 2025 at 2:12 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

A funny thing happened to the riders on Wednesday’s Stage 4 of this year’s Paris-Nice with about 60 km left to ride on the 163.4 km course from Vichy to the summit finish at La Loge des Gardes: the temperature fell about 10°C in two…

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Pogačar and Vingegaard Big Favorites in Strade Bianche and Paris-Nice

March 7, 2025 at 10:07 am3 min reading

Road cycling

After last weekend’s opening of the spring Classics season, things will be heating up this weekend with the Classic Strade Bianche, which will be followed by two important early stage races, Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.

Jayco AlUla Counting on Ben O’Connor – But Not Only

November 22, 2024 at 1:50 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

There is no doubt that the most significant transfer of this transfer season has so far been the move of 28-year-old Ben O’Connor from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale to Jayco AlUla. In a way, it’s a natural move since O’Connor is Australian and he is…

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Pogačar Wins Road Race World Championship With Eye-Popping 100 km Attack

September 30, 2024 at 11:02 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Even by his own unearthly standards, Tadej Pogačar’s victory in Sunday’s Elite Men’s Road Race World Championship was exceptional. Starting his attack with 100 km to go in the 273.9 km race, the 26-year-old Slovenian turned the race on its head and left defending world…

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Calmly, Craftily, Inevitably, Roglič Wins Record-Tying Fourth Vuelta

September 9, 2024 at 9:29 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Primož Roglič’s fourth Vuelta a España championship, tying him with Roberto Heras for most GC wins in the race, was a triumph of intelligence, talent, legs and, above all, deception, a kind of Three-Card Monte on wheels. The plan was clearly devised by the Red…

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Pogačar Just About Wraps Up Tour Victory in the Alps

Road to the Tour: Ben O’Connor Looks to Crack the Tour de France Top 5

Hurt Roglič Falters, del Toro in Pink, Verona Wins Sixth Giro Stage for Lidl-Trek

Roglič Bites the Dust, van Aert Wins, del Toro Takes Giro Lead on

Ayuso and Roglič Favored in Volta a Catalunya

Weather Sows Chaos in Paris-Nice as Almeida Pips Vingegaard on Stage 4

Pogačar and Vingegaard Big Favorites in Strade Bianche and Paris-Nice

Jayco AlUla Counting on Ben O’Connor – But Not Only

Pogačar Wins Road Race World Championship With Eye-Popping 100 km Attack

Calmly, Craftily, Inevitably, Roglič Wins Record-Tying Fourth Vuelta

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Paris-Tour / Paris-Tours Espoirs / Km H/F

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La Vuelta