Kévin Vauquelin Archives

Will These Confident Young French Riders Change Their Country’s Narrative?

October 27, 2025 at 1:32 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

The disheartening decades-long stretch of futility in Grand Tour racing for French men riders may be nearing an end because of the presence in the peloton of the French sporting goods retail giant Decathlon as a sponsor and because the current crop of under-25 riders…

Kooij and Benoot Leave Visma While Ayuso, Girmay and Vauquelin Await Offers

September 24, 2025 at 11:39 am2 min reading

Road cycling

This year’s transfer season has been explosive so far, with stars and superstars breaking their contracts, and it looks like there’ll be more detonations in the future. The biggest bombshell came right at the beginning, with Remco Evenepoel leaving Soudal Quick-Step for Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe with…

Four Tour de France Stars of the Future

July 24, 2025 at 7:37 am3 min reading

Road cycling

As expected, this Tour de France has been another showcase for three- (and soon to be four-) time race winner Tadej Pogačar. But from this fan’s perspective, the more exciting, and perhaps more important, feature of this Tour has been the emergence of four young…

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Pogačar Triumphs in La Flèche Wallonne With Devastating 400-Metre Solo

April 24, 2025 at 4:15 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

After suffering a surprise defeat in Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) got some of his mojo back by winning Wednesday’s La Flèche Wallonne with a dominant solo ride on the daunting climb to the finish line on the Mur de Huy…