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McNulty Wins ‘Miracle’ World Championship as Evenepoel and Other Favorites Falter

September 28, 2026 at 3:25 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

The USA’s Brandon McNulty sprang a huge upset on Sunday in Montreal when he won Sunday’s Elite Men’s Road Race World Championship in Montreal with a 32km solo as the many pre-race co-favorites dithered and let the title slip away.

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‘I Am Stronger Than Mathieu van der Poel on a Mountain Bike’: Pidcock Leads British One-Two at XCO Worlds

August 31, 2026 at 2:10 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

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.

7 Aspects of the MTB Worlds That Roadies Already Understand

August 28, 2026 at 7:18 am4 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

The MTB Worlds are upon us, but shockingly, not every cycling fanatic is as eager for some off-road action as they should be. In fairness, the roadie calendar is fairly cramped. The annual pilgrimage to France is over, the Tour hangover has barely cleared, and…

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Pogačar Joins Cycling Olympus with Fifth Tour de France Triumph

July 26, 2026 at 10:42 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Tadej Pogačar won his fifth Tour de France on Sunday in Paris and joins Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Induráin in the ranks of the immortals who have won the race five times. Induráin, the only rider to win five consecutive Tours,…

Merlier Wins Two Bunch Sprints, van der Poel Wins His Stage and Pogačar Still Leads the Tour

July 13, 2026 at 9:30 am2 min reading

Road cycling

After the premature climax of stage 6, when Tadej Pogačar effectively ended the competition for the yellow jersey, the three stages leading up to the first rest day were actually a welcome relief for the riders and, I presume, for fans, who were all still…

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Pogačar Huge Favourite to Win His First Tour de Suisse Title

June 16, 2026 at 12:19 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

If the recent Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes is anything to go by, three of the five stages of the Tour de Suisse, which starts on Wednesday, will be dominated by breakaways. That’s right, five stages and not the traditional eight. Organisers have reduced the time and distance…

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Pogačar and Seixas Dominated Spring Season Talk, While van Aert Simply Thrilled

April 29, 2026 at 1:06 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Two riders dominated the men’s spring season, and neither one was named Remco Evenepoel or Jonas Vingegaard. One was, of course, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG), who is the focus of cycling conversations after every season, usually in sentences that begin or end with the…

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Van Aert Outsprints Pogačar to Win Shambolic, Dramatic, Thrilling Paris-Roubaix

April 13, 2026 at 8:04 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Leave it to Wout van Aert to get his first win of the year in one of the most dramatic and breathtaking one-day races in quite some time, if not ever. His victory in a sprint over pre-race favorite Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) in…

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Pogačar and van der Poel Chase History – and Each Other – in Paris-Roubaix

April 10, 2026 at 11:56 am2 min reading

Road cycling

After the parade of best one-day riders in last Sunday’s Tour of Flanders, headed by the best of them, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG), you might expect something similar in next Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix. But don’t. Paris-Roubaix has thrown up more unexpected winners than any other…

Evenepoel’s Late Entry Turns Tour of Flanders Into a Four-King Circus

April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

Remco Evenepoel isn’t your typical professional cyclist and his Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe apparently isn’t your typical professional cycling team. Most riders and teams announce their racing schedules at the beginning of the season, both as a courtesy to sport journalists, fans and other teams. And without…

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McNulty Wins ‘Miracle’ World Championship as Evenepoel and Other Favorites Falter

‘I Am Stronger Than Mathieu van der Poel on a Mountain Bike’: Pidcock Leads British One-Two at XCO Worlds

7 Aspects of the MTB Worlds That Roadies Already Understand

Pogačar Joins Cycling Olympus with Fifth Tour de France Triumph

Merlier Wins Two Bunch Sprints, van der Poel Wins His Stage and Pogačar Still Leads the Tour

Pogačar Huge Favourite to Win His First Tour de Suisse Title

Pogačar and Seixas Dominated Spring Season Talk, While van Aert Simply Thrilled

Van Aert Outsprints Pogačar to Win Shambolic, Dramatic, Thrilling Paris-Roubaix

Pogačar and van der Poel Chase History – and Each Other – in Paris-Roubaix

Evenepoel’s Late Entry Turns Tour of Flanders Into a Four-King Circus

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