Cofidis General Manager Cedric Vassuer is angry. “What is this again from an AIGCP president???,” he recently tweeted. “Must respect the rules and resign immediately!!! Get out!”
This has been a very active transfer season so far, with one real blockbuster announced, the move of four-time Grand Tour winner (3 Vueltas, 1 Giro) Primož Roglič from Jumbo-Visma to BORA – hansgrohe, a transfer that fellow Slovenian Tadej Pogačar said “brings BORA to…
With the route of the 2024 Tour de France now made public, we had a look into our crystal ball and the potential four-rider showdown involving the winner of the last two Tours, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike in 2024), the winner of the 2020…
There are many good climbers in a World Tour peloton, capable of winning a stage at any of the Grand Tours. And as the Grand Tours are today putting more emphasis on mountain stages, because they are the most dramatic and therefore attract more people…
Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogačar won the year’s final Monument race, the Il Lombardia, for the third year in a row when he made a signature solo breakaway of nearly 30 km and was never threatened by a tired pursuing group, which included his Slovenian compatriot…
The other shoe has finally fallen. The German team BORA-Hansgrohe has confirmed rumours that it had signed three-time Vuelta winner Primož Roglič to a contract of “more than one year,” team manager Ralph Denk told journalists during a virtual press conference on Friday. This year’s…
The cycling transfer market, and the entire sport as well, has been shaken in recent days by reports in multiple publications of a possible merger between the WorldTour teams Jumbo-Visma and Soudal-QuickStep, to create what would be a super-team capable, at first glance, of monopolizing…
The 2023 Vuelta a España began in rain and darkness and finished in sunlight and with an unprecedented double Grand Slam. The Dutch team Jumbo-Visma not only became the first team to ever win all three Grand Tours in a single calendar year but also…
In an unparalleled achievement in cycling history, Team Jumbo-Visma accomplished a triumphant trilogy with victories in all three grand tours in a single season. Following the paths laid by Primož Roglič in the Giro d’Italia and Jonas Vingegaard in the Tour de France, Sepp Kuss…
