To repeat the obvious: It has been a very difficult year for Visma–Lease a Bike, after its two bona fide superstars, Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard, were injured in crashes and had to sit on the sidelines for weeks.
You can tell that Tadej Pogačar is very confident about winning the Giro d’Italia – because he’s already thinking about winning the Tour de France. In comments to journalists after Sunday’s ninth stage, the UAE Team Emirates leader said the French race was already “in…
With its iconic leader Tadej Pogačar about to set off on a quest to conquer two – or maybe even all three – of the Grand Tours and its only possible rival, Visma–Lease a Bike, badly wounded as a result of injuries suffered by its…
The safest bet in the history of gambling, as sure as putting money on the sun rising tomorrow, was that Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) would win Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix. It was a sure thing not only because he is a once-in-a-generation talent, perhaps the best…
A minor route change to this Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix undertaken by race organizers ASO at the request of the professional riders’ union, the CPA, to reduce the danger of a crash at the entrance to the notorious Trouée d’Arenberg, or Forest of Arenberg, has unleashed a…
A horrific crash in Thursday’s stage 4 of the Itzulia Basque Country injured about a dozen riders, including three of road racing’s elite, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma– Lease a Bike), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick Step), and Primož Roglič (BORA-hansgrohe).
UCI’s controversial helmet saga, which began a month ago when cycling’s governing body said that a number of time trial helmets and helmet accessories, such as head socks, were illegal because they were being used to improve performance rather than safety, has again erupted in…
Mathieu van der Poel did exactly what was expected in Sunday’s Tour of Flanders by soloing 45 km to another dominant Classics victory to take the third De Ronde victory of his career. He crossed the finish line 1:02 ahead of Luca Mozzato (Arkéa–B&B Hotels)…
It has been a mediocre start to the 2024 season for the once mighty INEOS Grenadiers, who under the name Team Sky were the unchallenged lords of road racing from 2012 to 2019. In that eight-year span, they won the Tour de France seven times…
