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Is a UCI Champions League in the Future of the WorldTour?

January 2, 2023 at 8:20 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

As the popularity of professional cycling continues to grow, with women’s competitions suddenly experiencing a global boom, some important changes are coming to the WorldTour in the near future, with the goal of growing the sport even more.

UCI Ratifies Rule Against Team Car Aerodynamics Trick

November 30, 2022 at 1:32 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The cars will now have to follow the rider during TTs from a greater distance as reported by Het Nieuwsblad.

Lotto-Soudal and Israel Premier-Tech Slated for Relegation – Maybe

November 1, 2022 at 12:32 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

The season is over, the points have been counted and the decision is all but official: Lotto-Soudal and Israel-Premier Tech – the team of four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome – will be relegated from the top tier of road racing.

Teams Scramble to Avoid Relegation

September 21, 2022 at 7:19 am5 min reading

Road cycling

As the cycling season races to a conclusion, cycling’s governing body confirmed that it will stick to its relegation system for the next round of WorldTour racing licenses. The UCI said in a statement released on September 9 that it would enforce its ranking system…

Opinion: 7 Cycling Race Rules That I Could Do Without

August 31, 2022 at 6:00 am6 min reading

Socialising and Culture

Every sporting event in the world needs to have some rules. Otherwise, what’s the point? Who wins if there are no rules to tell you? How do you prevent cheating? Actually, there can’t be cheating if there are no rules but that’s something we can…

The Ongoing Financial Plight of The Women’s Pro Peloton: An Interview with The Cyclists’ Alliance

September 29, 2021 at 8:40 am7 min reading

Socialising and Culture

Run by former and current professional riders, The Cyclists’ Alliance (TCA) seeks to provide holistic support to female cyclists during and after their careers. They aim to level the playing field and help the hard-working women of today’s peloton make a living from the sport.

Christian Prudhomme Is ‘Reasonably Optimistic’ About the 2021 Racing Calendar

February 10, 2021 at 2:18 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The Tour de France director believes that the bulk of the cycling calendar will go ahead despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

UCI Introduces New Safety Measures for the 2021 Season

January 11, 2021 at 2:20 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

Covid-19 was not the only reason the 2020 racing season will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. There was also an unusually large number of serious accidents, starting with Fabio Jakobsen’s horrific crash in the Tour de Pologne, in which the race barriers collapsed…

The UCI lobbies to make Cyclocross an Olympic Sport

January 5, 2021 at 10:04 am5 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

The UCI is continuing its long (and probably futile) lobbying effort to have cyclocross become an Olympic sport. But the world governing body for sports cycling is not targeting the Summer Games for the sport as one might have expected but wants ‘cross to become…

Dylan Groenewegen Suspended for Nine Months Over the Tour of Poland Crash

November 11, 2020 at 2:33 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The Dutch sprinter (24) has deviated from his line and caused a serious crash of Fabio Jakobsen (24) during the opening stage of the Tour of Poland in August. He has not raced since and has now been suspended from racing for nine months. The…