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Visma–Lease a Bike Look to Bounce Back from Crash-Plagued Year

September 16, 2024 at 3:51 pm

Road cycling

After enjoying a dream season to remember forever in 2023, Visma–Lease a Bike suffered a year to forget immediately in 2024. The spring crashes of the team’s superstars, Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert, have been amply documented. But van Aert’s final crash, on stage…

Visma–Lease a Bike Racing Against Time to Turn Their Fortunes Around

June 3, 2024 at 6:55 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

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.

Wheels Roundup: Another Heart Operation for Sagan, UCI Approves Visma’s ‘Star Wars’ Helmet

March 19, 2024 at 3:14 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Just a few weeks after undergoing a heart operation for cardiac arrhythmia, after his heart rate had exceeded 200 beats per minute (bpm) in a mountain bike race, cycling legend Peter Sagan will have to have a second procedure to deal with the issue. “While…

Wheels Roundup: Lefevere Fined, Visma–Lease a Bike Documentary Reveals In-Fighting at Vuelta

March 15, 2024 at 2:14 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Not long after criticizing both the lifestyle and the partner of his French rider Julian Alaphilippe, for which Lefevere had to apologize, he has been handed a conditional fine by the UCI for “public comments considered as disparaging towards women.”

UCI Helmet Move Has Teams Scratching Their Heads

March 7, 2024 at 11:01 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Cycling’s governing body the UCI has frustrated a number of teams by outlawing Specialized’s new ‘head sock’ helmet and preparing an “in-depth analysis of the regulations governing the design and use of time trial helmets,” some of which were introduced in this week’s time trials at the…

Weekend Roundup: Some Surprises, but Visma | Lease a Bike Still Dominates

February 26, 2024 at 5:40 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The 2024 UAE Tour threw up the weekend’s biggest surprise when 22-year-old Lennart Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) came from ninth place in the GC standings to win the race in the final 1800m of the last stage and snatch a thrilling victory from Ben O’Connor…

Wout van Aert Triumphs in Benidorm: “It will be an interesting World Championships”

January 22, 2024 at 9:29 am3 min reading

Road cycling

In a remarkable show of resilience, Wout van Aert of Visma-Lease a Bike clinched a standalone victory at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup held in Benidorm, Spain. Van Aert’s defining moment came in the final lap where, despite a crash following the barriers and losing…