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Simon Yates Finds Glory and Redemption on Finestre with Dramatic Giro Victory

June 2, 2025 at 10:39 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Simon Yates banished the ghosts of past failure by conquering the daunting Colle delle Finestre – the climb that had cost him victory seven years ago – to win the Giro d’Italia on Saturday’s thrilling – and baffling – stage 20. In a race with…

Monster van Aert Leadout Sets Up Kooij Victory and Other Giro Updates

May 23, 2025 at 10:44 am3 min reading

Road cycling

This Giro d’Italia appears to be a vital race for the renaissance of Wout van Aert and his Visma–Lease a Bike team. After van Aert and two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard sustained serious injuries in separate crashes last year, both the rider and…

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Roglič Bites the Dust, van Aert Wins, del Toro Takes Giro Lead on

May 19, 2025 at 10:37 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Anyone wondering why the second Sunday stage of the Giro d’Italia did not have any big mountains in it has their answer. Stage 9 had a few modest climbs, but its five sectors of white gravel, which were part of this year’s Strade Bianche (which…

A Few Takeaways from the Giro d’Italia’s First Weekend

May 12, 2025 at 9:06 am3 min reading

Road cycling

The 2025 Giro d’Italia kicked off on Friday in the Albanian port city of Durrës, the first time any Grand Tour (or any professional cycling race of Category 1 or higher) has visited Albania. The first three stages will be run in the Balkan country,…

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Roglič or Ayuso Should Win the 2025 Giro d’Italia. But…

May 8, 2025 at 8:11 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

I hate to say this, but it’s kind of nice to write a preview for a Grand Tour in which the opening sentence will not be Can anyone beat Tadej Pogačar? Ahead of the Giro d’Italia, which kicks off on Friday in the Albanian port…

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Van der Poel Wins Electrifying and Brutal Paris-Roubaix After Pogačar Crashes

April 14, 2025 at 9:34 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Anybody wondering about how hard it is to ride the extravagantly cobbled Paris-Roubaix should have seen the face of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) as he headed for victory on Sunday. Rather than triumph, his twisted grimace expressed anguish, fatigue and all the pain in…

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Van der Poel, Pogačar, Van Aert and Pedersen Race for Cobblestone Glory in Paris-Roubaix

April 11, 2025 at 11:25 am3 min reading

Road cycling

After last Sunday’s thrilling Tour of Flanders, won with a typical display of power, speed and stamina by Tadej Pogačar, we can look forward to what may be an even more electrifying race this Sunday: Paris-Roubaix, also known as the Hell of the North. These…

Powless Hangs Painful Defeat on van Aert and Visma–Lease a Bike in Dwars door Vlaanderen

April 4, 2025 at 7:32 am3 min reading

Road cycling

How do you win and lose a one-day race at the same time? Put another way, how do you lose a race with the perfect winning strategy? Well, just ask Visma–Lease a Bike because that’s just what they ‘accomplished’ in Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen when…

Van der Poel Wins E3 Saxo Classic with Devastating Solo Ride

March 29, 2025 at 12:26 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

When a few days before the start of Friday’s E3 Saxo Classic Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) dropped out of the race to ride in Paris-Roubaix, some of the interest had inevitably bled out of the race. After all, it came just a week after…

Has Wout van Aert Lost the Heart for Racing?

March 6, 2025 at 5:58 am3 min reading

Road cycling

We have always loved Wout van Aert. He was bold, strong, fast, equally adept at road racing and cyclocross, and he brought a boyish enthusiasm and fearlessness to the sport. We were delighted when he won the Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey in 2022…

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Simon Yates Finds Glory and Redemption on Finestre with Dramatic Giro Victory

Monster van Aert Leadout Sets Up Kooij Victory and Other Giro Updates

Roglič Bites the Dust, van Aert Wins, del Toro Takes Giro Lead on

A Few Takeaways from the Giro d’Italia’s First Weekend

Roglič or Ayuso Should Win the 2025 Giro d’Italia. But…

Van der Poel Wins Electrifying and Brutal Paris-Roubaix After Pogačar Crashes

Van der Poel, Pogačar, Van Aert and Pedersen Race for Cobblestone Glory in Paris-Roubaix

Powless Hangs Painful Defeat on van Aert and Visma–Lease a Bike in Dwars door Vlaanderen

Van der Poel Wins E3 Saxo Classic with Devastating Solo Ride

Has Wout van Aert Lost the Heart for Racing?

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