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(https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/american-stars-shine-abroad-while-domestic-races-dwindle-what-does-the-future-hold-for-us-cycling) Road racing in the United States isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days when WorldTour riders travelled from Europe to the United States for world-class stage [...]

A couple of months back I wrote (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/the-science-of-detraining-and-retraining) a fairly extensive piece on detraining and retraining, which pointed out how fast certain facets of fitness and form can decline once [...]

Due to the earlier (https://www.cyclingnews.com/uci-road-world-championships/) UCI Road World Championships in 2023 as part of the UCI’s ‘super worlds’ in Scotland, the (https://www.cyclingnews.com/grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec/) GP Qubec and (https://www.cyclingnews.com/grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal/) GP Montral were rid [...]

Byline: James Moultrie Pogacar's revs up bid for Triple Crown in Canada as Montréal keeps an eye on the future and the 2026 World Championships Due to the earlier UCI [...]

With his (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/people-didnt-believe-i-could-win-another-stage-mark-cavendish-on-record-breaking-35th-tour-de-france-stage-win) record-breaking 35 (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-de-france) Tour de France stage wins, (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/tag/mark-cavendish) Mark Cavendish confirmed his status as the (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/mark-cavendish-officially-greatest-male-sprinter-after-tour-of-hungary-win) greatest male sprinter of all time. But his greatness is [...]

The UK is currently in discussions with the (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-de-france) Tour de France to host a Grand Dpart in 2027, (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/tag/british-cycling) British Cycling has confirmed. UK Sport, the government body responsible [...]

Byline: James Moultrie Slovenian confirms no regrets about missing Olympics, eyes duo of wins in Canadian one-day races ahead of World Championships bid Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) may be [...]

Byline: Stephen Farrand Road to the rainbow jersey runs via GP Cycliste de Québec and Montréal in Canada Tadej Pogacar travelled to Canada on Tuesday for the GP Cycliste de [...]

The (https://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/) Vuelta a Espaa ended with the expected winner, but the narrative of the race didn't exactly run smoothly. After Tadej Pogačar's exhibitions at the (https://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-d-italia/) Giro d'Italia and [...]

Tadej Pogačar travelled to Canada on Tuesday for the (https://www.cyclingnews.com/grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec/) GP Cycliste de Qubec and GP Cycliste de Montral, kicking off his end-of-season race campaign and aiming for the (https://www.cyclingnews.com/uci-road-world-championships/) [...]

Byline: Barry Ryan Back injury and late illness can't prevent Slovenian from claiming red jersey for fourth time in Madrid 'Sí, se puede! Sí, se puede!' Yes, we can. Beyond [...]

(https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/21-things-you-didnt-know-about-mark-cavendish) Sir Mark Cavendish has hinted that his racing career might not be over yet, despite it previously being understood that 2024 would be his last year in the professional [...]

'S, se puede! S, se puede!' Yes, we can. Beyond the finish line on Madrid’s Gran Via, merry groups of Ecuadorian fans on either side of the street were running [...]

Byline: Alasdair Fotheringham Ecuadorian all but certain to take top five finish in Madrid on Sunday Richard Carapaz may still not finish on the final podium of the Vuelta a [...]

(https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/richard-carapaz/) Richard Carapaz may still not finish on the final podium of the (https://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/) Vuelta a Espaa on Sunday, but to judge by his emotionally charged words at the summit [...]

Byline: Stephen Farrand Young French rider part of British team's roster rejuvenation for 2025 Ineos Grenadiers have signed under-23 world champion Axel Laurance for 2025 and 2026 as they continue [...]

(https://www.cyclingnews.com/road/teams/uci-worldtour/2024/ineos-grenadiers/) Ineos Grenadiers have signed under-23 world champion (https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/axel-laurance/) Axel Laurance for 2025 and 2026 as they continue to rebuild and rejuvenate their roster. The 23-year-old from Brittany won the [...]

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“He (Pogačar) has extended his lead, but not to third place. Jonas Vingegaard started the day at a minute and fifteen seconds (behind Pogačar); he’s (now) at a minute and [...]

Words Jeremy Whittle Photography Alex Duffill Geraint Thomas’s professional career started in 2007, just four years after helmet wearing was made mandatory. Nearly two decades on, with the 2024 Grand [...]

Words Giles Belbin It was in October 1985 that the organisers of the Tour de France announced that the 1987 race start would take place in West Berlin. Still divided [...]

IN THIS ISSUE / FINAL WORD MUSINGS ON THE WORLD OF PRO CYCLING Tour fever As 2024’s biggest race unfolds, Ned tries to keep up with the relentless pace set [...]

IN THIS ISSUE Ed’s letter Matt Baird, Editor – Cycling Plus matthew.baird@ourmedia.co.uk WELCOME… My kids and wife were leaping off the sofa. My dad had a tear in his eye [...]

Words Giles Belbin Photography Kevin Faingnaert It has only been a few months since Dries Mombert landed his dream job at the KOERS Museum of Cycle Racing in the town [...]

Words Emily Chappell Photography Juan Trujillo Andrades The heart of the climb, on the way from the village of La Garde to Huez I thought there was only one way [...]

Byline: Laura Weislo Team's Spring Classics targets reduced to 'midfielders' according to manager Soudal-Quickstep will see the departures of Tour of Flanders winner Kasper Asgreen and Giro d'Italia stage winners [...]

The best business ideas, so they say, come after identifying a need and coming up with the solution. That, says CHPT3 founder and head honcho David Millar, is the premise [...]

(https://www.cyclingnews.com/road/teams/uci-worldtour/2024/soudal-quickstep/) Soudal-Quickstep will see the departures of Tour of Flanders winner Kasper Asgreen and Giro d'Italia stage winners Jan Hirt and Fausto Masnada, the team's manager Patrick Lefevere revealed in [...]

The first Indigenous North American to ride the (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-de-france) Tour de France, Neilson Powless was perhaps destined to become a professional sportsperson. His father Jack was the United States Air [...]

(https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/jonas-vingegaard/) Jonas Vingegaard has drawn the curtain on his 2024 season, with the Danish star's Visma-Lease A Bike squad confirming that he won't line up again at a race this [...]

Byline: Laura Weislo Tour de France stage winner returns to Dutch team after seven years The Visma-Lease a Bike team confirmed the signing of Victor Campenaerts. The news of the [...]

Byline: Laura Weislo Dane inks three-year contract through 2027 Lidl-Trek announced they have signed Danish rider Emma Norsgaard, who has raced for the Movistar Team since 2021. Norsgaard, 25, won [...]

The Visma-Lease a Bike team confirmed the (https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/victor-campenaerts-to-join-visma-lease-a-bike-in-2025-aiming-to-bolster-tour-de-france-team/) signing of Victor Campenaerts. The news of the move emerged as a rumour in June, with the Belgian confirming a change of [...]

Lidl-Trek announced they have signed Danish rider (https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/emma-norsgaard/) Emma Norsgaard, who has raced for the Movistar Team since 2021. (https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-femmes-2023/stage-6/results/) Norsgaard, 25, won a stage in the Tour de France [...]

A beaming Canyon-SRAM rider hoists her yellow bike in the air at the summit of the iconic Alpe d’Huez in front of ecstatic fans. It has been an arduous 150km, [...]

Byline: Alasdair Fotheringham History repeats itself as Slovenian claims 13th stage of career and moves into overall lead The years roll by but Primoz Roglic's capacity to bounce back from [...]

The years roll by but Primoz Roglič’s capacity to bounce back from Tour de France disappointment with (https://www.cyclingnews.com/vuelta-a-espana/) Vuelta a Espaa success showed no sign of diminishing on Tuesday as [...]

Julian Alaphilippe has signed a three-year contract with Tudor Pro Cycling from 2025, following his widely expected departure from Soudal-Quickstep after 12 seasons with the team. The announcement, made on [...]

vita Muzic's dream of winning atop (https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/alpe-dhuez-the-twists-and-turns-of-the-21-bend-finale-of-the-2024-tour-de-france-femmes/) Alpe d'Huez became increasingly difficult to attain when race officials enforced a barrage after she took a nature break just ahead of the [...]

When Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) made her unsuccessful charge for overall glory at the Tour de France Femmes up the Col du Glandon, it wasn’t yellow jersey clad Kasia Niewiadoma [...]

Byline: Lukas Knöfler Pauliena Rooijakkers second and Evita Muzic on stage 8 Image 1 of 25 Image 2 of 25 Image 3 of 25 Image 4 of 25 Image 5 [...]

Byline: James Moultrie Tears flow for Dutch star as she loses out to Kasia Niewiadoma by four seconds, the narrowest margin in Tour de France history It took one minute [...]

As you approach the final bend of the iconic (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/alpe-dhuez-classic-cycling-climbs-139953) Alpe d’Huez, a south-facing plateau greets visitors with a ski lift embossed with the words “une montagne d’motions” (a mountain [...]

(https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/katarzyna-niewiadoma/) Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) collapsed on the pavement in a state of exhaustion and shock atop Alpe d'Huez as she learned that she had won the overall title at the [...]

It took one minute and one second for Kasia Niewiadoma to break (https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/demi-vollering/) Demi Vollering’s heart in the nail-biting grand finale of the 2024 (https://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france-femmes/) Tour de France Femmes avec [...]

Byline: James Moultrie 'She's very determined and a hard-working person, I don't think anyone deserves this more than her' says teammate Gigante Just weeks before netting the biggest win of [...]

Byline: Kirsten Frattini 'It is no surprise that it is the person with the legs who will win it' Muzic looks to add Tour stage win to Vuelta, Giro success [...]

Byline: Patrick Fletcher All the action as the Spanish Grand Tour got underway with a short time trial in Lisbon Vuelta a España - Everything you need to know Vuelta [...]

Byline: Kirsten Frattini 'It is about managing stress and fatigue and pressure, and squeezing all out on Alpe d'Huez' It's been seven years since Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) won an overall [...]