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How Did The Riders To Watch Fare?
Back in January ten riders were picked to watch. When predictions are made it’s helpful to return to them and see how things turned out. Remco Evenepoel joined Red Bull in search of improvement, and beyond a salary upgrade. It was an open question if he’d find gains given the…
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2027 Tour de France Femmes Route
A look at the Tour de France Femmes route for 2027. It runs from Friday 30 July to Saturday 7 August. Stage 1 has a Friday start to incorporate the long weekend in Britain. This is a trans-Pennine route with the climbs mid-way to encourage a breakaway and riders to go get the…
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2027 Tour de France Route
The Tour de France routes for 2027 are out and here is a stage-by-stage look at the men’s course. It runs between Friday 2 July and Sunday 25 July 2027. Beginning on a Friday in order to fit the British grand départ into a long weekend Stage 1 is a road race from Edinburgh to…
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UCI WorldTeam and ProTeam Rankings
The 2026 season has finished and here is a look at the UCI rankings for the year. There’s the three year promotion and relegation contest to note. More immediately we can see which teams are eligible for invites to the major races next year, assuming they’re viable. The chart…
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Thursday Shorts
Did you notice the rider protest and eloquent speech calling for improved rider safety and expressing the fear of the risks involved? You might have heard Remco Evenepoel’s version but Dorian Gordon also made an appeal at the start of Paris-Tours on Sunday. It didn’t resonate as…
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The Moment Il Lombardia Was Won
After a gradual, seated acceleration Paul Seixas rises up on the pedals to go clear on the Civiglio climb. This was the moment Il Lombardia was won. Events began with the peloton in a row of honour to pay tribute to Bauke Mollema, Rudy Molard, Ion Izagirre, Odd Christian Eiking…
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Il Lombardia Preview
Almost the last chance of the season to land a big win, only now it’s also the first chance for many to win Lombardia given five-time winner Tadej Pogačar is out. The Course Bergamo to Como, the long way with 239km, not the hardest route going but still 4,600m of vertical gain.…
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Shimano Bicycle Museum Review
A look at the Shimano Bike Museum with praise for its focus on bicycles over its own corporate history. For anyone in the Kansai area of Japan, perhaps visiting Kyoto or Osaka, this has a prodigious collections of machines and within a well-designed setting. The museum itself is…
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High Altitude, Low Taxes
The Vuelta a España goes to Andorra today and pleasant weather awaits, 26°C and sunshine. As a ski resort in the Pyrenees it’s an obvious destination for a race with climbs and hotels but there’s a wider ecosystem for much of the pro peloton here. The micro-state has become home…
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Vuelta a España Preview
If you want to save a click, Pogačar. The Route “A mountainous Vuelta” is hardly news but the race ratchets up every year and this edition has 58,000m of vertical gain, more than the Giro and Tour. Much of this achieved on a daily basis rather than set-piece high mountain…