3 days ago · Every July the best cyclists take part in the Tour de France. You can have a few exceptions but they often just prove the rule. But what would it take to change this, could you launch a rival race using big appearance fees and a large prize pot?

3 days ago · Teams are ranked on the basis of their UCI points for each of the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons. This annual score is based on the total of a team’s 20 best scorers. Any ProTeams from cycling’s second tier in the top-18 are eligible for promotion. WorldTeams below 18th place face relegation. There ...

Jan 24, 2025 · The men’s season-opener and a chance to see all the kit and bikes sparkle in bright sunshine. This is often a surprisingly subtle race where the winning move can be a sprint for a time bonus rather than a blazing attack.

Dec 17, 2024 · The 2025 Paris-Nice route has been released. No surprises for the start outside Paris and the finish in Nice. In between there are some familiar stops and some novelty. It’ll run between Sunday 9 March and Sunday 16 March. Here’s a closer look at the eight stages ...

Nov 29, 2024 · I couldn’t get the “monolingual” point. What do you mean with monolingual? A huge part of the actually sport-consuming “monolingual” public is really in the USA and UK and cycling has been sacrificing a lot to enter those market: was it a mistake because all those “monolingual” people are not “really the target market”?

Dec 6, 2024 · Take out the top two and sixteen seconds behind it looked like the world championships for sprinters with Meeus, Philipsen, Milan, Kooij, Merlier, Groenwegen and Trentin all in the top ten.

Dec 29, 2024 · At the start of the year there were some predictions and it’s often worth reviewing to see what became of them… better than deleting the post if they all proved wrong.. Jonas Vingegaard to win the Tour. Got that wrong. It’s not ideal opening a blog post with a list of excuses but one of the perils of making predictions in January is events come over the horizon like storms. The idea that ...

Oct 12, 2024 · 2 Grand Tours, 2 Monuments and the World Championship in one year is unprecedented. But that’s quite a specific combination. Merckx managed similar domination several times; for example 1971 (one Grand Tour, three monuments and the World Championship) or 1972 (two Grand Tours and three monuments – plus the Hour record).

Dec 16, 2024 · They haven’t yet announced the length of the women’s race. How long will it have to be to make sure it’s not just a race for sprinters? Certainly, the mandatory 160km maximum won’t do that, but they do allow longer races – I can’t find anything recently longer than a 177km Tour de France Femmes stage in 2023.

Oct 23, 2024 · With two seasons done and one left before the next cut for promotion and relegation, a look at the standings. Things look lively for 2025 with Astana and Arkéa already below the line for relegation but would one or both sign up today for relegation if they could have the guarantee their team stayed afloat for 2026 and beyond?