A summit finish? Yes but of sorts as it’s only steep in the final three kilometres. Non fermo fino a Fermo: a non-stop stage ...

Jonas Vingegaard is the leading pick and today it feels like misfortune may be a greater threat to his chances of winning ...

Here’s the 2026 Giro d’Italia guide. You’ll find all the stage profiles together on one page, along with a concise preview of each day as well as explainers on the rules for the mountains and points ...

This year’s Giro is 24 days long. The UCI rules (2.6.007) say a grand tour should be up to 23 days but allow for an extra day ...

The best of the Bulgaria stages for action awaits with a difficult climb with 10km to go. La vie en rose: the surprise were the crowds, plenty of people came out to see the race go by. The shock was ...

Paul Seixas is off to the Tour de France. The decision was taken last week and shared today. It always seemed likely but question of his participation as an ongoing story shows how he’ll face a lot of ...

Every year riders say they want to target the Ardennes races, this period of racing in late April with hilly races in Belgium and beyond. It’s a trap. First a geography lesson in pedantry. “The ...

How dependent is pro cycling on oil? The high price today ($125 a barrel) has repercussions for team budgets set last autumn. A team bus that cost €1,000 to fill up the tank with diesel now costs ...

Remco Evenepoel accelerates up the Cauberg. Both he and Mattias Skjelmose are looking at the road ahead but Romain Grégoire is fixated on the two riders in front of him as he is about to be dropped.

Tadej Pogačar and Paul Seixas crest the climb of La Redoute together, the rest of the field trailing. Their teams had chased down a big breakaway and this climb was going to be the strategic point of ...