An Alpine summit finish and an early finish so if you plan to catch this on TV then note it’s two hours earlier than usual. Apt à la compétition: the breakaway of four with Josh Tarling, Igor Arrieta, ...

A good day for a breakaway and the most accessible stage of the week. Stage 5 Review: a fast stage with a solid breakaway but Visma-LAB chased hard and last helper Victor Campenaerts led out Jonas ...

Back at it, the peloton tackles the longest stage of the race with some tricky climbs in the finish. The sun should be back. Le Printemps de Bourges: the crosswind stage came two days later than ...

If this doesn’t set the heart racing, it’s the only certain one this week and today’s postcard looks at the way sprinting opportunities are drying up and changing. Lucky Luke: a vexed start in the ...

Is Paul Seixas going to overhaul Tadej Pogačar? He came closer than most yesterday. It would be valuable to know but absent any predictive certainty just asking the question is enough to make Seixas ...

Paris-Nice starts this Sunday. Here’s a look at the GC contenders with Jonas Vingegaard and Juan Ayuso at the top of the bill but can their teams control things once the race heads into the hills?

Mathieu van der Poel rides away on the Muur van Geraardsbergen. His breakaway companions are out of the picture and from here on the result felt inevitable. What colours do you associated with Belgium ...

The Tour of Flanders is a cherished national event. Paris-Roubaix is a wild and unique conclusion to the cobbled classics. But the E3 Saxo Bank, aka Harelbeke, is often the best day’s racing. It’s a ...

Having looked at the financial fortunes and prospects for teams last year, the topic keeps coming up already in 2026 so here’s a fresh review of pitfalls ahead. Like last year’s post, the point here ...

Sponsorship has flooded in, team budgets expanded, rider pay soared and real gains have been made in safety, ethics and institutions. Today riders enjoy longer contracts while teams have become ...