Pro Cycling

A brief history of the men’s Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is the youngest of cycling's three men's Grand Tours, but nearly a century after its creation it has developed an...

Marlen Reusser at the Tour de France Femmes 2026: Swiss start, time trial and GC role

Marlen Reusser starts the Tour de France Femmes 2026 with three things working in her favour: the race begins in Switzerland, there is a...

Lorena Wiebes at the Tour de France Femmes 2026: sprint chances and green jersey route

Lorena Wiebes arrives at the Tour de France Femmes 2026 as the clear sprint benchmark and the leading favourite for the green jersey. Her final...

What do Tour de France Femmes riders eat? Race nutrition explained

Tour de France Femmes riders eat a lot, but the important part is not simply how many calories they consume over nine days. It...

What Tour de France 2026 means for the season

The Tour de France is over, but the 2026 cycling season has not been settled by it. Tadej Pogačar leaves Paris with his fifth yellow...

What Tour de Pologne Women 2026 means for the season

The Tour de Pologne Women 2026 is only three days long, but its position in the calendar gives it more importance than the distance...

Tom Pidcock finishes 9th at the Tour de France 2026: what his first Tour top-10 means

Tom Pidcock finished ninth overall at the 2026 Tour de France, completing the race 29:28 behind Tadej Pogačar and securing the first Tour de...

Connie Carpenter-Phinney: an Olympic pioneer from the early years of women’s road racing

Connie Carpenter-Phinney had already been an Olympian for 12 years when she rolled onto the start line of the first women's Olympic road race...