John Degenkolb Continues Journey with Team dsm-firmenich PostNL Through 2025

John Degenkolb Continues Journey with Team dsm-firmenich PostNL Through 2025

John Degenkolb, the seasoned German cyclist, has renewed his commitment to Team dsm-firmenich PostNL, extending his contract until 2025. This marks his ninth season with the team, cementing a relationship that has seen him achieve remarkable success, including victories in two monumental races, Milan-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix, in 2015. Degenkolb, a native of Gera, Germany, first […]

PostNL announced as new main sponsor for Team DSM-Firmenich

PostNL announced as new main sponsor for Team DSM-Firmenich

In a significant development for the Dutch cycling team currently known as DSM-Firmenich, team manager Iwan Spekenbrink has not only secured the team’s future for the next three years but has also strengthened its position within the WorldTour peloton. Sources close to the matter confirmed to WielerFlits that an agreement had been reached with PostNL […]

Romain Bardet & John Degenkolb’s thoughts ahead of the 2022 Tour de France

Romain Bardet & John Degenkolb’s thoughts ahead of the 2022 Tour de France

Romain Bardet and John Degenkolb spoke to the media this morning with the 2022 Tour de France due to start tomorrow. The Team DSM pair spoke about a number of different things with their goals and thoughts outlined. With a Danish Grand Depart, Team DSM decided to leave out their Dane, Soren Kragh Andersen with […]

Brussels Cycling Classic 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

Brussels Cycling Classic 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

The Brussels Cycling Classic is a well-established late-season race that often ends up in a sprint finish. Previous winners include the likes of Andre Greipel, Belgian legend Tom Boonen, Arnaud Demare, Dylan Groenewegen and Robbie McEwen (who won this race 5 times) – basically a who’s who of sprinting. The entries this year are again […]

Paris Roubaix 2018 Photos

Paris Roubaix 2018 Photos

I’ve been lucky enough to catch a lot of races abroad this spring, my trips to Spring Classics ended with a visit to Paris Roubaix to see the pros take on the Hell of the North. The race gets its name from the shocking state of the French countryside after the First World War. The […]

Gent – Wevelgem 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

Gent – Wevelgem 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

Gent – Wevelgem is a race where the puncheurs do battle with the sprinters to make it a tough enough race to not be a bunch sprint at the end. Traditionally, winners here are the punchy sprinters, every now and again the out and out puncheur gets themself a win (e.g. Paolini in 2015 and […]

E3 Harelbeke 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

E3 Harelbeke 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

E3 Harelbeke, known as the Little Tour of Flanders, is an ideal warm-up for the main event itself – the Ronde van Vlaanderen itself. The route covers many of the same cobbled hellingen (hills to English speakers), particularly the Oude Kwaremont, the Paterberg and the Taaienberg. The last two riders to do ‘the double’ were […]

Tour de France 2017 Sprinters • Green Jersey Favourites

Tour de France 2017 Sprinters • Green Jersey Favourites

The Green Jersey is the coveted prize for all the sprinters in the Tour de France. The ‘maillot verte’ has been wrapped up by Peter Sagan in recent years, with 5 straight wins. During the Tour de France 2017, he will be looking to match the achievements of Erik Zabel who won 6 in a […]

E3 Harelbeke 2017 Photos

E3 Harelbeke 2017 Photos

As part of my trip to Belgium, I did the Gent – Wevelgem Cyclo Sportive and the Fabian Cancellara Classic. I also got to take in a pro race – E3 Harelbeke. Below are a selection of the best pictures I took on the day.

UCI Worldtour Transfers 2017 Round-Up

UCI Worldtour Transfers 2017 Round-Up

Transfers round-up for the 2017 cycling season As with every season, there has been a large amount of transfers and changes over the off-season. New teams have been created, old familiar teams and team names have been consigned to history. The highest profile transfers have seen the rainbow jersey of the world champion Peter Sagan […]