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Vuelta a España 2024: A route laden with summit finishes and a Madrid Time Trial finale

The 2024 Vuelta a España, Spain's esteemed Grand Tour, will close with a significant twist – a final individual time trial in Madrid, the first since 2002. Unveiled on...

Alejandro Valverde reflects on near comeback and new role at Movistar

Alejandro Valverde, the celebrated Spanish cyclist, recently revealed in an interview with El Pais that he seriously contemplated a return to professional cycling, even after his official retirement following...

A brief history of the road cycling world championships

The Road Cycling World Championships is one of the most prestigious events in the sport of cycling. It is an annual competition that brings together the best male and...

Tadej Pogačar wins Il Lombardia second year in a row as 2 old stars retire

Tadej Pogačar collected another monument victory by retaining his Il Lombardia title from a year ago. He outsprinted the in-form Enric Mas of Movistar to the line in Como...

Cycling World Champions List

The World Championships is the pinnacle one-day race of the cycling calendar. The list of winners contains so many iconic cyclists over the decades.

Greatest Spring Classics Riders – Alejandro Valverde

Valverde will turn 40 towards the end of the 2019 Spring Classics and whilst a great rider is also a controversial one. It's probably easiest to think of his career in two parts, before the ban and after the ban.

Fleche Wallonne Photos 2019

After heading to the Netherlands for Amstel Gold, I stayed on and moved into Belgium for today's Fleche Wallonne. I last saw this race in person in 2016 and...

Men and Women’s Fleche Wallone 2019 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

Wednesday 24th April sees the men and women's pelotons tackle Fleche Wallone. Unlike Amstel Gold the women's race has a solid continuous history since the first race in 1998...

Men and Women’s Amstel Gold Race 2019 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

Sunday's Amstel Gold Races see the men and women take on the hilliest part of the Netherlands - the enclave of Limburg tucked away in the very bottom corner...

La Fleche Wallonne 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

La Fleche Wallonne is the first of the Ardennes Classics, tying in with Liege Bastogne Liege taking place at the weekend. The race is filled with plenty of climbs,...

Amstel Gold 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

Done are the Flemish classics, we've now moved onto the Ardennes region. These races follow a different pattern to what we've seen already this year, cobbles are pretty much...

Dwars Door Vlaanderen 2018 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

For 2018 Dwars Door Vlaanderen has a new date and a new route. Effectively swapping places with De Panne, Dwars Door now takes place a few days ahead of...