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'Machine' Jonas Vingegaard finally shows who's boss at the Giro d'Italia

'Machine' Jonas Vingegaard finally shows who's boss at the Giro d'Italia

The Visma-Lease a Bike rider capped off a brilliant team display to move into the maglia rosa with seven stages remaining. His lead is comfortable...

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Giro d'Italia's longest time trial in a decade proves as consequential as hoped

Giro d'Italia's longest time trial in a decade proves as consequential as hoped

Jonas Vingegaard fails to put significant time into most of his GC rivals – and three even post better times than him. Netcompany-Ineos duo Filippo...

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'This is something amazing': Soudal Quick-Step are cycling's best sprint team once again

'This is something amazing': Soudal Quick-Step are cycling's best sprint team once again

Two wins in two sprints for Paul Magnier. With Tim Merlier also returning to competition, no other team in the world can match Soudal Quick-Step's...

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Paul Magnier takes first Grand Tour stage victory – and cycling knows it's just the start

Paul Magnier takes first Grand Tour stage victory – and cycling knows it's just the start

The Soudal Quick-Step rider avoided a late crash in the final kilometre to beat Tobias Lund Andresen in the closing metres, as well as pre-race...

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The Giro d’Italia 2026 contenders: Who will challenge Vingegaard for the pink jersey?

The Giro d’Italia 2026 contenders: Who will challenge Vingegaard for the pink jersey?

Rouleur previews the riders to look out for at the 109th edition of the Corsa Rosa

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The Polka-Dot Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The Polka-Dot Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The polka-dot jersey is handed to the best climber of the Tour de France. But how long has it been around, and does it achieve...

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A rider competing at the 2026 Tour de Romandie

The picky cannibal: Pogačar brings stardust to Tour de Romandie

The world champion brings some much-needed attention to what used to be key build-up race to the Tour de France

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Paul Seixas gets close to the sun – and doesn’t burn. Tadej Pogačar has a new rival

Paul Seixas gets close to the sun – and doesn’t burn. Tadej Pogačar has a new rival

The 19-year-old Frenchman finishes second to the world champion at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

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A rider racing the 2026 cobbled Classics

‘A rider who can do everything’ – How do Alpecin solve the Pogačar problem at Paris-Roubaix?

Mathieu van der Poel has won the last three editions of Paris-Roubaix, but he is up against the greatest ever cyclist

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Riders on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix, ahead of the 2026 edition

Paris-Roubaix men’s 2026 preview: The Hell of the North

Rouleur analyses the favourites for the cobbled Monument

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De Ronde’s definitive ranking: how this year’s Tour of Flanders ordered the Big Four

De Ronde’s definitive ranking: how this year’s Tour of Flanders ordered the Big Four

Rouleur analyses the tactics that won and lost the 2026 men’s Monument

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‘Every year it gives me goosebumps’: Wout van Aert older, wiser, but excited as ever for Ronde van Vlaanderen

‘Every year it gives me goosebumps’: Wout van Aert older, wiser, but excited as ever for Ronde van Vlaanderen

The Belgian may have ruled himself out of the favourites' conversation ahead of Tour of Flanders, but a happy Van Aert is a dangerous Van...

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Fortune favours and punishes the dreamers at Dwars door Vlaanderen

Fortune favours and punishes the dreamers at Dwars door Vlaanderen

Filippo Ganna triumphs at the Belgian Classic despite a series of misfortunes, while Wout van Aert's left dealing with yet more heartache

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Vuelta España 2025 predictions: the riders to watch out for at the Spanish Grand Tour

Vuelta España 2025 predictions: the riders to watch out for at the Spanish Grand Tour

Rouleur predicts who will come out on top in the battles for the red jersey, the sprints finishes, the mountain stages and breakaways at the...

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Tadej Pogačar at the 2024 Tour de France

Tour de France - how does it work?

New to the Tour? Here's a quick run down of how exactly the race works

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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 19 preview: The queen stage

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 19 preview: The queen stage

A brutal day in the Alps has the potential to cause huge time gaps amongst the GC contenders

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Resilience, drive and passion: Isaac del Toro is cycling’s next superstar

Resilience, drive and passion: Isaac del Toro is cycling’s next superstar

The Mexican rider’s performance on stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia was spirited, impressive and confirms why he deserves to be leading this race

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The Giro d'Italia 2025

The Giro is ready to pop: Top four GC riders set to battle out explosive finale

Carapaz, Yates and Gee gain time on Del Toro on stage 16 summit finish

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Carlos Verona winning stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia

From Loss to Triumph: Lidl-Trek is built on loyalty, not just talent

A day after losing their GC leader Giulio Ciccone to a crash, Lidl-Trek win their sixth Giro stage thanks to Carlos Verona

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The contenders at the 2025 Giro d'Italia

Roglič is wounded but UAE must contend with other sharks circling the pink jersey

Isaac del Toro stands up well against attacks from Egan Bernal, Simon Yates and Richard Carapaz on stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia

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Wout van Aert at the Giro d'Italia

‘Only he can do it’ - Is Wout van Aert the most valuable teammate in cycling?

Visma-Lease a Bike are getting into their stride at the Giro with their second stage win with Olav Kooij’s triumph in Viadana

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Richard Carapaz at the Giro d'Italia

‘Follow your instincts’ - Have the contenders been shown the blueprint to claim the Giro d’Italia?

Richard Carapaz launched an opportunistic move to claim stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia and climb up the GC

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Mads Pedersen after winning the sprint at stage five of the Giro d'Italia

‘What a team I have around me’ – Trust, timing, and the art of the leadout

Mads Pedersen finishes off extraordinary domestique work by teammate Mathias Vacek to win stage five of the Giro d’Italia

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