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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage six preview: A hat-trick for Magnier?

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage six preview: A hat-trick for Magnier?

Many will welcome a flat day along the Amalfi coast after two brutal days in southern Italy

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage five results: Igor Arrieta wins despite crash and wrong turn

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage five results: Igor Arrieta wins despite crash and wrong turn

Igor Arrieta re-caught fellow breakaway rider, Afonso Eulálio, who had also crashed during the finale of the stage, in the final 100 metres to win

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage four results: Jhonatan Narvaez storms to victory in Cosenza

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage four results: Jhonatan Narvaez storms to victory in Cosenza

Giulio Ciccone moves into the pink jersey on a dramatic first day in Italy

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage four preview: breakaway vs versatile sprinters

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage four preview: breakaway vs versatile sprinters

The first stage in Italy serves up some lumpy parcours which will no doubt make for entertaining racing

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Jonas Vingegaard isn’t boring: Why the Dane’s aggression deserves more credit

Jonas Vingegaard isn’t boring: Why the Dane’s aggression deserves more credit

Despite there being no time gaps between those who avoided the day’s big crash, the Giro d’Italia general classification lit up on stage two. But...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage two results: Guillermo Thomas Silva wins chaotic stage

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage two results: Guillermo Thomas Silva wins chaotic stage

The Uruguayan wins a crash-marred stage to Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage one results: Paul Magnier wins in Burgas

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage one results: Paul Magnier wins in Burgas

The 22-year-old Magnier claims the first pink jersey of this year's 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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Eddie Dunbar in racing kit, riding for Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team in 2026

Eddie Dunbar: The grafter from Cork

When the going gets tough, Eddie Dunbar gets going. The Irish climber aiming high at the Giro with a new team – and a new...

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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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Riders racing the 2026 Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes in the Ardennes

Cruelty and promise: how the youngest lit up the oldest Monument

Paula Blasi, 23, and Isabella Holmgren, 20, finished fifth and sixth at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and showed they could be Ardennes stars in the years to come

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The Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes peloton, ahead of the 2026 edition

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026 preview: who will win La Doyenne?

Rouleur examines the favourites for Sunday’s Monument  

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The Liège-Bastogne-Liège peloton, ahead of the 2026 edition

Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2026 men’s preview: the showdown between Pogačar and Seixas

Rouleur looks at route and the contenders for the fourth Monument of the season  

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A rider on the cobbles of the 2026 Paris-Roubaix

Paris-Roubaix: Tadej Pogačar's new Achilles heel

The world champion was second to Wout van Aert on Sunday, but he showed, yet again, that he can win the cobbled Monument

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A rider celebrating at the finish of the 2026 Paris-Roubaix

No records broken, but hearts won at the Hell of the North

Wout van Aert wins the 2026 Paris-Roubaix, eight years on from when his teammate Michael Goolaerts died at the race

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

Paris-Roubaix women’s 2026 preview: The Queen of the Classics

Rouleur picks out the contenders for the sixth edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes

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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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‘De Ronde is going to be a regular part Remco’s schedule’ – Red Bull delight at best Flanders debut in eight years

‘De Ronde is going to be a regular part Remco’s schedule’ – Red Bull delight at best Flanders debut in eight years

Olympic champion was third behind Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel but demonstrated why there was so much excitement around his debut at the...

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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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Red Bull’s joker: Why Evenepoel’s participation shuffles De Ronde’s pack

Red Bull’s joker: Why Evenepoel’s participation shuffles De Ronde’s pack

Remco Evenepoel will make his debut at the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. He’s another card to play for a stacked Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team, but...

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Dwars door Vlaanderen 2026 men’s preview: Sprinter or attacker?

Dwars door Vlaanderen 2026 men’s preview: Sprinter or attacker?

Rouleur takes a look at the contenders for the 80th edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen

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Milan-Sanremo men's 2026 preview: Can Pogačar finally solve the Classicissima?

Milan-Sanremo men's 2026 preview: Can Pogačar finally solve the Classicissima?

Rouleur looks at the contenders for La Primavera, where the world's best rider is still chasing victory at a race that has so far eluded...

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Back on the Wolf Tracks: Will Soudal Quick-Step regain their cobbled Classics crown?

Back on the Wolf Tracks: Will Soudal Quick-Step regain their cobbled Classics crown?

Quick-Step once ruled the cobbles. A shift towards Remco Evenepoel’s stage racing ambitions loosened The Wolfpack’s hold on spring. With him moving on, can they...

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Milan Sanremo women’s 2026 preview: Can the attackers stay away from the sprinters?

Milan Sanremo women’s 2026 preview: Can the attackers stay away from the sprinters?

Rouleur looks at the favourites for the women’s La Classicissima, where sprinters like the defending champion, Lorena Wiebes come up against the puncheurs like Elisa...

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Elisa Longo Borghini

Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2026 preview: Can home favourite Longo Borghini stop Lidl-Trek’s winning streak?

Rouleur takes a look at the contenders for the 51st edition of the Lombardy Classic

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Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 contenders: who will win the Race of the Two Seas?

Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 contenders: who will win the Race of the Two Seas?

Can the experienced Primož Roglič challenge Isaac del Toro?

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Strade Bianche 2026 women’s preview: Can in-form Vollering defend crown against Ferrand-Prévot, Kopecky and the rest?

Strade Bianche 2026 women’s preview: Can in-form Vollering defend crown against Ferrand-Prévot, Kopecky and the rest?

Super star Pauline Ferrand-Prévot makes her season debut in Tuscany, but she comes up against the two previous winners Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky. Rouleur...

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Opening Weekend 2026 analysis: Dutch dominance, tactical blunders and resurgent teams

Opening Weekend 2026 analysis: Dutch dominance, tactical blunders and resurgent teams

As the Opening Weekend ushered in the Classics season, Mathieu van der Poel and Demi Vollering brought predictable power — but crashes, tactics and team...

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