The Peloton
Professional cycling off the road: transfers and contracts, mergers and sponsors, the UCI and its rulebook, the equipment and its grams, the altitude camp and the kit launch under a tarpaulin in January; and pro cycling off the road: track, mountain bike, gravel. Myriam takes note. She does not comment.
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Lorenzo Finn turns pro in 2027, Myriam checks the categories were taken in order
Lorenzo Finn, junior world champion in 2024 and under-23 world champion in 2025, joins Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe in the WorldTour for 2027. At 19, he has already made his elite world championships debut,…
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86 race days for Veistroffer, Sandrine mostly thinks about the chain on his bike
French rider Baptiste Veistroffer, 26, started more races than anyone in 2026: 86 days of competition, from the Tour Down Under on 20 January to the Tour de Guangxi on 18 October.…
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Gabriela Guerra moves from Zwift to Cofidis, Myriam looks for the virtual finish line
Cofidis have signed Gabriela Guerra, 32, for two years. She was runner-up at the Esports World Championships in 2024 and 2025. She has raced on the road since September last year and…
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LeMond calls Seixas “the next Hinault”, Rik thinks of the bidon promised in 1985
In an interview with Ouest-France, Greg LeMond, 65, says Paul Seixas is “the next Hinault” and has the talent to win the Tour if he keeps his head on his shoulders. LeMond…
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Sosa returns to the WorldTour with EF, Xavier never found the right breakaway
EF Education-EasyPost take on Colombian climber Iván Ramiro Sosa in 2027, bringing him back to the WorldTour after spells at INEOS (2019-2021) and Movistar (2022-2024). Team boss Jonathan Vaughters praises his ability…
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O’Connor “back home” at Decathlon, Sandrine asks where his saddle is
Decathlon CMA CGM has announced Ben O’Connor’s return for 2027, on a two-year deal. The 30-year-old Australian left the team at the end of 2024 for Jayco AlUla.
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Carapaz signs for NSN after Alpe d’Huez, Xavier digs out his July time
Winner this summer at the Tour de France at Orcières-Merlette and Alpe d’Huez, and best climber at the finish, Richard Carapaz has signed for two seasons with NSN Cycling. He leaves EF…
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Kopecky stays at the back of the points race, Xavier knows that corner of the bunch
In the final points race of the omnium at the track Worlds in Shanghai, Lotte Kopecky, 5th going in and 12 points off bronze, stayed at the back and took no points.…
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Femke Markus gives SD Worx a farewell win, Myriam looks for the “gift” box
Femke Markus (SD Worx-Protime), who will soon leave her team, won stage three of the women’s Eneco Tour at Watersley. Lieke Nooijen, second, keeps the general classification lead with a 28-second margin…
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Charlotte Kool asks for a discount on energy, Sandrine checks the meter
Lieke Nooijen, who won the women’s prologue at the Eneco Tour, received €220, against €1,490 for the winner among the elite men. Charlotte Kool (Fenix-Premier Tech) joked about it on Instagram, then…
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Sandrine Tas wins in Ede and leads the Eneco Tour, Xavier counts the second
Belgium’s Sandrine Tas (Lotto-Intermarché) won the sprint in the first road stage of the women’s Eneco Tour, Ede-Ede (79.5 km), ahead of Charlotte Kool and Barbara Guarischi. Fourth in the prologue, she…
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The Lotto bus driver in the leader’s jersey at 35 °C, Sandrine thinks of the washing
In 2024, at the Tour de Guangxi, the Lotto-Intermarché bus driver wore the leader’s jersey won by Lionel Taminiaux all week, in 35 °C shade. The World Tour race starts on Tuesday…