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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Women ride the same roads earlier at the Eneco Tour, Xavier sees his Sunday ride
At the Eneco Tour, six days in the Netherlands from Tuesday, the women ride the same roads as the men every day, earlier in the day and over a shorter distance, except…
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Paul Seixas goes from Lombardy to the mountain bike overnight, Sandrine thinks of tyres
Winner of the Tour of Lombardy on Saturday at 20, Paul Seixas decided on Friday to ride the Roc d’Azur CIC on Sunday, 55 km of mountain biking in Fréjus. According to…
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Dutch riders hand back their kit after the gravel worlds, Sandrine thinks of the wash
At the gravel world championships in Nannup, the Dutch federation gives Marianne Vos and Geerike Schreurs kit to be returned after use. Both riders pay for their own travel, while the federation…
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Van Rysel opens a “new era” with a mountain bike, Myriam seeks the article for it
Van Rysel, founded in 2019 with a road range, presented its first mountain bike, the RCR-XC, at the 2026 Roc d’Azur. According to the brand, 2027 opens a “new era” for it.
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Luxembourg rise from 5th to 3rd in the mixed relay, Xavier compares with his club
Luxembourg won bronze in the Elite mixed team relay at the European Championships on Tuesday, in Sencur, a year after finishing fifth. National coach Jempy Drucker says the team has been aiming…
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The UEC films the line 13,000 times a second, Xavier’s bike computer manages one
The day after the European Championships, Giulio Ciccone questioned on Instagram the photo finish that named Remco Evenepoel the winner. The UEC replied that evening in a statement: its system records the…
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Malucelli counts his wins at Langkawi, Xavier counts his rides of 2024 and 2025
Matteo Malucelli (XDS Astana) won the final stage of the Tour de Langkawi in a sprint in Putrajaya, his third stage win of the 2026 edition. According to Cyclingnews, it is his…
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Gilbert proposes one or two radio captains per team, Sandrine checks the batteries
On the RTL Sports cycling programme Dans Le Peloton, Philippe Gilbert proposed that each team name one or two captains, and that a test race be run with one or two radios…
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The UCI wants qualified sports directors in Continental, Rik thinks of the assistant
From 2028, the UCI will require the sports directors and assistant sports directors of Continental teams to hold its sports director diploma, French federal Conti teams included. The diploma, awarded after a…
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Niewiadoma says Lidl-Trek “had a plan”, Myriam asks for the attachment
Kasia Niewiadoma, 32, has signed with Lidl-Trek until the end of 2028 after nine seasons at Canyon-SRAM and its predecessors. The world championships runner-up says she felt straight away, talking to the…
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Cyclo-cross will count towards WorldTour survival, Sandrine already has the hose out
Points from the World Championships in cyclo-cross, track, gravel and mountain biking, and from the World Cups in cyclo-cross, track and mountain biking, will count in the UCI team ranking, the sporting…
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A Slovak masseur rides the Worlds, Rik wonders who handed him his bidons
Vladimir Kovacik, 28, the Slovak squad’s regular masseur, was the only Slovak rider at the start of the road race at the Worlds in Montreal on Sunday 27 September. A former pro…