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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A beer “fermented in the final sprint” for Poulidor, Xavier has a sprint too
Mathieu van der Poel, third at the World Championships in Montreal, shared on Instagram a photo of a Canadian session IPA called “Allez Pou-Pou”, dedicated to his grandfather Raymond Poulidor. The label…
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Slovakia enters its masseur at the Worlds, Myriam checks the licence and notes
After the withdrawals of Matthias Schwarzbacher, Lukas Kubis and Martin Svrcek, the Slovak federation lines up Vladimir Kovacik, 28, the delegation’s masseur, on Sunday in Montreal, the country’s only rider in the…
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Yellow card for Vollering’s position, Xavier revisits his own on the Kwaremont
Demi Vollering, world champion in Montreal after a sprint against Katarzyna Niewiadoma, was fined 1,000 Swiss francs, given a yellow card and stripped of 25 UCI points by the jury for an…
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Ma Petite Entreprise sign ex-handballer Charlène Clavel, Rik thinks of bidons
Charlène Clavel, 35, joins French ProTeam Ma Petite Entreprise for 2027, the club announced on Sunday. A former professional handball player and long-distance triathlon world champion, she turns professional in a third…
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A Slovak soigneur on the start line at the Worlds, Xavier checks for a spare number
Vladimir Kovacik, a 28-year-old soigneur for the Slovak federation, will line up on Sunday for the elite road race at the Montreal Worlds. He replaces Lukas Kubis, Matthias Schwarzbacher and Martin Svrcek,…
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Slovakia sends its soigneur to the Worlds, Rik knows the way to the bidons
Robbed of its three selected riders, who pulled out at the last minute, the Slovak federation will send Vladimir Kovacik, 28, a soigneur and former rider, to the men’s elite road race…
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Motor-paced racing returns in 2027, Rik admits it’s his sport
The UCI’s Management Committee has added motor-paced racing to the 2027 UCI Track World Championships programme in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Absent from the Worlds since 1994, the discipline, where a rider shelters behind a…
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Nico Denz joins his fourth team, Rik sees a bidon changing vans
Tudor Pro Cycling Team have announced the arrival of Nico Denz, 32, on a three-year contract running until the end of 2029. The German leaves Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe, whom he joined in 2023;…
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UCI approves fifth leader’s jersey, Myriam counts podiums, not sponsors
The Professional Cycling Council has approved adding a fifth leader’s jersey, for the best rider from the host country, in stage races that already permit four. The rule will be introduced this…
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World Champs Speakers Explain ‘Jambon Scrap’, Rik Spots His Gruppetto
Randy Ferguson and Jacques Galarneau are the speakers at the Cycling World Championships in Montreal. Every day they call the finish line and the podiums with Quebec expressions such as “dans la…
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Bissegger regrets having only half a road, Rik has never had more than that
After the World Championship time trial, held on Sunday 21 September in Québec, Stefan Bissegger told DirectVelo that the course had only one lane in places, and that this made it more…
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Ganna sticks to the classic position for 45 minutes, Xavier raises his stem
Filippo Ganna has told La Gazzetta dello Sport that he will not use his new time trial position, lower on the handlebars, in the World Championships time trial, an effort of around…