With less than two weeks until a return to racing, Mitchelton-SCOTT has confirmed its men’s and women’s race programs for the remainder of the 2020 season. The schedule release comes in line with an initial edition of ‘RACESAFE’, the team’s own COVID-19 policy to ensure the health and safety of […]
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Evenepoel to make Monument debut at Il Lombardia
The 20-year-old Belgian talked about his calendar and goals for next month 10-Jul-2020: European Time Trial Champion Remco Evenepoel is currently preparing for the second part of the 2020 season in Val di Fassa, Italy, together with his Deceuninck – Quick-Step teammates. In less than three weeks’ time, the 20-year […]
1920: “sportsmen” according to Desgrange (2/10)
The Tour to the power of 10 1920 TdF peloton At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organisational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. The journey back in time proposed by letour.fr continues in 1920, […]
The Tour to the power of 10:1910: Alphonse Steinès’s great deception (1/10)
The Tour to the power of 10 At the turn of each decade, the Tour de France has gone through organisational changes and backstage struggles that have variously turned out to be decisive or utterly inconsequential. Our journey back in time begins in 1910 with journalist-organiser Alphonse Steinès, who was […]
Florian Sénéchal claims inaugural GP Vermarc
The Wolfpack are back to winning ways, four months from our previous race 05-Jul-2020: Florian Sénéchal soloed to a beautiful victory Sunday afternoon in Rotselaar, where the Grote Prijs Vermarc, the team’s first event since Paris-Nice in March, took place on a 15.4km-long circuit which made for some thrilling racing […]
Deceuninck – Quick-Step to restart season at Vuelta a Burgos
Sam Bennett and Remco Evenepoel will be in action later this month, at the five-day Spanish race 03-Jul-2020: More than four months after the season was stopped due to the coronavirus outbreak, our team plans to resume competition in Spain, at the 42nd edition of the Vuelta a Burgos (28 […]
Circus-Wanty Gobert-Tormans back in competition next Sunday
Numbers were pinned for the last time on Saturday March 14th, on the occasion of the final stage of Paris-Nice towards Colmiane-Valdeblore. Circus-Wanty Gobert-Tormans will come back in competition next Sunday at the kermesse race in Rotselaar. The sanitary measures related to the corona virus were relaxed in Belgium, making […]
The Tour de Pologne, the first stage race to be held after the lockdown, unveils the 5 stages of the 77th edition
Five stages and almost a thousand kilometers for climbers, sprinters and Classics specialists in just over a month. Warsaw, July 2nd – The 77th edition of the Tour de Pologne will start in exactly 35 days and will take place from 5 to 9 August. This edition was made official […]
Deceuninck – Quick-Step return to action at GP Vermarc Sport
A strong eight-man team will be on the start line in Rotselaar, this Sunday 02-Jul-2020: One day before hitting the beautiful Dolomites for an 18-day training camp in Val di Fassa, Deceuninck – Quick-Step will line up for the squad’s first race in almost four months, the Grote Prijs Vermarc […]
Physical tests at Bakala Academy before the Val di Fassa training camp
Ahead of our stay in Passo San Pellegrino (Val di Fassa), the riders visited the Bakala Academy in Leuven 01-Jul-2020: Now that we can think about racing again after such a long period without any professional races, the question arises how riders should be physically prepared for the coming months. […]