A quality lead-out of Deceuninck – Quick-Step helped the young Dutch sprinter retain the title 10-Apr-2019: Fabio Jakobsen is back to winning ways, two months after collecting his first victory of the season, at the Volta ao Algarve. The 22-year-old fast man capitalised on his teammates’ superb work and quality […]

“As time goes by, good memories prevail over bad ones” There is a turning point in every cyclist’s career. About forty riders tackle Paris–Roubaix for the first time every year. Bitter or sweet, their first taste of cobblestones will stay with them forever. From now until 14 April, four riders […]

The four-time Tour de France winner, also king of the last Giro d’Italia, will lead Team Sky in their final display in a stage race under the current naming. An exciting edition (April 22-26) presented in Kufstein, with ten GT crowns among the two top names. In 2018, Tour of […]

A massive show of strength, class and determination carried the Frenchman to his third stage win at the race 09-Apr-2019: Julian Alaphilippe produced a perfect finish on the 8% gradients of Gorraiz – the small town which welcomed the Vuelta al Pais Vasco peloton for the third time in history […]

RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COBBLED SECTORS On Tuesday 9 April, like every year, Christian Prudhomme and Thierry Gouvenou will reconnoitre every cobbled sector in the race with a view to inspecting the sectors before the peloton hits the cobblestones. Each sector will be assigned a difficulty rating from one to five […]

Key points : Ø Judging from the results of the first part of the spring classics, the 117th edition of Paris-Roubaix -which will start in Compiègne at 11 am on Sunday 14 April -is more open than ever. While it would be foolish to write off the last two winners, […]

The 59th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country commenced today with an almost 12 km-long individual time trial around Zumarraga. It also marked the first time that Itzulia has featured a race against the clock as an opening stage. The first part of the parcours was not particularly […]

Team effort delivers EF Education First’s biggest victory Alberto Bettiol reached the one kilometer marker 20-seconds ahead of the chase group in his wake. The Italian, six years a professional, without a victory to his name, was moments away from winning Tour of Flanders. In the car behind him, Andreas […]

After the Gent-Wevelgem success, the UAE-Team Emirates’ Norwegian claimed a prestigious third place in the “Ronde”, confirming his status as Northern Classics specialist. Alexander Kristoff’s cobbles season continues in style: after triumphing at Gent-Wevelgem last Sunday, the UAE Team Emirates rider brought his Northwave Extreme Pro on Tour of Flanders’ […]

The Tour of the Basque Country, a six-day stage race in northern Spain, takes place from Monday 8 April until Saturday 13 April included. An individual time trial, three hilly stages and two stages through the mountains will determine who succeeds Primož Roglič. The 59th edition promises to be spectacular. […]