The man who sounded like Elvis for three years is about to spend the next decade explaining why he only has one testicle. (ed’s note: This was a collaborative article. Please do email us if you think this subhead means its author should be banned from writing for us. We’re on the fence.) Didn’t we already write this story? Like, on the old website? The old, old website. Derailed, before we had the domain? Time is circular, it seems, because Hollywood has decided it’s time for another run at the Lance Armstrong story. Who’s playing him this time? Probably Jake…
Author: Harold Dalton
Harold Dalton
Cycling industry professional with two decades of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.
If you had “Norwegian Powerhouse” on your bingo card for today, come collect your winnings. Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) scorched the tarmac in Sohar to take Stage 4 of the Tour of Oman, denying Juan Sebastián Molano his second win of the week in a chaotic, wind-affected finale. The day followed the classic “desert transition” script: a doomed breakaway featuring the indefatigable Patryk Goszczurny (Visma | Lease a Bike Development) spent the day baking in the sun before being swallowed up with 3km to go. In the final kilometer, Alpecin-Premier Tech tried to take control, but it was Uno-X who…
Mauro Schmid is making a habit of this. The Swiss champion claimed his second win of the week on Stage 3 of the Tour of Oman, conquering Eastern Mountain and snatching the overall lead. It wasn’t a straightforward march to the summit. A six-man break threatened to spoil the party, and two late crashes in the bunch shredded the peloton before the road even ramped up, catching out GC favorite Adam Yates. But Team Jayco AlUla stayed upright and organized. The MVP of the finale was Paul Double, who buried himself to close down an attack from none other than…
After spending 150 kilometers off the front at the Muscat Classic for absolutely zero reward, Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto–Intermarché) decided to try the exact same tactic again today. This time, the peloton blinked. On a punchy stage from Al Rustaq Fort to Yitti Hills, Veistroffer infiltrated a five-man move that stayed away for 194 kilometers. While the GC teams, led by race favorite Adam Yates, assumed the breakaway would crumble on the final climb, Veistroffer had other ideas. He dropped his breakaway companions, Tim Marsman and Patryk Goszczurny, on the slopes of Yitti Hills (1.6km at 6.6%) and held off the…
If you spent your winter worrying about Juan Sebastián Molano’s knees, you can officially relax. The Colombian sprinter—who hasn’t pinned on a race number in five months due to injury—kicked off the 2026 Tour of Oman in the best way possible: by blasting past the field to take the win (and the first leader’s jersey) at the scenic Bimmah Sinkhole. It was a classic “Desert Opener.” A brave three-man breakaway spent the day cooking in the sun while UAE Team Emirates-XRG controlled the gap with the enthusiasm of a librarian guarding the restricted section. With 10km to go, the catch…
If you are Adam Yates, today was the kind of day that makes you want to throw your head unit into the Gulf of Oman. The 2026 Muscat Classic served up its usual menu of punchy climbs and desert heat, but the story wasn’t the terrain—it was a tactical masterclass by Team Jayco AlUla. Swiss champion Mauro Schmid took the win in Al Bustan, out-sprinting Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) after his teammate—and apparently, roommate—Luke Plapp softened the Brit up in the finale to take third. The decisive moment: It all kicked off on the steep slopes of Al Jissah…
CourseControl is here. Developed by the Cyclry team, it’s an always-free real-time race coordination tool designed to make it simple and fast to verify that your race marshals are where they’re supposed to be. No radios, no logins, no apps, just safer racing. It’s as simple as naming your race, dropping pins where you want your marshals to be during race day, then sharing your public link. On event day, marshals tap ‘check-in’ when they’re at their assigned location and you instantly see that they’re in the right place. How to Use CourseControl CourseControl.cc works on mobile web or your…
We need to do a ctrl+F on the site to see if we’ve ever done a doping joke along the lines of, “We thought cycling would be like Breaking Away, but it’s more like Breaking Bad.” If we haven’t, now is the moment. A 19-year-old has been handed a three-year ban for testing positive for crystal meth at the World Championships. We have covered some wild doping stories in our time. We’ve seen pigeons used to transport samples, motors hidden in seat tubes, and riders blaming positive tests on their unborn twin brothers. But meth, unsurprisingly, is a new one.…