Author: Harold Dalton

Report Team Jumbo-Visma Women has won the team time trial at the La Vuelta Femenina. The yellow-and-black brigade was the fastest over the 14.5-kilometre course in Torrevieja, with Canyon//SRAM Racing one second behind. Anna Henderson crossed the line first and will start in the red leader’s jersey tomorrow. With Henderson, Riejanne Markus, Marianne Vos, Amber Kraak, Eva van Agt, Noemi Rüegg and Coryn Labecki in the squad, Team Jumbo-Visma got off to a fast start. At the intermediate point, the team recorded the fastest time. At an average speed of 48.2 kilometres per hour, the Dutch formation completed the course…

Get ready to witness the drama and suffering behind the scenes of the Tour de France in Netflix’s latest documentary series, Tour de France: Unchained (or Tour de France: Au cœur du peloton in France). The eight-episode series, produced by Quadbox and funded by Netflix, follows eight teams at the 2022 Grand Boucle, capturing their emotions and struggles as they compete for overall success, stage victories, or simply to reach Paris. But not all teams were willing to participate. Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar and his UAE Team Emirates opted out, citing concerns about how the team and…

Wattbike, the original indoor smart bike innovator and a world leader in indoor cycling performance, has announced the addition of former professional cyclist Alex Dowsett and his wife Chanel to its team of long-term ambassadors. The couple has recently moved back to the UK after spending four years in Andorra, and will now call Essex their home. The couple’s indoor training setup will feature two Wattbike Atoms side-by-side, allowing them to train and race together while not compromising on family time with their daughter Juliette. Although their physical goals may be different, their values of developing the sport of cycling…

Report Six years after Anna van der Breggen, Demi Vollering became the second woman to achieve the Ardennes trilogy. After winning the Amstel Gold Race and Flèche Wallonne, the Team SD Worx rider was now also the best in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. “This was the most difficult of the three. Especially because I put a lot of pressure on myself to achieve this unique series,” Vollering said at the press conference. In the Ardennes classic, Team SD Worx once again showed a rock-solid collective. Beyond the Côte de Stockeu, five riders managed to escape with Marlen Reusser defending the interests of the…

Report He had to wait a couple of months for it to happen, but Remco Evenepoel finally got his winning picture in the coveted rainbow jersey. Just like last year, the Belgian arrived alone at the finish of Liège–Bastogne–Liège – this time with an even bigger gap on his opponents – after another huge exhibition of panache on the roads of cycling’s oldest Monument, adding further sheen to an already glistening reputation. All eyes were on Remco Sunday afternoon, and the 23-year-old didn’t disappoint in his first outing since the Volta a Catalunya. Soudal Quick-Step controlled the peloton much of…

Report The run of successes of Tadej Pogačar continued in Fleche Wallone, where on the iconic final hill of the Mur de Huy (1,3 km at 9,5%) the UAE Team Emirates’ captain conquered his 12th seasonal success. The Slovenian rider managed perfectly the situation in the final kilometre, after having received an outstanding assistance from the Emirati team during the race. UAE Team Emirates set the pace of the peloton in the heat of the moment in the competition and neutralized a three rider breakaway that, in the final part of the race, had a maximum advantage of 40”. Pogačar…

Report On top of the Mur de Huy, Demi Vollering triumphed after an impressive last ten kilometres. In it, the Dutchwoman took the initiative herself and single-handedly reduced the leading group to an elite group on the Côte de Cherave. At the foot of the Mur de Huy, Vollering attacked with a strong acceleration that she kept up to the top. A sovereign victory after she also won the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday. “This is such a tough climb. It always scares me a bit that it won’t work. It’s fantastic to take the win here.” Flèche Wallonne was…

Cycling Time Trials (CTT) has announced a significant new website feature that will integrate road bikes into all events, while separating them into their own category in the results. The new feature will enable riders who choose a standard road bike with drop handlebars and spoked wheels to enter any event in the CTT calendar, indicating which type of bike they will be riding. Afterwards, results will be easily filterable by bike type on the CTT website, as well as into men’s and women’s results and age groups. CTT’s Spindata rankings system, which previously did not take account of the…