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…
Author: Harold Dalton
Harold Dalton
Cycling industry professional with two decades of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.
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.…
On a scale of one to ten, how excited are you about the Tour of Oman? Thanks. Given the slim possibility of the Tour of Oman offering some kind of sponsorship to Cyclry, we have rounded your answer up to the nearest ten. Please watch the following video: Does seeing this video on CYCLRY make you feel more likely to purchase products or services from the Tour of Oman’s sponsors? More Likely / Extremely Likely / Certain to Purchase (delete as appropriate) We have an additional question about annual household income, but we don’t want to bother you with it.…
The new Varia RearVue 820 doesn’t just tell you a car is coming. It tells you how big it is, how scary it is, and whether it’s about to ruin your KOM attempt. Garmin has launched its latest Varia rearview radar, the horrifically named Varia RearVue 820, and it is a significant leap forward for the device that single-handedly stopped your clubmates from looking over their left shoulders every 15 seconds. At $299.99, it’s pricier than its RTL515 predecessor. But what isn’t more expensive in 2026? Besides misery, and we ride our bikes to avoid that, or at least give…
Cyclry is all about the bikes. We like cool tech, fast races, and zooming in on Instagram cycling influencers when they’re wearing white bib shorts. And sometimes we even ride bikes. In New Hampshire, in fact. So it is with regret that we inform you of the dumbest fucking thing anybody has said about bicycles since the last time a car driver opened their mouth: New Hampshire House Bill 1703. The bill, introduced by Representative Thomas Walsh (R-Hooksett), proposes a mandatory annual registration fee of $50 for every single bicycle used on public roads or trails in the state. Unenforcable?…