Kit Nicholson

Pridham talks Grand Tour debut, Thomas De Gendt, and seeing every day as an opportunity in her first year at the iconic Belgian team.

Van Vleuten celebrated 'the biggest turnout ever' as she auctioned off old kit at her local bike shop in the Netherlands.

Not only did he break the UCI World Hour Record, but he unified the Hour by exceeding Chris Boardman's 1996 'superman' benchmark.

The Quick-Step boss is prepared to “hang around Remco with a fly swatter to keep all the dung flies and vultures away from him.”

With his trade team BikeExchange-Jayco fighting relegation, Bling heads back to Europe with great form, high spirits and a bronze medal.

Movistar is in the thick of a relegation battle, and Valverde is one of a number of Spanish riders not allowed to travel to Wollongong.

Marco Haller out-sprinted Wout van Aert to take a phenomenal BEMER Cyclassic victory after a massive crash robbed the pure sprinters.

Who was the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider setting the pace for most of stage 2? Late call-up Floris De Tier.

The Irishman's redemption tour begins with a hotly contested bunch sprint victory on the first road stage of the Vuelta a España.

Three seconds of 'puppy paws' proves extremely costly for Marianne Vos, and Audrey Cordon-Ragot inherits the win.

Three seconds of 'puppy paws' proved extremely costly for Marianne Vos, and Audrey Cordon-Ragot inherits the win.

Young newcomers Jefferson Alexander Cepeda and Andrea Piccolo pull on pink without delay.

After crashing hard on stage 6, team medical staff gave Wiebes the all-clear to start today, but she climbed off in the first hour of stage 7.

The Dutchman crossed the line 15 seconds inside the time limit, keeping his dream of Paris victory alive with one mountain stage to go.

Marc Soler was reportedly advised to climb off during stage 16, but he doggedly pedalled on despite being sick, and finished 15 minutes OTL.

The 26-year-old climber is now cancer free just two months after a doping inspector warned him of troubling blood test results.

UAE Team Emirates team manager Matxin Fernandez tested positive overnight and has left the Tour de France.

Tadej Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates support team is dented with the withdrawal of Vegard Stake Laengen after positive COVID-19 test.

Stage 5 was a pretty decent day for EF, but it could have been a whole lot better, and much of the blame has been lowered on Alberto Bettiol.

23 months after his horror crash, Fabio Jakobsen took Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s second victory on stage 2 of the Tour de France.

Pogačar is in pole position as he begins his Tour de France title defence, with Vingegaard and Roglič best of the rest, as expected.

The team has been trialling KetoneAid’s drinks and is now making their partnership official with a multi-year agreement.

...and what happened last year? He won four Tour de France stages and the green jersey.

Your guide to the 2022 national champions.

Yves Lampaert shoved Tim Wellens aside to ensure the Lotto Soudal rider would not rob Mauro Schmid of the GC lead in the Golden Kilometre.

It was a strange Tour de Suisse, but the 36-year-old’s form was not in question on his way to overall victory.

"Hold my beer," said UAE Team Emirates to Jumbo-Visma. Sort of.

Queen stage victory in Switzerland confirmed Pinot’s comeback after a few tough years. What’s changed? He’s hunting stages not jerseys.

Majka and teammate Pogačar made time for a quick game before the finish of stage 4 of the Tour of Slovenia.

Stephen Williams confirmed his comeback with the biggest win of his career on stage 1 of the Tour de Suisse.

Jumbo-Visma leaves the Critérium du Dauphiné with three stage wins, the green and yellow jerseys, and a blueprint for Tour success.

With the Tour de France less than three weeks away, it’s another blow for Movistar which is scrapping for UCI points this relegation year.

Winning races to score UCI points is all very well, but teams must also avoid breaking rules where the punishment can outweigh the gains.

Chris Froome was forced to drop out before the penultimate stage of the Dauphiné, a key dial-up race for the Tour de France.

Six weeks after closing out his spring, Van Aert got his Tour de France preparation underway with stage 1 victory at the Dauphiné.

Fair dinkum, Jai Hindley wins the Giro d'Italia, as BikeExchange-Jayco's Matteo Sobrero takes the stage on a great day for Australia.

Pozzovivo is one of two Italian veterans to finish among the whippersnappers at this year’s Giro d’Italia.

'Landismo' is back where he belongs.

The Perth man is poised to become the first ever Australian winner of the Giro d'Italia.

The three-time world champion will ride the 100-mile version of Unbound Gravel on June 4.

Alessandro Covi took stage 20 victory from the breakaway, while in the GC race, the fireworks waited until the final climb.

Stage 18 was meant to be a routine sprint stage, but the peloton was caught napping and Dries De Bondt won from the breakaway.

It was a good day for Bahrain-Victorious, which saw GC leader Mikel Landa climb into the top 3 as their young star claimed the stage.

Dear race organisers, more short stages and hilly local laps at Grand Tours, please. Yours, cycling.

Guillaume "yo-yo" Martin is up to his old tricks and back in the top 10 after stage 15 of the 2022 Giro d'Italia.

Stage 15 was one for the breakaway, with Giulio Ciccone the strongest on the first Alpine test of the 2022 Giro d'Italia.

Bora-Hansgrohe took the peloton by surprise on stage 14, scattering the GC top 10 and propelling Jai Hindley into second place.

Bora-Hansgrohe went on the offensive very early in the race, but it was Simon Yates who raised his arms in celebration on stage 14.

Tom Dumoulin's name was added to the list of abandons during stage 14.

The ITT world champion will take on the Hour at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, and has set aside August 23-24 for the attempt.

There were no big gains as the fight for pink began in earnest on stage 9, but there were a few enormous losses.

Juan Pedro López retains pink, but the GC looks much clearer after a mountain battle on stage 9 of the Giro d'Italia.

Demi Vollering and SD Worx put on a show for the third day running to take another stage win and the overall victory in the Basque Country.

There were a handful of different tactics fighting for dominance on stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia, but only one would win.

Thomas De Gendt and Lotto Soudal picked the right moment to stamp their authority on a fantastic stage in Naples.

The Manx Missile and Michael Mørkøv delivered another masterclass on stage 3 to take the first bunch sprint of the Giro d’Italia.

Zabel took the blue jersey on the opening stage in 2020, and yesterday he was at it again, out-climbing everyone to take max. points.

The stage 2 time trial pitted the specialists against the GC riders on a day that saw some lose valuable time.

Caleb Ewan rues the moment he clashed with Biniam Girmay’s rear wheel on the gallop to the finish line on stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia.

Lefevere says one thing’s for sure: Remco Evenepoel will not be drafted in should the world champion’s injuries keep him from the Tour.

Sergio Higuita took the stage win and Aleksandr Vlasov finished just behind his teammate, moving up to third overall.

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux has announced that their Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay will ride on with the team until 2026.

Remco Evenepoel’s peerless acceleration defined this year's Liège-Bastogne-Liège and saved his team’s Spring Classics.

Remco Evenepoel wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège after a blistering attack on La Redoute.

Dylan van Baarle’s solo victory at Paris-Roubaix takes the Ineos Grenadiers into the last stretch of their phenomenal Spring Classics.

Ineos Grenadiers are rewarded with a Monumental Paris-Roubaix victory as Dylan van Baarle goes solo with 19 km to go.

Longo Borghini makes it two from two for Trek-Segafredo at Paris-Roubaix Femmes with a spectacular solo effort.

The road world champion was seen receiving a sticky bottle on her way back to the bunch.

Specialized has released an inspiring new film in association with SD Worx.

Race organisers awarded victory to Benoit Cosnefroy before double-checking the photo finish, and finding Kwiatkowski had got it.

Martínez wrested the race from Evenepoel who struggled on the steep climbs as Ion Izagirre took stage honours on home roads.

Shock and awe and lily-white shorts.

Van der Poel won the sprint for Tour of Flanders victory as Pogačar tactically tripped himself up in the finale and finished fourth.

The Eritrean sprinter took the biggest win of his career in the four-man sprint, showing he not only has the legs to win, but a cool head too.

The best legs of her life and a smartly raced Strade Bianche for the whole SD Worx team led Lotte Kopecky to a phenomenal victory in Siena.

After a forgettable Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for his team, Jakobsen sprinted to a hard-fought victory at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.

Wout van Aert and the bolstered Jumbo-Visma Classics squad took their first win of the season at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

UAE Team Emirates raced a textbook finale up Jebel Hafeet to help Tadej Pogačar to a third consecutive victory at their home race.

The 39-year-old climber has been rescued from the clutches of retirement by the Belgian WorldTeam.

…but, they will have to wait until 2025 for their own race. In the meantime, the title will be awarded from within the elite women’s event.