Grand tours can add additional wildcard team in 2021
The three grand tours will be able to invite 23 teams to participate in 2021, up from the usual 22.
The three grand tours will be able to invite 23 teams to participate in 2021, up from the usual 22.
Much like Deceuninck-Quick-Step brings power in numbers to classics, the UK powerhouse is flooding the grand-tour zone.
Christophe Laporte of Cofidis adds two seconds to his general classification lead.
Confirmation of 'Big Start' comes a day after Ineos Grenadiers revealed Egan Bernal will race the Giro d'Italia.
Development team steps up to Continental level in 2021, with mountain bike team also in the works.
Geraint Thomas on opening stage: 'It was crazy in the end'
Infighting within cycling is just plain stupid.
Egan Bernal will race the Giro as team leader, while Thomas, Carapaz and Geoghegan Hart are slated for the Tour.
As we cross the midpoint of the week, quite a few big names have officially kicked off their 2021 campaigns at the Étoile de Bessèges.
The Amstel Gold Race is preparing for a race behind closed doors this April on a circuit of around 18 kilometres.
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Ineos Grenadiers boss David Brailsford has a plan for his star riders: Geraint Thomas, Tao Geoghegan Hart and Richard Carapaz for the Tour, and Egan Bernal for the Giro.
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A wider reach on the ban on glucocorticoids will begin in 2022.
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Londoner also targeting Olympic selection in season he hopes will see a first-ever ride at the Tour.
Multiple crashes complicated the final 5 kilometers of the race which saw top teams take to the start.
The Race of Two Seas will feature heavily for sprinters and puncheurs, while offering a stage each for climbers and time trial specialists.
At just 20, Luke Plapp has his first elite road title.
Colombian hoping his Arkéa-Samsic team get wildcard slot for Giro ahead of return to Tour de France.
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At just 20, Gigante now has three elite national road titles.
Sarah Gigante defends TT crown, with Plapp expected to fast-track into the WorldTour after Tokyo Games.
Etoile de Bessèges this week to play host to three grand tour greats with career-defining questions to answer.
After the first six years of her career at Boels-Dolmans, the Dane is with another superteam in 2021, Trek-Segafredo.
Pro racer recalls his introduction to cycling and his experiences of training in Cape Town as a teenager.
Fred Dreier is happy to welcome Nicole Formosa and the Beta mountain bike crew to the Pocket Outdoor Media family.
A data visualization makes for a pretty great way to get a better idea of the ways the top teams on the men's WorldTour have changed since last year
Lezyne has updated its popular multitool range, offering a huge 23 variations.
Danny MacAskill, the Dubh Slabs, and a whole lotta 'nope'.
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Greg Van Avermaet says dynamic duo 'are the main players now' in the spring classics.
For the first time since it began in 2014 the Women's Tour will be broadcast live via Eurosport and GCN.
Trek-Segafredo maps out schedule that will include debut in Flanders and Roubaix.
Shimano wireless plans, and the most compliant kit ever
Nevada-based tool manufacturer improves finishes and ergonomics while dropping weight on multitools.
The world champion and Olympian succumbed to cancer on January 29.
For the first time in its six year history, the women's stage race will feature live coverage via Eurosport and GCN.
Olympic champion said finding balance is key to his 15-year career at the top.
With Tour de France a possibility, combative French sprinter looking for hot start at Bessèges.
VeloNews' technical expert take a deeper dive into the math involved in calculating chain tension.
Former Tour de France winners Vincenzo Nibali, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal are among marquee starters for the French race.
Ryszard Szurkowski has passed away at age 75, David Lappartient has provided an update on the UCI's current plans for rescheduling postponed events, and the Ineos Grenadiers have confirmed that Egan Bernal will start his season at the Étoile de Bessèges
A mountain bike so clearly intended to win World Cups that it carries a number of significant compromises for the recreational racer.
Mathieu van der Poel took home his fourth world title this weekend on the beaches of Oostend but the 26-year-old Dutchman is already looking ahead to what next season will bring. His team Alpecin-Fenix receives an invite to the Tour de France as best scoring ProTeam of 2020 but Van der Poel is unsure if he will ride all the way to the Champs Elysées, he tells Wielerflits. The Olympic mountain bike race is top of his mind this summer.
Anyone who has already registered for the event will have their entry honored next year.
Despite some short-term hiccups, UCI president hopeful 2021 racing season will not require major rescheduling.
Mads Pedersen and Bauke Mollema also lead Trek-Segafredo at Bessèges debut in France.
Peloton still in the dark on possible Olympic quarantines, vaccine requirements and other health controls ahead of Tokyo.
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The Dutch took home all four rainbow jerseys from a sandy CX Worlds in Oostende, Belgium.
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Jonas Rutsch missed Sunday's GP La Marseillaise following COVID controls.
2019 Tour de France winner to debut at Etoile de Bessèges this week.
Seven WorldTour teams raced for the first time in 2021 following a string of race cancelations and postponements.
Continental unveil new tan sidewall tire, good news for anyone who missed last years limited edition. Plus a new 30mm GP5000 for E-Bikes
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Wider tires, wider bars, and suspension are all great things. Welcome to the party, gravel riders, from the new MTB media brand Beta.
Team EF Education-Nippo unveil its 2021 team kit, designed by Rapha to be "the world's most compliant jersey".
After shocking the world at the 2021 Giro, the team will sport ‘the world’s most compliant cycling kit’ in 2021.
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The RideLondon women's event was back on the UCI racing calendar as a premier-level race for the current year.
New Mexico's Tour of the Gila has rescheduled its April date back to late September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vuelta a España officials will reveal details of the 2021 route on February 11.
French daily L'Equipe cites sources saying Swiss star felt under-appreciated and under-paid at former team.
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Postponements continue to feature in the cycling headlines.
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Both the men's and women's races of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and the Itzulia Basque Country women's race have been postponed.
Primoz Roglic looks back at his second place in the 2020 Tour de France.
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