Sean Kelly: Tadej Pogačar’s Giro-Tour Double Prospects Have Leaped Forward
‘The possibility now is much, much greater for winning Giro and Tour,’ says cycling expert.
‘The possibility now is much, much greater for winning Giro and Tour,’ says cycling expert.
French star regrets the decision to push through pain, and will not race again until the Giro d'Italia: 'I should have taken a break and then gone for the Ardennes classics.'
After missing the cobblestone monuments, Belgian star forced to cancel his highly anticipated debut at the Italian grand tour on May 4: 'I need to give my body the time to recover.'
With less than a month to go, here are 5 things that could trip up the Team UAE Emirates superstar's chase for the pink jersey.
Dutchman is emerging star in world of sprinting, and will join forces with Wout van Aert in Visma stage blitz at Italian grand tour.
'Anything I set my mind to is possible': The sky's the limit for 21-year-old talent, and the Brit crew wants in on the journey.
Pogačar's wildest season yet will drive a narrative through 2024 that will oppose any Visma victory parade.
All-slaying Slovenian debuts season at race he won in 2022 in road toward Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double.
'We'll have to wait and see how Tadej does it': Vingegaard chews over possible Giro-Tour double, but he wants to know if it's achievable first.
Face-Off: Should rules allow that injured riders be swapped out of grand tours? Our editors argue out the 'replacement' theory.
37-years-young Welshman believes he's still got more to give ahead of his Giro d'Italia-Tour de France 2024.
Tadej Pogačar's double Giro-Tour dare opens up road to Vuelta a España for favored wingman: 'I'm the last man in the mountains.'
UPDATED: Australian sprinting star delivers big win at Tour of Oman with pressure on his shoulders: 'If I have two more bad years, then it's career over.'
The unknown Canadian burst into prominence with no less than seven breakaways in the 2023 Giro d'Italia: 'That left me hungry for more.'
More than 300 races to be broadcast starting in February on Max, offsetting the loss of fan favorite GCN+ in December.
'It's too bad to miss the Tour, but the Olympics are the Olympics': Ganna puts gold medal quest ahead of Italian start of the Tour de France in 2024.
'A massive challenge': Soon-to-be-retired warhorse to make Strade Bianche debut and join Pogačar in targeting cycling's most troubling double in 2024.
Swiss squad joins Israel Premier Tech, Polti Kometa, Bardiani CSF-Faizane as invited teams to 2024 race, Lotto-Dstny turns down call-up.
'It's part of the plan': The 21-year-old American could be heading to the Giro d'Italia in what could be a breakout season.
French climber says that winning the Giro d’Italia is a big dream, limits his future Tour de France ambitions.
UAE star is targeting the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, but it doesn't stop there: 'Tadej will focus on winning his first race of the season, and the last.'
No race delivered as much spice and fireworks in 2023: How the 'Durango Kid' defied internal strife to elevate La Vuelta to one of the season highlights.
New-look jerseys and some wild new programs confirmed by team at media event as it looks to repeat historic 2023 season.
From Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard to Mark Cavendish and Mathieu van der Poel, here's who we expect to see at each grand tour.
Explainer: A lot of factors lined up for Pogačar to confront the elusive challenge of the Giro-Tour double for 2024. 'He's Tadej. There is no other rider like him.'
Giro d'Italia organizers post a video on social media revealing that Pogačar will race the 2024 edition.
Nationwide Scarpetta Rossa association combats violence against women, with its message to be amplified following agreement with RCS Sport.
Jumbo-Visma star says it would be a ‘shameful sacrifice’ to stake everything on overall classification.
The American wants to 'explore' more one-day races and weeklong stage races in 2024, and has his eyes on the Olympic TT in Paris.
Can Jumbo-Visma keep Van Aert happy without torpedoing its chances at the Tour? Or does it have to reign in the Belgian's bold new ambition?
Jumbo-Visma star tapping the 2023-24 cyclocross brakes and drops Giro d'Italia hint: 'I don't want to leave anything to chance for the spring classics.'
Nearly two years after his horrific crash, could things finally be looking up for the Colombian superstar? 'It's what I work for every day.'
Is it time for Pogačar to mix up the script and put the pink jersey at the center of his plans? Velo's editors argue it out.
Slovenian superstar turns focus to unfinished business: 'It's a dream and a challenge.'
Jumbo-Visma pushed back on reports that their star cobble-basher is heading to the Giro d'Italia, but it raises an interesting prospect for the Belgian brawler at a career crossroads.
Thomas is hinting at a return to one-day racing before retirement, but would it rob him his competitiveness at grand tours? And does it even matter?
A link to the team's glory days, when the UK squad won seven of eight yellow jerseys in a row with four different riders, Thomas insists he's still looking forward: 'I still love racing my bike.'
The 2024 route of the Italian grand tour features two time trials, a double ascent of the Monte Grappa, and gravel roads.
'This season was mediocre': Does Van Aert need to shake up his approach for 2024 and peak when it really matters most?
RCS Sport launches headline women's tour with 'Infinity' trophy, route for 2024 to be revealed soon.
The 21 stages of the 2024 Giro d'Italia were unveiled in a presentation in Trento on Friday, with gravel, time trials, and the Monte Grappa defining the route.
Rumors are flying that Tadej Pogačar could race the 2024 Giro d'Italia. Details of the 'corsa rosa' will be revealed Friday, with the Tour de France route unveiled October 25.
Evenepoel rues COVID and rushed preparation for Vuelta a España in turbulent pre-Tour de France season.
Roglič and Jumbo-Visma rose hand-in-hand to the top of the grand tour hierarchy. Can Roglič fulfil his Tour de France quest without them?
Rivals growing frustrated behind Jumbo-Visma's grand tour stranglehold, and there are renewed calls for budget guidelines or salary caps: 'There are few options for the smaller teams.'
Most riders dodge doing three grand tours in a season for fear of mental burnout. Not Vuelta a España champion Kuss.
Jumbo-Visma earns nearly one-third of the total purse, while Astana-Qazaqstan brings home less than $5,000 in three weeks.
Jumbo-Visma coach reveals how Kuss balanced recovery and rebuild to blaze through Giro, Tour, Vuelta in one season.
Improving weather should ease tension after an uneven and sometimes bizarre start to the 2023 edition.
Poll reveals the Spanish sport fans love their national tour, and for a few weeks each summer, competes for space in the national dailies.
Roglič, Evenepoel, and Vingegaard start as the pre-race favorites, with Spain's Ayuso trying to muscle in on the action: Here's the ultimate Vuelta 'form guide' for the three kings and a prince.
After nearly a week in the pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia, there is expectation for more success with big move to Uno-X.
Kuss will start his fifth-straight grand tour in support of Roglič and Vingegaard in the quest for the team's grand tour sweep.
Loyal and hard-working teammate often raced at the service of his captains, but won a breakout stage victory in the 2019 Giro.
Five-stage Vuelta a Burgos is always a good measure of Vuelta form: Roglič returns to action for first time since winning Giro d'Italia.
If Vingegaard or Roglič win the Vuelta a España, Jumbo-Visma will be the first team to sweep a season's grand tours – and its reputation will be changed forever.
'He deserves a bit of calm', but no rest for a hungry bike racer: Pogačar to take aim at rainbow jersey and considers future runs at Giro and Vuelta.
Just six weeks after he piloted Primož Roglic to the pink jersey, Kuss is making his presence felt in Jumbo-Visma's yellow jersey quest.
New Irish champ set to miss cycling’s biggest event on this occasion and target the rainbow jersey instead.
Jumbo-Visma wins grand tours when the Colorado climbing ace is on the start list.
Limited-edition versions of the Poc Ventral Air helmet for Team EF and Giro Aries helmet for Team Canyon-SRAM commemorate July's big races.
The Canadian started his career wanting to be a classics rider, but his recent performance at the Giro d'Italia may change that.
From Ineos bench-warmer to Jayco leader, the steeled and steady rise of this year’s Giro d’Italia breakout GC rider.
How Primož Roglič won — and almost lost — the Giro d'Italia racing with a gravel-inspired setup.
Cavendish kicks out of Gaviria's wheel for emotional win in his last Giro d'Italia stage before retirement.
'At the moment, it just hurts': Welshman will leave Giro d'Italia with head high after TT turnaround as questions remain over retirement.
All the headlines for the season's first grand tour at the Giro d'Italia from May 6-28.
Here are some of the reactions from the protagonists after a stage-for-the-ages in Saturday's decisive mountain time trial:
Roglič drops chain in final kilometers but still crushes mountain TT to all but seal Giro d'Italia victory ahead of Sunday's sprinter stage.
Monte Lussari and its 22 percent ramps will play kingmaker as Thomas, Roglič, Almeida close in on blockbuster Giro finale.
The five-climb 'queen stage' across the heart of the Dolomites saved the best for last.
Every grand tour unsurfaces top new talents. Here's our pick of some of the hottest prospects that have emerged at this Giro.
Primož Roglič moves up to second place overall after João Almeida was distanced on penultimate climb.
The long, flat downhill transition stage sets up the thrilling closing stages with the GC still wide open.
Cavendish was the defining sprinter of the century – Our editors pick through their best memories of the retiring 'Manx Missile'.
Time and race dynamics are tilting away from Kuss, and his chances to become just the third US rider to win stages in all three grand tours.
The reigning world champion serves up a strong retort to the doubters over his COVID-19 Giro exit: 'What is hard to accept is all the fake and negative comments I got after having to leave the race.'
Primož Roglič loses 25 seconds in fight for pink jersey as GC battle heats up.
From brutal climbs to great coffee and Italy's living history, the Giro is unlike any race on the calendar: 'The Giro is unique.'
The Tour de France is up next and the British sprinter is hoping to end his spectacular career with an exclamation point.