Tour de Suisse: Yates Soars into Lead as Pidcock, Carapaz Cede Time in Opening Salvo in Alps
Yates and UAE are now firmly in control, with the next four stages stacked up across the Swiss Alps: 'The whole week is going to be super hard.'
Thomas (Tom) Pidcock MBE is a British cyclist who currently competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. Wikipedia
Thomas (Tom) Pidcock MBE is a British cyclist who currently competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. Wikipedia
Yates and UAE are now firmly in control, with the next four stages stacked up across the Swiss Alps: 'The whole week is going to be super hard.'
Colombia's first Tour de France winner is fighting for GC space alongside Pidcock and Rodríguez on the Ineos Grenadiers roster: 'I still don't know if I will race the Tour.'
Revelations of a 2023 mutiny make for a warning: Pidcock's no-compromise ambitions could torpedo team Tour de France goals with Carlos Rodríguez.
Egan Bernal, Tom Pidcock, Adam Yates and more to blitz climbs, while Mark Cavendish chases sprint win.
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From the desolation of Pogačar to the frat boy bromance between Philipsen and MVDP: Season 2 of 'Unchained' packs some spicy insights on the peloton's lead protagonists.
It's crunch time for the Ineos Grenadiers, but who will the UK super team back as leader for the Tour de France? Jeremy Whittle looks at the options.
Officials rule out imminent arrival of Pidcock, Van Aert, Evenepoel as hype builds for Red Bull's arrival at the Tour de France: 'Winning the Tour drives me every day'
Makes sense, the world champ mountain biker needs to get on with it before the Tour de France.
Ralph Denk confirms Roglič is on track for Tour de France start and says Red Bull merger will focus on developing future superstars: 'Our goal is to create our own talent.'
A crash with about 100km to go split the bunch, and riders like Pidcock, Vansevenant bridged across alone, while others later paced through the team cars: 'I went really deep there. I killed my legs.'
Rising stars Mauri Vansevenant and Maxim Van Gils give Belgians someone to cheer for in the Ardennes.
How do the three major race favorites feel about their chances and those of their rivals?
Analysis: The question is not if but when Pogačar will attack. Does Van der Poel or anyone else have the legs to follow?
Despite multiple passages up the Mur de Huy and winter-like cold and rain, the final ascent of the famed wall played decider in both races. 'The race was brutal'
Breaking down how a tactically tricky and physically difficult course finally foiled Mathieu van der Poel and his formerly unstoppable classics team.
Tour de Hoody: The Dutch classic was just a taste, and 'Ardennes Week' brings a shift in vertical to close out the spring classics. Who will step up?
Ineos Grenadiers rider sparkles after pre-race favorite Van der Poel fails to shine: 'I was going to say it is great to win for the second time but it might create some controversy'
The first of the Ardennes Classics promises dramatic racing on twisting, hilly courses.
Tour de Hoody: More controversy, a quiet chicane, the fastest Roubaix (again), and does 'hors délai' belong in a race as cruel as the 'Hell of the North'?
UPDATE: Ineos confirms no broken bones for Pidcock as Roglič wins first race in Bora-Hansgrohe colors despite late-stage detour.
Tour de Hoody: Pogačar stymied, 'Bling' shows his class, and MVDP is MVP again after cycling's 'hardest race to win' delivers another sizzler.
Mathieu van der Poel vs. Tadej Pogačar headlines new-look Italian monument set for classic duel between sprinters and attackers over the Poggio.
British GC hope satisfied in Tirreno-Adriatico after ‘one of the best climbing performances’ of his career
Two-time Tour de France champion posted some impressive power numbers to bury rivals: 'The plan worked perfectly.'
Demoralized contenders react to Pogačar's display of savagery and recount an afternoon of racing with resignation and exhaustion.
Pogačar makes audacious solo move on longest gravel sector of the race to set the tone on wildly ambitious 2024 season.
Strade Bianche favorites weigh in on journey into the unknown, adrenaline rushes and “brave” course change.
Face-off: Will the longer, harder courses on tap for 2024 ruin or raise the dirt-road classic? Our editors argue it out.
Sepp Kuss, Tadej Pogačar, Demi Vollering, and Ruth Edwards headline the new-look gravel extravaganza over the iconic white roads that will be the hardest edition ever.
Sport directors, riders are split over route changes and wonder if the popular race over the white roads of Tuscany will lose its charm: 'It was good how it was.'
Matteo Jorgenson makes spectacular classics debut, with Wout van Aert sprinting to third behind Nils Politt to round out the podium.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is the traditional opener of the Belgian calendar, and marks the first salvo of the glorious run of the spring classics.
Analysis: Nearly five years since its last yellow jersey, major restructuring at the British 'super team' reveals that billionaire team owner Jim Ratcliffe is pushing for return on his investment.
British rider Pidcock continues jumping between disciplines in what is a key season in his evolution as a pro road rider.
To 'cross or not to 'cross? The outcome of MVDP's far-stretching 2024 season could crush or confirm the multi-discipline dream.
The Italian classic over the white roads of Tuscany sees significant changes for 2024, with a new finishing loop, and the men's race topping 200km for the first time.
Pidcock's coach is convinced a multi-discipline approach is no waste of time as the Brit wrecking ball quests for Tour de France fame.
New CEO John Allert insists GC racing remains the squad's North Star as he kick-starts mission to catch up to Visma-Lease a Bike, UAE Emirates.
Face off: MVDP has won eight from eight this winter, is he taking the stoke out of cyclocross? Velo's editors argue it out.
Officials confirm a merger that is the latest move in Red Bull's growing presence in the road racing space.
'I can never imitate this intensity in training': Strava files, rider insights reveal how CX is the ultimate catapult into the spring classics.
Biggest winning margin of season sees Van der Poel asserting his superiority.
Clash of the 'Big Three' fails to materialize as Van Aert and Pidcock hit by bad luck.
'He's a level too high': MVDP deploys inch-perfect power-up to pummel Pidcock and Iserbyt in Diegem and continue unbeaten streak.
MVDP urges popular cyclocross rider not to quit after high-profile incident in Gavere World Cup: 'He should not give up on his dream.'
'This is the best Mathieu I've ever seen': Alpecin Deceuninck insiders explain how MVDP has gone four-in-four and looks set to go faster.
Gavere CX: Van der Poel untouchable in muddy course, Pidcock mounts late comeback to hit third behind Van Aert: 'Nothing that can be done about Mathieu van der Poel.'
Former world champion triumphs after trio of issues in the race.
Talented Briton doesn’t disclose goal but is aiming higher than a solid showing: ‘Top ten is not really my motivation.’
Pidcock rebounds from difficult start to nab second in Herentals, Van Empel edges tight fight in women’s race.
Gobik delivers new-look jersey for the 2024 season with a new color scheme and design features.
The once-mighty UK squad overhauls management with a new CEO, head of performance, and race director. Will it work?
Key riders from world of cyclocross give their thoughts after UCI President Lappartient threatens a world championship ban.
World Cup and Superprestige leader doesn’t expect to win against ‘The Big Three’, says thinking he can is 'fairy tales.'
2022 world champion ‘highly likely’ to miss worlds, will square up against Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert in as few as four events.
UK star will skip CX worlds ahead of an ambitious 2024 season that includes the Tour de France and Olympic Games.
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.'
Here are the best moments of one-day racing in 2023, as selected by Velo's editorial team.
Pro racers increasingly turn to running in the winter – here's why they do it, and how crazy fast they are.
The UK super team is betting that the 21-year-old Spanish talent will raise to the occasion to take on Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates in the quest for the yellow jersey.
CX will play a limited role this winter, and Ineos Grenadiers star believes time is on his side in a bid for the Tour de France: 'I need to be patient.'
Cross-country MTB world champion Tom Pidcock and newly-crowned gravel world champion Kasia Niewiadoma are bringing their rainbow stripes to Little Sugar MTB and Big Sugar Gravel next week.
Geraint Thomas 'legless' in first summit finish, Thymen Arensman loses time as team scrambles to fill GC void for 2024.
Pidcock continues to thread the needle between three disciplines – but his Tour de France mission may force him to reconfigure.
French rider says last-minute changes in start positions played a decisive role in Saturday's elite men's worlds race.
The 24-year-old powered through mechanical issues to take his first first elite mountain bike world title.
British star adds XCO rainbow to Olympic gold medal and cyclocross world title in intense, hard-fought race.
Early abandon spells doom for hopes of becoming first male to win cyclocross, road, and mountain bike world titles in one season.
Messed-up sleep, fighting off sickness, damaged motivation: Michael Woods, Felix Gall, and Tom Pidcock on the highs and lows.
Pidcock leaves the Tour with lessons for the future as he strives to become Ineos Grenadiers' next yellow jersey.
After years of dominance, Sagan flames out in a race he helped reconfigure.
Tom Pidcock still recovering from overheating on stage 14 as his GC fight slips away.
High-profile segments are being raced faster than ever before as power numbers continue to reach higher peaks.
Podium push for Rodríguez and surging Pidcock as old and young Ineos Grenadiers riders feed off one another's energy.
Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard are riding away from the pack in this Tour – here's how their rivals plan to catch back.
Action man Pidcock climbs up the standings, enjoying challenge of racing for GC and exploring limits.
Former yellow jersey dominator accepts it's a level below Pogačar and Vingegaard, but is plotting its return to the top.
There's a fierce debate behind the scenes about the best way to make an inherently dangerous sport safer without diminishing the essence of racing on the open road: 'More needs to be done.'
Riders pushing for more safety measures after Gino Mãder tragedy: 'I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little scared.'