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Paragraph from Never Say Never press release on their takeover of the IPT team and can't work out they see it as a financial opportunity or a hobby project?
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Paragraph from Never Say Never press release on their takeover of the IPT team and can't work out they see it as a financial opportunity or a hobby project?
...team has long been Bernaudeau's project from racing style to table manners to internal management, he's hired people and later on recruited their (adult) children. So a big change coming. Plus it's all run out of a 19th manor house rather than a warehouse or an accountant's mailbox.
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
...team has long been Bernaudeau's project from racing style to table manners to internal management, he's hired people and later on recruited their (adult) children. So a big change coming. Plus it's all run out of a 19th manor house rather than a warehouse or an accountant's mailbox.
Read L'Equipe today and no cycling articles inside, but...
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Read L'Equipe today and no cycling articles inside, but...
TotalEnergies team to ride Cube bikes for next season, the German brand had been with Intermarché. First pic of a team bike for 2026?
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
TotalEnergies team to ride Cube bikes for next season, the German brand had been with Intermarché. First pic of a team bike for 2026?
Tim Wellens interview in L'Equipe, happy with role as a senior rider, praises Oliveira brothers for their kindness. Dreams of winning Ronde, would settle for any classic next year. Also says Pogačar almost abandoned Tour, knee pain had him in hospital for checks but it didn't leak out at the time
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Tim Wellens interview in L'Equipe, happy with role as a senior rider, praises Oliveira brothers for their kindness. Dreams of winning Ronde, would settle for any classic next year. Also says Pogačar almost abandoned Tour, knee pain had him in hospital for checks but it didn't leak out at the time
Get the look, via www.interencheres.com/art-decorati...
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Get the look, via www.interencheres.com/art-decorati...
Raymond Poulidor’s long time team manager Antonin Magne was often identifiable thanks to his white smock and beret
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Raymond Poulidor’s long time team manager Antonin Magne was often identifiable thanks to his white smock and beret
as 1 November is not a working day can easily go to Monday but bigger thing is how much try to encourage things beyond this... but here's the rule for WT teams
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
as 1 November is not a working day can easily go to Monday but bigger thing is how much try to encourage things beyond this... but here's the rule for WT teams
Movistar announce an internal shake-up in their staff and internal structures with four new departments (Performance, Racing, Health and Riders) and among this, in comes Matt White as co-head of racing, after leaving Jayco earlier this year
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Movistar announce an internal shake-up in their staff and internal structures with four new departments (Performance, Racing, Health and Riders) and among this, in comes Matt White as co-head of racing, after leaving Jayco earlier this year
German supermarket Lidl now the majority owner of Lidl-Trek cycling teams, Trek stays as a shareholder. Team HQ will move from Deinze in Belgium to Lidl's HQ in Bad Wimpfen, via press release (screengrab attached). Small detail: we'll see if the team rides under a German or a US flag next year.
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
German supermarket Lidl now the majority owner of Lidl-Trek cycling teams, Trek stays as a shareholder. Team HQ will move from Deinze in Belgium to Lidl's HQ in Bad Wimpfen, via press release (screengrab attached). Small detail: we'll see if the team rides under a German or a US flag next year.
With Alpe d'Huez back in the Tour de France, this replica model commemorates Beat Breu's stage win there in 1982 with Breu alone in the lead just before the arch. It's got a Dutch corner and plenty of other details. It's about a metre long. Best of all Breu made it himself
October 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
With Alpe d'Huez back in the Tour de France, this replica model commemorates Beat Breu's stage win there in 1982 with Breu alone in the lead just before the arch. It's got a Dutch corner and plenty of other details. It's about a metre long. Best of all Breu made it himself
Still, there can't be many riders at UAE who already have a statue in their image
October 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Still, there can't be many riders at UAE who already have a statue in their image
Rue Le Pic and Montmartre back again for the final stage of the men's Tour de France
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Rue Le Pic and Montmartre back again for the final stage of the men's Tour de France
2026 Tour de France Femmes route, 9 days including a 21km TT and the Mont Ventoux summit finish before finish in Nice. Plenty of hilly stages means total of 18,795m of vertical gain, a record for the revived race
October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
2026 Tour de France Femmes route, 9 days including a 21km TT and the Mont Ventoux summit finish before finish in Nice. Plenty of hilly stages means total of 18,795m of vertical gain, a record for the revived race
...the Velowire website does a great job collating this, and investigating too eg checking for hotel reservations. But we still don't know what comes between, like any surprise climbs and more. But as Le Dauphiné writes whatever the course, it's a "parcours for Pogačar"
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
...the Velowire website does a great job collating this, and investigating too eg checking for hotel reservations. But we still don't know what comes between, like any surprise climbs and more. But as Le Dauphiné writes whatever the course, it's a "parcours for Pogačar"
Sakarias Koller Løland (Uno-X) wins the Veneto Classic, his first pro win and the last international road race of the 2025 season 🏁
October 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Sakarias Koller Løland (Uno-X) wins the Veneto Classic, his first pro win and the last international road race of the 2025 season 🏁
Japan Cup presentation live on Youtube ahead of the weekend's racing. Spot the rider on the Ljubljana Gusto team during the 2018 presentation who went on to get a top-10 that year and then a bit more
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Japan Cup presentation live on Youtube ahead of the weekend's racing. Spot the rider on the Ljubljana Gusto team during the 2018 presentation who went on to get a top-10 that year and then a bit more
Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep) wins Stage 1 of the Tour of Holland... joins Magnier and Del Toro on 16 wins
October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep) wins Stage 1 of the Tour of Holland... joins Magnier and Del Toro on 16 wins
Top-10 in the Giro del Veneto
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Top-10 in the Giro del Veneto
Isaac Del Toro (UAE) wins the Giro del Veneto, joins Paul Magnier on 16 wins for the season
October 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Isaac Del Toro (UAE) wins the Giro del Veneto, joins Paul Magnier on 16 wins for the season
Elia Viviani started his last road race, the Giro del Veneto
October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Elia Viviani started his last road race, the Giro del Veneto
Top-10 in the Tour of Holland prologue
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Top-10 in the Tour of Holland prologue
Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE) wins the Trofeo Tessile e Moda ahead of Marlen Reusser and Urška Žigart
October 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE) wins the Trofeo Tessile e Moda ahead of Marlen Reusser and Urška Žigart
Top-10 in Paris-Tours
October 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Top-10 in Paris-Tours
After 2015 and 2017 Trentin wins his third Paris-Tours
October 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
After 2015 and 2017 Trentin wins his third Paris-Tours