News

He crowned the breakaway before the Alps! In a thrilling finish Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) emerged victorious Thursday in stage 18 of the Tour de France 2024, contested between Gap and Barcelonnette over 179.5 kilometers. Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) held the lead of the race without setbacks. The Belgian, who achieved his 12th victory as a pro, was the best of a very long breakaway, beating Frenchman Mattéo Vercher (TotalEnergies) and Polish Michal

Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (EF Education) won Wednesday (17.07.2024) the 17th stage of the Tour de France, and gave Ecuador the first victory in the history of the most prestigious stage race in the world. Carapaz left breakaway teammate Simon Yates behind 13 kilometers from the finish line on the Col de Noyer, the penultimate climb of the day, increasing his lead on the descent and the final climb to the Superdévoluy ski resort. The 31-year-old,

The organization of the Clasico RCN 2024 made official the route of the most emblematic race of the continent, which will begin on September 21 in Cucuta, and will conclude on September 29 in Alto Cuartas, near Bello, in the department of Antioquia. This year’s ‘Duel of the Titans’ will have nine stages, will pass through nine departments, two time trial days: one individual time trial and one team stage, and five mountain prize finishes.

In a fast-paced finish, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin – Deceuninck) beat his rivals to win the 16th stage of the Tour de France 2024, on a 188.6-kilometer route between Gruissan and Nîmes, on flat terrain. In the closing stages, in one of the traffic circles, the Eritrean Biniam Girmay went down, fortunately without serious consequences. The Belgian rider, helped by his teammate Mathieu Van der Poel, won his third victory in the French round, being the

The technique that road cyclists use on climbs has changed a lot over the decades. The main reason is to be found in the evolution of bike gearing, which has given cyclists enough range to tackle slopes that were once considered unrideable on a bike. Let’s not forget that, until the 1990s, road bikes tended to have a small 42-tooth chainring and just six sprockets, with the largest rarely larger than a 23. With this

Alexander Cepeda, Ecuadorian cyclist, was crowned champion of the Tour de l’Ain this Monday, July 15, 2024. El Chalequito’ maintained the leadership achieved in the previous day to consolidate as the best of the short French race. The 26-year-old Ecuadorian, who won a stage in the French race, defended without setbacks the lead in the last stage, disputed between Lagnieu and Ile Chambod. The tricolor dominated the three-stage race by beating Frenchman Rémi Capron (Van

In the second Pyrenean battle, Tadej Pogacar gave his rivals no room and won stage 15 of the Tour de France 2024. The UAE Team Emirates leader, who also won the other mountainous section in the Pyrenees, was the day’s big winner and is on his way to his third title. The Slovenian attacked four kilometers from the finish and held on until the end to consolidate his lead in the French round with one

Three dream days for Caja Rural-Seguros RGA in Portugal. Orluis Aular won the GP Internacional Torres Vedras – Trofeo Joaquim Agostinho 2024, resisting his advantage over the Portuguese rider Afonso Eulálio in a day of mountains with an unexpected outcome in the Alto de Montejunto. The Venezuelan cyclist, who started with a lead slightly over a minute over the Portuguese climber, was able to set his own pace on the hardest ramps of the pass

In an uphill finish, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) emerged victorious in stage 14 of the Tour de France 2024 between Pau and Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet after 151.9 kilometers. The Slovenian was the strongest on the final climb and then held on well to take another big win. Pogacar won solo after attacking and overtaking all the escapees on the very hard final climb, finishing ahead of Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a

The penultimate stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake 2024, which still has one more stage to go, was sealed with victory for the Turkish Ahmet Örken of the Spor Toto Cycling Team. Caja Rural-Seguros RGA defended the lead of Ecuador’s Jefferson Cepeda, who is close to the Asian race title with one day to go. The seventh fraction, in which the wind was the main threat, took place between the Chinese towns of Qilian