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American Haley Batten took the victory at the XCO World Cup in Araxá, Brazil, beating Jenny Rissveds after both riders fought a spectacular battle with attacks on the last lap. Blunk, Keller and Terpstra completed the podium. The heat and humidity welcomed the 59 riders to the Brazilian town of Araxá on Sunday. The start was uneventful and Jackson became the first leader of the day. The peloton made its way up the tough climbs

As has been customary throughout the 2024 season, Tadej Pogacar once again excelled to comfortably win Liège-Bastogne-Liège for the second time in his career. The UAE Team Emirates leader attacked in La Redoute and reached the streets of Liège with a gap of almost two minutes over his nearest rival after 254.5 kilometers. The places of honor of the ‘Dean’ were completed by the French Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), who came second 1:39 of

Arguably the greatest cyclist of all time, the legendary Eddy Merckx, recently worried the cycling world when news broke that he had been urgently hospitalized to undergo intestinal surgery. Fortunately, despite looking noticeably thinner, the 78-year-old Belgian was fit enough to return to the public eye on Friday with an appearance at the opening of a new cycling museum at the foot of the Col de la Redoute, with the five-time Tour de France winner

The Tour of Turkey will be held from April 21 to 28 and is one of the longest stage races on the calendar and covers a significant part of the country, for which the Ecuadorian Jefferson Cepeda, along with Mark Cavendish and Sam Welsford as stars, is the favorite for the individual general classification. Caja Rural-Seguros RGA arrives in Turkey with Jefferson Cepeda at the front, going through a good moment of form as evidenced

In a thrilling finish, Spaniard Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl Trek) secured overall victory in the Tour of the Alps 2024. The final 120-kilometer stage was won by Aurélien Paret-Peintre, who dominated in the reduced bunch sprint with Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain – Victorious) in second and Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) third. The places of honor were completed by Frenchman Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) and Italian Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain – Victorious),

UAE Team Emirates announced its team for Liège-Bastogne-Liège, where Slovenian Tadej Pogacar will be looking for his sixth victory in a monument; while America will be represented by nine riders from Colombia, Ecuador, Canada, Venezuela and the United States. The leader of the Arabian team, who will seek to win this Sunday the race that closes the Ardennes triptych, returns to the competition after sweeping the Strade Bianche and the Volta a Catalunya, where he

Breakaway success! Simon Carr (EF Education – EasyPost) won the fourth stage of the Tour of the Alps 2024, on a 141.3-kilometer route starting in Leifers/Laives and finishing in Borgo Valsugana. Spaniard Juanpe Lopez (Lidl-Trek) remains the overall leader, with just one day to go. The British rider, who was the strongest of the breakaway, soloed to the finish ahead of Australians Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) and Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

For years we have heard that cycling is a sport in which progressing to a good level involves years of training, growing from one season to the next and acquiring qualities that make us evolve. However, within the same season, great improvements in level can be achieved simply by moving from just pedaling to structured training. Often cyclists are at least not fully aware of how much our fitness varies over the course of a

On a very rainy and leg-breaking day, Juanpe López (Lidl-Trek) was victorious in the third stage of the Tour of the Alps, held in the Austrian city of Schwaz over a 124.8-kilometer route in mountainous terrain. The Spanish rider moved in the last 10 kilometers and managed to reach the finish line alone, ahead of Italian Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizanè), who came in 2nd, 22 seconds behind. Third came Norwegian Tobias Foss (INEOS

British Stephen Williams (Israel – Premier Tech) and Polish Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) were the winners of the Flèche Wallonne 2024, in the men’s and women’s sections, respectively, disputed this Wednesday, with the fifth place of Colombian Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain – Victorious) as the best result for America. In a spectacular finish, the English rider emerged victorious from the Belgian classic after a demanding 198.6 kilometers between Charleroi and the mythical Mur de Huy, after