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Only a few days to go before the biggest bike race on the planet starts in Lille, and we have loads of news from the race, the riders and the teams. The National road and time trial championships were last week and we have as many of the results as we could fit in an enormous EUROTRASH Monday.TOP STORY:It’s Tour time, baby!2025 Tour de France news:Richard Carapaz out of Tour de France due to illnessDavid Gaudu to miss the Tour de FranceNo place for Tao Geoghegan Hart in the Lidl-Trek Tour de France teamUAE Team Emirates-XRG and Tadej Pogaar aim for fourth Tour de France titleBlending experience and fresh talent: Primo Rogli leads Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe at the Tour de FranceIntermarch-Wanty:…

As the excitement rises for the 2025 Tour de France, we have a full EUROTRASH with all the latest news from the French behemoth. Plus video, race report, result and rider quotes from the Giro dell’Appennino.TOP STORY:Evenepoel, Vingegaard and Rogli take a look at the Col de la LozeRider news:No National Champs for Julian Alaphilippe before the Tour de FranceMathieu van der Poel training under the Spanish sunThibau Nys can resume training for the Tour de FranceJordi Meeus received permission from the UCI to start the Copenhagen SprintOlav Kooij has His Lead-Out Train for Decathlon AG2RSuspension for Oscar Riesebeek after two yellow cards in Baloise Belgium TourOscar Riesebeek: “I accept the consequences of my actionsMattias Skjelmose gains confidence for the…

As someone who has a bookshelf groaning with volumes dedicated to a certain now-non-Tour de France-winning Texan and even three autobiographies of Mark Cavendish, it has always seemed odd to me that books dedicated to the Greatest Cyclist of the 20th Century, according to the UCI, are fairly scarce in English, or pretty much any other language. There is an old joke that the only famous Belgians anyone can name are Hercule Poirot and Tintin and both are fictitious. However, not only has Belgium produced celebrated cyclists (and, of course, many notable people in other fields) but it has given us the best one of all: douard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx. Merckx 525 is a particularly good book published by…

One of the hottest topics in endurance science the past half decade or so is understanding durability the ability to still put out strong efforts despite a lot of accumulated fatigue.We all know the feeling. The first interval (or hill) of a workout or ride can feel almost effortless. The same effort during the 10th interval can feel absolute agony. The same with a small rise at the end of a century ride feeling like Alpe dHuez.This concept of fatigue resistance or durability is often what separates even elite amateurs from the top pros. Sure an elite amateur can generate a single hard effort often when fresh as a pro. But can they replicate that effort with a lot of…

Giro dItalia Stage 21 Race Report: Simon Yates is the final overall winner of the 2025 Giro dItalia. The British Visma | Lease a Bike rider celebrated his victory with a day in pink on the streets of Rome in the traditional flat final stage. The bunch sprint was won by his teammate Olav Kooij. He beat Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5). Yates was joined by Isaac Del Toro (UAE Emirates XRG) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) on the final podium.*** The full ‘PEZ Race Report’ very soon. ***The final stage of the Giro dItalia goes through the capital City of Rome. In the last 75 kilometres, the riders will cover a 9.5 kilometre circuit through the city…

Two more exciting stages of the Giro d’Italia, where Isaac Del Toro and Richard Carapaz have been going at it toe-to-toe – Stage reports, results, rider thoughts and video. Who is going to take the final overall honours?TOP STORY:Johan Bruyneel sees a clear favourite for final victory in the Giro d’ItaliaRider news:David Valero collided with Van der Poel: Some riders dont respect their colleaguesMedical Update Mathieu van der PoelMikel Landa finds it hard to watch the Giro and looks ahead to a new goalAnother setback for Arnaud De Lie – He wont start the Boucles de la MayenneTeam news:Another year for Damiano Caruso with Team Bahrain VictoriousNext races for Team Picnic PostNLRace news:Pope Leo XIV to greet the Giro d’Italia…

Giro dItalia Stage 14 Race Report: Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost) soloed to victory on stage 14 of the Giro dItalia in Novo Gorica. The Dane was off the front for 180 kilometres with the break of the day before he rode solo to the finish on Saturday. Not far behind him, Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) brought in what was left of the peloton. Many of the GC rider lost time due to a crash in the wet conditions.Stage 14 finaleFrom Treviso, the fourteenth stage is on flat roads to Nova Goriza/Gorica, an Italian/Slovenian city. The final has a few short climbs, but another bunch sprint is expected.In the final there is the San Martino and Saver climbs in the finale. Although…