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Vuelta Stage Report: After strong lead-outs from first Movistar and then Trek-Segafredo, it was triple Vuelta a Espaa winner, Primo Rogli, who was first to swoop across the finish line in Laguardia ahead of Mads Pedersen and Enric Mas. Rogli also took the leader’s red jersey from his teammate Edoardo Affini. The stage 4 finalPrimo Rogli stage 4 winner and the new overall leaderPrimo Rogli won the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Espaa. On the uphill finish in Laguardia, the Slovenian leader of Jumbo-Visma was the strongest. He beat Trek-Segafredo’s Mads Pedersen into second place, Enric Mas crossed the line in third. Rogli also took over the red jersey.Jumbo-Visma sign on for stage 4Fernando Escartn: “Stage with a likely…

Vuelta Stage Report: Stage 1 of the 2022 Vuelta a Espaa through the streets of Utrecht was won by the very powerful Jumbo-Visma team. It wasn’t the winner of the previous three Vueltas that pulled on the leaders red jersey, but Robert Gesink.Stage 1 highlightsA storming ride by Jumbo-VismaJumbo-Visma has had an excellent start to the Vuelta a Espaa. In Utrecht, the Dutch team set the fastest time over the 23.3 kilometre team time trial. Robert Gesink was the first rider to cross the line and the first overall leader.Fernando Escartn: “An inaugural time trial longer than that of previous editions. 23.3 km that will cross Utrecht through its wide avenues, without technical difficulties. No significant differences are expected among…

Al Kenya Kit Review: Al Bike Wear has brought out a striking new design for the summer with African overtones, all the way from Kenya. Our man Chuck Pea takes the colorful new kit on a cycling safari to see how it performs in the wild.Al (pronounced like the French allez) is an Italian company whose kit you might recognize in the pro peloton — currently worn by the Bahrain Victorious, Groupama FDJ, and Bike Exchange teams.That’s Al kit under all the mud and muckEn route to the Cyclamen jersey on Stage 5 of this year’s GiroClear sailing on the airstrip in Mende on Stage 14 of this year’s TdFIt’s also been ridden to two consecutive World Championships by Julian…

The women are racing in the Tour of Scandinavia and the men in the Tour de lAin and the Circuit Franco-Belge – All the reports and results with video. Dutch farmers to protests during the Vuelta a Espaa – TOP STORY. Rider news from Egan Bernal, Wout van Aert, Caleb Ewan, Mikel Landa, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Zdenek tybar. Team news: UAE Team Emirates, Black Spoke, BORA-hansgrohe, INEOS Grenadiers, EF Education-EasyPost, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, Intermarch-Wanty-Gobert Matriaux, Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise, Israel-Premier Tech and BikeExchange-Jayco. Race news from the Deutschland Tour. Other news: Lance Armstrong gets married, Tadej Pogaar auctioning Tour de France shoes and ‘To Paris with Love: A Tour de France Story’ video by UAE Team Emirates. Get the Coffee.TOP STORY: Farmer…

Strange Bikes: Ed Hood has been looking back in time when bikes were ‘innovative’ in very radical ways, and not always for the best. Here is his choice of radical/unorthodox bike designs, some artisan beauty and some just plain ugly.The low profile – The beginning of the end for Stephen RocheIt was Stephen Roche who said that with the advent of the low profile design, bicycles ceased to be beautiful. And whilst todays carbon – or is it plastic as the old boys say? machines are striking, it would be pushing it to call them beautiful in the way you can a 70s Raleigh, Bianchi or Masi. We thought it might be interesting to have a wander through some alternative…

San Sebastin Breakdown: Remco Evenepoel did it again! With an all-mighty attack, the young Belgian ‘Super Star’ solo’d to victory, in much the way he won the Basque race in 2019 and Lige-Bastogne-Lige this spring. Spencer Martin breaks down the Spanish one-day race and what it means for the Vuelta a Espaa starting at the end of the month. – This article is an excerpt from the Beyond the Peloton newsletter. Sign up here for full access. –*** You can see the full Clsica San Sebastin ‘PEZ Race Report’ HERE. ***Remco Evenepoel at full flight to San SebastinKey Takeaways: Breaking Down Evenepoel’s Impressive Clsica de San Sebastin Victory. Remco Evenepoel added a second Clsica San Sebastin victory to his palmars…

San Sebastin Race Report: Remco Evenepoel attacked with more than forty kilometres to the finish, to solo for the win. Simon Yates tried to go with him, but no one could hold Evenepoel’s wheel. Pavel Sivakov was second at nearly 2 minutes, Tiesj Benoot and Bauke Mollema were third and fourth.Clsics San Sebastin highlightsAnother solo win for Remco EvenepoelRemco Evenepoel is the winner of the 2022 Clsica San Sebastin. The Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider attacked on the penultimate climb, soon got rid of all his opponents and started a solo ride of almost 45 kilometres. The young Belgian had enough time in hand for a full enjoyment of his win.Ryan Gibbons and Tadej Pogaar at the startThe Route:The course of…

Toolbox: Now that we have the Tour de FranceTour de France Femmes avec Zwift we are witnessing a very positive growth in womens cycling, with not only an increasing number of athletes in the pro ranks, but also in the number of amateur and recreational riders. While some of the best WorldTour cycling teams have a female UCI team, information on specific nutrition for female cycling It is still scarce.Anna van der Breggen, Marianne Vos, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Elisa Longo-Borghini, Coryn Labecki, Lizzie Deignan, Annemiek van Vleuten… Looking back a few years, these names wouldnt ring a bell. But today, these names are easily recognized as some of the best female cyclists on the planet that both inspire other women in…