Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France rolled out from Florence, Italy today. In what was said to be one of the hardest opening days in the history of the race, it was Romain Bardet and his DSM Firmenich PostNL teammate Frank van den Broek that made the opening salvo, crossing the line together just 100m ahead of a surging peloton.
On a day that no cycling fan will ever forget, Julian Alaphilippe took one of his finest wins, completing his set of stage victories in all three Grand Tours and showing once again that class is permanent.
Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) has won Stage 10 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia, the 142km long Pompei-Cusano Mutri (Bocca della Selva). Romain Bardet (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and Jan Tratnik (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) finished second and third respectively.
It’s that time of year again and time for the famous (or infamous) Bike World News Holiday Gift Guide for Cyclists.
The Australian ex-pro Mark Renshaw (40), who collaborated with Astana Qazaqstan Team during the last Tour de France as a sprint and lead-out consultant, is going to join the Kazakh project in 2024 as a Sports Director.
Mark Cavendish – undeniably one of the greatest sprinters in the history of cycling, has decided to postpone the end of his professional career for another year.
Durango Devo is hosting 2023 Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss for a homecoming celebration and bike parade. Kuss, a Devo alumn, will join the Durango community on Oct. 19 at Buckley Park for a speech, meet & greet, and more.
The finale of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana was a hard fought sprint with Kaden Groves (Alpecin Deceuninck) besting GC contendor Remco Evenepoel at the line mere seconds ahead of the peloton. In a show of unity, race winner Sepp Kuss of the United States crossed the line arm in arm with his Jumbo Visma teammates Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard.
At Saturday dawned in Spain, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) looked on track to capture another stage win in the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, but at the end of the day, it was Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) who ultimately had the legs after a gruelling day of racing in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Jumbo-Visma absolutely dominated Stage 13 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, with Jonas Vingegaard taking the win over his teammate and race leader Sepp Kuss and Primoz Roglic taking third.