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The Inner Ring
4d ago
A rare break in racing, yesterday and today don’t have a race on the calendar to time for a quick review. No wins but XDS Astana have had a strong start in their points quest, only Movistar, Red Bull and UAE have scored more. It’s still the start of February but momentum matters and the ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
6d ago
A quick look at the route ahead while the headline is that this race should see the the first clash between Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard. Stage 1 In 2022 Paris-Nice had a time trial stage between Domérat and Montluçon, the same again but with a long loop into the countryside and then finishing laps ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
1w ago
Embed from Getty Images Crunch time for the World Tour with two teams facing relegation and two aiming for promotion. Here’s a closer look at the contest ahead this year. It’s not the biggest story of the season but it will regularly affect tactics, race programs for teams and riders alike and so shape the ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
1w ago
Ten riders to watch in 2025. Some are picked as tips for their raw talent, others to see what paths they will go down. Juan Ayuso sits a gilded cage. Enjoying a long contract on generous terms, his problem is being let out to race for himself on a team that’s stacked with stage-racing talent. ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
1w ago
Do rankings and points matter in cycling? Demonstrably not as the points tables are hard to find, they’re 70 pages into a 394 page PDF linked to on the regulations page of the UCI website. But they do matter for this year’s promotion and relegation race. So here are the tables showing how many UCI ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
2w ago
The men’s season-opener and a chance to see all the kit and bikes sparkle in bright sunshine. This is often a surprisingly subtle race where the winning move can be a sprint for a time bonus rather than a blazing attack. Here’s a look at the stages, the contenders and the daily finish times. Stage ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
3w ago
Ten neo-pros to watch this year. If Juan Ayuso has a sore neck, it could be because of Pablo Torres (19). UAE’s only neo-pro signing is touted as the future of Spanish cycling, almost as if Ayuso – and Carlos Rodriguez – are looking over their shoulders waiting for the pepita from Madrid to surpass ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
3w ago
The 2025 Giro d’Italia route was finally unveiled in a long presentation but since we’ve been waiting since December what’s an extra two hours? It’ll take place between 9 May – 1 June and has few time trials and few summit finishes but remains mountainous. Here’s a stage-by-stage look with all the profiles on one ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
1M ago
With plenty going on out there events in pro cycling seem pretty tame in comparison. But here are twelve predictions for the cycling season ahead… Who wins the Tour de France? It’s still the central question in the sport and if there was a way of knowing this today you could derive a lot of ... Read more
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The Inner Ring
1M ago
Every July the best cyclists take part in the Tour de France. You can have a few exceptions but they often just prove the rule. But what would it take to change this, could you launch a rival race using big appearance fees and a large prize pot? Golf has seen this with the Saudi-backed ... Read more
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