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It's also worth noting that although they were a sponsor of the Israel team for 4 years, Premier Tech is not deeply wedded with any sort of Israeli project. Previously they were in the World Tour as the second title sponsor with Astana in 2021 (trading one dubious sportswashing project for...

If you're asking is he done with European road races in 2025, I'm pretty certain the answer is yes.

Strohmeyer takes the USCX series (and whatever meagre prize money goes with that title) by beating Brunner on the final day. Jules van Kempen was third on Sunday and in the overall. The Sunday podium of Rochette-Bakker-McGill also matched the positions in the overall, with Rochette winning 7 of...

Does any rider have a better collection of one day race results, without ever racing in the front group, than Toms Skuijns?

With only tomorrow's C2 in Wisconsin remaining, Maghalie Rochette has locked up the USCX points series. Eric Brunner and Andrew Strohmeyer are tied in the men's points table, so whoever finishes ahead tomorrow will be the winner. Three other riders (Werner, Clark and van Kempen) are separated by...

Decent performance in rainbows for Vallieres. Isabella Holmgren also with one of her best one-day results on a road bike.

If the world champion can put up with Cian, he can't be all bad.

UCI gravel worlds courses have to date favored riders with strong teams, either national teammates or trade teammates riding for each other (MVDP/G. Vermeersch in past editions, for example). With MVDP likely not racing, you'd expect the winner to come from the Belgian squad. if they can work...

Actually only a Chicane in the rear, but not ideal! But my mud skills are so poor and rarely practiced that it probably didn't make that much difference.

There are more people and on more continents that take cross-country running seriously, which is what I meant.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/israel-premier-tech-out-of-gran-piemonte-tre-valli-varesine-and-coppa-bernocchi-as-pro-palestine-protests-spread-across-italy/

There was no blame assigned in the text you quoted. Just that there would be a mess.

This old song again: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/02/cross-country-and-cyclocross-could-be-added-to-winter-olympics-by-2030 That said, tying their fortunes in with cross-country running, a far more popular and global sport, can't hurt. CX isn't a great fit in either summer or...

First bolded point: he is not the best, as in not one of the top 10 in the world, at XCO handling and descending though is still world class (compare his descent times to riders outside of the top 10 in XC) and better than a good chunk of the professional gravel field. Second bolded point: you...

You mean winner of Tro Bro Leon, the sixth monument? That Ryan Roth?