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Evenepoel remains unbeaten in 2026. I wonder if he can keep this up for the rest of the season.

If they want a hundred wins, they should get rid of that Pogacar guy and take four sprinters instead.

All the stages are in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It's a long, but appropriate name.

The Colombian ex-cyclist Luis Herrera is in trouble. There's an investigation about his involvement in the disappearance of four farmers. Herrera, who was abducted by FARC in 2000, denies vehemently...

Is MvdP the best cyclo-crosser of all time? If he wins his eighth world title on Sunday there will be a very strong case to say yes. He will have the highest number of world titles and world cup races by then. De Vlaeminck, Van Damme, Zweifel, Liboton and Nys also have a lot of victories...

Even the bunch sprints?

So they do the prologue with ordinary bikes for practical reasons. I wonder if that will influence the result. Someone who trains a lot on the TT bike might have a slight disadvantage.

Ayuso and Skjelmose get into a fist fight during the Amstel Gold Race.

*Mads Pedersen wins a monument. *Mikel Landa wins a GT. *Tadej Pogačar loses eight minutes in the stage to Orcières-Merlette, but still wins the Tour.

MvdP's last defeat in cyclo-cross was in Benidorm 2024, when he crashed twice. Let's see if he can stay undefeated for two whole years.

This is the first year in cycling history with two candidates to win a fifth Tour de France.

Only five days until the Vuelta al Táchira. I can't wait!

They've just revealed his new bike for next year:

Toughest climbs: Giau (stage 19) Blockhaus (stage 7) Passo Duran (stage 19) Carì (stage 16) Pila (stage 14) Pioncavallo (stage 20) Lin Noir (stage 14) Saint-Barthélémy (stage 14) Corno alle Scale (stage 9) Passo Falzarego (stage 19) So we get three stages with two or more big climbs (14, 19...

This question can be approached in two ways. The best riders in general who never won a monument are Indurain, Zoetemelk, Contador, Froome, Maertens and Ocaña - but most of these are specialists of stage races. A more interesting question is who were the best riders in monuments without winning...