Belgian cyclist and Olympic champion, world-class time trialist
Riders have staged a five-minute stoppage at the start of the Giro di Lombardia to highlight safety concerns after recent vehicle incidents and the death of a cyclist in Portugal. Remco Evenepoel has urged more stringent road-safety measures as the peloton resumes the Monument.
Søren Waerenskjf8ld has won stage 11 in a sprint into Nevers, edging Olav Kooij and Milan Fretin as Pogacar extends his overall lead. The race featured a chaotic sprint, crashes, and radio problems for several riders, while Uno-X Mobility's Waerenskjjold claims a landmark victory.
On stage 13 of the Tour de France, Tom Pidcock finishes third after a late breakaway, earning four bonus seconds and climbing to fourth overall. Mauro Schmid wins the stage from Tejada, with Pogacar extending his overall lead as the race heads into the mountains.
Tallies show Vingegaard has abandoned the Tour after a night-time doping test disrupted his recovery, while Pogacar and Evenepoel condemn the scheduling. It remains to be seen if results will be published and how the tests will affect the race ahead.
Tadej Pogacar has conquered Alpe d’Huez in a record time, reshaping the Tour de France’s mountain standings while breakaway riders pursue stage glory. The race remains intensely competitive as cyclists battle the Cols Bayard and Noyer.
Richard Carapaz has clinched his second Tour de France stage win in three days at Alpe d’Huez, elevating him as the mountains king while questions grow over Tadej Pogacar’s health and UAE Team Emirates as Stage 19 looms. Stage 20 saw Sepp Kuss suffer crashes that denied a first-stage victory, and illness within teams continues to shape the race.
The Tour de France’s final stage has been shortened from 133km to 89km and moved to finish in Paris with two circuits on the Champs-Élysées and a Montmartre finish. Emergency services are being redeployed to fight wildfires in southwest France and Spain, with security forces reassigned to affected areas. Tadej Pogačar is poised to win a fifth yellow jersey.
Kuss has crashed twice on Stage 20 of the 2026 Tour de France but netting appears to have prevented a fall down the mountainside. Carapaz won the stage; Pogacar leads the overall.
Tadej Pogačar has secured a fifth Tour de France victory, joining a rare club of five-time winners. The Slovenian clinches the title after a tense final stage on the Champs-Élysées, with Remco Evenepoel second and Isaac del Toro third. Vingegaard crashes earlier in the race, and the finish is marked by a photo finish on Montmartre.
Daisy Vollering has claimed victory on stage 9 and extended her overall lead at the Tour de France Femmes, joining Annemiek van Vleuten as the second rider to win multiple titles in the event’s modern era. Niewiadoma-Phinney and Longo Borghini complete the podium as the race heads into its final stages.
Jonas Vingegaard has ended his season after a crash on stage 15 of the Tour de France, fracturing his collarbone. He has announced a focus on recovery and building toward the 2027 season, with Pogacar clinching the Tour and Evenepoel commenting on doping tests. Giro d’Italia winner has completed a career Grand Tour set, and attention now shifts to the World Championships in Montreal.
Enric Mas leads Primoz Roglic by 1:37 with two stages to go at the Vuelta a Espana. A brutal summit finish on Collado del Alguacil awaits on stage 20, with Briton Oscar Onley gaining ground in the best young rider standings and four-time champion Roglic pressing to close the gap. A developing arc sees Brenner and Dunbar each winning mountain stages in recent days.
Brandon McNulty has won the men’s road world championship in Montreal, giving the United States its first elite men's title since 1993. He has attacked with 32km to go, held a 50‑second lead into the final lap and finished 13 seconds clear as Michael Matthews and Mathieu van der Poel took second and third.