Egan Bernal is the first rider to wear 🟢 without scoring a single point. #TDF2026 #cycling

Left in 🩷🇮🇹 cake back in 🟡🇫🇷 It's at least already a mental victory for Vingegaard. The Giro-TDF combination is always a bit risky, but today was a good result, despite that there is still a lot more to come. #TDF2026

🌡️ Temperatures 🇫🇷 #TDF2026 📆 Sat : 30 °C 📆 Sun : 31 °C 📆 Mon : 32 °C 📆 Tue : 35 °C 📆 Wed : 37 °C 🥵 #cycling

Minimax knows how to design a proper champion's jersey for their riders 🇫🇮 #cycling

She already showed herself in the first big classic of the year, and continued with her strong run since then Britt de Grave is a promising classic rider, who keeps working to take the next step. Get to know her better in our interview 👇📖🚴‍♀️ cyclingbottle.blogspot.com/2026/07/inte... #cycling

🗺️ All regions where the Tour de France ha been in the past, a map that goes far beyond 🇫🇷 France. #cycling #TDF2026

After 3️⃣8️⃣ years, Caja Rural is back in the 🇫🇷 Tour de France. After their strong 2025, the team got rewarded by a wildcard to show their iconic jersey at the biggest stage. #cycling #TDF2026

🌎 South American Pro cyclists 🚴‍♂️ 2016 ➡️ 2026 🇨🇴 Colombia 20 ➡️ 18 🇪🇨 Ecuador 0 ➡️ 5 🇻🇪 Venezuela 3 ➡️ 2 🇨🇱 Chile 0 ➡️ 2 🇺🇾 Uruguay 1 ➡️ 1 🇦🇷 Argentina 5 ➡️ 1 🇧🇷 Brazil 15 ➡️ 0 Overall : 44 ➡️ 29 Cycling loses ground in South America too. #cycling

🌍 African pro riders 🚴🏻‍♀️ 2016 ➡️ 2026 🇿🇦 South Africa 9 ➡️ 3 🇪🇷 Eritrea 4 ➡️ 5 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 1 ➡️ 0 🇷🇼 Rwanda 1 ➡️ 0 🇩🇿 Algeria 1 ➡️ 0 🇲🇺 Mauritius 0 ➡️ 1 Overall : 16 ➡️ 9 Africa is booming in more & more sports, but in cycling, they go backwards, unfortunately. #cycling #Africa

For the first time since 2007, 🇫🇷 France will not have the most cyclists in their own home race. 🇧🇪 Belgium will have the biggest delegation in the Tour de France. They start with 31 riders. The last time that more than 30 Belgians started, was in 1989. #cycling #TDF2026

🌍 The global state of cycling's biggest stage 🇪🇺 84 % European 🌏 16 % Rest of the World 📸 ProCyclingstats #cycling #TDF2026

An interesting new route for the 🇦🇺 Tour Down Under in 2027 ✨ The longest ever, and an unpredictable one 👀 The women's race is only 3 days yet. Let's hope that a country with so much female talent could increase that to at least 4 stages in 2028 #cycling

When Israel-Premier Tech still existed, protestors came on the street But 🇦🇪 UAE, a regime who finances the bloody war in 🇸🇩 Sudan and who oppresses women in their own country, that's ok... We see none of these people now. Double standards. #cycling

🚴🏻‍♀️ #TDF2026 - Riders per country 📊 Provisional 🇫🇷 France 30 🇧🇪 Belgium 29 🇳🇱 Netherlands 16 🇮🇹 Italy 12 🇩🇪 Germany 11 🇪🇸 Spain 11 🇦🇺 Australia 9 🇳🇴 Norway 7 🇩🇰 Denmark 7 🇺🇲 United States 6 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 6 🇨🇴 Colombia 4 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4 .... #cycling

While other sports have more meetings between the big stars than ever before. Cycling is choosing a different path. What is the impact of this opposite evolution, and why it might not be the best route to take? Read more in this column cyclingbottle.blogspot.com/2026/06/colu... #cycling

📊 The women's rankings after the nationals #cycling

📊 The new rankings before 🇫🇷 #TDF2026 #cycling

Kitija Siltumena became the new 🇱🇻 Latvian champion. A new milestone for the 23-year-old rider. Baltic riders often have to make big sacrifices from a young age, by racing most of the year abroad & often combining it with work & studies. Glad that she got rewarded at 23. #cycling

🏆 National champions so far 🇬🇧 Zoë Backstedt 🇳🇱 Wilco Kelderman 🇸🇮 Nika Bobnar 🇳🇴 Sigrid Haugset 🇦🇹 Katharina Sadnik 🇨🇿 Mathias Vacek 🇱🇺 Marie Schreiber 🇮🇹 Jonathan Milan 🇰🇿 Rinata Sultanova 🇱🇻 Kitija Siltumena 🇵🇱 Dominika Wlodarczyk 🇯🇵 Akari Kobayashi 🇭🇺 Petra Zsanko #cycling

We are already having a historic low amount of ProTeams in the past few years. If Total Energies & Flanders-Baloise leave the peloton after this year, that makes again about 50 riders who can't live from the sport anymore. #cycling

Such a shame that Jordi Meeus isn't in the 🇫🇷 TDF selection of Red Bull-Bora this year. It's unlikely that they will have to defend a yellow jersey for weeks, this year. So they could have left some space in their selection for a stage hunter who can bring successes #cycling

Cycling became more & more like football. Contracts are full of loopholes to get out of running contracts. More & more talks about potential transfers, less & less focus on the running season. Transfer mode is on all the time. #cycling

No 🇩🇰 Danish jersey for Jonas Vingegaard too, this year. The winner of the most recent Giro d'Italia will not take part at the national championship, this weekend. He prefers to do a training camp this week. #cycling

Where would you like to see a cycling World championship in the future? #cycling

Blanka Vas will not be in 🇭🇺 Hungarian jersey anymore for the first time since 2019. The 24-year-old rider has health issues and isn't ready to race. Since last Autumn, the results of the super talent had highs & lows. #cycling

Remco Evenepoel risks a sanction by the 🇧🇪 Belgian cycling federation, as rumours say that he will intentionally skip it to continue his 3 months rest break ahead of the 🇫🇷 TDF The possible sanctions include a suspension and a fine. Let's see how this turns out. #cycling

This is how it should be. Health should always come first. If you decide to let riders race in such extreme temperatures, then more measures should be taken than those in the current UCI rules. We really don't want riders to end up in hospitals or even worse. #cycling

Speed skating is so niche that they need to move the Olympics to the Netherlands because France does not even have any venue for it. But no space for a cyclocross race, @iocmedia? Your standards are so bad. #cycling #Olympics

Women's cycling has a long history, in and outside the spotlights. We take you through the different eras with 9⃣ icons who changed the sport in their own way. Read their stories in this blog article 👇🚴‍♀️📖 cyclingbottle.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-... #cycling

I'm not sure if Longo Borghini or Wlodarczyk have bigger chances to win the race than Blasi, to be honest. #cycling

I think it's time to finally have an important debate about this. Riders are risking their lives if they have to race for days in temperatures above 35 °C. Measures should be taken if we don't want to witness heat deaths in front of us. #cycling #TDF2026

A legendary moment from the Tour de France Femmes in 1992. The two best riders at the time, Jeannie Longo & Leontien van Moorsel surplacing on the Alpe d'Huez. The latter would win a sprint and win the Tour de France oveall with just a 9 second margin overall. #cycling

After a difficult Spring, Marlen Reusser wins her home race 🇨🇭 She seems to grow towards her best form, and seems to be ready for the Tour de France, this Summer. Last year, she couldn't defend her chances there. Maybe this can be her year now? #cycling

Jasper Philipsen wins one of the oldest stage races in the sport (1911). He wins the Tour of Belgium 🇧🇪 The race was not too challenging, this year, given the well known hills that could be used instead. But it's a very nice victory for him. #cycling

What Dina Scavone has achieved as a club rider, this season again, is more than impressive. She has already won an UCI race this season, and collected many close results in other UCI races as well. Many teams could use a talented rider like her, I guess. #cycling

First victory of the season for Vos 🏆 At the age of 39, she's still a top sprinter and took her 258th victory in her career. Paula Blasi takes the overall win and adds another win to her palmares, this season. #cycling

Kooij beats Merlier, Philipsen and Girmay ahead of the Tour de France. A race that he probably won't even ride. It's nice to see the best sprinters in action against each other this week. I enjoy these big meetings even before the Tour de France. #cycling

Sofia Ungerova is achieving one close result after another already for months now. At the age of 20, she's one of the most promising young riders to watch. Read more about her in our interview 👇 cyclingbottle.blogspot.com/2026/05/inte... #cycling

When Eddy Merckx won 🟡🟢🔴 in one Tour de France, People applauded 👏 But when Tadej Pogacar could maybe potentially win it, the organization changes the rules to avoid that. Preventing new milestones in the sport. The cycling world is behaving strange sometimes. #cycling

Really nice to see how each country has their own cover. #TDF2026 #cycling

Sad for Lauren Dickson. She was really in high form. I'm curious what she could have done in this race. #cycling

A sprinter winning the jersey based on just 4 stages doesn't make the jersey interesting. Making the jersey spint leaning, but still give chances to other riders to win it too, would make it more interesting again. Then you would have more candidates to win it. #cycling #TDF2026

🇨🇭 Tour de Suisse - Stages 🔸 1986 : 12 🔸 1996 : 10 🔸 2006 : 9 🔸 2016 : 9 🔸 2026 : 5 Nickname : The fourth grand tour #cycling #TDS2026

Biniam Girmay wins the first sprint test ahead of the Tour de France. He beats Merlier at the line. Tomorrow he can defend his leaders' jersey in a new sprint stage in the Tour of Belgium. #cycling

Really unfortunate. Let's hope that he can still have a beautiful Vuelta afterwards. After his crash, the previous time, he still has some unfinished business there. He had to leave the race with 3 stage wins and as leader in two classifications. More luck this time. #cycling

Happy birthday to the GOAT 🎂 Eddy Merckx turns 81 today! #cycling

Already 6️⃣2️⃣ race days but Jasper Stuyven keeps going 💪🏻 No rest for him, after the classics and Giro, he will still still do the Tour of Belgium and nationals ahead of the Tour de France. #cycling

3 years ago, Gino Mäder lost his life in a cycling race. He might not be among us anymore, but he's forever part of the peloton. A moment to think about the safety in the sport that we love, and the heroes that we have lost. #cycling

Trying to achieve your dream, while your home country is experiencing a nightmare Kateryna Velychko is one of the faces that represents this strong nation 🇺🇦 Combining talent & strength Read more about her journey in our interview 👇📖 cyclingbottle.blogspot.com/2026/06/inte... #cycling #Ukraine

🚴‍♂️ Pogacar - Vingegaard 🔸 26 : Tour de France 🔸 25 : Tour de France, Euros, Dauphiné 🔸 24 : Tour de France 🔸 23 : Tour de France, Paris-Nice 🔸 22 : Tour de France, Lombardy, Fleche, Tirreno Not many races between the best two GC riders. #cycling