Not a surprise after his performances so far this season. There was a good argument for him riding the Vuelta as his first GT but many better ones for starting at the Tour, not least the fact that the podium already appears within his reach if his endurance matches the rest of his skill set

Your blood pressure needs this

Wout yesterday, Leeds tonight. Happy days

An extraordinary Roubaix... Record speed No break Tons of punctures but relatively few crashes (right ratio) Pogi on a Boris bike MVDP on Jasper's pedals Tibor's wheel change Tim van Dijke is Mick van Dijke Pogi's chase, Wout's chase, Mathieu's CHASE The final lap Wout wins Add your highlights...

Wout, Rory, Magyar. Hell of a Sunday

I must have watched 30 or more reels like this. Every one takes you back to the velodrome. I can’t ever remember a mass outpouring of joy like this when a rider has won a race. www.instagram.com/reel/DXCaX1W...

Flanders, Itzulia, Roubaix. What a week!

As I did for Flanders & Itzulia, I'll be providing live updates on the Tour Tracker app during Roubaix. It's a great way to follow all of the season's big races. The all-bells-and-whistles option is just $14 a year –about £11/€12 – and it comes without ads. Check it out at www.thetourtracker.com

A 20yo wins the final stage and a 19yo wins the GC, points, mountains and, naturally, the young rider competitions. Quite a week at Itzulia Basque Country. I’d almost forgotten that it’s Roubaixs tomorrow

I’m pretty sure he was unfazed by it

That was a staggering performance. Everyone was raving about Pogačar when he was 4th in the Tour of Slovenia, a 2.1 race, at almost exactly the same age. This kid's wiping the floor with the whole bunch at one of the toughest week-long events on the calendar. The whole of France will be out in July

NEVER IN DOUBT #lufc

Sobering read on the horrors that can be inflicted on foreigners in the UAE even when they’ve done nothing wrong

Black gap, anyone?

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

Struck me that the four chasers were all waiting for each other to take the initiative while MVDP took it himself. His instinct was still to find a way to win

European champions Paris Saint Germain have been approached about the possibility of launching a pro bike team according to L'Equipe

Australians now have better mobility into the EU than Brits “Under the new scheme, Australians can live and work in Europe for up to four years without needing a job offer before arrival.” Second class citizens in our own continent www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/tr...

Important news

imagine if the e3 saxo classic could ever promote their race normally, because what does a naked woman have to do with this. i know they're known for “controversial" posters but their continuation of this is so boring now. maybe advertise the race as some good cycling instead. just a thought!

¡Estamos en semana de monumento! Descubre todo sobre la Milán-San Remo y el resto de los monumentos en este libro que no puedes perderte #MSR2026 #milanosanremo https://ow.ly/S8Io50YvBgX

He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.

it has occurred to me recently that black snot is no longer a thing in London. It used to be a standard feature of a day in town.

Just a reminder that in January of this year, Trump and Hegseth decommissioned EVERY US mine sweeper. Yep. Every. Last. One. Evidently they could never imagine a scenario in which the US needed minesweepers. In Trump's America, we are governed by idiots.

Eight year old Mustafa Bani Odeh. His parents and two siblings murdered in front of him by plainclothed Israeli soldiers, while he was beaten up by them. West Bank. The same unit executed two Palestinians three months ago after they surrendered. Every. Day.

This is quality.

Very sad to hear that Larry has died. He loved the sport with such a passion and was totally committed to promoting it. He was a racer first, then a reporter and photographer. He devoted his life to cycling. RIP

keep the noise down @cmbreports.bsky.social Poor old Morrissey can't sleep www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

I'm providing the live coverage on Tour Tracker for today's Provençal stage of Paris-Nice. You can check out the app at apps.apple.com/us/app/tour-... and at play.google.com/store/apps/d...

I'm providing live coverage of today's Paris-Nice stage on Tour Tracker. Lots of pre-stage interviews are already up there, including Jensen Plowright on his "nice day with the big dogs" in the chaos that was stage 4... www.thetourtracker.com/applications

Some scoop by @jeremywhittle.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

I love Tour Tracker. Great way to keep up when navigating the broadcast mess in the U.S. isn’t possible, or when I’m at the office and streamers are blocked.

Wow, I'm looking at the desktop version, very slick.

I'm doing the live commentary on Paris-Nice for Tour Tracker this week. It's a great app when you can't follow the race on TV. Check it out at www.thetourtracker.com

Congrats to Kirsten. Richly deserved

Probably say this every year, but if you ever have the slightest inclination to try watching cycling on TV, absolutely the best place to start is with today's Strade Bianche race. And this year you get to watch the most exciting young rider in the world, whose name is genuinely pronounced Sex Ass.

Pogi, Seixas, Wout, Pidcock - Strade Bianche is shaping up as some race and I'm pleased to say that I'll be doing live coverage of the whole event for the award-winning app Tour Tracker (www.thetourtracker.com), followed by Paris-Nice next week. Come and join us if you can't follow the racing on TV

This is good

For anyone outside of the UK, unfamiliar with UK satirical/news magazine Private Eye, this is how most (?) Europeans see the Trump administration.

The first woman in Parliament to appear in the Guardian's 'best-dressed at Glastonbury' feature. You'll never sing that, etc...

Opening Weekend is shaping up nicely already

I read an article a couple of days back saying that the general sense within cycling is that doping is on the wane. I'm not convinced by this at all and this story highlights growing concerns about athletes being a step ahead of the testers once again

This is well worth a listen for urban cyclists, but for absolutely anyone really who lives, works or spends time in a city. My task now is to get my dad who thinks the 15min city is going to impinge on his life in a Wiltshire village to listen and learn from it too

This is very good. I often wonder how organic the torrent of (faux-)nostalgia online is, it feels increasingly malevolent (particularly on Facebook)

Two things to note in this pic. Firstly, the sun is finally at. Secondly that mountain in the distance is the Pic de Midi, 100km away

Just heard from Norsgaard in the "Forhjulslir" podcast that when Søren Kragh crashed in provence and fell over the edge, the motorbike following him didn't wait or alert anyone. So Søren saw the motorbike and then the entire peloton pass by and realised no one would likely notice him. ⬇️

Closing weekend before Opening Weekend

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.