Cody vs Roman III with heel Cody coming as champion. Feel like this is the way we should go on in the next weeks. Needs some hot potatoing with the title in January but it has to be done now. None of these proposals is a potential main event for Sunday night.

ADOPT A RIDER FOR 2026 The time has come - if you want a special someone to cheer for 2026, write me a comment and I'll assign you a random rider from 2026 cycling peloton - it can be anyone from any level :) Hope a lot of you will participate!

open.substack.com/pub/cycloben... Thank you, Simon. From the bottom of my heart. For giving cycling's best story of 21st century. 💌

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JrV... maria chivu slaps so hard. happy new year's eve.

Since I've been on Substack, this article has been opened and read more than any other, for which I am very grateful. If you haven't done so already, you can start preparing for 2026 on the last day of this year by doing this :)

cycloben.substack.com/p/2026-mens-... 2026 starts today. It has been a good month for me writing this one, and there are still questions about two teams, but I couldn't wait any longer. It's raw, it's honest - 2026 season preview is out now.

The 2026 men's cycling season preview is coming tomorrow. Team-by-team structure, don't ask me to predict races, I suck at it - but I tried to find the focal points for the 23 strongest teams. Hope many of you will find it interesting :)

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@velofute.bsky.social inspired me to write a post - and this is my comeback also to cycling pieces after a long month. not promising i'll do daily posts like this, but it was finally good creating something meaningful again. here you go: open.substack.com/pub/cycloben...

This is an important update about the future of my cycling endeavours and how I stand in life at November 2025. If you have any questions, just let me know, I put my heart into it. open.substack.com/pub/cycloben...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL1H... Today was finally a great day. Met my former colleague and her baby girl for the first time and it was superawesome. I lack simple interactions like these in normal life and I came alive once again.

open.substack.com/pub/cycloben... No, once again, this isn't a particularly appealing route. And now, even the TDF organisation implicitly agrees that they are tired of Pogacar's victories. However, in a counterproductive move, they have created a route that is almost tailor-made for him. #TDF2026

The third category of the #DomestiqueAwards 🏆: "Best Breakthrough rider" of 2025, hosted by @cycloben2.bsky.social Two names on his shortlist: 🚴‍♂️🇲🇽 Isaac Del Toro 🚴‍♀️🇫🇷 Maëva Squiban Who would you nominate for this award? 👇

All good things come to an end... and it feels like traditional sprinters' era really comes to end in 2025 :(

Every year, I look at what I can change, how I can change, how I can move forward in what I did in the past 4 years. The past weeks have been great for me in this regard—and at early November, I'll share with you what I've come up with. It's time to play big. It's time to write in length.

the best possible thing if you wanna get rid of work stress is to watch women cycling on tough circuits like the one here in Rwanda. cinema. absolute cinema. with an amazing winner, as well. #Kigali2025

we must not stay silent about this release. UCI took things a step further today into something that may have absolutely devastating consequences. I'm with the teams and we all should speak out on their sides.

Massive, massive congrats to Eritrea's Nahom Efriem - 11th place with an absolute supernaturally brilliant positioning on every single Kimihurura climb. Looked amazing. I hope a European development team contract will arrive for him when he gets home #Kigali2025 🇪🇷

Jarno or not Jarno? That's the real question. The U23 peloton will take arms against a sea of troubles and climbs in Kigali tomorrow - here is who I find as potential rainbow jersey candidates!!

Signed and confirmed now. If Juan can acquire the unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno mentality at Lidl-Trek, then it's going to be a huge success. If not... consequences might be huge.

Today's 11th place by Marlen Rojas Lescot is Chile's best ever result on any category at a World Championship, surpassing Catalina Anais Soto's 13th from Glasgow 🇨🇱 #Kigali2025

I have so many opinions and thoughts about La Vuelta... The world is sad. What is happening everywhere is sad. It is sad that UCI is powerless in this regard. I will say only one thing: we must not let the riders be afraid.

It's ridiculous how some people wish Alaphilippe wouldn't win any more races because of wheelsucking. Gosh. Loulou has seen it all. He started the action with 80 to go; he had the right to sit in the peloton afterwards. He attacked when and as much as he had to. He couldn't have done better.

1235th pro race day. The last one. Geraint Thomas will retire today in his hometown, in Cardiff, ahead of tens of thousands of spectators, fans, and admirers. He will be very much missed for his chivalry, loyalty, basically for everything that is dying in modern cycling... #ToBM

Sacrificing a Grand Tour victory to make history and achieve 90 victories? That's how I felt today at UAE's camp. I really didn't like what I saw, and in a way, today's tactical performance is indefensible, but if that's what they think is best, I can't judge them... #LaVuelta25

UCI should take a strong and firm stand now. I said this after the TTT, but it remains true today. Every day of UCI's silence increases the chances of escalation. Yesterday, it was physically demonstrated; today, the race has been neutralised, and the protests affected the race in sporting merit.

Spanish reports say Ayuso joins Lidl-Trek on a 5-year contract. My instant reaction:

Emergency situation needs an emergency Substack post. Juan Ayuso's transfer warranted a separate post, and while I agree with the transfer in theory, I have concerns about his new place. Nah, I don't think it's the best option for him. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/cycloben...

Emilien Jeanniere in the last 2 seasons: 2024: 29/69 top 10s, 42% 2025 so far: 20/50 top 10s, 40%. He's knocking heavily on the open doors of the highest shelf of cycling. If I'd be a team manager, I'd heavily invest in him, even with a buyout from his current contract. #BretagneClassic

well, never thought I'd go onto a Tom Pidcock fanboy... but if it is needed to save a very lacklustre race, I'll be here for it. #LaVuelta25

if I'd be the mayor of Plouay, I'd give a honorary citizenship to Mischa Bredewold after today's classic back-to-back-to-back victory. #GPPlouay

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Holi... pa pa pararara, pararara. late grower into my summer playlist.

If today and yesterday showed anything, it was that UCI should now draw a red line between what is allowed and what is not, for financial, sportswashing and geopolitical reasons. They are years behind on both, and both has probably reached an almost irreversible state. #LaVuelta25

One single pick for this Vuelta: Egan Bernal will stand on the final GC podium. #LaVuelta25

I'll check in here again. So we're 18 days into the transfer season, there have been some very big transfers, there have been a lot of smaller moves, and yet, most strikingly, I can say that almost all of them are ok, defensible signings.

After 39 months, I finally visited a cycling race. And for the first time, I was at the start and the finish, as well. It was superb. Thanks to Denmark for the wonderful organization, I'll keep my bucket hat as a lifelong memory #PNDKR25

From Spanish prodigy 🇪🇸 Paula Ostiz to Irish fighter 🇮🇪Jamie Meehan, meet the stagiaires hoping to turn late-season chances into lifelong contracts. Seven trainees to watch by @cycloben2.bsky.social. 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/features/...

I wish those involved in today's Tour de Pologne crash a speedy recovery. Today's events have shown that the UCI urgently needs to review its rules on neutralisation. If everyone had a constant, functioning GPS signal, this would, in theory, be an easy thing to do.

open.substack.com/pub/cycloben... Remco Evenepoel just did the transfer of this decade, changing teams for the first time in his career. That's a huge deal. Huge deals require separate posts on Stack. There you go.

sunday nights. dutch cherry beer. holidays. finally. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jCj...

Today's 9th place was Cian Uijtdebroeks' first top 10 result in a World Tour one-day race, although this was only his second such race after the 2022 Amstel. Cian's re-profiling as a one-day specialist rider might benefit both him and the team - he was solid in every aspect today. #Klasikoa2025

Stage 7 of the 🇫🇷 #TDFF2025 was the calm before the storm - a last chance for breakaways, a wake-up call for GC favourites, and the moment 🇫🇷 Maëva Squiban rose from promise to phenomenon. The key takeaways by @cycloben2.bsky.social: www.domestiquecycling.com/en/features/... 📷 Cor Vos

12 days until I finally attend a cycling race for the first time in 1100+ days 🤩

Which moments stuck with 🇫🇷 #TDF2025? @writebikerepeat.bsky.social, @globalpeloton.bsky.social, @cycloben2.bsky.social and Juliana Reis pick their favourite stage of this year's race. 🔗 domestiquecycling.com/en/features/... What’s yours? 👇 💬 📷 Harry Talbot

Might be late to the party with sharing this, but I feel this has been the best piece I've written so far in my life. You know, there are times when my desired style, topic and the circumstances align - this was one of the rare occasions #TDF2025

WON HIS FIRST PRO RACE TODAY 🤩🤩🤩

This and Tour de France Femmes. Alas: how to make yourself an open-air screening of an evening stage. #TDFF2025

Solved a problem, gained another: I'll have 4 hours in Amager before moving in - any ideas what to do?

I saw a lot of comments about this. After today's stage, I phrased my thoughts with kind of bittersweet feelings. #TDF2025 substack.com/profile/1808...

Now or never for Jonas. If he wins today, the rivalry goes on. If he doesn't... changes will need to be done at Visma, structurally. Influential battle for the rest of the decade is coming up today #TDF2025