400 jobs cut at Manchester United: "savings" of £7.4m. Potential cost of the sacking of Ruben Amorim and his staff: £15.9m.

Hope the "thank goodness the Premier League is back!!" takes are kept to a minimum this week – the past few days has been football at its best & purest.

My book, Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable, is out today! It is the first in-depth biography of modern cycling's greatest, charting his dazzling rise to the top, full of fresh stories, insight and interviews with those close to him. Order it here: tinyurl.com/Pogibook 📙 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social

𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗰𝗼 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗹 ➡️ www.soudal-quickstepteam.com/en/news/7147...

Confirmed - Remco Evenepoel will leave Soudal Quick-Step at the end of the season and join Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. Story on @cyclingweekly.com

Confirmed: David Rozman has left the Tour and will be interviewed by ITA again. My story👇👇 www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Not a surprise.

Stage 12 finishes at Hautacam, a 16km climb first used at #TourdeFrance in 1994. At the 2000 Tour, Spaniard Javier Otxoa soloed to victory in the rain, holding off a hard-charging Lance Armstrong. Here's a piece I wrote about Otxoa and tragedy that was soon to follow. wildermedia.com/javier-otxoa...

Oscar Onley is continuing to shine at this Tour de France and is growing quietly more confident by the day. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/its-n...

Ineos Grenadiers haven't got off to a great start in the Tour de France – can they afford another flop? I investigate and analyse for @cyclingweekly.com www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-...

What a ride from Ben Healy. Reaction on the ground from EF’s Tom Southam, Charly Wegelius and Michael Valgren in Vire Normandie. 👇🏻 #TDF2025 www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/he-ha...

Jasper Philipsen crashes out of the race on the road to Dunkirk. My story from stage three 👇🏻 www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/he-wa...

Jonas Vingegaard is attacking purely for his own entertainment at this Tour de France. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-did...

Today’s expert analysis: it ends up! If Pogačar and Van der Poel don’t attack on the preceding climbs, surely they’ll be tempted on this final uphill drag (photo taken with 500m to go). Still the heart yearns for Roglification… #TdF2025

Pouring down with rain at the start this morning. A Pogcineration ala Fléche Wallone is definitely on the cards in Boulogne.

I’m on the ground in Lille and ready for the start of another Tour de France. Check out my stories on @cyclingweekly.com over the next few days. 🇫🇷

“It goes against the whole idea of racing” CPA President Adam Hansen on the planned move from the UCI. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-maj...

Yates attacks on the Finestre. It was on these same hairpins that he abandoned the maglia rosa in 2018

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@labeler.radial.racing 11 please

Marcel Kittel wasn’t too impressed with the plans for the final stage of the Tour de France when we spoke yesterday. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-fee...

Super rider from Carapaz. Just love that aggression. So many riders nowadays are hesitant to give everything for fear of wasting energy, or of what others around them might do, but there is the evidence of what can happen when you throw caution to the wind.

Sat down with Bradley Wiggins at an Ekoï kit launch last week. What followed was an incredibly raw, moving and honest conversation. 👇🏻 www.cyclingweekly.com/news/i-was-d...

We are looking for a news writer to join our team on a 12 month fixed-term contract - if you or anyone you know is interested, do apply! Message if you have any further questions apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...

Pogačar will ride Paris-Roubaix, screengrab from UAE team website

First pro win for Matty Brennan.

'We've all got a little bit extra in us this year' - Ineos Grenadiers recapture 'fighting spirit' with aggressive Paris-Nice display www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/weve-...

Apart from Matteo Jorgenson, Ineos Grenadiers were the biggest winners of the week at Paris-Nice for me. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen consistency like that from them.

Never mind the bike racing, my highlight of stage seven of Paris-Nice was seeing a wolf within metres of our car.

Jhonatan Narváez still stopped to sign autographs at Auron after riding the final climb in heavy snow. #ParisNice

Thymen Arensman warming down at a bitterly cold and wet finish today. #ParisNice

Vingegaard not starting today’s stage of Paris-Nice

Not looking good for Vingegaard at Paris-Nice. Understand he also has a wrist injury which is being examined.

Pogačar often makes it look easy, today was harder. Reminded of Philippe Brunel (now retired as L’Equipe’s lead cycling writer) who defined a champion as not only someone who wins big, but also someone who can overcome a situation in which they were disadvantaged and triumph from this

No-one could imagine Trump speaking to Putin like that. Which is one of the reasons that just happened.

Live cycling coverage in the UK – @tomthewlis.bsky.social in this week's @cyclingweekly.com

I'm looking to speak to an expert in sports broadcasting trends in relation to cycling coverage hugely increasing in cost from the end of this month Any suggestions as to who might be interesting to speak to? #journorequest

“It has been horrible. My uncle and his son have been killed, my mother’s shop was looted.” From a young cyclist we support in Goma (DRC). Despite all this, he is trying to focus on his @gozwift.bsky.social training, with a new Wahoo #TRACKR we supplied to his club! True resilience 👍🇨🇩

Some big news this morning. From next month, Eurosport will be no more and cycling fans will have to pay more for TNT Sports to catch the action www.cyclingweekly.com/news/eurospo...

If you ride one of these Lapierre models, don't go out without first checking whether or not your bike is effected www.cyclingweekly.com/news/lapierr...

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This has now gone. Sorry to those that have just got in touch.

I have a spare ticket going for Leeds away on Saturday. Drop me an email if you’re interested and can sort out getting it to you: [email protected] #oufc

Nice little feature from @t-davidson.bsky.social on the battle for sponsorship in the UK scene. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/its-a-d...

After 21 years and 22 Monument wins, no more Patrick Lefevere at Quick-Step www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/patri...

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸-𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗖𝗘𝗢 Read more about it: www.soudal-quickstepteam.com/en/news/6802...

An article I’ve always wanted to write, the story of Ramon Diaz’s time as Oxford United manager 20 years on with all-new interviews bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... #oufc

Tom Pidcock to Q36.5 confirmed. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tom-p...