I think it is pretty common for riders to be out of the loop when teams make contentious signings. E.g. Roglic also didn't get any info about Remco. According to this article, Trek were tip-toeing the legal line with the negotiations. So they probably had to wait for UAE's go-ahead to tell anyone.

So many really really talented british juniors and devo riders out there and Ineos are getting exactly none of them. Yikes.

Kagame came and gave a speech at the UCI congress today, but there’s no place for politics in sport, right?

Two silver medals for Chladoňová in Rwanda. Heartbreaking, but: She is still 18. In fact, she was the youngest rider in the race. And she's a well rounded rider. She may not have Gery's punch, but she does have kick. And she can TT. And she can climb high mountains. The future is hers to conquer.

Chladoňová is a freaking beast to make it back to the peloton on the uphil, despite people attacking right after she crashed.

Viki has a personalized non-yellow Cervélo, which makes sense because she's Slovakian champion. But it did make me panic for a second, when I counted fewer yellow bikes than expected 😂

I'm just saying Premier Tech, Alpecin is looking for a second sponsor and have a talented Canadian on their dev squad already.

He‘s officially, finally free 🥹

Title sponsor Premier Tech demands full break with Israel Full story 📄 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/titl... 📸 Cor Vos

Why is every american on here talking about the rapture right now? I feel out of the loop. You guys getting sucked into the sky over there?

Non-context AI rant: If you post "I asked AI and it said [XYZ]", I have a lot of issues with that. But the biggest one is: It let's me know that you don't care about fact-checking things you post on your account. Which means I will not be able to trust anything else you say either.

This is HUGE. Protest works. This actually hurts the team where it matters, which is in the wallet. And it would not be happening without the Vuelta protests. Now let's hope this is not just an empty threat and they'll go through with it if the team don't scrap Israel from name and registration.

Not enough for gold in the end for Viki, but given that she is two years younger than Zoe Bäckstedt and a first year U23 rider, silver in the U23 WC ITT is in insane performance.

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Rocket Remco! 🚀 3 World ITT Championships in a row for Remco Evenepoel 🥇🥇🥇🇧🇪🌈🫡 #Kigali2025

Ok, didn't have time yet to post about Visma's races today so here it goes: Banger lead-out in Isbergues, Affini MVP, Brennan has finally learned to kick a bit for a lead-out and not just roll, and Olav flawless 👌 Heartbroken for Lemmen in Slovakia, but freaking give Van Kerckhove a WT contract 🙏

I don't really care much for TTs, especially with no bees involved in the top favourites. But seeing Remco catch Pogacar on a 2:30 starting gap was so worth watching for 😌

Does this count as Remco dropping him on an uphill? I know it's an ITT, but Pogacar was using his draft 🤔 That would make Remco only the second person, after Wout on Montmartre, to drop Pogacar on an uphill in the last 2 years.

This is cathartic

Oh my god, are we gonna see Remco catch Pogacar 👀

Arnaud de Lie is a lot of things, but a tactical mastermind is not one of those #Super8Classic

Seeing these two commit themselves fully to Brennan is equally surreal and beautiful to watch.

Man, the race for the final WT spot is ridiculously close, and there is still the chance it won't even matter if the Lotto-Intermarche falls through

Kooij held up by the wave caused by the crash, but I wanna highlight one of the baby bees, Cedric Keppens. He was incredibly strong in the last 10km today, getting through several hard fought corners in first position. Not his fault that Kooij lost Vermote's wheel and wasn't with them.

My Visma Bee fans, ya'll are missing so much fun at the #OkoloSlovenska... EVERY single Bee has attacked in the last 20km and I am LOVING it!! 👏

Monday and tuesday have passed with no new transfer announcement from Visma, while the last 4 weeks each had one new signing revealed on either monday or tuesday. This makes me wonder if the Piganzoli and Doull rumours were just rumours. I don't see why they wouldn't be announced yet?

🇪🇸 Spanish government responds to UCI “It is surprising to note that your statement does not include at any time an explicit call on Netanyahu’s government to stop the massacre and barbarity being suffered by the people of Palestine.” 📄 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/span... 📸 Cor Vos

to the people who say protesting at a bike race doesn't do anything,

I don't like it when UAE do smart tactics...

Next year's Tour de France starts in Spain btw. If the UCI hasn't done anything about IPT by then, there will be no Grand Depart, that's for sure...

Whenever French commentary talk about Nordhagen they call him "le petit Nordhagen" ("the little Nordhagen") and I just find that so cute 🥹

Littlest bee in the break 🐝🐝🐝 @katie13.bsky.social I need you to shout at him all day for encouragement!!

Take this as a reminder not to idolize athletes beyond the sport. Being the first black African to win a TdF stage does not automatically make someone a role model. Celebrate your favourite athletes' achievements, but be mindful that those say nothing about their personality or world view.

Here is a summary of the last stage on youtube youtu.be/y6WckU-oEe8?...

I only just noticed this. Team cars were not allowed on the final climb, but it looks like teams had motorbikes instead, with a mechanic carrying a spare bike 😂 Very prudent by the organisors to allow this, given how rough the surface was. A GT decided by a puncture would have been anticlimactic.

2025 GT Point Jersey Giro🟣Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) TdF🟢Jonathan Milan (LIdl-Trek) Vuelta🟢Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) Congratulations Lidl-Trek🎉

🌎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐓 🎨 Saúl De la Rosa | #LaVuelta25

UAE, despite being the most climbing-talent dense team in the world, have still yet to win a Grand Tour with someone other than Pogacar. Visma have won Grand Tours with 4 different riders in the last 3 years. You may win 85 races, but a GT requires a team. And without Pogacar, UAE are not a team.

In other news... It's raining 1-2s for Visma today!! Marion and Femke dropped the hammer down on stage 5! Marion won the stage with Femke coming in second. Femke now leads the race. Great job ladies 🎉🎉🎉🫶🏾

And despite that, he was never in trouble. He was never dropped, he never lost a single meter to Almeida in a road stage. Shows his strength, but also how much fight he has in him.

Everyone was making fun of Pidcock when he rode for GC all Giro. Now he's podiuming La Vuelta. That would not have been possible without riding GC in the Giro. Every day he said he's doing it to practice motivation. To practice hanging on when it's really hard. That's what got him the podium today.

Stage 5 of the Tour Feminin l'Ardeche was won by Marion Bunel of Team Visma | Lease a Bike. firstcycling.com/race.php?r=9...

Everyone was making fun of Pidcock when he rode for GC all Giro. Now he's podiuming La Vuelta. That would not have been possible without riding GC in the Giro. Every day he said he's doing it to practice motivation. To practice hanging on when it's really hard. That's what got him the podium today.

Ciccone and Landa being strongest in a doomed break-away in week 3, after staying in GC in week 1 and not being able to go into the gazillion winning breaks then, is sadly poetic.

😅 Talk about mixed signals! 😆 ¿Te aclaras, Nico? #LaVuelta25

Is Julian Alaphilippe the active rider with the highest number of different established nicknames? 🤔

OMG this is a UAE tactical "masterclass" 😂😂😂😂 Mcnulty dropping Pogacar and pulling away Girmay had me laughing out loud

NOT a UAE win!!! 😭

OMG this is a UAE tactical "masterclass" 😂😂😂😂 Mcnulty dropping Pogacar and pulling away Girmay had me laughing out loud

Laporte bridging that gap was hella impressive 👀