Ineos Grenadiers have announced that Daryl Impey and Elia Viviani have joined the team as Sport Directors for the 2026 season.

Tadej Pogačar 🇸🇮 is said to support the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España swapping places in the calendar? What are your thoughts? The weather may improve for Italy but Spain still gets high 30s regularly in May especially in the south of the country.

This is a shame that they're closing those teams but their loss is the younger generations gain, I guess!

Biniam Girmay 🇪🇷 will leave Intermarché-Wanty after 5 and a bit years where he won Tour green and 4 stages, a stage of the Giro, Gent-Wevelgem and much more. Where will he go next? Well, almost every finger points towards NSN Cycling, formally Israel-Premier Tech. A good move for the Eritrean star?

Bahrain Victorious announced that they part with Merida bikes after nine seasons with the team. What bike brand do you think they will swap to? There's a lof chatter around Factor at the moment. bahraincyclingteam.com/bahrain-vict...

I agree with Bardet. French cycling media are so desperate for a Tour winner they put the pressure of the world on talented young riders shoulders who then can't quite manage to live up to the hype. Bardet, Pinot, Alaphilippe, Sicard, Barguil, Rolland etc etc etc. Seixas could be the same.

Geraint Thomas trades being a pro rider to being Ineos Grenadiers' Director of Racing.

After some good news earlier in the week for Fernando Gaviria 🇨🇴 as he signs for Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, he has some rather bad news. The Colombian sprinter has been handed a 2 month suspended prison sentence for driving 5x over the legal drink drive limit. Not good!

Fantastic to see Ben Granger 🇬🇧 get a move to Solutions Tech-Vini Fantini for 2026. He has taken some great results including wins at last year's Lancaster GP and this year's CiCLE Classic, Firenze-Empoli, Giro del Montalbano as well as 3rd at Coppa Sabatini just 8" behind Isaac del Toro 🇲🇽!

The news that it seems Paramount+ have bought UEFA Champions League rights from 2027/28 to 2030/31 may not sound relevant to cycling fans. However, Paramount+ are apparently expected to be buying Warner Bros. Discovery+. Could this see yet more changes to the streaming platform for cycling fans?

Fantastic to see Lloyd's National Road Series winner, Adam Howell 🇬🇧, get a move to Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme for the 2026 season. What a year he had winning Tour of the Reservoir, East Cleveland Classic, Kennel Hill Classic, Peaks 2 Days S1, l'Estivale Bretonne Youth and Tour de la Manche S3.

Four bits of news I've seen in the last couple of days: Esteban Chaves 🇨🇴 retires after very successful career Assos leaves Tudor as official clothing brand 🇨🇭 Fernando Gaviria 🇨🇴 joins Caja Rural-Seguros RGA after Movistar departure Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe sign Haimer Etxeberria 🇪🇸 from Kern Pharma

Highlights of the men's 2025 CAC Road Cycling African Championships in Kenya 🇰🇪 with my commentary! 1/3

One thing we can be sure of is that Ineos Grenadiers will do a classy looking French champs kit

One thing I've learnt from watching the African Championships is that Ethiopia 🇪🇹 have some fantastic riders coming up through the ranks. Some very impressive performances by both men and women fron juniors to elite. They have some special talents that could flourish given the right chances.

A fantastic day of racing with Merhawi Kudus 🇪🇷 taking the win ahead of Awet Aman 🇪🇷 and Oussama Abdellah Mimouni 🇩🇿. The U23 title taken by Aman 🇪🇷 with Mimouni 🇩🇿 in 2nd and Samuel Niyonkuru 🇷🇼 managing 3rd after crashing earlier in the race covering him in dust and dirt. A pleasure to commentate on.

It's my dad's favourite day today, it's Stir Up Sunday! The day you traditionally make the Christmas pudding and get the whole family to stir the mixture... Hopefully all the blender stuff will be done before I start commentating today 😂

Is Remco the current version of Wiggins and Dumoulin? Strong climbers but they really need long TTs to dominate Grand Tours.

Important knowledge for those who thought they wouldn't see CX this season...

It's been a cool day! Looking forward to covering the men's race tomorrow on SuperSport Africa!

A rather surreal moment for me as my commentary is broadcast live at the finish line in Kwale, Kenya 🇰🇪!

I'm live on SuperSport Africa and the SuperSport app from 15:10 🇰🇪 time (12:10 🇬🇧 time). Not sure if it is available in the UK or Europe as a whole, but it is apparently on the SuperSport app, so have a look around. Should be a good day of racing with the women's Elite and U23 titles up for grabs.

Israel-Premier Tech rebrands as Swiss registered NSN Cycling Team from 2026. nsncyclingteam.com/nsn-and-ston...

Very excited to say that I will be commentating on the African Championships 2025 road races for elite women and men this weekend for Premier Sport Africa! An interesting route for the riders to do with several flat laps of a circuit before a summit finish in Kenya 🇰🇪.

Anyone else miss that TotalEnergies will ride Cube bikes next season? The move comes after Cube leave their long-standing partnership with Intermarché-Wanty as the Lotto merger nears completion. This sees the French squad drop the Enve bikes for 2026. teamtotalenergies.com/en/le-team-t...

I see Factor are the latest sponsor to be leaving IPT with Scott taking over as the team's bike manufacturer. Thoughts on Factor leaving? And thoughts on Scott willing to step into the vacant space?

Premier Tech joins St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93 from 2026 after leaving IPT. However, they do not take a name slot on the long list of sponsors already in place for the French squad. auber93cyclisme.com/bienvenue-a-...

Been a wintery morning ❄️

Goes to show that rebranding and changing country registration doesn't mean the links disappear.

Tonights win for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 against North Macedonia 🇲🇰 (7-1) in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers wasn't on my bingo card! Not their biggest win, however. That was back in 1888 against Ireland where the Welsh won 11-0.

Mark Renshaw and Heinrich Haussler join Decathlon-CMA CGM team staff for next season decathlonag2rlamondialeteam.com/en/mark-rens...

João Almeida 🇵🇹 extends contrast with UAE Team Emirates-XRG to 2028

🚨NEW KIT SEASON HAS BEGUN!🚨 Novo Nordisk open the 2026 kit reveal season with a slight update on their 2025 look. A nice update with more green added to the dark blue and the design on the back looks cool. Is it a Taurus thing? I don't know my star signs very well. (Screenshot from team's insta)

National Circuit Series, women & open 2026 🇬🇧 Colne GP 16th June Otley GP 1st July Ilkley GP 3rd July Guildford GP 8th July Dawlish GP 17th July Sheffield GP 22nd July National Championships location for crit races not yet revealed.

National Road Race Series, open 2026 🇬🇧 East Cleveland Classic 12th April Lincoln GP 10th May Tour of the Reservoir 7th June TBA 12th July South Molton GP 19th July Beaumont Trophy 9th August North Yorkshire GP 16th August What will the TBA be? Wentworth Woodhouse?

National Road Race Series, women 2026 🇬🇧 CiCLE Classic 22nd March East Cleveland Classic 12th April Lincoln GP 10th May Tour of the Reservoir 7th June TBA 12th July Curlew Cup 9th August North Yorkshire GP 16th August Fantastic to see Ampleforth back on the calendar after a year out

Really nice signing by DAS-Hutchinson!

Freelancing is tough mentally. Often I think about packing it all in and retraining. I was working out how much I've earned so far this tax year compared to previous years and I can see I'm on track to almost double my first year as a freelancer, while it isn't much still, it's a little win.

Seeing rumours that Premier Tech will take over from Deceuninck at Alpecin-Deceunink in 2026. This follows the Canadian brand leaving Israel-Premier Tech despite promise of rebrand in the new season. It now looks like IPT will be Swiss in the new year, adding the Tudor and Pinarello-Q36.5 ib 2026.

I think a stab at the Giro or Vuelta would make sense. They'll want to make sure he's comfortable across three weeks and can manage a GT before the added pressure of the Tour, especially with him being French!

Something a bit different tonight! Bastille live at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle

This is absolute madness!!

Boompods have stepped away from sponsoring British team 'Team Boompods' after around a decade with the squad. Fortunately, there is a new title sponsor stepping up to make sure the team continues into next season. That'll be announced soon (if not already). What an innings by Boompods, though! 👏

In Flanders Fields - From Middelkerke to Wevelgem... Otherwise known as Gent-Wevelgem

What an icon 👏

It is the NINTH of November and I've already lost Whamaggedon 😂

£109.99 for a full WorldTour grade skinsuit, anyone?

Canadian 🇨🇦 brand, Premier Tech, pull out of sponsoring Israel-Premier Tech 🇮🇱 with immediate effect saying that is is "untenable" to continue. IPT are about to go through a full rebrand, dropping the Israel name. But that isn't enough for Premier Tech. So, where does this leave IPT?

Norwegian 🇳🇴 squad, Team Coop-Repsol announce their future is secure with new backing from Italian 🇮🇹 bike brand, Drali Milano. The team is now called Team Drali-Repsol for the next three years. Newly retired Alexander Kristoff 🇳🇴 also joins as co-owner. They have also split from the women's squad.

The Halland Johannessen twins 🎶 Tobias & Anders 💛