Jacques Augendre Obituary

Jacques Augendre has died at the age of 99. He covered 55 editions of the Tour de France, a record which he of all knew well as the Tour de France’s in-house historian but he took little pride from it. “I like cycling, I like writing” he said, and enjoyed long career from this combination.

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Fading Stars

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The Etoile de Bessèges finished on Sunday with a win by Kévin Vauquelin. The big story though was race safety and the withdrawal of nine of the 20 teams in the race. Are small races run by volunteers doomed?

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Critérium du Dauphiné Route

A quick look at the route ahead while the headline is that this race should see the the first clash between Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard.

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The 2025 Points Race

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Crunch time for the World Tour with two teams facing relegation and two aiming for promotion. Here’s a closer look at the contest ahead this year. It’s not the biggest story of the season but it will regularly affect tactics, race programs for teams and riders alike and so shape the season. And can Lotto afford promotion?

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UCI Points And Rankings Tables

Do rankings and points matter in cycling? Demonstrably not as the points tables are hard to find, they’re 70 pages into a 394 page PDF linked to on the regulations page of the UCI website.

But they do matter for this year’s promotion and relegation race. So here are the tables showing how many UCI points are available in each road race. It’s not a gripping read but at least here they’re all on one page and upcoming pieces about points and rankings can link back to this resource.

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Tour Down Under Preview

The men’s season-opener and a chance to see all the kit and bikes sparkle in bright sunshine. This is often a surprisingly subtle race where the winning move can be a sprint for a time bonus rather than a blazing attack.

Here’s a look at the stages, the contenders and the daily finish times.

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Giro d’Italia Route

The 2025 Giro d’Italia route was finally unveiled in a long presentation but since we’ve been waiting since December what’s an extra two hours? It’ll take place between 9 May – 1 June and has few time trials and few summit finishes but remains mountainous.

Here’s a stage-by-stage look with all the profiles on one page and some thoughts on each day and more.

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