Present Tense, Future Imperfect

What have Demi Vollering and Lenny Martinez got in common? One thing is they both told their teams they were leaving earlier this season and quickly felt a chill in the air around their employers.

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Intermarché-Wanty Accounts and Finances

It’s Halloween and what’s more frightening than ghosts and ghouls? Running out of money.

Here’s a look at plucky underdogs Intermarché-Wanty and their latest set of scary accounts.

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2025 Tour de France Route

Tour de France 2025 map

The 2025 Tour de France route has been unveiled and while it’s a return to tradition, think of a remake rather than a replica. There are some surprises too.

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Lost Serendipity

Next summer will be the last when the Tour de France will be shown free-to-air in Britain, from then it will be for Eurosport subscribers only. It marks the end of five decades of free coverage in the UK.

It’s a headache for cycling fans in Britain but also an issue for pro cycling which losses pan-European mass market coverage. And if you live somewhere with free coverage don’t assume it’ll always be that way.

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UCI World Tour Promotion and Relegation

With two seasons done and one left before the next cut for promotion and relegation, a look at the standings. Things look lively for 2025 with Astana and Arkéa already below the line for relegation but would one or both sign up today for relegation if they could have the guarantee their team stayed afloat for 2026 and beyond? Meanwhile Uno-X are on the up and Cofidis and DSM Firmenich-PostNL have reasons to be nervous.

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year, or Bonne Année as they say at the UCI HQ in Aigle, Switzerland*. A new year has rung in but don’t worry if you missed the party last night although it’s safe to say a share of the peloton will have sunk some beers after the finish of races in Nanning, Utsunomiya and Bassano del Grappa yesterday.

Officially the 2025 professional road cycling season starts today. It’s anecdotal for the most part but there’s one big fix to be done.

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Friday Shorts

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The Tour of Guangxi is on and it’s a parade of sprint finishes on massive boulevards so far. Tomorrow sees the summit finish stage so look out for that to determine the GC.

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