Tuesday Shorts

The Tour de Romandie starts today with a prologue, the only World Tour race that still has one. It’s different from an opening time trial as it’s defined as no more than 8km, also the rules say if a rider crashes and doesn’t finish they can start tomorrow’s stage with time of the slowest rider.

It’s not just the prologue, Romandie’s course is often traditional, even retro: no wall-climbs, no cobbles, no gravel. But this is part of the attraction for participants where Giro contenders get as risk-free racing as they can hope for, all on opulent Swiss tarmac. Also teams can test out younger riders in a World Tour stage race that’s less hectic. For a change the weather forecast looks good too.

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The Moment Liège-Bastogne-Liège Was Won

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Tadej Pogačar attacks on La Redoute to go solo and win Liège-Bastogne-Liège for the third time. Nobody could or would respond, especially as Remco Evenepoel was out of team mates and out of position.

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Barry Hoban Obituary

Peter Barry Hoban has died at the age of 85. One of the pioneering British cyclists, he made a name for himself in Europe with eight Tour de France stages, Gent-Wevelgem and more which made him arguably Britain’s best cyclist until the likes of Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish surpassed his achievements.

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The Moment The Amstel Was Won

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A long sprint, Remco Evenepoel has launched with 250m to go and Tadej Pogačar seems to have the measure of him. But out of the slipstream comes Mattias Skjelmose to deliver the surprise, sprinting past the two stars to take a fine win. Indeed the more you watch the sprint, the more convincing Skjelmose’s win proves.

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The Pogačar Effect

Addicted to Tadej Pogačar? Like many addicts you may not realise it or want to confront it but the Slovenian is becoming essential to the sport.

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The Moment Paris-Roubaix Was Won

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Stopped by the side of the road, Tadej Pogačar tries to get his chain back in place after a crash, leaving Mathieu van der Poel to ride away. This wasn’t the precise winning moment as Pogačar could still hope to catch his arch rival… but he never did. Once again the two riders dominated a race, while misfortune seemed reserved for others.

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Paris-Roubaix Preview

They’re all here. The top classics specialist are on their preferred hunting ground for the final cobbled classic of the spring and along comes Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar to try and eat their lunch.

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Movistar Sails Into New Waters


Movistar have landed the co-sponsor they’ve been looking for with EPS. Its parent company Quantum Pacific is now on-board – pun intended – as an investor too.

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The Moment The Ronde Van Vlaanderen Was Won

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This was an edition where one rider dispatched his rivals at will and they were well ahead of the rest. Tadej Pogačar went solo for the win on the last time up the Oude Kwaremont climb but by then he’d already demonstrated he was the strongest in the race, he just had to convert this into a sufficient lead so he could hold off any chase on the long flat road to the finish.

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