The Vuelta a España starts this weekend and here’s a calendar for your diary.
Developing Development Teams
BMC Racing have decided to pull the plug on their development team. In a statement team said a causal factor was their development of riders who only go and sign for other teams.
Team Victory Rankings
A look at who is up and down as well as the chance to review issues like transfers, sponsorship and contracts too.
Warren Barguil Signs With Fortuneo-Oscaro
Not every transfer gets a dedicated blog post but not every move seems to have generated as many questions by twitter and email. So here are a few notes and explainers on Warren Barguil’s move to Fortuneo-Oscaro in case you’re curious…
Transfer Day
It’s transfer day in cycling. Under the UCI rules existing professionals can now sign for another team for the 2018 season, both a pointless rule and a precious one.
Seven the top-10 in the Tour de France are potentially on the market* but it’s also the start of a nervous two months for lesser riders whose contract is up at the end of the year. Here’s a quick scan of the market…
Supporter T-Shirts Back In Stock
The t-shirts are back in stock and available on the Prendas Ciclismo website: prendas.co.uk. They were launched last month and sold out faster than a promising U23 sitting down alone without an agent for contract negotiations with Team Sky.
UCI Annual Report and Accounts
“Don’t judge a book by its cover” goes the saying only the front of the UCI’s annual report and accounts for 2016 says plenty as features the men’s road race at the world championships in Doha, the concluding event of a very lucrative week for cycling’s governing body as the accounts show the Qataris paid far more than the usual amount to host the event.
The UCI’s annual report and accounts (PDF) came out on the eve of the Tour de France. The big race got the limelight, now it’s time to take a quick look at the sport’s governing body and its finances.
The Moment The Tour de France Was Won
The years go by and the result is the same as Chris Froome wins his fourth Tour de France in five years. This year was different with a trio of inseparable riders in the mountains where the contest was so close that they were scrapping over time bonuses, if not to beat Froome then at least to ensure place on the podium. But like last year Froome built his win in the time trials, dominating them in Düsseldorf and dispatching them in Marseille.
Tour de France Stage 21 Preview
An evening sprint where a lot of sprinters who have not won a sprint so far get their last chance.
Tour de France Stage 20 Preview
An urban time trial to show off the best of Marseille, a technical course including the steep climb to the basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde. If the mountains and plains can’t separate the top three, today’s course will deliver a final verdict. Ahead of this there’s also the second part of La Course, the women’s race with its pursuit format borrowed from cross-country skiing.