At the beginning of December, Remco Evenepoel suffered a bad accident while training. The Belgian set off all the alarm bells after crashing into the open door of a postal truck. The injuries sustained in the crash have left the Soudal Quick-Step star out for several months. Recently, Evenepoel has spoken about his recovery. The double Olympic champion has definitively confirmed his absence from the Giro d’Italia 2025. He has also revealed the race in
25 December, 2024
The economic gap divides the road cycling peloton
The ever-widening gap between the super teams that dominate the peloton and hoard the best riders and the large middle class who have to make do with the crumbs they leave behind continues to draw criticism. Inequality continues to grow in cycling. We see it with mega-structures such as UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Visma-Lease a Bike or Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe that, at the stroke of a cheque, no longer hoard the best riders in the world, making
24 December, 2024
Tadej Pogacar’s possible 12 victories at the Vuelta a España 2025
The announcement of the route of the Vuelta a España 2025 has been on everyone’s lips in recent days. Since the 21 stages were presented, opinions about it have multiplied, especially with a certain favoritism towards Tadej Pogacar. In fact, the figure of Javier Guillén, director of La Vuelta, has been criticized more than praised. The main reason for these criticisms revolves around the idea that it will be a “monotonous” race, clearly oriented towards
In a new exhibition, Mathieu van der Poel has just taken an overwhelming victory at the CX World Cup in Zonhoven. In the women’s race, his teammate Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado took the win with a decisive attack. The CX World Cup in Zonhoven brought the expected debut of Mathieu van der Poel in the cyclocross season. A race that was expected to be exciting due to the toughness of the course, but in which
22 December, 2024
Luis Daniel Oses crowned champion of the Tour of Costa Rica 2024
The 7C Economy rider from Palmares, Luis Daniel Oses, was crowned champion this Sunday, December 22 of the Tour of Costa Rica Telecable 2024 with a time of 36:27:15 after ten stages that took place in the seven provinces of the country since Friday, December 13. Oses took the lead from the second day of competition and held throughout the race the leader’s jersey that made him this Sunday the first Costa Rican champion of
21 December, 2024
Santiago Montenegro wins the duel with Sergio Chumil in the penultimate stage in Costa Rica
The ninth stage of the Tour of Costa Rica 2024 was won by Santiago Montenegro (Movistar Best PC). The Ecuadorian was the strongest of the breakaway and achieved the victory, after riding 106.8 kilometers around Naranjo. The 26-year-old South American rider, who achieved his first victory of the year, won the duel with Guatemalan Sergio Chumil (Guatemala National Team), who came in second with the same time as the winner. Daniel Bonilla, from Colono Bikestation
20 December, 2024
VAR comes to cycling
The Dutch cycling federation will incorporate cameras on the handlebars of all participants in order to establish a VAR that will allow judges to observe in real time any incident in the race and apply the measures they deem appropriate. Although for some years now the judges or referees of cycling races have had immediate access to television images and have the power to make decisions based on them, now the Dutch federation has decided
The eighth stage of the Vuelta a Costa Rica 2024 was won by Donovan Ramírez (Team Colono Bikestation Kölbi), who added his second consecutive victory. The Costa Rican was once again the strongest in the mountainous definition and once again won alone, after riding 118.5 kilometers between Perez Zeledon and Oreamuno. The 22-year-old Tico rider, who achieved his sixth victory of the season, beat Ecuador’s Richard Huera (Movistar-Best PC) and his compatriot Andrés Alpízar (Ciclo
19 December, 2024
Belgian cycling legend Rik Van Looy dies at 90 years of age
Rik Van Looy, “The Emperor of Herentals”, a Belgian cycling legend with 397 professional victories, including two world championships and eight monuments, has died at the age of 90 after a long illness. He is gone forever a winner of race since his youth, who at the age of 22 years coincided in the Faema with Bahamontes. He immediately began to excel in the classics, winning in his first season the Ghent Wevelgem and the
19 December, 2024
Tour of Costa Rica 2024: Donovan Ramírez wins stage seven
The seventh stage of the Tour of Costa Rica 2024 was won by Donovan Ramírez (Team Colono Bikestation Kölbi). The Costa Rican was the strongest in the definition and achieved the victory alone, after riding 137 kilometers with arrival in Buenos Aires. The 22-year-old Costa Rican rider, who achieved his fifth victory of the year, beat his compatriot Sebastián Brenes (Canel’s-Java) and American Jhon Borstelmann (BTR Racing), who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, both 10