Latest articles by Patrick Fletcher
Tour de France 2028 to shift to June start with Champagne on the menu in home Grand Départ
News Expect a calendar shuffling in 2028 as early Olympic events push cycling's main event
Enric Mas has been wearing women's kit at the Giro d'Italia – What's really going on here?
News Spanish rider has been spotted in skinsuit bearing the Women's WorldTour logo during the opening week
Tour de Hongrie: Benoît Cosnefroy stuns field with stage 2 victory using long-range sprint
Results Alexis Renard and Max Kanter well back for final podium spots
Sharp braking averts disaster as deer skids across the road in front Tour de Hongrie peloton - Video
News Soudal-QuickStep rider manages to avoid contact
Wrong turn and crashes cause breakaway bedlam in absurd Giro d'Italia finale
News Igor Arrieta and Afonso Eulálio hang on to take stage win and maglia rosa despite late-race mishaps
Jonas Vingegaard's former coach jumps to rival team just three months after sudden Visma-Lease a Bike exit
News Tim Heemskerk will coach 'selected riders' at Remco Evenepoel's Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
Milan Menten joins Arnaud De Lie in quitting Giro d'Italia as freak illness continues to punish Lotto Intermarché squad
News Belgian rider abandoned stage 4 having emptied the tank across late second-category climb, teammate won't start stage 5
'It's unfortunate' – Jonas Vingegaard misses out on bonus seconds at Giro d'Italia
News Pre-race favourite overtaken by Pellizzari on GC after launching Red Bull KM sprint during stage 4
2026 Giro d'Italia stage 5 preview – Breakaway battle and possible GC skirmishes on 4,000-metre elevation day
Preview Midweek climbing day strikes for 203km from Praia a Mare to Potenza
Giro d'Italia: Paul Magnier speeds to victory as massive crash blocks peloton in stage 1 sprint
Results Soudal-Quickstep rider takes maglia rosa in Bulgaria
'The CPA might do a fundraiser for a zoom lens' – Adam Hansen urges fans not to blame riders as motorbike controversy resurfaces
News Luke Plapp acknowledges riders 'play the game' but says 'it was a bit of a joke how fast we were going' at Tour de Romandie
Dope testing heads indoors: Virtual racers to provide blood and urine samples as MyWhoosh launches first e-sports anti-doping regime
News Programme will be the first of its kind in virtual racing, which has risen in popularity and seriousness in recent years
'Paul Seixas is going to enter into Tour de France legend' – Race director Christian Prudhomme joins excitement for French prodigy's debut
News 'I’m convinced he’s going to give us emotions' says Prudhomme
Famenne Ardenne Classic: Arnaud De Lie bags his first win of 2026 amid thrilling last-gasp breakaway catch
Results Belgian wins the home one-day race for the third time in four years
Tour de Romandie: Tadej Pogačar stamps authority on final day with fourth stage win and solidifies overall title
Results Attacks from Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe diffused by World Champion as Florian Lipowitz and Primož Roglič round out stage 5 podium
'I landed in a ditch' – Marianne Vos forced into desperate chase after late crash in hectic Vuelta Femenina run-in
News Visma-Lease a Bike rider goes down on slippery descent inside 10km from the finish
'How cool that The Traka 200 was won because of skill and not watts per kilo' – Sofia Gómez Villafañe hopes to inspire youngsters to work on bike handling
Gravel star takes pride in fact that winning move took shape on an early descent
Tour of Turkey: Sebastian Berwick seals overall title as Tom Crabbe triples up with uphill sprint on final stage
Race ends with a punishing uphill sprint in Ankara
'If the organisers want to make Pogačar win, that’s their choice' – Motorbikes under fire again at Tour de Romandie as Paret-Peintre and Rodríguez complain for different reasons
News Drafting and descending see familiar grievances resurface
'His achievements and legacy will never be forgotten' – Decorated para-cyclist Alex Zanardi dies at age 59
News Italian became a highly-decorated para-cyclist after losing both legs in a motor racing crash
Tour de Romandie: Tadej Pogačar shatters peloton on 'queen stage' and wins stage 4
Results Florian Lipowitz trails in second while Pablo Castrillo edges Lorenzo Fortunato at the line nearly two minutes after the World Champion
The Traka 200: Ex road pro Lukas Pöstlberger holds off MTB chasers to win 'biggest gravel race in Europe' as Sofia Gómez Villafañe strikes out for second straight title
Results Austrian narrowly hangs on for victory in men's race as defending champion repeats the trick in the women's race
Tour of Turkey: Davide Ballerini wins stage 7 amid neutralisation in slippery Antalya
Italian the fastest at the line on a rainy day that sees GC times taken 15km out
