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Best cycling shorts 2025: Our favorite shorts in every category, for every budget
By Will Jones last updated
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Juan Ayuso, Julian Alaphilippe and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot lead Spain and France teams for Rwanda World Championships
By Matilda Price published
News Monument and Grand Tour stage winners added to start lists for elite races

'The UCI sets the rules' - Vuelta a España organiser describe protests as 'unacceptable' but insists they could not expel the Israel-Premier Tech team
By Stephen Farrand published
News UCI condemns Spanish government for "exploitation of sport for political purposes"

Matthew Riccitello leaves Israel-Premier Tech to continue Grand Tour career at Decathlon CMA CGM
By Stephen Farrand published
News American climber to race for French team in 2026 alongside super talent Paul Seixas and sprinter Olav Kooij

Six moments that defined the 2025 Vuelta a España
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Analysis The turning points of a brutally difficult race and the 'saddest Vuelta in history'

'It’s a pity that such a moment of eternity was taken from us' – Jonas Vingegaard settles for improvised Vuelta a España podium celebrations
By Stephen Farrand published
News 'The participants must be protected' - Visma team manager Richard Plugge appeals for rider safety

'Next time it will only get worse' – Riders ask for solutions after Vuelta a España ends with protests and yet another stage cancellation
By Matilda Price published
News Michal Kwiatkowski vocal in criticism of handling of final stage in Madrid

'I don’t feel part of this world anymore' – Marta Cavalli to retire as injuries and comebacks leave Italian climber exhausted
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I have been chasing a condition for a long time, that has never returned' says Italian who won Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and was runner-up at Giro d'Italia in 2022

Eyewitness: Destroyed barricades, flares and police lines – the unfolding turmoil that stopped the Vuelta a España reaching the final finish line in Madrid
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Eyewitness As riders celebrated on the road in the early kilometres of stage 21 ominous signs mounted around the pro-Palestine protest lined barriers of the final circuit
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African riders to watch at the Rwanda World Championships
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Rwanda Road World Championships - Riders to watch in the elite women's individual time trial
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Tour de Luxembourg: Romain Grégoire takes first leader's jersey with stage 1 victory
Frenchman out-paces Marijn van den Berg and Marc Hirschi on opening stage
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Arnaud De Lie delivers sprint victory into Namur at Grand Prix de Wallonie
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Tour of Slovakia: Paul Magnier best in bunch sprint for stage 1 victory
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Grand Prix de Wallonie Dames: Shari Bossuyt sprints to first win since return to racing
Karlijn Swinkels second, Elisa Balsamo third in Namur
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Tom Pidcock and Q36.5 plotting future Grand Tour success after Vuelta a España podium
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'I feel I've closed the gap to him from last year' – Vuelta a España victory boost's Jonas Vingegaard's Grand Tour confidence against eternal rival Tadej Pogačar
Visma-Lease a Bike celebrate at their service course after improvised podium in Madrid
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Visma-Lease a Bike strengthen Grand Tour climbing group with Italian talent Davide Piganzoli
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Climbing, cobbles, altitude – Are the Rwanda World Championships already won, or will the peloton tear up the script in Kigali?
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'You feel the pressure, but feel proud, too' - Domen Novak ready for defence of Tadej Pogačar's world title in Rwanda
Nine-rider Slovenian squad, including Primož Roglič, will ride for Pogačar on demanding Rwanda road race course