Laura Weislo

4 days ago | cyclingnews.com | Laura Weislo

The organisers of the Itzulia Women stuck to their formula for the 4th edition of the race, keeping the opening and closing stages almost exactly the same. That means that the third stage will again tackle the category 1 Jaizkibel and category 2 Mendizorrotz in the 112.6km conclusion. Before then, two tough stages will soften the riders' legs in this Women's WorldTour race.

1 week ago | cyclingnews.com | Laura Weislo

After the first stage of the 2025 Giro d'Italia, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) wears the maglia rosa of race leader from his victory over Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike). But the tables could turn in the stage 2 individual time trial in Tirana, Albania. Pedersen has a four-second lead on Van Aert in the Giro d'Italia general classification, but the Belgian is a favourite to take the maglia rosa in the 13.7-kilometre test.

1 week ago | cyclingnews.com | Laura Weislo

Mads Pedersen played off the hard work of his Lidl-Trek team and claimed the opening stage of the 2025 Giro d'Italia in Albania to move into the first maglia rosa of the race. The Dane held off a late charge from Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) in second and with Orluis Aular (Movistar) a surprise presence in third.

1 week ago | cyclingnews.com | Laura Weislo

Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ) attacked with 500 metres to go and won Boucles de l'Aulne à Châteaulin with room to spare. Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) led the chasing bunch two seconds back for second place, ahead of Clément Venturini (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) who placed third. The winding 183.1km course around Brittany included 12 passes of the finish line, with Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) attacking on the final lap. He was caught with 5km to go to set up the bunch sprint.

1 week ago | cyclingnews.com | Laura Weislo

EF Education-EasyPost rolled out a special team jersey for the Giro d'Italia designed to eliminate a clash between the traditional pink jersey of the race leader and the American team's pink team kit. The team provided a first look at the new 'White Diamonds' design on Wednesday at the same time as they announced Richard Carapaz as the general classification leader for EF Education-EasyPost in the Giro d'Italia.