Stephen Puddicombe

5 days ago | cyclingnews.com | Stephen Puddicombe

To fully understand what to expect today, check this excellent preview by James Moultrue, who is in Tirana for Cyclingnews along with Alasdair Fotheringham. Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 2 preview: Is this the first real GC day? This is the map of the time trial. Niklas Märkl of Team Picnic PostNL will be the first rider to start the 13.7km time trial around the city centre streets of Tirana.

2 weeks ago | cyclingnews.com | Stephen Puddicombe

They and the rest of the field will be racing soon. They’re currently in the neutralised one waiting for the flag. Anticipation is building!The stage is set for what has been a long-awaited battle between these two riders at this race. Evenepoel was not present in either of the years Pogačar won, while Pogačar crashed out of the 2023 edition won by Evenepoel. If last weekend’s contest between the two at Amstel Gold is anything to go by, this has the makings of being a classic.

3 weeks ago | cyclingnews.com | Stephen Puddicombe

Five riders have attacked and are building a gap - Artem Shmidt (Ineos), Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa - B&B Hotels), Tom Paquot (Intermarché - Wanty), Ceriel Desal (Wagner Bazin WB) and Siebe Deweirdt (Flanders - Baloise). The stage is set for a gripping encounter. Before Sunday’s Amstel Gold, it felt like Tadej Pogačar was untouchable on a finish like this. Now, however, having been neutralised by Remco Evenepoel, and defeated by Mathias Skjelmoae, suddenly he looks human, and the race open.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Stephen Puddicombe

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3 weeks ago | cyclingnews.com | Stephen Puddicombe

Refresh April 20, 2025 at 8:19 AMYou join us as we await the beginning of Amstel Gold, the first of the week’s so-called ‘Ardennes Classics’ - albeit one that takes place in the Netherlands, rather than the Ardennes. April 16, 2025 at 8:04 PMHello and welcome to the 2025 Amstel Gold.