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Who will be this year's Sprinter du Tour?

3 days ago | escapecollective.com | Dane Cash

For all the spectacle of the yellow jersey battle at the Tour de France, we spend quite of a bit time each July watching stages with little bearing on the general classification. Five or six - or more - days at this upcoming Tour will see the GC riders take a backseat to the action on flatter roads where the fast finishers reign.
George Hincapie's new team now has a name and a bike sponsor

5 days ago | escapecollective.com | Dane Cash

Cor Vos, Modern Adventure Pro CyclingGeorge Hincapie's rumored project to launch a new American bike racing team is no longer just a rumor. Modern Adventure Pro Cycling, named for a Portland-based travel company that has signed on as title sponsor, was announced on Monday. No rider signings have been announced yet, but highlights from the nascent squad's first press conference - headlined by the prominent former pro racer - included the unveiling of the team's bike sponsor and some lofty goals.
The UCI Ethics Commission is investigating De Bondt's work for Carapaz at the Giro

1 week ago | escapecollective.com | Dane Cash

The UCI has confirmed that it is investigating an unusual incident on stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia in which Dries De Bondt of Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale helped pull Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) and Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in pursuit of Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike), at least for a little while.
Why are so many pro cyclists getting iliac artery surgery?

1 week ago | escapecollective.com | Matt De Neef

The 2024 season was a big one for Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal). For years her vast potential had been thwarted by illness and injury, but in 2024 the Australian climber finally started to show the cycling world what she was truly capable of. A win at the Tour Down Under was an emphatic start. Then came fifth on a stage of the Vuelta Femenina and seventh overall at the biggest race of the year: the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, including eighth on the race-defining Alpe d'Huez stage.
Almeida looks strongest at the Tour de Suisse, but can he overcome a rough start?

1 week ago | escapecollective.com | Dane Cash

Despite getting his Tour de Suisse campaign underway on the wrong foot, João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) has left no doubt about his form or his intentions in the Swiss Alps. Last year's runner-up stormed to an impressive solo victory on Wednesday's stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse, putting at least a moderate dent into the hefty deficit he faces in the general classification. "There's still a long way to go, a lot of time to get back, but I'm happy with a stage win," he said.
Thomas abandons the Tour de Suisse after stage 3 crash

1 week ago | escapecollective.com | Dane Cash

Geraint Thomas, who won the Tour de Suisse in 2022, pulled out of this year's race after a crash on Tuesday's stage 3. The Welshman said after the incident that he "hit a lip on the side of the road" with a little less than 60 km to go, and he hurt his knee and hamstring in the fall. He finished the stage just over 15 minutes down, and the Ineos Grenadiers announced on Wednesday that he would not start stage 4 "as a precautionary measure."dailynewsGeraint ThomasTour de Suisse
The CritÃ©rium du DauphinÃ© is getting a new name and it's a mouthful

1 week ago | escapecollective.com | Dane Cash

The 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné was, as it turns out, the final edition of the storied race under that name. After almost 80 years of flying the proverbial flag for the region of southeastern France known as the Dauphiné, the race is getting a new moniker. Starting in 2026, the sport's premier tune-up race for the Tour de France will be the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It's ... a mouthful to be sure.
Visma vibes wilt as Pogačar reigns supreme

1 week ago | escapecollective.com | Kit Nicholson

With all due respect to the sprinters, puncheurs and stage hunters, the Critérium du Dauphiné as a whole is a race defined by its general classification, even though a win here is more often than not considered a stepping stone to bigger things; of all the week-long stage races, no one starts a season targeting the Dauphiné without finishing the sentence with a far greater goal: the Tour de France.
Pogačar flips the script on Dauphiné doubts

2 weeks ago | escapecollective.com | Dane Cash
Pogačar found lacking in Dauphiné time trial

2 weeks ago | escapecollective.com | Dane Cash

A time trial in the marquee tune-up race for the Tour de France is always an opportunity to see how the big stars stack up against each other with bigger targets looming, and stage 4 of the Critérium du Dauphiné delivered the intrigue on Wednesday. Though it was no surprise that Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) took the victory against the clock, the rest of the results sheet will have riders and fans alike wondering what it all means.