Cycling: All good things must come to an end. Every professional cyclist will eventually ride their last Tour de France. While we already know that Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) won't be tackling the Grand Boucle again, we can only speculate about other riders. Four more professionals could be arriving on the Champs-Élysées in Paris for the last time on Sunday… read more
Cycling: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) won the second stage of the 2018 Tour de France. The world champion won the sprint of a small group after a mass crash. Among those who went down was overall leader Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors). Sylvain Chavanel rode alone. After the exciting opening stage, the second stage... read more
The Queen of the Classics. The Hell of the North. Or simply Paris-Roubaix. The race in northeastern France has many names and almost as many stories. Who will add their own to these stories this year will be revealed on Sunday. Only one thing is certain so far. And it's the same every year: the cobblestones will mercilessly tear everything apart… read more
The Vuelta a España will once again expand its WorldTour field this year with four teams from the second division. Today, the Swiss team IAM, featuring Sylvain Chavanel, Heinrich Haussler, and Roger Kluge; the South African outfit MTN-Qhubeka, with Gerald Ciolek and Linus Gerdemann; and the teams Cofidis and Caja Rural-Seguros RGA received their official licenses… read more
Milan-San Remo, the first Monument of the season, is on the Classics hunters' agenda tomorrow. A year ago, after a cleverly ridden finale, Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka) prevailed over Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing). For the Cologne native, the race, which was held in extremely adverse conditions, was thus the biggest… read more
