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And damn those Cannondales from Tietema Rockets are gorgeous

For this Volta I predict a fight between Roglic and Ayuso.

I expect good performances from Landa, O'Connor, Gall and Carapaz.

I want to see how does Bernal returns, he was very strong in Jaen.

What do you think?

15:06 already passed kemmelberg and baneberg twice. Not too windy, but even light crosswinds may it dificult

enjoy!

Tadej Pogačar starts a race and for once he’s not the outright favourite to win. This illustrates the elusive charm of Milan-Sanremo, a race where strongest rider does not necessarily win, it takes craft and luck too.

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Enjoy the race, join the discussion!

I was looking around Lemmy to see if there were any live threads/discussions about the cycling races, like there is on Reddit, and I kinda miss it here. It's nice to follow the race like this and catch up while at work. Never hosted anything like this so I wouldn't know where or how to start, but would be nice if someone with some experience could (co-)host something like this! Cheers from Belgium!

edit: added "cycling" to the title to avoid confusion

Remember the awkward shot of Ganna, van der Poel, and van Aert in the sofa after Milano-Sanremo 2023?

Pepperidge farm remembers.

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Hi folks, my method for watching races via SBS (Australia) isn't working any longer. They detect my VPN now and won't play the video, it seems.

So, if you're in the US, how are you watching racing online? And, bonus points, might you know if it will work from a Linux PC?

Peacock seems to have a DRM issue from Linux. :(

Cheers for any advice,

A look at the contenders and pretenders for Paris-Nice which starts this Sunday. Visma-Lease a Bike are the team to beat.

GCN Tech, geeking out on gear. Look at that frame!

While the early editions were more of a sprinters’ race, the Tour Down Under has morphed into a well-rounded event allowing climbers to showcase their talents for the general classification during the more challenging stages.

Race director Stuart O’Grady and his organization did a fantastic job honoring the 25-year history of the event’s classic routes and finishes, while also including some new roads that tested the riders’ early season condition with almost 10,000m of climbing over six stages surrounding Adelaide.

The general classification was won by Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan Narváez of the mighty UAE Team Emirates-XRG in front of Javier Romo of Movistar and Finn Fisher-Black of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. But for me, there were many more takeaways than just the overall result.

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The UAE Tour Women 2025 starts on Thursday, with three flat stages and a summit finish atop Jebel Hafeet. There is always a risk of crosswinds and echelon racing in the UAE but the flat stages will surely see some of the biggest sprinters in the women's peloton go head to head.

Twenty teams will race on the fast flat and wide roads of the UAE, with warm temperatures and crosswinds likely in the next few days.

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek), Charlotte Kool (Team Picnic PostNL) and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) will be fighting for the stage victories.

"It's the first time for me racing here and it's the sprinting world championship," said Balsamo. "We have a good team and we are ready to fight."

Kool won two stages in the 2023 edition but missed last year's race because of sickness. Her winter has been affected by the consequences of her broken collarbone at the Tour de France Femmes.

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Swiss Champion Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) has won Cadel’s Race, capping a solid team effort and securing Jayco-AlUla’s men’s squad’s first victory in its home one-day race.

Schmid opened a small gap at around 7 km remaining, soloing in to the finish where he finished three seconds ahead of a select chasing group. Veteran Kiwi Aaron Gate (XdS-Astana) took second, with fellow New Zealander and defending champion Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) rounding out the podium.

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Marlen Reusser (Movistar) beat Mavi García (Team Spain) to win the Trofeo Palma Femina, the second race of the women's Challenge Mallorca, after a head-to-head battle in the hilly final kilometres.

The two surged away from a front group on the late Coll de Sa Creu climb near Palma, descended to the coast together and then fought for victory on the ascent to the Castell de Bellver.

Reusser led García on the climb to the finish and led out the sprint, simply powering away from García.

Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) won the close sprint for third place, beating Thalita de Jong (Human Powered Health).

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After weeks of speculation, Australian Caleb Ewan has signed a late single-year deal with Ineos Grenadiers for 2025.

Ewan was set to be part of home WorldTour team Jayco-AIUIa this season for a second year, but his name did not appear on the squad's line-up for 2025, sparking rumours that he could be moving on, for reasons that remain unclear. There was talk about a possible deal with Astana, but the idea never gained real traction.

After Italian fast man Elia Viviani and Ineos Grenadiers parted ways in 2025, the British team were lacking firepower for the sprints, with Ewan now set to strengthen their options in that area.

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