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Updated February 1, 2026 06:37AM Lucinda Brand made a remarkable return from a disappointing showing last weekend, winning her second cyclocross world championship title on Saturday. The 36 year old stormed to victory ahead of fellow Dutchwoman Ceylin Alvarado, beating her by 27 seconds. Puck Pieterse, who had been running second on lap three, crashed…

Updated January 31, 2026 10:45AM A horrific, 100kph crash at the AlUla Tour this week delivered an early-season gut check on the risks of crashing just as the UCI is pressing for improved safety measures coming into 2026. Three riders — Fabien Grellier (TotalEnergies), Laurenz Rex (Soudal Quick-Step) and Davide Stella (UAE Emirates-XRG) — all…

Updated January 30, 2026 08:51AM Team time trial victory on day 1 with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe clearly wasn’t enough for Remco Evenepoel. On Friday, Evenepoel won Mallorca’s Trofeo Serra Tramuntana all by himself after spending 50km off the front, alone. Evenepoel’s first road racing victory for his new squad was quite the statement as he got…

Updated January 30, 2026 05:19AM Tom Pidcock and Spanish stalwarts Caja Rural-Seguros RGA punched their tickets to the 2026 Tour de France, with the surprise exclusion of Unibet Rose Rockets. Pidcock’s Pinarello-Q36.5 team was all but a lock after a superb 2025 campaign, but the formality is still a huge moment for the squad that…

Updated January 30, 2026 12:44PM Azerbaijani racer Artyom Proskuryakov has been banned for three years by the UCI in one of the most shocking doping cases of recent years. Now 19 years old, Proskuryakov tested positive for “Methamphetamine and its metabolites” during intelligence-led testing while he was in Rwanda last September for the UCI junior…

Published January 29, 2026 12:53PM Designing any product that’s fantastically versatile and still excels at individual tasks is a challenge. A2 Bikes looked at the rewards of building a one-quiver bike and said, “Challenge accepted.” The A2 Rogue Rival AXS was built around two principles. First, the same bike that crosses the finish line can…

Published January 29, 2026 10:14AM The Remco Evenepoel era at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe began the only way it realistically could — with a victory. Racing for the first time in Red Bull colors after the most expensive transfer the sport’s ever seen, Evenepoel drove his new team to the “W” in Thursday’s 23.8km team time trial…

Updated January 30, 2026 03:35AM Fabrizio Guidi saw the first suspension in 2026 under the UCI’s yellow cards and became only the second overall since the sanctions framework was rolled out last season. The UAE Emirates-XRG sport director was handed a seven-day suspension after collecting two yellow cards at the Santos Tour Down Under, triggering the…

Updated January 30, 2026 03:44AM A data passport is definitely not the best way for the UCI to detect dopers. At least, that’s the opinion of the pros who might be subject to a new scheme being trialed by the governing body and its independent testing agency, the ITA. “The CPA’s position is very clear:…