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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 16 preview: The hardest test yet
A summit finish to San Valentino is almost certain to cause big changes to the GC standings
The crash that caused chaos: The Giro d'Italia has had an unexpected GC shake-up
On what was supposed to be a simple sprint finish, neither the fastmen nor many of the GC riders will be pleased with how the...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 15 preview: Up and over Monte Grappa
A stage stacked full of climbing may not be enough to draw out the GC contenders, thanks to the long plateau to the finish
Victory by a thousand paper cuts: Can Isaac del Toro's bonus seconds strategy lead to a Giro d'Italia win?
The Mexican has been the most impressive GC rider so far in this Giro, but will face his toughest test in the high mountains next...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 14 preview: Last sprint chance before Rome
The Giro's penultimate chance for the sprinters awaits on a flat finish in the Slovenian city of Nova Gorica
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 13 preview: A steep and punchy finale
A testing finishing climb could draw out the GC contenders to claim vital seconds
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 12 preview: A fast finish
An opportunity for the sprinters awaits on a flat run into Viadana
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 11 preview: A testing day in the Apennines
A difficult climbing day will pose a tricky physical and tactical test for the general classification contenders
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 10 preview: A race against the clock to the Leaning Tower
The second time trial of the Giro could be decisive for general classification contenders
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage nine preview: The gravel awaits
A Strade Bianche-style stage could be decisive for general classification contenders
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage eight preview: An up and down day in Le Marche
A tricky Tirreno-Adriatico style stage offers an opportunity for a breakaway to take victory
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage seven preview: The first summit finish
The first of two proper mountain top finishes in this Giro will be the first serious test of the general classification contenders
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage six preview: A chance for the fast men
The stage into Napoli could present the last sprint opportunity for a whole week
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage five preview: An explosive finale
A tricky uphill run to the line and the preceding climbs will make this stage difficult for the sprinters, favouring the more versatile riders with...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage four preview: A fast finish in Lecce
A chance for the pure sprinters to take a stage win as the Giro resumes in Italy's heel
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage three preview: A tough Albanian farewell
A stage full of climbing will keep the GC contenders on their toes, but it could be a day for an escape group to grab...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage two preview: Against the clock
The first individual time trial of the Giro presents an opportunity for early gains in the general classification
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage one preview: A sprint for pink?
The opening stage of the Giro d'Italia will be a tightly fought contest between the sprinters and the attackers for the first maglia rosa of...
Sprint dominance, cobbled mayhem and Ardennes surprises - rating the women's teams at the Spring Classics
From SD Worx-Protime's continued success to Canyon-SRAM's disappointment, Rouleur takes a look at how each squad performed at the Spring Classics
Alpecin and UAE delight but Visma and Red Bull struggle - rating the teams' performances at the Spring Classics
With the curtains closing on the Spring Classics, Rouleur looks back on the winners and losers of this year's campaign
Different rider, familiar result: Bredewold wins SD Worx's fifth Classic of the year
Mischa Bredewold seizes the opportunity to claim the biggest win of her career at the Amstel Gold Race
Evenepoel, Van Aert, and the pursuit of a long-awaited victory
Neither Remco Evenepoel nor Wout van Aert is used to waiting this long for a first win of the season, but their own particular missions...
Making a statement: Can Elisa Longo Borghini's impressive form carry her to a maiden Ardennes victory?
The Italian champion's cobbled Classics campaign may have been blighted by a heavy crash at the Tour of Flanders, but her form is seemingly as...
Sprint Queen: Lorena Wiebes reaches career century milestone
Dutchwoman lives up to favourite tag by winning Sunday's Gent-Wevelgem, her fourth Classic win of 2025
Van Aert returns: can he reestablish the Big Three of the Classics?
From a Tenerife altitude camp, Wout van Aert watched on as his two main Classics rivals — Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel —...
Volta a Catalunya 2025 preview: The contenders to win the seven-stage race
With a number of potential winners, the week-long stage race promises to be an open affair
Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 preview: who will win the Race of the Two Seas?
A strong start list heads to Italy to contest the overall and stage wins in one of cycling's most prestigious stage races
Paris-Nice 2025 preview: Who will win the Race to the Sun?
Rouleur looks at the yellow jersey contenders for the first European WorldTour stage race of the year
Stalemate: How the breakaway took advantage of an FDJ-Suez and SD Worx-Protime standoff at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Lotte Claes of Arkéa-B&B Hotels Women profited from politics in the peloton behind to take the biggest victory of her career
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025 women's contenders: Who will take the win from a star-studded line-up?
With many riders in new teams for 2025, the first WorldTour race in Europe will be an interesting race to watch unfold

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