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Here is what is making the headlines this week …
Sunday, October 20, 2024
- Pidcock’s transfer negotiations disintegrate after Ineos Grenadiers pull out
- Chris Hoy: “And just like that. I learn how I will die.”
- Danish delight at the World Track Championships
- Winner’s circle: The last dance(s) of 2024
- Quick Hits
Pidcock’s transfer negotiations disintegrate after Ineos Grenadiers pull out
The ongoing saga that is Tom Pidcock’s transfer (or not) saga has met a new twist this weekend as reports suggest negotiations have fallen apart in apparently dramatic fashion.
Despite having three years left on his contract with the Ineos Grenadiers, with which he turned pro in 2021, there have been strong indications for months that Pidcock would depart for pastures new this winter. The British WorldTeam was even rumoured to be prepared to cover part of his contract should the 25-year-old step down a level. However, late on Saturday evening, peloton whisperer Dan Benson revealed that Pidcock’s likely transfer to Q36.5 Pro Cycling had disintegrated after Ineos failed to find a suitable replacement for the versatile young Brit.
It may not be over yet, with Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe and Tudor apparently still interested – according to Het Nieuwsblad, the latter is in talks to set up a relationship with Red Bull from next season, a brand which is a personal sponsor of Pidcock, although joining a team already hosting Marc Hirschi and Julian Alaphilippe would make it a strange fit – so this is far from the end of the Pidcock saga.
Chris Hoy: “And just like that. I learn how I will die.”
Six-time Olympic gold medalist and superstar track sprinter Sir Chris Hoy has revealed that his cancer is terminal. The 48-year-old athlete-turned-presenter first announced that he was undergoing chemotherapy in February having been diagnosed last year, but in a heartfelt interview with the Sunday Times this weekend, Hoy has now disclosed that he has two to four years to live, while also revealing his wife Sarra’s diagnosis of an “active and aggressive” form of MS.
Hoy told The Times that he’s known his prognosis for about a year after a scan showed the disease had metastasised from his prostate to his shoulder, pelvis, hip, ribs and spine. In the year since, he’s been complementing his usual punditry and presenting work with the writing of a new memoir entitled ‘All that Matters: My Toughest Race Yet’ and creating the ‘Tour de 4’, an annual charity bike ride with the aim of changing the perception of stage 4 cancer diagnoses.
“Stage 4’s not just, right, this is the end of your life. There’s more to be lived.”
Danish delight at the World Track Championships
There was expected success for Harrie Lavreysen on the final day of the world championships, as there had been all week – he claimed a record 16th world title in Sunday’s individual sprint, his sixth consecutive gold in this event – but some of the biggest celebrations were reserved for the Danish delegation. The home team scored four golds across men’s Team Pursuit and Elimination, and women’s Madison and Points race, with Julie Leth ending her career (probably) with her first and second-ever world titles (Amalie Dideriksen her partner in the Madison).
An honourable mention should go to Japan who took three gold and three bronze medals, including both Keirin titles, in a historic championships for the nation that has such a rich track cycling heritage.
Winner’s circle: The last dance(s) of 2024
Lennert van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) sealed his second WorldTour overall title of the season by successfully defending his five-second lead in the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi, where the sprint was won by Slovenian fast man Matevž Govekar (Bahrain Victorious). Earlier in the day, Sandra Alonso (Ceratizit-WNT) out-paced breakaway companion Giada Borghesi (Human Powered Health) to win the women’s WorldTour one-day race on the same circuit in Nanning – full report here.
A few thousand kilometres to the east, Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) also capped a similarly turbulent, injury-affected season with victory in the one-day Utsunomiya Japan Cup, beating fellow attackers Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal-QuickStep), Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) and Mauri Vansevenant. Japan has proved happy hunting ground for Powless who won this event in 2022, then only his second pro victory.
In Europe, Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) closed the Autumn Italian one-days with solo victory at the Veneto Classic, the Dane the lone survivor from the day’s breakaway.
Quick Hits
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado won Superprestige Ruddervoorde and Joran Wyseure won the crash-marred men’s race, a first major result for the 2022 under-23 world champion.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
- Wout van Aert is suspected of being the Masked Singer
- World records fall at Track Worlds
- Winner’s circle: Lennert van Eetvelt back on top in Guangxi and Team Toms celebrates in Japan
- Quick Hits
Wout van Aert is suspected of being the Masked Singer
Belgian cycling fans have been astir for the past 24 hours, ever since a mysterious squirrel (‘Eekhoorn’) took to the stage in the Belgian edition of the Masked Singer TV show – for the uninitiated, it’s a show in which celebrities face off against one another in costumes that completely mask their identities.
The character’s true identity is set to be revealed in next Friday’s show, but viewers are pretty certain it’s none other than cycling’s own Wout van Aert, not least thanks to hints dropped by the man himself. Clues include: description of a busy athlete from the Kempen with two children, the voice (apparently…) and physique, the choice of Song 2 by Blur which includes the word ‘jumbo’ in the lyrics, and someone’s even dug up an old ride from back in May – just after his post-crash comeback at the Tour of Norway – that was captioned with a squirrel emoji …
World records fall at Track Worlds
The Track World Championships are wrapping up this weekend in Ballerup, Denmark, and it’s been a Worlds of unusual speed. It being a post-Olympics competition, the Ballerup Super Arena has welcomed a curious mix of determined title defenders (chapeaux to the Dutch, Danes and Brits) and up-and-comers given their first chance on the biggest stage.
One of the debutants was Great Britain’s Josh Charlton who stunned the field by breaking Filippo Ganna’s 2022 record in the Individual Pursuit qualifying round, joining a select group who have recorded a sub-4 time. However, the 21-year-old only got to enjoy about six hours as the world record holder before Ganna’s teammate Jonathan Milan went over a second faster than his own qualifying time to take gold and set a new record of 3:59.153. On the same day, Lavreysen set a new sea level world record in the 1km TT, in doing so winning a record 15th world title.
The rapid individual pursuits continued on day four of the competition when Chloé Dygert (USA) improved her own 2020 benchmark by more than a second in the qualifying round, almost two seconds faster than second-fastest Anna Morris (Great Britain).
Winner’s circle: Lennert van Eetvelt back on top in Guangxi and Team Toms celebrates in Japan
After winning the Queen Stage, Lennert van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) is on track to book-end his turbulent sophomore season with WorldTour GC wins at the Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Eight months after clinching the biggest result of his young career at the UAE Tour with victory atop Jebel Hafeet, Van Eetvelt struck out with Oscar Onley (DSM-firmenich PostNL) to break Victor Lafay’s (Decathlon-AG2R) heart in the steep final kilometre of the climb to the Nongla Scenic Spot.
Van Eetvelt goes into the final stage with a five-second lead over Onley, with Alex Baudin (Decathlon-AG2R) 15 seconds down in third.
Over in Japan, Toms Skujiņš, Lidl-Trek rider, potato ambassador, and friend of Escape Collective, took victory from his breakaway rivals at the Japan Cup Criterium – companion event to the 1.Pro Japan Cup road race – on Saturday, extending his team’s dominance at the race with a fourth consecutive win. He was joined on the podium by fellow attackers Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) and Antoine Huby (Soudal-QuickStep).
Quick Hits
Eli Iserbyt’s disqualification and 100-Swiss-franc fine after the stomping incident at Exact Cross Beringen last weekend has been upgraded to a three-race ban and additional fine of 2,500 Swiss francs … Astana Qazaqstan’s missed deadline for 2025 WorldTour registration is nothing to worry about, according to team boss Aleksandr Vinokourov … Ben O’Connor is targeting a return to the Tour de France in 2025 with new team Jayco-AlUla.
Friday, October 18, 2024
- All Life Time Grand Prix events will offer prize money in 2025
- Moscon is headed to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
- The Pro’s Closet is being sold for parts
- Winner’s circle: Vernon takes stage 4 of the Tour of Guangxi but loses his race lead
- Quick Hits
All Life Time Grand Prix events will offer prize money in 2025
Last week, alternative racing promoter Life Time Events announced the slate of races for its 2025 Grand Prix. Thursday, Life Time unveiled its prize list, which will total $380,000 and, for the first time, offer individual prize purses for some of its biggest events.
The total prize purse is split evenly between men and women, with $200,000 devoted to the season-long series and $180,000 split between the events, with each round offering $30,000 in total prize money. Though a slight reduction in the overall series purse, it represents a modest uptick in total prize money on offer, with some of the series purse (which was $300,000 in 2024) shifted to individual races.
While some races in the Grand Prix have always offered prize lists for those specific events, this will be the first time in the Grand Prix’s existence that Unbound Gravel, the Leadville Trail 100, and Big Sugar MTB will feature event-specific prize purses.
Moscon is headed to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
After a year with Soudal-Quick Step, Gianni Moscon is moving on. The 30-year-old Italian, once seen as one of the top prospects in cycling but also a generator of controversy on more than on occasion, is headed to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. According to the team, he “will primarily support the team’s classics squad.”
The Pro’s Closet is being sold for parts
When The Pro’s Closet announced late last month that it would shut its doors in October, the failing business had one slim lifeline available: find a buyer to continue in some form. That option appears to now be shut, as the company’s remaining warehouse contents and other physical goods from its headquarters are listed for auction on a liquidator web site.
Don’t get too fired up about scoring cheap kit though; while there are a few sets of bike parts and tools, most of the 2,000+ available auction lots are office furniture, warehouse machinery, and industrial goods. As of this writing, TPC has still not filed an official WARN report with the Colorado Secretary of State notifying of mass layoffs and there is also no record of a bankruptcy filing, but chances of any revival are now likely gone in the short term. The auction closes October 23.
Winner’s circle: Vernon takes stage 4 of the Tour of Guangxi but loses his race lead
The Tour of Guangxi delivered intrigue again on Friday as stage 3 winner and overnight leader Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) won stage 4 but lost the leader’s jersey due to a time penalty.
The stage from Bama to Jinchengjiang came down to another bunch kick, where Vernon bested Max Kanter (Astana Qazaqstan) and Alberto Bruttomesso (Bahrain Victorious) quite convincingly, and picked up the maximum bonus seconds too. The race jury, however, took issue with Vernon having received a bit too much help from his team car earlier in the day, with Andy McGrath reporting that Vernon had hung onto a sticky bottle. He was thus penalized 20 seconds in the GC department, knocking him to second overall and elevating Kanter into the race lead.
Quick Hits
Visma-Lease a Bike signs Daniel McLay … EF Education-EasyPost signs Max Walker.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- A major crash knocks some big names out of the Tour of Guangxi
- British Conti team reportedly glued fake UCI approval stickers onto frames
- DARE unveils new aero bike
- Ventoux and Col de la Loze likely for 2025 Tour
- Winner’s Circle: Lach caps off a dominant Tour of Chongming Island for Ceratizit-WNT
- Quick Hits
A major crash knocks some big names out of the Tour of Guangxi
A big crash knocked several favorites out of the Tour of Guangxi on Thursday’s stage 3, with last year’s winner Milan Vader (Visma-Lease a Bike) among those abandoning after the pileup.
The incident occurred early on in the 214 km stage from Jingxi to Bama, and with some two dozen riders hitting the deck, race organizers paused racing for a time. Vader suffered a knee injury that, fortunately, Visma has since said is not serious, though it did force him to pull out of the race.
Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) and Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) were other notables forced to abandon.
The stage ultimately came down to a sprint where Ethan Vernon of Israel-Premier Tech took to victory ahead of Juan Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates), with Vernon’s teammate Riley Pickrell holding on for third. The win propelled Vernon to the top of the GC standings with three stages left to go in the final WorldTour race of the season.
British Conti team reportedly glued fake UCI approval stickers onto frames
Cycling Weekly reports that British squad Saint Piran, which races at the UCI Continental level, raced on bikes adorned with fake UCI approval stickers. According to the report, team boss Richard Pascoe directed that fake stickers be put onto unbranded bikes that had never received UCI approval as racing-legal.
Riders apparently questioned Pascoe on various occasions about the legality of the bikes, and Pascoe told them that the frames were legal. The team has since acknowledged that the frames were not UCI-approved and that they await a UCI ruling on the matter. [Cycling Weekly]
DARE unveils new aero bike
DARE Bikes has officially unveiled its new aero bike, the VA-AFO, first seen at this year’s Tour of Flanders and Tour de France. It features advanced “Velocity Aero Shape” profiling and “Velocity Aero Geometry,” which are Dare’s way of saying that it’s “long and low.”
The VA-AFO is built using Torayca carbon fibre, shaving 100 grams off its predecessor. Key features include the wild V:c1 integrated cockpit, adjustable V:P1 seat post with 30 mm of fore/aft adjustment, and 32 mm tire clearance. Dare touts up to 17 standard sizes which is a mix of its six frame sizes and various cockpit sizes and another 12 customizable sizes with “special size” barstems available to order. [Dare Bikes]
Ventoux and Col de la Loze likely for 2025 Tour
The official route reveal of the 2025 Tour de France is coming in two weeks, but rumors are already emerging of the potential challenges on the parcours. According to Le Dauphiné Libéré, the race will visit Mont Ventoux and the Col de la Loze.
Meanwhile, the race is likely to skip the Alpe d’Huez during its Alpine sojourn. [Le Dauphiné Libéré]
Winner’s Circle: Lach caps off a dominant Tour of Chongming Island for Ceratizit-WNT
Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT) took her second straight stage win and also won the overall title at the Tour of Chongming Island on Thursday. The third and final stage came down a bunch kick, where Lach bested the VolkerWessels duo of Scarlett Souren and Sofie van Rooijen. The bonus seconds from the stage win propelled Lach ahead of her teammate Mylène de Zoete in the final GC standings, with de Zoete taking GC runner-up honors and Souren finishing third overall.
Quick Hits
Belgian Waffle Ride adds a Montana event … Tempo launches a new Theft Protection service … Tour de Tietema-Unibet switches to a French license and becomes Unibet Tietema Rockets.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Froome has accepted that his days as a contender are over
- A Pidcock-to-Q36.5 deal could be imminent
- Teunissen signs with Astana after apparent breakdown of Visma deal
- Arkéa faces uncertainty after 2025
- Winner’s Circle: Vangheluwe wins in Guangxi, Lach and Ceratizit dominate in Chongming Island
Froome has accepted that his days as a contender are over
Chris Froome still has a year left on the contract he signed with Israel-Premier Tech back in 2021, but the four-time Tour de France winner has accepted that his days of challenging for results are behind him.
“At this point I’m looking just to do what I can in the sport and I think realistically I’m not there looking for victories myself,” he told Wielerflits at the Tour of Guangxi.
In a short but interesting conversation, the 39-year-old also touched on the way cycling has changed and the emergence of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), among other things.
Despite admitting that he has given up hunting for wins, Froome does seem happy to still be pro racer – a profession for which he is, of course, paid quite handsomely. Asked whether he is “still having fun on the bike,” his answer was clear: “Very much so.” [Wielerflits]
A Pidcock-to-Q36.5 deal could be imminent
Sources tell Escape Collective that Swiss second-division squad Q36.5 could soon announce the signing of multi-discipline star Tom Pidcock from the Ineos Grenadiers. Amid an apparent rift between the Brit and the lone British WorldTour team, other squads are vying for Pidcock’s services, and Q36.5 appears set to win out in that department.
You can read the full story here.
Teunissen signs with Astana after apparent breakdown of Visma deal
Tour de France stage winner Mike Teunissen (Intermarché-Wanty) had reportedly been all set to head back to Visma-Lease a Bike next year, with an apparent verbal agreement in place for months – but the 32-year-old Dutchman will be joining Astana Qazaqstan instead.
For whatever reason, Visma changed its mind on bringing Teunissen back for a third stint in the squad where he turned pro back in 2015, as Wielerflits reports. On Wednesday, Astana announced that Teunissen would be coming aboard on a two-year deal, a move that will bolster that team’s ambitions in both the Spring Classics and the sprints. [Wielerflits]
Arkéa faces uncertainty after 2025
Le Télégramme reports that Arkéa-Samsic’s post-2025 future is in doubt. The French team has sponsorship deals in place through the end of next season, but beyond that, things are less secure.
Given the uncertainty, team manager Emmanuel Hubert is reportedly allowing riders to look elsewhere even if they have deals in place with the team, leading to the departures of at least a few under-contract riders from both the men’s and women’s squads. [Le Télégramme]
Winner’s Circle: Vangheluwe wins in Guangxi, Lach and Ceratizit dominate in Chongming Island
For the second straight day at the Tour of Guangxi, a rider claimed his first ever WorldTour win in a sprint. 23-year-old Warre Vangheluwe (Soudal-Quick Step) went long to beat Max Kanter (Astana-Qazaqstan) and Jake Stewart (Israel-Premier Tech) in Jingxi. Kanter now leads the GC.
Elsewhere in China, Marta Lach finished off an utterly dominant performance for the Ceratizit-WNT team on stage 2 of the race. Lach sprinted to the win with overall leader Mylène de Zoete and Kathrin Schweinberger taking second and third to give the team a sweep of the top three on the day.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Urán is apparently hoping to become a pro footballer
- Cavendish still mum on 2025 plans but eyes future management role
- Body Rocket launches pre-orders on Kickstarter
- Brembo acquires Öhlins
- Winner’s Circle: Taminiaux sprints to victory in Guangxi
- Quick Hits
Urán is apparently hoping to become a pro footballer
Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost) is retiring from bike racing after a long career in the pro peloton, but he is not hanging up the cleats. Quite the opposite: The 37-year-old told El Colombiano that he is aiming to become a footballer now, and as far as we can tell, he was not kidding.
“I am going to dedicate myself to professional football, it is an unfulfilled dream, and I am going to try to see what happens,” he said. “Now the novela de Rigo is nominated at the [International] Emmy Awards, it’s crazy, but my objective is to be a professional footballer. I have nothing to lose, you know that I am pretty crazy by I like to do things.”
Over the course of his time in the pro peloton, Urán won stages at all three Grand Tours and also racked up three Grand Tour podium finishes. At the same time, he also became a huge celebrity in Colombia and a successful businessman too, with a recent telenovela portraying his emergence as a young star.
Urán’s bike racing career came to a frustrating end two months ago at the Vuelta a España, where he crashed out and broke his hip, bringing a premature end to his swan song season. Nonetheless, he told El Colombiano that he saw cycling as his “life” and his “university,” and that it had “given him everything.”
Cavendish still mum on 2025 plans but eyes future management role
Speaking of retirement, Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) is still not making it known just what he’ll be doing in 2025. As he reiterated in a recent interview with Men’s Health, he won’t be returning to the Tour de France, but whether he continues to race in other events next season remains unclear. In any case, the 39-year-old Manxman is eyeing a future transition into a management role.
“For me, though, it’s not about stopping, it’s about starting something new,” he said. “I will always ride a bike, but the past few years I’ve known what I want to do after. I’ve set the wheels in motion for that. I want to stay in management in the sport, I still love it. I brought a lot of people to this team [Astana Qazaqstan] over the past two years, and I know what it takes to be successful. I’ve been building up to the moment I’m not racing.” [Men’s Health]
Body Rocket launches pre-orders on Kickstarter
Body Rocket, the real-time aerodynamic drag measurement system for cyclists and triathletes, has opened pre-orders on Kickstarter. Using sensors at the handlebar, seatpost, and pedals, the system provides live drag force data directly to a rider’s Garmin device. Offering “wind tunnel-level accuracy” on the road, the system is designed to help athletes optimise aerodynamics and boost performance without complex setups.
Pre-order pricing starts at £2,200, with shipping slated for May 2025. Early bird options are available, and some of them include a coaching package with ex-pro cyclist Alex Dowsett’s Thighs Club. [Kickstarter]
Brembo acquires Öhlins
Italian braking specialist Brembo has announced it will purchase the Swedish suspension manufacturer Öhlins for US$405 million, the largest acquisition in the company’s 63-year history.
Öhlins currently offers a range of high-end mountain bike suspension – a division of the company that recently saw some lay-offs. Meanwhile, Brembo dabbled in prototyping and testing mountain bike brakes in the mid-2000s.
Winner’s Circle: Taminiaux sprints to victory in Guangxi, De Zoete wins Chongming opener
Lionel Taminiaux (Lotto-Dstny) picked up his first WorldTour win in the opening stage of the Tour of Guangxi on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Belgian very narrowly bested Gijs van Hoecke (Intermarché-Wanty) in Fangchenggang, with Juan Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates) settling for third.
Meanwhile, Mylène de Zoete of Ceratizit-WNT won the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in a repeat performance from 2023, where she also won stage 1. This time, she sprinted to the victory ahead of Tereza Neumanova (UAE-ADQ) and Silvia Zanardi (Human Powered Health).
Quick Hits
Alexandra Manly is heading to AG Insurance-Soudal … Sarah Roy signs with EF-Oatly-Cannondale … Milan Vader will join Q36.5.
Monday, October 14, 2024
- Remco Evenepoel is ‘not stupid’
- Driver who killed Rebellin sentenced to four-year prison term
- Thomas: Pidcock situation is ‘just messed up’
- Pogačar, Kopecky, and Vollering headline Vélo d’Or nominees
- Fuglsang will call it a career in 2025
- Quick Hits
Remco Evenepoel is ‘not stupid’
Remco Evenepoel recently addressed months of rumors of a potential team change when he said he would be staying at Soudal-Quick Step, and now, his team boss has shown his appreciation for the Belgian star. In an interview with Cyclingnews, Patrick Lefevere praised Evenepoel’s outlook and his willingness to stick with Soudal even as he pursues a range of goals that apparently include wins at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France to go with the one he already has at the Vuelta a España.
He’s not stupid,” Lefevere told Cyclingnews.
“His goal was to do the Tour in 2025 and he did it one year before the goal. They have to give us the time we need to adapt with the possibilities we have. I can’t call a Sheikh and ask for an extra five million euros, it doesn’t work like that. Remco understands that.”
Lefevere also said that “nobody made an offer” to buy Evenepoel out at Soudal, despite ample reporting to the contrary by multiple outlets this season. In any case, Evenepoel just closed out what was a very successful 2024 campaign with a runner-up ride at Il Lombardia, where he was an emotional finisher on Saturday afternoon, four years after he suffered a crash at the race that left him badly injured. Evenepoel dedicated his ride to Soudal sports director Davide Bramati, whom he credits with having saved his life when he crashed at the 2020 edition of the race.
Driver who killed Rebellin sentenced to four-year prison term
An Italian court has sentenced the truck driver who hit and killed Davide Rebellin to four years in prison. Wolfgang Rieke, the German driver of the vehicle, hit Rebellin while the recently retired Italian was riding near Vicenza in November of 2022.
Rieke fled the scene and went back to Germany, but he was extradited to Italy and tried for the crime.
Thomas: Pidcock situation is ‘just messed up’
Nobody, including Ineos Grenadiers star Geraint Thomas, seems to know just exactly what the heck is going on over at Ineos right now after the team made an 11th-hour decision to leave Tom Pidcock off of its roster for Il Lombardia.
“It’s just messed up,” Thomas said of the situation in conversation with teammate Laurens De Plus when the duo took over the Eurosport Instagram account over the weekend.
“He’s not happy, the team’s not happy. How has it got to this point? I don’t know. People who are around Tom I don’t think help. The fact is that he had a great chance of performing today.”
Pogačar, Kopecky, and Vollering headline Vélo d’Or nominees
The finalists for the Vélo d’Or, a prize for the season’s best rider as determined by a jury of journalists, have been unveiled, and the list includes the big names you’d expect to be there.
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is the obvious favorite on the men’s side, with the likes of Evenepoel, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) among the other nominees. On the women’s side, which seems likely to be a closer contest, nominees include SD Worx-ProTime teammates Lotte Kopecky and Demi Vollering, as well as Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM).
Fuglsang will call it a career in 2025
Two-time Monument winner Jakob Fuglsang (Israel-Premier Tech) will ride on for another season, and then he will hang up the wheels. The veteran Danish rider, who will turn 40 in March, has raced at the first or second division since all the way back in 2009, and over the course of his lengthy career, he has claimed both Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia and won the Critérium du Dauphine twice.
Quick Hits
Look will sell Corima wheels back to co-founder Jean-Pierre Martin … Primož Roglič is considering a return to the Giro in 2025 … Alpecin-Deceuninck and Groupama-FDJ are both skipping the Tour of Guangxi.
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