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2025 Scott Foil RC Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team bike

The best road bikes NOT in the 2025 World Tour peloton — bikes missing from cycling’s top tier featuring Scott, BMC, Orbea, Ridley, Basso + more

Not every race bike gets the chance to prove itself on cycling's biggest stage. Here are some that we think deserve some extra attention anyway

Sun, Jan 19, 2025 11:00

Women’s cycling team sports director banned for five years over “inappropriate” sexual and psychological behaviour towards riders

Velopro-Alphamotorhomes’ manager has also been suspended by the UCI for three years for failing to adequately respond to allegations made by several of the team’s riders

Fri, Jan 17, 2025 14:38

Mark Cavendish Giro d’Italia stage five crash 2023 (Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

UCI considering use of “rider airbags” and gear restrictions to “enhance safety”

The governing body also revealed that 35 per cent of crashes during the 2024 season were caused by “unprovoked rider errors”, and confirmed that its new yellow card system and sprint finish protocols will also be expanded

Thu, Jan 16, 2025 15:11

The bikes of the men’s WorldTour 2025 — your definitive guide to what the top pro cycling teams are riding this year

With Campagnolo’s return, Colnago’s new aero bike and a debut from XDS Carbon-Tech, take a look at all the bikes and components being ridden at the top level of pro road racing this year

Wed, Jan 15, 2025 12:01

UCI unveils new Continental MTB Series with no Asian or African rounds

At the end of 2024, the UCI announced the launch of a new Continental MTB series, designed to offer aspiring World Cup racers the chance to qualify for the series – yet there are no rounds in Africa or Asia.

Tue, Jan 07, 2025 14:48

UCI unveils new Continental MTB Series with no Asian or African rounds

Tue, Jan 07, 2025 13:34

Wout van Aert knee injury after 2024 Vuelta crash

“Limiting number of gears would make cycling a lot safer,” says Wout van Aert, as Belgian star shares photo of knee scars suffered in horrific Vuelta crash

“If you are on that descent with a gear limit, no one can move up. Now the gears are so big that you still think about overtaking”

Fri, Jan 03, 2025 12:45

Jan-Willem van Schip DQ’d from elimination race, 2024 track world championships (BBC)

Track cyclist banned for a month for “indecent” behaviour after swearing and showing officials the middle finger following disqualification for “dangerous” close pass during world championship race

Jan-Willem van Schip was accused of directing “insults, threats, and inappropriate behaviour” at officials after he was relegated while in medal contention during a chaotic elimination race at the track world championships

Fri, Dec 20, 2024 13:57

“Tech always gets faster – it’s on riders to not do stupid things,” says Tadej Pogačar, after rival team boss called for “slower bikes to save lives” and pro claimed “modern bikes break every time you crash”

“Everybody wants to go faster all the time, but I don’t think there were no crashes a hundred years ago,” the world champion said in response to Tour director Christian Prudhomme’s assertion that “riders are going too fast” and “endangering themselves”

Thu, Dec 12, 2024 14:03

UAE Team Emirates at the 2024 Tour de France (ASO/Billy Ceusters)

UCI to ban use of carbon monoxide in pro cycling due to “health side effects” – but says controversial rebreathing method can still be used “in a medical setting” to test riders’ altitude training progress

The governing body argues “the complete lack of knowledge about the long-term effects of repeated inhalation of carbon monoxide” justifies a ban, but says the testing process carried out by the likes of UAE Team Emirates and Visma-Lease a Bike will remain

Thu, Dec 12, 2024 11:14