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DARK SECRETS: Soudal quickstep | Rare Historical Photos

'Try to survive, maybe' – after three Tour de France sprint victories, Tim Merlier changes tack to survival

Soudal Quick-Step rider has all but given up his chance in the green jersey competiton

Cycling Weekly

'I found some space… and then I launched' – Tim Merlier sprints to win stage 12 of the Tour de France, scoring his hatrick

Soudal Quick-Step rider secures his third win as a horrible crash in the final hundred metres causes carnage in the chasing pack

Cycling Weekly

Backies, bucket hats, banana avatars, rowing riders and wacky World Cup conspiracy theories… The first nine stages of the 2026 Tour de France, as seen through social media

Nine social media spots, direct from the Tour

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End of an era as Quick-Step set to step down as Soudal Quick-Step title sponsor after 24 years

The team will be known as Soudal Safety Jogger for the 2027 season

Cycling Weekly

'I thought it was over': Tim Merlier wins second Tour de France sprint stage after long-range effort

The Soudal Quick-Step rider has won his second stage in this year's Tour de France, putting him into second place in the points classification

Cycling Weekly

Tim Merlier takes sprinters' stage seven into Bordeaux at Tour de France with unstoppable late move

Soudal Quick Step returned to stage winning ways at the Tour with Merlier who was by far the quickest rider on the day.

Cycling Weekly

'I don't like third – I want to win': Tim Merlier falls short after 'disaster' Tour de France sprint finale

The Belgian sprinter came close to victory in Pau despite not having a lead-out train

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'When I saw the line I just went as hard as I could' –Olav Kooij wins first bunch sprint of 2026 Tour de France on stage five

Decathlon CMA CGM rider outguns bunch after a late crash 5km from the finish line caused chaos

Cycling Weekly

'It was survival' – Ethan Hayter wins elite men's time trial for fourth time at British National Championships

Erin Boothman wins U23 women's race

Cycling Weekly

'We were just full gas' – Romain Grégoire outguns a rampaging Tadej Pogačar to win Tour de Suisse stage 2

The Frenchman was best of the remains of a breakaway, with Pogačar finishing seconds behind

Cycling Weekly

'This was definitely not the plan' –Tadej Pogačar sends Tour de France warning with 70km stage-winning attack at Tour de Suisse

World champion wins opening stage and leads by more than two minutes

Cycling Weekly

Magnier stages third Giro win as Vingegaard powers on

France's Paul Magnier celebrated his third stage win in the Giro d'Italia while overall race leader Jonas Vingegaard was happy to protect his big advantage.

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'This was my big shot' - Fredrik Dversnes wins stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia after the breakaway survive in Milan

Complaints from the peloton caused GC times to be decided on the final lap of the Milan circuit

Cycling Weekly

'Today was not on the plan' – Davide Ballerini wins Giro d'Italia stage 6 after sprint favourites crash on final bend

Groenewegen, Milan and Magnier caught up in slippery finale in Napoli

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Who is leading the Giro d'Italia 2026? Jonas Vingegaard grows his hold over the pink jersey on stage 16

The full general classification, along with the latest stage result, and the standings for the other jerseys

Cycling Weekly

'I thought it was impossible but I kept pushing' – Igor Arrieta defies all the odds to squeeze out a victory on Giro d'Italia stage 5

His breakaway partner Alfonso Eulálio now wears pink

Cycling Weekly

From Egan Bernal to Jonas Vingegaard and more: the complete Giro d'Italia 2026 start list

All the riders for the first Grand Tour of the year

Cycling News

Ronde van Limburg: Tim Merlier decimates field with searing sprint victory

Fernando Gaviria second and Floris Van Tricht third in Tongeren

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Wout van Aert outsprints Tadej Pogačar in velodrome to win epic 2026 edition of Paris-Roubaix

Brutal race marred by punctures and mechanicals for all the big favourites ends with Wout van Aert finally winning the Hell of the North

Cycling Weekly

'We do everything for safety, then this happens' – driver expelled after Mikel Landa hit by car at Itzulia Basque Country

The Soudal Quick-Step rider was hit by the race doctor's car on a high-speed descent

Cycling Weekly

The weird and wonderful world of cycling team sponsors

With bike-racing teams bankrolled by the makers of everything from cigarettes and crisps to cow headlocks, we take a tour of some of the sport’s most incongruous commercial relationships

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What’s behind Remco Evenepoel’s shock Tour of Flanders debut - and what it tells us about the season to come

The Belgian’s decision to make his long-awaited debut at the Monument is significant not just for his career and for Belgian cycling, but for what it means for the season as a whole

Cycling Weekly

Drama in Catalunya, bunny-hopping staircases and a bicycle puppet show – this week in cycling social media

Plus, a short lesson in bike handling

Cycling Weekly

'I like to win big races... that's why I'm here' – Jonas Vingegaard solos to summit win on Volta a Catalunya stage 5

The Dane took the GC lead after an impressive attack, as Remco Evenepoel slips down the standings

Cycling Weekly

'To take a win here is amazing' - Tobias Lund Andresen sprints to victory in rain-dappled stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico

Isaac del Toro remains the general classification leader

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