Paul Seixas could etch his name into cyclings history books if he conquers the 2026 Montral World Championships. The Frenchman arrives at the 27th September showpiece already one of the pelotons brightest stars despite his youth, but a win in Canada would bring something rarer still: becoming the...

Tadej Pogaar has begun training again for the first time since the crash that took him out of the Vuelta a Espaa while leading the race last month. The five-time Tour de France champion posted a series of pictures and videos on instagram, showing him in a variety of situations, including riding the indoor trainer at home, as well as eating out and sharing an ice cream with girlfriend Urka igart (AG Insurance-Soudal), whose season also came to a premature end after a crash at the Faun Tour Femmes at the weekend."First time back," UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider says, as he is filmed riding the trainer. "Collarbone strong, head strong super happy. Let's go!"In the Instagram post itself he wrote: "Not quite how we planned to spend September. At least we have good company. A big thank you to our teams, families, friends and all of you for the amazing support. We are very grateful."Pogacar rides indoors on UAE Team Emirates-XRG sponsor MyWhoosh, which timed his return to the saddle with a new series called Train with Tadej, which it says will give users an insight into Pogaar's build-up to the 2027 season. In a MyWhoosh statement, he talked further about what it was like to be back riding again. Its just nice to be back on the bike. Im taking it step by step at the moment and slowly building things back up towards next season. Ive used MyWhoosh a lot over the years, especially for structured sessions indoors, so its good to be back riding on it now.The Slovenian crashed on stage eight of the Vuelta, while leading the race by nearly four minutes. An innocuous looking stone sent him sprawling into the pack, after he hit it while taking a drink. It's the first time in his career that he has had to retire from a Grand Tour let alone crashed out of one.Movistar rider Enric Mas inherited his lead and went on to win the race, which he has previously finished second in three times.igart's crash at the Faun Tour saw her re-fracture her jaw an injury originally sustained in a heavy crash at the Tour de Suisse in June. Her team announced on Monday that she would not race for the remainder of the year.

Tim Wellens is not racing the World Championships, after UAE Team Emirates - XRG have assigned him to race elsewhere during the same time period. Philippe Gilbert, compatriot and former teammate of Wellens, puts Wellens' reasoning into serious questioning. Wellens claims the decision was made in ea...

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The Vuelta a Espaa 2026 has already entered the races history, and Javier Guilln has weighed up an edition that had a bit of everything. The race director reviews in AS the three weeks of competition, marked by Tadej Pogacars withdrawal when he seemed to have the general classification under con...

Apparently its only Wednesday, but Ryan Mallon is willing and able to set aside that grim realisation to bring you more cycling news and views on the middle of the week live blog. Wednesday, really?

Felix Orn-Kristoff leaves Lotto-Intermarch after one season to join Uno-X Mobility. The 20-year-old Norwegian will race for the team of Thor Hushovd for the next two seasons on a contract through 2028. Orn-Kristoff made a great name for himself in the junior category, in particular thanks to his ab...