The prologue of the 2026 Tour Down Under will take place on the 20th of January and will open up the World Tour season. It will be a short but explosive effort which will kick off the action in Australia. The stage will start at 08:30CET and finish at 11:10CET. The stage will be 3.6 kilometers long...

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The 2026 WorldTour season officially raises the curtain on Tuesday, February 20th in Australia with the Tour Down Under prologue. As is tradition, the race opens the top-tier calendar with an individual time trial that will set the first gaps in the general classification and award the first ochre l...

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CyclistPro Log: UAE Tour to feature new super-steep climb; Regg defends Tour Down Under title; Van der Poel and Brand win (again); UK Grand Dpart routes announcedWelcome back to another edition ofPro Log. Heres a rundown of the latest results before we get started:Womens Tour Down Under,Overall, Mon 19th January:1st Noemi Regg, EF Education-Oatly, 10h 27min 36sec; 2nd Mavi Garca, UAE Team ADQ, +11sec; 3rd Paula Blasi, UAE Team ADQ, +14sec.Womens Tour Down Under,Stage 3, Mon 19th January:1st Noemi Regg, EF Education-Oatly, 3h 24min 02sec; 2nd Mavi Garca, UAE Team ADQ, +01sec; 3rd Paula Blasi, UAE Team ADQ, +01sec.Womens Tour Down Under,Stage 2, Sun 18th January:1st Ally Wollaston, FDJ United-Suez, 3h 35min 20sec; 2nd Noemi Regg, EF Education-Oatly, +00sec; 3rd Josie Nelson, Picnic PostNL, +00sec.Elite Men,Cyclocross World Cup, Benidorm, Sun 18th January:1st Mathieu van der Poel, 1h 01min 04sec; 2nd Thibau Nys, +28sec; 3rd Felipe Orts, +32sec.Elite Women,Cyclocross World Cup, Benidorm, Sun 18th January:1st Lucinda Brand, 52min 01sec; 2nd Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, +10sec; 3rd Amandine Fouquenet, +12sec.2027 UK Grand Dparts announcedThe stages have been revealed for the 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grand Dparts in 2027. The men kick things off first from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th July, with Stage 1 departing Edinburgh for Carlisle over 184km; followed by Stage 2 covering 223km from Keswick to Liverpool; and Stage 3 also 223km from Welshpool to Cardiff. The Tour de France Femmes begins in Leeds on Saturday 30th July and heads to Manchester for Stage 1. The next day starts in Manchester and finishes in Sheffield, and Stage 3 will be centred in London.Noemi Ruegg goes back-to-backCon Chronis/Getty ImagesEF Education-Oatlys Noemi Regg successfully defended her title at the Womens Tour Down Under, pouncing on the final day to secure overall victory. After the first two stages saw dominance from FDJ United-Suez and Ally Wollaston, Regg was able to light up the final few hundred metres for glory. A strong pull from World Champion Magdeleine Vallieres put the 21-year-old in a perfect position, and Regg fought off three UAE Team ADQ riders Mavi Garca, Paula Blasi and Dominika Wlodarczyk with an unbeatable sprint to victory.The mens Tour Down Under begins on Tuesday 20th January, where 2025 champion Jhonatan Narvezis hoping to emulate Reggs defence. Related Posts UK stages for Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grand Dpart 2027 revealed Tour de France 2026 route analysis: Is it anti-dominance or delaying the inevitable? Tour de France Femmes 2026 route revealed with Mont Ventoux, time-trial and hilly Nice finale Tour de France 2026 route revealed: Back-to-back Alpe d'Huez summit finishes, Barcelona TTT and Montmartre return Mens UAE Tour gets a new super-steep 17% climbThe UAE Tour is a race commonly associated with big bunch sprints and the two summit finishes on Jebel Jais and Jebel Hafeet, but a new mountain is coming to the fore in 2026. The mens race, which runs from 16th-22nd February, will see Jebel Jais ditched in favour of a summit finish on Jebel Mobrah on Stage 3. The climb is a two-parter, stretching just over 14.9km with a slight downhill after 6km of climbing. The final 6.5km averages a brutal 12% with a maximum gradient of 17% to bring the climbs total average to 8.6%. The womens race precedes this from 5th-8th February but does not go up Jebel Mobrah, instead sticking with a sole summit finish on Jabel Hafeet to conclude the four-day race.Double Dutch delight in BenidormUCI CXIt was a familiar scene in Benidorm for the latest round of the Cyclocross World Cup as both Mathieu van der Poel and Lucinda Brand did what they have been doing throughout this cyclocross season: winning.Van der Poel went into the week not intending to race in Benidorm but his U-turn proved fruitful. Despite a strong start from Tibor Del Grosso, Van der Poel was alone after one lap and stayed away until the finish, where he could wheelie across the line for his tenth consecutive win. Thibau Nys would finish second while local boy Felipe Orts came in third.Brand also soloed her way to her 18th win of the season in the final three laps in Benidorm to take the crown of 2025/26 UCI Women Elite champion. Dutch National Champion Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado raced to second behind with French rider Amandine Fouquenet in third.Rapha x USA CyclingCaroline TompkinsRapha has unveiled its first collaboration with the USA Cycling team to kick off a four-year partnership that will carry through the LA Olympics in 2028. Theres no brash stars and stripes, rather lighter and softer lines of red, white and blue for the jerseys and clean dark blue bib shorts with white and lined details.Riders across the Olympic, Paralympic and National squads will wear the new design as Rapha ventures into new territory of track cycling, BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle. The collection is inspired by the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.Rapha says the design is meant to evoke the lightness and grace of a rider in full flight, mirroring the explosive energy of a new generation of American talent.The post Pro Log: UAE Tour to feature new super-steep climb; Regg defends Tour Down Under title; Van der Poel and Brand win (again); UK Grand Dpart routes announced appeared first on Cyclist.

The road cycling season is about to begin. One day before the official start, Movistar Team hosted an exclusive screening of the first episode of the new season of El Dia Menos Pensado at Espacio Movistar on Gran Via. Our Spanish language sister channel CiclismoAlDia were present at an event where E...

Just last week, we reported on two production hardtail mountain bikes with drop bar builds from both Pivot Cycles and Pinarello. The commercial availability of these bikes is undoubtedly tied to the proliferation of drop bars on custom mountain bike builds in the pro field of iconic races like the Leadville Trail 100. In fact, Keegan Swenson raced his drop bar Santa Cruz Blur to his fifth consecutive victory in last years Leadville race and his fourth in 2024 on board a drop bar hardtail.But over the weekend, Life Time, the organizers of the Leadville Trail 100 and Life Time Grand Prix (LTGP) race series, announced that it was banning drop bars from two of its three MTB events. This includes the Leadville Trail 100 MTB and Little Sugar MTB, which are two of the six races included in the 2026 Life Time Grand Prix. Interestingly, the drop bar ban does not include Chequemagon, which is the third race categorized as MTB on the LTGP calendar.The start of the iconic Leadville Trail MTB. (photo/Life Time)From the rules section of the Life Time Grand Prix website: For rider safety and course compatibility, drop-style handlebars (road or gravel bars with drops) are no longer permitted for the Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB and Life Time Little Sugar MTB. All competitors must use flat or riser-style handlebars at these events. This rule will be enforced during pre-race inspections and on course; violations may result in disqualification.Drop Bar MTBsSimilar to 32 wheels and electric tire inflators, Drop bars vs. Flat bars became a hotly debated topic in 2025, and one that Life Time has abruptly put to rest in two of its premier MTB events. But despite their seemingly meteoric rise back into the cycling consciousness, drop bars on mountain bikes arent a new phenomenon. Riders have been experimenting with them since the 1980s, and the legendary John Tomac even raced XC and Downhill on drop bars back in 1990. More recently, some pro riders have been trying them off and on in endurance events like Leadville and others, culminating in the onslaught we saw in 2025.Pinarellos new Grevil MX drop bar MTB will not be allowed at Leadville or Little Sugar in 2026. (photo/Pinarello)The massive spike in the popularity of drop bars on mountain bikes was particularly evident at races like Leadville and Little Sugar. With off-road courses leaning toward the gravel side of the mountain biking spectrum, many pro and amateur racers alike opted for curly bars. With relatively non-technical riding and long stretches of fast-paced dirt roads, the additional hand positions and longer, lower body position afforded by drop bars were chosen by many for comfort and aerodynamic gains, while still maintaining the performance of a mountain bike.But we also saw that while drop bar MTBs have to potential to be faster than flat bars, that wasnt necessarily the case. In fact, Kate Courtney set a new course record with flat bars and no shortage of unique aerodynamic positioning on the bike. Keegan Swenson won the race on drop bars, but was two minutes behind the course record, which he set two years prior on a flat bar bike. So, even if there are comfort and aerodynamic advantages to a drop bar setup, that doesnt always translate to faster times. Keegan Swensons 2025 Leadville trail MTB-winning drop bar Santa Cruz Blur with aero fork legs. (photo/Keegan Swensons Instagram)Were certainly fans of interesting bikes and tech, even if it is recycled ideas like drop bars on mountain bikes, so weve appreciated the experimentation that weve gotten to witness in endurance racing over the past few years. For example, at last years Leadville race, we saw plenty of drop bars on mountain bikes, plus other funky bits, like aero fairings on a mountain bike suspension fork and AXS blips on a fork crown. While well certainly miss the hype and debate around drop bars on mountain bikes at these races, were sure that well see plenty of other ways that riders seek to gain an aerodynamic advantage on flat bar setups. Well definitely be watching, and well keep you updated on the latest news and tech that we spot at this years Life Time Grand Prix events.lifetimegrandprix.comThe post Life Time Announces Ban on Drop Bars in some of its MTB Events appeared first on Bikerumor.

For the first time since 2014, the Tour de France returns to United Kingdom in 2027, spanning across the main three historical regions: Scotland, England and Wales. Then 28-year-old Geraint Thomas was still in the middle of his transition into a GC rider at that time, but still carries warm memories...