Wout van Aert has suffered an ankle fracture on the 2nd of January but has been steadily recovering and gaining form through a higher training load and now also an altitude training camp in Sierra Nevada. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider is set to start his season at Omloop het Nieuwsblad, but he...

A major Lance Armstrong biopic is in the works with a star-studded team behind it, and the infamous cyclists official blessing. The film package prompted a frenzied bidding war, according to Deadline, with offers from several major studios. Oscar-nominated Austin Butler is set to play Armstrong. Butler received a best actor nomination for his role in Elvis.Conclaves Edward Berger is set to direct, and King Richards Zach Baylin is writing the script. Producer Scott Stuber, who has just worked on Bruce Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, has been working to secure Armstrongs life rights, and following discussions over a long period, a deal was made. Deadline reports that Stuber made it clear to Armstrong that they needed to tell everything or he didnt want to do the film. Armstrong survived cancer before winning the Tour de France for seven consecutive years from 19982005. A doping investigation found Armstrong to have used performance-enhancing drugs and saw him stripped of his titles in 2012. He received a lifetime ban from the sport, and later admitted to blood doping. The Americans story was told in the 2015 movie The Program, based on David Walshs book Seven Deadly Sins and starring Ben Foster as Armstrong. Armstrong was not part of The Program, but this time around Baylin is reportedly talking to the disgraced cyclist and has spent time with people in his life. The film is intended to be a cross between F1 The Movie and The Wolf of Wall Street. Last year, it was also revealed that Armstrong will narrate a documentary on the history of Schwinn Bicycles.

Enric Mas will be forced to adjust his season start after a training crash left him with a right-hand injury. The Mallorcan rider required hospital treatment following the incident, suffering a wound that needed stitches. Movistar Team has announced he will miss the UAE Tour. The Giro dItalia does...

On the 14th of February, the peloton will takle Portugal's first pro race in 2026, and its most prestigious one-day race: the Figueira Champions Classic. The race comes as a precursor to the Volta ao Algarve, providing opportunities for the climbers, sprinters and classics specialists all at once. W...

Artificial intelligence has become an almost inescapable technology, including in sport. From Whoop to Strava, AI appears to be taking over how we train, rest and recover. But few of these high-tech developments come with the celebrity cachet of the new The Coachsters app revealed by Bradley Wiggins on Monday morning. The app has partnered with Wiggins, alongside other famous athletes, to bring you the insights and stories theyve never shared publicly before to aid you with all aspects of your training via a custom-built AI technology. After months of work and countless hours of deep interviews Im really proud to finally share my new coaching app, Wiggins said in an Instagram post. Working with the team at The Coachsters, weve captured thinking, experiences and lessons that Ive never shared publicly before, and shaped them into something athletes can access whenever they need it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sir Wiggo (@bradwiggins) This app is about the conversations I believe more athletes should be having: how to train with intent, how to deal with pressure and expectation, how to handle setbacks, and how to think clearly about performance, identity, and life in sport not just the good days, but the difficult ones too. You can ask the app any question youd ask me in person and receive an answer drawn directly from my own experience, his post continued. Alongside Wiggins, The Coachsters has worked with a range of other athletes. Rower Steve Redgrave, former England cricket captain Alastair Cook and cycling Paralympian Sarah Storey are all available as mentors. You can also use the app to access the insights of exercise physiologist professor Greg Whyte and dancing coach Katya Jones, with more coaches to come. The app has three subscription options available. The Lite subscription costs 5 per month, billed yearly, and grants you three questions and answers each month from one coach. The 22 Pro subscription provides unlimited questions and answers from one coach, while the 39 Elite subscription adds group webcasts with your coach and access to exclusive interviews. How is AI impacting cycling? Five ways Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we ride

The Vuelta a Murcia will be taking place from the 13th to the 14th of February, having a two-day format this year. The race provides stages for the sprinters, classics specialists and climbers to build on their form towards bigger goals this spring, whilst providing reputable wins for those who vent...

Light Bicycle has announced a new 32in wheelset designed for cross-country mountain bikes. Jumping on board the fast-growing trend, the Chinese brand says the Anax32 XC wheelset brings ultra-light construction and full custom build options to the emerging category. Built with hookless carbon rims, claimed to weigh 380g each, Light Bicycle says complete wheelsets are comparable in weight to modern 29in race wheelsets, while offering the momentum and obstacle-clearing benefits of a larger rim diameter. Available with an array of hub options from popular brands, prices for the Light Bicycle Anax32 XC wheelset start at $1,464.20 (roughly 1,075 / 1,235 at todays conversion rates). Read more: Are we on the cusp of a 32in wheel revolution? This is what pro XC racers are riding in 2025 Why go bigger? Light Bicycle's Anax32 XC wheel vs a 29in wheel. Lightbicycle According to Light Bicycle, the primary advantages of sizing up to 32in rims are primarily that they make it easier to maintain your momentum, especially when riding over obstacles. In theory, this means less effort is required to roll over rocks, roots and other obstacles on a trail, while Light Bicycle says trail feedback is also smoothed out, for a more comfortable ride on rough surfaces. It also says they offer a larger contact patch when paired with 2.4in mountain bike tyres, which it says offers increased grip and more predictable, stable handling on any surface. Lastly, the brand says they offer a proportional aesthetic for cyclists taller than 6ft / 183cm, and the ability to make bikes with more balanced geometry. Big, but not heavy Light Bicycle says its new 32in wheels avoid the issue of adding too much rotational weight to your bike. Lightbicycle Key to Light Bicycles pitch for the Anax32 XC wheels, is they avoid the pitfall of being heavy and adding too much rotational weight compared to 29in wheels. The brand says it has used premium materials, an optimised layup and engineering excellence to make rims that weigh only 380g each. A heavy duty version, which boosts the rider weight limit from 130 to 150kg is also available, with a claimed weight of 420g per rim. Both types of rim share the same dimensions, with a 28mm depth, 36mm external width and 30mm internal width. The Anax32 XC rims are claimed to weigh as little as 380g each. Lightbicycle In comparison, Light Bicycles own 29in Helios XC930 rim, which is claimed to be the lightest in its class, is said to weigh 245g (albeit, with a shallower, 22mm rim depth). In terms of complete wheelset weights, the Anax32 XCs are claimed to weigh as little as 1,499g with DT Swiss 240 EXP hubs and aluminium spoke nipples, compared to 1,115g for the 29in Helios XC930 wheelset with the same hubs and nipples. That said, a provided product photo shows an Anax32 XC wheelset weighing 1,656g with DT Swiss 240 hubs. The provided shot of the Anax32 XC wheels on a scale shows a weight of 1,656g. Either way, 1,656g would still be impressively light for its size, given it's comparable to slightly less exotic 29in options, such as Hunts 1,506g Proven Carbon Race XC wheelset. Of course, theres also the impact of tyre weight to consider, given 32in tyres also use more material relative to equivalent 29in versions. Nevertheless, this latest launch will be encouraging to those who believe were on the cusp of a 32in wheel revolution in mountain and gravel cycling.

We take a look through the results of last week's racing and what it tells us in regard to the coming months

The 2026 Tour de la Provence will take place from the 13th to the 15th of February, giving continuation to the French stage-racing calendar and also returning to the mountains, where the race has in the past seen notable performances. We take a look at its profiles. The French race was first held i...

Tadej Pogaar has been spotted training on what appears to be a new lightweight time trial bike. Based on images posted on X.com by Petr Bodlk / @lucasaganronald and @xywuz, the bike appears to use an aerodynamic design that has been lightened significantly compared to his existing Colnago TT1 time trial bike. The fork and rear end, for example, use noticeably slimmer and less complex tube shapes, while the new bike also lacks the aero water bottle integration seen on the TT1. With this years Tour de France featuring two hilly time trials, it appears the defending champion and Colnago could be cooking up something to tackle this years parcours. Pared back The new TT bike is positioned on the right, on top of a UAE Team Emirates XRG team car, next to a Colnago Y1Rs and a TT1. Petr Bodlk / @lucasaganronald While the Colnago TT1 goes all in on aerodynamic efficiency, this new frameset looks to make significant concessions to weight looking much more like an aero road bike, albeit with a flat base bar and aero extensions. While the head tube and down tube use similar tube shapes to the TT1, the rest of the new bike looks to have been simplified and slimmed down significantly to cut weight. Theres still a small compensation triangle connecting the top tube and seat tube, but the seat tube and seatstays are noticeably slimmer and less complex. With the bike lacking the integrated aero bottle from the TT1, Pogaar is using a lightweight Elite carbon bottle cage and a standard, round cycling water bottle. Of course, this could be only for training perhaps an aero water bottle will be used on race day. Zooming in reveals significant changes compared to the existing TT1. Petr Bodlk / @lucasaganronald Either way, the new bikes down tube also flares out at the bottle mounting bolts, likely in an effort to divert the airflow around a water bottle and improve the bikes efficiency. It also appears that the down tube lacks bosses for a second bottle cage, indicating its designed for one cage on the down tube only. Up front, the fork has slimmed-down legs and looks to feature a less prominent nose compared to the TT1. It appears to use a similar base bar and extensions arrangement to the TT1, though, with the base bar integrating into the frameset and each aero extension rising from the bar on high stack risers. Tadej Pogaar was spotted recently training on the new bike. @xywuz / X.com Although theres no visible branding present, it looks as if Pogaar is using adjustable ENVE aero extensions and armrests, rather than the custom one-piece extensions we spotted on his TT bike at last years Tour. In the leaked images we have, Pogaar looks to be using an ENVE SES 6.7 wheelset, alongside a 3D-printed Fizik saddle and a saddle bag. Given the Tours two time trials (a team time trial on stage one in Barcelona, plus a hilly 26km individual effort on stage 16) feature a mixture of flats and climbs, we imagine the Slovenian will use a lightweight rear disc wheel on race days, for maximum aero gains.