Tobias Lund Andresen was left wondering what might have been after coming desperately close to both the Maglia Rosa and the biggest win of his career on the opening stage of the 2026 Giro dItalia in Burgas. The Decathlon CMA CGM rider finished second behind Paul Magnier after a chaotic and crash-ma...

Giro d'Italia began in dramatic fashion on Friday as Paul Magnier sprinted to victory in Burgas, taking the first stage win and the races opening pink jersey after a crash-marred finale on the Bulgarian coast. The 147 km opener from Nessebar to Burgas had long been expected to end in a bunch sprint...

The 2026 Giro dItalia is only just getting underway in Bulgaria, but one small detail inside the Team Visma | Lease a Bike lineup has already attracted widespread attention around the Grande Partenza in Nesebar. Jonas Vingegaard and several of his teammates have arrived at the start of the race wit...

It's probably unnecessary to ascertain how very excited were the Unibet Rose Rockets riders heading into - what applies to many on personal level as well - the team's Grand Tour debut this Friday. Especially with an in-form sprinter Dylan Groenewegen as the core of their nomination. But, as it often...

The opening stage of 2026 Giro d'Italia was a massive success for Polti VisitMalta. The Italian ProTeam was among the recipients of a wild card to this year's edition and as such, tradition commands to enter the first breakaway. And this year, a 30-year-old Spaniard Diego Pablo Sevilla was entrusted...

Bike Week 2026 events start today, Saturday, May 8th, and run until Sunday, May 17th. Theres a mix of events for different abilities across the country, and a mix of events for children, adults, and families.Events today include Phizzfests Community Cycle in Dublins Phibsborough, a Vintage Bicycle Exhibit on Arthurs Quay in Limerick, a free family fun day at the Learn 2 Cycle Track in Millennium Park in Dublin 15, an Early Morning Cycle & Sauna in Blackrock in Cork City, a Bike Repair Clinic in Galway City, and a Womens Social Cycle on the Boyne Valley to Lakelands Greenway in Co Meath.On Sunday, Dublin City hosts its main event called PedalPower Dublin from midday at the Sundrive Velodrome in Eamonn Ceannt Park in Crumlin, and directly before it there will be a cycle to the event leaving Parliament Street at 11am. Meanwhile, in Cork, theres a Cargo Bike Open Day from midday to 2pm at Marina Park, A full list of events can be found at transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek. Local event details can also be found on your local councils website.

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The best of the Bulgaria stages for action awaits with a difficult climb with 10km to go.La vie en rose: the surprise were the crowds, plenty of people came out to see the race go by. The shock was the crash in the final with 600m to go, it felled so many riders the road was temporarily blocked. Riders can recon the finish, bloggers can scour maps, but organisers can place barriers where they want and the crash happened in a narrow point on a normally wide boulevard.In the chaos this left ten riders clear to contest the sprint with Lidls Max Walscheid surging clear rather than leading out Jonathan Milan. Tobias Lund had a better lead-out but Paul Magnier even better one and the Frenchman was able to power past for the win and the maglia rosa.Milan looked underpowered in the sprint, legs spinning in high cadence. Moments later he looked distraught when interviewed by Italian TV for losing out on the maglia rosa but he can try again tomorrow and came through unscathed. There were no immediate injuries in the crash but others will be sore today and into tomorrow. Kaden Groves seemed to come off the worst but the plan is to start today.French cyclings future is called Paul and not just Seixas. Magnier is from the Alps near Grenoble but he was born in Texas and lived there just long enough to start singing nursery rhymes in English. His father was a good amateur racer and Paul started out in mountain biking. Crossing to the road he saw himself as a climber, even when he turned pro with Quick Step for 2024 where he wanted to go back to the U23 Giro and race for GC but soon found out from his team mates at Calpe that he wasnt going to be the new Mikel Landa. Instead he out-sprinted Tim Merlier and this and more gave him team leadership for his first ever pro race in Majorca which he won. He had 19 wins last year and if they were in smaller races he was 21 with a lot to learn on the road. Now hes leading his team at the Giro and wearing pink.The Route: 221km, the second longest of the race and 2,700m of climbing. The middle part crosses the Balkan mountains with some 7-8% slopes in places.With 14km to go the climb of out Lyaskovets stings. Its 2.5km at 9.5% and has long parts of 12% and even an 18% moment on the way up thanks to some tight hairpins. Its all on a small road in woodland so moving up is costly or probably impossible making this a crunch point for stage contenders and GC riders alike. The descent is more regular.The Finish: charming streets to saunter past the churches and fortresses if youre strolling about on foot but these are narrow roads for a bike race with a pinchpoint before 2km to go, although the previous climb should have thinned out the field. Its uphill at 5-6% between 2km and 1km to go with some cobbles too before flattening out for the finish.The Contenders: a tricky climb to thin the field and reward attackers but its only one climb, this isnt Lige or the Amstel. Seven minutes and basta.There are a several names to contend with but none of them is a prolific winner. Among the attackers on the climb Christian Scaroni (XDS-Astana) has had a slower start to the season this year but his team can afford to aim for more quality than hustling for UCI points. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) packs a good sprint for a finish like this but like more hills in the finish to make it more selective. UAE have options, Jhonatan Narvez is suited but form unknown after crashing out of the Tour Down Under, can Antnio Morgado make it over the climb with the best If not then Jan Christen probably can. Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain) is a fit for today with colleague Edoardo Zambanini still after a first pro win so today is asking a lot. Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Intermarch) is suited to the finish but is he in form? His team mates Simone Gualdi and Lorenzo Rota have a chance here too and all three did not ride the Famenne Ardenne race that has made half the team sick.More Italian picks include Filippo Zana (Soudal-Quickstep) and Andrea Vendrame (Jayco) with the later having to hold on for the climb and get back for the finish.Some sprinters have a chance. Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) among them as hes part of a new generation of sprinters with big aerobic capacities too but his problem here is he cant control the speed of the others in the finish, he can only react and follow and hope theres hesitation up ahead. Orluis Aular (Movistar) is another fast finisher, Corbin Strong (NSN) too.Scaroni, Ciccone, BuitragoMorgado, Aular, Magnier, Strong, TurnerWeather: cool and cloudy, 18C with the chance of some rain and damp roads in places.TV: KM0 is at 11.05 and the finish is forecast for 4.15pm CEST.Postcard from Veliko TarnovoTodays finish town has hosted the Tour of Bulgaria plenty of times, although yesterdays city of Burgas has enjoyed more visits. The stage race dates back to 1924 although its had its interruptions. Today is a fixture on the calendar and 2.2-rated by the UCI.Last year Byron Munton was 7th overall, hes been impressive with the Modern Adventure team this season, having rode with the Epronex-Hungary Cycling Team last year. Others in the top-10 overall over the years include Paul Double and Georg Steinhauser but the race is not big on revealing talent. This is not down to the event itself, more that the Continental / 2.2 stage race scene is structurally this way with few riders on this circuit moving up the pro ranks. Why could fill a whole blog post but riders are often picked up earlier by pro teams and put into development paths.In 2021 Luk Kubi finished sixth overall and came back in 2023 to finish one place higher. Now a stalwart of the Unibet-Rose Rockets team he is back on Bulgarian roads to ride the Giro.The post Giro dItalia Stage 2 Preview first appeared on The Inner Ring.

Motorbikes have once again been a topic of discussions last weekend at the Tour de Romandie. Several riders including 5th overall Luke Plapp or Valentin Paret-Peintre have voiced their frustration with how the (TV) motos influenced outcome of several stages, helping peloton close escaped groups, see...