The Tour de France didn't make Paul Seixas the made man, but it certainly changed his life and perspective in cycling after riding his first Grand Tour in July. In a phenomenal fifth place, Seixas was met by attention, pressure and crowds like nothing he ever felt before. Now six weeks after the dus...

Project Canada, as he dubbed it on Strava during training, is go for Remco Evenepoel.In the absence of Tadej Pogaar, the Belgian superstar is the man to beat. He could make history later this month in Montral by becoming the first elite male rider to win the World Championships time trial and road race in the same year.First, he wants to add Fridays Grand Prix de Qubec and Sundays Grand Prix de Montral to his packed palmars. He has crossed the Atlantic looking lean and keen, adapting himself more for the short, sharp hills which characterise the one-day races. I think its clear you need to have a bit more explosiveness for them, so we wanted that. Weve trained a bit more on the sprint, he said, speaking to the media on Wednesday night in Qubec, a light blue cap worn backwards on his head.Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohes leader has not raced since winning the Clsica de San Sebastin on 1 August, spending three and a half weeks at altitude in the Italian town of Livigno. Only coming down from his lofty preparation perch a few days ago, Evenepoel is unsure how his body will react. He [coach Tim Heemskerk] told me I shouldnt panic if one of these races doesnt go so good, he said.Its always a bit different, harder to manage the fatigue and sessions [after altitude], but in general, everything went well. Theres still a bit of time, more than two weeks, to be in the best possible form for the World Championships.The absence of Tadej Pogaar, recovering from the broken collarbone sustained at the Vuelta a Espaa, will give the Canadian events a different flavour. Ive been there too; in 2020, I was in good form, I won everything and then I missed the start of the Worlds [after a serious crash in Il Lombardia], and then someone else takes it, he said.It changes the race a lot, but thats how it is now. You have to take your chance and push for victory. When Tadej is there, everyone wants to defend or just follow him. Its not easy. You need to come up with new tactics. Competing in the GP de Qubec and GP de Montral double-header for the first time since 2019, he is keen to find his best legs and best sensations in a return to competition. (Image credit: Getty Images)Evenepoel stressed that the WorldTour one-day races are more than mere amuse-bouches for the rainbow jersey main courses. Im coming in with a lot of ambition: these are races Ive never won and Id like to add them to my palmars, he said, adding later: Why not win them both?You can hardly blame Evenepoel for feeling confident. As well as quietening a few naysayers, second place to Pogaar at the Tour de France reinforced his ambitions to add the sports blue riband race and the Giro dItalia to his stuffed palmars.I think I proved to myself and also to everyone else Ive won the Vuelta, been on the Tour podium twice. The results are there Ive got a future in the grand tours.I always believed that, I think there were some who didnt. That gave me a lot of motivation for the Tour with a very specific, very precise preparation without a lot of racing the dream to win the three grand tours is still there.Evenepoel is the original 2020s prodigy, a young force of nature who has lived up to the hype created when he swept through junior races like the second coming of Eddy Merckx. Given he went straight from competing against 17-year-olds to beating adult pros for Quick Step as a teenager, he could see the irony of being asked about Michael Matthews assertion that riders turn pro in the WorldTour too young. Its not down to me to say because I was one of the first to go straight from the junior ranks, he said, smiling. There are a lot who turn pro with zero junior wins, or one or two races. Me, I won 37 or 38 out of 45 its true that young riders turn pro a lot quicker than before. But they already live like pros with their nutrition, training, the power meter theyre a lot more prepared than I was back in the day. I didnt have a power meter or nutritionist, it was really done by feel.I think thats a bit problematic now because when they get to the pro ranks, thats when the sacrifices really need to be made. And after some years, we see some young riders cracking mentally because they dont know how to make those sacrifices anymore.There will be plenty of sacrifices made in the World Championships road race in Montral, with Belgian teammates burying themselves for their captain.Visma-Lease a Bike rider Wout van Aert has also been selected, offering a potential Plan B. The squad will need to be united and well-drilled as other nations may will look to expose any weaknesses.Hes found good form at the right moment, its also a while until the road race so he has to keep it, Evenepoel said of his compatriot, who has two Vuelta stage wins. But I think he has the experience to handle that period between the Vuelta and the World Championships road race. Its nice to see hes ready.

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Transport Infrastructure Ireland has said this morning that the planned publication of submissions on the Cork Luas tram line project will be delayed until next week because the Department of Transport wants to be briefed first.As reported on Monday, IrishCycle.com had requested the submissions related to the Bishopstown GAA or Highfield RFC sports grounds, and a cycle route diversion planned to be routed via the religious grounds run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart on Western Road, but this was rejected by the authority, calling the requested release at the end of July contrary to the public interest, but they stated that all the submissions for the project would be released in September.After the refusal to release the records under Freedom of Information was covered, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) contacted IrishCycle.com yesterday and said: With regard to the subject of your AIE request, it is intended that the requested submissions will be published tomorrow on the Luas Cork Website.But this morning, a spokesperson for TII said the Department of Transport intervened and requested a briefing before the submissions were released. The spokesperson said that they now intend to publish the submissions next week, after the Department is briefed. A spokesperson for the Department said that it is reviewing the material and that publication of the submissions may still happen this week.

One day after Kim Borthwick received the devastating news that she had a terminal brain tumour, the 36-year-old mum chanced upon the documentary Cancer Courage and Me, made by six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy, and it motivated her to do something positive in the darkest of times.Borthwick was diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma in January, shortly after seeking medical advice for an "unbearable headache that she initially put down to tiredness after the festive season. Sadly, she very quickly found herself dealing with a terminal diagnosis while trying to raise her four-year-old twins.In 2024, when he was just 48, Hoy revealed that he had stage four prostate cancer and had been told that he only had two to four years left to live. Since then, the Scottish track-cycling legend has called for routine prostate cancer screening to be conducted on men at a younger age, revealing that the disease also claimed the life of his grandfather. Inspired both by how Hoy and his wife, Sarah, dealt with his diagnosis with their children, and his efforts to make a positive difference for others, Borthwick bought the cyclists book All That Matters, and began adopting his mindset, focusing day-to-day on what she could control. Kim Borthwick with her young family (Image credit: Courtesy of Kim Borthwick)By coincidence, a couple of weeks prior to her diagnosis, Borthwick's mother had bought her twins, Max and Freddie, a book about Chris Hoy called Little People, Big Dreams. The boys became fascinated with the champion's six Olympic gold medals, and when she was initially discharged from hospital, the family presented her with six replica gold medals, each engraved with a heartfelt tribute: 'Best Mummy', 'Best Wife', 'Best Daughter', 'Best Sister' and 'Best Friend'.Borthwick went on to meet Hoy in person, got a bike and formed a team to ride his Tour de 4 charity cycling event, which took place last weekend. Unfortunately, the physical toll of her illness has left her unable to take part personally, but her team of friends took on the challenge in her honour, riding to raise awareness for her cause.(Image credit: Courtesy of Kim Borthwick)Like Hoy, Borthwick is now devoting much of her remaining time to advocacy, working with the Brain Cancer Justice campaign and trying to generate support from everyone from grassroots cyclists to sport stars, to help tackle a disease where standard treatments and survival rates have remained depressingly unchanged for decades. "The most shocking thing I was told wasn't that I might be gone within months", says Borthwick. "It was that in the last almost 30 years, the treatment options have not changed. So, on the NHS, it's surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and that's you."I don't know if I'll see my boys start school. My diagnosis has given me the clarity to enjoy every moment I have with them. But I have a fire in my belly to affect change for people diagnosed with brain cancer."Currently, brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40. Borthwick and the Brain Cancer Justice campaign are calling for a dedicated national lead for brain tumours across the UK, and life-saving systemic changes like universal access to whole-genome sequencing from mandated frozen tumour tissue."It's too late for me," says Kim. "But I want to make a difference for those who come after me."

In the wider public consciousness, Beryl Burton cuts a lonely figure in the pantheon of great cyclists of the 20th Century; other riders who would wear that crown Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali et al. are all male. This is a distortion, fuelled at best by misguided cultural conditioning, at worst, by misogyny.Burton was exceptional, but she wasnt the exception. Many women cyclists deserve recognition, few more than Eileen Sheridan. At 4ft 11in, the mighty atom, as she was affectionately known, dominated women's cycling during the 1940s and early 50s, winning multiple national championships and breaking all 21 of the Women's Road Records Association records.A Chater-Lea chainset was a common component for the best road bikes of the eraFutureA minimal number of gears were available for a major ridesFutureTape on the seat stays is believed to be protecting the tubes from bags, used for long-distance record breaking ridesFutureFutureAmong her numerous achievements, always ridden with her signature smile, setting a national record of 237.6 miles during the 1949 Yorkshire Cycling Federation 12-hour race, along with a 1954 LEJOG record of 2 days, 11 hours, 7 minutes, showcase her talent. Nevertheless, a Path newsreel belittled her accomplishments with: No wonder she wins races, she has to, to get back in time to catch up with the housework.Eileen was incredible, says the current owner of her Mercian, Richard Hoddinott, of The Velo Pages. Amazing riders, like Marguerite Wilson and Lillian Dredge, preceded her, but it was Eileen who kicked the door wide open for womens cycling, silencing all the naysayers.Sheridan's gear shifter was placed on the top tube, as her pump was on the down tube, as you can see from the mountFutureA saddle slammed as low as it can go for a small rider who achieved big thingsFutureThe bike is so historic, the current owner refuses to change a single thing on itFutureThis 1950 Mercian was the last machine she raced, alternating between a fixed-gear and a Sturmey-Archer hub as appropriate, before signing as a pro for Hercules Cycles in 1951. The bike clearly meant a lot to her (the ES detailing on the stays is a delight) as she kept it, neutralising the livery due to sponsorship responsibilities. It was repurposed, with Dynamo lighting and a four-speed Simplex setup, so she could enjoy her first love the simple pleasure of club runs.This remarkable lady passed away in February 2023, at the age of 99.

Follow Stage 18 of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana live as the riders take on a crucial 32-kilometre individual time trial from El Puerto de Santa Mara to Jerez de la Frontera. The second race against the clock of this years Vuelta features a flat and largely non-technical course, giving the specialists...

The2026 Vuelta a Espaawill be the third and final Grand Tour of the men's calendar and will take place from the 22nd of August to the 13th of September. Starting in Monaco, the World Tour peloton will travel through the eastern and southern half of Spain for a mountain-packed edition. Below, you...