Remco Evenepoel is one of cycling's best ever, having achieved victories in Grand Tours, monuments and ever single title ranging from Olympic to national titles. Yet, the Belgian believes 2026 may be his best season ever, if only he is able to win at Il Lombardia this upcoming Saturday. I feel pre...

Remco Evenepoel will race Il Lombardia this weekend in a more relaxed state than before after having won the European Championships. He has looked back at his evolution in the Grand Tours and answered questions on a potential participation at the 2027 Giro d'Italia. The route is to be announced with...

The Gravel World Championships will take place this Sunday in Nannup, Western Australia. Amongst the main favourites will be Belgians Florian Vermeersch - the defending World Champion - and Daan Soete, the man who beat Wout Van Aert at the national championships. Vermeersch mainly will be under the...

CyclistIl Lombardia 2026: Our form guideThe final Monument of the season is here. Il Lombardia takes place on Saturday and five-time reigning champion Tadej Pogaar will not be there, providing a massive opportunity for someone else to grab a Monument victory.A pair of former Monument winners will line up at the start in Remco Evenepoel and Primo Rogli, however the favourite for the title is Pogaars young teammate Isaac del Toro, and French prodigy Paul Seixas is a threat to all of them. Below, well assess the form of the favourites to win the Race of the Falling Leaves.Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)Szymon Gruchalski/Getty ImagesNot even a crash can keep Remco Evenepoel down. The Belgian stormed to victory in the road race at the European Championships against Giulio Ciccone despite hitting the ground with 36km to go and could well claim his first Monument since 2023 at Il Lombardia.The Belgian has had two consecutive second places at Il Lombardia against Pogaar. and hes just claimed one of the Slovenians titles in his absence will he get another this weekend?Road victories this seasonEuropean Championship Elite Men Road RaceWorld Championship Elite Men Individual Time-TrialGrand Prix Cyclist de QuebecDonostia San Sebastian KlasikoaStage 16 ITT: Tour de FranceStage 15: Tour de FranceAmstel Gold RaceStage 2 ITT: UAE TourGC: Volta Comunitat ValencianaStage 4: Volta Comunitat ValencianaStage 2 ITT: Volta Comunitat ValencianaTrofeo Andratx-PollenaTrofeo Serra TramuntanaTrofeo Ses SalinesLast five results1st: European Championship Elite Men Road Race12th: World Championships Elite Men Road Race1st: World Championship Elite Men Individual Time-Trial5th: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral1st: Grand Prix Cycliste de QuebecBest result in Il Lombardia2nd: 2024, 2025Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates XRG)Dario Belingheri/Getty ImagesIl Lombardia has been the most successful Monument for Isaac del Toro in his young career so far, the 22-year-old racing to fifth behind teammate Pogaar last year. After his mightily impressive third place in the Tour de France and overall victory in the Lidl Deutschland Tour, Del Toro has been placing highly in the one-day races in the back half of the season. He won the GP Montral, raced to sixth in the World Championship time-trial and fifth in the road race. He launched an attack at the recent Gran Piemonte but it couldnt stick and he ended up 82nd.UAE Team Emirates XRG bring a strong squad to Lombardia with recently crowned World Champion Brandon McNulty too. He likely wont be able to slip away though with those rainbow bands on.Road victories this seasonGrand Prix Cycliste de MontralGC: Lidl Deutschland TourPrologue: Lidl Deutschland TourStage 2: Tour de FranceGC: Tour Auvergne Rhne-AlpesStage 8: Tour Auvergne Rhne-AlpesStage 7: Tour Auvergne Rhne-AlpesGC: Tirreno-AdriaticoStage 6: Tirreno-AdriaticoGC: UAE TourStage 6: UAE TourStage 1: UAE TourLast five results82nd: Gran Piemonte5th: World Championship Elite Men Road Race6th: World Championship Elite Men Individual Time-Trial1st: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral55th: Grand Prix Cyclist de QuebecBest result in Il Lombardia5th: 2025Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM)A.S.O./Gatan FlammeCarrying the French flag Paul Seixas, who has hopefully recovered mentally from his post-Worlds self-deprecation when he chastised himself for cramping in the final few kilometres of the road race, where he finished 15th.The Frenchman won the junior mens Lige-Bastogne-Lige in 2024 and has been a force to be reckoned with since stepping up to the WorldTour level. In the last edition of Il Lombardia, he raced to seventh place on debut. This season, he has taken a massive step up and was notably best of the rest behind Pogaar in Strade Bianche and Lige-Bastogne-Lige. Now, theres no Pogaar on the start lineRoad victories this seasonLa Flche WallonneGC: Itzulia Basque CountryStage 5: Itzulia Basque CountryStage 2: Itzulia Basque CountryStage 1 ITT: Itzulia Basque CountryFaun-Ardche ClassicStage 2: Volta ao AlgarveLast five results15th: World Championship Elite Men Road Race3rd: World Championship Elite Men Individual Time-Trial2nd: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral17th: Grand Prix Cyclist de Quebec4th overall: Tour de FranceBest result in Il Lombardia7th: 2025Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5)Tim de Waele/Getty Images)Second has been the name of the game as of late for Pinarello 36.5s Tom Pidcock. The Brit finished behind Davide Piganzoli at the Giro dellEmilia and Jarno Widar at Tre Valli Varesine. His wins this season have mostly come either from winning a small group sprint or launching a solo attack, and the parcours at Il Lombardia suits him. He was certainly one of the strongest at Worlds, and has a great shot at claiming his first Monument.Road victories this seasonGP Industria & ArtigianatoAndorra MoraBanc ClssicaStage 3: Tour of the AlpsMilano-TorinoStage 5: Vuelta a AndaluciaLast five results2nd: Tre Valli Varesine18th: Coppa Agostoni Giro delle Brianze2nd: Giro dellEmilia7th: World Championship Elite Men Road Race6th: Grand Prix Cycliste de MontralBest result in Il Lombardia6th: 2025Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)A.S.O. Germany/Marcel HilgerAnother man that knows a lot about almost, Giulio Ciccone has had a slew of second places this year including at the recent European Championships. The Italian launched his sprint against Evenepoel and almost won but was defeated by the tightest of photofinishes. He suffered a similar fate at the Vuelta a Burgos when beaten by Oscar Onley, and again by Evenepoel at the GP Qubec.Ciccone is yet to record a win this season out of mountains classifications and this is set to be his final race for Lidl-Trek. Victory in a Monument would be a welcome goodbye gift. He is clearly in form and has previously podiumed at Il Lombardia with a third place in 2024.Lidl-Trek also bring another strong option in Quinn Simmons. The American has notched fourth place in his last three races finished in the GP Montral, World Championshipa Road Race and Tre Valli Varesine, and will almost certainly be on the offensive again here.Road victories this seasonN/ALast five results2nd: European Championships Elite Men Road Race9th: World Championships Elite Men Road Race7th: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral2nd: Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec53rd: Stage 3, Lidl Deutschland TourBest result in Il Lombardia3rd: 2024Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)A.S.O./Billy CeustersBen Healy has had a couple of top ten finishes lately in the GP Montral, World Championship Road Race and Giro dellEmilia, however he is uncharacteristically yet to notch a win in 2026. Thats not for a lack of trying. Hes been involved in plenty a breakaway throughout the year, notably at the Tour de France, and has also had to work through some back luck, spending time out injured.Lige-Bastogne-Lige has been his most successful Monument, with a third and fourth place to his name; his highest finish in Il Lombardia was 30th in 2023. Healy will be working alongside EF Education-EasyPost teammates Richard Carapaz and Alex Baudin.Road victories this seasonN/ALast five results20th: Tre Valli Varesine6th: Giro dellEmilia10th: World Championships Elite Men Road Race8th: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral26th: Grand Prix Cycliste de QuebecBest result in Il Lombardia30th: 2023Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)A.S.O./Thomas MaheuxVisma-Lease a Bike bring Matteo Jorgenson to Il Lombardia fresh off some decent results in the one-day races. He only has one Classic victory to his name from Dwars door Vlaanderen in 2023, however a spate of solid results has reiterated his competency over one-day hilly parcours and fast finishes with fifth place in the Giro dellEmilia and a podium at Tre Valli Varesine.That Giro dellEmilia result was a brilliant team display, with Davide Piganzoli taking the victory and British rider Ben Tulett in fourth.Road victories this seasonStage 1 TTT, Tour de FranceStage 3 TTT, Tour Auvergne Rhne-AlpesLast five results3rd: Tre Valli Varesine5th: Giro dellEmilia8th: World Championships Elite Men Road Race19th: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral8th: Grand Prix Cycliste de QuebecBest result at Il Lombardia23rd: 2023Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana)A.S.O./Aurlien VialatteExcellent in hilly one-day races, XDS Astanas Christian Scaroni has been on fire in Italy as of late. Second at the GP Industria & Artigianato, third at the Giro della Toscana, fourth at Coppa Sabatiniand seventh at Tre Valli Varesine, he is always one to watch out for and should place higher than his 15th in 2025.Hes no doubt still riding high from his bronze medal in the European Championships road race too.Road victories this seasonGC, Tour of OmanStage 5, Tour of OmanClassics Cam de MorvedreLast five results7th: Tre Valli Varesine3rd: European Championships Elite Men Road Race18th: World Championships Elite Men Road Race47th: Memorial Marco Pantani4th: Coppa SabatiniBest result at Il Lombardia15th: 2025Other contenders to watchTwila Federica Muzzi / Red Bull Content PoolThis is the first race in 2026 that will see Primo Rogli and Evenepoel in the same Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe squad. Newly crowned European ITT Champion Rogli could an intriguing card to play with more eyes on the European Road Race Champion. Elsewhere, Oscar Onley just finished third at Giro dellEmilia, and Michael Matthews has exploded into a run of good form. After sixth place in Quebec, he scored a silver medal at Worlds, though even with those climbing legs Lombardia should be a step too far. Theres also the Lotto Intermarch duo of Lennert van Eetvelt and Jarno Widar to look out for. Van Eetvelt recently claimed two stages and the overall at Tour de Slovaquie and rookie Widar impressively won Tre Valli Varesine in a sprint against Pidcock and Jorgenson.The post Il Lombardia 2026: Our form guide appeared first on Cyclist.

One Senator called for bikes to be taken off people who did not have high-vis or helmets, and it prompted Fianna Fils leader in the Seanad to call for mandatory high-vis and helmets for cyclists.Senator Paraic Brady, who is Fine Gaels Seanad spokesperson on agriculture and food, said: Going home yesterday evening through our capital, it was mind-boggling to see how many people were on bikes, but also how many were on bikes without lights, dressed in black with no hi-vis, etc.He said: I encountered at least three people who could have been in an accident with me. They were cycling on the wrong side of the road, facing traffic, and with no hi-vis or lights on them.He was speaking on Thursday, October 1st during the Order of Business session in the Seanad.It is no great wonder that so many people are knocked off bikes when this is going on in the capital. There has to be some law whereby if you go out in the pitch of night, you must have a light or a hi-vis vest. If people are found without them, the bikes should at least be lifted off people them and some fine issued, added Senator Brady.The law already requires bicycles to have a front and rear light on during lighting-up time, which starts half an hour after sunset and ends half an hour before sunrise. Only around 200-300 fines are issued a year for the offence of not having lights on in those hours.In summing up members contributions during the order of business, Senator Fiona OLoughlin, Fianna Fils leader in the Seanad and a member of the administrative panel, called for cyclists to be required by law to wear high-vis clothing and helmets.Senator OLoughlin said: Senator [Brady] also spoke about the cyclists who traverse the roads without lights, high-vis clothing and helmets. I think that sometimes at the cusp of autumn and going into dark nights that some cyclists forget that it will get dark quickly.I echo the Senators call for it to be mandatory for cyclists to have these items. I believe that cyclists should be stopped, if they can be, if they do not have safety equipment and gear because it will keep them safe and keep everyone else safe, said she added.

The UCI Gravel World Championships return this week for the fifth edition as they head outside Europe an into Australia for the first time in their history.UCI Gravel World Championships: Free StreamFree Stream: SBS On Demand (Australia)Unlock the free stream from anywhere in the world with NordVPN (30-day money back guarantee)Taking place across Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of October in Nannup, Western Australia, it will be the women who take to the course first, tackling a 125.6km route with 3,179m of elevation gain. The multi-disciplined Marianne Vos headlines the race, with Riejanne Markus, Madeleine Nutt and home favourite Tiffany Cromwell among the other hopefuls.Focus switches to the men on Sunday, with defending champion Florian Vermeersch looking to retain his title, while Stan Dewulf and Connor Swift are the only other two WorldTour pros on the start list. The course is slightly longer at 144km and features a minimum of 80% gravel, with 3,713m of elevation gain.Below, Cycling Weekly has gathered all the key information on broadcasters and live streams so you can watch the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships wherever you are. SEE MORE: 'Relentless from start to finish' UCI Gravel World Championships course previewQuick guide to watching the UCI Gravel World ChampionshipsUK: TNT Sports / HBO Max (25.99/mon)US & Canada: Flobikes ($39.99/mon, CA$49.99/mon)Australia: SBS (FREE)Free streams: SBS On Demand (Australia) / YouTube (select countries)Anywhere: Unlock your free stream from anywhere with NordVPN (75% off)Can I watch the UCI Gravel World Championships for free?SBS will broadcast both the Women's and Men's Elite races for free in Australia with streaming platform SBS On Demand carrying the coverage. The UCI Gravel World Championships are also available on YouTube in locations where no official coverage is provided.Coverage is geo-restricted, so if you're away from home right now, you'll need a VPN to get your usual coverage while abroad more on that below.How to watch UCI Gravel World Championships 2026 from anywhereMost streaming platforms have geo-restrictions these days, which means they only work in certain countries. A Virtual Private Network is a piece of internet security software that can alter your device's location, so you can unblock your usual streaming services, even when you're abroad. Our expert colleagues at TechRadar rate NordVPN as the best on the market for its security, compatibility, streaming credentials and, right now, its value for money...Unlock your UCI Gravel World Championships stream with NordVPNWith super fast connections, multi-device support and able to unlock any platform, NordVPN is our favourite for streaming. 30-day money back guarantee 3 months extra free Unlocks SBS On Demand 75% offGet NordVPN today and watch the UCI Gravel World Championships from anywhere in the world.View DealWant to know more? We have an explainer on the benefits, costs, and considerations of using a VPN... Should I use a VPN to watch cycling?How to watch the UCI Gravel World Championships in the UK In the UK you can watch the UCI Gravel World Championships thanks to TNT Sports. TNT Sports is available via HBO Max, with the cheapest package priced at 25.99 a month across a 12-month term.The women's race will broadcast across TNT Sports 3 and 4 with the men's race exclusively on TNT Sports 3.How to watch the UCI Gravel World Championships in the USA and CanadaIn the US and Canada, Flobikes has been granted the broadcast rights for the Gravel World Championships. Subscriptions for US viewers cost $39.99 a month, or $155.88 for the year.In Canada it will set you back CA$49.99 a month with big savings on long-term plans.How to watch the UCI Gravel World Championships in AustraliaCycling fans in Australia can watch the Gravel World Championships free on SBS On Demand with paid streaming service Stan Sport also carrying the action.An SBS account requires a valid Australian postcode (e.g. 2042).For Stan Sport, the most basic plan costs AUD$9.99 a month, but viewers will need to have the Sport add-on to watch the Gravel World Championships, which costs an additional AUD$20 per month. UCI Gravel World Championships 2026: ScheduleRaceDateAustralian Time (AWST)UK Time (BST)European Time (CET)Elite WomenSat 10 Oct10:10am3:10am 4:10amElite MenSun 11 Oct10:10am3:10am 4:10amWe test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.

CyclistHunt claims its new 5AM Gravel Limitless wheels are the most aero of 12 wheelsets when fitted with 50mm tyresHunt has launched its latest 5AM Gravel Limitless aero gravel wheels. The British brand says that its wind tunnel tests showed the lowest drag of 12 wheelsets it tested, when fitted with 50mm Vittoria Terreno Dry T30 tyres, and the lowest weight at 1,317g with carbon spokes.The wheels are aero optimised for tyres from 45mm to 50mm wide, although theyre compatible with tyres from 40mm to 60mm in width designed for hookless rims. Prices start at 1,999.Deeper front/shallower rearHunt follows a deeper front/shallower rear design, which it says allows it to capture the aero gains of the more laminar airflow at the bikes leading edge, while keeping the weight low from a shallower, narrower wheel at the rear, where airflow is already turbulent.Its a design feature too of Rovals gravel and road wheelsets.In Hunts case, the 5AM Gravel Limitless front wheel has a 54mm deep, 45mm wide profile. There are oversized 9mm wide hookless rim beads to help reduce the chances of a pinch flat, which incorporate its low density polymer to help reduce the weight relative to an all-carbon rim bead. The internal rim width is 27mm.At the rear, the wheel is 49mm deep and 38mm wide with a 5.5mm rim bead and the same 27mm internal width.The Hunt 5AM Gravel Limitless wheels are available either with carbon spokes or with steel spokes, when the claimed weight increases to 1,447g. In both cases, there are internal spoke nipples and bladed spokes for aero efficiency.Both use Hunt H_Ratchet hubs with a 48-tooth ratchet freehub, with the carbon spoked wheels available with a choice of CeramicSpeed or stainless steel bearings.Hunt 5AM Gravel Limitless wheelset pricingThe Hunt 5AM Gravel Limitless wheels are already race-proven, with Hannah Shell winning the Gravel Mexico race and Cecily Decker placing third at Unbound 200.With carbon spokes, theyre priced at 2,799 / $3,299 / 3,299 with CeramicSpeed Alpha bearings or 2,449 / $2,899 / 2,899 with stainless steel bearings. The steel spoked wheels are priced at 1,999 / $2,399 / 2,399.The post Hunt claims its new 5AM Gravel Limitless wheels are the most aero of 12 wheelsets when fitted with 50mm tyres appeared first on Cyclist.