Tag: peloton
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The Fight for Paul Seixas: Stay With Decathlon CMA CGM, or Learn at Vingegaard’s Side?
Curated by Gary Edgington · Transfer News The most valuable property in professional cycling right now is not a race winner. It is a 19-year-old Frenchman riding his first Tour de France — and sitting sixth overall while he does it. Paul Seixas has become the object of a tug-of-war between the team that raised…
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Scandinavian Raid in Foix: Pedersen Leads a Lidl-Trek One-Two as Træen Takes Yellow
Curated by Gary Edgington · Race Results A day after the Tour de France’s two giants sprinted each other to a standstill at Les Angles, the race flipped its script entirely. Stage 4 rolled 181.9 heat-blasted kilometres from Carcassonne through the Pyrenean foothills to Foix, and the general-classification teams simply let it go: a 34-rider…
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What Is a Domestique? Cycling’s Selfless Riders, Explained
Watch any big bike race and most of the riders on your screen are not trying to win. They are fetching water bottles, blocking the wind, chasing down attacks, and — if things go badly — handing over a wheel at the roadside. These are the domestiques, and professional cycling does not function without them.…
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What Is a Puncheur? The Riders Who Win on Short, Steep Climbs
Curated by Gary Edgington · Race Results Some days at the Tour de France are not decided by the sprinters and not by the pure mountain climbers, but by a third kind of rider who thrives on the awkward ground in between. Stage 2 of the 2026 race — 168.5 kilometres from Tarragona to Barcelona,…