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Deschanel2027 1h ago

Race thread: 🇪🇸 Tour of Basque Country, Apr 6 – 11

https://sh.itjust.works/post/58010190

Hugues Bismuth 2h ago

DE RONDE DAY !

#RVV26 #DeRonde #ProCycling

Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏2d ago

“As a professional #cyclist the open road is my workplace, and I live the reality of the danger of #cycling in #traffic almost every day,” Tadej Pogacar said in 2024 as part of an international #RoadSafety campaign.

“I am not alone, as millions of people around the world ride their bikes to work, school or just for leisure. The ability for people to ride their bikes safely is something we need to protect.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7166527/2026/04/02/jaume-guardeno-intensive-care-cycling/

#BikeCommuting #ProCycling

Caja-Rural’s Jaume Guardeno in intensive care after training collision with car

The 23-year-old finished 14th at last year’s Vuelta a Espana in a highly promising first Grand Tour.

The Athletic

Deschanel2027 2d ago

Race thread: 🇧🇪 Ronde van Vlaanderen 2026, Apr 5

https://sh.itjust.works/post/57851154

Race thread: 🇧🇪 Ronde van Vlaanderen - sh.itjust.works

The Tour of Flanders will take place this Sunday, to close the series of Flemish bergs races with the one which is considered the most sought-after, and therefore will see all the top riders gather, including those who passed by all the previous flandriennes. The race starts from Antwerp for 280 km; the first half leading to the bergs area is basically flat, until the first climb of the Old Kwaremont exactly mid-race. From there on, it goes up and down on asphalted or cobbled bergs, until the last flat section (less than 15 km) to the finish line in Oudenarde. A Google Maps link to what I believe is the area of the huge beer marquees in Old Kwaremont [https://maps.app.goo.gl/wJgCBpjKjN36N2Rr6] Last year’s top-5 will be present : Pogatchar (🇸🇮 UAE), Pedersen (🇩🇰 Lidl-Trek), Van der Poel (🇳🇱 Alpecin), Van Aert (🇧🇪 Visma) and Stuyven (🇧🇪 Lidl-Trek then, Soudal-QS now). And Evenepoel (🇧🇪 Bora), who I think never rode a flandrienne of any sort, will join. It seems that Ganna (🇮🇹 Ineos), who just won the little sister trial Across Flanders on Wednesday, is not expected to race on Sunday. 🌞 There might be a tiny bit of rain on Saturday, but the road and cobbles should be mostly dry on Sunday (until gallons of beer and piss are poured over). PCS page [https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/ronde-van-vlaanderen/2026] PCS profile [https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/ronde-van-vlaanderen/2026/result/info/profiles] -------- Last French winner was Jacky Durand, back in 1992, and there is no obvious sign that this 33 years long depression should stop this year. After all, the previous victories dated back to the fifties with Bobet and Forestier 🙂 -------- The women race is significantly lighter, with only 165 km and perhaps half the bergs. L. Kopecky (🇧🇪 SD-Worx) won 3 of the last 4 editions, and she will be there, after staying hidden in the peloton on Wednesday, while Reusser (🇨🇭 Movistar) and Vollering (🇳🇱 FDJ) were spending their strength at the front of Across Flanders. PCS page [https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/ronde-van-vlaanderen-we/2026]

tyrant 2d ago

Jaume Guardeno: Spanish cyclist in intensive care after collision with vehicle

https://lemmy.world/post/45072804

Jaume Guardeno: Spanish cyclist in intensive care after collision with vehicle - Lemmy.World

Spanish cyclist Jaume Guardeno is in intensive care after suffering serious injuries in a collision with a vehicle. The 23-year-old Spaniard finished 29th in the Tour of Catalonia last week and was 14th overall in last year’s Vuelta a Espana. Guardeno was injured during a training ride on Tuesday. His team, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, said on Thursday that Guardeno was airlifted to Tauli Hospital in Sabadell by helicopter. He was placed in an intensive care unit “with serious injuries” where he is “awaiting further evaluation”.

sam 3d ago

Was dat een aardbeving deze ochtend? Een F-16 die door de geluidsmuur scheurt? Was het mss een kudde van 30 jonge paarden die voor het eerst dit seizoen op de wei mogen? Nee, het was het 12 minuten durende orgasme van Carl Vannieuwkerke toen hij las dat Remco de ronde rijdt.

#koers #CouchPeloton #ProCycling

Deschanel2027 4d ago

Race thread: 🇧🇪 Across Flanders 2026, Apr 1

https://sh.itjust.works/post/57733763

Race thread: 🇧🇪 Across Flanders, Apr 1 - sh.itjust.works

Dwars door Vlaanderen or À travers la Flandre in original versions. So, a rehearsal before the Tour of Flanders on Sunday, with this more compact version which gets rid of the first flat 100 km. Again, this race belongs to the Flanders Classic corporation, so I won’t put any graphics here. PCS page [https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/dwars-door-vlaanderen/2026] PCS profile (missing the cobbles) [https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/dwars-door-vlaanderen/2026/result/info/profiles] Last year was the Visma show, when 3 of them including Van Aert arrived with Powless, and they managed to let the American win. An official 10 mn video summary of the 2025 race [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTSrrNO66ok] For this year, PCS auto-generated Top competitors are: * PEDERSEN Mads * DE LIE Arnaud * ANDRESEN Tobias Lund * PHILIPSEN Jasper * VAN AERT Wout * MAGNIER Paul * GRÉGOIRE Romain * BRENNAN Matthew * MILAN Jonathan Pedersen🇩🇰 would apparently come back. Philipsen🇧🇪 just won last classic (from the peloton which caught Van Aert🇧🇪). Magnier🇫🇷 has had more crashes than good results this year. Grégoire🇫🇷 is not easy on the cobbles he discovers this year. Brennan🇬🇧, I think, is recovering from one of those Visma illnesses. And Milan🇮🇹 looked out of shape last week-end.

Deschanel2027 Mar 28

Race thread: 🇧🇪 Ghent–Wevelgem (In Flanders Fields) 2026, Mar 29

https://sh.itjust.works/post/57575224

Race thread: 🇧🇪 Ghent–Wevelgem (In Flanders Fields) 2026, Mar 29 - sh.itjust.works

240 km from the North Sea to Wevelgem near the French border (Tourcoing). And the usual detour into the bergs after mid-course. The men race arrives before the women race (which is 100 km shorter, starting from the finish city, going to the bergs and back). As the race belongs to the Flanders Classics company, we cannot get information without registering an account. So: PCS page [https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gent-wevelgem/2026] PCS profiles [https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gent-wevelgem/2026/result/info/profiles] PCS’ top competitors: * VAN DER POEL Mathieu * DE LIE Arnaud * VAN AERT Wout * MAGNIER Paul * ANDRESEN Tobias Lund * PHILIPSEN Jasper * BRENNAN Matthew * MEEUS Jordi * MILAN Jonathan Last podiums: *2025: Pedersen (🇩🇰 Lidl-Trek) alone, Merlier (🇧🇪 Soudal-QS) and J. Milan (🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek) winning a 40-50 men peloton sprint. *2024: Pedersen (🇩🇰 Lidl-Trek) beat Van der Poel (🇳🇱 Alpecin), the peloton’s sprint is won by J. Meeus (🇧🇪 Bora). ------- PCS women page [https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gent-wevelgem-women-elite/2026]