Watching #ProCycling in Flanders today:
giro d'Italia Uomo:
1: VPN into NZL
2: find the live feed on YouTube
3: make sure the army of ad blockers and Pihole is working
Giro d'Italia Donne:
1: watch Sporza
In Flanders there might be more eyeballs on women's racing than on men's racing today. That would be a first (I think). The only downside is that I really like Ned Boulting and Jacopo Guarnieri as a commentator duo on the men's side and that it's a boring sprintstage in the women's side.
Race thread: ๐ฎ๐น Tour of Italy 2026 (final week), May 26โ31
----- Standing after 15 stages General time classification Le gap between the Dane and the Portuguese hasnโt changed in a week in absolute value, just the sign has changed :-) Scaroni was 5^thbut had to withdraw. 1. Jonas Vingegaard ๐ฉ๐ฐ Visma: 2. Afonso Eulalio ๐ต๐น Bahrain: +2โฒ24โณ 3. Felix Gall ๐ฆ๐น Decathlon: +2โฒ50โณ 4. Thymen Arensman ๐ณ๐ฑ Ineos: +3โฒ03โณ 5. Jai Hindley Bora: +3โฒ43โณ 6. Giulio Pellizzari ๐ฎ๐น Bora: +4โฒ22โณ 7. Michael Storer ๐ฆ๐บ Tudor: +4โฒ46โณ 8. Ben OโConnor ๐ฆ๐บ Jayco: +5โฒ22โณ 9. Derek Gee ๐จ๐ฆ Lidl-Trek: +5โฒ41โณ 10. Davide Piganzoli ๐ฎ๐น Visma: +6โฒ13โณ 11. Mathys Rondel ๐ซ๐ท Tudor: +6โฒ58โณ ---- Points classification The podium order is still the same, but Milan, who scored only 2 points in a week, may have given up. 1. Paul Magnier ๐ซ๐ท Soudal-QS: 145 pts 2. Jhonatan Narvaez ๐ช๐จ UAE: 131 3. Jonathan Milan ๐ฎ๐น Lidl-Trek: 78 4. Davide Ballerini ๐ฎ๐น Astana: 70 5. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 48 ---- Intermediary Sprints classification Top-5 has the same members, but all riders from Italian teams kept on scoring while Milan didnโt at all. 1. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 60 2. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 48 3. Mattia Bais ๐ฎ๐น polti: 44 5. Martin Marcellusi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 25 4. Jonathan Milan ๐ฎ๐น Lidl-Trek: 23 ---- RB Sprints classification The classification stalled, basically only Eulalio kept on scoring. 1. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 31 2. Afonso Eulalio ๐ต๐น Bahrain: 30 2. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 22 ---- Mountain classification Sevilla could only score 3 points this week. 1. Jonas Vingegaard ๐ฉ๐ฐ Visma: 161 4. Jardi Van der Lee ๐ณ๐ฑ EF: 77 4. Giulio Ciccone ๐ฎ๐น Lidl-Trek: 75 4. Felix Gall ๐ฆ๐น Decathlon: 72 5. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 63 ---- Fuga classification Only 30 km more for Sevilla this week. Often the breakaway groups were too large to count. But M. Bais managed to score more than 250 km. 1. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 753 2. Mattia Bais ๐ฎ๐น polti: 516 3. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 458 4. Martin Marcellusi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 403 5. Mirco Maestri ๐ฎ๐น Polti: 347 ---- Teams classification 2 teams are clearly above the others. 1. Visma ๐ณ๐ฑ 2. RB Bora ๐ฉ๐ช +0โฒ24โณ 3. Tudor๐จ๐ญ +22โฒ05โณ 4. Ineos ๐ฌ๐ง +22โฒ07โณ 5. Q36.5 ๐จ๐ญ +30โฒ58โณ 6. Decathlon ๐ซ๐ท +49โฒ06โณ ----------- ----------- Stages Stage 16, Tuesday 26 113 km, high difficulty (15 pts), no sprint zone, 1โณ splits This stage exhibits a funny design: its middle part is very much for punchers, but then there is a break, and finally a long finish-on-top for pure climbers. [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/a3551c61-e4c2-4618-b55f-f5461e7f5517.png] ::: spoiler Press to see detailed maps and profiles [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/37f87c83-ce0a-40f1-a096-7a382cdc0e92.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/3f75a967-9071-4434-8c92-3a8f370253d3.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/a4b5ddae-180a-4b2f-a667-8fb9608294ec.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/2a2616c9-98fb-4ffd-a075-bade79b12a35.png][https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/6f35b148-82c7-416b-a90d-d806a1e8e7bb.png] ::: -------- Stage 17, Wednesday 27 202 km, medium difficulty (25 pts), no sprint zone, 1โณ splits -------- Stage 18, Thursday 28 171 km, low difficulty (50 pts), 3 km sprint zone, 1โณ splits -------- Stage 19, Friday 29 151 km, high difficulty (15 pts), no sprint zone, 1โณ splits -------- Stage 20, Saturday 30 200 km, high difficulty (15 pts), no sprint zone, 1โณ splits -------- Stage 21, Sunday 31 131 km, no difficulty (50 pts), 5 km sprint zone, 3โณ splits
The 2027 #TdU is running mens and womens stages on the same day, with the women's 90 minutes after the men's. They're selling it as a gender equality measure.
But it isn't. It's a money saving measure, as it's cheaper to run an event for 7 days instead of 2 events over 10 days. It short changes women's TV coverage, as they will not get their event covered in full. It still only runs a 3 day event for the women vs than 7 days for the men.
Perfect example of spinning a money saving story into a false gender equality story.
The Santos Tour Down Under (TDU) is set to make history as the first WorldTour race to hold menโs and womenโs stages on the same course on the same day and over the same distance next year. In the most significant development to the race program in the eventโs 26-year history, the TDU will run both menโs and womenโs stages concurrently when the 2027 edition is held from January 19-24 (subject to final UCI calendar approval).
for all the other #cycling fans wondering wtf is going on with the canadian team pursuit women rn:
tl;dr: canada did 'em dirty, legally. probably.
Race thread: ๐ฎ๐น Tour of Italy 2026 (Northwestern Italy week), May 19โ24
After the two finishes-on-top of the first Italian week, the General Classification has begun to take shape. This week in the north-west of Italy will start with a Time Trial that will comfort a few position and reorganise others. The unexpected Eulalio๐ต๐น might still keep the Pink jersey after it, and otherwise he certainly will remain on the podium. ----- Standing after 9 stages General time classification 1. Afonso Eulalio ๐ต๐น Bahrain 2. Jonas Vingegaard ๐ฉ๐ฐ Visma: +2โฒ24โณ 3. Felix Gall ๐ฆ๐น Decathlon: +2โฒ59โณ 4. Jai Hindley Bora: +4โฒ32โณ 5. Christian Scaroni Astana: +4โฒ43โณ 6. Thymen Arensman ๐ณ๐ฑ Ineos: +5โฒ 7. Mathys Rondel ๐ซ๐ท Tudor: +5โฒ01โณ 8. Ben OโConnor ๐ฆ๐บ Jayco: +5โฒ03โณ 9. Giulio Pellizzari ๐ฎ๐น Bora: +5โฒ15โณ 10. Michael Storer ๐ฆ๐บ Tudor: +5โฒ20โณ ---- Points classification Not much progress there. 1. Paul Magnier ๐ซ๐ท Soudal-QS: 130 pts 2. Jhonatan Narvaez ๐ช๐จ UAE: 86 3. Jonathan Milan ๐ฎ๐น Lidl-Trek: 76 4. Davide Ballerini ๐ฎ๐น Astana: 70 5. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 48 ---- Intermediary Sprints classification 1. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 48 2. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 36 3. Mattia Bais ๐ฎ๐น polti: 24 4. Jonathan Milan ๐ฎ๐น Lidl-Trek: 23 5. Martin Marcellusi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 13 ---- RB Sprints classification 1. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 30 2. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 22 3. Afonso Eulalio ๐ต๐น Bahrain and 6 other riders: 15 ---- Mountain classification The 2 finishes-on-top have killed the game for a good while ๐ 1. Jonas Vingegaard ๐ฉ๐ฐ Visma: 111 2. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 60 3. Felix Gall ๐ฆ๐น Decathlon: 48 4. Einer Rubio ๐จ๐ด Movistar: 22 5. Igor Arrieta ๐ช๐ธ UAE & Nelson Oliveira ๐ต๐น Movistar : 18 ---- Fuga classification 1. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 721 (!!) 2. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 368 3. Tim Naberman ๐ณ๐ฑ Picnic: 310 (whoโs he?) 4. Martin Marcellusi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 251 5. Mattia Bais ๐ฎ๐น polti: 249 ---- Teams classification 1. Visma ๐ณ๐ฑ 2. RB Bora ๐ฉ๐ช +1โฒ44โณ 3. Movistar ๐ช๐ธ +8โฒ54โณ 4. Astana ๐ฐ๐ฟ +10โฒ42โณ 5. Ineos ๐ฌ๐ง +15โฒ32โณ 6. Tudor๐จ๐ญ +18โฒ47โณ ----------- ----------- Stages Stage 10, Tuesday 19 42 km, individual Time Trial (15 pts) It takes place at the same location as TirrenoโAdriatico introductory TT and is as flat, but it spreads over a much longer distance of the coast. [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/0407c4db-28f0-4fcb-8929-96beb8b9edfe.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/9274f9b7-3eba-4df8-a3e7-9ccc4252ea22.png]
Kristo Jorgenson, brother of pro cyclist Matteo, released the first version of his "Radial Pro Cycling" app designed to help you follow bike racing. Give it a spin! For now only on iOS (compatible with iPad and M-series Macs) but Android and web are next; he's just a one man volunteer team. #procycling #biketooter
Race thread: ๐ฎ๐น Tour of Italy 2026 (Southern Italy week), May 12โ17
Here is the situation after 3 days of apathy and hospitalisations in Bulgary: General time classification It was only determined by the punchy 2nd stage and a couple of time bonuses. 1. Guillermo Silva ๐ฆ๐ท Astana 2. Florian Stork ๐ฉ๐ช Tudor: +4โณ 3. Egan Bernal ๐จ๐ด Ineos: โ 4. Thymen Arensman ๐ณ๐ฑ Ineos: +6โณ 5. Julio Ciccone ๐ฎ๐น Lidl-Trek: โ 6. 29 riders: +10โณ โฆ and about the same number at 1โฒ ---- Points classification 1. Paul Magnier ๐ซ๐ท Soudal-QS: 105 pts 2. Jonathan Milan ๐ฎ๐น Lidl-Trek: 64 3. Tobias Andresen ๐ฉ๐ฐ Decathlon: 42 4. Madis Mihkels ๐ช๐ช EF: 32 5. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 28 ---- Mountain classification 1. Diego Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ Polti: 42 2. Manuele Tarozzi ๐ฎ๐น Bardiani: 12 3. Jonas Vingegaard ๐ฉ๐ฐ Visma: 9 4. Mirco Maestri ๐ฎ๐น Polti: 8 5. Allessandro Tonelli ๐ฎ๐น Polti: 6 ---- Teams classification 1. Astana ๐ฐ๐ฟ 2. Tudor๐จ๐ญ โ 3. Uno-X ๐ณ๐ด โ 4. Movistar ๐ช๐ธ โ 5. RB Bora ๐ฉ๐ช โ 6. EF ๐บ๐ธ โ ----------- ----------- Stages (TODO: I shall add them progressively) Stage 4, Tuesday 12 138 km, low difficulty (50 pts), 5 km sprint zone, 3โณ splits An even shorter course than stage 1, with the same profile as stage 3, but a nastier last mile. A sprint is to be expected again, favouring the sprinters who can handle an uphill finish; even though a breakaway could have its chances in theory, as the line is closer to the climb than it was in stage 3. [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/12754dda-72f4-4ea9-9d28-8950ed442193.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/1b74038c-ed40-46cc-93f9-138b97116b2c.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/06e25862-e2a5-416c-9c46-4143d19b1800.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/3f84747f-21e1-4a3d-8b81-7af1db1556e4.png] ----- Stage 5, Wednesday 13 203 km, medium difficulty (25 pts), 3km sprint zone, 1โณ splits This stage is made for breakaways or punchers-climbers, but will they take their chance this time? [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/f9b6063b-3726-4f7b-a61f-d7de5b8b176f.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/1f2ef3bc-0a3d-47ac-9cea-059138f48006.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/b8814a16-e0e4-447e-bd97-0c1ccfc5f06e.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/99894fea-346b-48f5-bdc9-efc0e95bd773.png] [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/b0840e29-d805-4005-b0c0-53587f36665b.png]
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