Cycling Lotte Kopecky (28) will not participate in the Tour de France next summer. The start of the Tour falls one day after the end of the omnium track at the Paris Games. Kopecky finished second in the Tour last year, but is now fully aiming for Olympic medals. It had been in the air … Read more
cycling Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) has been released from hospital almost two weeks after his heavy crash in the Tour of the Basque Country. The two-time Tour winner crashed on April 4 together with a number of other riders, including Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic, during the fourth stage of the Spanish stage race. … Read more
Cycling Wout van Aert has not recovered sufficiently from his fall in Dwars door Vlaanderen and will pass for the Giro. Frenchman Christophe Laporte replaces him. Wout van Aert will not participate in the Tour of Italy, which will be held from May 4 to 26. His Visma-Lease a Bike team announced this on social … Read more
Brabant Arrow Elisa Longo Borghini also won the Brabantse Pijl after the Tour of Flanders. The Italian champion of Lidl-Trek rode away from Tour winner Demi Vollering in the final and soloed to her second victory in Overijse. A group of four, including Laura Molenaar and former Tour of Flanders winner Coryn Labecki, had a … Read more
cycling Jonas Vingegaard underwent surgery for the first time on Monday after his crash in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country last Thursday. This involved surgery on his collapsed lung, which had to be done first before his fractures could be treated. It was only four days after the crash in … Read more
cycling Soudal Quick-Step is not spared from damage in the Tour of the Basque Country. After the heavy fall and retirement of leader Remco Evenepoel, the team also lost master servant Mikel Landa today. He also suffered a broken collarbone. The 34-year-old Bask crashed in stage five together with teammate Gil Gelders, among others, about … Read more
cycling Drama in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. The great tenors Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic all fell and had to give up. Louis Meintjes eventually won the stage. Remco Evenepoel went straight in a bend, just managed to avoid a tree and then crashed. Afterwards, Jonas Vingegaard … Read more
Ecuador will dance to the rhythm of the Colombian again Sweep in your new Gira Mundial FEXXOCALIPSIS Tour 2024. His fans will be able to sing and dance to hits like “Luna”, “Yandel 150”, “Perro Negro” (a song he recorded with Bad Bunny), among other hits. Ferxxonext November 19, 2024, in Quito. The seven-time nominee … Read more
Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) has won the Tour of Flanders. In a rain-drenched Oudenaarde, Longo Borghini defeated her two fellow escapees in the sprint. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) came second, Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek) third. Van Anrooij started the sprint for her leader. It is the second time for Longo Borghini to win Flanders Most Beautiful. … Read more
With this victory, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) entered history: his third victory in Flanders Most Beautiful (he also won in 2020 and 2022), meaning that he joins Fabian Cancellara, Tom Boonen, Johan Museeuw, Eric Leman, Fiorenzo Magni and Achiel Buysse are shown. The fact that he won his victory with the rainbow jersey around … Read more