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Who Will Win Paris Roubaix 2026? | The Big GCN Racing Preview Show youtu.be/WkF_gKidBMg?si… via @YouTube

This final kilometer delivers nothing but raw, unscripted drama. 🤯 #DDV26 #FLCS

Do you like cycle racing and are in the #Sussex UK area? We see that there’s an interesting change to the popular @LewesWanderers #criterium races - finishing in the Half Mile Drive ! It will be a race to the turn into the Drive for sure. #cycling britishcycling.org.uk/events/details…

'I'm not here to talk about Tadej. I'm just thinking about what I can do in these races' - Tom Pidcock puts Pogačar challenge on hold and focuses on dirt roads of Clásica Jaén cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/ra…

Phil Liggett (The Voice of the Tour de France)...."Dear Cycling" #cycling youtu.be/RT_ZkOW2Fu0?si… via @YouTube

Simon Yates, winner of the Giro d’Italia in 2025 and Vuelta a Espana in 2018, has decided to end his career with immediate effect.

Today we take a brief look at the murky world of 1970s pro kermesse racing. Our guide is the late Barry Hoban, an 8-time Tour de France stage winner (the photo is from Bordeaux, 1969) who was based in Ghent during his long pro career, and we’re using a passage from the autobiography we helped him write, and we published, Vas-y Barry. “When I lived in Belgium there were pro teams that only did the kermesses. Between May and September there was a kermesse somewhere in Belgium nearly every day, and some of them were big. A good living could be made by some, so good there were strong riders who didn’t want to race internationally. “It was difficult for anyone outside the pro kermesse world to win, because they had mafias who worked together. They were guys who’d raced together since being juniors, and even though they rode for different teams they rode together. They also had bookmakers, and the mafias worked with the bookmakers. “It was hilarious at times. Kermesses were good training for me, but I’d try to make a bit of money. I knew who’d be aiming to win a particular race. The local guy would really try. A break would go up the road with the local guy in it and his mates backed off, which caused a gap. Then it was up to the local guy to sort out payments to the others. The trick was to get in the break and get paid by the local to help him. “It was near impossible to beat the mafias because as well as working together the best kermesse racers were good. Over 150 kilometres on a typical kermesse circuit, the kermesse guys were very fast. I claim it as a big feather in my cap that I won a pro kermesse. I only ever won one, and I was really flying when I did it. “It was at Oostkamp, and I was away with six riders on the last lap, but nobody was talking money. Maybe they thought they could beat me and didn’t need to pay, but they didn’t beat me. I attacked and kept on attacking, eventually leaving them all for dead to finish on my own. I reckon that was probably the only kermesse back then where the winner didn’t pay the guys behind.” You can read more in Barry Hoban's autobiography, Vas-Y-Barry - cyclinglegends.co.uk/products/vas-y… 📸 L’Equipe 🖋 @ChrisSidwells #cyclinglegends #britishcycling #barryhoban

Charlie Burrell rode for 12 brutal hours on the shortest day of the year cyclingweekly.com/news/i-went-ov…

Next up from West London Cycling ... Your Christmas Eve Ride starting from Hillingdon Station (UB10 9NR). westlondoncycling.com/2025/12/22/fes…

Puck Pieterse in 🥈 and trying to close the gap on the leader, Lucinda Brand. She had the fastest lap on Lap 2️⃣ in 7:24.9 but still has +14s to close on Brand as they head into Lap 3️⃣ / 7️⃣. van Alphen and van der Heiden close behind in the battle for the podium 🏆 #CXWorldCup

Happy Birthday Colin Sturgess (57) 🎂 📸 via @PizzaPokerPsych #ColinSturgess #BOTD #cycling #cyclisme #ciclismo"

Question - we’ve just looked at the British Cycling events calendar and there doesn’t seem many road races planned for amateurs. What’s happened to Road Racing in the UK? #cycling #racing #roadracing

Roast to make Roast Potatoes youtube.com/shorts/Cs1H8Ck…

“Gear restrictions are a no-brainer” Cadel Evans and Stuart O’Grady on cycling’s safety debate, how the sport has changed, protests, and why fans should “just enjoy watching Pogačar’s greatness” road.cc/317301 #cycling

Cyclist that love Road cycling and racing in the UK what do you think ? #cycling

Sir Chris Hoy’s stage-four diagnosis has put prostate cancer under the spotlight among cyclists. Cycling Weekly tackles the confusion around risk factors and screening cyclingweekly.com/fitness/prosta…

Unveiling our Disability and Para-cycling dates for the 2026 season! 🙌

The National Cycle Network is 30! 🎂 Why not get out this weekend and explore a route near you? 🚶‍♀️ 👩‍🦽 🚴‍♀️ You can find one here 👇 buff.ly/BW1Q08j

@adamtranter That is amazing

Not a single person died on Helsinki’s roads in the last year. An impressive achievement which shows cities across the world that road traffic deaths are not inevitable. helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finlan… Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year - Helsinki Times

So fellow #cyclists the #TourDeFrance is over, is it now time to cancel your #TNT #Discovery subscription and do more #cycling yourself