Last month, Lachlan Morton broke a 165-year record by riding America's ‘Pony Express’ route in less than a week - another astonishing addition to cycling's most imaginative palmares.
Interview on how he did it and what's next after leaving EF 👇
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A trip up to Colney to hear Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal injury updates on Piero Hincapie, Martin Zubimendi, William Saliba - and plans for the latter to finally get his team photo 📸
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Paul Seixas breaks 121-year old record to become the youngest winner of Il Lombardia 🏆
Analysis of the Frenchman’s solo win, what happened to Evenepoel and the peloton’s poignant safety protest 👇
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Ashlin Barry made U.S. history winning the U-23 World title in Montreal.
With the dust barely settled on the feat, the rising star spoke to @TheAthletic about: his Olympic dreams, lessons from Wout van Aert + more
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Demi Vollering defends her European title in the rainbow jersey to cap off a dominant season 🌈🟠
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Demi Vollering won the Tour de France Femmes but nearly didn’t have a season at all 🇳🇱
Interview with the 29y/o on:
- How being in nature saved her 2026 campaign
- Fighting injury and “crushed dreams” to win the Tour
- Her ambitions for cycling’s future
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Behind Demi Vollering’s emphatic Tour de France Femmes win 🇫🇷
- A fierce rivalry on the roads
- Team battling illness
- Stephen Delcourt’s night of phone calls
+ more
This is how @FDJ_SUEZ won their first Tour
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Demi Vollering wins the 2026 Tour de France Femmes with a sensational attack to fend off Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney 🏆
The final day of a spectacular grand tour saw crashes, battles and high emotions 🚴♀️
Analysis of stage 9 👇
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Demi Vollering upended the GC by winning stage 8 to move into the Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey 🟡
- Argument over Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney being “blocked”
- Change of plans for FDJ Suez
- Tight GC with one day to go
Analysis 👇
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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot abandons the Tour de France Femmes due to illness.
The Frenchwoman considered her title defence “over” by the end of stage 5, but it is officially over with two days left of racing.
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Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney threw two hands in the air as she crossed the line, collapsing shortly afterwards.
She had just upended the Tour de France Femmes GC in one of the best performances the race has ever seen.
This is how she did it 👇
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Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney leapfrogs into yellow with an incredible solo ride on Mont Ventoux 🇵🇱
Demi Vollering distances Marlen Reusser in final stretch to keep GC deficit to 15s.
Tour de France Femmes stage 7 analysis 👇
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As the Tour de France Femmes enters the mountains, riders will be pushed to their limits 🚵♀️
With periods found to alter heat tolerance, battling France’s soaring temperatures proves more complex.
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Kim Le Court-Pienaar wins the sixth stage of the Tour de France Femmes in sprint over breakaway 🇲🇺
Meanwhile in the GC, Elisa Longo Borghini catapults herself into the top 5 while Marlen Reusser retains yellow 🟡
Analysis of the day's racing here 👇
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Mont Ventoux makes its debut Tour de France Femmes appearance on Friday, set to stage a GC battle for the ages. 🏔️
The iconic climb is one of the toughest and most recognisable in the sport.
This is what to expect 👇
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Demi Vollering wins Tour de France Femmes stage 5 after outsprinting GC rivals 🚴♀️
Defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot believes her race is over after gap to yellow jersey Marlen Reusser grows to 5 mins 🟡
Analysis here 👇
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Paula Blasi’s rise to the top of cycling has been phenomenal.
Sitting in the Tour de France Femmes white jersey the 23y/o speaks about:
- Leadership and TdFF ambitions
- Spectacular Vuelta win
- Family, football, fierce competition
@TheAthletic 👇
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Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset pulled off the longest successful solo breakaway in Tour de France Femmes history on Monday, attacking from 88km out 🇳🇴
If you missed it, read the analysis of Stage 3 here 👇
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Another win and another day in the yellow jersey for Lorena Wiebes 🟡
Analysis of the second stage of the Tour de France Femmes 👇
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Lorena Wiebes takes the first yellow jersey in Stage 1 of the Tour de France Femmes 🟡
The Lausanne loop saw breakaway action, numerous crashes and Red Bull's first major venture into women's cycling
Analysis of the day's action 👇
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