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2025 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2025 La Flèche Wallonne was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 23 April from the Belgian city of Ciney to the municipality of Huy. It was the 89th edition of La Flèche Wallonne and the 18th event of the 2025 UCI World Tour. The winner was Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar of , who attacked on the final climb of the Mur de Huy and finished 10 seconds ahead of runner-up Kévin Vauquelin. It was the largest winning margin since 2003 and marked Pogačar's second victory at the race. Pre-race favorites La Flèche Wallonne is known for its steep final climb up the Mur de Huy, featuring gradients over 20%, which typically favors puncheurs. In pre-race analysis, Tadej Pogačar was considered the leading favorite, having won the race in 2023 and coming off a strong classics season where he won the Tour of Flanders. Also among the top contenders were Mattias Skjelmose, who defeated Pogačar in a sprint at the Amstel Gold Race days earlier, and Olympic champion Remco Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 UCI World Tour
The 2025 UCI World Tour is a series of races that includes thirty-six events throughout the 2025 in men's road cycling, 2025 cycling season. The tour started with the 2025 Tour Down Under, Tour Down Under on 21 January, and will conclude with the 2025 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Guangxi on 19 October. Events The race calendar for the 2025 season was announced in June 2024, with thirty-six races scheduled. The calendar was similar to 2024 UCI World Tour, 2024, with a new one-day race in Denmark, the Copenhagen Sprint. In October 2024, the final calendar was confirmed. Teams The eighteen UCI WorldTeam, WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events, with the top two UCI ProTeams listed on the 2024 UCI World Ranking ( and ) also invited automatically. Other teams were invited by the organisers of each race. References External links * {{2025 in road cycling 2025 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour 2025 in men's road cycling, World Tour Current cycling season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remco Evenepoel
Remco Evenepoel (; born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian professional cyclist and Olympic gold medalist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Evenepoel is widely regarded as one of the best Individual time trial, time trialists of his generation; he is a two-time UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, UCI world champion (2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 2023 and 2024 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 2024), Olympic champion (Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial, 2024), and European champion (2019 European Road Championships, 2019). He has also found success in one-day classics, winning Liège–Bastogne–Liège twice in 2022 and 2023, the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, UCI road race world championship in 2022 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2022, and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Olympic road race in 2024. Evenepoel also won the Vuelta a Esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauro Schmid
Mauro Schmid (born 4 December 1999 in Bülach) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He competed in the scratch at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where he finished 7th. Major results Road ;2017 : National Junior Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial : 3rd Overall GP Général Patton ;2018 : 2nd Overall Tour of Black Sea ;2019 : National Under-23 Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd Time trial ;2020 : 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships ;2021 (1 pro win) : 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia : 4th Time trial, National Championships ;2022 (2) : 1st Team relay, UCI World Championships : 1st Overall Tour of Belgium : 1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : National Championships ::2nd Time trial ::4th Road race : 6th Overall Danmark Rundt : 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 10th Overall Tour of Oman ;2023 (1) : 1st Team relay, UCI World Championships : 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Buitrago
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez (born 26 September 1999) is a Colombian road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Buitrago has won two stages at the Giro d'Italia. Career Santiago Buitrago's first UCI rated result is at the Colombian Junior time trial championships where he finished fourth. Bahrain–McLaren (2020–present) 2020–2021 Buitrago joined UCI WorldTeam on a two-year contract after impressing the team by finishing sixth at the Giro della Valle d'Aosta in 2019. His first race with the team was at the 2020 Tour Down Under where he finished second in the youth classification 15 seconds behind Pavel Sivakov. The last race of the 2020 season was the Vuelta a España, his first Grand tour, he would finish in 53rd. In 2021 he finished tenth overall at the Tour de Hongrie after a strong tenth in the Queen-stage. He then won the mountains classification at the Settimana Ciclistica Italiana after being in the break and attacking over the climbs of the day. Buitrago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Healy (cyclist)
Ben Healy (born 11 September 2000) is an Irish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . A two time national champion (once each in the road race and time trial), he was selected to compete in the road race at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships. Healy was born in England and has Irish heritage on his father's side. He pledged his allegiance to Ireland as a teenager. Career Healy took early career stage wins in both the Tour de l'Avenir and Baby Giro. He came to international prominence in 2023 after a strong spring classics season with results including winning the 2023 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano and podium finishes in the Amstel Gold Race, between Tadej Pogačar and Tom Pidcock, and Brabantse Pijl, and a 4th place finish in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Following his successful classics season, Healy made his grand tour debut in the 2023 Giro d'Italia, and on 13 May won his first grand tour stage a week later, winning after a solo break of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Martinez (cyclist)
Lenny Martinez (born 11 July 2003) is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the son, grandson and nephew of former racing cyclists Miguel, Mariano and Yannick Martinez respectively. Career On 16 July 2022 during stage 4 of the Giro della Valle d'Aosta Martinez along with teammate Reuben Thompson were the last men standing from the group of favorites. Martinez, who had just extended his lead gave the win to Thompson. On 1 June 2022, Martinez got to ride for as a development rider with the team at the 2022 Mercan'Tour Classic where he finished in eighth position, beating UCI WorldTour professional cyclists all while helping leader David Gaudu finish in fourth. On 3 August 2022, confirmed they had signed Martinez into their UCI WorldTeam for 2023. in June, 2023 Martinez took his first professional win at the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge. On 31 August 2023, during the 6th stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España, he was part of a large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Professional Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon perfor .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top eight ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or below from 2020) that took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour, respectively. List of teams 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 The 18 WorldTeams in 2016 were: 2017 The 18 WorldTeams in 2017 were: 2018 The 18 WorldTeams in 2018 are: 2019 The 18 WorldTeams in 2019 are: 2020 The 19 WorldTeams in 2020 are: 2021 The 19 WorldTeams in 2021 are: 2022 The 18 WorldTeams in 2022 are: 2023 The 18 WorldTeams in 2023 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2024 The 18 WorldTeams in 2024 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2025 The 18 WorldTeams in 2025 are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * History of UCI WorldTeams Dark grey indicates that the team was not operating in the year in question. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Alaphilippe
Julian Alaphilippe (; born 11 June 1992) is a French professional road cyclist, former cyclo-cross racer and two-time UCI World Road Champion, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe. Career Early career Born in Saint-Amand-Montrond, Alaphilippe started his career competing in the cyclo-cross discipline and finished second in the Junior World Cyclo-Cross Championships in 2010. Alaphilippe's road career began in 2012, riding with amateur team . During that season, he impressed at the Tour de Bretagne, finishing eleventh overall, and finished second overall and won a stage in the Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay, a UCI America Tour 2.2 event. Alaphilippe joined , the development team of UCI WorldTeam . The young rider had an even more successful season in 2013, taking a solo victory on stage 4 of the Tour de Bretagne. Later in the year, he came 4th in the European Road Race Championships and 9th in the UCI Road World Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Van Gils
Maxim Van Gils (born 25 November 1999) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career (2021–2024) Professional since 2021, Van Gils took his first pro win at the 2022 Saudi Tour, winning stage four and the general classification. Considered a strong climber and classics rider, he has also taken a number of top 10 and podium finishes at classic races, including third places at the 2024 Strade Bianche and the 2024 La Flèche Wallonne. He also won the 5 kilometer time trial at the 2024 Vuelta a Andalucía. In May, he won his first UCI WorldTour race, winning a group sprint at Eschborn–Frankfurt. At the 2023 Japan Cup, Van Gils received a fine and was penalized 10 UCI points after hitting Georgios Bouglas just after crossing the finish line. He later apologized for the incident, and was not disqualified from the results. (2025–) From 2025 onwards, Maxim Van Gils rides for UCI WorldTeam . The Belgian has agreed to a three-year deal. Major re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Grégoire
Romain Grégoire (born 21 January 2003) is a French road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Grégoire had a successful junior career, being crowned both the national and European junior road race champion. He also won the silver medal in the road race at the 2021 UCI World Junior Championships. He also competed in cyclo-cross until 2022, winning the 2022 national under-23 championships. In 2022, Grégoire joined UCI Continental team for his first year in the under-23 category. He took six UCI victories that season, including the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs, the G.P. Palio del Recioto, the Flèche Ardennaise and a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir. The following season, he was promoted to the World Tour squad, taking five professional wins, including the overall wins of the Four Days of Dunkirk and the Tour du Limousin. he also finished eighth in his first UCI WorldTour event: Strade Bianche. In August, he entered his first Grand Tour: the Vuelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thibau Nys
Thibau Nys (born 12 November 2002) is a Belgian cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam on the road and for UCI Cyclo-cross team in cyclo-cross. Nys is the son of Sven Nys, one of the most successful cyclo-cross riders of all time. Nys has followed in his father's footsteps and has started cyclo-cross from an early age on. He has already obtained three Belgian and one European cyclo-cross title in the youth categories. On 2 February 2020, he won the men's junior title at the 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. On 11 September 2021, he added the men's U23 European Road Race Championships in Trento. As an Elite rider in the 2024/2025 season, Nys took his first European Championship and Belgium National title. Major results Cyclo-cross ;2018–2019 : Junior DVV Trophy ::1st Hamme ::1st Baal ::1st Lille : Junior Superprestige ::1st Hoogstraten ::2nd Middelkerke ::3rd Gieten ::3rd Zonhoven : 1st Junior Neerpelt : 1st Junior Leuven : 3rd Overall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
