Strade Bianche delivered two historic moments.
๐ธ๐ฎ Pogaฤar โ first rider ever with 4 Strade wins
๐ซ๐ท Seixas โ youngest podium ever in a top-level one-day race (19-164)
Legacy and youth on the white roads.
Full recap โ
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Three races. Three records in sight.
โข Pogaฤar chasing a historic 4th Strade Bianche
โข ParisโNice without its reigning champion
โข Rogliฤ aiming for a 3rd TirrenoโAdriatico
Early March redraws the map of the season.
New VeloStatistics preview. ๐๐ดโโ๏ธ
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Opening Weekend is back.
Three former Omloop winners.
Van der Poelโs debut.
A double that has never been done.
Cobbles, patterns, and repetition โ the numbers behind Omloop, Kuurne & Samyn.
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A generational shift in one week.
๐ฒ๐ฝ Del Toro โ youngest UAE Tour winner ever
๐ซ๐ท Seixas โ teenage French history in Algarve
๐ช๐ธ Romeo โ youngest Andalucรญa champ since 1988
๐ด Milan closing in on UAE stage win records
The record books moved. ๐
New recap โ
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A generational shift in one week.
๐ฒ๐ฝ Del Toro โ youngest UAE Tour winner ever
๐ซ๐ท Seixas โ teenage French history in Algarve
๐ช๐ธ Romeo โ youngest Andalucรญa champ since 1988
๐ด Milan closing in on UAE stage win records
The record books moved. ๐
New recap โ
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No WorldTour.
But plenty of history.
The Giro di Sardegna returns after 14 years, and the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var goes back to its roots.
A week where the archive matters more than the headlines.
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No WorldTour.
But plenty of history.
The Giro di Sardegna returns after 14 years, and the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var goes back to its roots.
A week where the archive matters more than the headlines.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-a-...
Belgian. Spanish. American.
Six Vuelta stages. Sixteen wins in his first pro season. Twice top-10 in Sanremo.
And later, mentor to the first great American generation.
The story of Noรซl Dejonckheere โ cyclingโs quiet transatlantic bridge.
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Patterns emerging in February:
๐ต๐น Morgado doubles in Figueira
๐บ๐ธ Riccitello wins Provence in his team debut (2nd-youngest ever)
๐ฐ๐ฟ Astana already at four 1โ2 finishes
๐ฆ๐ช UAE moves to the top of the team standings
๐ Weekly recap โคต๏ธ
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Patterns emerging in February:
๐ต๐น Morgado doubles in Figueira
๐บ๐ธ Riccitello wins Provence in his team debut (2nd-youngest ever)
๐ฐ๐ฟ Astana already at four 1โ2 finishes
๐ฆ๐ช UAE moves to the top of the team standings
๐ Weekly recap โคต๏ธ
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No points for the leader's jersey in a Grand Tour for Ullrich? He's worn the leader's jersey several times.
๐ฏ๏ธ Frans Van Vlierberghe (1954โ2026)
A Waasland rider.
13 years pro.
Vuelta stage winner in 1979.
Not a superstar โ but a true craftsman of the Belgian peloton.
๐ His story: velostatistics.substack.com/p/obituary-f...
The UAE Tour starts without its only three-time winner.
No Pogaฤar.
A reset at the top.
Yates chasing a fifth podium.
Del Toro eyeing the youngest-winner record.
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The nickname is mentioned in, among others, the 2015 edition of Velo Gotha by Joรซl Godaert, an encyclopedic cycling reference work.
Also, but he has multiple nicknames.
They called him the Cowboy of Tashkent.
Three green jerseys. Points titles in all three Grand Tours. A sprint that ignored fear โ and rules.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait of Djamolidine Abduzhaparov: cyclingโs most dangerous fast man.
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February just started โ and history is already bending.
๐ง๐ช Evenepoel joins Merckx
๐ถ Youngest winners since the 1960s
โฑ๏ธ World record: 3:39.977
๐ A European champion at 40
The numbers didnโt wait. Neither did the season.
๐ Weekly Recap โคต๏ธ
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February just started โ and history is already bending.
๐ง๐ช Evenepoel joins Merckx
๐ถ Youngest winners since the 1960s
โฑ๏ธ World record: 3:39.977
๐ A European champion at 40
The numbers didnโt wait. Neither did the season.
๐ Weekly Recap โคต๏ธ
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February doesnโt deliver verdicts โ it delivers signals.
From Valencia to Oman: Evenepoel, Yates, and early pressure points in a week of preparation that already touches history.
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February doesnโt deliver verdicts โ it delivers signals.
From Valencia to Oman: Evenepoel, Yates, and early pressure points in a week of preparation that already touches history.
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Cyrille Guimard didnโt conquer the Tour with his legs โ but with his will.
From defying Merckx in 1972 to orchestrating seven Tour victories from the team car.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait of the rider who became the architect.
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Youth on the rise. Records rewritten. History bent.
๐ฆ๐บ Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
๐ Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
๐๏ธ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
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Volgens de biografie van Johny Vansevenant: Merckx kreeg een mooi voorstel in Spanje en journalist Theo Mathy had negatieve signalen uit Frankrijk opgevangen.
"Maar het is vooral omdat ik vijf Tours na elkaar zou gewonnen hebben, dat ik weggebleven ben."
Youth on the rise. Records rewritten. History bent.
๐ฆ๐บ Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
๐ Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
๐๏ธ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
๐๐ดโโ๏ธ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
Velo 2025, published in February, was the last of its kind.
This monthโs From The Vault looks back at cyclingโs most complete yearbookโand at what disappears when history no longer arrives between two covers.
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Velo 2025, published in February, was the last of its kind.
In this weekโs From The Vault, I revisit cyclingโs most complete yearbookโwhat it meant, what it preserved, and what we lose when history no longer arrives in print.
๐๐ดโโ๏ธ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
One race that never repeats.
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships โ a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
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One race that never repeats.
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships โ a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
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26 Grand Tour stage wins.
No monuments. No crowns. Only flashes.
Raffaele Di Paco โ the lightning bolt of cyclingโs interwar years.
A Pantheon portrait of speed, style, and glorious inconsistency.
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The winter is over. The stats are back. ๐๐ดโโ๏ธ
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history ๐
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