Lotto-Intermarche's top 5 point scorers this year depending on types of races: One-day races: 1. Berckmoes 1145 2. de Schuyteneer 585 3. Zimmermann 573 4. de Lie 570 5. Widar 511 Stage races: 1. Widar 791 2. van Eetvelt 736 3. Berckmoes 608 4. Artz 294 5. Braet 258 Jenno Berckmoes's breakout season really made themselves visible on all aspects, Jarno Widar has already become a great stage racer this season... de Schyuteneer is one of the riders to watch in 2027, very consistent all season long. #OffSeason

Best races of 2026. #3: Volta Comunitat Valenciana - Stage 4 📍 Teulada Moreira 🏆 Remco Evenepoel One of the finest memories of February was seeing Evenepoel attack on Puig de la Llorenca, with Tiberi and Pellizzari trying to keep up with him, grimacing and occasionally grinning, but ultimately having to concede defeat by the last few hundred metres of the climb. Great race, beautiful scenery, a good crowd – 2027 edition will be excellent too. #VCV2026

Alpecin's top 5 point scorers this year depending on types of races: One-day races: 1. van der Poel 2690 2. Philipsen 1754 3. Verstrynge 710 4. Thijssen 423 5. Del Grosso 390 Multi-day races: 1. Philipsen 1746 2. van der Poel 710 3. Debruyne 610 4. Plowright 207 5. Busatto 155 The two dimension remained, but then, names change from to 3-5 between the types of races. Very heavily leant to one-day races, scoring almost double the points than in stage races (also, 11 riders scored 100+ points in one-day races, only 5 in stage races). #OffSeason

saving this for eternity:

upper half a bloodbath, lower half somewhat easier. excited for next Saturday 😁

best races of 2026. #2: Giro di Abruzzo - Stage 2 📍 Caramanico Terme 🏆 Lennart Jasch epic solos and Lennart Jasch went hand in hand this year, he certainly was one of the highlights of 2026 - this was a second solo in line when a seemingly done and dusted, small bunch sprint was avoided by Jasch's flamme rouge attack to which Godon, Scalco and Team UKYO's duo had no reply to. fascinating win, fascinating season from the German, not the last time he'll be featured here. #GirodiAbruzzo

Best races of 2026. The series begins again and to my biggest surprise, it contains more races than ever before as the number grew from the usual 105-115 range to 131 races this time. As always, it's in complete random order. #1. Vuelta a España - Stage 1 📍 Monaco 🏆 Tadej Pogačar There were some really exciting time trials this year but this one topped the year for me - great course, great setting, great racing against the clock where Tadej Pogačar won by a few millimeters ahead of Ethan Hayter, winning in his second home.

back to work tomorrow. #OffSeason

📍cremona.

not very far from calling it a nuclear catastrophe. #TDF2027

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the devil lies in the details - what looks as a meh route on the surface turns out to be an amazing one when seeing the profiles #TDFF2027

rain to dry to rain. bianchi bikes. transfer season is in full swing, rating begins next month. roglič to Visma? nah. #Mercato

the fairest flower in my heart's garden.

let's take a well-deserved few days off. 🇮🇹

the best moneyball move of all time or a hughcarthyesque last 2 years of a career that had a lot more in store. is it worth a try? 100%. #Mercato

take it as a first hottish take of 2027, but I feel like if environment and circumstances align, Jed Smithson can have a really good first pro season #Mercato

ebu.ch/news/2026/10/ebu-exte… "Millions of cycling fans across Europe will continue to experience the Tour de France, La Vuelta and other iconic races until 2032, following a two-year extension of the media rights agreement between the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) and Unipublic announced today." The extended agreement covers the same portfolio of men’s and women’s events which include: Men’s: Tour de France, La Vuelta, Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, La Flèche Wallonne, Paris-Nice, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, ADAC Cyclassics Hamburg, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Clásica San Sebastián, Paris-Tours, Tro Bro Leon and Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Women’s: Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, La Vuelta Femenina, Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France, Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes and La Flèche Wallonne Femmes. At time of signature of the 2031-2032 extension, whole or part of the package of races will be broadcast free-to-air by the following EBU Members: RTBF (Belgium), ČT (Czechia), TV2 (Denmark), DUNA (Hungary), RAI (Italy), NOS (Netherlands), TV2 (Norway), RTP (Portugal), RTVS (Slovakia), RTV (Slovenija), and SRG SSR (Switzerland).