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'A story out of nothing' – Jonas Vingegaard says press wasting time with wife's criticisms of Visma-Lease A Bike Tour de France priorities

'I don't know what happened and I don't care' responds Visma team boss Richard Plugge

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UCI rejects One Cycling project as 'incompatible' and 'lacking sporting coherence'

Governing body to remain in discussions with project representatives, as 2026 WorldTour calendars announced

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UCI rejects One Cycling project inclusion in WorldTour

Future of new scheme in question as men's and women's WorldTour races decided through 2028

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'It's all out of respect' – Visma-Lease a Bike and UAE Team Emirates-XRG excited to reignite Grand Tour rivalry at Tour de France

Visma boss Richard Plugge looks ahead to Vingegaard vs Pogačar face off after Yates' Giro triumph over Del Toro

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'I have no reason not to believe that we can go for yellow again' - Visma-Lease a Bike confident in Jonas Vingegaard's Tour de France chances

Danish two-time Tour de France winner will return to action at the Critérium du Dauphiné next week

Cycling Weekly

'Compared to last year, we have taken another big step' – Visma management rate Jonas Vingegaard as favourite for Tour de France

'You could perhaps say that Pogačar is better on Tour of Flanders-like courses, but this is about a three-week race'

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Extra wildcard team approved for Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España

Number of teams to increase from 22 to 23 at men's Grand Tours

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'He made every part of the team better' - Visma-Lease a Bike move on after departure of Grand Tour mastermind

Merijn Zeeman leaves Dutch team after 12 years, 420 victories and rebuilding a winning culture out of an 'unsafe work environment'

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Wout van Aert signs 'unique' career-long contract extension with Visma-Lease a Bike

'This is unique in our sport, but we both didn't have to think long about that' says team CEO Richard Plugge

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'You are caught in the act of fake news!' - UCI president clashes with Richard Plugge over race radio trial ban

David Lappartient has accused the Visma Lease-a-Bike boss of pushing ulterior motives after he blamed Tour de Pologne crashes on radio restrictions

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'You have seen it with all of our innovations': Visma-Lease a Bike expect Tour de France teams to copy mobile control room

The UCI denied the Visma-Lease a Bike vehicle Tour de France accreditation

Cycling Weekly

'There's always wine' - Marc Madiot offers unique dinner experience for fans at Tour de France

Ever wanted to share a bottle of wine with Groupama-FDJ's manager? Now's your chance

Cycling Weekly

Netflix's Tour de France: Unchained - Gino Mäder's death hangs heavily over the second season

A guide to season 2 of the Netflix Tour de France series

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Tour de France: Unchained – Second series offers more emotions but also more crashes

The eight new episodes look back at the Vingegaard-Pogačar duel of the 2023 Tour

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‘We wanted Tadej to win, but with no exaggeration’ – The next steps in Pogačar’s Giro-Tour double plan

Rest, Isola altitude camp and no racing for Slovenian in five-week countdown to Grand Départ

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'We need to be sure he can be at 100%' – No deadline for decision on Jonas Vingegaard's Tour de France participation

Richard Plugge says Tadej Pogačar’s 'real level' can't be judged until he faces Big Four in July

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After his first outdoor ride since horror crash, Jonas Vingegaard has high hopes of Tour de France return

Two-time defending champion returns to riding outdoors seven weeks before the Tour's start as teammates head to altitude

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Jonas Vingegaard leaves hospital after Itzulia Basque Country horror crash

Danish rider underwent surgery to repair broken collarbone; too early to know whether Tour de France return will be possible

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New SafeR project in turmoil after CEO Jaap Van Hulten ousted by stakeholders

UCI insists to Cyclingnews that safety is an 'absolute priority'

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'Crashes ruin our sport' - Richard Plugge calls for a new mentality for race safety

Visma-Lease a Bike manager on the impact of Vingegaard's and Van Aert's injuries

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'It's not time for politics, it's time for better safety' - says UCI President

David Lappartient reveals that 50% of crashes are caused by rider behaviour with red and yellow card punishment system to be introduced

Cycling News

Laporte still a question mark for Paris-Roubaix as Wout van Aert gets back on his feet

Visma-Lease A Bike confirm that director Zeeman will depart for football club at end of 2024 season

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Brent Copeland replaces Richard Plugge as AIGCP president after shake-up

Jayco Alula manager takes over influential teams association as One Cycling project caused divisions

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Richard Plugge to step down as AIGCP president

Dutchman will not seek re-election when term ends this summer

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WorldTour teams back out of One Cycling project due to 'crazy business model'

L'Equipe suggests demands for return on investment has spooked teams, with the clock ticking on confirming the deal

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