...#ParisNice #JonasVingegaard #XdsAstana #TeamTimeTrial #CyclingFashion #Bygma #VismaLeaseABike #CyclingTech #AeroGains #PowerRangers #CyclingStrategy #ColorCoordination #CyclingInnovation #TTTTactics #CyclingCommunity Source link The Paris-Nice team time trial on Tuesday showcased some unique wardrobe choices that caught the attention of cycling fans. Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard sported a custom red Giro helmet, while XDS-Astana riders donned colorful gloves and socks. These choices weren’t just for style—they had specific purposes tied to team strategy and sponsorship.

For XDS Astana, the 2026 Tour de France team time trial turned into a minor drama. The Kazakh team got off to a decent start in Barcelona, but dropped out of the day’s top 20 after the second intermediate checkpoint. The team explained why afterwards. "A major setback for our team," XDS Astana wrote...

Jonas Vingegaard watched his teammates’ performance in the Tour de France team time trial with great amazement. The Dane finished the race in Barcelona, claiming the first yellow jersey, but according to Vingegaard, he didn’t actually make a very big contribution to that. Vingegaard was the culminat...

Seven years after the Brussels, Visma | Lease a Bike won another team time trial at the Tour de France. It was a stage that not only demanded blood (Edoardo Affini), sweat (in the Spanish heat), and tears (from both Mathieu Heijboer and Jonas Vingegaard) from the team, but also required them to pull...

It may have been Matteo Jorgenson who produced the fastest time on Tuesday in the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes time trial, but it was Visma | Lease a Bike who took the win. The Dutch team has long been known for 'Samenwinnen' (winning together), and team coach Mathieu Heijboer had plenty of praise for...

Alex Baudin safely kept hold of the yellow jersey in the second stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. EF Education-EasyPost kept the breakaway within five minutes, so the team’s mission was accomplished. Tuesday’s team time trial, however, is set to be a much tougher test. “I’m happy to have anoth...

Welcome to the live blog for the team time trial at the 2026 Tour de France. The Tour de France kicks off shortly after 5:00 p.m CET (4pm BST, 11am ET) with a team time trial in Barcelona. Who will stand out in the time trial, which finishes at the top of a climb? IDL Pro Cycling will be bringing yo...

Visma | Lease a Bike is setting its sights on a strong result at Tuesday’s team time trial at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. That is why the team chose to save its energy in Monday’s second stage. The riders faced a long day in the saddle over 234 kilometres. Once the early break had gone, it quickl...

On Tuesday, the UCI scored a major financial win for its piggy bank. Following the stage 3 team time trial at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the race jury issued three hefty fines. This was all due to doping controls that could not be carried out on time. Fines, time penalties, and yellow cards are...

After two days, we already arrive at perhaps the most important stage of the Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes. The team time trial in stage three will shake up the general classification and create real gaps, but there is more at stake than just this race. In de Leiderstrui sets out the favourites! The s...

Wout van Aert expressed his disappointment after his limited contribution to the team time trial at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Belgian was only able to keep up with the Visma | Lease a Bike express train for 9 minutes, though the team still went on to win the time trial. It was as an off day...

Tuesday’s team time trial victory at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes went to Matteo Jorgenson. The American leader was naturally delighted. The cherry on the cake is that Visma | Lease a Bike now looks to be in excellent shape in this discipline ahead of the Tour de France. But what does it really mea...

Jonas Vingegaard lost his red leader's jersey to David Gaudu in the Vuelta a España on Tuesday. As a result, the Dane from Visma | Lease a Bike will be able to start in his ‘normal’ kit in the team time trial, while Gaudu has another moment of luck after his stage victory the day before. “It wasn't...

On Saturday, Paul Seixas looked back on the first stage of the Tour de France with a sense of satisfaction. The 19-year-old team leader made his debut at the Tour de France — in any Grand Tour — but didn’t have time to enjoy the moment during an explosive team time trial. Decathlon CMA CGM finished...

“Why are we doing this?” Isaac del Toro said on Tuesday immediately after the team time trial at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with a big smile on his face. The Mexican rider from UAE Team Emirates-XRG crossed the finish line just ahead of Kevin Vermaerke, and the team from the Emirates would ultim...

Remco Evenepoel showed on the first day of the Tour de France that he is in excellent form. The 26-year-old Belgian finished the team time trial in Stage 1 solo for Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, after surprisingly dropping his teammate and co-leader Florian Lipowitz on the final climb. Two days before th...

Netcompany INEOS put in an excellent performance on Tuesday at the team time trial at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The British team posted the second-fastest time, just 9 seconds behind Visma | Lease a Bike. Afterward, Kévin Vauquelin was a bit disappointed, as the British team might have let the...

After four difficult days without a victory, which the team might have been counting on, Lidl-Trek finally has reason to smile. The American team may have missed out again on the team time trial win, but the squad around Mads Pedersen and Giulio Ciccone performed above expectations, finishing third...

After two days for the sprinters, their work is done. From here on, Paris-Nice will be shaped mainly by the mountains and a team time trial. That race against the clock also serves as an ideal dress rehearsal for the top teams ahead of the opening team time trial at this year’s Tour de France. IDLPr...

Cian Uijtdebroeks got off to a dramatic start in the Tour de France. The 23-year-old Belgian arrived in Barcelona with high hopes for the general classification and was backed by a strong Movistar team. That included support for the team time trial in Stage 1, but it was precisely in that discipline...

After Wednesday's team time trial, Jonas Vingegaard was back in the red leader's jersey of the Vuelta a España, but the Dane from Visma | Lease a Bike lost it again on Thursday in Andorra to leader Torstein Traeen of Bahrain Victorious. Jay Vine (UAE Emirates-XRG) was the best of that same breakaway...