Longo Borghini puts Vollering over his knee and also wins Brabantse Pijl after the Tour of Flanders

Longo Borghini puts Vollering over his knee and also wins Brabantse Pijl after the Tour of Flanders

Brabant Arrow Elisa Longo Borghini also won the Brabantse Pijl after the Tour of Flanders. The Italian champion of Lidl-Trek rode away from Tour winner Demi Vollering in the final and soloed to her second victory in Overijse. A group of four, including Laura Molenaar and former Tour of Flanders winner Coryn Labecki, had a … Read more

Vingegaard only operated on a collapsed lung five days after a fall, Tour winner still in Basque hospital

Vingegaard only operated on a collapsed lung five days after a fall, Tour winner still in Basque hospital

cycling Jonas Vingegaard underwent surgery for the first time on Monday after his crash in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country last Thursday. This involved surgery on his collapsed lung, which had to be done first before his fractures could be treated. It was only four days after the crash in … Read more

Mikel Landa suffers a broken collarbone in a new crash in the Tour of the Basque Country

Mikel Landa suffers a broken collarbone in a new crash in the Tour of the Basque Country

cycling Soudal Quick-Step is not spared from damage in the Tour of the Basque Country. After the heavy fall and retirement of leader Remco Evenepoel, the team also lost master servant Mikel Landa today. He also suffered a broken collarbone. The 34-year-old Bask crashed in stage five together with teammate Gil Gelders, among others, about … Read more

Evenepoel and Vingegaard retire after a heavy crash in the Tour of the Basque Country

Evenepoel and Vingegaard retire after a heavy crash in the Tour of the Basque Country

cycling Drama in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. The great tenors Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic all fell and had to give up. Louis Meintjes eventually won the stage. Remco Evenepoel went straight in a bend, just managed to avoid a tree and then crashed. Afterwards, Jonas Vingegaard … Read more

Longo Borghini wins Tour of Flanders for women, Lotte Kopecky on foot on the Koppenberg

Longo Borghini wins Tour of Flanders for women, Lotte Kopecky on foot on the Koppenberg

Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) has won the Tour of Flanders. In a rain-drenched Oudenaarde, Longo Borghini defeated her two fellow escapees in the sprint. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) came second, Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek) third. Van Anrooij started the sprint for her leader. It is the second time for Longo Borghini to win Flanders Most Beautiful. … Read more

Supreme Mathieu van der Poel wins Tour of Flanders

Supreme Mathieu van der Poel wins Tour of Flanders

With this victory, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) entered history: his third victory in Flanders Most Beautiful (he also won in 2020 and 2022), meaning that he joins Fabian Cancellara, Tom Boonen, Johan Museeuw, Eric Leman, Fiorenzo Magni and Achiel Buysse are shown. The fact that he won his victory with the rainbow jersey around … Read more

Tokyo organizes toilet tour after ‘Perfect days’ success

Tokyo organizes toilet tour after ‘Perfect days’ success

Japan Since the success of the film Perfect Days, the story of a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, worldwide interest in Japanese toilets has been further fueled. In Shibuya, the toilet hype is an opportunity: they launched a toilet tour with seventeen stops. In Shibuya, a tour has opened of seventeen public toilet facilities, all designed … Read more

Evenepoel is beaten again uphill but wins Tour of the Algarve, Van Aert’s attack fails on the final climb

Evenepoel is beaten again uphill but wins Tour of the Algarve, Van Aert’s attack fails on the final climb

Cycling Remco Evenepoel has brought the Tour of the Algarve to a successful conclusion. No one could threaten his leader’s jersey in the final stage, which was colored by an attacking Wout van Aert. The day’s win was again for Daniel Martinez. He beat Evenepoel (who was struggling with his acceleration device) in the sprint. … Read more