In a week of racing in Portugal, Oman, France and Rwanda. The Belgians stole the headlines alone with Daniel Martinez in Algarve with Remco Evenepoel winning the overall and Wout van Aert animating the race. In Tour of Oman Adam Yates sealed the overall on the final stage and Lenny Martinez stole a victory in the Classic Var. And will Omloop.

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In a week full of racing with the Tour de La Provence, Tour Colombia and several one day races as well as the Women’s UAE Tour and sadly doping cases have surfaced in the sport once more.

Remco Evenepoel got his first win of the year, Mads Pedersen dominates the Tour de La Provence and Tom Pidcock took a famous KOM in Spain

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Mathieu van der Poel managed to seal his sixth cyclocross world championship. Brandon McNulty won the Tour of Valenica and Mads Pedersen won the Etoile des Besseges.

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In the first proper week of European racing the Mallorca Challenge races happened and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Races as well as the Hoogerheide World Cup which saw a domination by Mathieu van der Poel once again.

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The Tour Down Under 2024 kicked off the WorldTour season. Wout van Aert clashed with Mathieu van der Poel at the Cyclocross World Cup in Benidorm and Dave Brailsford is leaving Ineos Grenadiers for Manchester United.

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In a week of the European Championships, Cyclocross National championships and the Santos Tour Down Under began with the criterium and the women's race. Mathieu van der Poel is rumoured to be skipping the Tour de France and the schedule of Roglic, Evenepoel, Pogacar and Vingegaard have been announced.

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Remco Evenepoel is one of the superstars of the modern peloton and there are big expectations for the current world champion and he discusses all that in the interview in a special episode.

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Mathieu Van der Poel won four cyclocross races in a week but the thing that stole his shine on the week was an incident where he spat on some rowdy fans. Ineos Grenadiers signs their first Danish Rider in their history Theodore Storm and the Tour Down Under 2024 Provisional Startles has been released.

Luke Plapp won both the national time trial and road title once again. Mathieu van der Poel dominated the cyclocross races and EF Education Easypost release there kit as well as Polti Kometa.

Patrick, Ewan and Scott discuss what riders from the peloton and the incoming neo pros are the ones to watch out for in the new season.

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In another busy winter week the Vuelta Espana 2024 route was announced, Visma Lease A Bike released their kit and Mathieu Van der Poel won back to back at Mol then Antwerpen on top he also won the Dutch Sportsman of the year in front of Max Verstappen.

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