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Storer attacks Arensman, duel on the final stage to win the Tour of the Alps. 33km to go. Arensman has 11 seconds on GC but Storer 12s ahead of him now and gaining

Top-10 + New GC on Stage 4 of the Alps with one day to go

Thymen Arensman (Ineos) wins Stage 4 of the Tour of the Alps from ~80km solo breakaway, his first win since 2022. Stopwatches out now to see if he take the race lead too

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L'Equipe's front page today

Uno-X to have a kit change and race in 7-Eleven kit at Liège-Bastogne-Liège this weekend, via team press release. There are often 7-Eleven convenience store franchises inside Uno-X service stations...

New maglia rosa sponsor for the Giro d'Italia unveiled and despite previous talk it's not Saudi but Iuman, the men's brand of Intimissimi, an Italian underwear maker that belongs to Sandro Veronesi, the billionaire owner of the Calzedonia group

Top-10 in the Flèche wallonne

Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) wins the Flèche wallonne

Flèche wallonne ad break on Belgian TV. It's good they keep the race on screen. And yes, Evenepoel doing his Pizza Hut ads

Pogačar: "I think we can do a great race again for Sunday". Today did look harder to win on paper for Pogačar if he's getting tired, but he and his team made it more attritional to wear down his rivals

Pogačar attacked with 400m to go in the Virage Criquielion, a seated acceleration. A few pedal strokes out of the saddle along the way and he was out of sight, won't be surprised if the climb record falls even if he eased up at the finish

10 seconds is the biggest ever winning margin in Fleche Wallonne, when the riders have started the final climb up Mur de Huy all together.

Top-10 in the Flèche wallonne

Tadej Pogačar (UAE) wins the Flèche wallonne

Côte de Cherave

Nys back at the team car. Has to fetch his own supplies as no team mates left after Skjelmose's crash. Looks like he's shivering too. Axel Merckx on the moto for Belgian TV says the temperature has dropped a lot in the rain

Last year's Flèche wallonne winner Williams being dropped

Evenepoel telling RTBF TV "the legs will do the talking on the last time up the Mur de Huy", hopes he can win from this rather than trying a move but wants a hard race to wear down rivals

Flèche Wallonne races tomorrow. For 21 editions in a row no breakaway has made it to the finish, last time this happened was Astarloa's win in 2003. But Remco Evenepoel rides and surely there's no way he wants this kind of finish? So curious to see if he can change the scenario

Top-10 on Stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps + New GC

Michael Storer (Tudor) wins Stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps and is the new race leader

Antonio Tiberi out of the Tour of the Alps. There was a crash earlier in today's stage - reports of a broken wrist for Ineos's Puccio - but Tiberi wasn't involved, instead he's been feeling sick and so withdrew.

Beppe Conti, famous for his "indiscrezioni"*, says on RAI's Radio Corsa that the 2027 Giro could start in Abu Dhabi

Baloise, the Swiss insurance co-sponsor of the Team Flanders Pro Conti team, is merging with Helvetia, another Swiss insurer and which used to have its own cycling team from 1988-1992. Somehow the 80s Helvetia kit looks more modern than the Flanders team design today