Good times on the fall equinox photo ride hosted by Sound Break bike house in Seattle.

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here's my personal riding soundtrack starter for the last million years

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Lift yourself up when no one else will

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One more week of pro-cycling racing ahead! ✌️ From today, Montréal becomes the home of the Road Cycling World Championships. Starting with the elite individual time trials, both women’s and men’s. 39.9 km against the clock for both races. On paper, Marlen Reusser is the big favourite in the women’s race, while Remco Evenepoel is once again the man to beat in the men’s. There are plenty of contenders and big names too, like Demi Vollering and Filippo Ganna, though, and I’d love to see these Worlds start with a big surprise…😬 Photos by Yoan Valat and Imago

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Eyes off La Vuelta 🇪🇸 A journey from Monaco to Granada. The hardest and hilliest route I can remember, and the Spanish heat that shaped and affected everyone during the race. So many stories and moments to remember. From Pogačar’s incredible form at the start to the cruel luck of his crash. That iconic hailstorm a few days earlier, which gave us one of those stories that only cycling can create. From the resurgence of old rockers like Landa, Dunbar and Küng to the discovery of new talents like Omrzel and Onley, and seeing the dreams of Tobias Halland Johannessen and Marco Brenner become reality with their stage wins. Roglič and Gall giving everything to fight for the podium. Carapaz and Kuss refusing to give up. Wout van Aert and Matthew Brennan turning Visma into a stage-winning machine. And Enric Mas. First with a stage victory, and then with his first Grand Tour, earning his place back in the peloton. I’ll remember La Vuelta ’26. Photos by Getty Images, Sirotti and Tim de Waele

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Eyes on La Vuelta 🇪🇸 Stage 21… But before getting into today, I have to talk about yesterday… It was epic! I just mentioned “La Vuelta for dreamers” in my previous post, and yesterday we had quite a few of them. Starting with the full Uno-X team moving as a block to create the breakaway of the day. Then came Sepp Kuss and his Visma teammates, helping him move up six places and into top 5 of the GC. Only rider in 2026 doing Giro, Tour and Vuelta. Carapaz was another dreamer, who tried and tried and tried with everything he had. But maybe no one embodied that feeling better yesterday than Mikel Landa. Over the years, his fans have created something almost bigger than the results themselves: Landismo. A “movement” built on faith in this rider whose career has been full of ups and downs, and whose story somehow makes people feel everything with him. He won an absolute monster of a stage, crossing the finish line in tears. Yesterday, Landa finally got his reward. Photo by Getty Images

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Eyes on La Vuelta 🇪🇸 Stage 20… Queen stage in Sierra Nevada today! This has to be the day. If something is going to happen to turn up the excitement at the top of the GC, it has to be today. Four hard climbs before the final HC ascent to Collado del Alguacil… almost 5,000 metres of elevation gain; this is so brutal that I expect the peloton to split into multiple groups from the very beginning. There will be the dreamers looking for the breakaway. After Dunbar’s win yesterday, I read a comment about how this Vuelta has become a race for breakaway hunters, and I really liked that way of putting it: “La Vuelta for dreamers.” There will also be the GC teams looking for their tactical moves. So, today I have the feeling we’re going to see things happening all over the race at the same time. If only the strongest make it to the finish… Mas takes the stage too, just to leave absolutely no doubts about who deserves to win this Vuelta. Five hours of pure cycling ahead! Photo by Miguel Ena

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Eyes on La Vuelta 🇪🇸 Stage 19 live… Starting with the big takeaway from yesterday: Roglič didn’t take a huge amount of time out of Mas in the TT. Quite the opposite for Gall, who lost second place to Primož. Stefan Küng won the TT, job done and then, headed straight to Canada to start preparing for the World Championships in Montréal in a couple of weeks, but I’ll come back to that once these final days of La Vuelta are over 😅🤓, because there is still plenty to watch here. Today, we’re back in the mountains. The stage is already underway and the fight for the breakaway is on. 210 km, almost 4,200 metres of elevation gain and the climb to Peñas Blancas waiting at the end. For Mas, the plan looks quite simple now: stay on Roglič’s wheel for the final three stages and make him take the risks. If Primož wants to win this Vuelta, he has to make something happen. Let’s see if he can put Enric under pressure today. Photos by Sirotti

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Eyes on La Vuelta 🇪🇸 Stage 18… Quick reminder about yesterday: Matthew Brennan got his fifth stage win of this Vuelta, with another absolutely incontestable sprint. Five wins in his first Grand Tour, crazy! And now, about today’s TT... This is the first of the four days that will decide La Vuelta ’26. I’m including the very last day, just in case... 😅 So, today’s TT could open or close the door for several riders fighting for the red jersey. It is 32 km, almost completely flat, and probably the biggest test of Enric Mas’ GC lead. Mas has been the strongest climber so far, but Roglič is in his territory today. Gall is also just 2:06 behind, so depending on how Roglič performs… and how much Mas and Gall can limit the damage, the options for the final winner could look very different after today. That’s why it is a crucial day. There’s a lot of anticipation for this one. I believe Mas can hold on today. Let’s see what happens 😬 Photo by Unipublic / Cxcling / Miguel Ena

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Eyes on La Vuelta 🇪🇸 Stage 17… Yesterday, Visma did exactly what I was expecting. They controlled all the way to the finish, with Wout once again acting as a luxury lead-out for Matthew Brennan, and it worked again perfectly. The Brit got his poker! Today, it looks like we could get more of the same. Brennan can go for his fifth one. This is the flattest stage of the whole Vuelta, so everything points towards another sprint. So, who’s going to stop the Dutch team from taking another victory? Photo by Sirotti

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Eyes on La Vuelta 🇪🇸 Stage 16… The decisive week of this Vuelta starts today, with two somewhat peculiar stages before the time trial. Both look like good opportunities for the breakaway, with the crosswinds adding another interesting ingredient, especially today. Visma heads into this final week on a winning streak, with five stage victories, and I think they're going to want more. Matthew Brennan looks like the main name again, if it comes down to a peloton sprint but I wouldn’t rule out another Wout van Aert move if the race opens up in the right way. For the GC guys, these two transition days before Wednesday’s TT are a bit tricky. They might look like days to save some energy, but relaxing too much could be expensive. Enric Mas has a big opportunity ahead of him, probably the biggest of his career so far, but Roglič, Gall and the rest cannot afford to lose focus. Photo by Sirotti

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Second rest day of this Vuelta looks like a good moment to digest everything that happened during the second week, and to go over the latest news. The biggest news of the weekend was the confirmation that Pogačar will not race again this season. UAE and Tadej have decided to take all the time needed to recover properly, without putting any pressure on a return date. It’s obviously a shame to see him finish the season this way, especially after the way he started La Vuelta and aiming to get a 3rd World Championship in a row... But well, the upcoming races this year will be full of riders that I’m looking forward to watching perform too. Such as Wout van Aert… Second victory yesterday, this time in the Córdoba “oven” after a brutally stage. Really hope he can maintain this form until the WC in Canada. Tomorrow, La Vuelta is back… a unique opportunity for Enric Mas to win a Grand Tour is only a few days ahead of him. Roglič and Gall look like the only riders able to stop this for happening.

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Eyes on La Vuelta 🇪🇸 Stage 15… Great ride from Marco Brenner yesterday! A new stage winner name in this Vuelta, and another young rider showing off. Enric Mas keeps doing his job with 25 seconds more gained on Roglič, taking his lead to more than two minutes and putting even more pressure on the rest of the GC contenders. Today… we have a very different stage. The extreme heat in southern Spain has forced the organisers to cut almost 80 km from the original route, bringing the stage down to just 110 km. That completely changes the race. A much shorter and more explosive stage, it is maybe another opportunity for Visma to try to take control and bring Brennan into the sprint… or maybe another attempt from the unstoppable Wout van Aert. The fact that the stage has been shortened changes everything, and I'm curious to see how all the teams in the peloton will handle it… Photo by Getty Images

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Eyes on La Vuelta 🇪🇸 Stage 14… What a joy to finally see Wout van Aert winning yesterday! I really like this guy and his competing philosophy. He explained at the end of the stage that his victories are “muscle and sacrifice”, and yesterday, that formula was multiplied by two. After all his attempts and the work alongside his teammate Brennan, it all paid off. Today, completely different story. The race heads to Sierra de la Pandera, with a final summit climb and plenty of room for the GC contenders to make a move. After what we saw at Calar Alto, Enric Mas has shown he is the man to beat uphill. But Roglič, Gall, Carapaz and the rest cannot afford to just let him ride away. I think that today we can see some more GC battleling. Photo by Getty Images

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epaper all the screens

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