Maria Giulia Confalonieri

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• RidesHills14-10-2026
  It is easy to celebrate those who won the grand tours and the monuments. and the world championships. What I notice more are the ones who were at the world tour and kept going on the pro tour level for that little bit longer, still wanting to ride after their bodies had aged, after their teams no longer needed them. It is good to see the domestiques. as well. Congratulations to all these folks on an impressive career, no matter the wins. Cycling is a team sport, and it’s the ones we don’t see much of that allow the leaders to stand out and win the accolades.
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  Rafionain-Glas14-10-2026
  Biestrebos is a real sprinting talent. Initially it was thought that he'd be a classics domestíque but his sprinting has improved dramatically over the course of the year. He's the only thing going well with Picnic now and for that reason it is likely that he'll leave
• OCexile14-10-2026
  well this one definitely makes my STUPIDEST ARTICLES OF 2026 list. chapeau…
• PogiSloFans14-10-2026
  Cyclocross is nothing without stars like MVDP, WVA, Pidcock... etc. Out of all cycling disciplines, road racing is the most popular discipline in professional cycling, especially in terms of global prestige, major-event audiences, and the historical status of its greatest riders. People that don't follow cycling as a sport have heard of Merckx, Hinault, Pantani, Armstrong, Remco, Vingegaard, MvDP, Van Aert, Pogačar etc. So if we're talking about professional cycling and the sport's most famous athletes, road racing is the clear number one. Road cycling's greatest champions are judged across such a wide scale. E.g. - Pogačar can win the Tour de France and then go after Paris–Roubaix and other prestigious one day races. These races also have a wide range of versatility: cobbles, gravel, punchy, hilly, TT. This versatility is a huge part of why road racing is No.1 in cycling. Maybe Sven Nys is a dutch cycling "legend"... but that's where it starts and ends. Ad acta.
• OCexile14-10-2026
  “at some point those guys will turn their backs on OUR sport”? after dedicating so much of their lives to cyclocross and in mathieu’s case winning more world championships than anyone, it would seem to me like they’ve earned the right for it to be always be THEIR sport, too, even after they retire from it.
• Pogboom14-10-2026
  It takes two to tango. Riders also have a say. Maybe they didn't see any opportunities on a stacked team such as Visma's? Who knows, but could be a multitude of reasons why deals fall through.
• b3tlla14-10-2026
  Eventually Pogi will get older and slower. Father Time will favor the young. The question is whether he can beat Pogi before Pogi decides to retire. You never know... Pogi may retire after winning paris-roubaix :)
• abstractengineer14-10-2026
  i think he can continue to race for maybe another 2 years till he drops out of podium contention. With his TT and his follow the leader in the Mountains,he should not need too many teammates too.
• wrsty14-10-2026
  Aren't they still shopping around for a main sponsor for next year?
• miguel13-10-2026
  How broke is visma now? wtf they cant even fight moviestar and decathlon for riders and lose both their mid targets based on their budget and they cant even get those? Crazy...:/