Look back at the best moments from Stage 1 of the 2025 Men's Tour Down Under, a 150.7km route from Prospect to Gumeracha.
Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is calling for a ban of the controversial carbon monoxide rebreathing method used by athletes to measure their performances. Speaking to Le Monde newspaper, the Visma-Lease a Bike rider said in an interview published Saturday that his team makes a proper use of the method, but that some riders misuse it to artificially increase their performances. The use of carbon monoxide was put under the spotlight during the Tour de France last year when the cycling website Escape Collective reported that riders from multiple teams inhaled the toxic gas to optimize altitude training.
The former sports director of a Belgian women’s cycling team was banned for five years on Friday after riders alleged he inflicted “inappropriate behavior of a psychological and sexual nature." Gert Vervoort faced charges related to sexual abuse, sexual harassment and protection of physical and mental integrity, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said in announcing the verdicts of its independent ethics commission. Vervoort was director of the Belgian second-tier team Proximus-Cyclis, now Team Velopro–Alphamotorhomes, when the alleged misconduct started in 2023.
Britain's Ineos Grenadiers cycling team insist they will remain in the sport, but are searching for new partners to keep pace with competitors.
