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Journalist. Cycling & more at El País.

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UAE Team Emirates' plan with Pablo Torres is clear: they don't want to rush him. In Mallorca, he had tonsillitis. Team decision? Rest him and let him return in Oman. Step by step, as the season is long. The intention, btw, is for him to make his Vuelta debut this year.

03.02.2026 16:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tom Dumoulin: “Entiendo la retirada de Simon Yates; yo llegué a odiar el ciclismo” El exciclista neerlandés, campeón del Giro de 2017, reflexiona sobre la brutal exigencia de un deporte que le hundió en lo anímico cuando mejor marchaban los resultados

🚨 I called Tom Dumoulin looking for answers to understand Simon Yates retirement. He delivered.

elpais.com/deportes/cic...

24.01.2026 13:17 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Derek Gee, el ciclista que huyó del equipo Israel y quedó atrapado por el sistema: “He vivido días muy oscuros” El canadiense, que dejó antes de la Vuelta la estructura liderada entonces por el sionista Sylvan Adams, rompe su silencio en esta entrevista antes de volver a sentirse deportista con el Lidl-Trek

🚨 EXCL: Derek Gee breaks his long silence in his very first interview after leaving Israel Premier-Tech. elpais.com/deportes/cic...

13.01.2026 18:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Simon Yates, vigente campeón del Giro de Italia, anuncia su retirada ante el estupor del pelotón El británico se encontraba en La Nucía, Alicante, para preparar la nueva temporada ciclista con su equipo, el Visma-Lease a Bike

Surprise, surprise.
elpais.com/deportes/cic...

07.01.2026 17:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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El cambio radical de Sophie Alisch, de boxeadora invencible a ciclista profesional: “Voy a demostrar que no me he equivocado” La alemana se incorpora al filial del Canyon-Sram, equipo con el que Kasia Niewiadoma conquistó el Tour de Francia de 2024. “Sueño con Los Ángeles 2028”, confiesa a EL PAÍS

From undefeated boxer to professional cyclist. "I'm going to prove I'm not wrong", says Sophie Alisch.

elpais.com/deportes/cic...

29.12.2025 11:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Anyone out there that has listened to this Fuglsang w/Pogačar episode?

05.12.2025 13:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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All speculation here, but, considering that Seixas's peak will arrive in a few years, will it match in time with Pogačar's decline? Will him be the one to make the Slovenian—and all of us— see that his time has passed?

05.10.2025 15:37 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Los tres hermanos Torres hacen historia con España en el Europeo de ciclismo Nunca antes tres ciclistas de la misma familia habían compartido convocatoria en un gran campeonato con la selección. Pablo, el mayor, hará de escudero de Ayuso en la absoluta; Jaime y Celia competirá...

🇪🇸 Here's an unprecedent milestone in Spanish cycling: for the first time in history, the national team has called up three siblings for a major championship.

Meet Pablo (19), Celia (17) and Jaime Torres (17).

elpais.com/deportes/cic...

04.10.2025 10:58 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Red Bull da alas al nuevo jefe de Remco Evenepoel: “Encaja a la perfección en nuestra idea” Ralph Denk, director general del equipo Red Bull Bora, atiende a EL PAÍS para analizar el fichaje del belga y la inversión del gigante de las bebidas energéticas

Called Ralph Denk to talk about the signing of Remco Evenepoel, the (many) changes within the team, Roglic's annoyance about it, and, of course, the gigantic Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe project.

Full interview here.
elpais.com/deportes/cic...

02.10.2025 09:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Movistar frena la fuga de jóvenes talentos con la creación de un equipo filial que ya toma forma La estructura de Abarca Sports se suma a la corriente del pelotón y recupera a partir de 2026 su propio equipo de desarrollo con promesas como Javier Cubillas

Movistar is making steady progress with its new devo team. Despite Roberto Capello's last-minute rejection, ten young riders have already been signed for 2026.

All details at @elpais.com.

elpais.com/deportes/cic...

01.09.2025 10:54 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Samuele Privitera of Hagens-Berman Jayco (19yo) passed away following a crash at the Giro Valle d'Aosta on Wednesday. He had WT-potential. A statement released by the race organisers

16.07.2025 23:37 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

He gifted Wellens polka dot jersey so he can celebrate his 100th win on rainbow jersey. Psycho.

08.07.2025 16:06 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beyond that, it's interesting to look at the distribution:

In 2024, Pogačar scored 24 of team's 81 wins (almost 30% of the total).

So far in 2025, that percentage has dropped to 24% (11 wins out of 46).

18.06.2025 14:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

UAE had 43 wins at this point last year. This season they have 46.

18.06.2025 14:53 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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🇪🇸 Spain National Championships are NOT in the plans of Juan Ayuso, Enric Mas or Carlos Rodríguez, per sources.

Neither in the schedule of Mikel Landa, still recovering after Giro' crash.

Both Alex Aranburu and David De la Cruz will defend their road and ITT titles in Granada.

16.06.2025 18:03 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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From his sunny altitude camp in Sierra Nevada, Jonas Vingegaard has sent a warm hug to all those who proclaim that to be a cyclist you must wear long and preferably white socks.

23.05.2025 08:49 — 👍 47    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 4

We NEED this kind of stages in Grand Tours. What a joy.

18.05.2025 14:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

As for the rest:

▪️ I really liked Pellizzari. Thought he'd have a harder time making the jump to RB, but without Hindley, he's established himself as team 2nd option in the mountain (yes, today ahead of DFM).

▪️ Let's talk about Vacek. What a rider. What a Giro for him.

16.05.2025 16:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Juan Ayuso showed two things today: atomic legs (he warned us yesterday)... and maybe an excessive focus on Roglic. He only had eyes for him; the others didn't exist. It worked, though.

Superwin, but there's a long way to go.

16.05.2025 15:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Pablo Torres dormirá en el hospital tras su caída, pero las pruebas invitan al optimismo | Relevo El joven ciclista madrileño del UAE Team Emirates se vio obligado a abandonar el Tour de Hungría tras verse implicado en una caída masiva durante la segunda etapa.

🚩 News about Pablo Torres after today' crash:

No brain damage, but he will sleep at the hospital as a precaution. Tests have also ruled out shoulder fractures, but a second opinion will be requested because rider still feels "a lot of hurt".

www.relevo.com/ciclismo/cai...

15.05.2025 21:35 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

We talk a lot about UAE and its records, but Lidl-Trek's first half of the season has been outrageous. Second in the UCI rankings, they have 16 wins, 34 podiums, and 84 top-10's. Now, at the start of the Giro, they've already won two stages and own three of the four jerseys.

12.05.2025 11:10 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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04.05.2025 23:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beyond those 37 wins (were 30 as of last year' May 4), UAE has already 80 podiums this season, same as Ineos, Visma and Bora combined.

04.05.2025 16:24 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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El juvenil que rechazó al equipo de Pogacar y ha hecho la pretemporada con Movistar: «Me fijo en Vingegaard» | Relevo El valenciano Javier Cubillas brilla con luz propia en el Café Baqué, equipo filial de la estructura de Eusebio Unzué.

There's a kid in Spain who refused Pogačar' UAE and did the preseason stage with Movistar Team.

Don't forget his name, because he is only 18 but has left some interesting things here.

www.relevo.com/ciclismo/cub...

17.04.2025 13:58 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1

Torres won't be at La Vuelta

16.04.2025 13:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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La Vuelta, obligada a cambiar de fechas por el Mundial de ciclismo: “No nos queda otra opción” | Relevo Desvelada la fecha de los 'Súper Mundiales' de 2027 por parte de la UCI, la ronda española ya piensa en su nueva realidad.

2027 'SuperWorlds' are forcing La Vuelta to change its calendar.

“It's not what we want, but there's no other option”, the organizers say.

🗓️ The new dates, at Relevo.

www.relevo.com/ciclismo/la-...

16.04.2025 09:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚩 Pablo Torres, currently riding with UAE at Giro d'Abruzzo (watch him out at Thursday' stage) will compete afterwards at 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞.

15.04.2025 15:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Si te preguntan quién es Tadej Pogacar, enseña su derrota en la París-Roubaix | Relevo Cuando alguien de mi entorno que no acostumbra a seguir el ciclismo me pregunta

𝑺𝒊 𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒋 𝑷𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒓, 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒂 𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔-𝑹𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒊𝒙

✍🏼 Mi opinión sobre lo que nos ha hecho a todos el ciclista esloveno.

www.relevo.com/ciclismo/pre...

14.04.2025 09:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lamentablemente no, chicos. Relevo va a cerrar. Encontraremos otras maneras de seguir con la cobertura. Thanks for the support 🤍

12.04.2025 20:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today we published this at Relevo.

We've compared Tadej Pogačar's weight (≈66 kg) with the 122 cyclists who have finished in the top-10 at a monument this century.

The result, this awesome piece by my fellow Darío Ojeda ⬇️
www.relevo.com/ciclismo/tad...

12.04.2025 17:18 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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