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May 2026 +1,718,231 7,932 points Obviously everyone was focussed on the Giro last month, but first we had to finish Romandie at the start of May. With 2 stage wins, 2 jerseys and the team classification it was a very successful tour and also where most of the profit came from. After that Artem Palam...

Quite lucky for me today. No big group going on a day that looked to be destined for an escape to win meant a very relaxed chase. Then no one really trying to prevent Dosmagambetov from catching up after the Muro di Ca’ del Poggio and also a bit lucky to not get boxed in in the sprint. Definitely di...

2026-05-27 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev Sprint -1 2026-05-27 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev TimeTrial -1 2026-05-27 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev Climbing -1 2026-05-27 Oleksandr Piskun Flat -1 2026-05-27 Elkhan Baltabekov TimeTrial -1 2026-05-27 Shokhzhakhon Mamatkhodzhaev Climbing +1 2026-05-27 Traian Aelenei Spri...

Quite happy with how this is going so far. 4 stage wins and almost secured Ciclamino already. 1 more stage or a surprise comeback for white and this is fully on target.
Also happy that the final stage will most likely be a sprint for the win instead of an annoying stage trying to ride against Verwimp

Good TT for Alborghetti all things considered, but without another mountain training it still seems almost impossible to beat Burger for white. Maybe a small chance to do something today, but profile does not seem difficult enough

2026-05-20 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev Sprint -1 2026-05-20 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev TimeTrial -1 2026-05-20 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev Climbing -1 2026-05-20 Oleksandr Piskun Sprint -1 2026-05-20 Oleksandr Piskun TimeTrial -1 2026-05-20 Oleksandr Piskun Downhill -1 2026-05-20 Oleksandr Piskun Flat -1 2026...

Very mixed feelings about this week. Got my stage win with Palamarchuk, and the mountain top stages went better than expected. But even with the groups going through 3 times in a row I couldn't get another win and both the battle for white and ciclamino went a bit downhill starting with stage 6. Nex...

After 2 great stages in a row finally an absolute stinker from me. Stupid mistakes, messed up sprint. Hopefully tomorrow is a bit better. Could be the last real chance for a stage win for a while

Karatay just stopped a series of classics at least training decently. With his 71 mountain and low flat there were just so many races where he stood no chance against all the super classics that are around. Had nothing to do with Grala. And Grala I couldn't really hate. Was just the wrong decision t...

2026-05-12 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev Sprint -1 2026-05-12 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev Flat -1 2026-05-12 Oleksandr Piskun Flat -1 2026-05-12 Zemenfes Mengisteab Flat -1 2026-05-12 Deimantas Girdvainis Flat +1 2026-05-12 Graziano Alborghetti Climbing +1 2026-05-12 Traian Aelenei Flat +1 2026-05-12 Terenti...

I am still waiting for Mongolia and Madagascar to be added to make you suffer even more

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Tukhtahuaev's first race and since the team has a rest day today, there is some time to look back on a few of the most important riders of our history. 10. Hiroshi Yasumura He was the first proper leader. As a hillsprinter he could not win quite as many stages ...

A slight change to the preliminary lineup. Final lineup will be this:

1. Graziano Alborghetti
2. Shohrat Dawamat
3. Zhansultan Dosmagambetov
4. Deimantas Girdvainis
5. Shokhzhakhon Mamatkhodzhaev
6. Artem Palamarchuk
7. Oleksandr Piskun
8. Kensi Taiwia
9. Terentiy Tikhomirov

Really not hopeful at all looking at the current opposition. Seems like there is a stronger team for every type of stage. At first glance this looks like the strongest edition so far

Checking now, and already raging. Can somebody explain to me what the point of 10 km mintact is? No, nobody can. Because there is no sense at all in it. It's blind, stupid, idiotic, there is ZERO thinking behind it. But ok, humor me, try to explain why it makes sense. You won't be able to. At least...

April 2026 +1,743,889 8,264 points At the start of the month there were 4 clear goals, RVV, Scheldeprijs, Gran Camiño and Amstel, with RVV obviously being by far the most important one. We got off to an incredible start with Zhansultan Dosmagambetov crowning his spring campaign with the win at RVV....

Most likely also joining here though a few sitter days will be needed for sure. Lineup not entirely sure yet, but probably something like this: 1: Graziano Alborghetti Probably won't be able to win the team a third Maglia Rosa in a row, but will try his best to at least win the white jersey 2: Tlalo...

2026-04-27 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev Sprint -1 2026-04-27 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev TimeTrial -1 2026-04-27 Oleksandr Piskun Downhill -1 2026-04-27 Hubert Grala Climbing +1 2026-04-27 Tlaloc Coyotecatl Climbing +1 2026-04-27 Graziano Alborghetti Climbing +1 2026-04-27 Traian Aelenei Sprint +1 2026-04-2...

C4F completed now. Very interesting morning race with lots of action and I still don't quite understand why I won in the end. Bis SWP action like at Amstel, Karatay riding 35km of tempo, getting dropped by 15s on Roche aux Faucons, getting back because no one in front wants to ride. Then still wins ...

Stage 17 also done now

Stage 19: https://cycling4freaks.de/img/profiles/giro2619.png?0 Stage 18: https://cycling4freaks.de/img/profiles/giro2618.png?1777104085405 Climb is a little over 1km and since it is a little bit over 12% on average too decided on 13%. Final km at 0, even with -0.6% over the km. But the final about ...

Stage 20: https://cycling4freaks.de/img/profiles/giro2620.png?1776960345842 Stage 21: https://cycling4freaks.de/img/profiles/giro2621.png?1776942724107 Annoying finishing circuit with 8.5km length. Added a 0 after every 2nd lap to make up the extra distance. Final km on paper only a 1, but has a bit...

Romandie done now from my perspective. Stage 3 still a bit awkward, but imo the least bad solution now. Also points not exactly as in real life, but no way to do it correctly here. TT and the last 2 stages should give 30 points to the winner, the other stages 50

Updated Romandie a bit. Stage 1: Stays as it is Stage 2: Updated La Rasse and Ovronnaz according to LFR information, kept the final km as 1, but am now a bit unsure about 1 or 0 there Stage 3: Still stuck here a bit. The final climb is about 4km long, from the gpx I get something like 4.9%, 6.3%, 4....

Its from LFR, there are detailed informations per 0.5km with the GPX file. I checked for some other races and found that info the most precise (compared to redesign of the climb from top reversely) + the altitude info matches the official numbers mostly Prolog: yes interpretation, didn't check the ...