Expert insights into the top teams, key races and riders to watch in the year ahead

As WorldTour wheels get rolling, we break down the riders, teams and races to look out for this year

It took a while but the t’s and i’s of the tumultuous merger between Intermarché-Wanty and Lotto were finally crossed and dotted this December as the two teams combined to make one Belgian supersquad.

Frenchman’s hot pink team bike is good PR for SRAM’s second-tier groupset

Here’s what to expect from the latest bikes that are built for speed It looks as if 2026 is set to be a big year for new road bikes, with plenty of models ready for an update or overhaul. Pipping them

With the Eiffel Tower visible through one oval window and Sacré Cœur through another, Olivier Vandystadt’s Parisian pied-à-terre could be a set from Emily In Paris were it not for the cycling memorabi