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The original was posted on /r/peloton by /u/yoln77 on 2025-02-01 22:33:42+00:00.

Soon to retire, Romain Bardet shared his vision of cycling during an interview with "L'Équipe". An interview during which he mentioned the possibility of implementing a draft and a salary cap in cycling, to reduce the gaps between teams.

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As a passionate sportsman, Romain Bardet has a very precise vision of cycling, and not necessarily the most optimistic. During a lengthy interview he gave to L'Équipe this Saturday , the PicNic PostNL rider explained in particular that he now felt out of step with the rest of the peloton.

During this interview, Bardet then spoke about multi-speed cycling and estimated that " if we proje

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The original was posted on /r/peloton by /u/yoln77 on 2024-12-30 18:57:38+00:00.

Title is clickbaity, and Madiot lives in an antique world of cycling, but I found some interesting points, especially on the switch from a sustainable not-for-profit model, to a ROI based model with new revenue streams emerging (TV rights, transfer fees, etc…).

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As 2025 approaches, Marc Madiot believes that cycling is at the start of a "major turning point". The Groupama-FDJ manager expresses his apprehensions about a new model that could threaten "ethical balance".

Alexandre Roos published on December 30, 2024 at 9:42 a.m

Marc Madiot was enjoying a last day of rest on Monday in his stronghold of Mayenne before returning to work in the Paris region. In the morni

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The original was posted on /r/peloton by /u/yoln77 on 2024-10-18 15:37:23+00:00.

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Another article on the topic: 'We're not all like Pogačar or Remco' - Talented teenagers give up on dream of turning professional ‘

Gabriel Berg had a future in the professional peloton. He explains why, at 18, he gave up on his dream and left the Soudal Quick-Step team.

Neither fed up nor bitter. Gabriel Berg has the smile of a boy who is not yet "disgusted with cycling". In August, he decided, at 18, to end his experience as a professional cycling apprentice in the Belgian development team Soudal Quick-Step. He explains this conscious choice. He talks about his realization of having taken a path that made him grow up too quickly. He expresses his fears burie

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The original was posted on /r/peloton by /u/yoln77 on 2024-09-16 18:06:08+00:00.

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As we announced on September 1st, Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt is indeed part of the French team selection published this Monday for the road race event of the World Championships which will take place on September 28th in Zurich.

She announced after the Olympic Games, where she won the gold medal in cross-country mountain biking, that she would now devote herself to the road where she had started her career. At 32, she has signed for the Dutch team Visma-Lease a bike from next season, but it is in the jersey of the French team that she will participate in her first road event since her triumph in mountain biking.

Kerbaol and Labous selected for the time trial

She wil

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The original was posted on /r/peloton by /u/yoln77 on 2024-06-21 13:47:16+00:00.

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Romain Bardet (Team DSM-firmenich PostNL) will end his road career in a year's time at the age of 34, on the evening of the finish of the Critérium du Dauphiné, before finishing the season on the Gravel events.

The Dutch DSM-firmenish PostNL team announced this Friday that its leader Romain Bardet will soon be retiring from racing. This will be for 2025, when he will ride the first half of the season on the road and the second half on the Gravel calendar, with the prospect of the World Championships in Nice at the end of the year.

A new page will thus be turned for the rider from Brioude, who will then be 34 y

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The original was posted on /r/peloton by /u/yoln77 on 2024-02-29 16:01:30.

Julian Alaphilippe: “I Can Get Back To My Old Self” [L’Equipe]

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Julian Alaphilippe: “I can get back to my old self”

Since his second world champion title in 2021, Julian Alaphilippe has fallen a lot, and sometimes heavily. Can he, at 31, recover from his setbacks? Interview with Vélo Magazine, on newsstands this Friday.

Jean-François Quénet

This interview was carried out on January 20 during the Tour Down Under, before the publication of manager Patrick Lefévère's comments on Julian Alaphilippe . Find this interview in the March issue of Vélo Magazine on newsstands from Friday.

“Resuming the season at the Tour Down Under , in Australia, where your professional car