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Célia Gery Takes the Tricolore: France's 20-Year-Old Superstar Wins Women's Road Nationals
Célia Gery added the French national road champion's jersey to a 2026 palmarès that already includes Brabantse Pijl, a Giro d'Italia Women stage, and the elite cyclocross national title — and she's still 20 years old.
By ZealZag TeamFrench Nationals TT: Armirail Completes a Hat-Trick in Isère, Road Race Awaits
Bruno Armirail claimed his third French national time trial title in four years on the 29.7-kilometre course in La Tour-du-Pin, while the elite road races — the jerseys that matter for grand tours — run on Saturday and Sunday. This is what the champion's band looks like on a WorldTour peloton.
By ZealZag TeamLavaredo Ultra Trail 2026: The 50K Runs, the 120K Loads the Start Line at Midnight
Two races in one day in the Dolomites: the 50K is already out on the course as this is filed, and at 23:00 tonight the 120K field — 120 kilometres, 5,800 metres of gain — rolls from Cortina to reach the Tre Cime di Lavaredo at dawn.
By ZealZag TeamNational Championships Week 2026: Europe Races for the Jersey Before the Tour
The last weekend of June is national championships week — the one race each year where trade teams dissolve and riders race for their country's jersey. It is the final form check before the Tour de France Grand Départ in Barcelona, and the new champions will wear their national colours for the next twelve months.
By ZealZag TeamIRONMAN France Nice 2026: Race Week on the Côte d'Azur
Race week has arrived in Nice. On Sunday, athletes swim 3.8km in the Mediterranean off the Promenade des Anglais, climb 180km into the Alpes-Maritimes backcountry, and run a four-lap marathon along the seafront. The expo is open, the bikes are being built, and the Baie des Anges is doing its job.
By ZealZag TeamMarathon du Mont-Blanc 2026: The 90K Opens Chamonix's Trail Festival
The Marathon du Mont-Blanc festival is underway in Chamonix — five races across four days beneath the highest summit in the Alps. The 90K flagship circles the valley's high balconies, the marathon climbs to Flégère on Sunday, and the whole town has turned over to trail running for the weekend.
By ZealZag TeamSpanish Road Nationals TT: Racing for the Stripes in the Pyrenees Foothills
The Spanish road cycling national championships open their time trial day in Sabiñánigo — where the Hoya de Huesca meets the Aragonese Pyrenees, and riders compete for the red-and-yellow national jersey worn for a full season on the WorldTour.
By ZealZag TeamUCI Enduro World Cup Val di Fassa 2026: 500 Riders, Seven Stages, Two Days in the Dolomites
The UCI Enduro World Cup returns to Val di Fassa in the Trentino Dolomites — 59.58km of stages across two race days, famous trails including Titans and TuttiFrutti, 500 athletes from the World Cup and Open fields. Practice opens Thursday. Racing starts Saturday.
By ZealZag TeamWestern States 100 in Three Days: Walmsley, Lichter, and the Deepest Field the Race Has Seen
The 2026 Western States 100 starts at dawn on Saturday, June 27, from Palisades Tahoe. The elite field assembles in Olympic Valley this week — Jim Walmsley chasing a fifth win, Jennifer Lichter entering as the women's favorite with a course-record Black Canyon performance behind her, and Molly Seidel making her ultra debut on the most demanding 100-mile course in North America.
By ZealZag TeamLavaredo Ultra Trail 2026: The Dolomites Open Their Race Week in Cortina
The Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB opens today in Cortina d'Ampezzo — 2,200 runners across five distances, UNESCO-listed Dolomites terrain, and the 120K flagship launching Friday night from Corso Italia. The race week has begun.
By ZealZag TeamFifteen Years Old in a CT Final: Zebrowski and Lindblad Set the Rio Pro Women's Stage
Tya Zebrowski — 15, a rookie, never in a Championship Tour final before today — faces Sawyer Lindblad at Praia de Itaúna in what is the most unlikely women's final the VIVO Rio Pro has ever produced. Conditions are forecast clean. The question now is who converts Saquarema's winter swell into history.
By ZealZag TeamIles Wins Lenzerheide DHI Back-to-Back; Newkirk Makes US History
Finn Iles ran 2:46.348 to win a second consecutive UCI DH World Cup at Bike Kingdom, taking a 41-point overall lead. Anna Newkirk posted 3:12.917 for her debut World Cup victory — the first American woman to win an elite DH in 23 years.
By ZealZag TeamWestern States 100: Four Days Out, Heat Strategy Becomes the Race
Four days from the 53rd Western States 100, the heat strategy conversation has taken over race week — 92°F canyon forecast holding, sauna protocols entering their final week, and the contender field arriving in Olympic Valley.
By ZealZag TeamOlympic Valley's Race Weekend: Broken Arrow Records Fall as Western States Week Begins
Philemon Kiriago and Mădălina Florea shattered Broken Arrow Skyrace 23k course records at Palisades Tahoe last weekend — and today the same valley fills again as Western States 100 runners arrive for mandatory check-in, four days before the deepest 100-mile field in the race's history.
By ZealZag TeamVIVO Rio Pro 2026 Mid-Event: The Brazilian Storm Returns at Itaúna
The 2026 VIVO Rio Pro reaches the Round of 16 at Saquarema — Brazilian fans are in full voice on the Itaúna sand, Ferreira holds the CT lead, and the swell window has delivered the kind of right-hander conditions this venue was built for.
By ZealZag TeamKMV du Mont-Blanc 2026: A Thousand Metres of Brévent in Under 35 Minutes
Two days from the KMV du Mont-Blanc — the vertical kilometer that opens Chamonix's Marathon du Mont-Blanc weekend. 3.8 kilometres, 1,000 metres of climb on the Brévent's north flank, and a startlist that brings the skyrunning world to the alpine north face.
By ZealZag TeamZebrowski vs Lindblad: The Rookie Women's Final That Reshapes WSL 2026
The VIVO Rio Pro women's final is set: Tya Zebrowski (France, 15) against Sawyer Lindblad (USA) — two surfers in their first or second CT seasons, contesting a final that neither Carissa Moore nor Caitlin Simmers nor Caroline Marks reached. Finals Day next call is 6:45 AM BRT on June 24.
By ZealZag TeamTwelve Days to Barcelona: Tour de France 2026 Contender Form After Tour de Suisse
Twelve days from the 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ in Barcelona, the contender picture has clarified — Pogačar dominant out of Tour de Suisse, Vingegaard's Critérium signals, Roglič's late-season build, and the team selection window opening this week.
By ZealZag TeamIRONMAN France Nice 2026: Mediterranean Heat, Mountain Bike, Promenade Finish
Five days from IRONMAN France Nice — the 226km Mediterranean triathlon that climbs into the Côte d'Azur backcountry on the bike and finishes on the Promenade des Anglais. A race preview, the contender field, and what the heat means for the run.
By ZealZag TeamMykonos Writes GKA History: Big Air World Titles Decided on the Meltemi
The Capital.com GKA Big Air Kite World Cup Greece 2026 just concluded on Mykonos — the island's first kite competition, the season's title-deciding finale, and the highest prize purse in Big Air history. Jamie Overbeek and Alessa Sophia Mensch were the names on the lead-in scoreboard heading into the final day.
By ZealZag TeamSaquarema Finals Day: Rookie Wave, Brazilian Decider, and the Heats That Define 2026
The VIVO Rio Pro calls Finals Day at Praia de Itaúna — Tya Zebrowski and Nadia Erostarbe guarantee a rookie women's finalist, Yago Dora lines up against Miguel Pupo in an all-Brazilian men's semifinal, and the Championship Tour's season storyline sharpens with every heat.
By ZealZag TeamTour de Suisse Closes in the Vaud Alps: Stage 5 at Villars-sur-Ollon
Stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse brought the race to Villars-sur-Ollon for a 150.7km queen stage over the Col de la Croix — closing a five-day race that Tadej Pogacar effectively settled on day one with a 72-kilometre solo attack through the Italian Alps.
By ZealZag TeamHatherly Solos, Keller Flies Home, and Schurter Takes His Last Bow at Lenzerheide XCO
Alan Hatherly survived a chain mechanical on the final lap to win the Lenzerheide XCO in 1:20:23 — Alessandra Keller claimed the women's title on home soil, and Nino Schurter crossed the line 24th in what was his final appearance at a World Cup he once dominated.
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Innsbruck 2026 Lead Finals: Ginés López and Pilz Light the Nordkette
Alberto Ginés López and Jessica Pilz take the IFSC World Series Lead Finals in Innsbruck — a single-route shootout on the Kletterzentrum's outdoor wall under the 2,334m Nordkette skyline.
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