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Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 Stage 1: The Alps Awaken at Vizille
Stage 1 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 fires the race to life on the roads below Grenoble — 146.2km, 3,000m of Alpine climbing, and a field of Tour de France contenders finding their legs in the shadow of the Chartreuse.
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Brussels Cycling Classic 2026: Girmay vs Meeus Over the Kapelmuur
Biniam Girmay and Jordi Meeus lead a sprint-heavy start list for Sunday's Brussels Cycling Classic — but three passages over the Muur-Kapelmuur will decide who deserves to arrive at the Houba de Strooperlaan with legs. A 206km Belgian classic that refuses to be simple.
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Ondra's Lead Redemption: Prague Sets Up the Home Crowd's Final Act
Adam Ondra advanced through lead qualification at his home event after his boulder farewell on Friday. Now the Czech climbing legend faces Sunday's lead semifinal and final at Štvanice Island alongside surprise qualifier Putra Tri Ramadani and the dominant Sorato Anraku.
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Punta Roca Holds as El Salvador Pro Day 2 Bracket Takes Shape
The swell held at six feet and the El Salvador Pro bracket is forming: Hanneman's 16.16 leads the conversation, Ferreira fights to defend his title lead, and Girmay eyes a deep run as Round 2 completes at Punta Roca.
By ZealZag TeamSchalck's Revenge and Ondra's Farewell: Boulder Finals Day at Štvanice Island
Mejdi Schalck topped all four boulders to claim Prague's men's title over Sorato Anraku, ending the Japanese climber's winning streak in a final that carried extra weight — Adam Ondra competed in his last-ever boulder event and missed the top eight in front of a Czech home crowd. Today: Camilla Moroni enters the women's final chasing a perfect run.
By ZealZag TeamLelior Topples Gilmore as Punta Roca Delivers Its Best Opening Day Since 2022
Israeli rookie Anat Lelior eliminated eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore in El Salvador's most significant women's result in years, while Eli Hanneman posted the day's best heat score on his Championship Tour debut. Day 1 at Punta Roca rewarded everyone who had been waiting for a proper swell.
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Dauphine 2026: Seixas, Van Aert and the Alps That Decide Tour de France
The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes — cycling's definitive Tour de France rehearsal — begins Sunday in Vizille. Paul Seixas and Wout van Aert lead a start list that will answer every question the July race is asking.
By ZealZag TeamAnraku Dominant in Prague Semis as Ondra's Boulder Career Ends at Home
Sorato Anraku stormed through the men's boulder semifinal at Štvanice Island on Friday afternoon. In the stands, home-crowd favourite Adam Ondra watched: he had been eliminated in qualification, and his competitive bouldering career — announced as ending here — was already over.
By ZealZag TeamVollering Takes the Stage, Van der Breggen Takes Everything Else: Stage 5 in the Cadore
Demi Vollering won the sprint of four that ended Stage 5 in Santo Stefano di Cadore, but Anna van der Breggen followed every attack and left the Dolomites still in pink — a minute clear, two stages from Sestriere.
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Competition Opens at Punta Roca on the Best Swell El Salvador Has Seen
The WSL contest director called competition at dawn on June 5, and Punta Roca delivered: six-to-eight-foot faces, clean lines, the best opening conditions in the event's history. Italo Ferreira arrives at CT Stop 5 wearing the yellow jersey and a target.
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Perfect Swell Loading at Punta Roca: El Salvador Pro Opens June 5
Italo Ferreira arrives in La Libertad wearing the yellow jersey with Brazilians holding the top four CT spots. The swell forecast is the best Punta Roca has seen since the event debuted — waves won't drop below six feet all week.
By ZealZag TeamLead Day at Štvanice: Prague's World Climbing Series Opens Its Second Discipline
The World Climbing Series Prague runs its lead qualification today at the Štvanice Stadium — the discipline's first WCS qualification of the 2026 season, with Adam Ondra on the start list in front of a home crowd.
By ZealZag TeamInto the Po Plain: Stage 6 Brings a Sprinters' Reckoning to Brescello
The Giro Donne drops from the Dolomites to the Po plain today — 159 kilometres from Ala in the Adige valley to Brescello on the river, nearly flat, sprint finish expected. Van der Breggen sits in; Balsamo, already a two-stage winner this week, hunts a third.
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Western States 100 2026: Deepest Elite Field in Race History Set for June 27
Jim Walmsley ends his Western States sabbatical. Kilian Jornet returns to avenge 2025's near-miss. Courtney Dauwalter defends her course record. The 2026 Western States 100 elite start list is the most stacked in the race's history.
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2026: Seixas, Del Toro and Van Aert Battle for Solaison
Paul Seixas leads the next generation into the renamed Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (June 7–14) — a wide-open GC battle over the Grand Colombier and Plateau de Solaison that will crown a Tour de France contender.
By ZealZag TeamWorld Climbing Series Prague Opens at Štvanice Island — Ondra Returns Home in Lead
Boulder qualifications opened the 2026 World Climbing Series Prague on Wednesday morning at Štvanice Island — the first Prague event to combine both bouldering and lead climbing, and the competition that brings Adam Ondra back to a Czech home crowd in his stronger discipline.
By ZealZag TeamInto the Cadore: Van der Breggen Defends Pink on Stage 5's Triple Dolomite Test
Anna van der Breggen carries a 1:04 lead over Marlen Reusser into today's 146-kilometre Dolomite road stage from Longarone to Santo Stefano di Cadore — the Giro Donne's first day of full alpine climbing, with the Tre Croci, Sant'Antonio, and a double Costalissoio circuit stacked into the final 90 kilometres.
By ZealZag TeamWSL El Salvador Pro 2026: Ferreira Leads into Punta Roca Showdown
Italo Ferreira carries the WSL Championship Tour yellow leader jersey into Punta Roca as the Surf City El Salvador Pro opens with clean 4–6 foot rights peeling the full length of the cobblestone point.
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BC Bike Race 2026: Schurter Seals the Final Seven-Day Crown on Vancouver Island
Nino Schurter wins the 20th and final edition of the legendary 7-day BC Bike Race, finishing on North Cowichan's trails as Ruth Holcomb claims the women's overall in the race's final hours.
By ZealZag TeamGall Conquers the Dolomites: Queen Stage Win at Piani di Pezzè as Vingegaard Stays Pink
Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) attacked on the upper ramps of the Passo Giau and held his lead over six climbs and 4,888 metres of vertical to win the queen stage solo at Piani di Pezzè — with Jonas Vingegaard arriving approximately 42 seconds back and keeping the maglia rosa heading into Stage 20's Piancavallo summit.
By ZealZag TeamMcNeice Leads Into Madrid Finals: Women's Boulder Semi-Finals and Final Day at WCS Alcobendas
Erin McNeice (GBR) leads into today's women's boulder finals at the World Climbing Series Comunidad de Madrid after topping all five qualification problems with five flashes — with the semi-final at 10:30 and final at 19:00 in Alcobendas deciding the first Spanish boulder podium of the 2026 series.
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Giro d'Italia Stage 17: Breakaway Takes Andalo as Vingegaard Conserves
Stage 17's 202km Alpine roller-coaster from Cassano d'Adda delivers a breakaway win at Andalo's Brenta Dolomites resort as Vingegaard's pink jersey remains unchallenged with the final week ahead.
By ZealZag TeamAndalo or Nothing: Stage 17 Sends the Giro's Last GC Chance Through Trentino
Stage 17 is the longest day of the Giro's final week and, according to the race's own script, the last realistic mountain opportunity before the final time trial. Jonas Vingegaard's 4:03 lead over Felix Gall enters the Andalo finish largely unchanged — and the stage's breakaway runners write a different chapter of the race.
By ZealZag TeamGlory in the Mud: Lillo and Frei Win History's First Asian XCO World Cup at YongPyong
Dario Lillo led from first corner to last and Sina Frei doubled her XCC win to claim the first UCI XCO World Cup victories on Asian soil — on a course so destroyed by overnight rain that riders spent more time running than pedalling.
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