Welcome back to another edition of Pro Log. Here’s a rundown of the World Championship results before we get started:
- Men’s Tour of Guangxi, Overall, Sun 19th October: 1st Paul Double, Jayco-AlUla, 22h 37min 12sec; 2nd Victor Lafay, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, +15sec; 3rd Jhonathan Narváez, UAE Team ADQ, +16sec.
- Women’s Tour of Guangxi, Sun 19th October: 1st Anna Henderson, Lidl-Trek, 2h 49min 34sec; 2nd Caroline Andersson, Liv-AlUla-Jayco, +00sec; 3rd Usoa Ostolaza, Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi, +59sec
- Japan Cup, Sun 19th October: 1st Lenny Martinez, Bahrain Victorious, 3h 30min 00sec; 2nd Alex Baudin, EF Education-EasyPost, +32sec; 3rd Ion Izagirre, Cofidis, +32sec.
- Men’s Chrono des Nations, Sun 19th October: 1st Josh Tarling, Ineos Grenadiers, 51min 12sec; 2nd Jay Vine, UAE Team Emirates XRG, +30sec; 3rd Stefan Küng, Groupama-FDJ, +1min 15sec.
- Women’s Chrono des Nations, Sun 19th October: 1st Ellen van Dijk, Lidl-Trek, 35min 57sec; 2nd Alessia Vigilia, FDJ-Suez, +01sec; 3rd Christina Schweinberger, Fenix-Deceuninck, +11sec.
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A.S.O./Charly Lopez
After news both title sponsors of Arkéa-B&B Hotels would pull their funding, the team will close at the end of this season. It ends a two-decade stint that saw them become one of the oldest establishments in the professional peloton.
This year Arkéa-B&B Hotels found themselves in a relegation battle lingering at the bottom end of the UCI points standings and had the team continued they would no longer have been in the WorldTour. They closed their run with nine wins in 2025, most of which came from star rider Kévin Vauquelin, who has signed a three-year deal with Ineos Grenadiers.
Lotto and Intermarché-Wanty merger given green light
A.S.O./Billy Ceusters
The merger of the Lotto and Intermarché-Wanty teams takes another step towards completion with the license application delivered to the UCI. Lotto will return to the WorldTour which also means Uno-X Mobility jump into the extra spot available.
Primož Roglič vs Tadej Pogačar vs Isaac del Toro vs Jonas Vingegaard
Andorra Cycling Masters
The new Andorra Cycling Masters event took place over the weekend, billed as an exhibition race showdown between the four riders of Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar and Isaac del Toro. The non-UCI race featured an 8.3km mountain time-trial on the Coll de la Gallina with its 13 switchbacks and maximum 18% gradient, followed by an Andorra La Vella criterium.
Roglič proved the best in the time-trial with a time of 25min 39sec, followed by Pogačar on 25min 59sec, Del Toro with 28min 05sec and Vingegaard last with a time of 29min 24sec. The Mexican came out on top in the criterium however, narrowly beating Roglič in the sprint.
Overall Roglič amassed the most points (55) to win the inaugural edition. Del Toro came in second with 51, Pogačar finished third with 42 and Vingegaard sat in last place with 36 points.
A documentary is set to be released on the event.
Jack Carlin to retire
British Cycling28-year-old track cyclist Jack Carlin has announced his retirement. The Scot won two Olympic silver medals in the team sprint and two bronze medals in the sprint in addition to European and World Championship medals as well as Commonwealth Games success.
UCI Para Track Cycling World Championships
British Cycling
48 events took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome for the Para-Cycling Track World Championships with Great Britain bringing home 23 medals, nine of which were gold. Jody Cundy won gold in the C4 sprint as James Ball and pilot Steffan Lloyd won their B sprint, and they all repeated that feat in the 1km time-trial too. Stephen Bate and pilot Christopher Latham caught their Italian opponents in the B individual pursuit as Archie Atkinson claimed a gold medal in the C4 scratch race and a silver medal in the elimination. Fin Graham scored two silver medals in the C3 scratch and elimination races plus bronze medals in the 1km time-trial and sprint. It was silver for Blaine Hunt in the C5 1km time-trial.
Kadeena Cox secured two silver medals in the C4 sprint and 1km time-trial with Elizabeth Jordan and pilot Dannielle Khan winning both a gold medal in the B sprint and a bronze in the individual pursuit, the latter after catching their opponent. Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl received a bronze medal in the B sprint with gold medals in the 1km time-trial and individual pursuit.
Cox was part of a mixed trio alongside Fin Graham and Jody Cundy to win silver in the C1-5 team sprint. In the B event, Elizabeth Jordan and James Ball plus pilots Dannielle Khan and Steffan Lloyd secured bronze.
A few world records were set in the 1km time-trial including Korey Boddington (Australia, C3 men), Tahlia Clayton-Goodie (Australia, C1 women), Sabrina Custódia (Brazil, C2 women), Emily Petricola (Australia, C3 women) and Claudia Cretti (Italy, C5 women).
See you in a couple weeks.
