https://www.velowire.com/blog.php?l=en www.velowire.com blog by Thomas Vergouwen en-us Copyright , Thomas Vergouwen, www.velowire.com info@velowire.com (Thomas Vergouwen) info@velowire.com (Thomas Vergouwen) Fri, 08 May 2026 14h33 +0100 Fri, 08 May 2026 14h33 +0100 60 https://www.velowire.com/images/velowire_top_new.png https://www.velowire.com/news.php?l=en https://www.velowire.com/article/1265/en/the-official-startlist-of-the-tour-of-italy-2026---giro-d-italia--jonas-vingegaard-the-major-favorite-.html As the riders in the 2026 Giro d'Italia set off on the first stage today in Bulgaria, and now that you’ve had a chance to explore classics season is over, and so it’s already time to turn our attention to the Grand Tours ... and more specifically to Italy for the Giro d'Italia. The 2026 edition kicks off this Friday, M ...

]]> Fri, 08 May 2026 00h25 +0100 http://www.velowire.com/article/1264/en/the-2026-tour-of-italy--giro-d-italia--race-route-on-openstreetmap-maps-and-in-google-earth--the-stage-profiles-and-time--and-route-schedules.html https://www.velowire.com/article/1263/en/the-liege-bastogne-liege-2026-race-route-on-openstreetmap-and-in-google-earth--the-time--and-route-schedule-and-the-race-profile-----and-the-participants-list.html This Sunday, April 26, 2026, will mark the 112th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, also known as La Doyenne. Despite the number of editions, are you still wondering why it has this nickname? When you consider that the very first edition took place in 1892 —more than 130 years before Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2026— ...

]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21h44 +0100 http://www.velowire.com/article/1263/en/the-liege-bastogne-liege-2026-race-route-on-openstreetmap-and-in-google-earth--the-time--and-route-schedule-and-the-race-profile-----and-the-participants-list.html https://www.velowire.com/article/1262/en/the-2026-fleche-wallonne-2026-race-route-on-an-openstreetmap-map-and-in-google-earth--the-time--and-route-schedule-and-the-race-profile-----and-the-participants-list-.html Following the Flemish classics and the transition marked by the Amstel Gold Race this weekend, it’s now time for the Ardennes classics, and this Wednesday it’s the turn of the 2026 Flèche Wallonne — already the 9 ...

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00h15 +0100 http://www.velowire.com/article/1262/en/the-2026-fleche-wallonne-2026-race-route-on-an-openstreetmap-map-and-in-google-earth--the-time--and-route-schedule-and-the-race-profile-----and-the-participants-list-.html https://www.velowire.com/article/1261/en/the-2026-amstel-gold-race-route-on-an-openstreetmap-map-and-in-google-earth--the-time--and-route-schedule-and-the-race-profile-----and-the-participants-list-.html This Sunday marks the only Dutch classic, the Amstel Gold Race. This will be the 60th edition since the first race took place in 1966, and the last for Leo van Vliet, who has been the race director for 30 years! The race will take place between the Markt in Maastricht and the Rijk ...

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