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Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale have revealed a refreshed race kit for 2025, a new Van Rysel aerodynamic race bike and race clothing as well as a rejuvenated roster that includes teenage French talents Paul Seixas and Léo Bisiaux and 2023 Junior time trial world champion Oscar Chamberlain of Australia. Luke Rowe has joined Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale after ending his racing career with Ineos Grenadiers, and he will work with Grand Tour leader Felix Gall, sprinter Sam Bennett, Benoît Cosnefroy, Victor Lafay and especially the Classics riders that includes road captain Oliver Naesen.New signings include Swiss time trialist Stefan Bissegger…
Geraint Thomas has outlined his plans for the upcoming 2025 season, which is set to be his final year in the pro peloton.The 38-year-old Welshman will retire at the end of the season after 18 years of racing at Barloworld and Ineos. Speaking to his teammate Michał Kwiatkowski at pre-season training camp, he said that his 2025 will be focussed on stage racing, starting with the Tour Down Under.”Starting down under, it’ll be my 10th Tour Down Under,” Thomas said in a ‘behind-the-scenes’ video from Ineos’ pre-season training camp in Spain.”For me, it’s the best place to start, you have…
SAN JOSE — When 11-year-old Destiny Hernandez broke her glasses while playing ball with the other kids at school, her grandmother struggled to get her a replacement pair.Susana Trejo Martinez — Destiny’s legal guardian — said her granddaughter’s needed glasses since she was five years old for nearsightedness and recalled how she often complained about headaches, pain behind her eyes and redness when she didn’t have her glasses for just a few days.But although Trejo Martinez had vision insurance for the family and could see a doctor to ask for another pair of glasses, the insurer declined her request, saying…
The special envoy of the Czech Foreign Ministry for energy security, Vaclav Bartuška, says Russia deliberately stopped oil supplies to the country on December 4. This was reported by Radio Prague International, Ukrinform saw. “The Russians are playing the game again, it’s a classic,” Bartuška said, adding that “oil is still being supplied to Slovakia and Hungary.” He also believes that the cessation of oil supplies is a “message from Russia.” According to him, the country should “declare to the Russian Federation that it has no reason to be afraid.” Read also: NATO ministers agree on “proactive measures” against Russia’s…
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All American Airlines flights were grounded briefly on December 24. Find out what caused the interruption and the airline’s status. Image Credit: Getty Images On perhaps the worst travel day in the U.S., American Airlines grounded its flights on Christmas Eve. Customers were left frustrated in the early morning hours on December 24, 2024, and of course, many want answers now. In a statement obtained by CNN, AA explained what was happening. “It’s all hands on deck as our team is working diligently to get customers where they need to go as quickly as possible,” the airline said in its…
A Dutch court convicted five men Tuesday for their part in last month’s violence against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam that shocked the world and sparked accusations of anti-Semitism.The Amsterdam district court found them guilty of a range of crimes from kicking fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the street to inciting violence in chat groups.The heaviest sentence imposed was six months in prison for a man identified as Sefa O. for public violence against several people.The Maccabi Tel Aviv fans came under “hit-and-run” style attacks in the early hours of Nov. 8 after their European League match against Amsterdam…
I’d been trudging up to the Alps chalet, my feet stopped in their snowy tracks. A glimmering gold W126 Mercedes-Benz S-Class sat on winter tires, with chains on the rears. It looked perfect. Instantly I was transported to a garage in Fargo, N.D., that belonged to my grandparents, Grandpa and Nonnie as I called them. It was like…an out of body experience. But it didn’t last long. “Are you OK?” a German Mercedes-Benz spokesperson asked in what surely was less time than it felt. “Yeah, I’m good,” I said. “This car, it takes me back to another time and place.”…
In a world saturated by aftermarket builds of exceedingly poor taste, where the only objective appears to be attention, Novitec stands out as a tuner with a more measured approach, albeit one no less emotionally stirring. The German tuning company has a long history of modifying supercars from various brands, but it’s arguably best known for its work on Maranello-made creations, and its latest release is an attempt at unbridling the Ferrari Pursosangue. 2024 Ferrari Purosangue Base MSRP $393,350 Engine 6.5L V12 Gas Horsepower 715 hp Torque 528 lb-ft 0-60 MPH Top Speed 192.6 mph Expand There are some suspension…
More than one Pidcock will be racing for Q36.5 in 2025. Tom Pidcock’s younger brother Joe was announced on December 24 as a new signing for the Swiss ProTeam, completing their roster for next season.Three years Tom Pidcock’s junior, for the last two seasons, Joe had been racing for the UK Continental squad Trinity Racing – where his elder sibling raced briefly back in 2020 – until it announced that it would fold at the end of this year. In 2024, Joe picked up one of Trinity’s highest-profile wins, the final stage of one of France’s top U-23 events, the Ronde…