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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No major changes for German races in the newly published 2027 UCI calendar. Women Cycling Challenge remains a one-day race, Sauerlandrundfahrt a 2.2 classified race. No expansion of Deutschland Tour. Saarland Trofeo is not a Nations Cup anymore. Biggest concern: Cottbus is not (yet?) listed.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Montréal delivered some great racing. Both Men & Women's races were some of the best worlds editions I can remember. Youth races were good as well. Truly a parcours that was both incredibly hard but also allowed for race tactics to come into play. One to remember!

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very fun race! Big names all at the front, very deserving winner in Neira. German team good but with bad luck & Bieberle then a bit too spent after her early moves. Impressed by Scout Wellmeier, incredibly strong if tactically questionable. Hope Zara Lamprea gets a chance in Europe! #Montréal26

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He did hang on. Way better result than anyone could've expected after Karl Herzog crashed out. Tried to anticipate the sprint against usually stronger sprinter, didn't work. But 4th still by far Kings best result as a Junior after an incredible race.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Owen Kings with an incredible race. Far above expectations. Not sure if he can hold onto this legs until the finish but surely should bring him some attention from teams if Visma don't promote him into their Dev team #Montréal26

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Very interested to see what Emily Dixon can do in this U23 road race. Course should suit her and FWH is already pacing for a hard tempo. Imo on of the few that can maybe hold onto Isabella Holmgren. Malwina Mul also an interesting outsider that isn't talked about much. #Montréal2026

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great so see Gal win. Didn't expect this but his Aosta win earlier in the year was very impressive as well. Another rider that thrives at Metec who seem to have a great nose for talent and how to carefully develop them.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Incredibly impressive by Seixas. Didn't expect him to medal and be this close to Ganna at all (Ganna will be disappointed obviously but still)

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Junior Josh Tietjen has won both UCI races this weekend in Bad Salzdetfurth to open the European cross season. Great results for him on a fast track against good competition. Tietjen was a standout in the youth ranks & struggled a bit on UCI level as a J1. This is very promising. 📸Cyclocross24

Cyclocross24 screenshot of todays Junior race results at the C2 cross in Bad Salzdetfurth.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

10th on GC in the end for Eike Behrens in Luxembourg. Lost two spots in todays hilly final not being able to follow the absolute best. Will see what this breakout performance will mean for him in terms of 2027 teams. He remains a raw project that needs a team that is willing to invest time imo

Firstcycling screenshot of the Top 10 on GC at the Tour de Luxembourg

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Great racing in Luxembourg. Eike Behrens with another strong performance. This race might actually bring him into a pro contract/Devo team conversation after all #SkodaTour

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Eike Behrens (Lotto-Kern-Haus-Outlet Montabaur) is the overall winner of the 2026 Rad-Bundesliga. With a win at Rund um Sebnitz he secured the win ahead of Julian Borresch (Rembe rad-net) and Patrick Reißig (Benotti-Berthold). 📸Dominic Reichert

The picture shows Eike Behrens, cyclist of Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur, on the podium wearing the leaders jersey of Rad-Bundesliga.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Johannes Adamietz (Rembe rad-net) won todays Bundesliga race in Langenweißbach which doubled up as the German Mountain Championship. He defended his title while Eike Behrens (Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur) won the U23 title and defended his Bundesliga overall lead. 📸Dominic Reichert

The picture shows a podium filled with bike riders. Johannes Adamietz & Eike Behrens stand in the middle wearing a German champions jersey. to their side Miguel Heidemann, Mauro Brenner, Patrick Reißig and Pepe Albrecht complete the podium of the Elite & U23 German Mountain Championship.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What a stage. GC action from far out, a great design, teams using countless satellites riders, Uno-x going all in for the stage, Onley missing the train by dropping 100m too early and in the end Landismo proves he is alive and kicking after breaking his pelvis #LaVuelta26

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

List of riders nominated for the road worlds in Montreal by German Cycling for U23/Junior races. - MU23: Eike Behrens missed out but can't argue the selection - No surprises with Women U23 - Beyer instead of Kadrispahic is a surprise - no surprises with Women Juniors www.rad-net.de/ajax.aspx/co...

Screenshot of the list of youth riders Germany Cycling has nominated for Montreal worlds 2026. The list includes Men & Women U23 and Juniors.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Katharina Palm (Rembe rad-net) is the 2026 womens Rad-Bundesliga winner. Its her third time winning the series. Rembe dominated BuLi this year occupying the entire podium. 🥇Katharina Palm (Rembe rad-net) 🥈Karoline Goldschmidt (Rembe rad-net) 🥉Aileen Schweikart (Rembe rad-net) 📸Rembe rad-net

A picture showing Kathatina Palm on a podium (Rembe rad-net) wearing the Rad-Bundesliga leaders jersey. She has just won the overall classification of the Rad-Bundesliga.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Great day for the German U23s at Sauerlandrundfahrt with Max Bock taking his first ever UCI win ahead of Paul Fietzke. Good results as well for Jochum, Zemke, Leidert and Behrens. Tomorrow onto the Wenholthausen course on which Bock has won twice in the past at Bundesliga races (Elite & Jr).

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Live coverage starting at 5pm here for the first edition of Sauerlandrundfahrt as a UCI stage race. A very hilly ITT will start off the race which features most of the German speaking Conti peloton plus some Dev & amateur teams. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_y8...

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SauerlandRundfahrt 2026 – Etappe 1: Einzelzeitfahren Brilon | Livestream

YouTube video by SauerlandRundfahrt durch Südwestfalen

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Great win for Linda Riedmann at the Muur Classic. Her second UCI win of the season. Very much looks like she made the right decision to leave Visma for Lotto to chase her own chances. Good season!

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Junior Amandine Jakob takes her first big international win at the Druivenkoers Overijse! Great race by her where she bridged over to the break with the strongest riders on the Moskestraat and then went on to win the sprint out of the group. She is having a great first Junior season. One to watch!

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sure seems like Widar, despite himself often saying otherwise, has made a step and isn't "just" a puncheur among the pros but a pretty elite climber even when hitting the big climbs as well. #LaVuelta26

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Great ride today by Fausto Penna at l'Avenir. He's a big engine without too much of a specialization so it's sometimes hard for him to shine. But he kinda found his niche in breaks this year and ultra hard days like today suit him well.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Was another great Deutschland Tour. IDT won the GC comfortably but we still got some good racing where riders took the opportunities the parcours presented them. Lots of people spectating roadside as well but that was almost expected with the race running through some of Germanys cycling hotbeds.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Getting that win he missed up until today. Very impressive!

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Daan Depuydt follows up his three Wallonie Top 10s with a 2nd today at Limousin. Had never heard of the guy before Wallonie but he must surely be on his way into the pro ranks after today #TDL2026

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Not the biggest fan of the format change to allow trade teams at these races so quite nice to see there's still some national teams on the Tour de l'Avenir startlist. The French & Italian teams especially have so many good riders that aren't in Devo set-ups and belong in this race.

Provisional Startlist of Tour de l'Avenir

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Some activity over at Bike Aid: The team signs 🇫🇷 Gabriel Berg. Big Junior prospect who signed with Soudals Devo team, then decided to step away from the pro environment after half a year to focus on his studies. Back as an amateur this year with great results and now to combine Conti level/studies

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Marco Brenner winning the Tour de Pologne GC. Big win for him after all the setbacks he's had over the years and even this year. Looks very much on track for the Vuelta!

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Suffice to say that was not how I was expecting this stage to turn out. Incredible racing once again and great set-up for Eze! #TdFF26

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Some rare good racing news for Picnic at Burgos with how Vanhuffel is holding up so far against the pro riders. They had Zomermaand up there yesterday too. Both are expected to step up to the WT team next year.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Isabella Holmgren the only one able to go with Vollering, Niewiadoma and Reusser from their group. Very impressive. #TdFF26

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Todays ITT sets up a promising GC fight. Big engines with an advantage but especially Reusser's team looked very lacklustre thus far. Demi in prime position but I expect both Canyon & UAE to play their numbers on the non-MTF days to ensure chaotic racing try to catch FDJ/Movi off-guard. #TDFF26

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

With Flanders now dead as well, after Wallonie/Bingoal two years ago and the Lotto/Intermarché merger, it will be really interesting to see how and what the consequences for Belgian talents/riders will be. Obviously you have the Devo teams reeking in all the most promising Juniors and the 1/n

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A fun rewatch of today's last stage of Kreiz Breizh Elite. Jermaine Zemke got 2nd and managed to overthrow the leaders to win the race overall. Continuing a fantastic season! www.youtube.com/live/tNh7MfH...

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Kreiz Breizh Elites 2026 - Etape 4 - Stade de Roudourou (Guingamp) - Rostrenen

YouTube video by Kreiz Breizh Elites

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

That should be it for Mariault in terms of another chance at Pro-level. Great season bouncing back, looking way better than when he was at Cofidis.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Giro Valle d'Aosta again been a beautiful and hard race. Ramírez and Bravo expectedly a step above the others and battling between themselves. Great 3rd on GC for Max Bock. Will see if this level will be enough for a pro contract with the limitations he also has as a rider and that were on show 1/2

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Livestream for stage 2 of the 45th Oderundfahrt that is currently taking place in and around Frankfurt Oder. Currently the womens race is in lap 6/10 on the Podelzig circuit that includes cobbles, dust & the Zeisigberg, a steep cobbled climb. Men will be on later! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WDy...

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🔴 LIVE 🔴 45. Internationale Oderrundfahrt 2026

YouTube video by Oderrundfahrt

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Another day, another very good performance by a Conti rider at Tour of Austria in Toralf Martinsen. Top 10 climbing performance on Großglockner today after a few good results earlier in the year. Let's see if Uno-x or someone else pick him up after this year

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Great ride by Tirol KTM's Nicolas Ginter at Tour of Austria today. Made the front split with all the big names as the only Conti rider. He had some good results as a Junior and now seems to have made the next step in his 2nd U23 year. Freshly crowned Swiss U23 champ as well.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Paul Fietzke took his first big win as an U23 today to be the new German U23 champion! Moritz Mauss and Louis Leidert round out the podium that all came from a lead group that went early. Hopefully a confidence booster for Fietzke for the rest of the year. Mauss continues his great first U23 year.

Screenshot of the results of the 4 Nations U23 championship.

Paul Fietzke won the race and is the new German U23 champion. Moritz Mauss in 2nd and Louis Leidert 3rd.

Anatol Friedl won the Austrian race, Nicolas Ginter the Swiss and Glavio Astolfi the Luxembourgish race.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Bit of a surprise at the U23 Four Nations Championship today as MTBer Laura Kronburger is the new 🇩🇪 U23 road race champion! She beat favourites Maira Jasch and Clara Jäger to 2nd and 3rd. Some big names were missing though. Lorena Leu is 🇨🇭 champion, Tabea Huys 🇦🇹 champion and Liv Wenzel 🇱🇺 champion.

Screenshot of the result sheet of the Womens U23 race at the U23 Four Nations Championship in Luxembourg today. It's the Luxembourgish, Austrian, German and Swiss U23 national championship race all in one with the first to third of each nation standing on the podium.

Lorena Leu won the race overall and thus is Swiss champion. Liv Wenzel is Luxembourgish champion and came 3rd overall. Laura Kronburger was 4th overall which was enough to become German champion. Tabea Huys in 13th is the new Austrian champion U23.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Deutschland Tour confirmed the German Conti teams participating at the event today plus a national team. Rembe was to be expected after their recent outings. Storck will premier with their new team around Mexican Edgar Cadena and Lotto are back to the race. Bike Aid the snub this year.

Graphic showing the Continental teams participating at the Deutschland Tour in 2026: Team Storck - MRW Bau, Rembe rad-net, Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur.
Furthermore there will be a German national team

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Lars Amenda @lars-amenda.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

Angesichts der am Sonnabend startenden Tour de France sendet Deutschlandfunk Kultur in der Nacht zuvor (4.7.2026, 00.05 Uhr) die "Lange Nacht vom Radfahren". Ich bin wohl auch vertreten und rede über Fahrradgeschichte und Fahrradpionierinnen. Anschließend dann in der ARD Sounds App und online […]

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Brilliant win by Felix Engelhardt in what was another great edition of the German road race nationals. Shoutout also to Jermaine Zemke, best Conti rider today, with another incredible ride. Especially considering his recent crash in Gippingen.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Karl Herzog is the new German Junior road race champion! He wins with a dominant performance ahead of Luan Elsäßer and Owen Kings. A thought for Nils Maiwald and the whole Saxonia team who raced brilliantly (Hennig 5th, Prell 7th) but could've even podium until Maiwald crashed leading the race.

Picture of Karl Herzog crossing the finish line and becoming new German Junior road race champion

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

German Championship Road Race Men ⭐⭐⭐ Zimmermann, Stork ⭐⭐ Schachmann, Engelhardt, Politt, Steinhauser ⭐ Rutsch, Kämna, Teutenberg, Kretschy, Heßmann, Zwiehoff, Herzog, Jasch, Müller Conti riders in for a result today: Mattheis, Rapp, Benz, Borresch, Zemke, Behrens, Koech, Mauss

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Franziska Koch makes it a hattrick & defends her German Road Race national championship in a tight sprint against Liane Lippert. Justyna Czapla gets a strong 3rd after a long day out the front on her own. Impressive! Amateur Laing in 4th & 19yo Clara Jäger in 7th the other impressive rides today.

Picture of the sprint finish of the German Women National Championship Road Race with Franziska Koch winning ahead of Liane Lippert and Justyna Czapla.

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aikespann.bsky.social @aikespann.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Amandine Jakob is the new German Junior Champion taking the win at home in Thuringia! She beats Klara Dworatzek, favourite Edda Bieberle and Leni Burger in a sprint to the line. Big result for her! Hopefully this will help put her on notice for some of the bigger teams for next year.

Top 10 result list of the German U19 Junior Women national championships.

1 Amandine Jakob
2 Klara Dworatzek
3 Edda Bieberle

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