the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 01/10/2026If you take a race bike apart, how many parts are there? Count every last ball bearing, washer, chain pin, capacitor etc and about 3,200 according to Shimano 1193
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 01/10/2026...can remember when then 19 year old "McNuts" was leading solo in a stage of the Dubai Tour in 2018 and an upset win for the small Rally team win seemed possible, but he was reeled in close to the finish and the social media manager briefly lost it 1626
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 01/10/2026Brandon McNulty in his new rainbow jersey kit, via UAE team website 8462
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 29/09/2026Tuesday is when UCI updates its rankings. Chart attached shows Top-30 men's teams. 🟦 = WorldTeam, 🟥=ProTeam. Below line is 19th place and theoretical relegation at the end of 2026-2028 cycle, long way to go but you can see Picnic-PostNL's troubles. Several teams clustered around 9-10k points. 4385
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 21/09/2026Answer: the Tour de France. Sounds obvious as the big bike race, but it wasn’t by the organisers. Instead a rural computer club decided to do it for the TT stages by uploading the times at the checkpoints and finish line and French TV decided to support it, using data for the broadcast… in 1985 5492
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 21/09/2026The opposite, outdoors and reconning next month’s races 110
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 10/09/2026No. The UCI offices are here and the main building you can see is not the seat of power… but a velodrome 000
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 09/09/2026Know it would not have been a mirror-image deal etc, but pro cycling might have dodged trouble by avoiding the One Cycling project in the wake of the Liv Golf implosion, both shared the same funding source 3536
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 25/08/2026Three weeks of watching the Vuelta on Spanish TV (featuring niche anime reference) 0110
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 25/08/2026Sep Kuss always good value post-race in the Vuelta for his fluent Spanish interviews 0471
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 25/08/2026Tadej Pogačar (UAE) wins Stage 4 of the Vuelta a España 1211
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 24/08/2026Peloton stopping in the hailstorm, Pogačar signalling things are halting. Riders seeking refuge 57214
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 24/08/2026Paula Blasi helping to fill the air time on Spanish TV as rain disrupts the coverage, and good at it too 1302
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 24/08/2026You can see from the way the trees lean that this is often a windy area. More often associated with kite/windsurfing #LaVuelta26 0271
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 23/08/2026Matthew Brennan (Visma-LAB) wins Stage 2 of the Vuelta a España 4521
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 23/08/2026Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) wins Stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour and Isaac del Toro (UAE) wins the race overall. Del Toro was away solo but caught in the final KM 1230
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 22/08/2026Jordan Labrosse with the fastest time in the Vuelta so far, only rider in the race who shares a name with consumer product 5291
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 21/08/2026One of several photos of Alaphilippe at his best, this one from 2021 511311
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 21/08/2026Alessio Magagnotti (Red Bull) wins Stage 2 of the Deutschland Tour. The Devo rider is 19 and tipped as a big sprint talent, already delivering. Top-10 0140
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 21/08/2026Noa Isidore (Decathlon-CMA CGM) wins Stage 4 of the Tour du Limousin and Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ) wins the race overall for the second year in a row 0151
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 21/08/2026The "end of the rainbow" writes L'Equipe on the immediate retirement of Julian Alaphilippe 2523
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 10/08/2026No translation needed for the front page of today's L'Equipe 013218
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 09/08/2026Commissaire decisions + medical bulletin from today's Tour stage. 040
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 09/08/2026Michel-Édouard Leclerc, boss of Leclerc supermarkets which sponsors the mountains competition, living his best life backstage snapping riders 1541
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 09/08/2026Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) wins Stage 9 of the Tour de France and wins the race overall 29510
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 09/08/2026Stefan Küng (Tudor) wins Stage 7 ⏱️ of the Tour de Pologne and Marco Brenner (Tudor) wins the race overall ahead of Finn Fisher-Black and Ivan Romeo. Top-10 on the stage 1250
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 08/08/2026Medical bulletin from today's Tour stage (no commissaire rulings) 180
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 08/08/2026Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) wins Stage 8 of the Tour de France and takes the yellow jersey 0463
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 08/08/2026Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) wins Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Burgos and Felix Gall (Decathlon-CMA CGM) wins the race overall. Top-10 on Stage 5 + Final GC 1270
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 08/08/2026Louis Barré (Visma-LAB) wins Stage 6 of the Tour de Pologne and Christian Scaroni (XDS-Astana) is the new race leader with one stage to go, a 12km TT around Wieliczka 0260
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 07/08/2026Commissaire decisions + medical bulletin from today's Tour stage. 2100
the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 07/08/2026I remember thinking how a lot of photos struggle to capture the feeling. From afar it's just a big bump on the horizon. Ride it and you just see tarmac and rocks. But aviators get the best view to appreciate its size and drama 3111
