Welcome back to another edition of Pro Log. Here’s a rundown of the latest results before we get started:
UEC European Championships, Men’s Elite Road Race, Sun 4th October: 1st Remco Evenepoel, Belgium, 4h 16min 37sec; 2nd Giulio Ciccone, Italy, +00sec; 3rd Christian Scaroni, Italy, +59sec.
UEC European Championships, Women’s Elite Road Race, Sat 3rd October: 1st Demi Vollering, Netherlands, 3h 10min 33sec; 2nd Puck Pieterse, Netherlands, +05sec; 3rd Marlen Reusser, Switzerland, +05sec.
UEC European Championships, Men’s Junior Road Race, Sat 3rd October: 1st Elias Dybing, Norway, 2h 42min 40sec; 2nd Aitor Martínez, Spain, +10sec; 3rd Jop van den Biggelaar, Netherlands, +10sec.
Il Lombardia, Men’s U23, Sat 3rd October: 1st Henrique Bravo, Soudal Quick-Step Development Team, 4h 02min 05sec; 2nd Otto Schultz Jølving, Team ColoQuick,+56sec; 3rd Matteo Scalco, XDS Astana Development Team, +1min 06sec.
Remco Evenepoel completes historic set
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Congratulations are in order for Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian bested Italy’s Giulio Ciccone in as tight a photo finish as you’ll ever see to claim the European Championships Road Race title, the only international championship missing from his palmarès having already won the European TT as well as Olympic, World and National titles in both the road race and time-trial.
Evenepoel crashed 36km from the finish line but was able to remount and link back up with Ciccone. He did most of the work, with Ciccone’s teammate Christian Scaroni racing towards the bronze medal behind. Ciccone was the one to launch first at the finish, taking advantage of the Belgian’s squeamish cornering after his crash, and got a decent gap, but a resurgent Evenepoel delivered the sprint of his life to come across the line a hair’s width ahead.
Demi Vollering retains European title
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After claiming the rainbow jersey, Demi Vollering had one more task to complete in 2026: retaining her European title. She did so with some ease in her most dominant season yet, breaking clear on the final ascent of Možjanca after another strong leadout from compatriot Puck Pieterse, who then won the sprint for second just five seconds behind Vollering, with Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser in third.
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney was in the chasing group but crashed on the final bend. She remounted to cross the line in sixth place.
Ronan Augé out of coma
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Frenchman Ronan Augé has awoken from his medically induced coma following a crash on Stage 6 of the Tour de Langkawi. His condition was described by his Unibet Rose Rockets team as ‘stable and non-life threatening’, with the 22-year-old able to communicate and move his arms and legs.
Filippo Ganna linked to Lidl-Trek
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In what could end up as the biggest story of the men’s transfer window, Gazzetta dello Sport’s Ciro Scognamiglio has reported that ‘talks are in progress’ for Lidl-Trek to sign Filippo Ganna from Netcompany Ineos, despite the Italian having another year left on his contract.
Lidl-Trek have already signed seven new riders for 2027 including Felix Gall, Jordi Meeus and Jordan Jegat, and they now have their sights set on the Hour record holder.
Time-trial extraordinaire and Classics man Ganna won Dwars door Vlaanderen in April and followed that up with a time-trial stage win at the Giro d’Italia and another National Championship title against the clock before helping Italy win the Mixed Relay TTT at the World Championships.
That must be quite the fruitful middle aisle.
UAE Team L’Imad close development team
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The UAE Development Team will not continue as a separate UCI Continental squad at the end of this season as the team notes it is ‘changing how it supports the development of young riders’.
‘UAE Team L’Imad will continue to support its current Development Team riders during the 2027 season, with support tailored to their individual needs and stage of development. The priority is to help each athlete continue progressing in her career,’ the team said.
Created in 2023, the development team has housed riders including Paula Blasi and Laura Gillespie, and this year 18-year-old British rider Abigail Miller won La Classique Morbihan for the squad.