IL FOGLIO SPORTIVOCoppi’s latest masterpiece. Italy put him on trial, yet he triumphedThe crowds lining the streets no longer see him merely as the greatest of them all. Ever since Fausto Coppi has ceased to be the sole subject of the sports pages in the daily newspapers, ‘Il Airone’ has ‘also’ become the man who had a clandestine affair with the ‘Dama Bianca’. It is under the weight of the scandal, the allegations and an Italy that judges him even off the track that the ‘Campionissimo’ faces his Lombardia race byFabio Tavelli31 OCT 26
Il Foglio SportivoThe lake and the final embrace of the cycling year. The melancholy of Il LombardiaThe season’s final Monumental Classic is taking place – time to say goodbye. The finish in Como and that perfect setting that only Lake Como can providebyGiovanni Battistuzzi10 OCT 26
cyclingGiulio Ciccone and the season of ‘almost’Second place at the 2026 European Championships confirmed the Abruzzo runner’s excellent form and the trend of an incomplete seasonbyGiovanni Battistuzzi5 OCT 26
cyclingRainbow tears. Brandon McNulty has won the 2026 World ChampionshipsThe American is the new world champion. In Montréal, he won a thrilling race, which was thrown into disarray by Mathieu van der Poel, but which he secured through sheer strength and perfect timing. The Australian Michael Matthews finished second, with the Dutch champion in third place byGiovanni Battistuzzi27 SEP 26
Il Foglio SportThe World Cycling Championships without PogacarHowever, Tadej Pogacar’s absence has not dampened interest. Partly because Mathieu van der Poel, Mads Pedersen, Paul Seixas, Tom Pidcock, Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel are taking part. Partly because people are still talking about the spectacle from fifty years ago, one of the most thrilling World Championships in history. And there is still hope that it could be just as thrilling this time roundbyGiovanni Battistuzzi26 SEP 26
in MontrealLorenzo Mark Finn’s introduction to the world of top-level cycling at the 2026 World ChampionshipsNot yet twenty years old, the Italian talent will be racing alongside the professionals. Amadio and Viviani have made the right choice: only in Italy are people still convinced that you need to wait, take it slowly, savour every moment. And then, when will such an opportunity ever come his way again? To be able to race freely with the best possible excuse to justify it if things don’t go well: ‘I’m not even twenty yet’.byGiovanni Battistuzzi25 SEP 26
cyclingEven those who rarely win do so on occasion. Enric Mas’s VueltaAfter years of finishing in the top places, the Spanish rider has clinched the red jersey at the end of the Spanish stage race. A race that has taken us back to a pre-Pogačar era of cycling. With its pros and consbyGiovanni Battistuzzi14 SEP 26
cyclingCycling through Armenia: the Tour of Armenia begins on 10 SeptemberFrom 10 to 13 September, the first edition of the Tour of Armenia will take place. It will start in Gavar and finish in Yerevan after four stages, covering 568 kilometres and more than 5,000 metres of elevation gain. More than sixty years late, the riders will discover “the best country in the world for cycling training”.byGiovanni Battistuzzi7 SEP 26
cyclingThe impact of Tadej Pogacar’s withdrawal from the VueltaThe Slovenian champion fell 33 kilometres from the finish of the eighth stage and withdrew from the race he had been dominatingbyGiovanni Battistuzzi29 AUG 26
cyclingLorenzo Mark Finn’s future in cyclingThe Italian rider has also won the Tour de l’Avenir following the Giro d’Italia Next Gen: only Gibì Baronchelli had managed to do so before. Now there is another World Championship to aim for before having to endure the disappointments and frustrations of Italian cyclingbyGiovanni Battistuzzi26 AUG 26
