Podium Cafe, for Cycling fans

The French stage race cancelled the day before it's due to start - or maybe not, no one knows, including the organisers...

Talking about coming second in the 2012 Road World Championships, racing the Flèche Wallonne as a domestique and triumphing over adversity

One of the nicest races to attend (and, apparently, to race) of the year - three stages in fairytale landscape of woodland, castles, rivers and hills in Luxembourg, in honour of the 1st ever female Road World Champion. Follow the race in the comments

Because racing to date just hasn't had enough hills.

Interviews with Elisa Longo Borghini of Hitec Products UCK and Ashleigh Moolman of Lotto Belisol, just after they came second and third at the Flèche Wallonne World Cup.

It's a crazy weekend of racing, with Junior and Elite racing in Europe, road and MTB in the USA, and the big question - how WILL Marianne Vos shape up in MTB against the best in the world?

Optum, Specialized-Lululemon and Vanderkitten kick off hotly contested stage race

Find out more about the first European stage race of the season - with links to watching and following the action, conversation and race updates in the comments - & links to two EWT competitions

When Marijn was last interviewed on the Café 2 years ago, she had just started her pro career. We caught up with her to talk about how her cycling & life have changed, with Frozen Eyeballs, new teams & adventures - & how she's written all about it

It's been one of the few major races Vos hasn't won in her time - watch the videos and find out more about how she did it