About IDLProCycling

Professional cycling is an international sport with a European heart. Its greatest races are decided on Alpine climbs, Belgian cobbles, and Pyrenean passes. Its biggest stories break in team buses, at finish-line press zones, and in small start towns that you’ve never heard of.

To tell those stories properly, you need to be there.

IDL Pro Cycling is an English-language cycling publication rooted in Europe. Based in the Netherlands and Belgium, we bring the best reporting, analysis, and features from the professional peloton to a global audience. Clearly, honestly, and without compromise.

IDL Pro Cycling is led by chief editor David Bavin-Hobbs, a British journalist based in Brussels. It is hard to find a better base for covering the sport. A short ride from the Flemish classics and the Belgian Ardennes, and connected to cycling heartlands of Europe.

David heads up an international editorial team, with contributors travelling all over Europe covering the biggest racing stories.

IDL Pro Cycling grew from the Dutch language website, In de Leiderstrui, one of the Netherlands' most-read cycling publications. That heritage gives us something most English-language cycling sites simply do not have: an experienced European team, established access to riders and races, and years of independent reporting that the peloton trusts.

Our mission is to bring that European history and foundation to English-speaking cycling fans everywhere.

We cover professional cycling in full. Grand Tours, Monuments, stage races, one-day classics. Men's racing and women's racing. The results, the tactics, the transfers, and the stories behind all of it.

Our team is at races. Press conferences, team presentations, finish-line interviews — our coverage comes from journalists who were actually there, not from repackaged wire copy or translated press releases.

We also go deeper. Long-form interviews, race analysis, background features. Content that explains not just what happened, but why it matters.

Good journalism is straightforward in principle: get close to the story, report it honestly, write it clearly.

We cite our sources. We correct our mistakes. We do not trade accuracy for clicks. When we cannot verify something, we say so.

Our editorial independence matters to us. We are not affiliated with any team, rider, sponsor, or governing body. Our journalism belongs to no one but our readers.

At the same time, we know that cycling fans want to be entertained as well as informed. The sport is full of drama, history and personality. We aim to honour that — writing stories that you can trust and enjoy reading.

Do you have any questions or comments for us regarding something you spotted on our website? Or maybe something you couldn't find? Let us know. We try to respond to everyone. 

In addition to this, our editorial members can also be contacted individually:

David Bavin-Hobbs | LinkedIn | Email
Bram van der Ploeg | LinkedIn | Email

Martijn Polder - Click here to email
Gauthier Ribeiro - Click here to email
Jesper Rasch - Click here to email
Wilbert van der Velde - Click here to email

Are you just as enthusiastic about cycling as our editorial staff? Don't hesitate to contact us. Open applications are welcome at [email protected]. Together, we can discuss the options available.

Looking for visibility for your company or organization? Do you want to promote a product or service to a large audience in the Netherlands and Flanders? This is possible by advertising on or collaborating with IDLProCycling.com. Requests for sales and advertisements can be sent to [email protected]. 

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