Welcome back to another edition of Pro Log. Here’s a rundown of the latest results before we get started:
- Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2, Tues 24th March: 1st Magnus Cort, Uno-X Mobility, 3h 45min 28sec; 2nd Noa Isidore, Decathlon CMA CGM Team, +00sec; 3rd Francesco Busatto, Alpecin-Premier Tech, +00sec.
- Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1, Mon 23rd March: 1st Dorian Godon, Ineos Grenadiers, 4h 01min 09sec; 2nd Remco Evenepoel, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +00sec; 3rd Tom Pidcock, Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling, +00sec.
- GP Jean-Pierre Monseré, Sun 22nd March: 1st Dylan Groenewegen, Unibet Rose Rockets, 4h 09min 36sec; 2nd Simon Dehairs, Alpecin-Premier Tech, +00sec; 3rd Kamil Malecki, Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling, +00sec.
- Milano-San Remo Donne, Sat 21st March: 1st Lotte Kopecky, SD Worx-Protime, 3h 47min 17sec; 2nd Noemi Rüegg, EF Education-Oatly, +00sec; 3rd Eleonora Gasparrini, UAE Team ADQ, +00sec.
- Milano-San Remo, Sat 21st March: 1st Tadej Pogačar, UAE Team Emirates XRG, 6h 35min 49sec; 2nd Tom Pidcock, Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling, +00sec; 3rd Wout van Aert, Visma-Lease a Bike, +04sec.
Nairo Quintana to retire at Vuelta a España
Nairo Quintana will retire at the end of the 2026 Vuelta a España. The Colombian, whose professional career spans almost two decades, revealed the news in a press conference prior to the Volta a Catalunya.
The 36-year-old said, ‘I learned that this wasn’t just a sport. It was a way of life, lived step by step, without rushing the process. Then, in 2012, a new chapter began. From that point on – race after race, victory after victory, my triumphs were not mine alone. They belonged to an entire continent. They belonged to the Colombian land, to every life, every climb, and every finish line crossed.’
He won the Tour de l’Avenir in 2010 and developed into quite the thorn in the side of British squad Team Sky. His first individual Grand Tour stage win came in 2013 at the Tour de France, a race in which he would finish second behind Chris Froome and secure both the young rider and mountains classifications. A Trofeo Senza Fine awaited him in 2014 ahead of fellow Colombian Rigoberto Urán before a Vuelta victory in 2016, again sharing the podium with another countryman in Esteban Chaves. He has also triumphed in stage races like the Tour of Catalunya and Tour de Romandie.
After an eight-year stint at Movistar, Quintana stepped down to ProTeam level with Arkéa-Samsic. Despite initially finishing sixth overall at the 2022 Tour de France, he was later disqualified after a positive Tramadol test. He did not serve a suspension as it was deemed to be an offence that fell under the UCI’s Medical Rules rather than an anti-doping rule violation, but he left Arkéa-Samsic that season and spent a year without a professional team.
He returned to Movistar for the 2024 season and raced in the Giro d’Italia that same year. In Italy, he recored a second place finish behind Tadej Pogačar on the Mottolino and bagged two combativity awards. In 2026 so far, his best result is a seventh place on GC at the Tour of Oman.
Debora Silvestri breaks multiple ribs in Milan-San Remo Donne
Parte médico 💊🩺
Debora Silvestri continúa mostrando una evolución clínica favorable, en línea con la gravedad de las lesiones sufridas.
Como consecuencia del fuerte traumatismo torácico, todavía requiere soporte respiratorio por lo que el cuerpo médico del equipo, junto a… pic.twitter.com/2jog5xlPpO
— LABORALKutxaTeam (@LABORALkTeam) March 24, 2026
It was a scary sight as riders crashed on the descent of the Cipressa during Milan-San Remo Donne. The worst was Debora Silvestri for Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi, who fell over the guardrail and down onto the lower concrete road.
Her team posted that the Italian rider was ‘stable’ and in hospital, with Silvestri confirming the extent of her injuries.
‘Sure, not the final I had imagined,’ she wrote on Instagram, ‘I feel quite good, five ribs broken and a micro fracture on the shoulder – could be worse.’
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto) and Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) were also taken down in the crash. Le Court-Pienaar could be seen checking on Niewiadoma-Phinney at the side of the road, with both escaping serious injury.
Chris Froome’s new job
Chris Froome might not have released a statement yet on his retirement – he hasn’t raced since last August and is without a team for this season – but there has been an update in his career. Froome, a four-time Tour de France winner, is now ‘Chief Innovation Officer’ at Vekta.
The company is an AI training platform. It’s a similar route to Bradley Wiggins who hired out his likeness as one of six AI mentors for ‘the Coachsters’ app.
Isaac del Toro is not at the E3 Saxo Classic
Despite the presence of Isaac del Toro’s name on the provisional start list for the E3 Saxo Classic, the UAE Team Emirates XRG rider will not be making his debut on the cobbles, reports Wielerflits. It was, in fact, a ‘communication error’ instead.
The race will take place on Friday 27th March with Omloop Nieuwsblad victor and defending champion Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) as the big favourite despite picking up a hand injury in the crash at Milan-San Remo.
Volta a Catalunya update
Dorion Gordon was the favourite heading into the opener of the Volta a Catalunya and Ineos Grenadiers’ man won, yet not without a close challenge from Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Remco Evenepoel.
Evenepoel, who almost didn’t make the start after being trapped by snow in Tenerife, packed an equally fast finish to finish a whisker behind the Frenchman. Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling) came home in third.
As for Stage 2, Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) won the sprint for his first victory in a year.
See you next week.