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Cyclist shows the perils of walking in cycling shoes on a coffee shop floor (VIDEO)
British pro cyclist Jon Mould has a posted a video on Twitter showing a common problem faced by cyclists everywhere - how to negotiate a tiled floor in cycling shoes. Mould who rides for JLT-Condor posted the video with the message: "Is this the most embarrassing thing to happen in the cafe?" In the video, the cyclist can be seen walking...
Laurens ten Dam and Roy Curvers extend their contracts with Team Giant-Alpecin
Team Giant-Alpecin have announced that Dutch riders Roy Curvers and Laurens ten Dam have extended their contracts with the team. Experienced road captain and core member of the team since the beginning of its existence, Curvers, has signed a new agreement that commits him for a further year. "I’m very happy to have been with the team for a...
“Anything other than a win would have been a failure” – Steve Cummings
The 2016 Tour of Britain reached its conclusion with the final stage taking place in London yesterday. While Caleb Ewan (Orica-BikeExchange) won the final stage from a bunch kick, it was Steve Cummings who won the overall title for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka. At just 100km, the 8th and final stage of the Tour of Britain was short and...
Nairo Quintana wins Vuelta a España to take second Grand Tour of his career
Nairo Quintana won the second Grand Tour of his career yesterday when he took victory in the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España in Madrid. The Colombian's success marks the 14th Grand Tour win for Eusebio Unzué's squad, and Movistar now lead both individual and team WorldTour rankings. Quintana has now achieved podium finishes in all three Grand...
Eileen Roe takes final stage of An Post Rás na mBan as Rikke Lønne wins overall
Rikke Lønne (Team Crescent D.A.R.E.) has taken overall victory in An Post Rás na mBan 2016 after finishing fourth¬¬ in the final stage in Kilkenny. The Dane was part of a seven rider group witch contested the final sprint in front of Kilkenny Castle after 85 km of dry and windy conditions. The final stage win went to Eileen Roe (Team...
Driver suspected of hit-an-run on cyclist held at gunpoint until police arrive (VIDEO)
A man suspected of hitting a cyclist and fleeing the scene in New Mexico, USA, was held at gunpoint by another man until the police arrived. A video of the incident was subsequently sent to KRQE News by eyewitness Vern Hershberger. Albuquerque Police later confirmed that a cyclist had been hit by a SUV on Friday morning with the motorist...
Onboard highlights from Stage 20 of the Vuelta a España (VIDEO)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) is poised to win the Vuelta a España after holding off Chris Froome (Team Sky) in the final mountain stage won by Pierre Latour (ag2r-La Mondiale). The Briton attacked repeatedly in the finale of the last climb to Alto de Aitana but he was unable to drop the red jersey, who, barring a crash, will win...
Steve Cummings defends yellow jersey at the Tour of Britain
Steve Cummings (Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka) has successfully defended his overall lead at the Tour of Britain with just one stage remaining. He came 4th in the morning time trial in Bristol and finished safely in the peloton in the afternoon stage. Cummings went into the day with a 49sec lead over Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin). And the Dutch rider...
Rikke Lonne goes into final stage of An Post Rás na mBan in leader’s jersey
Rikke Lonne (Team Crescent DARE) will carry a 3m15s lead into the final stage of An Post Rás na mBan 2016 after the fifth stage was stopped and not restarted. In front of large crowds in the Kilkenny City Centre circuit race, Lonne was in the main group getting set to contest the final sprint when a crash...
Jack Bauer signs for Etixx-Quick Step
31-year-old Kiwi rider Jack Bauer has penned a deal with Etixx–Quick-Step, the Belgian team have announced, thus becoming the first New Zealander to join the squad since its inception, more than a decade ago. Since turning pro, Bauer has become National Champion in the road race, won the Japan Cup, the Herald Sun Tour prologue, and most recently, a...
Marieke Kerkvliet wins time-trial as race leader Rikke Lønne tightens her grip overall
Marieke Kerkvliet (WV Breda) scored an comfortable victory in the stage four time trial on the Waterford Road in Kilkenny as overall race leader Rikke Lønne (Team Crescent DARE) tightened her grip on the An Post leader's jersey. Kerkvliet was the only rider to record a sub 16-minute time on the out and back 11km solo test, finishing 14 seconds...
Peter Sagan takes his 8th WorldTour win this season at GP Cycliste de Québec
Peter Sagan bounced back in perfect fashion after withdrawing from his last race due to sickness by taking an emphatic win at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec today in Canada. It's Sagan's second Canadian WorldTour win after claiming the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in 2013. “We started pulling from early on as we had a clear...
Bronze for Ireland’s Eoghan Clifford in the MC3 Pursuit at the Paralympic Games
Eoghan Clifford has won a bronze medal in his first Paralympic Games, competing in the Men’s C3 Individual Pursuit in a time of 3.40.201. After qualifying fourth for the bronze medal final earlier today, Clifford faced Michael Sametz from Canada who had recorded a marginally faster time in training. The gold medal was won by Nicholas (AUS) with Berenyi...
Onboard highlights from Stage 19 of the Vuelta a España (VIDEO)
Chris Froome (Team Sky) won yesterday's final time trial of the Vuelta a España and gained a significant amount of time on his GC rivals to stay in contention for the title after cutting Nairo Quintana's lead down to 1'21". The Tour de France champion, second in GC, clocked a best time of 46'33". Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), who finished...
Steve Cummings takes over the yellow jersey at the Tour of Britain
Wout Poels (Team Sky) won the stage 6 hilltop finish at the Tour of Britain today with Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing) and Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) rounding out the podium. By finishing 8th on the stage though, Steve Cummings (Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka) moved into the yellow jersey and overall lead of the Tour of Britain. As has been...
Race leader Rikke Lønne takes victory on Mount Leinster in An Post Rás na mBan
Race leader Rikke Lønne (Team Crescent Dare) scored an imperious victory on Stage 3 of An Post Rás na mBan in an epic summit finish at Mount Leinster today. The Danish rider raced clear of her two breakaway companions, Lydia Boylan (Team WNT) and Erin Kinnealy (CCN Energy HR Australia) at the foot of the final ascent, with 9...