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San Sebastian organisers hoping to avoid repeat of last year’s moto incident (VIDEO)
The organisers of Clásica San Sebastian have introduced a new climb to this year's route in a bid to avoid the incident which marred last year's race when Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) was hit by a race motorbike on a narrow climb. On Bordako Tontorra, the final climb of last year's race, Van Avermaet was leading the race when...
“We are all motivated to put on a good show” – Matt Brammeier ahead of Ride London Classic
The 4th edition of the RideLondon Classic takes place on Sunday, 31 July and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka are motivated to take on the course made famous for playing host to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Multiple Irish champion Matt Brammeier has been included in their line-up and is hopeful of a good result from the African team. This...
Cannondale-Drapac seeking fourth straight victory at Tour of Utah
Defending champion Joe Dombrowski headlines a strong Cannondale-Drapac squad seeking its fourth straight general classification title at Tour of Utah. “I’m looking forward to returning to Tour of Utah and hopefully successfully defending my title,” said Dombrowski. “It’s a beautiful race in a beautiful state. I have good memories here.” The 25-year-old raced his maiden Giro d’Italia earlier this year where...
Nicolas Roche reveals new customised Pinarello with Irish champion’s colours
Nicolas Roche has posted photos of his new customised Pinarello Dogma featuring the Irish colours to mark his recent National Championships victory. The Team Sky rider won both the Elite Time Trial and Road Race Championships in Kilcullen, Co. Kildare in June and he has now received the customised bike to match his national champion's jersey. The bike features a white...
Alberto Contador to return to action at Clasica San Sebastian
Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) will return to action this Saturday at the 36th edition of Clasica San Sebastian. It will be his first race since withdrawing from the Tour de France due to injuries sustained in a crash. Alongside Contador on the Tinkoff team will be Roman Kreuziger who won the 2009 edition. The 200-kilometre race has a tough, hilly parcours which...
Adrien Costa amongst three stagiaires to race with Etixx-Quick Step
Etixx-Quick Step have announced three stagiaires who will join the team for the remaining months of the season - Adrien Costa (Axeon Hagens Berman) and Klein Constantia’s Ivan Cortina and Hamish Schreurs. Just 18 years old, Adrien Costa has been heralded for some time now as one of the most prodigious talents to come from the US, backed by many...
Four sisters to line up in World Cup race for the first time
This weekend, the Druyts sisters from Belgium will line up at the Prudential Ride London Grand Prix, marking the first time that four sisters have participated in a World Cup race together. Kelly Druyts (26), Jessy Druyts (22) Demmy Druyts (20) and Lenny Druyts (19) from Wilrijk in Antwerp, along with Gilke Croket and Kelly van de Steen, will line...
Behind the scenes at the Westrozebeke kermesse (VIDEO)
Earlier this week, the Westrozebeke pro kermesse took place in Belgium and the 168-kilometre race was won by Jasper Bovenhuis (An Post Chain Reaction) ahead of Tijnen Eising (Metec-Tkh Continental Cycling) and Félix Pouilly (Team Roubaix-Lille Métropole) after a sprint from a small breakaway group. This short film (in French) from Jean-Michel Guidez shows what the carnival atmosphere is like...
Diary of an Irish Enduro World Series Privateer
Michelle Muldoon is an Irish Enduro Mountain Biker for Vitus Bikes. She's a regular on the World Enduro Race scene and describes herself as "an avid explorer of trails!." Michelle first took up mountain biking and raced her first Enduro that same season. Since then, she has gone on to race in rounds of the Enduro World Series in France,...
McConvey and Shaw to test themselves against World Tour teams in RideLondon Classic
Damien Shaw and Connor McConvey have been included in the six-man An Post Chain Reaction Sean Kelly team for the Prudential RideLondon - Surrey Classic (1HC) which takes place this Sunday. The Irish pair will line up against a number of World Tour teams including BMC Racing, Etixx-Quick Step and Team Sky. Amongst the big name riders who are set...
Tom Dumoulin struggles in comeback at Acht van Chaam
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) struggled in his comeback this evening, as he quit one hour into a race in the Netherlands. The Dutchman lined up in De Acht van Chaam, one of the post-Tour criteriums but pulled out saying afterwards that "I began to doubt myself and that's not good." Dumoulin is aiming for gold in the Olympic Games Time-Trial in Rio,...
UCI find no cases of technological fraud at the 2016 Tour de France
The UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) have confirmed today that all tests for technological fraud at this years' Tour de France were negative. The unannounced tests were carried out prior, during or after racing, throughout the 21 stages of the three-week event. In total 3,773 tests were performed using magnetic resistance technology. Since first deploying this new scanning method in January,...
Cannondale-Drapac riders discuss what it means to finish the Tour de France
Seven riders from the Cannondale-Drapac team made it to the finish of the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday, with Frenchman Pierre Rolland their top finisher in 16th place. Along the way, they lost two riders - Sebastian Langeveld who pulled out on Stage 10 and Matti Breschel who withdrew on Stage 14. Below, the seven finishers outline what it...
Tom Dumoulin back on the bike just four days after breaking his arm (VIDEO)
Following on from his crash on Stage 19 of the Tour de France, Tom Dunoulin (Team Giant-Alpecin) has posted a video showing he's back in training to prepare for the Rio Olympics. The Dutchman was forced to abandon the Tour after crashing out with a fractured radius and it appeared doubtful that he would be able to line up in...
Nicolas Roche linked with move to BMC Racing
Nicolas Roche is set to leave Team Sky to sign for BMC Racing for next season, according to Het Nieuwsblad. Roche has ridden for the British team for the past two seasons and last year, he helped Chris Froome to his second Tour de France victory. Roche also took a stage victory in the Vuelta a Espana last year in...
Cyclist catches motorist playing Pokémon GO at the wheel (VIDEO)
A cyclist in London has posted a video of the moment when he catches a motorist playing Pokémon GO at the wheel of his car. The cyclist approaches the man in the black BMW convertible at traffic lights on Warwick Road in Westminster who appears to be playing the game. The driver of the car can be seen with his...