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Dan Martin moves up one position on GC after attacking ride to Le Bettex

Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) has moved up one position on GC at the Tour de France after today's tough stage to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc and now sits in 9th position with just two stages remaining. The Irish rider finished in 7th place on the stage, 28" down on stage winner Romain Bardet (Ag2R-La Mondiale) and is now 7'10" behind race...

Chris Froome extends his advantage despite crashing on treacherous descent

Chris Froome (Team Sky) survived an epic stage in the Alps today and extended his overall lead despite crashing with 10 kilometres remaining. On the final descent of the day, the Briton slipped on the treacherous wet surface and damaged his bike. His team mate Geraint Thomas handed over his machine and Froome chased back on to the group of...

Team Rwanda receive invite to the Ride London Classic

Team Rwanda has been invited to take part in the UK's biggest one-day race, the Ride London Classic on 31 July. The race will feature 150 of the world’s top pro cyclists on a 200km route through London and Surrey. Team Rwanda currently has four of their young rising stars on a month-long UK Tour to give them vital experience...

Nairo Quintana suspects an allergy may be the reason why he is struggling

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) feels that he may be struggling from an allergy which is the reason for his underpar performance at this year's Tour de France. In yesterday's 17-kilometre time-trial stage between Sallanches and Megève, the Colombian struggled in the opening flat kilometres, losing time to his rivals. However, he bounced back after the third and final intermediate point, 13.5km...

Registration now open for the 2016 Irish National Criterium Championships (VIDEO)

Registration and entry is now open for the 2016 Irish National Criterium Championships via the Cycling Ireland event registration page on www.cyclingireland.ie. A direct link to the registration page can be found here. The Championships, promoted by Banbridge Cycling Club, will take place in Banbridge town centre on the evening of Friday 12th August. The Championship race will commence at...

Onboard highlights from Stage 18 of the Tour de France (VIDEO)

Chris Froome (Team Sky) edged closer to a third Tour de France win when he won today's eighteenth stage, a 17-kilometre mountainous time-trial from Sallanches to Megève. It was the Briton's second stage win of the race, as he beat Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant-Alpecin) by 21 seconds with Fabio Aru (Astana) a further 12 seconds back. Froome now leads Dutchman Bauke...

Xeno Young on the attack in the World Junior Scratch Race

Xeno Young was one of the leading animators of the Men’s Scratch Race at the World Junior Track Championships in Aigle on his way to an eventual 15th place finish today. The County Down rider made two blistering attacks in the 10km race, spending a significant amount of time off the front of the top class field in the 50-lap...

“I never felt so good this late into a Tour de France” – Dan Martin

Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) defended his top 10 overall in the Tour de France in today's tough time trial where the 29-year-old showed how much he has improved against the clock, putting in a solid display on stage 18. For the first time in more than a decade, the mountain time trial returned to the Grande Boucle, as the riders...

“Tis but a scratch!” – Oliver Naesen shrugs off Tour de France crash (VIDEO)

Belgian cyclist Oliver Naesen (IAM Cycling) somersaulted over his handlebars on today's eighteenth stage of the Tour de France but emerged unscathed. Naesen appeared to go into the final corner a little too fast in the 17-kilometre time-trial to Megeve and went straight into the barriers, flipping over them with his bike. Luckily enough, it was a low-speed collision and the...

Rafal Majka extends mountains jersey lead at the Tour de France

Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) took another top three finish on yesterday's Tour de France stage, adding to his climbers’ points total and extending his lead in the competition. With the rest day allowing the riders a chance for a little recovery, it was back to full gas racing for stage 17 of Le Tour. The 184.5km stage saw riders cross three...

Onboard footage from Stage 17 of the Tour de France (VIDEO)

Today's seventeenth stage of the Tour de France took the riders from the Swiss capital Berne back into France, to the summit finish of Finhaut-Emosson. Along the way, the riders had to contend with two Category Three climbs, the First Category climb of the Col de la Forclaz before tackling the final 10.4 kilometre-long climb with an average gradient of...

Ciara Doogan Finishes Sixth in the Points Race at World Junior Track Champs (VIDEO)

Ciara Doogan has gotten Ireland’s campaign at the World Junior Track Championships off to a fine start with a battling sixth place finish in the Points Race at UCI headquarters in Switzerland today. The 18-year-old from Donegal was in the mix throughout, taking five points for winning the fourth sprint of the 100-lap, 20km race. She sat fourth in...

Fabian Cancellara withdraws from the Tour de France to prepare for the Olympics

Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) won’t take the start in stage 18 of the Tour de France. After deliberation between Cancellara and the team management, a decision was made to allow the Swiss rider to rest and recover in preparation for the Olympic Games. Fabian Cancellara: “This was not an easy decision to take, but I feel it is the right one....

“I remain confident and hope for some nice results in the next three days” – Dan Martin

The Tour de France resumed today after yesterday's second rest day with a tough stage finish to Finhaut-Emosson and Irish rider Dan Martin hung on to his top-10 position. Team Sky's Chris Froome stays in yellow with just four stages remaining and his team kept a stranglehold on the race with attacks by Martin and Richie Porte being controlled. Today's 184-kilometre...

Rohan Dennis pulls out of the Tour de France to prepare for the Olympics

Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) will not line up at the start of stage 17 of the Tour de France today, his team have announced. The Australian will miss out on the final stages of the race to return to his home in Andorra to start preparing for the Olympics. “It has been an incredibly tough two weeks of racing at...

Christopher McGlinchey takes top honours at Foyle GP in County Donegal

Over 170 riders from all across Ireland lined up for a fantastic day’s cycling in Killea, Donegal, at Foyle Cycling Club annual GP. Club cyclists from Belfast, Castlebar, Dublin, Emyvale, Westport and every major town in Ulster were represented. Christopher McGlinchey of ChainReaction Cycles took the top honour in the A1 category, with Foyle’s own Ronan McLaughlin coming in third;...

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