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Mark Cavendish withdraws from the Tour de France
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka have announced on today's second rest day that their sprinter Mark Cavendish will not start tomorrow's seventeenth stage. This is to allow the Manxman time to prepare for the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio. Cavendish has enjoyed an incredibly successful Tour, having won four stages in addition to wearing both the yellow and green jerseys. The...
Future stars shine at the Irish Youth National Track Championships
By Tony Mairs Saturday 17th July saw the Irish Youth National Track Championships taking place at Sundrive Velodrome and with a growing field of up and coming youngsters it did not disappoint in delivering a great spectacle of racing. Fifty one U12, U14, U16 boys and girls from all corners of the country made up the entries on what was...
Jan Bakelants gets away from the Tour de France to meet his newborn daughter
Jan Bakelants has managed to escape the Tour de France for a short time to meet his five-day old daughter. The Belgian rider tweeted: "After 5 long days, finally I can hold my little princess in my arms. Thank you @AG2RLAMONDIALEc for making leave" His daughter Julia was born two weeks early and actually arrived while Jan was racing the eleventh...
Joe Dombrowski signs new contract with Cannondale-Drapac
American Joe Dombrowski has re-signed with the Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team, marking a second term at the outfit for the 25-year-old climber. “It was an easy decision to stay. I've made a lot of progress at this team and I fit in great here. It's feels like family,” Dombrowski said. He raced the Giro d’Italia this season and factored into the...
Fumiyuki Beppu emerges unscathed after bizarre crash at Tour of Poland (VIDEO)
Japanese rider Fumiyuki Beppu had an unusual tumble at the final stage of the Tour of Poland in Krakow yesterday when he went flying over his handlebars. The incident happened after the Trek-Segafredo rider rounded the turn on the 25-kilometre time-trial course and was out of the saddle to get back up to speed. His bike seemed to lock up,...
Julian Alaphilippe and Tony Martin jointly awarded with combativity prize
The Etixx – Quick-Step duo of Julian Alaphilippe and Tony Martin of Etixx-Quick Step rode a two-man time-trial today when they took off from the peloton not long after the flag was dropped on today's stage of the Tour de France. The pair built a six minute lead on the sixteenth stage from Moirans-en-Montagne to Berne as the race...
Onboard highlights from Stage 16 of the Tour de France (VIDEO)
It was a tough day for the riders in the Tour de France today as they had to contend with high temperatures and a lumpy parcours on the sixteenth stage from Moirans-en-Montagne to Berne. It was a fast stage with Julian Alaphilippe and Tony Martin breaking clear after just ten kilometres. The Etixx-Quick Step duo weren't given too much leeway...
Peter Sagan takes third Tour stage win and extends green jersey lead
Today's stage of the Tour de France was the last chance for the sprinters before the Champs Élysées on Sunday. Looking to take a hat-trick of stage wins, the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan battled with his rivals on the hard finale in Berne to take the stage win by a tyre’s width. Half the stage in France, half the...
Spectator running alongside Alaphilippe stopped in his tracks by another fan (VIDEO)
A spectator at the Tour de France decided to take action when he saw a man running alongside Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step) on yesterday's stage. The man was running alongside the French rider on the Grand Colombier when he was stopped in his tracks by another spectator who grabbed his hand. The organisers of the race have appealed to fans to...
Irish Duo Agonisingly Close to a Medal at European Championships
The Irish team of Mark Downey and Fintan Ryan just missed out on a medal in the Men’s Under 23 Madison on the final day of racing at the UEC Track Juniors and U23 European Championships in Montichiari, Italy today. Four Irish riders were in action as the event concluded with Downey, the silver medallist in the Points Race...
Onboard highlights from Stage 15 of the Tour de France (VIDEO)
Today's fifteenth stage of the Tour de France from Bourg-En-Bresse to Culoz featured some incredible scenery including the spectacular climb of Lacets du Grand Colombier. The stage was won by Jarlinson Pantano who scored the sixteenth Colombian stage victory at the Tour de France and the first one for IAM Cycling, the only professional Swiss team, the day before the...
Cyclist taken out by race motorbike at Tour of Qinghai Lake (VIDEO)
Yet another incident has taken place today where a cyclist has been involved in a collision with a race motorbike. This latest incident took place at the Tour of Qinghai Lake (UCI 2.HC) The video of the incident was posted on YouTube by On The River Mgt. As can be seen, a number of support motorbikes can be seen near...
Pedestrian walks in front of peloton causing massive crash at Qinghai Lake (VIDEO)
At the Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC) today, a person caused a massive crash after walking in front of the peloton as the riders were preparing for the sprint finish. The incident happened with two kilometres remaining of today's 113-kilometre stage at Xining. The individual walked across a pedestrian crossing just as the bunch were approaching resulting in numerous riders...
Mark Cavendish sprints to his 30th career Tour win
Mark Cavendish made it another incredible day for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka as he won yesterday's fourteenth stage of the Tour de France. It was Cavendish's fourth win of the Tour and his team's fifth of the race this year. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) finished 2nd and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) placed 3rd. The 208km from Montelimar to Villars-les-Dombes Parc des...
“It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever hard to do in cycling” – Sam Bennett
Following on from his crash on stage one of the Tour de France and his struggle to stay in the race, Sam Bennett has shown that he is over the worst of his injuries by contesting today's sprint finish. On today's 208.5 kilometre stage from Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux, the Irish rider was 12th in the bunch sprint...
Polish fan apologises for his behaviour on Mont Ventoux
Anybody watching the twelfth stage of the Tour de France to Mont Ventoux would undoubtedly have spotted one particular fan who ran alongside the riders for a time and could potentially have caused another incident involving one of the race motorbikes. Krzysztof Kubik from Poland was at the spot where Chris Froome, Richie Porte and Bauke Mollema collided with a...