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Orica-GreenEDGE overcome race footage ban by using toys to recreate stage (VIDEO)
Orica-GreenEDGE's latest Backstage Pass is a little bit different to their usual offering. Due to the Giro organisers not allowing the Australian team to use any race footage, they've come up with a different way to recreate highlights from the day's racing. Their highlights package has commentary from Luka Mezgec, Sam Bewley and Michael Hepburn and they use a variety...
“It is fantastic to be back in the pink jersey” – Tom Dumoulin
Following on from his second place on stage four of the Giro d'Italia, Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) has retaken the pink leader's jersey as action resumed after the race transferred to Italy. The Dutchman finished 5" behind stage winner Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) to move back into the overall lead, with an advantage of 20" over second-placed rider Bob Jungels (Etixx-Quick Step). "I...
Eddie Dunbar to return to racing at An Post Rás with the Irish National Team
Eddie Dunbar is set to return to racing shortly at An Post Rás following on from his collarbone break which he sustained last month. Dunbar is set to line up as part of the Irish National Team in the eight-day race. The Irish Under 23 Road Race champion broke his collarbone after crashing on a motor-pacing training ride 60 kilometres...
Nicolas Roche climbs into top 10 at Giro d’Italia (VIDEO)
The Giro d'Italia returned to its homeland today after the opening three days in the Netherlands and it proved to be a good day for Team Sky as Nicolas Roche, Mikel Landa and David Lopez finished in a select group of riders at the end with Roche finishing in 10th place. This was enough to push the Irishman up...
Tragedy as young Dutch cyclist passes away after cardiac arrest.
Cycling Team Jo Piels have confirmed that Gijs Verdick has passed away following on from two cardiac arrests he suffered at the Carpathian Couriers Race in Poland last week. The 21 year-old rider was placed in an artificial coma following on from the cardiac arrests and flown back on Sunday to Isala Hospital in Zwolle, Netherlands where he died on...
Strava Metro host first Global Bike-to-Work Day
Strava Metro are hosting their first ever Global Bike to Work Day. They're asking their users to upload a ride on May 10th that starts in one place and ends in another and will result in the user completing the commuting challenge. More than five million rides and runs are uploaded to Strava each week, and in cities, the...
Kenny Dehaes dedicates Dunkirk stage win to Antoine Demoitié
The fifth and final stage of the 62nd Four Days of Dunkirk took place yesterday with victory going to Kenny Dehaes (Wanty-Groupe Gobert). The 31-year-old proved fastest at the end of the 159.7-kilometre stage from Hondschote to Dunkirk, coming in ahead of overall winner Bryan Coquard and Maximiliano Richeze. It has been an incredibly difficult year for Dehaes' Wanty-Groupe Gobert team...
Alexandre Geniez fined after altercation with Hubert Dupont at Giro d’Italia (VIDEO)
Alexandre Geniez (FDJ) has been fined 200 Swiss Francs by the race jury at the Giro d'Italia for "unseemly behaviour" after the end of Stage 3. The French rider was filmed pushing Hubert Dupont (Ag2R La Mondiale) and grabbing him by the jersey after the finish line in Arnhem but it is unclear what the dispute was about. Geniez and Dupont...
Marcel Kittel takes maglia rosa following Giro stage victory
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quick Step) capped off a fantastic weekend in the Netherlands by taking the victory on today's stage of the Giro d'Italia from Nijmegen to Arnhem and moving into the race leader's pink jersey. It follows on from his top 5 in the Apeldoorn time trial and taking the win in the opening road stage on Saturday. Unlike yesterday’s stage,...
Tom Dumoulin defends leader’s jersey in Giro d’Italia second stage
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) remains in the lead of the Giro d'Italia after the second stage but feels that he may not hang on to the pink jersey for much longer. Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) easily won the sprint finish with Dumoulin finishing safely in the bunch. The Dutchman continues to lead the race, with Primoz Roglic still second on the same...
Team iTap announce strong line-up for An Post Ras 2016
Team iTap (Irish Talented Athlete Program) have revealed their five-man line-up which will take part in the An Post Rás later this month. The ethos of the program run by the team is to enable development of U23 riders to progress to becoming full-time professional athletes. The team that they have announced for the eight-day race blends youth and experience...
Marcel Kittel wins Giro d’Italia stage 2 and edges closer to pink jersey
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quick Step) edged closer to taking the pink jersey of leadership at Giro d'Italia today by winning the 190-kilometre stage Arnhem to Nijmegen. The win brought his total for the season to nine. Kittel is now leading the points classification and sits just one second behind Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) and Primoz Roglic (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) on GC ahead of...
Irish champion Damien Shaw escapes serious injury at Fleche du Sud
A massive crash occurred during yesterday's third stage of the Fleche du Sud from Rédange-sur-Attert to Warken, with reports of up to 40 riders being involved. According to RTL.lu, the accident took place while the peloton was on a descent and riding at over 70kmph with a rider coming down near the front. The report said that 14 riders had...
Tom Dumoulin takes pink at the Giro d’Italia
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) won the time trial which opened the Giro d’Italia in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, and became the first to wear the pink jersey of the race leader, while his teammate Tobias Ludvigsson finished fourth to become best young rider. The Dutch national time trial champion covered the 9.8 m city course in 11:03, taking the win by .022...
Confusion at the Four Days of Dunkirk as motorbike leads riders off course (VIDEO)
There was some confusion on today's stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk when a lead motorbike took a wrong turn at a roundabout resulting in a number of riders going off course. The incident took place with 7.5 kilometres left of the stage from Béthune to Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise as the peloton were chasing down a breakaway. The riders were due to...
Hayden Roulston to line up for New Zealand at An Post Rás
With the countdown to the 2016 An Post Rás drawing ever closer, the New Zealand national team have today confirmed their entry in to this year’s race. The squad will join the dozen foreign outfits already announced in what looks to be one of the strongest editions of the race to date. The riders selected as part of the Kiwi...