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Peter Sagan crashes out of first MTB race in seven years (VIDEO)
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) suffered misfortune at the weekend when he crashed out of his first mountain bike race in seven years in Austria. The World Road Race champion and Tour of Flanders winner pulled out after five laps of the race in Graz with minor injuries sustained in the crash. Sagan is planning on taking part in another mountain bike...
John Degenkolb to make comeback this week following serious accident
The 55th edition of the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt (UCI 1.HC) race will see the return of John Degenkolb to his home race for the first time since his serious accident near Calpe, Spain in January and his Giant-Alpecin team is extremely pleased to have him back in the line-up. "It has been a challenging few months but...
“It’s been a fun ride” – Michael Rogers announces his retirement
Australian rider Michael Rogers has announced today that he has retired from professional cycling. Rogers revealed that recent cardiac examinations had identified occurrences of heart arrhythmia which had not been detected beforehand. He said that this latest diagnosis, added to the congenital heart condition that he was diagnosed with in 2001, means that his competitive career must end. Rogers enjoyed a...
Watch highlights from the 2016 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Wout Poels (Team Sky) yesterday became the first Dutch rider since Adri van der Poel in 1988 and just the fifth Dutch rider ever to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Poels had gotten away from the lead group on the penultimate climb of the Côte de la Rue Naniot, and managed to outsprint Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) and Rui Costa (Lampre) to take the...
Marianne Vos escapes serious injury after high-speed crash (VIDEO)
Marianne Vos (Rabobank Liv) was lucky to escape without any serious injuries after crashing in the sprint finish at Dwars door de Westhoek yesterday. The Olympic Champion collided with the barriers in the finishing straight, but despite the heavy impact, her injuries were limited to bruises on the right side of her body, her hip, shoulder and elbow. Vos crashed about...
Impressive Performances at Irish Junior Track National Championships
By Tony Mairs Saturday April 23rd saw the Junior Track Cycling National Championships taking place at Sundrive Velodrome in a thankfully dry day in Dublin. Twenty five of the fastest male and female Junior riders from all over Ireland battled it out each over the four separate track events with a lot of very fast racing to be seen! First up...
Wout Poels takes Team Sky’s first ever monument victory
Wout Poels took the biggest win of his career to-date when he was first across the line at Liege-Bastogne-Liege and it also resulted in Team Sky's first ever monument victory. Poels had gone ahead with Michael Albasini (Orica GreenEdge), Samuel Sanchez (BMC Racing) and Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida), as the race crested the penultimate climb of the Cote de la Rue...
“We must not become fixated on Valverde” – Dan Martin
Etixx-Quick Step will line up at Liège-Bastogne-Liège tomorrow with a formidable team and with Julian Alaphilippe and Daniel Martin, they will have two riders who could be in a position to challenge race favourite Alejandro Valverde. Alaphilippe and Martin finished in second and third in Wednesday's Fleche Wallonne behind the Spaniard so are clearly in good form. However, in addition to...
Riders at Liège-Bastogne-Liège could face sleet or snow
Belgium is set to be affected by poor weather this weekend which could result in the riders facing wintry conditions at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The bad weather is expected to sweep into Belgium this evening according to weather reports with a minimum temperature of -2 degrees Celsius in the Ardennes. Sunday is expected to be mostly cloudy with showers of rain and hail...
Riders avoid barriers blown over by helicopter at Tour of Croatia (VIDEO)
Riders had to avoid barriers blown over by a helicopter at the Tour of Croatia (UCI 2.1). The incident took place in the last few hundred metres of today's stage from Crikvenica to Ucka which was won by Riccardo Zoidl (Trek-Segafredo). Today's incident follows on from a series of near-misses and accidents involving support vehicles at races over the past...
Highlights of La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (VIDEO)
Defending champion Anna van der Breggen (RaboLiv) beat Evelyn Stevens (Boels Dolmans) and Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) to claim the 19th edition of La Flèche Wallonne Feminine. It was RaboLiv's 8th Flèche Wallonne win in the last 10 years. A seven-woman group consisting of Jessica Allen (Australia), Ann-Sophie Duyck (Topsport Vlaanderen – Etixx), Sheyla Gutiérrez Ruiz (Cylance Pro Cycling), Lex...
Watch cyclist mow down a pair of bag snatchers
After hearing a girl scream that her bag had been stolen this cyclist took chase on his bike to catch the thieves. "I decided to jump the lights to find out what was happening," he said. "I didn't run them over," the cyclist said that he jumped from the bike, tripped over the bike and managed catch the bag. "I could smell...
Dan Martin moves into top ten of UCI World Tour rankings
Following on from his third placed finish at Fleche Wallonne on Wednesday, Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) has moved into tenth place in the UCI World Tour rankings. Martin gained 50 points from his third place and with the 76 points he gathered at Volta a Ciclista a Catalunya, he has moved from 21st place to 10th. Next up for Martin is...
Strong British Teams Add to Impressive An Post Rás Line-Up
There will be a strong British challenge at this year’s An Post Rás with the announcement today that the NFTO (Not for the Ordinary) and Madison Genesis Continental teams have both confirmed their participation in the UCI race beginning on May 22nd. The NFTO team will be well known to Irish cycling fans, being the squad that national road race...
Philippe Gilbert ruled out of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
BMC Racing Team today announced that Philippe Gilbert will not line up at Liège-Bastogne-Liège as intended. BMC Racing Team Chief Medical Officer Dr Max Testa provided the following update. “After evaluating Philippe’s condition today, including his fitness level and the pain from his fractured finger, we agree that it is in his best interests to skip Liège-Bastogne-Liège,” Dr Testa said....
Preview of La Côte de Naniot – The new cobbled climb of Liège-Bastogne-Liège (VIDEO)
This year's edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège will feature a new climb near the finish in Ans, the cobbled climb of La Côte de Naniot. The Côte de la rue Naniot is just 600 meters long with an average gradient of 10.9%. The cobbled street is just three kilometres from the finish and could offer opportunists a chance to attack, rather than...