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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Eddy Merckx honoured in Paris
Both Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Eddy Merckx were amongst the sportspeople recently honoured in Paris by L'Equipe. Ferrand-Prevot was awarded French Sportsperson of the Year and the woman from Reims had an excellent season. Apart from winning the World Road Race title, she also won French Road, TT and cyclo-cross championships, U23 European XC Championship, Emakumeen Euskal Bira overall and La...
New stage race for Abu Dhabi
The organisers of the Giro d'Italia, RCS Sport, and Abu Dhabi Sports Council are organising the inaugural Abu Dhabi Tour, which will replace the slot in the calendar vacated by the Tour of Beijing. The race will take place for the first time in October 2015, and is expected to attract many of the biggest names in the sport. It...
Cycling Weekly review of Zwift
Zwift is an online social world that promises to revolutionise indoor training. It is currently in beta mode and since its launch it has been overwhelmed with demand with over 18,000 people applying to join the beta programme. The softwares aim is to reduce the boredom of turbo training by letting you compete against other real riders...
Marcel Kittel speaks out about involvement of Riis and Vinokourov in cycling
Marcel Kittel was interviewed by German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine over the weekend and has spoken of his concern for the image of cycling that former riders with a doping past are still active as team bosses. The German sprinter on the Giant Shimano team mentioned the involvement of Alexandre Vinokourov with Astana and Tinkoff-Saxo manager Bjarne Riis. "People like Vinokourov and...
Etixx Quick Step complete training camp in Spain
The Etixx Quick Step team have completed a training camp in Spain and produced this video which features short interviews with Tony Martin, Tom Boonen and Mark Cavendish. The camp took place in Oliva, and in addition to riding the bike most days, the cyclists were also kept busy between off-bike photo shoots and strength & stability training. Etixx – Quick-Step...
Tinkoff Saxo reveal their new 2015 kit
Tinkoff Saxo have revealed their 2015 kit including Peter Sagan's Slovakian champions jersey. The team of Alberto Contador unveiled their jersey yesterday in Moscow. The jersey is once again yellow and blue, with a little more yellow featured than previously. Their Slovakian champion's jersey will be a lot more noticeable in the bunch than the previous Cannondale version, and we feel...
“If I cheated at golf I wouldn’t just regret it, I’d be heartbroken forever” Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong has spoken about his interest in golf with Golf Digest magazine and he discusses amongst other things, cheating. He talks about cheating in golf compared to cycling and views them differently. "Golf is different from the culture of cycling when I was competing, and that's putting it mildly. Cycling, it was the Wild West. Nobody considered doping cheating....
Look warn of fake 695 frames for sale in Europe
Look have announced that copies of their LOOK 695* frames are being offered for sale in Asia and Europe. They stated that "These Chinese origin copies only have a visual resemblance. They have no relation to LOOK whose originals are not made in Asia. These counterfeit products are illegal and potentially dangerous. They do not have the performance qualities of...
Bone marrow clinic in Dublin for former international cyclist Paul Giblin
The search for a bone marrow match for Paul Giblin continues in Dublin tomorrow. The top rower twice took gold at the Henley Royal Regatta and has 17 Irish senior championship titles. After rowing, he took up cycling. He competed in the 2010 An Post Rás in 2010 and has also ridden as a pilot for the Irish paracycling...
Stephen Roche Big Interview _ Part 1
In Part I of his interview with inCycle TV, Stephen Roche talks about his work ethic when he was racing in Ireland and his subsequent move to the continent. Roche also talks about the '87 Giro, why he felt that he deserved to share team leadership with Roberto Visentini and his subsequent battle with the Italian. Roche goes on to...
An Post – Chain Reaction invited to early season French races
The An Post - Chain Reaction team have been listed amongst the teams invited to take part in the early season French races, Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise and Etoile de Bessèges. The UCI 1.1 Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise takes place on the 1st of February, and a number of World Tour teams are set to take part including FDJ,...
Mauro Santambrogio tests positive for testosterone and blames erectile dysfunction problems
The Italian rider, Mauro Santambrogio, has tested positive for testosterone and now faces the possibility of being banned from competing for life. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that it had notified Santambrogio of an Adverse Analytical Finding of Testosterone in a sample collected in the scope of an out-of-competition control on 22 October 2014. The Italian has since claimed that he had been prescribed...
Christmas competition time
Our good friends over at Galibier have given us not one, but two pairs of gloves to giveaway to two lucky readers. First off we have a pair of Galibier Roubaix Vision gloves. Road.cc website put them in their glove top ten giving them 4.5 stars out of 5. Read the review here Next up we've a pair Galibier Grip VTT...
‘Doping did not end with Lance Armstrong’ Scott Mercier speaks to Newstalk
Former US Postal cyclist Scott Mercier was on the Off The Ball show this week where he spoke about his decision to walk away from the team and explains his concerns for doping in modern day cycling. He spoke about his experience of witnessing the doping policy first hand within US Postal and his thoughts on the current situation in...
No cobbled classics for Philippe Gilbert
Despite having stated last month that he would be taking part in the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix in a bid to win all five monuments, Philippe Gilbert has now said that he won't be taking part in those races after all, according to Het Laatse Nieuws. Instead, he will take part in the Ardennes classics, Amstel Gold Race, Fleche...
Cycling Ireland President named as Chef de Mission for 2016 Paralympics
Paralympics Ireland announced today that the President of Cycling Ireland, Denis Toomey, would be the Chef de Mission for the Irish Paralympic team for the 2016 Games in Rio. The role will involve managing the team, and overseeing the operational preparation and participation of Team Ireland at the games. The Cork man, was elected as President of Cycling Ireland at...