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Top triathlete Cameron Wurf signs for Team INEOS
Team INEOS have confirmed the signing of world-class triathlete Cameron Wurf, who will make his debut in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race on Sunday. The world-record holder of the bike leg in the Ironman World Championships, Wurf will fill the vacant spot on the Team’s roster following the forced early retirement of Vasil Kiryienka. He will race for...
Emanuel Buchmann wins Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
Emanuel Buchmann (BORA – hansgrohe) was victorious on the second day of Challenge Mallorca as he soloed to the win at the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (1.1). After a first day made for the sprinters, the second day of the series of races brought the peloton into the mountains on a 160.5-kilometre parcours from Sóller to Deià. An early break...
Ireland to host round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup for the first time
The UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) have announced that a round of the 2020-2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup will take place in Dublin, marking the first time that a round of the prestigious series has taken place in Ireland. The Dublin round which will be the second race in the series will take on 18 October 2020 and will include...
Vasil Kiryienka announces his retirement
Vasil Kiryienka (Team INEOS) has announced his retirement from professional cycling, following medical advice regarding a cardiac issue. The 38 year-old Belarusian missed the start of last season owing to a cardiac anomaly, only to return to competitive racing at the Tour de Romandie in 2019. He went on to enjoy success at the European Games time trial in his...
Matteo Moschetti wins European season opener at the Challenge Mallorca
Trek-Segafredo kicked off their European season in style as young Italian sprinter Matteo Moschetti won the first day of the four-day Challenge Mallorca on Thursday. Moschetti took the win ahead of Pascal Ackermann (BORA - hansgrohe) and Jon Aberasturi (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA). "Alexander Kamp did a real good job to control the race, and then, in the end,...
Sam Bennett wins inaugural Race Torquay
Sam Bennett (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) confirmed his good form, as he won the inaugural Race Torquay making it two victories in January, following on from his victory at the Tour Down Under. The race consisted of ten laps of an undulating 13.3km circuit following a clockwise direction. “This success makes me very happy and feeds my confidence ahead of Sunday,...
Remco Evenepoel takes his first victory of the season at the Vuelta a San Juan
Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider) has taken his first victory of the season and the sixth of his pro career on the 15.2-kilometre individual time trial at the Vuelta a San Juan. The 20-year-old confirmed his favourite tag, putting in an impressive ride that saw him record the fastest time at the intermediate checkpoint and set the early mark...
Caleb Ewan takes second stage win at the Santos Tour Down Under
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) proved fastest at the end of stage 4 of the Santos Tour Down Under, coming past Sam Bennett (Deceuninck - Quick Step) and winning by a bike length ahead of the Irish champion and Belgian Jasper Philipsen (UAE-Team Emirates). For Ewan it’s his second stage win in his first stage race of the season, and...
Caleb Ewan wins stage 2 of the Tour Down Under
With a perfectly timed jump, Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) won stage 2 in the Santos Tour Down Under, a stage from Woodside to Stirling. In the traditional uphill sprint in Stirling, Ewan was faster than 2019 champion Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) and Nathan Haas (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits). The victory was the right answer to his disappointing seventh place in stage...
Sam Bennett takes first win for Deceuninck – Quick-Step at the Tour Down Under
Sam Bennett has taken his first ever victory at the Tour Down Under after a hectic and messy sprint in Tanunda, where the race returned after seven years. It also marked his first victory with his new team - Deceuninck – Quick-Step. Bennett was the first of the fast men to launch the sprint, with around 250 metres to go,...
Remco Evenepoel to make his Grand Tour debut at the Giro d’Italia
Remco Evenepoel will be handed his Grand Tour debut four months from now at the Giro d’Italia, his Deceuninck – Quick-Step team have announced. Winner of five races in his first season – including the Tour of Belgium, Clasica San Sebastian and the European ITT Championships – the soon to be 20-year-old Evenepoel will be one of the youngest riders...
Cycling Ireland announce details of Road & Track Athlete Development Programme
Cycling Ireland have today announced details of their Road & Track Athlete Development Programme which is focused on developing highly talented road and track cyclists who have the potential to compete at the highest level of the sport, achieving medal success at World and Olympic level. Being piloted in 2020 the programme will prepare athletes for competition at the senior...
Irish Cyclocross Championships to be live streamed on Facebook and YouTube
Cycling Ireland have announced that the 2020 Cyclocross National Championships will be live streamed from Enniscrone, Co Sligo on YouTube and Facebook on Sunday, January 12th. In addition, TG4 will broadcast a 1-hour highlights package in the coming weeks and make the coverage available worldwide across the TG4 Player. The live stream, hosted on Cycling Ireland’s YouTube and Facebook accounts,...
Sam Bennett to make Deceuninck – Quick-Step debut at the Tour Down Under
Irish Champion Sam Bennett is set to make his debut for Deceuninck – Quick-Step at the 22nd edition of the Tour Down Under later this month. The 29-year-old will look to be in the spotlight, especially as – on paper, at least – three of the six stages should come down to a bunch sprint. Trusted lead-out man Shane Archbold,...
Jan Bakelants signs for Circus-Wanty Gobert-Tormans
Circus - Wanty Gobert - Tormans have confirmed the signing of Jan Bakelants, becoming the 26th rider on their 2020 roster. Bakelants has signed a one year contract with the Belgian UCI Pro Team. The 33 year-old Belgian rider brings a wealth of experience to the team having raced at WorldTour level for ten years. Bakelants started his professional...
Conor Dunne announces retirement as a professional cyclist
Conor Dunne has today announced his retirement as a professional cyclist saying that "racing bikes was an adventure I'll never forget" and that he is looking at putting his energy into a new challenge. The 27 year-old raced at UCI Continental level for An Post-Chain Reaction in 2014 and 2015 before signing for JLT Condor for the 2016 season. He...