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Cycling Ireland’s National Road Series set to kick off this weekend
The calendar of events for Cycling Ireland’s National Road Series Cycling has been revealed, with the revamped series spanning the race calendar and incorporating, for the first time, the Joe Daly’s Women’s National League as part of the series. This is the third year that the road racing series will take place, with the men’s event primarily aimed at...
Dan Martin finishes 3rd overall as David De La Cruz wins final stage of Paris-Nice
David De La Cruz wrapped up a great week for Quick-Step Floors at Paris-Nice with victory on the final stage. The Spaniard nailed the win on a day in which Dan Martin sealed a top 3 finish, while Julian Alaphilippe took green and white The final day of the French event, a short but intense one around Nice,...
Sergio Henao wins Paris-Nice after thrilling final stage (VIDEO)
Sergio Henao (Team Sky) hung on to take the overall win in Paris-Nice, despite coming under severe pressure on today's 115-kilometre stage from Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo). Contador who went into the stage in third place, 31" down on Henao went on the attack 65 kilometres into the stage on the Col de Peille. Alongside the 2007 and 2010 winner was...
Highlights of Stage 7 of Paris-Nice (VIDEO)
Richie Porte (BMC Racing) made up for his difficulties at the beginning of Paris-Nice with a spectacular stage win at Col de la Couillole, the highest ever finish of the Race to the Sun on Saturday. While the Australian, who lost more than 15 minutes in the echelons, rain and wind of the first two stages, was no threat...
Cape Town Cycle Tour cancelled due to extreme winds (VIDEO)
The organisers of the Cape Town Cycle Tour have made the decision to cancel the event due to extreme winds in the South African city. The organisers cancelled the event this morning and posted an announcement on Twitter saying: "URGENT UPDATE. Due to extreme conditions, CycleTour2017 has regrettably been cancelled. Please do NOT approach the start line." The organisers made the...
Dan Martin climbs to 2nd overall after Queen Stage of Paris-Nice
Dan Martin (Quick Step Floors) put in a great performance on the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice where he finished third, grabbing valuable bonus seconds at the top of Col de la Couillole – the event's highest ever summit finish (1678 meters) – and moving up to the podium of the race, half a minute behind new race leader Sergio...
Nairo Quintana wins 4th stage of Tirreno-Adriatico and takes over GC lead
Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) took his third win of the season today on the 171-kilometre fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico (2.UWT) from Montalto di Castro to Terminillo and now takes over the race lead. On the final climb to Monte Terminillo, Quintana's team mate Jonathan Castroviejo marked a dangerous move from Simon Spilak (Katusha) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) who attacked...
Lydia Boylan takes massive victory at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
Irish Road Race champion Lydia Boylan has taken a great victory today by winning the fourth and final stage of Setmana Ciclista Valenciana (2.2) in Valencia, finishing ahead of many big names in a star-studded field. Boylan finished 3" ahead of Kelly Druyts (Sport Vlaanderen - Etixx) at the finish of the 96-kilometre stage in Valencia with Boylan's team mate...
Julian Alaphilippe extends lead at Paris-Nice on difficult stage
Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors) defended his yellow jersey on yesterday's challenging fifth stage of Paris-Nice between Aubagne and Fayence where the riders faced six classified climbs – including three first-category ones. As the bunch began to make up ground on an early breakaway, Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) tried to light the fuse and attack from afar, with 50 kilometres to...
An Post Chain Reaction name strong team for Paris-Troyes
An Post Chain Reaction have named a strong eight-man team for Paris-Troyes this Sunday, 12th March. Bas Tietema (NED), Jacob Scott (GBR), Premislav Kasperkiewicz (POL), Sean MacKinnon (CAN), Jonas Bokeloh (GER) and Massimo Vanderaerden (BEL) will join Irish duo Sean McKenna and Matthew Teggart for the single day contest. It is nine years since the team have competed in the...
Peter Sagan sprints to victory on Stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico
Peter Sagan (BORA-hansgrohe) powered past Elia Viviani (Team Sky) to win the third stage of Tirreno Adriatico in Montalto di Castro today with Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Soudal) taking third. It is the second win of the season for the Slovakian after also winning Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. A long descent eased the riders into the day’s racing – with the parcours pointing downward...
Tour de Yorkshire Stage 1 Recce with Adam Blythe (VIDEO)
The third edition of the Tour de Yorkshire takes place between 28-30 April 2017 and it encompasses all four corners of the county and takes in Yorkshire’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites at Fountains Abbey and Saltaire. The race organisers have produced a video where they went out with Team Aqua Blue Sport's Yorkshire-born rider Adam Blythe, to explore the...
André Greipel powers to victory on Stage 5 of Paris-Nice (VIDEO)
André Greipel (Lotto Fix ALL) sprinted to victory today on the fifth stage of Paris-Nice from Quincié-en-Beaujolais to Bourg-de-Péage, beating Arnaud Démare (FDJ) and Dylan Groenwegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) in a bunch finish. At a distance of 199.5 kilometres, it was the longest stage of this edition and it was also the last chance for the sprinters this week. Not long after the...
Lizzie Deignan confirmed for the Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire
Lizzie Deignan has confirmed that she will return to her home county for the Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire on Saturday 29 April, which will see the world’s best riders tackling a tough 122.5km route from Tadcaster to Harrogate. The 2015 World Champion revealed she got goose-bumps when she lined up for last year’s race in her native Otley....
Julian Alaphilippe claims yellow as Dan Martin climbs to fifth at Paris-Nice
Julian Alaphilippe rode to a fantastic triumph in stage 4 of Paris-Nice, moving into the leader’s jersey with four days to go. Second in the GC at the start of this important day, six seconds adrift, Alaphilippe put in an impressive effort, stopping the clock in 21:39 and thus improving the time of former race winner Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo)...
Gianni Moscon crashes at Tirreno-Adriatico after wheel collapses (VIDEO)
Team Sky's Gianni Moscon suffered a bizarre crash at Tirreno-Adriatico today when his front tri-spoke wheel collapsed causing him to crash, Fortunately though, he was OK and escaped with just bruises and road rash. Speaking after the stage, Team Sky Doctor Inigo Sarriegui confirmed Gianni was OK. He said: "Gianni lost a lot of skin in the crash but he...