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Former Belgian champion Serge Baguet passes away after long illness
Former Belgian Road Race champion Serge Baguet has passed away at the age of 47. He died in Sint-Lievens-Houtem in East Flanders this morning after a long battle with illness. Serge enjoyed a long career, starting with the Lotto team in 1990 before joining Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx six years later. During this time, he took wins in stages of the...
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka looking to defend South African titles
It is the week of the South African National Road Championships and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will be in Paarl, Western Cape looking to defend their titles from 2016. The time trial championships take place on Thursday 9 February and the road race championships on Sunday 12 February. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will have 7 riders competing for...
Dutch pro raises safety concern about use of disc brakes
Dutch professional rider Reinier Honig (Team Voralberg) has raised a question about the safety of using disc brakes in road races after posting a video showing the heat build-up on the surface of the discs. The video shows Honig pouring water from his bidon directly onto the disc brakes with steam rising from the surface. Honig who has previously raced...
Galway Baybes Cycling Team aiming to beat 4-Woman Race around Ireland record
Galway Baybes, a team of four Galway-based female amateur cyclists was recently launched in Salthill, Galway and the team of riders will participate in the 2,150-kilometre Ultra Marathon Cycling Event Race Around Ireland starting on Sunday 27th August 2017. The team consists of Spiddal’s Brid Naughton, Moycullen’s Karen Cassidy, Donegal native (now based in Spiddal) Marie Boyle and Cork-born,...
An Post and Aqua Blue Sport amongst teams invited to Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
The Irish teams An Post-Chain Reaction and Aqua Blue Sport are amongst the teams which have been invited to the inaugural edition of the one-day race Dwars door West-Vlaanderen ‘Johan Museeuw Classics’. The UCI 1.1 race which takes place on 5 March replaces the De Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen which has ceased to exist. The three-day race has been cancelled due...
UCI publish guidelines for traffic in races with aim of improving rider safety
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) have today announced the publication of guidelines for traffic in races, aimed at all drivers of vehicles in a road cycling event. This reference document, which defines the rules governing all drivers of a vehicle in a road cycling event with the aim of improving rider security at races, is the result of...
Lotto-Soudal riders check out the cobbled classics courses
Five riders from the Lotto-Soudal team did a reconnaissance of sections of the courses of some upcoming classics over the past weekend. On Saturday, Tiesj Benoot, Frederik Frison, Moreno Hofland, Nikolas Maes and Jürgen Roelandts rode about 140 kilometres on the roads of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in the company of Directeur Sportif Herman Frison. The following day, they covered 200...
Nairo Quintana takes overall win in Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) has gotten his 2017 season off to a successful start, taking the overall victory today in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, marking his thirteenth professional stage race victory. The Colombian, who had taken over the yellow jersey on yesterday's stage finish on Mas de la Costa, maintained the same lead over the BMC Racing...
Aaron Gate takes podium place on final stage of Jayco Herald Sun Tour
The Jayco Herald Sun Tour finished today and the Irish team Aqua Blue Sport completed a successful week having secured three podium places and a combativity prize. The final stage was over a tough and uncompromising loop around hilly Kinglake. The plan from the outset by Aqua Blue Sport was to continue with their strategy of attacking the race. Today...
Ian Stannard wins Stage 4 of Jayco Herald Sun Tour as Damien Howson holds on for yellow
Damien Howson (ORICA-Scott) has finished safely in the bunch to hold on to his overall lead in the 2017 Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Kinglake, the South Australian crowned winner of the 64th edition of Australia’s oldest stage race on Sunday. Howson maintained his lead from Thursday, where he claimed victory on the queen stage atop of Falls Creek. Howson...
Nairo Quintana takes over Valencia lead with devastating attack on queen stage
Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) has taken over the lead at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana after winning today's queen stage of the race which finished on the 4-kilometre climb to Llucena. The fourth stage of the race included 4,000 metres of climbing on the route from Segorbe to Llucena and a six-man breakaway which went clear was never given...
Marcel Kittel wins Dubai Tour for the second year in a row
It was a very successful Dubai Tour this week for Marcel Kittel, as he won the race overall in addition to taking three of the four stages. His Quick Step Floors team mates provided him with a perfect lead-out on those stages ensuring that the German won the race for the second year in a row. The last stage of...
Travis McCabe sprints to Stage 3 victory at Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Arizona sprinter Travis McCabe has taken the victory on Stage 3 of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour after navigating his way through the crash-marred final kilometres to finish close to two bike lengths ahead of Mitch Docker (ORICA-Scott) and Leigh Howard (Aqua Blue Sport) with a group of just 16 riders contesting the win at Mitchelton Winery. Overall leader Damien...
“I was feeling strong so I rode all in for the stage result” – Conor Dunne
Conor Dunne (Aqua Blue Sport) achieved one of the best results of his career today when he finished in second place on Stage 2 of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Victoria, Australia. Today's performance follows on from his win in the King of the Mountains classification at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Melbourne at the...
Today’s stage of Dubai Tour cancelled due to high winds
The organisers of The Dubai Tour have announced that today's fourth stage of the race from Dubai to Hatta Dam has been cancelled due to strong winds. Bad weather had been expected as a decision had been made yesterday to shorten the route of today’s stage and move it to an area where less wind has been expected. However, upon...
Conor Dunne finishes an impressive second on Stage 2 of Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Ireland's Conor Dunne (Aqua Blue Sport) has claimed an excellent second place on today's second stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Australia. The 165.6-kilometre stage from Mt. Beauty to Beechworth was won by Luke Rowe (Team Sky) with Dunne finishing alone 33" behind the Welsh rider. Dunne was part of a strong ten man breakaway group that...