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Team Sunweb aiming for podium finishes at the Santos Tour Down Under
The first race of the men's UCI WorldTour gets underway next week at the Tour Down Under and Team Sunweb have a strong team lined up to make the official road racing debut of the team. Taking place from 17th-22nd January, the 19th edition of the race sees riders cover a total of 828.km over 6 stages. The first...
Team Sky and Pinarello announce New Dogma F10
Team Sky will race on the new Pinarello DOGMA F10 in 2017 as the partnership between the team and Italian company enters its eighth year. Lighter, stiffer and more aerodynamic than the DOGMA F8, the new bike will be phased in across the 2017 campaign and will sport a new design, utilising elements of the data pattern to match the...
Mike Woods and Tom-Jelte Slagter to lead Cannondale-Drapac at Santos Tour Down Under
Cannondale-Drapac have announced their squad for the forthcoming Santos Tour Down Under which starts on January 17 in Adelaide. Tom-Jelte Slagter, winner of the Tour Down Under general classification in 2013, and Mike Woods, in just his second top level season will lead the team in the six-stage race. Joining Slagter and Woods are Paddy Bevin, Brendan Canty, Will Clarke,...
Robert Millar’s 1995 National Championships win on the Isle of Man (VIDEO)
By Graham Healy In 1995, the Scot Robert Millar won the British Professional Road Race Championships on the Isle of Man for the first and only time in his career. It was to be his last ever victory, as soon afterwards his team Le Groupement folded and Millar retired from the sport. That year, the renowned Manx Trophy doubled up...
Giacomo Nizzolo to make season debut in Argentina
Italian Road Race champion Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) is set to make his 2017 season at the Tour of Dubai, January 31 to February 4. He had been scheduled to start racing on January 24 at the Vuelta Ciclista a la Provincia de San Juan in Argentina but those plans were changed when he suffered a bout of tendinitis. Giacomo Nizzolo:...
Lieuwe Westra retires from cycling with immediate effect
Dutch rider Lieuwe Westra has retired from cycling his team Wanty-Groupe Gobert have announced. Westra who had signed for the Belgian team at the end of last season will leave the sport with immediate effect. Westra turned pro with Vacansoleil in 2009 before moving to Astana in 2014. Last season, he won the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde overall to add to...
Aqua Blue Sport to Donate 5% of Prize Money to Emerald Fund
Aqua Blue Sport’s riders have chosen to donate 5% of any prize money won during their 2017 racing season to The Emerald Fund. The announcement comes ahead of their racing debut at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race later this month. The Emerald Fund supports Irish junior cyclists, with all proceeds raised being invested into the future of...
Jacques Anquetil’s remarkable Dauphiné – Bordeaux-Paris double
By Graham Healy In 1965, Jacques Anquetil achieved a remarkable double when he won the eight-day Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in the Alps and the 557-km Bordeaux-Paris directly afterwards. The Dauphiné finished on May 31st at 3.00pm with Bordeaux-Paris starting on the other side of the country at 1.30am the following morning. It was a remarkable idea to aim to win...
New An Post-Chain Reaction signing Regan Gough takes New Zealand U23 title
20 year-old Regan Gough followed up on his win in the New Zealand National U23 Time Trial Championships two days ago by also taking the U23 Road Race title today. The new signing for An Post Chain Reaction was amongst the riders who made it across to an early breakaway which escaped on the circuit in Napier on the North...
JLT Condor confident of Sun Tour success after Ian Bibby’s Bay Classic win
Australian sprinter Brenton Jones along with 2017 Mitchelton Bay Classic series winner Ian Bibby, will spearhead the hopes of the UK’S longest standing UCI Continental cycling team, JLT Condor, when racing gets underway in Melbourne’s Federation Square on Wednesday 1st February. The 25 year-old, is keenly aware of what it will take to claim the opening yellow leader’s jersey...
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka aiming for podium place at Australian Nationals
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka are having their first competitive outings of the 2017 season this week at the Australian National Championships. The elite time trial took place yesterday while the road race takes place on Sunday in Buninyong. Ben O'Connor lined up to represent the team for the first time this season when he started the 40km time trial yesterday....
Entries open for An Post Rás 2017
Ireland's premier stage race takes place from Sunday 21 May to Sunday 28 May and entries are now open for county teams that want to take part. It will be the 63rd edition of the race which first took place in 1953 and will feature the usual mix of county, national and continental teams. The route for the UCI Europe Tour...
ONE Pro Cycling announce Boardman Bikes as team’s bike supplier
ONE Pro Cycling have announced Boardman Bikes as the team’s Official Bike Sponsor for the next three years. The UK based cycling team, which competes at UCI Continental level, joins forces with the high profile bike brand to take the team into its third racing year. The team will race on the Boardman Air 9.8, the Boardman TTE 9.8...
Jack Bauer crowned National Time Trial champion in New Zealand
Jack Bauer has gotten his season off to a great start, winning the individual time trial title at the New Zealand national championships in Napier on Friday. The 31-year-old's aim was to start the season on a high and the Kiwi didn’t disappoint, storming to the win at the championships, which he raced for the first time in his career....
Tom Boonen to start final season at the Vuelta a San Juan
The Vuelta a San Juan takes place from 23 to 29 January and Quick Step Floors are amongst the World Tour teams set to line up in the Argentinian race. The riders will cover 892 kilometres over the seven stages. Five of these stages will be suited to the sprinters, but also the time trialists and the climbers will have...
Team Sunweb unveil new jersey for 2017
Team Sunweb have unveiled their new race kit which will be worn during the 2017 season and for the first time in the team’s history all three of its programs – men’s, women's and development - will race under the same name, wearing the same kit. The black and white clothing is manufactured by Etxeondo and retains what the...