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Videos show incredible level of support for bike racing in Rwanda (VIDEO)
The 8th Tour of Rwanda (UCI 2.2) is currently taking place and the race organisers have posted some videos which show the incredible numbers of spectators lining the roadside of the eight-day race. The video below shows crowds in Nyabugogo, northwest of Kigali with thousands of spectators along the road anticipating the arrival of the race. Numerous fans can also...
Greg van Avermaet undergoes successful surgery for fractured fibula
Olympic Road Race champion Greg van Avermaet has undergone successful surgery to secure a small, non-displaced, distal left fibula fracture, that he sustained a number of days ago while training on his mountain bike, according to ex-professional Rik Verbrugghe. Van Avermaet went under the knife in Antwerp where the operation was performed by Dr. Tim Leenders. Verbrugghe who is married to...
Greg van Avermaet fractures fibula in training crash
Greg Van Avermaet will today undergo surgery to secure a small, non-displaced, distal left fibula fracture, that he sustained two days ago while training on his mountain bike. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Tim Leenders, in Antwerp. Surgery was decided, in agreement with the BMC Racing Team medical staff, in order to speed up the recovery time and...
Tom Dumoulin and Anna van der Breggen win Dutch Riders of the Year awards
Tom Dumoulin has won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy awarded to the Dutch Cyclist of the Year for the third consecutive year. The Giant-Alpecin rider received his award yesterday evening at the Autotron Rosmalen on his 26th birthday. The women's award unsurprisingly went to Anna van der Breggen who received the Keetie van Oosten-Hage Trophy. Van der Breggen had an exceptional year...
Fabian Cancellara signs off his career in front of a packed crowd in Ghent (VIDEO)
Fabian Cancellara signed off on his cycling career yesterday evening in front of a packed crowd at the Kuipke in Ghent. Also present to say goodbye to the Swiss rider were Iljo Keisse, Bradley Wiggins, Frank Schleck, Filippo Pozzato, Sep Vanmarcke, Sven Nys and former team-mates Edward Theuns and Markel Irizar. Cancellara gained many fans in Belgium during his career where...
2019 Road World Championships in Yorkshire promoted at Lord Mayor’s Show in London
The organisers of the 2019 Road World Championships in Yorkshire have been promoting their event today at the Lord Mayor's Show in London. Their customised camper van complete with the UCI rainbow stripes was one of the vehicles taking part in the annual procession, which dates back to the sixteenth century. It was one of 150 floats which was expected...
“I’ve already gained five or six kilos since the Games in Rio” – Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara is currently in Belgium where he is due to take part in an exhibition race tomorrow evening in Ghent. The multiple Classics winner will race at the Kuipke velodrome against Bradley Wiggins, Sep Vanmarcke and Filippo Pozzato in a 2-kilometre pursuit at the famous track. He said though that he's not feeling so sharp since retirement and has...
An Post Chain Reaction announce deals with four riders including Conor Hennebry
The An Post Chain Reaction Sean Kelly team has confirmed the signing of Irish talent, Conor Hennebry for the 2017 season. The up-and-coming 23-year-old has signed a one-year deal, joining fellow compatriots Sean McKenna and Matthew Teggart, who were announced to the team earlier this month. Hennebry, who only began racing three years ago, had a successful 2016 season in...
UCI announce that 18 WorldTour licences may be issued in 2017
The UCI have announced that for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, a maximum of 18 UCI WorldTour licences may be issued which means that Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka may be racing WorldTour after all. The news follows on from a meeting of the Professional Cycling Council (PCC) stakeholders of men’s professional road cycling in Geneva. They also announced that their...
Dog causes massive crash at the Vuelta a Guatemala (VIDEO)
There was a massive bunch crash at the Vuelta a Guatemala (2.2) earlier this week when a dog wandered onto the road ahead of the approaching peloton. The incident happened on the final stage of the race around Guatemala City. The first riders managed to avoid the dog, but riders further back were not so lucky and came tumbling down. Fortunately...
The Tragic Downfall of Frank Vandenbroucke
By Graham Healy The Belgian rider Frank Vandenbroucke was just a teenager when he won his first professional race - a stage of the Tour of the Mediterranean where he beat the likes of Davide Cassani and Evgeni Berzin. Vandenbroucke who was racing for the Lotto team would later claim that Cassani and Berzin had "been prepared by doctor Michele...
Daire Feeley signs for UC Monaco U23 team
Young Irish rider Daire Feeley will join up with the Union Cycliste de Monaco U23 team for the 2017 season, the team have announced. 19 year-old Feeley from Roscommon, who has raced for Team iTap for the past three seasons has had a very impressive season this year. In June, he finished in 7th place in the National Championships and...
Ex-professional cyclist suspended for life for providing nandrolone to his son
Former professional cyclist Teo Muis has been suspended for life by the disciplinary committee of the Instituut Sportrechtspraak (Institute of Sports Law) in the Netherlands for providing the steroid nandrolone to his son, according to a report on Wielerflits. His son was racing as a junior at the time. In November 2015, the Dutch cycling federation (KNWU) posted a statement...
Movistar unveil new 2017 kit by Endura
The Rouleur Classic cycling exhibition in London played host to the official launch of the Movistar Team’s 2017 kit, designed and produced by Endura in Scotland, on Friday. Endura Managing Director Jim McFarlane and former Hour Record holder Alex Dowsett led the presentation, followed by a live Q&A. Both the Canyon Speedmax WHR bike used in May 2015 and an...
“This isn’t cycling, it’s war” – Looking back at the Kelly-Vanderaerden rivalry
By Graham Healy One of the greatest sprint rivalries of the 1980s was that between Sean Kelly and Eric Vanderaerden which would see the pair clash numerous times during the decade. Their rivalry first came to prominence in 1983. Early on in the season, 21 year-old Vanderaerden had clashed with Kelly causing the Irishman to crash at Paris-Nice. A few months...
First look at Team Sky’s new Castelli kit
The team will be the only WorldTour outfit wearing Castelli clothing and will race and train in the brand's kit from January 2017. The jersey design contains a mix of British and Italian influences, and the graphic celebrates every victory from Team Sky's first seven seasons. The classic Breton shirt served as the inspiration but has been reimagined in a...