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Nicolas Roche announced on Team Sky line-up for Tour of Britain
Irish Road Race and Time-Trial champion Nicolas Roche has been announced on the Team Sky line-up for the forthcoming Tour of Britain. It will be the first race for Roche after suffering from illness following his participation in the Olympics. He was forced off the bike for a time after competing in the road race in Rio, with Legionnaire’s disease...
Rafal Majka signs two-year contract with BORA – Hansgrohe
Rafal Majka has signed for BORA – Hansgrohe for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, the German team have announced. The 27 year-old Polish rider joins the team alongside his fellow-countryman Pawel Poljanski Majka is expected to play an important role regarding the Giro and Tour de France ambitions of the team. In this year's Tour, Majka won the King...
Riders injured after thumb tacks thrown on criterium course (VIDEO)
A number of riders were injured at the recent Illinois State Crit Championships after suffering blow outs caused by thumb tacks on the course. A video of the incident was posted by YouTube user Patrick Murphy who said: "Crash in the 2016 Illinois state crit championship, held in Bloomington IL. We found thumb tacks in the corner after we...
Onboard highlights of Stage 9 of the Vuelta a España (VIDEO)
Spain took their first stage win of the 2016 Vuelta a España yesterday when David de la Cruz (Etixx-Quick Step) claimed victory with a powerful finale up Alto del Naranco. It was the first pro win for De La Cruz who also took the red jersey in the process. De La Cruz had broken away with 11 other riders and...
Rider gets blown off road at Schaal Sels by low flying helicopter (VIDEO)
A rider taking part in the Belgian race Schaal Sels (UCI 1.1) today has confirmed that he was blown off the road by a low-flying helicopter. The 194.7-kilometre race features numerous stretches of both cobbled sections and unpaved sections, and it was on one of the unpaved sections where the incident took place. In TV footage of the incident, a cloud...
David De La Cruz takes first pro win and now leads the Vuelta a España
Three days after renewing his contract with the Etixx-Quick Step team, David De La Cruz put in a masterful display on the 164.5 kilometre ninth stage of the Vuelta a España from Cistierna to Alto del Naranco, soloing to the win and the red jersey, after being part of the 11-man escape which animated the day. Riding his home...
BMC produce special-edition gold bike to mark Greg van Avermaet’s Olympic win
Following on from his recent win in the Olympic Road Race, BMC have produced a special-edition golden bike for the Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet. His team have also added gold bands to his jersey sleeves and neck, as they have already done with 2008 Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez. Both BMC and Van Avermaet posted photos of the Teammachine SLR01...
Onboard highlights from Stage 8 of the Vuelta a España (VIDEO)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) took over the leader's red jersey at the Vuelta a España at the end of yesterday's eighth stage. The Colombian rider proved strongest of the GC favourites on the gruelling summit finish of La Camperona. The stage was won by veteran Russian Sergey Lagutin (Katusha), one of the eleven escapees of the day. Lagutin, 35, outwitted...
Nairo Quintana takes over leader’s red jersey at the Vuelta a España
Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) has taken over the lead in the Vuelta a España after today's stage which finished at the summit of the gruelling Alto de La Camperona. The Colombian rider left his rivals behind in the last three kilometres of the incredibly steep slopes of the final climb of the 181-kilometre stage from Villalpando. Quintana's Movistar team-mate Alejandro...
Peter Sagan returns to the road at Bretagne-Classic Ouest France
Following a break after the Tour de France, and his participation in the Mountain Bike race at the Olympic Games, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), returns to the road tomorrow at the one-day Bretagne-Classic Ouest France. Sagan leads the team at the WorldTour race as he looks to extend his lead in the UCI WorldTour individual rider rankings. His first...
Rein Taaramäe hit by team car at Vuelta but escapes with minor injuries
Estonian rider Rein Taaramäe (Team Katusha) was forced to withdraw from the Vuelta a España yesterday after he was hit by one of the Cofidis team cars. Thankfully though, according to the team he was left with just minor injuries. "I can’t be sure exactly what happened," Taaramäe recounted. "I was suffering today. I was dropped in the group and...
Trek-Segafredo sign former World Hour Record holder Matthias Brändle
Matthias Brändle will join Trek-Segafredo for the 2017-2018 seasons, the team have announced. The reigning Austrian champion and former World Hour Record holder currently races for IAM Cycling. Amongst his wins include stages in the Tour of Britain, Tour of Oman and Tour of Belgium and one-day wins such as Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem and the Tour de Berne. It...
The tallest man in the peloton – A film about Conor Dunne (VIDEO)
At 6'7" Conor Dunne is known as 'Lange', which in Flemish more or less means 'the tall one.' He towers above the peloton and is the only rider we have met with size fifty-one feet. One of his nearest challengers for the title of tallest man in the peloton was the recently-retired 2011 Paris-Roubaix winner Johan van Summeren who...
Nicolas Roche still awaiting Legionnaire’s test results but hopeful of racing soon
Nicolas Roche (Team Sky) has confirmed that he is still awaiting results for tests he undertook recently to determine whether he contracted Legionnaire's disease. The Irish Road Race champion provided an update on his Facebook page where he said that he has undergone a number of extra tests to find out whether it is the severe form of pneumonia which...
Onboard highlights from Stage 6 of the Vuelta a España (VIDEO)
Simon Yates (ORICA-BikeExchange) took his first Grand Tour stage win with a well-timed attack on the sixth stage of the Vuelta España yesterday from Monforte de Lemos to Luintra. Ribera Sacra. The British rider followed an attack by Dani Moreno (Movistar) inside the closing kilometres before going clear alone to take the stage win. Yates finished 20 seconds ahead...
Ireland awarded three places for Elite Men’s World RR Championships
The UCI have announced the quotas for the various races in the UCI Road World Championships which will take place in Doha, Qatar in October and Ireland have been awarded three places for the Elite Men's Road Race. Australia, Belgium, Colombia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Spain have been awarded the maximum number of 9 starters. Reigning...