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Patrick Lefevere unhappy with race motorbikes at Dwars door Vlaanderen
Following on from Dwars door Vlaanderen yesterday, team manager of Etixx-Quick Step Patrick Lefevere expressed his dissatisfaction with the advantage that he felt Greg Van Avermaet received from some of the race motorbikes. Lefevere felt that the positioning of a number of motorbikes in front of Van Avermaet enabled the BMC rider to draft from them. In particular, he felt that...
“I think Martin has the best chances for the GC right now” – Alberto Contador
The mountains delivered on their promises on stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya, where attacks in the final kilometre saw Alberto Contador take second place on the stage and move into second on GC. Contador pursued the wheel of Dan Martin when his rivals were unable to, coming in two seconds after the stage winner. With more mountains...
Bryan Coquard celebrates too early at Dwars door Vlaanderen as Jens Debusschere wins (VIDEO)
Lotto Soudal's Jens Debusschere sprinted to victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen this afternoon, narrowly beating Frenchman Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie). It was an exciting finish with Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) getting caught with only 250 metres remaining. In the closing metres, Coquard started to celebrate thinking that he had won, but instead Debusschere was first across the line. Edward...
Dan Martin sprints to victory at Volta a Catalunya and moves into overall lead (VIDEO)
Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) took his second win of the season today when he sprinted to victory at the end of Stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya. Following on from two flat stages, today's stage was identified as being the first stage which would show who were the contenders to win the race overall. The 172.1-kilometre stage from Girona to...
Teams announced for Men’s and Women’s Tour de Yorkshire
The team line-ups for both the men's and women's Tour de Yorkshire were announced today. The men's race takes place from 29 April to 1 May with the women's race taking place on 30 April. Amongst the World Tour teams lining up in the men's race are BMC Racing Team, Team Sky, Team Katusha and Orica GreenEDGE. Amongst the top...
Philippe Gilbert and Aleksei Tsatevich in exchange of words at Catalunya (VIDEO)
Today's second stage of the Volta a Catalunya finished in a bunch sprint in Olot with Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) taking his second stage win in a row. The Frenchman won ahead of Gianni Meersman (Etixx-Quick Step) with Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) taking third from Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha). However, immediately after the finish there was an exchange of words...
Dwars door Vlaanderen to take place tomorrow despite terrorist attacks
The Belgian race Dwars door Vlaanderen is still set to take place tomorrow despite the terrorist attacks which took place in Brussels this morning. The organisers held a meeting this evening to decide on whether the race should go ahead following the attacks at Brussels airport and at Maalbeek Metro station. However, there will be additional security in place at the...
Nicolas Roche Performance Team announce 2016 sponsors
NRPT have announced that Magnet.ie and Iveagh Gym will be the main sponsors for the 2016 season. The Irish broadband company Magnet.ie also sponsored the team in 2015 and their continued commitment reflects their interest in the sport. The team also sees the return of Skoda who have provided the team with a Skoda Octavia estate for the year. New...
Philip Deignan to return to racing this week at Settimana Coppi e Bartali
Philip Deignan looks finally set to make his return to racing this week at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (UCI 2.1) which starts on Thursday with a 96-kilometre opening stage followed by a 13-kilometre team time-trial in the afternoon. The Irish rider broke his elbow when training in Majorca in December. He was knocked off his bike when hit by...
Watch Nicolas Roche’s bid for glory at Volta a Catalunya (VIDEO)
Nicolas Roche (Team Sky) showed that he is getting back to form after a difficult winter by going on the attack on the opening stage of Volta a Catalunya today. The stage took the riders on a 175-kilometre loop starting and finishing in Calella and involved five categorised climbs. The bunch were still together going over the final categorised climb of...
Lizzie Armitstead takes the win in Trofeo Alfredo Binda (VIDEO)
World champion Lizzie Armitstead took her third win in the rainbow jersey on Sunday when she won Trofeo Alfredo Binda for the second year in a row. The victory in the hilly 123.3 kilometre Italian race enabled the Briton to jump back to the top of the UCI Women’s WorldTour classification. “It’s all down to teamwork,” said Armitstead on the...
Alejandro Valverde to skip Tour of Flanders and concentrate on Giro d’Italia
Alejandro Valverde and the Movistar Team have decided to modify the 2014-15 UCI WorldTour winner’s calendar for the first part of his 2016 season. The 35-year-old Spaniard, 15th today in Milano-Sanremo, will not be present at any of the Flemish spring classics –including the Ronde van Vlaanderen on 3 April–, choosing instead to start altitude training as soon as...
Caleb Ewan is the latest top rider to turn up at Café Velo in Cork
There was another surprise visitor to Café Velo in Cork today when top Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan turned up. It follows on from a visit to the café by World's No.1 rider Alejandro Valverde last year. Caleb is in Cork today training with the domestic Aqua Blue team who are one of the top teams in the country. The Australian has...
Tom Dumoulin ruled out of starting Milan-San Remo
Tom Dumoulin will be unable to line up for the start of Milan-San Remo this Saturday due to sickness and will be replaced on the Ginat-Alpecin team by Bert De Backer. Team physician Anko Boelens explained: "Tom has the flu and with only two days to Milano-Sanremo, we decided it won't be possible for him to race. He is...
I Am Specialized – Peter Sagan’s take on Milan-San Remo (VIDEO)
The first monument of the season, Milan-San Remo, takes place today and one of the favourites to take the win is World Champion Peter Sagan. This video is the first episode of "I Am Specialized" and it focuses on Sagan and his take on La Primavera. Episode 2 will feature Tom Boonen, and it's set to air on April 7, 2016...
“I have no problem with Peter Sagan” – Greg Van Avermaet
Following on from Tirreno-Adriatico, where Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) went head-to-head on the stage finish to Cepagatti, the Belgian has spoken about his growing rivalry with the World Champion. Over the past year, Van Avermaet has managed to outsprint Sagan on the 13th stage of the Tour de France, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in addition to...