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2015 Tour du Rwanda Promo Video
The 17th edition of the Tour du Rwanda (UCI 2.2) starts next weekend and below is a great promo video for the race. The eight-day race starts and finishes in Kigali and features a mix of national teams from Africa such as Algeria, South Africa, Gabon and Morocco and also a number of teams from Europe, Australia and the United...
Mark Dowling is the latest Irish rider to sign for Dynamo Cover Pro Cycling
Following on from the news that both Sean Downey and Philip Lavery were set to join Mark Downey at the new British Continental team Dynamo Cover Pro Cycling, it has now been announced that Mark Dowling is latest Irish rider to join the team. The news was announced this morning and follows on from Dowling's very impressive third place in...
Philip Lavery’s comeback changes direction as he signs for Dynamo Cover
We reported recently that Irish rider Philip Lavery was set to make a comeback in 2016 with AC Bisontine, the French club that he raced with in 2013. However, according to a report on Be Celt today, the 25 year-old will race with the British Continental team Dynamo Cover Pro Cycling instead. The team will be based in Brittany. He will...
Sean Downey to return to the pro ranks with Dynamo Cover
Sean Downey is set to return to professional cycling by joining up with his 19 year-old brother Mark at the new British Continental team Dynamo Cover Pro Cycling. The former VC La Pomme Marseille and Côtes d'Armor rider announced earlier this year that he was leaving the An Post Chain Reaction team that he had raced with since 2012 to...
Profits from new Dave Rayner book to go towards the fund
A new book has been published about Dave Rayner and profits from the sale of the book go directly to the Dave Rayner Fund. By buying this book, you are helping to support the fund. The fund was set up to support up-and-coming riders in 1996, and was named in honour of British cyclist Dave Rayner. Since its inception, amongst...
An Post Rás na mBan Moving Location in 2016
The 11th edition of Ireland's premier women's bike race, An Post Rás na mBan, will be headquartered in the medieval city of Kilkenny with the five days of action taking place around the Leinster County. 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the first women's international stage race in Ireland, from which today's event can draw its lineage. An Post Rás na...
Marianne Vos given the green light to resume training
Following on from a very difficult season whereby she suffered from hamstring and back injuries and wrote off any ambitions for the road half-way through the year, Dutch rider Marianne Vos has been given the green light to restart training. The news was announced on the website of her Rabobank-Liv team. The team's statement was as follows: Marianne Vos seems to...
Aidis Kruopis linked with move to Verandas-Willems
An Post-Chain Reaction rider Aidis Kruopis is set to leave the Irish team and join Belgian squad Verandas-Willems for next season according to Wielerflits.nl. The Lithuanian champion had a successful season with the Irish team. In addition to winning the national championships, he also won the Mountains Classification and two stages of An Post Rás (UCI 2.2) and Antwerpse Havenpijl...
Rapha and Team Sky will not renew partnership next year
In an open letter to Team Sky dated 2nd of November and posted on the Rapha website, Rapha Founder Simon Mottram says that the team partnership will not continue beyond the end of the 2016 season after just four years working together. The reason for the split is not apparent in the letter but it says that it was...
Philip Lavery to kick start season in South Africa
Irish rider Philip Lavery is set to take part in both the Cape Town Cycle Tour and Tour of Good Hope in South Africa in preparation for his return to French team AC Bisontine next season. The Tour of Good Hope takes place from the 29th February to the 4th of March. The Cape Town Cycle Tour takes place...
Rolf Aldag to join Dimension Data as Performance Manager
After announcing a number of new prominent rider additions to the Dimension Data team (formerly MTN-Qhubeka) for 2016, the African squad have now announced that Rolf Aldag will join the management team for the upcoming season. Aldag joins Team Dimension Data with immediate effect, taking on the role as the team's Performance Manager. In the past couple of years, he...
Chris Froome to speak at Web Summit in Dublin
The 2013 and 2015 Tour de France winner, Chris Froome, is amongst the speakers lined up to speak at Web Summit which takes place in Dublin this week. The Briton will speak at the Sport Summit, which is a standalone conference within Web Summit. Speakers at Sport Summit will discuss various subjects including data analytics, sporting governance, elite performance and...
Jasper Bovenhuis said to be in talks with An Post-Chain Reaction
Dutch rider Jasper Bovenhuis is said to be in talks with the An Post-Chain Reaction team about a move there for the 2016 season, according to Wielerflits. The 24 year-old raced for SEG Racing this season, and rode as a stagiaire for Cannondale-Garmin in the latter half of the year. Despite some good performances for the World Tour team in...
Mark McNally signs for Wanty-Groupe Gobert
Belgian team Wanty-Groupe Gobert have announced the signing of Mark McNally. The 26-year old Englishman was part of the British continental outfit Madison Genesis this year and previously rode five seasons with An Post-Chain Reaction. McNally is the first British rider for the Pro Continental team. “I am very excited, naturally,” the Liverpudlian said. “This is a step up. It...
Mark Dowling claims podium finish in Taiwan KOM Challenge
Irish rider Mark Dowling has finished third in the Taiwan KOM Challenge today. The race was won by Frenchman Damien Monier (Bridgestone-Anchor), 34" ahead of last year's winner John Ebsen of Denmark with Dowling finishing a further 1'03" down on Monier. Prior to the race, Vuelta a España King of the Mountains winner Omar Fraile (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) had been...
L’Équipe name Sam Bennett as sprinting revelation of the season
French newspaper L'Équipe have announced who they feel to be the best cyclists of the season in various categories and they consider Irish rider Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) to be the sprinting revelation of the season. The categories of riders that they listed were Grand Tour riders, climbers, classics riders, time triallists, puncheurs, French riders and sprinters. André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal), Alexander...