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“It’s an easy course compared to other years” – Tom Boonen’s opinion of the Worlds circuit
Following on from the Belgian's team recce of the World Championship course in Richmond, Tom Boonen has said that he feels that the course is relatively easy compared to the lap used in previous years. He told Sporza: "It is an easy course compared to other years. It's a very fast course, it's just the section towards the finish which...
A look back at the inaugural Nissan Classic
On the 25th of September 1985, the first stage of the inaugural Nissan Classic started outside Trinity College Dublin. The race would be a success from the off and would run for eight editions, giving the Irish public the opportunity to see many of the biggest names in the sport compete on their home roads. The men behind the race...
Dimension Data to become new title partner of MTN-Qhubeka
The MTN-Qhubeka team have announced that Dimension Data, the global ICT solutions and services provider, will become the new title partner of Ryder Cycling, which owns and manages Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung, Africa’s only UCI Professional Continental Cycling Team. From the 1st of January 2016, the team’s new name will be Team Dimension Data. The team competed in the Tour...
Innsbruck to bid for 2018 UCI Road World Championships
Innsbruck have expressed an interesting in hosting the World Cycling Championships in 2018. In addition to the Austrian city, Colombia have also stated that they would be interested in holding the event. The Worlds have been held in Austria twice before. In 1987, they were held in Villach and in 2006, Salzburg hosted the event. The host cities for the next...
Freddy Maertens and the spiked drink at the ’74 Worlds
By Graham Healy In the 1970s, the Belgian teams at the World Championships were overflowing with talent. Not only did the team have Eddy Merckx for many of those years, they also had the likes of Walter Godefroot, Roger de Vlaeminck and Freddy Maertens. It could be extremely difficult to get such a talented team to work together, with so many...
Details of UCI Women’s WorldTour announced
The UCI have announced details of the Women's WorldTour which will start next season and will replace the former UCI Women's Road World Cup, which was held from 1998 to 2015. The calendar includes spring classics early in the season, stage races held worldwide and monument races that are often attached to men’s UCI WorldTour events. The culmination is the...
An Post Rás winner Lukas Pöstlberger signs for Bora-Argon 18
Bora-Argon 18 have announced the signing of Lukas Pöstlberger. The 23-year-old won the GC of the An Post Rás and a stage of the Tour of Austria among other results this season. Pöstlberger is competing for Austria at the UCI World Championships in Richmond this week, both in the elite time trial yesterday and the road race on Sunday....
“I didn’t think he was the kind of guy who should be World Champion” – Greg LeMond and the ’82 Worlds
By Graham Healy Down through the years, the World Championship Road Race has often ended in controversy. One such occasion was the 1982 race in Goodwood, England. Amongst those considered favourites to win were Bernard Hinault, Giuseppe Saronni and Sean Kelly. Nobody really fancied the chances of the previous year’s winner, Freddy Maertens. The Belgian had not been able to regain...
No more treatment needed for Ivan Basso
Following on from his cancer diagnosis back in July, the Tinkoff-Saxo team of Ivan Basso have confirmed that the Italian rider will not require any further treatment. They confirmed the news in a tweet posted yesterday which read: 'Fabulous news on @ivanbasso! Results from final controls show no need for extra treatment. The dark period that started at @letour is...
DUI suspect rams his car through a barrier at World Championship in Richmond (VIDEO)
On the first day of racing at the World Championships a suspected drunk driver drove his black Camero erratically onto the race course just minutes before riders came through. The suspect who was named as Michael Salenio, was pursed by three police vehicles with sirens blazing with most onlookers thinking that this was part of the race cavalcade....
Mark Cavendish undergoes surgery and will not race again this season
Etixx – Quick-Step rider Mark Cavendish underwent surgery yesterday on his left shoulder, to fix a partial tear of his left AC ligament suffered as consequence of the crash during the 6th stage of Aviva Tour of Britain. This was the opposite shoulder to the one damaged at the Tour de France in 2014. However, due to the time of...
Ryan Mullen’s World Championships challenge falls short as rain affects last riders
There was bad luck for Ryan Mullen today in his attempt to become World Under-23 Time Trial champion. Just before he was due to start, the rain clouds opened in Richmond and it severely affected the chances of the last wave of riders to set off. Prior to the race, he had been tipped by many to take gold. The...
Michael Valgren posts photo of his road rash injuries following high-speed TTT crash
Following on from his heavy crash in the World Team Time Trial Championships yesterday, Tinkoff-Saxo rider Michael Valgren has posted a photo showing the extent of his road rash injuries. The team had been lying in seventh place at the first time check but a touch of wheels took down two of their riders- Valgren and Michael Rogers. They went...
Ryan Mullen and Mads Würtz Schmidt favourites to win World U23 Time Trial
Ireland's Ryan Mullen and Mads Würtz Schmidt of Denmark are joint favourites to capture the U23 Time Trial title at the World Championships in Richmond today according to www.bet365.com. They have both been given odds of 5-2 to win with Filippo Ganna of Italy next best at 7-1 and Steven Lammertink of the Netherlands at 12-1. Würtz Schmidt has taken a...
Worlds Time Trial Course Preview (VIDEO)
The individual time trials at the World Championships kick off today with the Junior Women's race and the U23 Men's race. The Elite Women, U23 Men and Junior Men & Women will compete for their titles on a technical course that winds through the city of Richmond. Riders will head west from downtown to Monument Avenue, a pave-lined, historic boulevard...
The big name riders who never won the Worlds
Fabian Cancellara recently stated that he might never get to win the World Championships road race. The Swiss rider has won Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and the World Time Trial Championships but hasn't managed to get on the podium for the road race. The 34 year-old will miss out on next Sunday's race and time is...