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Kris Boeckmans emerges from coma and speaks to family
The latest news from Lotto-Soudal team have provided a positive update on the condition of Kris Boeckmans following on from his terrible crash at the Vuelta a Espana. Their latest statement released yesterday is as follows: Lotto Soudal is very happy to announce that Kris Boeckmans is no longer kept in an induced coma and that the recovery is evolving...
Two new clips of forthcoming Lance Armstrong movie
The premiere of "The Program" will take place this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival which kicks off tomorrow. The movie directed by Stephen Frears tells the story of the downfall of Lance Armstrong with Ben Foster playing the lead role. Two new clips of the film have been released. In the first clip, we see him practicing lying in...
The incredible jersey collection of Sylvain Coulon
Sylvain Coulon is a French cycling fan who started collecting cycling jerseys back in 1996 when he bought a Banesto jersey, the team of his favourite cyclist Miguel Indurain. The following year, he was given a signed jersey from Emmanuel Hubert of the GAN team. The 36 year-old, who lives in a small village in Eastern France has since built...
Big news for Lizzie Armitstead and Philip Deignan
British Road Race champion Lizzie Armitstead announced some big news this morning, when she tweeted that she is to marry Irish rider Philip Deignan. She tweeted "Last night @PhilipDeignan asked me to be his wife, and I said YES!" We wish the pair of them all the best for the future!
A day in the Tour of Britain cavalcade with An Post-Chain Reaction
We were recently offered the opportunity to hook up with the An Post Chain Reaction team for Stage 1 of the Tour of Britain to experience what it was like in the cavalcade of a big race, and we jumped at the chance. The stage started in Beaumaris in North Wales and included three categorised climbs and three intermediate...
Madison Genesis: Behind the scenes at the Tour of Britain
From the anticipation of Britain's biggest road race, to the dejection of Mike Northey's retirement just 25-kilometres into stage one, the team bounce back to claim the King of the Mountains jersey at the end of stage two. Madison Genesis: Behind the scenes at the Tour of Britain, part one from Madison on Vimeo.
Tour of Britain Photo Gallery
The Tour of Britain started yesterday with a 177-kilometre stage from Beaumaris to Wrexham. Here's some photos from that opening stage which was won by Elia Viviani (Team Sky).
Movistar mechanic tells soigneur to “hide the bike” (VIDEO)
Rumours of motorised doping have been circulating for some time now, with the UCI undertaking regular checks for motors in bikes. Amidst all of this, a strange video has emerged from the Vuelta. The Spanish newspaper Diario AS posted the video which they say shows a mechanic from the Movistar team saying to a soigneur "hide the bike." The team mechanic...
Top International Entry for An Post Rás na mBan 2015
Reigning world Scratch Race Champion Stephanie Pohl of Germany is among the star-line up of riders from Europe and beyond for this year's An Post Rás na mBan women's international stage race. Pohl, who won her World Track title in France last February ahead of Giorgia Bronzini and Kirsten Wild among others, is entered with the South Netherlands regional...
TV footage shows Sergio Paulinho’s motorbike incident
On Wednesday, the Tinkoff-Saxo rider Sergio Paulinho abandoned the Vuelta a Espana, after an incident involving a race motorbike. It followed on from an earlier incident in the race where a motorbike collided with another Tinkoff rider, Peter Sagan. The Spanish TV channel RTVE have since said released footage showing how the incident took place. RTVE have said that it was...
Sam Bennett close to the podium in the Tour of Alberta (VIDEO)
The second stage of the Tour of Alberta has been won by Australian Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) in a sprint finish ahead of Niklas Arndt (Giant-Alpecin) and Alexey Tsatevich (Katusha), with Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora Argon 18) in fifth. Todays's stage was a looped course in the County of Grande Prairie which started and finished at Evergreen Park. The first 130...
Ryan Mullen set to make Cannondale-Garmin debut in Tour of Britain
Irish time-trial champion Ryan Mullen is set to make his debut for the Cannondale-Garmin team at the Tour of Britain which starts in Anglesea this Sunday. He is expected to be announced as part of the six-man team which will aim to repeat their win in last year's edition. Dutchman Dylan van Baarle won the race for Garmin last year...
No Grand Tour double for Chris Froome as he retires from the Vuelta a Espana
Chris Froome (Team Sky) has confirmed this morning that he is retiring from the Vuelta, due to injuries from his crash in the opening kilometres of yesterday's stage as the race left Andorra. The Tour de France winner fractured a bone in his foot and had been unable to stand without help. The news had been expected as last night,...
Another Tinkoff-Saxo rider hit by a motorbike at the Vuelta
On the same day that the Tinkoff-Saxo team wrote an open letter to the Vuelta organisers Unipublic and also the UCI asking for action following the recent incident whereby one of the race motorbikes collided with Peter Sagan, another one of their team members has been hit today. Sergio Paulinho has also been hit by a motorbike today and has...
Eddie Dunbar included in NFTO team for Tour of Britain
NFTO have announced their team for the forthcoming Aviva Tour of Britain, and the 19 year-old Irish rider Eddie Dunbar has been included in the six-man team. The race starts in Anglesea, this Sunday (September 6th) and finishes the following Sunday in London. Directeur sportif of NFTO, Dave Povall, announced the squad on the NFTO team's website, saying: “After careful consideration...
Open letter related to the accident involving Peter Sagan at La Vuelta
Tinkoff-Saxo have written an open letter to the Vuelta organisers, Unipublic, and the UCI, regarding the recent accident at the race involving Peter Sagan. Sagan was hit from behind by a neutral service motorbike during the final kilometres of the 8th stage. The letter is below. to Unipublic S.A.U. ...