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Sam Bennett nets another podium place in the Garmin Velothon Berlin
Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) achieved another good result today when he finished in 2nd place in the Garmin Velothon in Berlin which was won by Ramon Sinkeldam of Giant-Alpecin. Four breakaway riders had been away for much of the day. But they were reeled in on the finishing laps in Berlin’s city centre due to the chase organised by the...
Onboard footage from the Colle delle Finestre
This onboard footage is from yesterday's twentieth stage of the Giro to Sestriere. It features riders making their way up the graveled climb of the Colle delle Finestre and then the descent towards the finishing climb of Sestriere. The video is a compilation of clips from both forward and rear-facing cameras from various riders rather than the normal footage from...
The epic gravel climb of the Colle delle Finestre
Today, the riders in the Giro d'Italia face a climb that has only recently been introduced to the race, but is already becoming one of the iconic climbs in the Italian race. The Colle delle Finestre is a pass in the Cottian Alps, in the Italian region of Piemonte, Italy, linking Susa Valley and Val Chisone. The road was built...
Is this the lowest a pro race has ever gone?
Today's third stage of the Tour des Fjords in Norway goes from Leirvik to Sauda via Haugesund. Shortly after the start in Leirvik, the peloton will ride through the Bømlo Fjord tunnel 264 metres below sea level, which organisers are saying is the “deepest” point for any UCI race ever. The tunnel is 7.82 kilometers (4.86 mi) long and is...
Onboard footage from Luka Mezgec’s bike during his sprint at Giro d’Italia stage 17
Here's some onboard footage filmed from the Slovenian rider Luka Mezgec's bike during the closing few hundred metres of Stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia to Lugano in Switzerland. The choice of Mezgec proved pretty good as the footage shows a really great view of how Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) times his sprint well to take the win, following on from...
Motorcyclist goes off the road and causes bunch crash in the Tour des Fjords (VIDEO)
The first stage of the Tour des Fjords took place in Norway yesterday, and there was a bizarre accident with 29 kilometres remaining, when one of the motorbike marshalls went off the edge of the road. He fell back onto the road, and this resulted in a bunch crash. About ten riders were taken down in the crash, but...
Inconsistent approach regarding riders getting a tow in races
In last week's An Post Rás, race leader Francesco Reda, was disqualified from the race on the second stage after it emerged that he had taken a tow from a team car to regain the bunch after puncturing late in the stage. There was little sympathy for the Italian afterwards, who ranted on Twitter about the decision. However, on yesterday's...
Astana and Katusha go on the attack after Alberto Contador punctures
There was a lot of discussion about an incident on today's stage of the Giro d'Italia when the Astana and Katusha teams went on the attack, after race leader Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) had punctured. About 20 kilometres before the start of the toughest climb of the day, the Mortirolo, Contador punctured. The Spaniard dropped back to get a rear wheel...
A year on from his devastating crash, Taylor Phinney is still recovering from his injuries
A year ago today, Taylor Phinney had a devastating crash in the USA Cycling Professional Road Championships. He was descending Lookout Mountain when he fell and slid into a guardrail, suffering a compound fracture to his tibia and fibula. Despite the seriousness of the crash, the BMC rider thought he would be back racing within a matter of months....
Richie Porte forced to withdraw from Giro
Richie Porte has been forced to withdraw from the Giro d'Italia on medical grounds following injuries sustained in a stage 13 crash. The Tasmanian was among a number of riders to be brought down in a pile-up 3.3 kilometres from the finish in Jesolo, landing on his knee and hip. After enduring an uncomfortable weekend of racing as he looked...
A message from some Tour de France cyclists (VIDEO)
A video has been produced featuring a number of top cyclists, which hammers home the message to fans to exercise caution when spectating at races. The video features amongst others, Vincenzo Nibali, John Degenkolb, Tejay van Garderen, Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador and Tom Boonen. The number of incidents occuring at top level races seems to be increasing year-on-year with a...
Watch the highlights of the final stage of An Post Rás
Aidis Kruopis (An Post Chain Reaction) stormed to a final stage victory on this year’s An Post Rás winning an electrifying sprint to the line ahead of Davide Vigano (Team IDEA) and county rider, Damian Shaw (Louth Team Asea), who finished in second and third place. The glory, however, belonged to Lukas Postlberger as the Tirol Cycling Team rider...
“Despite the pain and torture it’s been a great week” – Mick Leonard’s An Post Rás diary
By Mick Leonard Well, I'm glad to be sitting here as a Man of the Rás! As per usual, today was another tough fight. My neck is quite stiff from the many lineouts over the last few days where you're buried on the drops and pushing as hard as you can just to hold that wheel. The pace at which...
Massive win for Michael O’Loughlin in Trophée Centre Morbihan
Michael O'Loughlin of Nicolas Roche Performance Team Magnet.ie took an incredible victory this morning in the 2nd stage of the Trophée Centre Morbihan in Brittany. The race is one of the biggest junior races in the world. The stage was a 7.2-km time trial from Réguiny to Naizin, and the young Irishman won the stage by 1" from Russian Nikolai...
Watch highlights of Stage 7 of An Post Rás
Austrian rider Andreas Mueller (Hrinkow Advarics Cycleangteam) staved off a lung busting performance by Mullingar man Damien Shaw (Louth Team ASEA) to emerge victorious on stage seven of An Post Rás today in Drogheda. The duo jumped the lead breakaway of eight riders with only one kilometre to go, going head to head up the final ascent to the...
“A thousand quid hanging out the back pocket of the lad in front wouldn’t have gotten me over any quicker” – Mick Leonard’s An Post Rás diary
By Mick Leonard Today was another extremely hard day. It was probably the combination of the heat and it being the queen stage but it was a fight from the start. I would have loved a downpour as I was finding the heat unsustainable. I rode most of the stage with the jersey completely open - not very aero...