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Alpe d’Huez stage of the Tour de France might not include the Galibier
According to a report on www.cyclingpro.net, the twentieth stage of the Tour de France may need to be altered due to roadworks. The stage is due to start in Modane and finish on Alpe d'Huez, taking in the Col du Télégraphe and the Col du Galibier along the way. However, emergency roadworks are taking place along the route in a...
“Pain is temporary, regret is forever” – Mick Leonard’s Rás diary
By Mick Leonard Today was a hard hard day. I rode the whole of today with the legs feeling heavy and just had to keep pushing through it. The whole stage was a fight. It was strange to ride a complete stage with the legs hurting. The speed from the start was the fastest yet. For the first 55k or...
Should Richie Porte have been penalised two minutes?
Richie Porte (Sky) has been penalised two minutes in the Giro d'Italia today by the race jury after he received an illegal wheel change from Orica-GreenEdge’s Simon Clarke following a puncture. The Tasmanian punctured with seven kilometres remaining of stage 10 from Civitanova Marche to Forlì. Despite a hard chase, he lost 47 seconds to his rivals in the bunch....
Italian Malucelli Wins Thrilling Bunch Sprint To Take Stage Three Victory of An Post Rás
Matteo Malucelli (Team IDEA) displayed his superior sprinting skills in an explosive dash to the line to secure the stage three victory today of An Post Rás. In what was an electrifying bunch sprint finish in to Bearna, Co. Galway, Malucelli pipped Alex Frame of the New Zealand National team to the line, with Andreas Hofer (Hrinkow Advarics Cycleangteam)...
Peter Sagan celebrates his Tour of California win
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) was the surprising winner of the Tour of California at the weekend, and in addition to winning overall, he was also fastest on the uphill finish to win Stage 4. What earned Sagan his victory was his consistency and in particular, the 32 bonus seconds he gained over the week, compared to Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx) who earned...
“This is what the Ras is all about, a glimpse of how the pros manage a race” – Mick Leonard’s Rás Diary
By Mick Leonard Another day down. As I write this on my android phone running kitkat, if I had to use a word to describe my ride today it'd be "weasel". I made sure to get as good a position as possible at all times to try and keep myself out of trouble although I did have a close call...
Heroic McCrystal Falls Agonisingly Short as Kiwi Gate Secures Stage Two Rás Victory
A heroic ride today by Dundalk’s Bryan McCrystal fell agonisingly short as he was caught with only five kilometres to go to securing a famous Rás stage victory. The Team Asea rider was at the front of the break for almost 100 kilometres before being swallowed up by the chasing pack, with An Post’s Aaron Gate winning a bunch...
Lance Armstrong film was expected to attract a lot of attention at Cannes Film Festival
According to Variety magazine, “The Program,” the much-anticipated Lance Armstrong film starring Ben Foster as the discredited cyclist, was expected to be one of the high-profile titles to sell to a U.S. distributor at the Cannes Film Festival. A clip of the film screened for the first time to buyers during the festival. According to Ramin Setoodeh of Variety, "In...
“I’ve never pushed the pedals so hard” – Mick Leonard’s An Post Rás adventure begins
By Mick Leonard Wow, that was a tough day. I was very nervous starting but that immediately turned to excitement after the first pedal stroke: "I'm riding my first Rás!" The procession lap was great and then the real racing started in earnest and boy did it. The lineouts were fierce and the hills started doing the damage but once the...
An Post Rás – Stage 1 Highlights Video and Report
Francesco Reda rode to a superb opening stage victory on today’s An Post Rás, narrowly edging out Lukas Postlberger (Austria Tirol Cycling Team) in a sprint to the line to claim the first yellow jersey of the UCI ranked eight day race. The Italian Team IDEA rider and Postleberger attacked the lead break of 15 riders with 30 kilometres to...
Photo Gallery from the start of An Post Rás
The first stage of An Post Rás started in Dunboyne earlier today, and below are some photos from the start.
Introducing Mick Leonard – A Rás debutant
One of the unique aspects of the An Post Rás, which starts tomorrow, is that the field is made up of a combination of full-timers from UCI Continental and National teams, and also domestic teams from Ireland. This year sees national teams from Canada and New Zealand and Continental teams from Austria, Australia, Belgium and the UK amongst other countries...
Evelyn Stevens donates Tour of California TT prize money to World Bicycle Relief charity
The American rider Evelyn Stevens of Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team took the victory yesterday at the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Invitational Time Trial, and before the race, she had said she would donate any prize money she won to World Bicycle Relief, a non-profit group founded by SRAM that helps people through the power of bicycles. World Bicycle Relief...
Highlights of Sam Bennett’s win in Stage 3 of Bayern Rundfahrt (VIDEO)
Sam Bennett (Bora Argon 18) claimed another stage win in Bayern Rundfahrt yesterday on the stage from Salb to Ebern, and in doing so, he regained the yellow jersey. The stage was decided by a sprint finish and the Irishman put in a late surge to cross the line ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and Ramunas Navardauskas (Team Cannondale -...
Regaining Fitness after 10 to 14 days rest – Advice from The Athlete Clinic
The mid season break is finished, the bike is back from the shop all shiny and mechanically sound, the motivation is high and you’ve some time on your hands with the bright mornings and late evenings. What to do!?. Most riders will generally revert to what they were doing before the break or even start doing some long endurance miles...
Former world track racing champion Martyn Irvine joins strong international line up for An Post Rás
Having dominated the Shay Elliott Memorial last Sunday confirming that his form is in a very good place, Martyn Irvine is a late addition to the Britain Madison-Genesis team for the An Post Rás and will return for the first time since 2012. Irvine is the 2013 World Scratch Race Champion on the track and while he has focused...