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Video footage of Daniele Colli in the Giro today which resulted in a broken arm

Two videos below showing the finish line incident where Daniele Colli crashed really hard breaking an arm. It looks as if there was a spectator near the finish line who had their camera over the barrier taking photos which struck the rider causing him to crash. Do we need a crowd buffer zone after recent incidents near...

How to corner like a pro

Our favorite YouTube user durianrider gives some tips for cornering on the road.

The JLT Condor team’s An Post Rás Guide

The JLT Condor team from the UK return to the An Post Rás this year, and this is their guide to the race, which starts on Sunday.   The 63rd An Post Rás is one for the punchy climbers. The route encounters the Darty Mountains and slices through the Breifne mountains close to the border with Northern Ireland on its eight...

Watch highlights and interview from Sam Bennett’s stage win in Bayern Rundfahrt

Sam Bennett took the opening stage of the UCI 2.HC Bayern Rundfahrt yesterday ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and John Degenkolb (Giant Alpecin) from Regensburg to Waldsassen. The rider from Carrick-on-Suir had been out of action for the past five weeks due to injuries from a crash in Scheldeprijs and it was some way to mark his return to racing. In...

Fifty years ago this week, Eddy Merckx took his first pro win

By Graham Healy On May 11th 1965, 20 year-old Eddy Merckx took the win in a race in Northern Brussels, the GP Stad Vilvoorde, and it was the first win of many in a remarkable career. Merckx had a very successful amateur career and in his final season before turning pro, he finished in twelfth position at the 1964 Summer Olympics....

Sam Bennett in the hunt for stage wins at Bayern Rundfahrt

Sam Bennett (Bora Argon 18) will line up in Bayern Rundfahrt which starts today, and will hope for similar success that he achieved in last year's edition. The UCI 2.HC race is the home race for Bennett's team, so they will be hopeful of a good performance during the week. The race starts off with a 221-kilometre stage from Regensburg...

Highlights from today’s remarkable stage of the Giro d’Italia

Today's 4th stage of the Giro d'Italia was 150km from Chiavari to La Spezia, and although it was a challenging route, it wasn't expected to make too much difference to the GC. Along the way, the riders would tackle three Category 3 climbs, but there was a lot of uncategorised climbing also on narrow roads with some technical descents. They...

UCI continue to inspect bikes for motors

The UCI are continuing to check bikes for motors. After Sunday's stage of the Giro d'Italia to Genoa, a team of inspectors took the bikes of the first three finishers, Elia Viviani (Team Sky), Moreno Hofland (LottoNL-Jumbo), and André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) in addition to those of Bartlomiej Matysiak (CCC Sprandi-Polkowice), and Paolo Tiralongo (Astana). All five bikes were inspected, and...

IRISH DUO PART OF AMBITIOUS AN POST CHAIN REACTION SEAN KELLY TEAM FOR AN POST RÁS

With the start of the 2015 An Post Rás just days away, An Post-Chain Reaction Sean Kelly team manager Kurt Bogaerts has named a strong five-man line-up. They will tackle the gruelling eight day, stage race, which begins this Sunday May 17th in Dunboyne, Co. Meath. With the team hampered by injuries in recent weeks, Bogaerts includes Conor Dunne and...

Richard Virenque features in Festina’s new ad

A new TV ad for watchmakers Festina features former French professional, Richard Virenque. Their description of the campaign is "A true passion for sport", the new campaign shows a more stylish and human touch together with the watches." The company sponsored a cycling team from 1989 through to 2001, under the names Festina and Lotus, and Virenque rode for the...

Wheels in Unison – The documentary about Stephen Roche’s Rás win

In 1979, Stephen Roche became the youngest winner of the Rás Tailteann (or The Health Race) as it was known then, beating the Frenchman Breure and fellow Dubliner, Alan McCormack. Roche took two stage wins along the way, the second stage from Longford to Westport and the penultimate stage, a 25-kilometre time-trial in Navan. That year, the national broadcaster RTE,...

Onboard footage from Orica-Green Edge’s Giro Team Time Trial (VIDEO)

Orica Green-EDGE won yesterday's opening stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 17.6 kilometre team time-trial from San Lorenzo al Mare to Sanremo. It was the second year in a row that they won the team time-trial in the Giro, and this enabled Simon Gerrans to take the first pink jersey of the race. Orica-Green Edge had checked out...

Extreme weather conditions protocol to be tested during the Giro d’Italia

Representatives from the UCI, notably commissaires, riders (CPA), teams (AIGCP) and organisers (AIOCC) have agreed on the principles of an action plan in the event of extreme weather conditions during the Giro d’Italia. The group considers the safety and the health of riders as an absolute priority. The protocol involves notably the compulsory convening of a meeting between the...

“I miss him so much” Wouter Weylandt’s sister speaks about her brother four years after his death

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the tragic death of cyclist Wouter Weylandt. The Belgian crashed on a descent Passo del Bocco on the third stage of the Giro d'Italia after clipping a pedal on a wall and he died from his head injuries. Wouter's sister Elke has spoken to Het Nieuwsblad about his death and how her family was...

Novo Nordisk Renews Commitment to World’s First All-Diabetes Professional Cycling Team to 2017

Global healthcare company Novo Nordisk, renewed its partnership with Team Novo Nordisk for an additional two years, extending the company’s commitment to the first-ever all-diabetes professional cycling team to a total of five years. The team, made up of 18 athletes from 11 countries, all living with type 1 diabetes, will compete in its first major U.S. stage race...

Joshua Edmondson picked up his first win for the An Post Chain Reaction team today after storming to victory on stage three of the Tour d’Azerbaidjan. Edmondson, who rode for Team Sky in 2013 and 2014 before signing to the Irish outfit in January, made a late charge in the race in Gabala, after an original seven man breakaway was...

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