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Stars and Watercarriers – The 1973 Giro d’Italia

On the eve of the Giro d'Italia, here's a great film about an edition of the race from over forty years ago. Stars and Watercarriers is a film from Jorgen Leth who also directed the classic documentary about Paris-Roubaix, A Sunday in Hell. In Stars and Watercarriers, Leth turns his attention to the 1973 Giro d'Italia. It was the 57th...

Determined Irish County Teams take on might of International Teams in An Post Rás

With the full contingent of fifteen international teams announced in recent weeks, the organisers of the An Post Rás today announced the nineteen Irish domestic teams who will square up against their overseas competitors in this month’s race. Many of Ireland’s top home-based riders will compete in the 2.2-ranked international event, pitching their strength against those of the international...

Looking back at Shay Elliott’s epic stage win in the Four Days of Dunkirk

By Graham Healy The Four Days of Dunkirk which is taking place at the moment was first organised in 1955, and the field in that inaugural race, which was won by Louis Deprez, wasn't exactly the strongest However, the race quickly grew in stature and within a couple of years many of the biggest names in the sport lined up...

Now that’s hard! Dan Martin completes Tour de Romandie with broken ribs

Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) sent the below tweet yesterday outlining that he had completed the Tour de Romandie with two broken ribs. Earlier in the week, Martin had tweeted that he was “Feeling really beaten up and struggling to breathe after LBL crash but hanging tough and helping the team” He had suffered the injury when he crashed in Liege-Bastogne-Liege the...

Cycling Ireland meeting regarding Fingal-Meath road closures

Cycling Ireland would like to advise its members that it intends to hold an open meeting on Thursday May 14th at 7.30pm at the City North Hotel off the M1 (Exit 7) in Gormanstown. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an update on recent developments with road races and requests for road closures in the Fingal-Meath area. ...

NRPT Magnet.ie ends French stage race with top 10 for Adam Stenson

The Nicolas Roche Performance Team (NRPT) Magnet.ie team have been taking part in the French stage race, the Tour des Portes du Pays d'Othe, and they finished the race with a solid top ten for Adam Stenson on the final stage based around Estissac. The race consisted of an opening road stage of 126 kilometres, followed by a split stage...

Team Sky’s Q&A session with Philip Deignan

After helping Lars Petter Nordhaug to victory and finishing fifth on the opening stage at the Tour de Yorkshire, Team Sky asked their fans to put questions to Philip Deignan. Below are the questions the team selected and Philip's answers. What’s it been like riding in Yorkshire so far? How was the crowd? (Claire, Martin Holden, Matthew Eyre, Lorraine...

MTN-Qhubeka doctor highlights how successful this season has been for ex-dopers

The team doctor for MTN-Qhubeka, Jarrad Van Zuydam, has posted a tweet today highlighting the successes for ex-dopers this season, and it's something that has been particularly evident the past week. In Belgium, the Spaniard Alejandro Valverde took victory in both Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Valverde has been linked by documentary and DNA evidence to Operación Puerto, a blood-doping affair...

“Eddie knows he would’ve been a real shot for the win as he’d been feeling ‘mint’ all day”

It was a very interesting day for NFTO on the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire. Below is their description of the stage.   There is not much more you can say about the 1st stage of the Tour of Yorkshire than it was an epic rollercoaster ride. At the end of the day two of the favourites of the...

Pat McQuaid doesn’t rule out running for UCI presidency

Former UCI president Pat McQuaid has been at the Tour of Turkey this week, and he has spoken to the Turkish website www.mtbtr.com about the CIRC report, World Tour reforms, women's cycling and more. He was asked about the CIRC report, and McQuaid replied, "My take on is that it was a wonderful opportunity which was missed. I think it...

US Diabetic Team and Strong Italian Squad Confirmed for An Post Rás

Adding to a range of international teams taking part in this year’s An Post Rás, two more overseas squads have joined the line-up for the UCI ranked event, which gets underway in just over two week’s time. The Team Novo Nordisk development squad travel to the race on a mission to represent millions of diabetics worldwide via the five type...

No Irish riders on provisional Giro d’Italia start list

The Giro d’Italia starts in nine days’ time and the provisional start list was released yesterday. Unless there is a late replacement, it seems that the race won’t feature any Irish riders this year. Both Nicolas Roche (Team Sky) and Dan Martin (Cannondale – Garmin) weren’t expected to be listed amongst the starters as they are both focusing on the...

No Eschborn-Frankfurt race for Sam Bennett due to terrorist threat

Tomorrow's Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt has been cancelled due to a terrorist threat. Last night, a couple were arrested by German police in a town near Frankfurt and the authorities feel that they have thwarted a terrorist attack. According to CNN, "German media are reporting that a man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of planning a bomb...

Jesper Hansen gets knocked down by medical car at Romandie

Following on from recent incidents at the Tour of Flanders where two Shimano support cars took out Jesse Sergent and Sebastien Chavanel, another incident took place today at the Tour of Romandie. Tinkoff Saxo rider Jesper Hansen was the victim this time, although he seemed to escape serious injury. The Danish rider had been involved in a crash during Stage...

Entries Open for An Post Rás na mBan as New British Rider Competition Announced

British riders will have a new classification to aim for in An Post Rás na mBan 2015 as details emerge about this year's top Irish International stage race for women. The event organisers are now accepting applications for entries from teams across the globe ahead of the tenth edition of the iconic five-day stage race in Co Clare. In recognition of...

Photos from the start of Liège–Bastogne–Liège

By Graham Healy Sunday's Liège–Bastogne–Liège resulted in a win for Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde. Here's a series of photos we took at the start at the Palais des Princes Evêques.

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