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“McQuaid’s actions were intended to prevent the truth about Armstrong’s doping” Travis Tygart
The USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart has release a statement on the Cycling Independent Reform Commission Report. This is the statement below. “We welcome the report of the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) initiated by new UCI President Brian Cookson to address revelations of widespread doping and allegations of UCI’s complicity in allowing this fraudulent culture to persist. “The Report confirms...
A day in the life of Sean Downey
Such a talent and so humble. Experience a day in the life of Irish rider Sean Downey on the second day of Driedaagse Van West-Vlaanderen. Not his best day in the saddle but his upbeat attitude is refreshing. Looking forward to more videos from him in the season ahead.
Half The Road: The passion, pitfalls & power of women’s professional cycling (TRAILER)
Half The Road, the superb but enraging documentary about inequities in professional cycling, is being screened in Manchester as part of International Women’s Day celebrations. A 2013 survey undertaken by the Women’s Cycling Association showed that 50% of female pro cyclists earn $3,000 (£1969) or less per year. This statistic is from Half The Road, the documentary by Kathryn Bertine. The...
Watch the last 10 kilometres of Strade Bianche
Strade Bianche was only run for the first time in 2007, but has quickly established itself as an iconic race. The 200km route starts in San Gimignano and finishes after a steep climb in the narrow streets of the centre of Siena. The race features ten sections of gravel roads, for a total of over 50km. Last year's race was won...
Simon Gerrans fractures elbow at Strade Bianche
There was bad luck for Simon Gerrans at Strade Bianche in Italy as he crashed an fractured his elbow. It's not known at this stage how long he will be out of racing for. Gerrans won last year's Liege-Bastogne-Liege. It was the Australian's first race since since breaking his collarbone in a mountain biking accident in December. The Orica-GreenEdge rider posted...
The year when Paris-Nice finished in Rome
By Graham Healy Paris-Nice was established in 1933 by Albert Lejeune, Director of the Petit Journal. It was initially considered as a training race, but would later become one of the top stage races of the calendar. Amongst the big names who took victory in those first decades of the race were René Vietto, Louison Bobet and Jacques Anquetil. It was...
Bad news for Oleg Tinkov
Forbes have published the 2015 World Billionaires List, and 138 were missing from last year's list of the wealthiest people on the planet. It was bad news in particular for Russia's rich, as 28 slipped down. Amongst the casualties was the owner of the Tinkoff Saxo team, Oleg Tinkov. According to Forbes, Tinkov’s credit card company, Tinkov Credit Systems, dropped...
Sean Downey and Conor Dunne set for Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen
Irish riders Sean Downey & Conor Dunne are back in action again this weekend, as part of an eight man An Post Chain Reaction Sean Kelly Team for tomorrow’s (Friday, 6th March) Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2.1) in Belgium. Despite a testing start to the season, Kurt Bogaerts’ men will go into the race in high spirits following a good outing...
Sean Kelly’s domination of Paris Nice
It's well known that Sean Kelly holds the record for most overall wins in Paris Nice. However, in addition to winning the race overall from 1982 through to 1988, Kelly also won numerous other classifications in the race. The below stats which show the various other classifications that he won in those years provide an indication of how he...
Andy Schleck announces his plans for the future
Following on from his retirement last October at the age of 29 following persistent knee problems, Andy Schleck has announced his plans for the future. He told paperjam.lu about his plans for a bike shop, coffee shop and a museum in Itzig, Luxembourg. Schleck is planning on opening a concept store in the spring of 2016, and he intends using a...
Last ten kilometres of Le Samyn (VIDEO)
Le Samyn took place yesterday in Belgium, and the 201km UCI 1.1 race from Quaregnon to Dour featured finishing laps around Dour and a new sector of cobbles which looked brutal. Amongst the favourites going into the race were Niki Terpstra and Gianni Meersman (Etixx Quick Step), Kris Boekmans (Lotto Soudal), Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Tyler Farrar (MTN Qhubeka). It...
Steve Ovett’s son signs for Ag2R’s development squad
Freddy Ovett (21) son of 800m Olympic gold medallist Steve Ovett has quit running and graduated from the Victorian Institute of Sport’s cycling programme to chase his dream in Europe. Ovett has signed with the development squad of Ag2R-La Mondiale for 2015. His father Steve won gold in the Olympic 800m in Moscow in 1980 and during his career, developed...
Behind the scenes with An Post Chain Reaction at Kuurne Brussels Kuurne
The An Post Chain Reaction team were one of the UCI Continental teams invited to Kuurne Brussels Kuurne yesterday where they had the opportunity to test themselves against many World Tour teams. Xandro Meurisse managed to get into the main break of the day, and did well to hang on with the leaders when his group were caught. Mark Cavendish (Etixx...
Watch the last five kilometres of Kuurne Brussels Kuurne
Mark Cavendish (Etixx Quick Step) took victory in his second Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne yesterday after outsprinting Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha) and Elia Viviani. 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step 4:29:00 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 4 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo ...
“Sam and Scott did everything to be in the front group” Bennett impresses at Kuurne
Sam Bennett (Bora Argon 18) had an impressive start to his classics campaign today when he finished in 19th place at Kuurne Brussels Kuurne. However, it was not so much his placing that impressed, but the fact that he made it into an earlier break with many big names. A group of 20 split from the peloton on the climb...
Impressive ride for Eddie Dunbar in Severn Bridge RR
(Photo VeloUK Live) Eddie Dunbar in the colours of his new NFTO team had a really impressive performance today in the Severn Bridge Road Race, as he finished in third place. The race consisted of ten laps of a circuit near Bristol, which included the climb of Stowey Hill. After being away for much of the day with Yanto Barker (One Pro...