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Is Joaquim Rodríguez also going to try and break the Hour Record?
A press release was issued today by the Katusha team stating that their rider Joaquim Rodríguez was also going to attempt to break the World Hour record in 2015. February 26th was stated as the date when the diminutive climber would join an ever growing list of riders trying to break the record. The rider is not known for...
“I never, ever had any doping cases on my team” Oleg Tinkov
Oleg Tinkov has recently been interviewed by Bloomberg TV, and discusses amongst other things, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama and cycling. When asked as to whether his team is clean, Tinkov responds, "I never, ever had any doping cases on my team. None, zero, nil." This is said despite Michael Rogers having tested positive last year. Rogers tested positive after winning the...
Reminder – The Big Start – Northern Ireland’s Giro Journey
Just a reminder that The Big Start - Northern Ireland's Giro journey is being shown on St. Stephen's Day on BBC2 at 17:25. Gavin Andrews looks back at the Giro d'Italia's visit to Northern Ireland in May 20114. With contributions from Irish pro riders Nicolas Roche, Dan Martin and Philip Deignan, reflections from locals involved in the smooth running of...
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Eddy Merckx honoured in Paris
Both Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Eddy Merckx were amongst the sportspeople recently honoured in Paris by L'Equipe. Ferrand-Prevot was awarded French Sportsperson of the Year and the woman from Reims had an excellent season. Apart from winning the World Road Race title, she also won French Road, TT and cyclo-cross championships, U23 European XC Championship, Emakumeen Euskal Bira overall and La...
2014 season highlights video from Sporza
Sporza have put together this 2014 season highlights video. Most of it is in Flemish but there are some parts in English. It starts off with Ian Stannard's victory in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, before featuring Paris-Nice and the Spring Classics including Dan Martin's near miss at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. His crash in the Giro is also shown. Other events from the season...
New stage race for Abu Dhabi
The organisers of the Giro d'Italia, RCS Sport, and Abu Dhabi Sports Council are organising the inaugural Abu Dhabi Tour, which will replace the slot in the calendar vacated by the Tour of Beijing. The race will take place for the first time in October 2015, and is expected to attract many of the biggest names in the sport. It...
Cyclists can’t avoid tree branch – Video
Bad luck for this group of cyclists on a training spin in Australia as they collided with a branch falling from a Eucalyptus tree. There are some accidents that just can't be avoided.
The Big Start – Northern Ireland’s Giro journey
Relive the Giro d'Italia's visit to Ireland by watching The Big Start - Northern Ireland's Giro journey which will be shown on St. Stephen's Day on BBC2 at 17:25. Gavin Andrews looks back at the Giro d'Italia's visit to Northern Ireland in May 20114. With contributions from Irish pro riders Nicolas Roche, Dan Martin and Philip Deignan, reflections from locals...
Marcel Kittel speaks out about involvement of Riis and Vinokourov in cycling
Marcel Kittel was interviewed by German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine over the weekend and has spoken of his concern for the image of cycling that former riders with a doping past are still active as team bosses. The German sprinter on the Giant Shimano team mentioned the involvement of Alexandre Vinokourov with Astana and Tinkoff-Saxo manager Bjarne Riis. "People like Vinokourov and...
Etixx Quick Step complete training camp in Spain
The Etixx Quick Step team have completed a training camp in Spain and produced this video which features short interviews with Tony Martin, Tom Boonen and Mark Cavendish. The camp took place in Oliva, and in addition to riding the bike most days, the cyclists were also kept busy between off-bike photo shoots and strength & stability training. Etixx – Quick-Step...
How does Stephen Roche’s 1987 bike compare to a modern carbon fibre machine?
In 1987, Stephen Roche rode a Battaglin steel frame to victory in the Giro, Tour and World Championships. The guys at GCN decided to try it out and compare it to a modern bike. In the intervening period, bikes have come on in leaps and bounds. The Battaglin has Columbus SLX tubing, which was a high spec at the time,...
Tinkoff Saxo reveal their new 2015 kit
Tinkoff Saxo have revealed their 2015 kit including Peter Sagan's Slovakian champions jersey. The team of Alberto Contador unveiled their jersey yesterday in Moscow. The jersey is once again yellow and blue, with a little more yellow featured than previously. Their Slovakian champion's jersey will be a lot more noticeable in the bunch than the previous Cannondale version, and we feel...
“If I cheated at golf I wouldn’t just regret it, I’d be heartbroken forever” Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong has spoken about his interest in golf with Golf Digest magazine and he discusses amongst other things, cheating. He talks about cheating in golf compared to cycling and views them differently. "Golf is different from the culture of cycling when I was competing, and that's putting it mildly. Cycling, it was the Wild West. Nobody considered doping cheating....
Newly discovered beetle named after Giro d’Italia winner
Some cyclists have races named after them, others have monuments built on mountains. The 2014 Giro d'Italia winner, Nairo Quintana, has been honoured in a somewhat different way. A beetle discovered in Colombia has been given a scientific name which honours Quintana reported the National University. The beetle, called "Oxyelitrum nairoi" caught the attention of researchers from...
Stephen Roche Big Interview _ Part 1
In Part I of his interview with inCycle TV, Stephen Roche talks about his work ethic when he was racing in Ireland and his subsequent move to the continent. Roche also talks about the '87 Giro, why he felt that he deserved to share team leadership with Roberto Visentini and his subsequent battle with the Italian. Roche goes on to...
Mauro Santambrogio tests positive for testosterone and blames erectile dysfunction problems
The Italian rider, Mauro Santambrogio, has tested positive for testosterone and now faces the possibility of being banned from competing for life. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that it had notified Santambrogio of an Adverse Analytical Finding of Testosterone in a sample collected in the scope of an out-of-competition control on 22 October 2014. The Italian has since claimed that he had been prescribed...