“It felt like you were riding through glue all day long” – Dan Martin

It was a good day for Etixx-Quick Step at the Tour de France today as Dan Martin finished in fifth on the stage while Julian Alaphilippe held on to the white jersey. Nine riders got clear after the first categorised climb of a day which included six ascents and several narrow and twisty descents, with the peloton more than happy...

Cyclist collides with boris biker nearly sending him under the wheels of a truck

The city bike rider in this video very nearly became just another statistic today after a fellow cyclist collided with him sending him into the path of an overtaking truck. In the video cyclist in lycra can be seen swerving to avoid hazards in the road in the lead up to the incident. As he approaches the boris biker...

Team Rwanda-Dassi to make UK racing debut this month

On 7 July 2016, a team of the best young U23 cyclists from Team Rwanda, the national cycling team of Rwanda, arrive at Heathrow for their first ever UK racing tour - taking part in 12 elite road races and criteriums in four weeks across the country - competing as Team Rwanda-Dassi. Welcoming the team to the UK, the...

Fourth top four finish for Peter Sagan as he extends Tour de France GC lead

After a hard-fought finish, which came at the end of the race’s longest stage, Peter Sagan came from behind to power past rivals and take third on the fourth stage of the Tour de France. This enabled him to extend his lead in the yellow jersey and snatch back the green jersey of points leader. The race’s longest day –...

Onboard highlights from Stage 4 of the Tour de France (VIDEO)

A photo-finish was again needed to identify who was first across the line on stage 4 of the Tour de France with Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quick Step) being declared the winner. The German rider narrowly outsprinted Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) after the longest stage of the race, 237.5 km from Saumur to Limoges, to claim his first stage win since 2014. Andreas...

30 years ago today, Alex Stieda became the first North American to wear the yellow jersey

The 1986 Tour de France is remembered as being one of the best editions of the race in the past few decades when Greg LeMond won after repelling repeated attacks from his own team-mate Bernard Hinault. Even though LeMond became the first and to-date the only US rider to win the Tour, he wasn't the first North American to wear...

Marcel Kittel captures his 14th Grand Tour success in Limoges

Marcel Kittel scored his 11th win of the season and the 34th for Etixx-Quick Step at the end of a long day in the saddle on the fourth stage of the Tour de France today. As expected, the longest stage of the race had a calm beginning, with just four riders making it in the break – Alexis Gougeard (AG2R),...

Tour commentator keeps his cool as desk collapses during final sprint (VIDEO)

BBC Tour de France commentator Rob Hatch showed excellent professionalism to keep his commentary going during the final sprint of today's stage of the Tour de France despite his and co-commentator Rob Hayle's desk collapsing. It happened as the riders were winding up their sprint but Hatch never missed a beat. Some colleagues came to their aid by lifting the...

Irish team take a lot of positives from the MTB Worlds in the Czech Republic

Last weekend Ireland had three riders competing at the UCI 2016 Mountain Bike Cross Country World Championships in the Czech Republic. The event took place from the 30th June to the 3rd July in the Vysocina Arena in Nové Mesto na Morave, with David Conroy, James Curry and Gareth McKee flying the flag for Ireland. Conroy suffered a mechanical...

BMC may cease sponsorship of World Tour team at end of 2017

Swiss tycoon Andy Rihs has reportedly told his family of his intention to abandon sponsorship of the World Tour team BMC Racing at the end of 2017, according to L'Equipe. However, BMC may still stay involved in the sport by providing bikes to one or more teams. BMC Racing was founded in 2007 and obtained a World Tour licence...

“I’ll share the road when you follow the rules” – Motorist’s message at parade

A participant who took part in the Fourth of July Doo Dah Parade in Columbus, Ohio today drove the route with a particularly vitriolic message towards cyclists. Spencer Hackett (@velospence) posted the photo of the motorist taking part in the parade who had a poster stuck to his door with the message: "I'll share the road when you follow the...

Classic commentary from Sean Kelly during today’s stage of the Tour de France

With less than 20 kilometres remaining of today's stage of the Tour de France, two men were clear of the peloton but Eurosport commentator Sean Kelly didn't give the pair much of a chance of staying clear. When asked by Carlton Kirby as to whether Thomas Voeckler and Armindo Fonseca had any hope of staying away, Kelly responded: "It's an...