French championships moved to avoid Euro 2016 France vs Ireland clash
This weekend will see national road race championships take place around Europe with the French Elite Men's race scheduled to take place on Sunday morning in Vesoul in the Haute-Saône department. The race was originally due to start at 10.40am local time but will now start at 9.00am instead. This is to avoid a clash with the France versus...
Sagan, Quintana and Armitstead on list of World’s 50 most marketable athletes
SportsPro has produced its annual list of the world’s 50 most marketable athletes and three cyclists have been included in the list - Peter Sagan, Nairo Quintana and Lizzie Armitstead. Rather than producing a list of the most celebrated or highest-paid individuals in sport, Sportspro base their rankings on who they consider to be the best value for money...
Andrew Talansky re-signs with Cannondale and will lead team at Vuelta a España
American Andrew Talansky has re-signed with the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team and will lead the team’s general classification push at the Vuelta a España later this season. He will skip the Tour de France though. Talansky is fresh off a fifth-place finish at the Tour de Suisse and showing a return to form after a tough spring, which...
Nicolas Roche omitted from Team Sky’s Tour de France line-up
Team Sky have announced their nine-man team for the forthcoming Tour de France and one of those to miss out on selection is Irish rider Nicolas Roche. It will be the first time since 2008 that Roche hasn't lined up at the Tour. He has taken part in seven previous editions with a 12th place finish in 2012 his best...
Mountain biker collides with bear on Californian trail (VIDEO)
Mountain biker David Souza was descending down a trail in Northern California recently when a bear ran across his path. The pair collided, with Souza landing heavily on the rocky trail but luckily he escaped relatively unhurt. The bear meanwhile had already ran back into the woods by the time Souza got back on his feet. The incident took place...
Dan Martin named in Etixx-Quick Step’s Tour de France line-up
The Etixx-Quick Step team to line up at the Tour de France which starts on July 2 has been announced today and includes Irish rider Dan Martin. It will mark the fourth time that Martin has taken part in the race, having made his debut in 2012. He also went on to race in the 2013 and 2015 editions. His...
No room for both Greg van Avermaet and Philippe Gilbert in Belgian Olympic team
The coach of the Belgian team for the forthcoming Rio Olympics, Kevin de Weert, has revealed that the team for the Men's Road Race will be made up of one 'classics' rider and four climbers. This means that either Philippe Gilbert or his BMC Racing team-mate Greg van Avermaet will likely miss out on selection. Despite having previously announced that...
Sam Bennett named in Bora-Argon 18’s Tour de France line-up
Irish sprinter Sam Bennett has been named in the nine-man Bora-Argon 18 team which will line up at the Tour de France in two week's time. It will be Bennett's second appearance at the Tour having made his debut last year. The team was announced earlier today at a press conference in Dusseldorf. in addition, the team also announced that...
Late crash ruins Hugh Carthy’s podium chances at Route du Sud
After a great performance on Saturday’s queen stage of the race, Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) seemed sure to make the overall podium in this year’s Route du Sud. However, a late crash in the final kilometres of the last stage ruined the young Brit’s chances of success. On an undulating course, the Caja Rural – Seguros RGA...
Lizzie Armitstead wins the Aviva Women’s Tour overall
Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans Cycling) has won the Aviva Women’s Tour overall in Kettering today with her teammates controlling the race from start to finish. The victory is Armitstead’s seventh this season. It is the 24th road win of the year for Boels-Dolmans and the Dutch squad’s 11th win at the UCI Women’s WorldTour, including six one-day races, three stages...
Nairo Quintana wraps up victory at the Route du Sud
Nairo Quintana wrapped up the overall win at Route du Sud today, marking his third stage race victory of 2016 and to cap it off for Movistar, his team-mate Marc Soler finished in second place. Quintana's victory was his second win in the race, having won his first Route du Sud overall in 2012 at the age of...
Riders come to blows at the Route du Sud (VIDEO)
It seems that tensions were high in the closing kilometres of the final stage of the Route du Sud with two riders coming to blows. With less than ten kilometres of the stage remaining as riders prepared for a bunch sprint, Danish rider was Mads Pedersen (Stölting Service Group) was unhappy with a move by Mickaël Delage (FDJ). It appears that...