Giacomo Nizzolo relegated at Giro d’Italia for an irregular sprint (VIDEO)
Giro points champion Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek – Segafredo) was first across the line on today's final stage of the Giro d'Italia but afterwards was relegated for an irregular sprint. The 27 year-old Italian swerved towards Sacha Modolo (Lampre – Merida) in the closing metres and victory instead was awarded to Nikias Arndt (Giant – Alpecin). Despite numerous top 10 finishes on...
Fredrik Ludvigsson out of Baloise Belgium Tour with scaphoid fracture
Fredrik Ludvigsson (Giant-Alpecin) was amongst the riders caught up in the massive crash in the peloton yesterday at the Baloise Belgium Tour involving two race motorbikes. The race was initially neutralised, but the race organiser took the decision to cancel the stage. Ludvigsson was one of eleven riders who went to hospital were he was diagnosed with a fracture. "Fredrik has...
Update on Stig Broeckx’s condition following crash involving race motos
Lotto-Soudal's Stig Broeckx was amongst the many riders caught up in a serious crash at the Baloise Belgium Tour today involving two race motorbikes and the Belgian rider was transferred to a hospital in Aachen immediately afterwards. He was initially reported as having a fractured skull, but his team have now stated that he hasn't in fact fractured his skull...
“It’s a poorer Rás for Pat’s absence, and indeed a poorer world” – Brian McArdle’s Rás Diary
Stage 7 - Dungarvan to Baltinglass (155kms) “There are some men who should have mountains to bear their names to time.” For most riders, today’s stage was about Mount Leinster. For me, today’s stage was about a man who should have a mountain named after him. I was up Mount Leinster only once before, two years ago to the day nearly....
“It’s a great feeling to be standing here as one of the Men of the Rás” – Eddie Dunbar
Eddie Dunbar (Irish National Team) put on a dazzling display of riding today to win stage seven of An Post Rás and become the second Irish rider to claim a stage win on this year’s race. The Corkman was part of a five man lead break and won a hard fought sprint to the line, finishing just ahead of...
Baloise Belgium Tour stage cancelled after massive crash involving motorbikes
Today's stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour has been cancelled following a massive crash in the peloton with reports of two motorbikes having been involved in the collision. Nineteen riders are reported as having been caught up in the crash with eleven riders taken to hospital. Following the decision to cancel the stage, the remainder of the peloton rode together...
Health experts call for Rio Olympics to be postponed or moved
A group of health experts have come together to pen an open Letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting that the forthcoming Rio Olympics be postponed or moved to another location in light of the ongoing crisis surrounding the Zika virus that is affecting Brazil. The letter signed by 150 experts is directed to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of...
“We’re up and down lumpy terrain all day long” – Brian McArdle’s Rás Diary
Stage 6 - Clonakilty to Dungarvan (159.1 kms) We had our second ice bath of the week last night. I got away lightly last time, being last rider in, the water was nippy but probably closer to lukewarm than ice cold. This time there was still a thick layer of ice cubes floating on the surface. Painful! But Mary and...
“My morale was broken” – Steven Kruijswijk diagnosed with rib fracture after crash
Following on from his crash on today's stage of the Giro d'Italia, Steven Kruijswijk has been diagnosed with a small rib fracture in addition to some other injuries. Kruijswijk lost the Giro d’Italia’s leader’s pink jersey today due to his crash coming off the Colle dell’Agnello. The Team LottoNL-Jumbo rider ended up finishing 4-54 minutes behind stage winner Vincenzo Nibali...
Aaron Gate Delivers on Stage Six for An Post Chain Reaction Team
Aaron Gate of An Post Chain Reaction sprinted to a magnificent stage six An Post Rás win in Dungarvan today. Nicolai Brochner (Denmark Riwal Platform) and Matt Holmes (Britain Madison Genesis) took second and third respectively in a 42-man sprint finish. Damien Shaw (An Post Chain Reaction) finished with the first bunch to maintain third place on general classification. Today’s...
Giro leader Steven Kruijswijk crashes into wall of snow (VIDEO)
Giro d'Italia race leader Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) has had a spectacular crash on the descent of the Colle Dell'Agnello on today's stage of the race. Kruijswijk crashed into a wall of snow at the side of the road before somersaulting and landing on his back. Fortunately though, the Dutch rider emerged relatively unscathed and was able to continue. He had been...
Is this the World’s shortest bike path? (VIDEO)
A new bike path in Wolverhampton in the UK has been getting a lot of attention in recent days as it appears to be a contender for World's shortest cycle path. The path is along Snow Hill in the Midlands city and it appears to be just a couple of metres long - barely enough to get a pedal rev...