Mathew Hayman wins Paris Roubaix on his 15th attempt
Veteran classics specialist Mathew Hayman (ORICA-GreenEDGE) has produced a masterful performance today, sprinting to victory on the iconic velodrome of Paris-Roubaix. The 37-year old returned for his 15th attempt at the ‘Hell of the North’, a race he has always declared unfinished business with, just five weeks after fracturing his right radius. Spending the majority of the race in the front...
“Eddy” – Peter Sagan shouts out at Merckx lookalike at Flanders (VIDEO)
Despite being in the closing kilometres of his first ever monument victory at the Tour of Flanders last weekend and with Fabian Cancellara and Sep Vanmarcke chasing hard behind, Peter Sagan still found time to give an Eddy Merckx lookalike a shout-out. With just over three kilometres remaining of the race, Sagan spotted the cyclist in the retro Molteni jersey...
“My whole body ached” – Sean Kelly’s first victory in Paris-Roubaix (VIDEO)
In the opening months of the 1984 season, Sean Kelly had an incredible run of results which would prompt him to later describe the first half of the season as the best period of his career. Amongst the wins he took that spring were a third consecutive Paris-Nice, the Tour of the Basque Country, Criterium International and the first of...
Aggressive performances and two top 20s for the Irish team at the U23 Tour of Flanders
The Irish U23 team put in a really aggressive performance today at the Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften (1.Ncup) as Michael O'Loughlin made it into the main breakaway of the day and Matthew Teggart made it into a dangerous breakaway from which the winner emerged inside the closing 20 kilometres. Unfortunately for Teggart, he crashed out of the break in...
Paris-Roubaix Recon with the Tinkoff team (VIDEO)
On Friday, Peter Sagan and his Tinkoff team-mates undertook a recon ride of some of the sectors of cobbles that they will face in Paris-Roubaix tomorrow. Sagan will be hoping to become only the second rider to achieve the Flanders-Roubaix double as World Champion. The only other rider to achieve this feat was Rik van Looy back in 1962. The riders...
Philippe Gilbert suffers fractured finger after altercation with drunken men
Former World Champion Philippe Gilbert has suffered a fractured finger following an altercation with two intoxicated men on Friday, his team have announced. It's expected that he will need to take a couple of days off the bike but that he will still be in a position to race at the Ardennes classics. The statement on the team's website read as...
I Am Specialized: Tom Boonen (VIDEO)
Tom Boonen is nearing the end of an incredible career which has seen him win the World Championships, the Tour of Flanders three times, Gent-Wevelgem three times and E3 Harelbeke five times amongst many other victories. In addition, alongside Roger de Vlaeminck he also holds the record for Paris-Roubaix wins with four. Boonen won the race for the first time...
Orwell Wheelers to host Irish RR Champs with Phoenix Park a possible venue
This year’s Irish National Road Race Championships look set to take place in Dublin with the event being hosted by Orwell Wheelers. Cycling Ireland had originally been seeking a club in Munster to host the championships, but with no club stepping forward, Orwell Wheelers from Dundrum will instead host the races. Orwell Race Director and Event Organiser Stephen O'Shea is...
An Post Chain Reaction aiming for stage win at Circuit des Ardennes International
The An Post Chain Reaction Sean Kelly Racing team are currently preparing for French race Circuit des Ardennes International (2.2) this weekend. The four stage race will take place between the 8th and 10th of April. Jack Wilson is the sole Irish representation in what is a strong squad for this weekend’s racing with Jacob Scott (GB), Jasper Bovenhuis (NED),...
2014 winner Fankhauser and strong Dutch squad to line up in An Post Rás
2014 winner Clemens Fankhauser plus past Tour of Qatar champion Wouter Mol are the latest riders confirmed for this year’s An Post Rás Fankhauser has rejoined the Austria Tirol Cycling Team, with which he won An Post Rás in 2014 and is in superb form in the build up to the 2016 event. He finished second in the most difficult...
This is what it’s like to see your son win Paris-Roubaix (VIDEO)
In 2014, Dutch rider Niki Terpstra won Paris-Roubaix after breaking clear alone from a small group of riders with about 6 kilometres remaining The Omega Pharma - Quick Step rider finished 20 seconds clear of the chasing group with John Degenkolb taking second ahead of Fabian Cancellara. Amongst those in the crowd in the velodrome to witness Terpstra take the...
Police to question riders over last year’s Paris-Roubaix level-crossing incident
Benoît Jarrier of the Fortuneo - Vital Concept team will meet with the police in Valenciennes to answer questions in relation to the illegal crossing of a railway line at last year's Paris - Roubaix. Emmanuel Hubert, general manager of the team was informed by the police in the last few weeks about their interest in questioning the rider. Approximately fifty...