Nairo Quintana moves into race lead at Catalunya as Thomas de Gendt takes stage win
Nairo Quintana emerged strongest of the GC contenders on today's stage of the Volta a Catalunya to take over the race lead from Dan Martin. Today's 172-kilometre stage was the Queen stage of the race and included the climbs of Port de Canto, Alt de Enviny before finishing with the climb to the summit at Port Ainé. Going into the stage,...
Strong American and Australian teams are the first to be announced for 2016 An Post Rás
With a little under two months to go until the start of the 2016 An Post Rás, the first two international teams have been unveiled. An Post Rás Race Director, Tony Campbell has confirmed that the Australian Continental squad Cisco RT and the American CCB International squad will both travel for the prestigious event, which is the toughest Irish...
Patrick Lefevere unhappy with race motorbikes at Dwars door Vlaanderen
Following on from Dwars door Vlaanderen yesterday, team manager of Etixx-Quick Step Patrick Lefevere expressed his dissatisfaction with the advantage that he felt Greg Van Avermaet received from some of the race motorbikes. Lefevere felt that the positioning of a number of motorbikes in front of Van Avermaet enabled the BMC rider to draft from them. In particular, he felt that...
“I think Martin has the best chances for the GC right now” – Alberto Contador
The mountains delivered on their promises on stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya, where attacks in the final kilometre saw Alberto Contador take second place on the stage and move into second on GC. Contador pursued the wheel of Dan Martin when his rivals were unable to, coming in two seconds after the stage winner. With more mountains...
Bryan Coquard celebrates too early at Dwars door Vlaanderen as Jens Debusschere wins (VIDEO)
Lotto Soudal's Jens Debusschere sprinted to victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen this afternoon, narrowly beating Frenchman Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie). It was an exciting finish with Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) getting caught with only 250 metres remaining. In the closing metres, Coquard started to celebrate thinking that he had won, but instead Debusschere was first across the line. Edward...
Dan Martin sprints to victory at Volta a Catalunya and moves into overall lead (VIDEO)
Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) took his second win of the season today when he sprinted to victory at the end of Stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya. Following on from two flat stages, today's stage was identified as being the first stage which would show who were the contenders to win the race overall. The 172.1-kilometre stage from Girona to...
Teams announced for Men’s and Women’s Tour de Yorkshire
The team line-ups for both the men's and women's Tour de Yorkshire were announced today. The men's race takes place from 29 April to 1 May with the women's race taking place on 30 April. Amongst the World Tour teams lining up in the men's race are BMC Racing Team, Team Sky, Team Katusha and Orica GreenEDGE. Amongst the top...
Philippe Gilbert and Aleksei Tsatevich in exchange of words at Catalunya (VIDEO)
Today's second stage of the Volta a Catalunya finished in a bunch sprint in Olot with Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) taking his second stage win in a row. The Frenchman won ahead of Gianni Meersman (Etixx-Quick Step) with Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) taking third from Alexey Tsatevich (Team Katusha). However, immediately after the finish there was an exchange of words...
Dwars door Vlaanderen to take place tomorrow despite terrorist attacks
The Belgian race Dwars door Vlaanderen is still set to take place tomorrow despite the terrorist attacks which took place in Brussels this morning. The organisers held a meeting this evening to decide on whether the race should go ahead following the attacks at Brussels airport and at Maalbeek Metro station. However, there will be additional security in place at the...
Nicolas Roche Performance Team announce 2016 sponsors
NRPT have announced that Magnet.ie and Iveagh Gym will be the main sponsors for the 2016 season. The Irish broadband company Magnet.ie also sponsored the team in 2015 and their continued commitment reflects their interest in the sport. The team also sees the return of Skoda who have provided the team with a Skoda Octavia estate for the year. New...
Philip Deignan to return to racing this week at Settimana Coppi e Bartali
Philip Deignan looks finally set to make his return to racing this week at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (UCI 2.1) which starts on Thursday with a 96-kilometre opening stage followed by a 13-kilometre team time-trial in the afternoon. The Irish rider broke his elbow when training in Majorca in December. He was knocked off his bike when hit by...
Ben King makes return from broken fibula at Catalunya (VIDEO)
Ben King of the Cannondale team made his return to the peloton from injury today at the Volta a Catalunya. In January, King broke his fibula in a crash while training at home in Virginia and needed surgery shortly after to repair the break. The absence was tough for King, who watched his teammates from afar in the early part...