Snow forces cancellation of stage 3 of Paris-Nice
The 168-km third stage of Paris-Nice between Cusset and Mont Brouilly was cancelled today after snow forced organisers to halt the race at kilometer 97. The race was on the third climb of the day, the Col des Echarmeaux, when it was judged to be too dangerous to go ahead. Five riders - Alexis Gougeard (AG2R), Alexy Lutsenko (Astana),...
Marianne Vos to return to competition this weekend
Good news for Marianne Vos as her Rabobank-Liv team have announced that the multiple World Champion is set to return to action in the coming days. After ten months of absence, Vos will return to the peloton this Sunday (March 13) when she lines up at the start of the Drenthe Acht van Westerveld. "I look forward to it and I...
Nacer Bouhanni relegated following dangerous sprint at Paris-Nice (VIDEO)
French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) was first over the line at the end of Stage 2 of Paris-Nice today but was subsequently relegated for deviating from his line in the sprint. Bouhanni clashed with race leader Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) in the closing metres and victory was awarded to the Australian instead. Bouhanni was leading as they closed on the finish line...
Mark Cavendish to lead Dimension Data for Qhubeka at Tirreno-Adriatico
Tirreno-Adriatico begins tomorrow and the race will feature a team time trial, sprint stages, undulating stages, a mountaintop finish and an individual time trial all squeezed into the 7 days of racing. Stage 1 will be a 22km team time trial and stages 2-4 could be stages where the punchers try to get one over on the sprinters. It...
Shocking footage of a cyclist being hit from behind by a motorist (VIDEO)
Some shocking footage has been uploaded to Vimeo this week by a user named Anon Rider showing an incident where a cyclist is hit by a motorist from behind who veers into the bike lane. The incident took place last month, but it's unclear whether the driver hit the cyclist deliberately or whether the driver was texting or otherwise distracted. The...
Tour organisers will require new podium bouncer as Bernard Hinault retires (VIDEO)
Five-time winner of the Tour de France, Bernard Hinault has announced that he will retire from his podium duties at the race for family reasons. For the past number of years, Hinault has been handing over the various jerseys to the classification leaders at the end of each stage. As part of this role, he also took care of anyone...
Bus driver tries to run cyclist off the road (RIO de Rio de Janeiro)
This is the cyclist account (Translated form Portuguese) "How many know how to use the bike as well as transportation and constantly go through complicated situations. The following is the account of what happened to me recently ... Friday (02.12.16) comes off the bike the way home from work when shortly after the BRT tank station a bus line 878 (Traffic...
Simon Clarke takes first win for Cannondale at GP Larciano
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team scored its third win of the season when Simon Clarke soloed to victory in Larciano to win GP Industria & Artigianato on Sunday. A strong team effort netted Clarke the victory on a day that saw four Green Argyle riders finish in the top nine. “I went in knowing we had an awesome team,”...
Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins win Madison World Champs (VIDEO)
The UCI World Track Championships concluded this evening with the 200 lap Men's Madison. Early on, three teams - Switzerland, France and Colombia took a lap on the rest of the field. These three teams were subseqently joined by Australia, leaving four teams one lap ahead with less then 50 laps remaining. Meanwhile, the British duo of Bradley Wiggins...
Tom Dumoulin’s honest response when told he has lost Paris-Nice prologue (VIDEO)
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) moved into the leader's position when he finished the prologue at Paris-Nice today, beating the previous best time set by Patrick Bevin of Cannondale. With just twelve riders setting off behind him, the Dutch rider had a very good chance of taking the first leader's jersey of the race. However, his time was beaten by just one second...
Why Cycling Works in Tokyo (VIDEO)
In Tokyo 14 percent of all trips are done by bike, every single day. Yet Tokyo does not have the cycling infrastructure of an Amsterdam or even Hamburg, which is something most western minds believe to be a necessity for encouraging cycling. Not that wider cycling lanes wouldn't help boost the 14 percent mode share, but Japanese folks in...
Caroline Ryan breaks collarbone at UCI World Track Championships
Caroline Ryan has confirmed that she broke her collarbone after crashing in the Women’s Points Race at the UCI 2016 Track Cycling World championships today. The Irish rider had been riding aggressively in the Points Race before Yao Pang (HKG) crashed and slid down the track, taking down the Kildare woman. The race was eventually won by Katarzyna Pawlowska (POL),...