Chris Froome signs new deal with Team Sky
Team Sky have announced that team leader Chris Froome will be extending his contract with the team until the end of 2018. According to various sources, the deal is understood to be worth more than £4 million a year which would make him the highest paid rider in the sport. Team Principal Dave Brailsford said: "Chris is not only one...
“I rode on the track just once before tonight, when I was 10 years old” – Dan Martin
For the fourth year in a row, the Flemish Eddy Merckx cycling centre in Ghent hosted the team presentation of Etixx – Quick-Step, cycling's most winningest squad in the past seasons. Introduced to hundreds of cheering fans at the beginning of the evening, but also to the sponsors who back the team, the riders of the World Tour outfit went...
Peter Sagan and Rafal Majka to start season in Argentina
Tinkoff will open the 2016 season with the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, a race that has grown in recent years to become South America's most prominent event. From January 18th to 24th, the team, led by Peter Sagan and Rafal Majka, will take on its first challenge of the season. This race has increasingly become a global showcase...
David Bowie Vs Mortality Bike Ride
In Portland, Oregon in the United States last night, a bike ride was organised to remember David Bowie whose sad passing was announced yesterday. The David Bowie vs. Mortality Vigil Ride was organised by The Community Cycling Center's Lillian Karabaic who also organises the Bowie vs. Prince bike ride. "Bowie vs. Prince is a huge community of hundreds that usually only...
The Col Collective on Monte Zoncolan (VIDEO)
The latest video from The Col Collective sees Mike Cotty take on Monte Zoncolan - the incredibly steep climb used in the Giro d'Italia. Below is Mike's description of the climb. The direct answer to the Vuelta’s a España’s Alto de l’Angliru, it wasn’t until 2003 that the mighty Monte Zoncolan claimed worldwide notoriety when the Giro d’Italia used it...
First Irish indoor velodrome takes another step forward
The long-awaited first indoor velodrome in Ireland has taken a step closer to coming to fruition after Sport Ireland revealed last week that the contract for development has now been put out to tender. The velodrome will form part of the National Velodrome & Badminton Centre at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin. It's planned that it will...
Wout van Aert wins Belgian CX Champs despite crashing into barriers (VIDEO)
Wout Van Aert (Crelan-Vastgoedservice) took his first Elite Belgian cyclo-cross title today living up to his pre-race favourite tag. He won by 24 seconds from Laurens Sweeck (Era Real Estate - Murprotec) with Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink) taking third. However, it nearly all went wrong at one stage for Van Aert as he went over his handlebars into the barriers...
The (Flattened) Dirty Dozen (VIDEO)
Every year, hundreds of cyclists gather to ride up thirteen (a baker's dozen) of the steepest streets in Pittsburgh. The race includes Canton Avenue which is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States with an apparently steepest gradient of 37%. A whistle signals the rolling start of each hill. The top male and female riders on each...
Jack Bobridge wins Australian championships with incredible solo effort
Jack Bobridge left everything out on the road today to capture the Australian National Road Race Championships. After nearly four and a half hours leading the race, he took a brilliant solo win to capture his second title. Cameron Meyer (Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka) finished in second, 2 minutes and 52 seconds behind after launching a chase that dented...
More drop-off points added to Matt Brammeier’s Africa Rising Kit Appeal
Dimension Data rider Matt Brammeier has confirmed that additional drop-off points have been added to his Rwandan clothing appeal. The multiple Irish champion is aiming to collect cycling gear in good condition that can be sent to Africa and used by Rwandan kids. There are now collection points in Dublin, Cork, Ballinrobe, Dromore, Belfast, Liverpool and Girona. "After I joined MTN...
“The Vuelta will always be a very special race to me” – Alberto Contador
The route of the 2016 Vuelta a España was officially presented today in Santiago de Compostela. Tinkoff's leader, Alberto Contador, provided his comments on the 71st edition of the Spanish Grand Tour that will include two time trials, one team and the other individual, seven flat stages and twelve mountain stages. "It is a typical route of the Vuelta a...
Nicolas Roche out of hospital after spider bite
There was good news yesterday evening for Nicolas Roche as he announced that he had been released from hospital following his recent spider bite and hopes to resume training soon. The Irish rider posted the following message on Twitter: “Good to be out of hospital. 4/5 days to recover, and good news I should be able to get back...