Michael O’Loughlin on the Attack at Junior World Championships
Michael O’Loughlin finished best of the Irish in 38th position at the Junior Men’s Road Race at the world championships in Richmond, Virginia today after an audacious late bid for medal glory. The day’s action began with the men’s Junior Road Race Championships held over eight laps of the demanding 16.2km Richmond Downtown circuit where O’Loughlin lined up with...
Watch the Women’s Elite Road Race from the Road World Championships LIVE
The Elite Women's race at the World Championships is currently taking place. The women face a total distance of 129.8 kilometres and you can watch the race live here:
Gutsy ride from Eddie Dunbar at U23 Worlds
Racing in his first Under-23 World Championship road race, Eddie Dunbar of Cork was one of the principal animators of yesterday’s 162.2km event in Richmond, Virginia. Dunbar eventually finished 108th, 10m 44s down on the race winner Kevin Ledanois of France but further enhanced his burgeoning reputation with another trademark display of fearless attacking riding. On the third of ten...
“It’s an easy course compared to other years” – Tom Boonen’s opinion of the Worlds circuit
Following on from the Belgian's team recce of the World Championship course in Richmond, Tom Boonen has said that he feels that the course is relatively easy compared to the lap used in previous years. He told Sporza: "It is an easy course compared to other years. It's a very fast course, it's just the section towards the finish which...
A look back at the inaugural Nissan Classic
On the 25th of September 1985, the first stage of the inaugural Nissan Classic started outside Trinity College Dublin. The race would be a success from the off and would run for eight editions, giving the Irish public the opportunity to see many of the biggest names in the sport compete on their home roads. The men behind the race...
Eddy Planckaert sets World Hour Record for a wooden bike
Former Paris-Roubaix winner, Eddy Planckaert, has today set an unofficial hour record on a wooden bicycle. He covered 30 laps of the 351.5 meter track in Rochefort which totalled 11 kilometres, 932 meters and 94 centimetres. However, the track in Rochefort does not comply with the requirements of the UCI, which makes the record unofficial. However, the record may possibly...
Claudio Caluori previews the Red Bull Foxhunt course (VIDEO)
On October 4th, over 400 riders will take on the Red Bull Foxhunt in Rostrevor, Co. Down. The aim of the race is for thse 400 riders to try and outfox two-time Downhill World Champion (2010 & 2014), Gee Atherton. The course, combining sections of existing downhill track with additional mountain and multi-terrain sections, will begin atop Slieve Martin before...
Dimension Data to become new title partner of MTN-Qhubeka
The MTN-Qhubeka team have announced that Dimension Data, the global ICT solutions and services provider, will become the new title partner of Ryder Cycling, which owns and manages Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung, Africa’s only UCI Professional Continental Cycling Team. From the 1st of January 2016, the team’s new name will be Team Dimension Data. The team competed in the Tour...
Innsbruck to bid for 2018 UCI Road World Championships
Innsbruck have expressed an interesting in hosting the World Cycling Championships in 2018. In addition to the Austrian city, Colombia have also stated that they would be interested in holding the event. The Worlds have been held in Austria twice before. In 1987, they were held in Villach and in 2006, Salzburg hosted the event. The host cities for the next...
Freddy Maertens and the spiked drink at the ’74 Worlds
By Graham Healy In the 1970s, the Belgian teams at the World Championships were overflowing with talent. Not only did the team have Eddy Merckx for many of those years, they also had the likes of Walter Godefroot, Roger de Vlaeminck and Freddy Maertens. It could be extremely difficult to get such a talented team to work together, with so many...
Details of UCI Women’s WorldTour announced
The UCI have announced details of the Women's WorldTour which will start next season and will replace the former UCI Women's Road World Cup, which was held from 1998 to 2015. The calendar includes spring classics early in the season, stage races held worldwide and monument races that are often attached to men’s UCI WorldTour events. The culmination is the...
An Post Rás winner Lukas Pöstlberger signs for Bora-Argon 18
Bora-Argon 18 have announced the signing of Lukas Pöstlberger. The 23-year-old won the GC of the An Post Rás and a stage of the Tour of Austria among other results this season. Pöstlberger is competing for Austria at the UCI World Championships in Richmond this week, both in the elite time trial yesterday and the road race on Sunday....