Tinkoff Sport and Bjarne Riis reach mutual agreement on contract termination
Oleg Tinkov and Bjarne Riis have officially parted ways. Tinkov bought the team from Riis in December 2013 for a reported sum of approximately €6 million, with Riis continuing as team manager on a three-year deal worth €1 million per year. The team released the following statement this evening. Tinkoff Sport A/S – Managing company of team Tinkoff Saxo – and...
A look back at Sean Kelly’s win in Gent-Wevelgem in ’88 (VIDEO)
By Graham Healy By 1988, one of the few classics which Sean Kelly hadn't won was Ghent-Wevelgem. The main reason was that the race had always clashed with the Tour of the Basque Country which was a regular race on Kelly's race schedule due to sponsor commitments. However, when the 1988 professional calendar was being drawn up, the organisers of Ghent-Wevelgem...
The Col Collective on the Passo Gavia
The Col Collective series continues with Passo Gavia, the legendary climb often used in the Giro d'Italia. This is their take on the climb. Steeped in Italian cycling history the Passo Gavia is one of the most feared and famous climbs in the Giro d’Italia, first used in 1960 and regularly stirring up its snowy mischief ever since. I got...
The crosswinds of Ghent-Wevelgem
One of the characteristics of Ghent-Wevelgem is that the race is often likely to see echelons forming in crosswinds. Although the race doesn't have a long stretch along the North Sea coast that it had in previous years, the lack of shelter for riders in the landscape of West Flanders still provides an opportunity for them to form. Echelons can...
“I forget everything what happened yesterday, but I will never forget what Rudi Selig did for me”
We posted a photo earlier this week from Dwars door Vlaanderen which showed the German rider Rudi Selig of Katusha coming to the aid of Swiss cyclist Marcel Aregger of IAM Cycling. Both riders fell after a crash in the peloton, but Aregger came off worse as he lay on the ground not moving. The sight of the young rider...
Fabian Cancellara fractures vertebrae in E3 Harelbeke crash (VIDEO)
Fabian Cancellara crashed heavily in E3 Harelebeke yesterday and the injuries have forced him out of the remaining classics this spring. He described the crash afterwards. “It all happened so fast. Someone slammed the brakes and there was no way to go, just straight into it,” Cancellara told AFP. “I flew over a couple of riders and then landed in...
Two Irish cyclists set to start women’s Ghent-Wevelgem
Amy Brice and Lydia Boylan have been listed amongst the starters for the UCI 1.2 Ghent-Wevelgem on Sunday where they will line up for the Team Velosport Montegrappa team. Brice, who won the 2014 National League, made her debut for the team earlier this month in the 112-km Le Samyn Des Dames, where she was pulled from the race with...
A crit on a track bike in the dark? Red Hook Criterium
This looks pretty insane. Criterium riding is is hard enough but introduce a rule whereby you have to do it on a track bike with fixed gears and no brakes and it takes place at night and you have one hell of a format for racing. 60 minutes sports did a preview of the Red Hook Crit...
Descending on snow at 140kmph (VIDEO)
This great video is from the downhill race on the Saas Fee glacier in Switzerland. 280 competitors took part in the race which had it's 11th edition this year. The race starts with a Le Mans type start where the riders have to run to their bikes. They start at 3500m above sea level and they descend 1700m in about...
PEOPLE ARE AWESOME (Cycling Edition)
Spring is in the air and it's Friday and if this amazing video showing people doing amazing things on bikes doesn't inspire you to get out and ride your bike it's time to sell the bike! Have a great weekend.
How close was that? Too close.
While descending at speed on their tandem a guy in a pickup decides to overtake on a double solid line. Looking at the still I think the only thing that saved this from being one big crash was the guy coming the opposite ways fast reaction.
“E3 is tailored to Sep Vanmarcke and Greg van Avermaet” Johan Museeuw
Johan Museeuw has told Sporza of his expectations for today's E3 Prijs Vlaanderen. "There will be an elite group at the finish." With five-time winner Tom Boonen missing, the pressure from Belgian fans lies with Sep Vanmarcke and Greg Van Avermaet. "The course is tailored to them," said Museeuw, who twice won the E3. "Vanmarcke and Van Avermaet last year showed...