“Get off your f**king phone you stupid c***”
This guy wasn't having the best of days as he cycled along on his mountain bike. The first problem he finds is a woman cycling on the wrong side of the road. This only mildly annoys him compared to the second incident when a woman was overtaking him and came a bit too close for comfort and...
Nairo Quintana tests himself on the pavé
While eight of their team-mates started in the 95th Volta a Catalunya, a second Movistar team roster led by Chente García Acosta and José Luis Jaimerena headed into the French Nord region on Monday to recon the seven sections of cobblestones (a total 13km) included in the 2015 Tour de France's stage four from Seraing to Cambrai. Nairo Quintana...
UCD Cycling take on the Des Hanlon Memorial Classic
Jump on board and see how the UCD Cycling team get on in the 154km Des Hanlon Memorial Classic held in Carlow last weekend.
Cyclist beats his own world record cycling up Taipei 101 tower
Krystian Herba, a 33-year-old PE teacher from Poland, cycles up 3,139 steps in the Taipei 101 tower on his trials bike to beat his old world record in a time of two hours and thirty minutes. The Taipei tower was formally the tallest building in the world but is now the second tallest.
Is it the end for Bjarne Riis in cycling?
According to a report from Danish new outlet BT, Bjarne Riis has been suspended by Oleg Tinkov as team manager of the Tinkoff-Saxo team. According to L'Equipe, Tinkov was highly critical of Riis over the team's performance at last week's Tirreno-Adriatico, where Contador finished in fifth place. Also, over the weekend, he sent a scathing tweet about one of the...
Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin both in top ten on GC in Catalonia
Both Dan Martin (Garmin Cannondale) and Nicolas Roche (Team Sky) had a solid start to the Tour of Catalonia today when they both finished the day in the top 10 on GC, albeit gaining just a few seconds on the main GC contenders. The opening stage from Calella to Calella was 185 kilometres long and featured three categorised climbs....
Michele Ferrari responds to release of CIRC report
Michele Ferrari has responded to the recent release of the CIRC report on his website www.53x12.com. The notorious doctor has written of what he sees as weaknesses and inaccuracies in the report. His response is below: Someone already defined it a "smokescreen to hide the failures of WADA". Personally, the voluminous CIRC report seemed partial and disappointing, historically lacking, as well...
World Champion Kwiatkowski thankful for his helmet
The World Champion, Michal Kwiatkowski, was in contention in yesterday's Milan-San Remo until he crashed out of the race on the descent of the Poggio. Kwiatkowski (Etixx Quick Step) came down in the crash along with his team mate Zdenek Stybar, Philippe Gilbert (BMC) and Gerald Ciolek (MTN Qhubeka). Victory went to John Degenkolb (Giant Alpecin) ahead of last year's...
Watch the final 40 kms of Milan-San Remo (VIDEO)
In case you missed it, here are the final 40 kilometres of the first monument of the season, Milan-San Remo. It was always going to be a difficult race to predict with a lot of names being suggested as potential winners. The last hour of the race was very exciting with various attacks and crashes, and is well worth watching.
“Does it feel like a visit to the dentist?” Paul Kimmage meets Nicolas Roche (VIDEO)
Nicolas Roche has spoken to Paul Kimmage and the interview is published in today's Sunday Independent. Roche talks about amongst other things, his move to the team of Bjarne Riis, the use of Cortisone and TUEs and the recently published CIRC report. Paul Kimmage asks at the end of the video as to whether being interviewed by him is like...
“Sam wasn’t that far away from being part of the select group that sprinted for the win. That’s a very promising sign”
Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) made his debut today in Milan-San Remo and finished in 78th position, just under five minutes dowon on the winner, John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin). German rider Degenkolb won in a sprint from a select group just ahead of last year’s winner Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Michael Matthews (Orica-Greenedge). One of Bennett's team mates, Jan Barta, Joined...
Peter Hawkins and Cormac Clarke net top ten results in Belgium
Peter Hawkins who is racing for CT Tomacc in Belgium this season, claimed a 3rd place in a recent kermesse in Haringe. Hawkins managed to make it into the winning break of six riders, which also included ex-professional Steven Caethoven. At the end of the 111-kilometre race, Hawkins finished 3rd in the sprint for the line as 19 year-old Brent...