Belgian believes he could return to his top form Having waited until now to start his 2014 season, Philippe Gilbert will get things underway tomorrow on stage one of the Tour of Qatar. The BMC Racing Team rider told Le [...]
“It is a sport that reaches out to an incredibly wide cross-section of the population”With the 2014 Winter Olympics currently playing out in Sochi, UCI president Brian Cookson has raised the possibility that cyclo cross could become part of the [...]
American rider poised for overall victory tomorrow Shrugging off the hills on the run in to the line, Marcel Kittel followed up his victory yesterday with another success in the Dubai Tour. The German Giant Shimano rider rode hard to [...]
Race reshuffled on stage to BendigoOne day after he seized the race lead when he won stage one of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, Nathan Haas’ grip on the yellow jersey was shaken off on Friday when rival Orica GreenEdge [...]
Giant Shimano team take all four stages in raceWinner of stages one and three, Kirsten Wild took her third sprint victory on the concluding stage of the women’s Tour of Qatar on Friday. The Giant Shimano rider underlined her superb [...]
“We’re here to win this race and it really suits us to the ground.”Garmin Sharp rider Nathan Haas made good on his vow to ride strongly in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, with the former race winner taking a fine [...]
Dutchwoman takes second stage win of this year’s race, deposes team-mate Pieters to retake leadWinner on stage one and first home of the main bunch on Wednesday behind the break led in by team-mate Amy Pieters, Kirsten Wild was back [...]
Phinney retains race lead on day two of new raceTaking what is his second victory of the year after his earlier success in the People’s Choice Classic, Marcel Kittel (Giant Shimano) scored a psychological point against his sprinting rivals when [...]
Structure in JJB building in Dundalk could be operational later this yearOne hundred and eighteen years after Harry Reynolds won the world amateur sprint title in Copenhagen and a little under twelve months since Martyn Irvine became the next Irishman [...]
Kiwi rider believes Garmin-Sharp team-mates better bets for overall, is wary of Gerrans Garmin-Sharp rider Jack Bauer raced into the early lead in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour today, winning the 2.5 kilometre prologue held in Melbourne. The Kiwi beat [...]
Individual time trial gets new race underway, American rider times departure rightOpting to start earlier than many of the other big guns due to the likelihood of winds cropping up later on, Taylor Phinney showed good tactics, fine bike handling [...]
Cavendish part of ‘strong and motivated’ Omega Pharma Quick Step teamWith the Dubai Tour starting tomorrow, both 2013 Giro d’Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and the current world champion Rui Costa (Lampre Merida) have conceded that the race is oriented [...]
German sprinter says sport has become cleaner but that some will always try to cut cornersThe most successful sprinter in last year’s Tour de France, Marcel Kittel, has said on the eve of the Dubai Tour that clean riders in [...]
Revised course designed to promote attacking riding and tactical intelligenceFeaturing some steep climbs but lacking either a summit finish or a time trial, the route unveiled today of the 2014 Paris-Nice will place a clear emphasis on tactics and launching [...]
Olds and Hosking net second and third Giant Shimano rider Kirsten Wild picked up where she left off last year, ending up back on top of the podium and in the leader’s jersey at the end of stage one of [...]
BMC Racing Team rider ambitious heading towards new RCS Sport event, Phinney a favourite for opening TTPast world road race champion Thor Hushovd has a simple goal starting his 2014 season: hitting the top step of the podium as soon [...]
“This marks a great victory that will enable us to cover all the titles at stake in the Olympic and World disciplines”After years of junior and under 23 European titles, a new European road championship for elite riders will be [...]
Cavendish to line out with Petacchi and Renshaw as sprint support Omega Pharma Quick Step directeur sportif Brian Holm has made clear that his team means business in the Dubai Tour, saying that both Mark Cavendish and Tony Martin are [...]
