Eritrean targeting young riders’ white after Tour of Turkey successNatnael Berhane (Europcar) is set to make his debut in the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour this weekend as he lines up at the start of the Critérium du Dauphiné, in [...]
Irish clubs starting to set out positions on UCI presidency prior to AGM, Orwell votes noRe-elected in a secret ballot in St. Petersburg today, current UCI chief Pat McQuaid has secured a second term on the council of the Association [...]
Bizkaia-Durango team faces a hunt for €20,000 to be able to afford raceWith the men’s Giro d’Italia now over, the organisers of the women’s version - the Giro Rosa - have presented the five jerseys that will be fought over [...]
‘We agreed that it would be good for her to find a team that’s a better fit for her style’Although the season has not yet reached the halfway point, German rider Charlotte Becker is facing a search for a new [...]
World scratch race champion ahead of schedule in recovery from broken legA little over two months after he suffered a bad fracture to his leg in the Tour of Taiwan, UnitedHealthcare rider Martyn Irvine has got back on his bike [...]
Had tried to top Rodriguez with good positioningBrent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) came away from the USPRO championship weekend with two silver medals, earned in the time trial and road race championships. The latter was a near miss for Bookwalter, who [...]
Outsprints Bookwalter and Reijnen after Gaimon closed down in final kilometreFreddie Rodriguez (Jelly Belly-Kenda) scored one for the old guard in the USPro men’s road race championship in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Monday, tallying his fourth American road race championship by [...]
Italian says Nibali deserved to winHaving finished just 56 seconds behind third-placed Cadel Evans in the Giro d’Italia, Lampre Merida’s Michele Scarponi has reflected on the outcome of the race and identified where he believes a higher placing was lost. [...]
Two An Post Rás stage victories underline progressionWinning two stages in the An Post Rás has given Sam Bennett a vital confidence boost after a long period of time without a victory and now, believing in himself a lot more [...]
Lauren Hall plays it cool to make it a one-two for Optum p/b Kelly Benefit StrategiesJade Wilcoxson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) took her first ever United States championship, after attacking her breakaway companion in the final three kilometres and [...]
Wiggins’ mentor sees team success as being of prime importanceBradley Wiggins may have been unsuccessful in his bid to win the Giro d’Italia but according to the man who is one of his biggest guides in the sport, Shane Sutton, [...]
Polish rider takes overall as Bennett leads home An Post team one-two-threeHaving appeared reserved and quiet when speaking on the podium and to the media since he took over the yellow jersey in the An Post Rás last Tuesday, Marcin [...]
A fast-paced finale to a long, slow ceremonial stage Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) successfully completed his topping and tailing of the 2013 Giro d’Italia as he took victory in the 21st and final stage, between Riese Pio X and [...]
Spanish rider takes solo victory but can’t do enough to steal the final red jerseyLuis León Sánchez (Blanco) put his recent troubles behind him as he soloed to victory in the final, Liège-Bastogne-Liège style fifth stage of the 2013 Tour [...]
Twenty nine year old Polish rider impressive in Irish raceHaving controlled the attacks of his top rivals on yesterday’s final big mountain stage of this year’s An Post Rás, Marcin Bialoblocki is upbeat about his chances of holding on to [...]
First time winners triumph in men’s and women’s eventsPrevailing in hard-fought battles against their closest rivals, Tom Zirbel and Carmen Small grabbed the stars and stripes national champions’ jerseys yesterday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Optum/Kelly Benefit Strategies rider Zirbel scorched around [...]
Despite strong form, no national championship plansAlthough he has been up against full time professional and international riders in this year’s An Post Rás, Irish amateur Roger Aiken has shown himself to be every bit as strong as them over [...]
Bad luck for Australian on penultimate day of racePreviously sitting in second place overall in the race, Cadel Evans’ likely chance of a runner-up slot in this year’s Giro d’Italia was lost in the final two kilometres of Saturday’s stage [...]
