UCI awards 2016 World road championships to Doha, Qatar
Race to be held in Middle East for first time in sprinters’ paradise; 2014 Spanish Worlds under threat The International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee, meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands, during the World road championships, has awarded the 2016 Worlds to […]
Martin relieved and rewarded by second worlds triumph
Rainbow jersey defence turns around difficult season Only Tony Martin knows what went through his mind during the purgatory of the world time trial championship, but in digging deep and fending off Taylor Phinney by five slender seconds, it’s likely […]
Contrasting emotions for medallists Phinney and Kiryienka after Worlds time trial
American heartbroken, Belarusian elated, both motivated by result after defeat to Tony Martin Sometimes they say it’s much worse to finish second than third. The bronze medallist looks down from the bottom step of the podium and thanks his lucky […]
Euskaltel Euskadi’s Cabedo killed by car while training
Young rider had competed in Tour of Britain One week after riding the Tour of Britain, Euskaltel Euskadi rider Victor Cabedo has sadly been killed during a training ride in the Castellón provence of Valencia. The 23 year old was […]
Lizzie Armitstead withdraws from World championships with illness
No replacement for Olympic silver medallist sees Great Britain’s women reduced to five Lizzie Armitstead (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) has withdrawn from Great Britain’s World championship team through illness, British Cycling has announced. The Olympic silver medallist was to be the team’s […]
Tony Martin defends World time trial title by extremely tight margin
German beats Taylor Phinney by just five seconds to emulate compatriot Judith Arndt Tony Martin of Germany emulated his compatriot Judith Arndt from the previous day in retaining his World time trial title in Limburg, Netherlands, but did so by […]
Pinotti on worlds TT chances: “I can be third or I can be thirteenth…I cannot predict it now’
Italian says BMC Racing Team is determined to become world TTT champions next year Less than two months ago Marco Pinotti clocked up one of the best results of his career when he finished fifth in the Olympic time trial, […]
Richardson retires from cycling
IG Sigma Sport rider to take up new career at 29 Three days after he earned the Rouleur Combativity Award on the final stage of the Tour of Britain, securing the accolade with an aggressive ride, Simon Richardson has announced […]
Eight Endura riders sign for new NetApp – Endura collaboration
Downing, Voss and Wetterhall amongst those transferring Fresh from helping Jonathan Tiernan Locke win the Tour of Britain, Russell Downing [pictured], Paul Voss, Zak Dempster and Jonathan McEvoy plus four of their current Endura team-mates have been confirmed as moving […]
Worlds: Contador uncertain how he’ll time trial outside of a stage race
Vuelta champion names Tony Martin as favourite for time trial Lining out tomorrow in his first race since winning the Vuelta a España, Alberto Contador has – as he often does – played down his chances and nominated another competitor […]