ORICA-BikeExchange has secured one of its biggest engines, West Australian Luke Durbridge, for the next two seasons. The former Australian road race champion, and only elite man to win the road race and time trial in the same year, is one of the ORICA-BikeExchange’s ‘big-three’ riders and a vital member […]
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‘Heat Was Much More Of A Factor Than The Wind’ at UCI World Time Trial Championships
Doha, Qatar – Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team’s Neilson Powless was sixth, Geoffrey Curran was seventh and Eddie Dunbar finished ninth Monday at the Under 23 UCI Road World Time Trial Championships in Qatar. Racing in 93-degree (Fahrenheit) heat, Powless was one of the earlier starters in the 28.9-kilometer race. […]
Fernando Gaviria writes history in Paris-Tours
The 22-year-old became the first South American to win the race created in 1896 09-Oct-2016: Colombian prodigy Fernando Gaviria struck again, this time in his last race of the season in the Etixx – Quick-Step kit, winning the 110th edition of Paris-Tours with a bang and adding another big victory […]
Etixx – Quick-Step crowned TTT World Champion
After Valkenburg and Firenze, our team took the gold medals in Doha, following a masterful display in the Qatari desert 09-Oct-2016: Bob Jungels, Marcel Kittel, Yves Lampaert, Tony Martin, Niki Terpstra and Julien Vermote will go down in the history books as the winners of the 2016 World TTT Championships, […]
U.S. Cycling Athlete, Danielson, Accepts Sanction for Second Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 6, 2016) – USADA announced today that Tom Danielson, of Longmont, Colo., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a four-year sanction for his second anti-doping rule violation. Danielson, 38, tested positive as a result of an […]
Chaves & ORICA-BikeExchange take another step towards future
Colombian Esteban Chaves has penned a new agreement with ORICA-BikeExchange that sees the future of the 26-year-old and that of the Australian outfit secured for the next three years. After a breakthrough season, including podium finishes at the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana and a history-making victory at monument […]
Four years on top of cycling
1st October 2016 Alejandro Valverde’s 6th place in Il Lombardia confirms a record-setting fourth victory for Movistar Team in the UCI WorldTour ranking, a success achieved through enormous efforts during ten long months of racing. It was difficult, as in every single previous season. And still, the Movistar Team made […]
Chaves wins the Big Finale of the Season: II Lombardia
Esteban Chaves concluded his incredible 2016 season with a magnificent victory in the 110th edition of II Lombardia, writing his name into the history books as the first Colombian to ever win a monument. The impressive victory today comes after a strong run of form this year, including two Grand […]
Gaviria sprints to second despite crash
Laurens De Plus was forced to abandon the 100th edition of Gran Piemonte after hitting the ground 29-Sep-2016: Etixx – Quick-Step started the Italian one-day race as one of the favourites, but was soon struck by bad luck, as three riders crashed in the opening kilometers of the event which […]
Season Preview: Cyclocross Race Program Lars Van der Haar
Lars van der Haar (NED) kicks off his cyclocross season in Gieten, the Netherlands this Sunday for the first round of the Hansgrohe Superprestige. The European champion faced a challenging run up to the 2016/2017 season after struggling with a hamstring injury during his preparations phase. Van der Haar said: […]