08 January, 2017, Ballarat (AUS) Miles Scotson has stunned the peloton to claim the gold medal at the Australian National Road Cycling Championships in his first road race with BMC Racing Team. Scotson, who turned professional in 2017, launched an attack with 1.5km to go and powered on to hold […]
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Jack Bauer crowned National ITT Champion in Napier
First win of 2017 for Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team came Friday morning, when the 31-year-old cruised to his maiden ITT title 06-Jan-2017: Jack Bauer’s aim was to start the season on a high and the Kiwi didn’t disappoint, storming to the win at the National ITT Championships, which he raced […]
105 Year-Old Frenchman Sets World Record
Robert Marchand, age 105, set a long distance record. He rode 14 miles in the hour at the Velodrome National near Paris. To compare, Bradley Wiggins rode 34 miles in an hour, but then again, he’s nearly two-thirds of a lifetime younger. Marchand wore a purple and yellow skinsuit and […]
Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team to Vuelta a San Juan
This January Quickstep returns to Argentina,where they have tasted victory on 11 previous occasions 05-Jan-2017: For the first time in history, Vuelta a San Juan – a race created in 1982 – has a 2.1 classification, which means World Tour teams can come to the start. Quick-Step Floors Cycling will […]
Rohan Dennis Defends Australian Time Trial Championship
05 January, 2017, Buninyong (AUS) Rohan Dennis has claimed the gold medal for the second consecutive year in the individual time trial at the Australian Road National Cycling Championships, with a dominant performance that saw him take the win with a 58-second margin. As defending champion, Dennis was the last […]
Garfoot dominates Australian time trial championship
2016 world championship bronze medallist Katrin Garfoot has claimed ORICA-SCOTT’s third elite gold medal of the Australian Championships with a convincing victory in her pet event, the time trial, in Buninyong today. Garfoot hit the 14km checkpoint having already gained almost 40seconds advantage on her nearest opponent Shara Gillow. By […]
ORICA-SCOTT Take Australian Criterium Championship Double
Fresh off victories in Williamstown yesterday, Jessica Allen (WA) and Caleb Ewan (NSW) have claimed the men’s and women’s Australian criterium titles in Ballarat. The Australian championships continue tomorrow with the time trials and Sunday for the road races. Just one day after winning the final day of the Mitchelton […]
Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team to Tour Down Under
The World Tour season opener will take place between 17 and 22 January, and will be preceded by the Adelaide criterium 04-Jan-2017: The 19th edition of the Tour Down Under will see 19 teams line up at the start for what promises to be a hotly contested race. The sprinters […]
Northwave Official Statement on Gunn-Rita Dahle Partnership
Differently from what previously announced, Northwave wishes to communicate that the long-term relationship with Norwegian athlete Gunn-Rita Dahle will not continue in 2017. In an extremely advanced state on negotiations, different views emerged on the future of the partnership, leading the parties to decide to part ways. Northwave wishes Gunn-Rita […]
Movistar Team confirms Tour Down Under lineup
3 January 2017 UCI WorldTour’s opening event (January 15-22) set to kick off Eusebio Unzué-led squad’s 38th season in professional cyclingAs with every season for the last decade, the Movistar Team will start their 2017 with the Tour Down Under (17-22 January), the opening race of the UCI WorldTour, which […]
