03 January, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA) Two-time runner up, Richie Porte is set to headline BMC Racing Team’s seven rider roster at the first UCI WorldTour race of the year, the Santos Tour Down Under. Porte, who finished second overall in 2015 and 2016 and has claimed victory on […]
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Four wins in two days for ORICA-SCOTT at Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic
West Australian Jessica Allen wins solo in Williamstown, whilst ORICA-SCOTT also wrap up best team in the women’s race. Three-time overall winner Caleb Ewan recovers from a crash on day one but leaves it to the final day to raise his arms in victory at the Classic Series. West Australian […]
ORICA-SCOTT take the double on day two of Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic
ORICA-SCOTT take out the elite women’s and men’s races on day two of the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic Australian champion Amanda Spratt claimed the women’s race solo. Teammates Jenelle Crooks and Annemiek van Vleuten give ORICA-SCOTT top three places. Australian champion Amanda Spratt has soloed to an emphatic victory on […]
The year of the rainbow starts for BORA – hansgrohe
Besides the UCI World Champions jersey of Peter Sagan, the team reveals three national Champions jerseys: Rafal Majka (Pol), José Mendes (Por) and Juraj Sagan (Svk). Like usual, the rainbow is the well-known key visual of the official World Champions jersey. Next to this, the logos of the team’s main […]
Bico Completes 2017 Movistar Team Roster
28 December 2016 Promising 22-year-old from Portugal becomes 28th and final rider for Eusebio Unzué’s team, will bring strength for all terrainsThe Movistar Team announces that Portugal’s Nuno Bico (Viseu, 1994) will become a part of its official roster as soon as Sunday, 1 January, 2017. A great climber and […]
Marc Soler, Jasha Sütterlin extend through 2019 with Movistar
23 December 2016 Both the Catalan – brilliant winner of the Queen stage in last season’s Route du Sud – and the German – outstanding all over 2016 – are poised to ride for another three years in Movistar Team colours The Movistar Team announces that Marc Soler (Vilanova i […]
GF Gimondi as a gift for who aims to feel like Felice
The “Bring a friend” promotion makes the registration to the GF Gimondi-Bianchi 2017 a suitable idea for a Christmas present. “But during the race nobody gifts you anything as I’ve learned in my neverending duels with Eddy Merckx”, Gimondi said Christmas presents’ time has come and the Granfondo Gimondi-Bianchi looks […]
Stybar set for two cyclo-cross races next week
The three-time World Champion will be at the start in Loenhout and Bredene, on the 29th, respectively the 30th of December 20-Dec-2016: Before the start of the road season, Zdenek Stybar will return to his first love, cyclo-cross, for two races in Belgium, just before the New Year. The 31-year-old, […]
Fernando Gaviria to race the Giro d’Italia in 2017
The Colombian will make his much-awaited Grand Tour debut next year, at the 100th edition of the Corsa Rosa 22-Dec-2016: Fernando Gaviria, arguably the best neo-pro of 2016, a season which saw him win stages at the Tour de San Luis, Tour de Provence, Tirreno-Adriatico and Tour de Pologne, but […]
JFormer Katusha Team Manager Ekimov Becomes President of the Russian Cycling Federation.
Viatchevslav Ekimov (50) was elected president of the Russian Cycling Federation. The triple Olympic champion was still this season the manager of the Katusha team, replaced by the Portuguese José Azevedo for 2017. Eki climbing Andorra Arcalis in the 1997 Tour Ekimov became part of the USPS team in 1997 […]