Femke Van den Driessche, a 19 year old Belgian teenager who raced the CycloCross Worlds on Sunday was found to have an electric motor in her bike. She claims innocence and that her bike was inadvertently switched with that of a friend. The UCI is looking into what is now […]
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Giant Alpecin Race Preview: February 1 – 9 Dubai and Qatar
The third edition of the Dubai Tour begins Wednesday. The four stages all start in the city of Dubai and range in length from 132km to 188km. Team Giant-Alpecin will be heading to Dubai with a mixed team with a lot of experience as well as young talents, including Sindre […]
Etixx – Quick-Step to Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The five-day race (3-7 February) returns to the calendar following a 8-year hiatus. 01-Feb-2016: Spain was good with Etixx – Quick-Step in this start of the season, as Gianluca Brambilla landed the squad’s third victory of 2016 in Challenge Mallorca, a result in addition to which the team scored a […]
Movistar Team aims for the top yet again in 2016
The team was officially presented this afternoon in the Madrid headquarters of its sponsor Telefonica. The event was distributed on the social media, and recorded for television broadcast for the first time. Over the past five years, Eusebio Unzué’s team has won nearly 150 races, finished World Number 1 Team […]
BMC Racing Team ready to tackle the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
27, January 2015, Geelong (AUS) BMC Racing Team is set to cap off the team’s Australian racing program at the second edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race this Sunday, 31 January. The team’s six-man squad at the UCI 1.HC-ranked, 174 kilometer race is based on the team’s […]
Ladies Tour of Qatar
RACE PREVIEW: JANUARY 25 – FEBRUARY 2 First on Team Liv-Plantur’s calendar for 2016 is the Ladies Tour of Qatar, which is now in its eighth edition. The race kicks off with a 97km opening stage on the same course as this year’s road world championships and closes with a […]
Etixx – Quick-Step to start European season in Mallorca
Eleven of the team’s riders are ready and motivated to kick-off their season this week. 26-Jan-2016: Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres (176.8 km), Trofeo Pollença-Port de Andratx (153 km), Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (143.9 km) and Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma (161.5 km) are the four races scheduled in the second half of […]
Lotto Soudal Mallorca
Yesterday, the eleven riders that are selected for the Challenge Mallorca (28 – 31 January) arrived on the Spanish island. Lotto Soudal has chosen the same approach as last year: no Tour de San Luis, no races in the Middle-East and a different composition of the team for Tour Down […]
Movistar Team Official Release Adriano Malori – Health Status
Movistar Team issues the following press release to inform on the latest news about the health status of its rider Adriano Malori. Italy’s Adriano Malori was moved on Monday to a specialised clinic in the city of Buenos Aires, with the aim of having more precise medical checks done on […]
Giant-Alpecin Training Accident Update 3
Team Giant-Alpecin reports that Warren Barguil (FRA), Fredrik Ludvigsson (SWE), Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) and Max Walscheid (GER) have left the hospital in Spain and are currently traveling home. “Warren is doing relatively well,” said team physician Anko Boelens (NED). “In France he will undergo an additional examination to determine whether […]