Stars from the Mitchelton-SCOTT men’s and women’s teams will join fans and a host of professional mountain bike riders and triathletes for SCOTT Week, which kicks off this Sunday. The cross-disciplined event will see riders such as world champion, Annemiek van Vleuten and Vuelta a Espana winner Simon Yates join […]
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Val di Sole and Trentino move sights to 2021 MTB World Championships
Following the provisions by the Province of Trento suspending mass events in Trentino until October 15th, 2020, the Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and UCI Trials World Cup stages and the Four-Cross World Championships in Val di Sole (Trentino, Northern Italy) are canceled for the 2020 season. Val di […]
Lachlan Morton breaks Kokopelli Trail record
‘Getting the record is nice for sure, but I’m just happy I had a good day out on that trail.’ Lachlan Morton shoved off in the dark at 2:31 am Saturday morning to ride the Kokopelli Trail, his aim to travel quick and beat the heat. By the end of […]
ANDRÉ GREIPEL UNITES CYCLISTS AROUND THE WORLD FOR ALS CHARITY
June 3, 2020: World Bicycle Day André Greipel proudly announces his world bike day activation in support of his charity “Fight Against ALS”. Working in partnership with Strava, Greipel has created the “Ride Around the World” STRAVA challenge with the goal to clock up the kilometres together to circumnavigate the […]
Albasini to delay retirement plan but will still have local send off at the 2020 Tour de Suisse
In light of the racing calendar impacts due to COVID-19, Suisse veteran Michael Albasini will delay his original retirement plans and race with Mitchelton-SCOTT until the end of the revised 2020 season. Albasini was due to retire in June at the Tour de Suisse in what would have been his […]
MIKEL LANDA IS PREPARING FOR TOUR DE FRANCE
Murgia, May 20 – Mikel Landa met several Spanish sports journalists online this afternoon. The first point discussed was the end of lockdown and the start of a return to normal life. “The first thing I did – said Mikel – was to go uphill near my house and I […]
THE CERATIZIT CHALLENGE BY LA VUELTA 2020 WILL CONSIST OF 3 STAGES
Key points:The CERATIZIT Challenge by La Vuelta will feature an additional stage in 2020 and will be held over three days: from the 6th to the 8th of November. Ramiro Bengochea, General Director of CERATIZIT Ibérica, the race’s main sponsor, accepts that this is “the next logical step for a […]
LA VUELTA 20 WILL NOT GO TO PORTUGAL
Due to the exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 crisis and, due to the impossibility of ensuring the optimum conditions required to hold the race in the territory, the municipalities of Oporto, Matosinhos and Viseu, in agreement with Unipublic, organiser of La Vuelta, have decided that the route of La […]
Paolo Bettini: “Wearing the maglia rosa was a dream come true”
Saturday 09 May 2020 Fifteen years after his first day in the pink jersey, the two-time World Champion looked back on his feats at that Giro d’Italia. Tropea is a small but charming seaside resort sitting on a high tuff promontory which the legend narrates was founded by Hercules, who […]
2020 Vuelta Teams Announced
Following the official announcement of the revised 2020 calendar for the UCI World Tour season, and having discussed with the world governing body of cycling the participation rules for UCI World Tour races; the organizers of La Vuelta have chosen the teams that will take part in the 75th edition […]