Last week, seven Lotto Soudal riders travelled to Australia to participate in the Tour Down Under (17 – 22 January) next week. That’s the first WorldTour race of the new season. Next Sunday Sander Armée, Lars Bak, Sean De Bie, Thomas De Gendt, Adam Hansen, neo-pro James Shaw and Rafael […]
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Gimondi crowns Kruijswijk: “The 100th will be his Giro”
The LottoNL-Jumbo’s Dutchman in Bergamo to discover the Granfondo Gimondi Bianchi’s route and the next Giro d’Italia’s climbs: “I recommend all the fans to participate, but I will be coming back to win the Giro” If the 100th Giro d’Italia will be decided in Bergamo’s stage, we will see in […]
Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team and Ekoi team up for 2017
09-Jan-2017: Quick-Step Floors Cycling Team is happy to announce it has signed a partnership that will run throughout the 2017 season with Ekoi, the French company created in 2001 by Jean-Christophe Rattel, which is specialized in cycling equipment. The brand is leader in France on the road cycling and triathlon […]
Garfoot wins road race to complete Australian Championships clean sweep for ORICA-SCOTT
Katrin Garfoot and Amanda Spratt go 1-2 in the women’s road race Win completes time trial, road race double for GarfootORICA-SCOTT women take clean sweep of women’s championships________________________________________________________________ ORICA-SCOTT women have completed the clean sweep at the Australian Championships after Katrin Garfoot claimed the elite road race in Buninyong today. […]
Scotson Claims Gold at Australian National Road Race Championships
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 […]
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 […]
