The Italian was joined on the podium of Britain’s only World Tour race by teammate Michael Mørkøv 04-Aug-2019: Elia Viviani improved on his runner-up place of last year and triumphed at the eighth edition of RideLondon-Surrey Classic, after benefiting from a masterful lead-out of Danish Champion Michael Mørkøv, who guided […]
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The Future of Cycling
This article appeared in Bloomberg News: “The Fight to Save Professional Cycling From ItselfThere’s a move afoot to fix international bike racing before it’s too late. By Josh PetriJuly 31, 2019, 10:01 PM MDT If you watch professional cycling at all, you probably tune in once a year to the […]
Hodeg Repeats at Adriatica Ionica
The Colombian took home the points jersey, while James Knox concluded the race in third overall 28-Jul-2019: Deceuninck – Quick-Step made it a hat-trick of victories at the Adriatica Ionica Race, courtesy of Alvaro Hodeg, who finished off his teammates’ excellent job in Trieste and sprinted to another convincing win, […]
Victor Campenaerts will not defend his double European title against the clock in Alkmaar on Thursday 8 August.
The Lotto Soudal rider indicates not being sufficiently recovered from the past few intensive months, in which he set a new world Hour Record in Aguascalientes on 16 April as the ultimate highlight. Campenaerts will also not be at the start of the BinckBank Tour. Victor Campenaerts: “As of December, […]
Van Vleuten claims a consecutive overall victory at Women’s Grand Tour – Giro-Rosa
World time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten has claimed a impressive consecutive overall victory at the 2019 Giro-Rosa, the only women’s Grand Tour of the year, winning two-stages in the process. Van Vleuten claimed a solo victory on stage five which moved her into the Maglia Rosa, before extending her […]
Van Vleuten holds onto the pink jersey for another day after stage eight of the Giro-Rosa
The eighth and longest stage of the Giro-Rosa saw Mitchelton-SCOTT work to keep race leader Annemiek van Vleuten safe and in the Maglia Rosa for another day. In the final 40kilometres, a breakaway group of 10riders jumped away and with all the general classification contenders watching each other behind in […]
2019 Air Ionica Race
AIRace: pure adrenaline on the Serenissima routes From Venice to Trieste, the Adriatica Ionica Race (July 24-28) will come back with an intriguing course suited to all-around riders. From the sea to the Dolomites, through hills and dirty roads, the race promises a big show in Northern ItalySAN DONA’ DI […]
Van Vleuten attacks to take a solo victory and move into the Giro-Rosa race lead on day five
Last year’s Giro-Rosa champion Annemiek van Vleuten has attacked her way into the Maglia Rosa on the first mountain stage of the 10-day Grand Tour. The world time trial champion used the steepest ramp to launch her move at the start of the final climb, passing two surviving breakaway riders […]
Astana Pro Team presents Tour de France roster
At the Grand Départ of the 2019 Tour de France next week, Astana Pro Team will start with Jakob Fuglsang as its leader. He will be supported by Alexey Lutsenko, Gorka Izagirre, Pello Bilbao, Magnus Cort, Luis Leon Sanchez, Omar Fraile, and Hugo Houle. “With this strong and experienced team, […]
Carthy takes first WorldTour win at Suisse
“You just have to believe you can do it.” – Hugh Carthy Two days ago, Hugh Carthy’s legs were empty, and he was simply hoping to make it to the next part of the season. The final days of the Tour de Suisse, though, were in the way. No more. […]