Egan Bernal will top the Tour de France podium in Paris and is young enough to surpass any of the race’s legends, so says French great Bernard Hinault. The straight talking 64-year-old’s fierce competitive personality earned him the knick-name ‘the badger’, but he was in a relaxed and friendly mood...
What is this guy, this Julian Alaphilippe? Is he a climber? A sprinter? A GC rider? Or is he an entertainer? Everyone is trying to work that question out. He was crowned King of the Mountains in last year’s Tour de France, in which he won a stage in both...
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) stormed to a magnificent victory on stage three of the Tour de France 2019 to claim the first yellow jersey for the French in five years. Michael Matthews (Sunweb) finished second, leading the bunch over the line 26 seconds behind the Frenchman, with Jasper Stuyven...
Belgium has a face and it is Eddy Merckx. The 2019 Tour de France Grand Depart festivities in Brussels, Belgium, have brought with them iconic images of the cycling legend, from a football field-sized banner at the Brussels Expo Center that you can see from your flight into Brussels airport,...
Former Olympian cyclist Jack Bobridge has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after being found guilty of selling drugs. The Australian was convicted on four charges of supplying ecstasy pills to a friend in Perth between March and August 2017, having retired as a pro the year...
An academic report has argued that active modes of transport provide a better answer to problems around climate change and congestion then low emissions and electric cars – whilst promoting healthier lifestyles. ‘Shifting the focus: energy demand in a net-zero carbon UK’, was published by the Centre for Research into...
Chris Froome said on Friday he was “on the mend” after leaving the hospital to return home to continue his recovery from the injuries he suffered in a horrific crash last month. The four-time Tour de France winner will miss this year’s race, which starts in Brussels on Saturday. Froome...
A new Channel 5 show that asks if cyclists are “the scourge of the streets” has come under fire. Makers of the hour-long one-off programme say they have spoken to drivers and cyclists to tell the story of “the turf war for Britain’s road.” ‘Cyclists: The scourge of our streets?,’...
Peter Sagan and his Bora-Hansgrohe teammates will race in white at the Tour de France, with a special-edition new kit revealed on Thursday. Bora-Hansgrohe’s standard 2019 kit is black, with green chevrons on the front. The green remains, but the black top half of the jersey has been replaced by...
When the Tour de France coverage kicks off on NBC Sports Network this weekend, it will mark the first time in 33 years that an English speaking audience will not hear the voice and sage insights of Paul Sherwen, who passed away in December, 2018. Long-time insider and supporting desk...
Mark Cavendish will not come any closer to Eddy Merckx’s record tally of 34 Tour de France stage wins this year, as the British sprinter has been left out of Dimension Data‘s squad for La Grande Boucle. Cavendish, who has 30 Tour stages to his name, has been hampered by...
Alberto Contador has backed Egan Bernal (Ineos) to win the 2019 Tour de France saying the young Colombian is the “clear favourite” to be in yellow on the Champs-Élysées after three weeks of racing. The Spaniard has said this year’s Tour will be the most open race in years, with three of...
De Rosa have updated their aero-specific frameset – the De Rosa SK Pininfarina – at the same time as a rebranding through legendary Italian design house Pininfarina. De Rosa was founded in Milan in the 1950s, producing frames for Eddy Merckx and Francesco Moser. Today, the brand sponsors the Nippo...
Geraint Thomas (Ineos) has abandoned the Tour de Suisse after a crash during stage four. The Tour de France winner came down with 30km remaining, sporting a cut to his right eyebrow, and sitting on the floor as he was attended to by his team and race medical staff. After...
Organisers of the Campagnolo GFNY World Championships NYC announced Tuesday that two riders tested positive for recombinant EPO during out-of-competition controls conducted in concurrence with the event on May 19. Felipe Mendez (Colombia) and Gabriel Raff (Argentina) have each been disqualified and have received lifetime bans from competing in GFNY...
Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) will not race the Tour de France, explaining on Thursday that his lingering knee injury means it’s “not realistic” for him to be able to compete for the title in July. The Dutchman fell on his knee at the Giro d’Italia, leaving the race on stage...
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for a cyclist ordered to pays tens of thousands to a pedestrian who was looking at her phone as she crossed the road when the two collided. Robert Hazeldean had gone through a green light on a junction near Cannon Street in London during...
Tom Dumoulin’s absence from the Tour de France has left Team Sunweb teammate Michael Matthews “totally confused”, with the Australian telling Dutch broadcaster NOS: “I don’t know where to go from here.” When Dumoulin announced on Thursday that he would not take part in the Tour de France, owing to...
An 81-year-old has become the oldest woman to cycle from Land’s End to John o’ Groats, with the journey taking just over three weeks to complete. Mavis Paterson, from Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, completed the 960-mile ride in memory of her three adult children who died within four years of...
Chris Horner will move from the bicycle seat to the broadcaster’s chair this July for the Tour de France, joining the on-air team for the American NBC Sports television network during the French Grand Tour. “I’m going back to the Tour,” a typically upbeat Horner told Cyclingnews Friday evening from...
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) added another win to his record number of stage victories at the Tour of California on Sunday, increasing his all-time haul to 17 wins and bolstering his ‘King of California’ nickname – although it was only his second win of the 2019 season. In the press conference...
Mark Cavendish is below the threshold for being sick with Epstein-Barr, the virus the sprinter has been suffering from for the past two years. The Manxman revealed a blood test two weeks ago showed the result that he had beaten the illness, for the time being at least. Cavendish was...
Ex-pro Danilo Hondo has been sacked from his position as an elite national coach by the Swiss Cycling Federation after confessing his involvement in the Erfurt blood doping scandal. In a press release, the federation said that they have dismissed the 45-year-old without notice after he confessed to German broadcaster...
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) sprinted to victory on stage of the Tour of California in Sacramento The Bora-Hansgrohe man beat Travis McCabe (United States) and Max Walscheid (Team Sunweb) in a sprint in the state capital of Sacramento. Mark Cavendish (Dimension-Data) and Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) were some of the fancied sprinters...
Component and drivetrain giant, Shimano have launched a versatile gravel/adventure-specific groupset, which can be set up as double or 1X, 10- or 11-speed, mechanical or electronic shifting, wide or close gear ratios and be integrated for use with a dropper post. Shimano say the new GRX series is a platform...
Amgen Tour of California organisers AEG could be forced to offer equal race days between its men’s WorldTour and Women’s WorldTour events after advocates submitted letters to amend California State Bill 467, and to the California Department of Transportation [Caltrans], demanding equal use of California state roadways when running sporting...
Two Spanish racers have been suspended following anti-doping tests, with sources stating that the substance used was EPO (erythropoietin). The riders are 45-year-old four time Spanish masters champion Raúl Portillo, who was crowned UCI Gran Fondo champion in the time trial and road race disciplines in 2018, and 36-year-old Basque...
Marcel Kittel has quit Katusha-Alpecin and will take a break from racing. The German sprinter has struggled to compete in recent seasons, which resulted in a public dispute with his team last month. Kittel had been due to ride the Tour de Yorkshire but pulled out at the last minute...
Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo-Visma) triumphed at the Tour de Romandie on Sunday afternoon, sealing his third stage race victory from three so far in 2019. The Slovenian’s dominant performance in Switzerland has only cemented his position as a top favourite for the Giro d’Italia, which starts next weekend. Roglič won...
It was an offer Sepp Kuss couldn’t refuse. Last week Jumbo-Visma directors called Kuss with news that teammate Robert Gesink was unable to race the Giro d’Italia after fracturing his pelvis in a crash at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Management tapped Kuss to replace Gesink on the team’s Giro squad. Racing the Giro,...
