Richie Porte (Trek Segafredo) has endured a difficult start to his European season, with illness a consistent theme since his return from Australia. The 34-year-old has been forced to modify his campaign as a result but with the Tour of California, and the Tour de France on the horizon the...
The 2020 Giro d’Italia will start in Budapest, Hungary – a first, with no other Grand Tour yet to visit the central European country. Cycling Weekly learned from a source that the deal is done between organiser RCS Sport and the capital city of Budapest. RCS Sport bosses will visit...
Defending Sea Otter XC champion Annika Langvad wins again on a windy morning in California, besting Erin Huck and world champ Kate Courtney. Riding solo for the final three laps of racing on a cool, windy morning at Laguna Seca, Annika Langvad (Specialized) won the women’s XCO race Thursday at...
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig came out as the unexpected star of the women’s Tour of Flanders, thanks to her hilarious post-race interview. The Dane put in a storming ride to finish third in the spring for the line, but it was her antics off the bike that were the main focus....
Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) considered himself “really lucky” to survive a horrific crash in the crucial moments of Sunday’s Tour of Flanders. However, he wasn’t content to hop into the team car and nurse his wounds. Instead, the world cyclocross champion delivered perhaps the most entertaining ride of the...
Alberto Bettiol (EF-Education First) launched himself on the final ascent of the Oude-Kwaremont to take his first professional win, and one of the biggest in his team’s history at the Tour of Flanders, Sunday. After a strong showing through the early classics, the Italian soloed to victory, holding off a...
SRAM announced its Red eTap AXS group in February, with the promise that the technology would soon trickle down to its lower-priced group, Force. A mere two months later, the trickle has dripped. SRAM Force eTap AXS is available for purchase Tuesday and is already available as a standard build...
On a rainy day in Sicily, Brandon McNulty (Rally-UHC) rode alone to his first European victory in the pro peloton, taking stage 3 at Giro di Sicilia and moving into the overall lead on Friday. “It was incredible when I attacked I just put my head down and went full-gas,”...
Cyclo-cross stand-out Denise Betsema (Marlux-Bingoal) has been provisionally suspended following an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a prohibited anabolic substance, Wielerflits reported on Friday. The positive doping control sample was taken at the Hoogerheide World Cup on January 27, 2019, where Betsema placed seventh. The UCI announced on Friday that the...
There were only two kilometers to go in stage 1 of the Joe Martin Stage Race. In Chloé Dygert’s mind, that equated to eight laps on the Olympic-distance velodrome she’s used to competing on. She attacked when others might have sat in to wait for a sprint. She won the...
Olympic track cycling champion Peter Kennaugh said Friday that he is taking a break from the sport to cope with “ongoing mental health issues.” Kennaugh, 29, won gold in the team pursuit at London 2012, and spent the majority of his road career riding for Team Sky before he joined...
The reigning world cyclocross champion Mathieu van der Poel added another trophy to his mantle Wednesday, winning Dwars door Vlaanderen in a sprint finish. The 24-year-old Corendon-Circus rider took his first WorldTour win ahead of Anthony Turgis (Direct Energie) in Waregem, Belgium after 183 kilometers of racing. Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)...
A cyclist hit by a car cutting a corner has spoken of the “mental scars” after video of the crash went viral on social media. Michael Rammell shared dashcam footage of the collision online in the hopes it will inspire discussion about road safety. The video quickly attracted attention, with...
On a day in late February, a shed-like vehicle pulled up in front of a Bottega Veneta store on a high-end shopping street in Amsterdam and parked for the day. Inside the structure–exactly the size of one parking place–was a bike rack designed to bring extra infrastructure to an area...
The number of drivers who think cyclists “appear out of nowhere” has increased to 65 per cent, according to a study from the AA. Research carried out by the AA Charitable Trust, which promotes road safety, found that two thirds of drivers think cyclists appear from nowhere, compared to just...
More than half of car drivers think cyclists are not fully human, according to new university research. A study exploring attitudes to different road users found that the word cyclists face deliberate hostility from 17 per cent of drivers. The research, which involved 442 participants from three states in Australia,...
American Megan Jastrab won the 7th Trofeo Da Moreno-Mini-Trofeo Alfredo Binda on Sunday in Cittiglio. The race opened the junior women’s Nations Cup for the 2019 season. Jastrab took the win ahead of Gaia Massetti (VC Breganze) and Lea Curinier (France). Jastrab was part of a breakaway in the opening stages...
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) soloed to stunning victory on stage one of the Volta a Catalunya, attacking from the breakaway to take the overall lead by almost three minutes. The Belgian had been part of a six-man breakaway, but was strong enough to drop his companions with more than 60km...
UAE Team Emirates‘ Fabio Aru will now miss the upcoming Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, as well as May’s Giro d’Italia, in order to have an operation on a constriction of the iliac artery in his left leg, his team has reported. Aru was due to return to racing at next...
You could almost feel the frustration coming through the television camera as John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) jumped – still riding his bike – up and down in anger on the descent of the Poggio. Degenkolb had done all he could to keep close to the climbers on the final climb of...
Peter Sagan will lead Bora-Hansgrohe at Milan-San Remo on Saturday, with the in-form Sam Bennett providing a plan B for the German team. Sagan, a punchy rider with a powerful sprint and also one of the best descenders, seems to have all the ingredients to win La Classicissima, but has...
Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) carried on his early-season run of form with his fourth victory of the season and second this week at Paris-Nice. The Irishman made it into a select group on stage 6 of the Race to the Sun and snatched the win in the small bunch sprint. Bennett...
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) won Tirreno-Adriatico stage four in Fossombrone despite crashing twice, showing that “you never know what can happen” in cycling. >>> Alexey Lutsenko takes dramatic victory on Tirreno-Adriatico 2019 stage four Lutsenko’s favourable 54-second lead tumbled when he fell in the closing circuit. He kept his gap by quickly...
Coming into this season, Nairo Quintana said that he was going to adopt a new approach to racing, and on Paris-Nice’s final stage through the hills in Nice’s back-country the Colombian gave the first indication of what that might be. Often criticised for being overly cautious and sitting in the...
A 19 year old rider has died after a collision with a van during a race in Belgium. Stefan Loos was one of three riders involved in the crash during the Alfred Gadenne Memorial on Sunday (March 17). A large group of riders were sent the wrong way by a...
Total is set to replace Direct Energie as the title sponsor of Jean-René Bernaudeau’s ahead of Paris-Roubaix, according to a report in L’Équipe. The French petrochemical giant purchased the Direct Energie company last year, and it is anticipated that its branding will appear on the team’s kit from next month....
Team Sky will become Team Ineos from May 1 after Sky and 21st Century Fox confirmed the sale of the team to the British-owned petrochemical company on Tuesday. Dave Brailsford’s team had been searching for a new backer since December, when it was announced that Sky would cease its ownership...
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) says that the years are passing for everyone, including him, and “every year’s more difficult.” The 29-year-old Slovakian and three-time world champion won the Tour of Flanders in 2016 and in 2018, Paris-Roubaix. This spring, he is again aiming for Milan-San Remo and the cobbled Monuments, but...
Christine Catlin knew something was wrong. It had been several days since the Catlin family had heard from Christine’s sister, Kelly. Text messages went unread. Phone calls went to voicemail. The spotty communication was not unfamiliar to Christine, as Kelly was often globetrotting to international cycling competitions. Yet there was...
The opening time trial in Tirreno-Adriatico, already rain-soaked and treacherous, turned disastrous for Bora-Hansgrohe when a pedestrian crossing the course at a marked crosswalk stepped directly in front of the oncoming riders. The first riders swerved to avoid the man, but a mid-pack Rafal Majka plowed into him, taking down...
