BMC Racing and CCC Sprandi to merge for the 2019 season, saving the team and keeping star rider and current Tour de France race leader Greg Van Avermaet. Cycling Weekly has been following the deal over the last weeks, confirming it via sources close to the “BMC and CCC merger...
The emotion of victory defeated German stoicism on Sunday afternoon in Roubaix. Tears in his eyes, John Degenkolb struggled to describe his feelings after winning Sunday’s 9th stage of the Tour de France, a wild and crash-filled journey over the cobblestones from Amiens to Roubaix. Degenkolb is one of the...
Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin) has been forced to abandon the Tour de France after being involved in a mass-crash during stage 9. His team announced on Twitter that Martin – who finished the stage in last place, 11:05 down – had suffered a fractured cervical vertebrae. “Unfortunately [Tony Martin] won‘t start tomorrow...
The Australian cycling star was caught in a crash only 10km into the stage and was taken to hospital for X-rays with a suspected broken collarbone. Porte and the other title contenders were wary of Sunday’s 156.5km stage from Arras Citadelle to Roubaix because of its 22km of cobbled roads...
The AG2R La Mondiale team of Romain Bardet suffered a blow to their Tour de France hopes after key mountain domestique Axel Domont was injured in a crash in the closing kilometres of stage 4 to Sarzeau on Tuesday. According to the medical communique, Domont suffered a fractured right collarbone and...
Rigoberto Uran was happier than usual as he warmed down after stage 4 of the Tour de France to Sarzeau, knowing he saved his overall chances of success in this year’s race after avoiding losing time in a late crash. The EF Education First-Drapac team leader was caught up with...
The design of the traditional bicycle drivechain has been static for a very long time, but CeramicSpeed has just introduced a major shift in drivechain technology with their new DrivEn system, which just won a Eurobike Design Award at the major tradeshow in Germany.CeramicSpeed, and recently acquired Friction Facts, a...
Sky were one of the last teams to be paraded in front of the crowds in La Roche-sur-Yon for the usual pre-Tour presentation, but received a less than warm welcome as they rode on to the stage, with some shouting ‘cheat’ at Froome. Earlier in the day, Froome’s rival for...
Chris Froome (Team Sky) has welcomed the UCI’s decision to drop its anti-doping proceedings against him, describing it as “an important moment for cycling.” Froome returned an anti-doping sample containing twice the permitted limit of salbutamol at last year’s Vuelta a España, but he was free to race pending the...
Just two days after the anti-doping case against Chris Froome was dismissed by the UCI, Team Sky have released data and documents showing the planning and preparation of Froome’s fuelling at the Giro d’Italia and the numbers behind his long-range attack over the Colle delle Finestre on stage 19. The...
A major flaw in the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) regulations surrounding salbutamol has been revealed by a scientist who helped to come up with them. Speaking to The Times on Wednesday, two days after an anti-doping investigation into Chris Froome was dropped after Froome’s legal team demonstrated the likelihood of...
Andre Cardoso received a provisional suspension in 2017 after his A sample tested positive for EPO © Tim De Waele While the cycling world spent much of 2018 focused on Chris Froome’s adverse analytical finding for Salbutamol, a different, but also controversial, anti-doping case simmered outside of the limelight. Portugal’s...
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme formally blocked Chris Froome from racing the French grand tour. Photo: ©Tim De Waele | Getty Images Paris, (AFP)—Tour de France organizers ASO have formally blocked four-time champion Chris Froome from competing in this year’s race, Le Monde reported Sunday, but he is expected...
Tom Dumoulin came around a hairpin only seven seconds behind the maglia rosa group. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com La Roche-sur-Yon, France (AFP) — The way Chris Froome’s recently resolved ‘salbutamol’ dossier was handled has damaged cycling and may drive fans away from the sport, world champion Tom...
Chris Froome’s Salbutamol case may have far-reaching implications on the world of anti-doping. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com Ross Tucker, a South African sports scientist and a vocal expert within the anti-doping community, said the decision to close the Froome case reveals inconsistencies about how justice is served...
Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme reacts after Chris Froome is cleared in anti-doping case Christian Prudhomme has previously criticised the UCI for the lack of answers over Froome case Credit: Yuzuru Sunada The Tour de France director says that an answer was needed in the Chris Froome...
A leading anti-doping expert has questioned the UCI’s decision to drop proceedings against Chris Froome, labelling it as being without credibility unless a full report into their findings is published. Froome was cleared by the UCI on Monday, bringing to an end a near 10-month saga that began on stage...
Team Sky reveal the seven riders who will support Chris Froome as he aims for historic fifth Tour de France title Strong team of domestiques to support Chris Froome Chris Froome and Team Sky on stage 18 of the Tour de France Credit: Yuzuru Sunada Froome will be joined by...
Don’t get us wrong, there’s nothing better than when cycling gets a bit of mainstream media interest to get a wider audience interested in The Greatest Sport On The Planet. But of course, when journalists more used to writing articles about football and other sports that are dead easy to...
The World Anti-Doping Agency announced on Monday that it will not appeal the UCI’s decision to clear Chris Froome of any anti-doping rule violations from the 2017 Vuelta a Espana. The agency’s press release confirmed that Froome did not undergo the controlled pharmacokinetic study (CPKS) allowed under WADA rules to...
Connor Swift (Madison-Genesis) took the British national road race title after a solo attack on the final lap of the race. Two-time champion Adam Blythe (Aqua Blue Sport) took second after a chase in the final kilometres, while Owain Doull (Team Sky) took the sprint for third from a small...
Groupama-FDJ boss Marc Madiot has praised Tour de France organisers ASO after the French race organiser put in place steps to stop Chris Froome (Team Sky) from defending his race title. According to reports in Le Monde, ASO sent an email to Team Sky in which they stated that Froome...
Chris Froome says he’s glad the long-running anti-doping case against him is finally over, and says his exoneration is an “important moment for cycling.” Since the latter part of 2017, Froome has had to face public scrutiny over an anti-doping case brought against him by the UCI for testing over...
Chris Froome will be free to race the Tour de France without an anti-doping investigation hanging over his head after the UCI ended its anti-doping proceedings against him. In a statement issued on Monday, cycling’s world governing body said that the anti-doping proceedings involving Froome had been closed after the...
Criterium du Dauphine winner Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) believes that he can be one of two leadership options for Team Sky at the Tour de France. Chris Froome goes into the race seeking a fifth Tour de France title and although Team Sky are yet to announce their full eight-rider...
Mark Cavendish will lead Dimension Data at the Tour de France this July as he looks to add to his tally of 30 stage wins. The team are giving Cavendish its full backing, with Tom-Jelte Slagter the only climber of note in the eight-man line-up announced in South Africa. Edvald Boasson...
Chris Froome (Team Sky) has said he will “definitely” be at the start of the Tour de France in the Vendée region next week, insisting he has every right to compete in this year’s race while he awaits a decision in his drawn out salbutamol case. Froome will be targeting a...
Jonny Brown (Hagens Berman Axeon) shocked the men’s peloton Sunday at the US Pro Road Race Championships in Tennessee, taking an upset win after dropping his breakaway companions on the penultimate lap of a course in his adopted hometown of Knoxville and soloing across the line to thunderous applause from...
Sport Hinault calls for riders to strike if Froome races in Tour de France Five-times Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault has called for riders to strike if defending champion Chris Froome, who is under investigation over an adverse doping test, takes part in this year’s race. Former french...
Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) scored her first US Pro Road Race stars-and-stripes jersey Sunday in Knoxville, Tennessee, sprinting to victory from a reduced group ahead of former two-time winner Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) and Emma White (Rally Cycling), who completed a sweep of all three U23 titles. The reduced bunch pulled...
