With apologies to David De La Cruz, there was only one winner the crowd wanted to see win in Lienz on Friday. Twenty-four hours after an emotional second place, Thibaut Pinot finally got the victory that he had been working so hard for, and radiated pure ecstasy as he crossed...
Sergio Higuita described winning the Volta a Catalunya as a “dream come true”, the Colombian now setting his sights on becoming one of the best GC riders in the peloton. During the seventh and final stage in Barcelona, the 24-year-old was able to hold onto his 16 second lead at...
Good news for off-road cycling fans! The inaugural Life Time Grand Prix Series, which includes the iconic UNBOUND gravel and Leadville 100 MTB races, will be broadcasted live globally, on FloBikes. Kicking off on April 9th at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, Calif, the Life Time Grand Prix will...
It all started with a viking horn. Florian Vermeersch, Lotto Soudal’s politician, history student, and Paris-Roubaix runner up, greeted the Antwerp crowd with a viking horn he smuggled onto the stage at the beginning of the 106th Tour of Flanders. The 23-year-old blows the horn with all his might and...
Track World Champion Ashton Lambie is planning to take a break from track racing and switch his focus to gravel racing, one of his first loves in cycling. The 31-year-old, famously mustachioed American became the first person to break the four-minute barrier in the four-kilometer Individual pursuit in August of...
Zwift has confirmed it will add Adaptive Athlete Representation to the platform in the future, after partnering with the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) to conduct research into disabled athlete accessibility, inclusion and representation. Despite not committing to a specific release date, Zwift’s research has focussed on all types of disabilities...
After 48 years at the helm of Specialized, founder Mike Sinyard has appointed Scott Maguire as the new CEO. As Founder, Chairman and Chief Rider Advocate, Sinyard will remain the brand’s visionary leader but the responsibility of running the business will now fall on Maguire. Specialized Bicycle Components, known and...
It looked as if the breakaway rider Ibon Ruiz (Equipo Kern Pharma) was going to take a memorable victory after being out front all day alongside three others, but the peloton caught the Spaniard inside the final 500m, paving the way for Alaphilippe to win after a “perfect” leadout from...
Biniam Girmay was left stunned after taking an unexpected victory at Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday, becoming the first Eritrean and African to win the Belgian Classic. Just 21 years old, Girmay made his cobbled Classics debut on Friday for his Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux team at the E3 Saxo...
British Cycling has announced its line-up of 15 riders competing for Great Britain in the UCI Cycling E-sports World Championships, with 10 women and five men hoping to become world champions from their own home on Saturday February 26. Great Britain’s team features a mix of elite pros and amateur...
Lizzie Deignan is pregnant and will miss the 2022 season, her team Trek-Segafredo announced on Wednesday. The Paris-Roubaix winner and former world champion is expecting her second child with her husband Phil, and said that it was an “emotional but logical decision”. The 33-year old will return to racing in...
Jason Kenny has retired from cycling to become British Cycling’s men’s podium sprint coach. It was reported that Britain’s most successful Olympian would make the move a fortnight ago, but the news was officially confirmed on Thursday. Kenny has won seven gold medals and nine overall across four Olympic Games,...
Fabio Jakobsen dismissed reports of a rivalry with Mark Cavendish over a spot in Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s Tour de France squad, explaining that “the best will go”. Speaking to the media ahead on Thursday ahead of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne this weekend, the Dutch sprinter also said that “I haven’t been better than...
Richie Porte Won’t Ride Tour de France Because He Didn’t Enjoy Pressure of 2021 Edition Professional cycling is a sport that demands immense physical endurance, mental resilience, and unwavering dedication. For riders like Richie Porte, who have spent years competing at the highest level, the Tour de France represents the pinnacle of...
Filippo Ganna impressed his Ineos Grenadiers team-mates after finishing 11th on stage four of the UAE Tour, with both Adam Yates and Luke Plapp singing his praises after the race. The Italian managed to keep himself within touching distance of the leading group, his stocky frame powering up the 20km,...
In hushed, mysterious tones, Tom Steels, a man who is more than accustomed to being surrounded by the best of the best in terms of bike racers, is divulging that one of the newest recruits has piqued his interest. “As a person and a rider I’m very curious as to...
Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory on stage two of the Tour of Oman to claim his first victory of 2022. The Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider timed his sprint perfectly to beat BikeExchange-Jayco’s Kaden Groves and Amaury Capiot of Arkéa Samsic in Suhar Corniche on Friday. The bonus seconds he gained...
Philippe Gilbert will aim to complete his set of five Monuments with victory in Milan – San Remo this spring, in what will be his final season as a professional. The 39-year-old has raced professionally for the past two decades, winning four of the five Monuments. Il Lombardia was his...
Sam Bennett will not speak about the breakdown of his relationship with Quick Step and Patrick Lefevere. Instead, he wants to “focus on the year ahead”. The Irish sprinter has returned to Bora-Hansgrohe, which he says feels like home. It was an “easy decision”, Bennett explained. “I was happy here...
‘Everyone loves an underdog’ is a cliché that industry veteran Alberto Fonte hopes still runs true. With over 15 years’ experience working at the likes of Fizik, Pinarello and Kask, the Italian has launched his own direct-to-consumer cycling brand, UDOG. Its first product is Tensione, a minimalist road cycling shoe...
Ineos Grenadiers have announced that Egan Bernal has signed a new five-year contract with the team, keeping him there until at least the end of 2026. The Colombian joined the British-based team in 2018 at 21-years-old, and just a year later he won the Tour de France to become the...
Tom Dumoulin has revealed that despite being a Grand Tour winner and counting two second places in three-week races, he has often struggled with the demands of being a team leader. It is why the Dutchman is satisfied that Jumbo-Visma have selected both him and Tobias Foss as their leaders...
Israel-Premier Tech: Winning Bike Races and Making the World a Better Place Professional cycling teams are often measured by their victories—stage wins, Grand Tour podiums, and championship titles. But Israel-Premier Tech (IPT) is proving that success isn’t just about crossing the finish line first. The team, founded in 2014 as...
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio is to retire at the end of 2022, it was revealed on Wednesday. At SD-Worx’s team launch Chantal van den Broek-Blaak also announced that she has re-signed with the team until 2024, reversing her previous decision to retire part way through this season. Moolman Pasio, who has...
For another rider, filling the gargantuan gap left by the retirement of Anna van der Breggen at SD Worx would be a big ask. Not so for Demi Vollering. Filling the shoes of Van der Breggen, twice world champion, four-time Giro d’Italia Donne winner, seems to be natural for the...
The prizes on offer at the Belgian Waffle Ride California will be the “largest ever for a gravel race” with over $50,000 in cash and prizes being given out to competitors. The organisers of the race, Monuments of Cycling, say that the prize purse is the largest ever within the...
Jempy Drucker has announced his retirement from cycling after more than 16 years in the sport. In an emotive post on social media, the Luxembourger said that he had been waiting for news on a new contract, but it has not happened and he has been forced to retire. Drucker,...
Riders are to be given the chance to take part in an Ineos Grenadiers Virtual Training Camp on Zwift this January. Starting on 24 January, there will be special Ineos Grenadiers-designed workouts designed to improve your climbing, time trialling, sprinting, and more, available on the platform. Leigh Bryan, performance coach at the...
Ineos Grenadiers have signed up to an exclusive partnership with Garmin and Tacx for 2022. The British WorldTour team has used Wahoo Kickr turbo trainers and indoor training equipment since 2014 as Team Sky – alongside Garmin Edge head units and more recently Garmin Varia radar-equipped lights – so it’s...
Zoe Bäckstedt has been forced to miss the British National Cyclocross Championships this weekend after testing positive for Covid-19. The 17-year-old would have been one of the favourites on the start line in both the U23 and elite women’s categories for the competition in Crawley, West Sussex, but will now...
