07 January, 2016, Buninyong, Victoria (AUS) Rohan Dennis has kicked the 2016 season off in winning form, taking out the Individual Time Trial at the Australian Road National Championships. Dennis set a blistering pace to storm home in 51:13, 38 seconds ahead of Richie Porte, who made his debut for […]
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Quintana to start 2016 season at San Luis
January 7th, 2016 Colombian leads Movistar Team in 10th edition of Argentinian stage race, which this year includes a team time trial and two gruelling uphill finishesAs he has for the last two years, Nairo Quintana will once again open his season at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina. […]
Tour Down Under kicks off Etixx QuickStep 2016 season
23-Dec-2015: David De La Cruz, Davide Martinelli, Pieter Serry, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Petr Vakoc, Martin Velits and Carlos Verona are the seven Etixx – Quick-Step riders to line-up for the 18th running of Australia’s premier cycling event (19-24 January 2016), which will be preceded by the traditional People’s Choice Classic […]
Oleg Tinkov Leaving Cycling After 2016
According to an interview with Cycling News, Oleg Tinkov has decided to leave cycling at the end of next year. He says it’s for both personal and professional reasons. After five years in the sport, he’s achieved his goals for marketing. But he’s angry and frustrated with the sport. His […]
Tinkoff unveils flashy “La Datcha” training kit for 2016 season
Building upon the success and popularity of the 2015 camo training kit, Tinkoff unveiled today the “La Datcha” kit for the 2016 season. The Sportful-produced kit made its debut on the fifth day of the team’s winter training camp in Gran Canaria. One year ago, Tinkoff-Saxo broke new ground in […]
Team KATUSHA and KATUSHA Sports team up for long-awaited unveiling
In front of an enthusiastic crowd of some 200 sponsors, journalists, friends and family, the 2016 Team KATUSHA and innovative new company KATUSHA Sports were presented in Calpe, Spain on Saturday evening. The collaborative effort between the cycling team and the soon-to-launch cycling clothing line received a warm response for […]
Tinkoff embarks on 2016 season with training camp at ANFI
A month after holding its team meeting in PoreÄŤ, Croatia, Tinkoff will embark on the first training camp of the 2016 season. The team’s riders, management, mechanics, soigneurs and staff will spend two weeks, from December 5 to 18, at the ANFI Tauro resort in Gran Canaria, setting the ground […]
Tunnel-Vision: the Making of Virtual Nairo
December 2nd, 2015 The Movistar Team’s clothing sponsor Endura are going the extra mile to ensure that the team have the best fitting and most aerodynamic uniforms and skinsuits that science will allow. Director Jim McFarlane takes us behind the scenes at November’s pre-season training camp in Pamplona, and tells […]
Quintana, National Sports Award
November 17th, 2015 The Colombian cyclist, who rides for Movistar Team, receives from the Royal couple the award for Best Ibero-American Sportsman of 2014 Nairo Quintana today added yet another award to the long list of prizes that he has gathered since joining Movistar Team in 2012. At the National […]
2015 Taiwan KOM Challenge
From someone who lived to tell the tale By Christine Vardaros November, 2015 Hualien Beach I’ve just returned from Taiwan where I competed in the most grueling bicycle race I’ve ever done – in one of the strangest lands I’ve ever visited…and I’d do it all again. It was the […]