At 19 years and 190 days, the Belgian became the youngest ever rider to triumph in a World Tour race 03-Aug-2019: Remco Evenepoel kept hitting new heights and showed the depth of his talent once again, when he pulled off a massive performance on Saturday afternoon against a star-studded field. […]
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Elia Viviani wins RideLondon-Surrey Classic
The Italian was joined on the podium of Britain’s only World Tour race by teammate Michael Mørkøv 04-Aug-2019: Elia Viviani improved on his runner-up place of last year and triumphed at the eighth edition of RideLondon-Surrey Classic, after benefiting from a masterful lead-out of Danish Champion Michael Mørkøv, who guided […]
The Future of Cycling
This article appeared in Bloomberg News: “The Fight to Save Professional Cycling From ItselfThere’s a move afoot to fix international bike racing before it’s too late. By Josh PetriJuly 31, 2019, 10:01 PM MDT If you watch professional cycling at all, you probably tune in once a year to the […]
Hodeg Repeats at Adriatica Ionica
The Colombian took home the points jersey, while James Knox concluded the race in third overall 28-Jul-2019: Deceuninck – Quick-Step made it a hat-trick of victories at the Adriatica Ionica Race, courtesy of Alvaro Hodeg, who finished off his teammates’ excellent job in Trieste and sprinted to another convincing win, […]
Victor Campenaerts will not defend his double European title against the clock in Alkmaar on Thursday 8 August.
The Lotto Soudal rider indicates not being sufficiently recovered from the past few intensive months, in which he set a new world Hour Record in Aguascalientes on 16 April as the ultimate highlight. Campenaerts will also not be at the start of the BinckBank Tour. Victor Campenaerts: “As of December, […]
Van Vleuten claims a consecutive overall victory at Women’s Grand Tour – Giro-Rosa
World time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten has claimed a impressive consecutive overall victory at the 2019 Giro-Rosa, the only women’s Grand Tour of the year, winning two-stages in the process. Van Vleuten claimed a solo victory on stage five which moved her into the Maglia Rosa, before extending her […]
Van Vleuten holds onto the pink jersey for another day after stage eight of the Giro-Rosa
The eighth and longest stage of the Giro-Rosa saw Mitchelton-SCOTT work to keep race leader Annemiek van Vleuten safe and in the Maglia Rosa for another day. In the final 40kilometres, a breakaway group of 10riders jumped away and with all the general classification contenders watching each other behind in […]
2019 Air Ionica Race
AIRace: pure adrenaline on the Serenissima routes From Venice to Trieste, the Adriatica Ionica Race (July 24-28) will come back with an intriguing course suited to all-around riders. From the sea to the Dolomites, through hills and dirty roads, the race promises a big show in Northern ItalySAN DONA’ DI […]
Van Vleuten attacks to take a solo victory and move into the Giro-Rosa race lead on day five
Last year’s Giro-Rosa champion Annemiek van Vleuten has attacked her way into the Maglia Rosa on the first mountain stage of the 10-day Grand Tour. The world time trial champion used the steepest ramp to launch her move at the start of the final climb, passing two surviving breakaway riders […]
A DAY IN YELLOW: JEAN-FRANÇOIS BERNARD
Light-years behind the records of Eddy Merckx and nowhere as famous as the three other five-time winners of the Tour de France, Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain, a total of 67 riders have worn the yellow jersey for just one day (or even less) in their careers and […]