Cycling Category Archive

Cycling: Billionaire Ratcliffe rides to rescue of Team Sky

Britain’s richest man Jim Ratcliffe rode to the rescue of Team Sky when the chemicals billionaire was confirmed as the new owner of the powerhouse cycle team on Tuesday.

Cycling: Roglic snatches overall Tirreno-Adriatico win by one second

Britain’s Adam Yates was unable to hold off Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic as victory on the Tirreno-Adriatico slipped from his grasp by a single second on Tuesday.

Cycling: Ineos set to become new sponsor of Team Sky – media reports

Chemicals giant Ineos, owned by Britain’s richest man Jim Ratcliffe, is set to become the new sponsor of cycling’s Tour de France-winning Team Sky, according to media reports on Monday.

Cycling: 2020 Tour de France to get off to hilly start

The 2020 Tour de France will get off to a hilly start with two stages around Nice, organizers said on Monday.

Cycling: Hurts to think of tragic Catlin’s pain, says rival Archibald

Britain’s Olympic, world and European track cycling champion Katie Archibald says the suicide this month of American rival Kelly Catlin has hit her hard.

Cycling: Paris-Nice carnage continues as Groenewegen wins

Simon Yates’s hopes of winning Paris-Nice were dashed when the Briton was one of the casualties in a windswept second stage won by Dylan Groenewegen on Monday.

Cycling-U.S. Olympic medalist Kelly Catlin dies at age 23

Olympian Kelly Catlin, who helped the United States win the women’s pursuit team silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games, has died, USA Cycling said on Sunday.

Cycling: Groenewegen takes Paris-Nice opening stage

Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen won the opening stage of the week-long Paris-Nice race, a 138.5-km ride around St Germain en Laye, to claim the overall lead on Sunday.

Cycling: Alaphilippe wins Strade Bianche on first participation

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe won the Strade Bianche one-day race on his first participation with a late burst of speed in the 184-km ride featuring graveled roads around Siena on Saturday.

Cycling: World champion Barker wants Tokyo sister-act

Welsh rider Elinor Barker was enjoying warm-weather training in the Cape Town sunshine this week — one of the perks of being a track cycling Olympic and world champion.

Cycling: Adam Yates eyes podium finish after poor 2018 Tour

After a below-par performance in last year’s Tour de France, Briton Adam Yates is aiming for a podium finish in Paris in 2019.

Cycling: Preidler’s attempted doping is ‘high treason’, says team leader

Georg Preidler’s doping confession has left his Groupama-FDJ team leader Thibaut Pinot in shock after the Austrian left the French outfit on Monday.

Cycling: Kenny warns against complacency after Brits outpaced in Poland

Britain’s track cyclists were still digesting a disappointing world championships medal haul on Monday but four-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny believes there is no need to panic.

Cycling: Austrian Preidler admits to doping amid investigation

Austrian cyclist Georg Preidler on Monday admitted to cheating amid an investigation into blood doping that brought down five skiers at the Nordic skiing world championships last week.

Cycling: Lavreysen wins sprint gold as Netherlands top medals tally

Netherlands youngster Harrie Lavreysen gave a solid performance to overcome compatriot Jeffrey Hoogland and claim the men’s sprint gold at the world track championships on Sunday.

Cycling: Britain’s Kenny pulls out of omnium at world championships

British rider Laura Kenny has withdrawn from the track cycling world championships in Poland because of illness, her team said on Friday.

Cycling: Barker wins scratch gold, flying Dutchmen retain sprint

Britain’s Elinor Barker claimed the opening gold medal of the track cycling world championships on Wednesday as she held off defending champion Kirsten Wild to win the 10km scratch race.

Cycling: Team Sky’s Swift in intensive care after training crash

Team Sky’s Ben Swift is recovering in intensive care after suffering a ruptured spleen when he crashed during a training ride with team mate Geraint Thomas in Tenerife.

Cycling: Copenhagen to host 2021 Tour de France depart

Copenhagen will host the opening three stages of the 2021 Tour de France, cycling governing body the UCI said on Thursday.

Cycling: Hearing of former British Cycling doctor adjourned to Friday

A medical tribunal of former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman, charged with ordering 30 sachets of the banned substance Testogel for an unnamed athlete in 2011, has been adjourned to Friday.

Cycling: Tour champion Thomas feels no pressure as season begins

Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas said he can start his season this week with “no pressure” having finally made his big breakthrough in 2018.

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