Cycling Category Archive

Cycling: Lotto Soudal optimistic on Thijssen after horror crash

Lotto Soudal are optimistic that rider Gerben Thijssen will recover from a horrific crash at the Ghent Six Day that saw him suffer three small brain haemorrhages.

Tour de France’s perennial runner-up Poulidor dies at 83

French cyclist Raymond Poulidor, best known for failing to win the Tour de France while coming agonizingly close on numerous occasions, has died aged 83, French media reported on Wednesday.

Paralympics: Australian cycling champion Modra killed in road collision

Five-time Paralympic gold medalist Kieran Modra has died after being hit by a car while riding his bike north of Adelaide on Wednesday.

Haiti’s cyclists brave protests and poor roads in race for gold

Ousline Georges, 22, only started to take cycling seriously a year ago, wary of the many hurdles she faced such as the prohibitive cost of a decent bicycle and the treacherous roads in her home country of Haiti, the poorest in the Americas.

Transgender Cyclist Rachel McKinnon Keeps Smashing Women’s Records

Transgender Cyclist Rachel McKinnon continues to smash women’s cycling records, the latest being a “world record” in the women’s 200m sprint.

Cycling: Sunweb teenager Maas may never walk again after collision with car

Teenage cyclist Edo Maas of Sunweb’s development team may never walk again after he fractured his back in a collision with a car at the Piccolo Lombardia race earlier this month, the German cycling team has said.

Advantage climbers as 2020 Tour de France route revealed

Tour de France organizers put a spring in the step of the climbers on Tuesday after unveiling the route for the 2020 race featuring a first mountain stage on the second day and only one time trial on the eve of the final parade on the Champs Elysees.

Cycling: Let’s get better before thinking about leadership, says Froome

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome is likely to face fierce competition within Team Ineos next year, but the Briton is focusing on getting back to his best before thinking about 2020.

Cycling: Mollema snatches biggest career win in Il Lombardia

Dutchman Bauke Mollema claimed his biggest career victory when he won the Il Lombardia one-day race, a 243-km ride from Bergamo on Saturday.

Cycling: Pedersen’s victory underlines rise of next generation

Mads Pedersen not only became Denmark’s first road world champion in Harrogate on Sunday, he also offered further proof of the rise of an exciting new generation in men’s cycling.

Cycling: Pedersen reigns in the rain to claim shock rainbow jersey

Mads Pedersen won a brutal, rain-ravaged race to become Denmark’s first road race world champion on Sunday as all the favorites saw their hopes washed away in Yorkshire.

Cycling: Van Vleuten solos to world gold in women’s road race

Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten produced one of the greatest solo rides ever seen at the UCI Road World Championships to storm to victory in the women’s road race on Saturday.

Men’s road race set to be war of attrition

Driving rain and strong winds are set to make Sunday’s climax to the UCI Road World Championships a battle for survival between the hard men of the peloton in what is already the longest men’s world road race for more than 40 years.

Heartbreak for disqualified Dutchman Eekhoff in under-23 race

Dutch rider Nils Eekhoff suffered heartbreak at the UCI Road World Championships on Friday when he was disqualified after crossing the line first in the under-23 men’s road race.

Dennis emerges from cloud of doubt to win TT gold again

Australian Rohan Dennis retained his men’s time trial title as he outclassed the field at the UCI Road World Championships on Wednesday, taking gold by more than a minute.

American Dygert crushes Dutch duo to win time trial gold

American Chloe Dygert powered her way to gold in the time trial to end Dutch domination of the event at the UCI Road World Championships on a rainswept Yorkshire course on Tuesday.

Cycling: Heavy rain delays start of women’s time trial

Torrential rain and flooded roads caused a delay to the start of the elite women’s time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire on Tuesday.

Weary Thomas pulls out of time trial at worlds

Geraint Thomas has withdrawn from the individual time trial at UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire after failing to get back to full fitness for the event following the Tour de France.

Britain’s Thomas to race TT and road race at worlds

Geraint Thomas will ride in both the individual time trial and road race at next week’s UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, British Cycling said on Wednesday.

Cycling: Van Baarle signs new three-year deal with Ineos

Dutchman Dylan van Baarle said he is targeting one of the big classics next year after signing a new three-year contract with Team Ineos on Tuesday.

Cycling: Peloton rounds on Movistar for attack after Vuelta crash

Movistar Team were roundly criticized after they attacked during stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana in the immediate aftermath of race leader Primoz Roglic’s accident.

Cycling- Movistar accuse UCI of Roglic favoritism

Movistar’s Sporting Director accused cycling’s governing body of favoring Vuelta a Espana leader Primoz Roglic on Friday after the Slovenian was allowed to use a car’s slipstream to catch up with the peloton after a crash.

Cycling: Team Ineos boss Brailsford recovering from prostate cancer

Team Ineos boss Dave Brailsford, the man who masterminded Britain’s rise as a cycling powerhouse, is recovering from prostate cancer diagnosed shortly before the Tour de France in July.

Primoz edges closer to Vuelta win as Higuita earns first victory

Colombian Sergio Higuita earned his first professional victory by winning stage 18 in the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday as Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic closed in on the title by increasing his overall advantage to two minutes and 50 seconds.

Cycling- Groenewegen wins again on Tour of Britain

Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen claimed his third win of this year’s Tour of Britain, dominating a sprint finish at the end of the fifth stage in Birkenhead on Wednesday.

Cycling- Gilbert wins rapid stage as Quintana rides into overall picture

Philippe Gilbert claimed a second stage victory at this year’s Vuelta a Espana as Nairo Quintana rode himself back into overall contention with a fine performance in the breakaway on stage 17.

Cycling: Dutchman Groenewegen wins Tour of Britain third stage

Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen claimed his second stage win in the opening three days of the Tour of Britain after holding off compatriot Mathieu van der Poel on Monday.

Cycling: Roglic tightens Vuelta grip, Fuglsang triumphs in stage 16

Primoz Roglic tightened his grip on the Vuelta a Espana, while Jakob Fuglsang earned a solo triumph in stage 16 on Monday.

Cycling: Roglic and Valverde sink teeth into Vuelta rivals

Primoz Roglic maintained his sizeable lead over Alejandro Valverde in the Vuelta a Espana after stage 15 on Sunday but both widened the gap over the rest of their rivals in the general classification.

Gilbert earns 10th Grand Tour stage win at Vuelta, Roglic still overall leader

Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert earned the 10th Grand Tour stage victory of his career by winning stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday, whilst Primoz Roglic held on to the red jersey as there was no change in the general classification.

Roche and Uran amongst four Vuelta withdrawals after mass crash

Former race leader Nicolas Roche and overall contender Rigoberto Uran were amongst four riders to withdraw from the Vuelta a Espana following a mass crash during Thursday’s stage six.

Cycling – Jakobsen denies Bennett second Vuelta stage win in a row

Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen sprinted to victory to win stage four of the Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday and deny Irishman Sam Bennett a second successive stage victory by the finest of margins, while Nicolas Roche retained the overall leader’s red jersey.

Bennett sprints to win, Roche retains red in Irish Vuelta double

Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett claimed a maiden Vuelta a Espana stage victory as he pipped rival Edward Theuns to the line in a sprint finish to win stage three of the race, a 188km flat ride from Ibi to Alicante. 

Cycling: Astana strike first blow in Vuelta, Roglic involved in crash

Colombian rider Miguel Angel Lopez was wearing the red jersey at the end of the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana after his Astana team won Saturday’s team time trial by a margin of two seconds over Deceuninck-QuickStep.

German sprint specialist Kittel announces retirement

German sprint specialist Marcel Kittel on Friday announced his retirement from the sport, saying he lacked the commitment and drive that was necessary to remain a top athlete.

Geoghegan Hart and Poels to co-lead Ineos charge in Vuelta

Tao Geoghegan Hart and Wout Poels will be co-leaders for Team Ineos at the Vuelta a Espana which starts on Saturday, with Tour de France winner Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas sitting the three-week race out, the team announced on Tuesday.

Briton Campbell smashes cycling speed record at 174mph

British cyclist Neil Campbell has hit a speed record of more than 174mph to become the fastest man on bike with his pulsating ride at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire.

Cycling: Italian great Gimondi dies of heart attack

Italian Felice Gimondi, one of only seven riders to have won all three Grand Tours, has died at the age of 76 after suffering a heart attack while swimming in Sicily on Friday.

Tour de France winner Bernal gets hero’s welcome in hometown

Cyclist Egan Bernal, the first Latin American to win the Tour de France, got a hero’s welcome from thousands of fans in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, on Wednesday.

Viviani sprints to London victory

Italian Olympic champion Elia Viviani roared to victory in the RideLondon Surrey Classic on Sunday with a perfectly-timed surge to the line on The Mall.

Olympic champion Barker breaks collarbone in London crash

Olympic champion Elinor Barker has confirmed she suffered a broken collarbone in a high-speed pile-up at the end of the women’s Ride London Classique in London on Saturday.

Pan Am Games: Paul bags more gold for Trinidad and Tobago at the Lima velodrome

Ato Boldon has long been unrivalled as Trinidad and Tobago’s most famous sprinter but there might just be a challenger on the horizon after Nicholas Paul blitzed to a second Pan Am Games gold in track cycling on Saturday.

Froome targets 2020 Tour as he recovers from horror crash

Four-times Tour de France champion Chris Froome says he is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a horrific crash in June that ended his 2019 season and is already targeting next year’s race in a quest for a record-equalling fifth title.

Cycling: Longer and higher, Internationelles strike a blow for women’s Tour

Colombian Egan Bernal will win the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday but 10 intrepid amateur women riders can claim bragging rights after going further, higher and completing the three-week trek 24 hours earlier.

Bernal claims Colombia’s first Tour de France title

Egan Bernal became the first Colombian to win the Tour de France when he retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey after Sunday’s 21st and final stage won by Caleb Ewan of Australia.

Cycling: Froome ahead of schedule in recovery, says Brailsford

Chris Froome’s recovery from his horrific crash is “ahead of schedule”, leaving Team Ineos hopeful that he will be back at next year’s Tour de France seeking to regain his title.

Cycling: Bernal all but wraps up maiden Colombian Tour title

Climbing phenomenon Egan Bernal was poised to become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France and the youngest race champion in 110 years when he retained the overall lead after Saturday’s 20th stage, a 59-km ride from Albertville.

Cycling: Pre-Giro crash a blessing in disguise for Bernal

Egan Bernal’s early season did not go as planned but a broken collarbone at training proved to be a blessing in disguise for the Team Ineos climber, who is poised to become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France on Sunday.

Cycling: Defeated Thomas still believes he can win another Tour

After his troubled preparation for the race, Geraint Thomas is still poised to finish the Tour de France as runner-up — and that persuades the defending champion to believe he can win the title again despite fierce internal competition at Team Ineos.

Cycling: Drops women’s team may sell the bus to keep on road

Bob Varney could be excused at times for thinking he is pedaling a up Mont Ventoux with a flat tyre as he tries to keep Britain’s only professional women’s cycling team on the road.

Cycling: Tour de France stage 20 on after extreme weather threat

Heavy rain and thunderstorms threatened to force organizers to cancel the 20th stage of the Tour de France in Val Thorens on Saturday.

Bernal takes Tour lead as hailstorm stops stage

Colombian Egan Bernal was catapulted into the overall lead of the Tour de France in dramatic circumstances on Friday as the 19th stage of the race, effectively the penultimate stage, was stopped early because of a hail storm.