Home »
Australian cyclist Lauren Kitchen noticed changes in her behaviour for months following a crash in which she suffered a broken collarbone and "bad" concussion in her first race back from a COVID-19 competition shutdown last year. The 30-year-old sustained road rash and swelling to her head and face in the July crash but at the […]
Chris Froome will make his debut for Israel Start-Up Nation in Argentina “I look forward to racing with my new team-mates and getting the ball rolling on the adventure that lies ahead.” Froome, who struggled during the interrupted 2020 season to get back up to speed following the career-threatening injuries suffered at the 2019 Criterium […]
Mark Cavendish will race on in 2021 after agreeing a deal to return to Deceuninck-QuickStep. The Manxman, 35, faced an uncertain future in a difficult contract market this winter and had openly contemplated that his career could be coming to an end this year. But that was never his desire and he has now secured […]
Britain’s Hugh Carthy produced a stunning performance to win his first Grand Tour stage with victory on day 12 at the Vuelta a Espana. EF Pro Cycling rider Carthy put in a colossal surge over the final 1,200 metres to the summit finish on the steep slopes of the Alto de L’Angliru to finish 16 […]
Primoz Roglic won the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana as Chris Froome was dropped on the final two climbs of the day. Froome, riding his final race for the Ineos Grenadiers, said on Monday he was unsure of his form coming into the Vuelta but got immediate confirmation he was not in shape […]
Overall contender Simon Yates has withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia after testing positive for the coronavirus, his Mitchelton-Scott team announced before Saturday’s eighth stage. The 28-year-old British rider “developed very mild symptoms” after Friday’s Stage 7, the team said. An immediate rapid test showed a positive result, which was confirmed in a second test. Yates […]
Paris-Roubaix will not take place in 2020 as a rise in coronavirus cases has forced its postponement for the second time. The 118th running of the popular men’s race and an inaugural women’s edition of the ‘Hell of the North’ had been set for 25 October, rearranged from its original date of 12 April, but […]
Paris-Roubaix, which was due to be raced on October 25, has been cancelled amid the COVID-19 crisis, organisers said on Friday. The men's and women's races have been cancelled by local authorities following French health minister Olivier Veran's announcement on Thursday that the Lille metropole was being placed under maximum COVID-19 alert. France's new daily […]
On Saturday in La Gazzetta Dello Sport, Italy’s most read newspaper, Pier Bergonzi wrote: “The start of the Giro has always been something magic and miraculous. This time it’s even more so.” To him this was not just the return of a bicycle race, but the chance for Italy to restart as a country. Stage […]
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) will study all crashes that occur in the 2021 international calendar and take steps to improve rider safety, the president of the sport’s governing body David Lappartient has said. Calls for UCI to take action and protect riders have grown this season following a crash that left Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen […]