Update from Team Bahrain Victorious Following the sprint on Stage 1 of Volta a Catalunya, Sonny Colbrelli fell unconscious. Colbrelli underwent further medical assistance, and he was in stable condition upon being taken into an ambulance to Hospital Universitari de Girona to investigate his condition further. Team Bahrain Victorious would like to thank the organisers and the medical teams for their support and assistance. Further updates will follow.
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Highlights Report It’s an unbelievable victory for Bahrain Victorious at the first Monument of the season, the Milano-Sanremo. Matej Mohorič took a superb solo win in Via Roma after a legendary attack on the descent from Poggio. The Classicissima respected the tradition with an initial breakaway whose last two men were caught on the Poggio climb. It was there that the expected attacks and counter attacks happened. But then the unexpected move was made on the following descent towards Sanremo, when Matej put on a thrilling performance with his excellent downhill skills, and the ultimate technical equipment provided by the…
The newest cycling series in the U.S. officially has a name, the American Criterium Cup. The core group of cycling stakeholders, including criterium race directors, cycling teams, and USA Cycling, which announced the full ten-event calendar in January, is proud to announce the official series name. “The series, and all the race directors associated with it, are excited to announce the name for the series, American Criterium Cup,” said Mike Weiss, race director of the Bommarito Audi Gateway Cup. “For 2022, the series will focus on the theme of Unity, with events, teams, and USA Cycling having a common goal of…
Mallorca will host the 2022 edition of Zafiro Palma Marathon on October 9th. The race, which will take place in the beautiful city of Palma, offers 3 distances, marathon, half marathon and 10 km. Here is what you need to know about Zafiro Palma Marathon: All the activities are performed outdoors, including the pick-up of race documents, expo, pasta party, finish party, etc., thanks to its mild average temperature. And with its location in the heart of the city, only a few meters from the most emblematic buildings of Palma, bars, cafés and restaurants are very close in case the…
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the organisers of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships today revealed that the event’s road time trials will take place in the Scottish city of Stirling (Great Britain). The historic city – and its surrounding area – is the seventh location to be announced as a host of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, taking place in Glasgow and across Scotland from 3-13 August 2023. It is the second venue announced outside Glasgow, after Dumfries & Galloway for the para-cycling road competitions. Stirling, dominated by Stirling Castle, is situated in central Scotland, just over…
Here’s a boost for women’s cycling. NBC Sports will be the officially broadcaster of the Women’s Tour de France (or, as it’s affectionately known in the land of baguettes and berets, Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift) in the United States on Peacock and CNBC beginning. The richest and most prestigious stage race in women’s cycling, the 2022 Women’s Tour de France (July 24-31) will be held for the for the first time in 33 years after the previous iteration of the race ran annually from 1984-1989. The eight-day Women’s Tour de France will cover 751 miles. Beginning on July…
The Management Committee of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) met at an extraordinary session today to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the measures that the UCI means to take in this respect. The UCI again expresses its very great concern over the situation in Ukraine and firmly condemns the aggression of the Russian and Belarusian governments and their non-respect of the Olympic Truce. The UCI wishes to see a return to peace as rapidly as possible and calls for the respect of Olympic values. Indeed, sport in general and cycling in particular are vehicles of peace, friendship, solidarity and…
The Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2023 will be the second in Spain and particularly the Basque Country, following the race’s visit to San Sebastián in 1992, at the beginning of Miguel Indurain’s reign in yellow. The three Basque provinces will feature on the programme for the three days that will mark the start to the 110th edition. From Bilbao to San Sebastián, the pack will also ride through the streets of Vitoria and tackle often steep roads on which the most glorious pages of Spanish cycling history have been written. The relief of the Basque Country will incite the…