Author: Henri Giroud

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has today confirmed Zwift, the indoor fitness platform, will host the 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships on 26 February 2022. The next UCI Cycling Esports World Championships will move from Zwift’s Watopia to its New York Map. Centered around Central park, Zwift’s New York Map transports riders, and viewers, 100 years into the future with elevated glass roads that take riders high into the iconic Manhattan skyline. Racers will tackle the Knickerbocker route, a challenging parcours worthy of a UCI World Championship event. Rolling roads and steep gradients will make for a selective race.…

Highlights Report On his debut at the famous ‘Il Lombardia’, 23 year-old Tadej Pogačar added another chapter to his ever-expanding palmares taking a memorable victory in a two-man sprint with Fausto Masnada (Deceuninck-Quickstep) on the trip from Como to Bergamo, 239 km). For the second time this season UAE Team Emirates once again dominated a Classic Monument, thus closing a dazzling 2021 which is marked by Liège-Bastogne-Liège in the spring, the Tour de France in the summer and the success at Il Lombardia in the autumn. Pogačar set out his intent in trademark fashion, attacking 36.6 km from the finish…

The Movistar Team announced Thursday it has reached an agreement for the next two seasons (2022-23) with Gorka Izagirre (Ormaiztegi, Gipuzkoa; 1987), a current member of the Astana – Premier Tech squad, who will come back to the Telefónica-backed squad after being a member of Eusebio Unzué’s team between 2014 and 2017. His signing is the fifth for the men’s team’s 2022 roster, after previous confirmations of Óscar Rodríguez, Max Kanter, Alex Aranburu and Oier Lazkano. Gorka’s 13-year pro career has seen him becoming one of the most resilient competitors and best allrounders in the whole WorldTour peloton, other than a rider respected by team-mates and rivals alike.…

Having spent 17 years in the men’s peloton, the last three of which were with Team DSM, Nicholas Roche is set to hang up his wheels at the end of the 2021 season. Roche turned professional in 2005 and has spent an incredible 17 years riding at the highest echelons of the sport. Taking an impressive 12 wins throughout his career including two stages at the Vuelta a España, Roche has also started a mind-boggling 24 Grand Tours, completing a remarkable 22 of them. He’s also ended the Vuelta in fifth and sixth place on GC, alongside numerous other top…

Highlights Report It’s a historical victory for Bahrain Victorious as Sonny Colbrelli took the Queen of the Classics. The most brutal race on the calendar and the most awaited after an absence of more than a year. At his first appearance at the Paris-Roubaix the reigning European Champion put on an impressive performance across the 55Km of wet and muddy cobblestones, spread over the 257.7km legendary course from Compiègne to the velodrome of Roubaix, where he outsprinted his companions of a late attack Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Soudal) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Fenix). Sonny Colbrelli: “It was my first…

Highlights Report Lizzie Deignan became the first woman to win Paris-Roubaix on Saturday. Men have written 125 years worth of pages in the story of the iconic one-day race. Finally the women, led by Deignan, have made their mark. Deignan was at a loss of words after crossing the velodrome finish line with her arms in the air. “I feel very emotional,” Deignan said. “I don’t know, I am just really proud.  Sorry, not the best quote, but I am just so happy. I cannot believe it happened.” Deignan’s brave winning move, made on the first cobbled section of the…

USA Cycling will host the second installment of the virtual Inclusion Conversations on Thursday, Oct. 7 from 10 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. MDT. This month’s conversation will be a panel discussion titled: Unpacking Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status. Shannon Jolly, DEI Professional, will moderate the panel and panelists will include Massimo Alpian, Cannondale & GT Bicycles;  Elyse Rylander, Quality Bicycle Products; and Rahsaan Bahati, Bahati Foundation. This is the second conversation in an ongoing monthly Inclusion Conversation series hosted by USA Cycling. The first session was held September 10 and was attended live by nearly 100 participants from across the USA and…

As the petrol crisis continues and the price of fuel rockets, more and more people are actively seeking alternative ways to get about. According to the UK’s largest online e-bike supplier, E-Bikes Direct, there has been a notable uplift in demand in the past week as consumers move to pedal and e-power to get about, opting to save their fuel for longer journeys and big shops. Matt Flanagan, CEO at E-Bikes Direct says, “We have seen a 100% increase in enquiries and sales in the past week. The thought of having to join long queues and use what little fuel…