UAE Team Emirates and Felix Groß have put pen to paper on a deal which will see him in the colours of UAE Team Emirates for the next three years. Felix Groß: “I have almost no words, I am really really happy. The chance to ride in a such great team is something I wouldn’t have thought possible. I’ve been on the track for many years now, and I believe I can be very successful on the road as well. I feel like I’m in the right place and I am looking forward to wearing the UAE Team Emirates jersey next year.”…
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Henri Giroud
Fifty years of pro cycling journalism and television commentary. It gets easier after the first forty years.
Skratch Labs has released the new, plant-based version of their popular milk-based Sport Recovery Drink Mix. The catchily-titled Sport Vegan Recovery Drink Mix is the result of feedback from vegan consumers seeking a recovery product from Skratch Labs to fill their sports nutrition pantry. Sport Vegan Recovery Drink Mix is designed for vegan athletes who need something delicious and convenient to drink immediately after emptying the tank during long, hard workouts. “When you shake up this frothy, smooth drink, its chocolatey aroma may just conjure up memories of opening your favorite candy bar as a kid,” says Skratch Labs founder,…
Well, the tweet is WRONG: Blazing Saddles, a unique cycling, music and food festival set at Daley Ranch in Escondido, will launch this fall from October 15 – 17, 2021. Blazing Saddles will bring together an eclectic mix of food, drink, music and cycling unlike anything Southern California has ever seen. “The festival was conceived during the downtime of Covid, when the riddle was posed: In 2000, if Coachella and Sea Otter Bike Festival had a lovechild, what would it be like today?” says Monuments of Cycling CEO, Michael Marckx. “It will be a festival to showcase Southern California’s thriving…
Prologue Festival Elsy Jacobs got underway this evening with a fast blast around the streets of Cessange for a two kilometre long prologue, which featured a mixed bag of a parcours; with some technical sections, powerful straights and short, punchy climbs. First down the ramp for Team DSM was Canadian TT champion Leah Kirchmann, who stormed around the course, setting the timing sheets alight to move into the hot seat with a time of three minutes and 15 seconds. Juliette Labous, Wilma Olausson and Esmée Peperkamp followed for the team, all producing good rides over the testing course. It was…
Highlights Report Geraint Thomas led home a superb INEOS Grenadiers 1-2 at Tour de Romandie as Richie Porte moved up to second with an impressive time trial performance on the final stage Thomas put in a measured ride in Fribourg to overhaul leader Mike Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) and secure the overall victory from his teammate by 33 seconds. Starting the day in sixth, Porte put in a strong performance in changeable conditions to move up to second overall and secure back-to-back World Tour stage race second places. Thomas finished third on the final stage, not pushing for the stage…
Highlights Results Stage 1Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation4:58:352Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team0:00:173Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:214Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange0:00:345Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep0:00:376Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:427Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech8Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious0:00:529Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team0:01:5710Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM Overall 1Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation17:37:352Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:113Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team0:00:214Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team0:00:335Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:366Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep0:00:457Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech0:00:488Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange0:00:499Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious0:01:0410Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM0:01:58
A member of Deceuninck – Quick-Step since 2018, Kasper Asgreen has inked a deal that will keep him with the Wolfpack for three more years. Since turning pro, the Dane clocked up eight wins, becoming something of a specialist in the cobbled Classics. After a breakthrough victory at last year’s Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, he continued to hit new heights this season, riding to the prestigious double of E3 Harelbeke and Ronde van Vlaanderen and thus becoming one of the few riders in history to win both races in the same year. “Staying here was a no-brainer for me. Deceuninck – Quick-Step is the most…
Highlights Report The Movistar Team savoured again the joy of success at the UCI WorldTour with the same rider who had conquered, back in 2020 at La Vuelta, the latest victory to date for the Telefónica-backed squad in cycling’s top tier: Marc Soler. The Catalan showed again his quality on day three of the 2021 Tour de Romandie, over a circuit in Estavayer (168km) with two Cat-3 climbs, the last of which witnessed the unstoppable final attack, under pouring rain, from the Vilanova native 10km before the end, which also gave him the yellow jersey as GC leader. The Blue squad shone during the…