The UK-based multi-discipline cycling Team Trinity Racing has announced that former pro rider Ian Stannard will join the team in a directeur sportif role. It’s a big move for a team that’s on an upward trajectory this season, including moving up to Continental level and registering a UCI mountain biking team. Having spent a large part of his career riding for others, Stannard was a key part of Team Sky’s Tour de France winning squads in 2013, 2015, and 2016, and Vuelta winning squads in 2011 and 2017. Amidst all the team success, he also enjoyed individual accolades with back-to-back…
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Henri Giroud
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Casper Pedersen has extended his contract with Team DSM until the end of the 2022 season. Having joined the team in 2019, Pedersen quickly settled in and showed promising performances in his opening year, helping the team to wins throughout the season before making his Grand Tour debut at the Vuelta a España. In 2020, he was part of the team’s sprint block and really shone through in a team that harked back to the halcyon days of sprint trains, with Pedersen transitioning and developing into an important part of that group. After being part of the team’s incredibly successful 2020…
Highlights Elite Women Elite Men Elite Women Results Round Five 1Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Alpecin – Fenix0:49:482Lucinda Brand (Ned) Baloise Trek Lions0:00:203Manon Bakker (Ned) Credishop-Fristads0:00:214Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank0:00:345Denise Betsema (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal0:00:406Sanne Cant (Bel) Iko – Crelan0:00:487Anna Kay (GBr) Starcasino cx Team0:00:568Evie Richards (GBr) Trek Factory Racing Cx0:00:589Kata Blanka Vas (Hun)0:01:1510Marianne Vos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team0:01:21 Final Overall Standings 1BRAND Lucinda1802ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen1423BETSEMA Denise1294HONSINGER Clara1025VAS Blanka Kata1006CANT Sanne867WORST Annemarie798BAKKER Manon719PIETERSE Puck6610KAY Anna63 Elite Men Results Round Five 1Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma1:05:572Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Alpecin – Fenix0:01:033Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Trinity Racing0:02:074Michael…
The 2021 virtual Tour Of Sufferlandria is ready to launch, and it’s in support of a wonderful cause. Join The Wahoo SUF Training app and the Davis Phinney Foundation’s Team DPF for a week of inspiring (and challenging) indoor cycling workouts and a great event to raise funds to help people with Parkinson’s live well today. Fun and fierce (and also playful and modified) workouts are waiting for everyone all over the world who want to join with the Davis Phinney Foundation to train, exercise or just move for seven days, Feb. 14-20, 2021. All you need to participate is…
Liv Cycling, the company dedicated to getting more women on bikes, today announced the expansion of Liv Racing and their 2021 roster, officially welcoming Linda Indergand (SUI), Sarah Hill (RSA), and Dani Johnson (USA) to the team. This news comes on the heels of the recent announcement of Liv as the exclusive partner of the Liv Racing Women’s WorldTeam (formerly CCC-Liv). With these additions, Liv expands its global support to 25 women riding as part of the Liv Racing program, which is composed of three professional racing teams. “Liv Racing is an extension of the Liv brand and our overall…
From color codes to flexible cheat days, Trek-Segafredo gives its riders the tools to tailor their diets Sports nutrition is an intrinsic part of high-performance organizations like Trek-Segafredo, whose nutrition project is, foremost, responsive. During a grand tour like the Tour de France, riders can’t fuel the exact same way every day. Mountain stages burn more calories than time trials or slow peloton days, for example, so they require riders to eat more beforehand. At the same time, the fastest climbers need to be careful to maintain a light weight so they can stay swift up even the steepest gradients.…
Highlights Elite Women: Elite Men: Results Elite Women: 1Denise Betsema (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal0:53:062Lucinda Brand (Ned) Baloise Trek Lions0:01:023Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix0:01:094Annemarie Worst (Ned) 7770:01:265Kata Blanka Vas (Hun) Proximus-Alphamotorhomes-Doltcini0:01:576Clara Honsinger (USA) Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld0:02:107Puck Pieterse (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix0:02:228Sanne Cant (Bel) Iko-Crelan0:02:239Manon Bakker (Ned) Credishop-Fristads0:02:4110Fem Van Empel (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal0:02:50 Elite Men: 1Mathieu Van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix1:05:272Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma0:01:313Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Trinity Racing0:01:494Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal0:02:415Toon Aerts (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions0:03:076Lars Van der Haar (Ned) Baloise Trek Lions0:03:197Quinten Hermans (Bel) Tormans0:03:328Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal0:03:379Ryan Kamp (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal0:04:1210Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Tormans0:04:46 Upcoming Events 24 January – Overijse…
Cyclry, a GFM Publishing company, today announced its financial results for the year 2020. Despite a cycling season beleaguered by Covid-19, with some races and teams struggling to survive, interest in the sport of professional cycling grew and the racing in the second half of the year proved captivating. Cyclry posted an $86,000 profit for the year, led by advertising revenue, sponsorship deals, and merchandise sales. Dividends will be paid to the contributing editor who received the most hate mail, in order to pay their legal fees.