Women’s first division road teams and men’s first and second division road teams wishing to be registered for the 2021 season must submit their registration file to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI then assesses, with external financial auditor EY, whether the teams are in compliance with the UCI Regulations. In accordance with its Regulations, which as an exception have been adapted to take into account the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UCI is today publishing the list of teams that have submitted a registration file containing all the required documentation as per articles 2.13.087, 2.15.069bis and 2.16.014bis, by…
Author: Henri Giroud
Henri Giroud
Fifty years of pro cycling journalism and television commentary. It gets easier after the first forty years.
After a hugely successful career, British rider Ian Stannard has been forced to retire from professional racing due to rheumatoid arthritis. Stannard has been with the Team since its launch in 2010 and has played a huge part in its success for over a decade. Former national champion Stannard ends his racing career with seven wins, including two at the Tour of Britain, and as a key member of five Grand Tour winning lineups. But he will be most fondly remembered for his efforts in the Classics, winning back-to-back editions of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2014 and 2015, before riding…
Two more years representing Trek-Segafredo for Skujiņš, Brambilla, Mosca and Moschetti; one more year for De Kort “In a season like the one that is about to end, we thought it was important to send a signal of confidence and incentive to the whole group. Year after year, we have been able to consolidate a sports project that has given important signs of improvement and results, especially this year. We have chosen to give continuity to a balanced mix of youth and experience as a means to make a further quality leap,” explained Luca Guercilena, General Manager. Since joining the Team…
Highlights Report Lotto Soudal’s Tim Wellens claimed his second win of this year’s Tour of Spain in stage 14 from Lugo to Ourense (Galicia). In an uphill sprint, after a climb of almost two kilometers, Wellens won, from a small group, ahead of Michael Woods and Zdeněk Štybar. All three riders were part of a break of seven riders that was formed after some 40 km. With three third category climbs and rolling terrain throughout this was the ideal day for a break’s survival. “The goal of team Lotto Soudal was to win at least one stage in La Vuelta.…
Highlights Report Primoz Roglic has won the thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España. The Slovenian was one second faster than Will Barta in the only individual time trial of this year’s edition of the Spanish grand tour and rode to his eleventh season victory. Roglic reclaimed the red leaders jersey at the expense of the Ecuadorian Carapaz. At the first two intermediate points, the leader of Team Jumbo-Visma was still behind Barta, but Roglic turned the tables on Barta on the final climb. In the general classification, the Slovenian starts the next stage with a lead of thirty-nine seconds…
Visit Victoria today announced the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race will not be staged this summer. Due to the ongoing global pandemic, a number of UCI WorldTour teams have made the decision to stay in Europe due to uncertainty around international travel conditions and logistics of quarantine requirements. The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is a UCI WorldTour cycling event held along Australia’s most iconic coastal region. The full event schedule is impacted, including the UCI WorldTour Elite Men’s Road Race and the UCI WorldTour Deakin University Elite Women’s Road Race, TAC Race Torquay, the Swisse People’s Ride…
Williams Racing Development, the company that uses marketing to promote and increase diversity within cycling, today announced the roster for their 2021 L39ION of Los Angeles USA Cycling Domestic Elite Team and the establishment of a Men’s UCI Continental Team, L39ION of Los Angeles. During an American racing season dramatically impacted by the global coronavirus pandemic affecting millions of people in the US and world-wide, L39ION of Los Angeles worked to continue its mission to create diversity in the sport of cycling. Despite the limitations created by Covid-19, the team continued its work with Outride, a public nonprofit dedicated to…
The route for the 2021 Tour de France was unveiled on Sunday night by Race Director, Christian Prudhomme, where he announced an overview of the route for the Grand Boucle which will run from 26 June – July 18. The race departs from Brittany before crossing over to the Alps and moving down to the Pyrenees and finally, climbing north to the finish in Paris. Tadej Pogačar reflected on his first glance of the new route : “It’s an interesting route. It’s more of a classic Tour de France route than the last few years. The first week in Bretagne should be exciting…