The Chairman of the Board for the Paul Sherwen Project, legendary cycling commentator Phil Liggett, and fellow Board members, announce the launch of the official site for the Paul Sherwen Project. “The Paul Sherwen Project is up and running and we are delighted to be making our first two monetary grants to programmes in Uganda that were close to Paul’s heart.” The Paul Sherwen Project will be a $1,000 sponsor to the 2nd Annual Paul Sherwen Classic Bike Race, which will be held in the western town of Kabale, close to Rwanda. Known for its good roads over mountainous terrain, the race…
Author: Henri Giroud
Henri Giroud
Fifty years of pro cycling journalism and television commentary. It gets easier after the first forty years.
The Israel Start-Up Nation cycling team announced today that it has completed building its roster for the 2021 season. 32 riders from Israel and 16 other countries have signed for the coming season, including nine new riders headed by four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome. The team plans to arrive in Israel in January for its major pre-season training camp. The team completed its largest roster yet by handing two-year contract extensions to Canadian Guillaume Boivin and Swiss rider Reto Hollenstein. “Despite COVID-19, Israel Start-Up Nation had a good inaugural season in the WorldTour. We secured our first victories…
Zoe Backstedt, 2020 Junior Women’s Winner shares the route: Highlights – Elite Men Highlights – Elite Women Junior Women 1Zoe Backstedt (GBr)0:38:182Marie Schreiber (Lux)0:00:113Lucia Bramati (Ita)0:01:054Olivia Onesti (Fra)0:01:225Line Burquier (Fra)0:01:286Karolína Bedrníková (Cze)0:01:477Beatrice Fontana (Ita)0:02:038Julia Kopecky (Cze)0:02:189Monique Halter (Swi)0:02:2710Tereza Kurnická (Svk)0:02:55 Junior Men 1Matěj Stránský (Cze)0:41:222Lorenzo Masciarelli (Ita)0:00:073Matyáš Fiala (Cze)0:00:134Matteo Siffredi (Ita)0:00:275Gustav Wang (Den)0:00:326Matyáš Kopecký (Cze)0:00:357Corran Carrick-anderson (GBr)0:00:478Filippo Agostinacchio (Ita)0:00:519Nathan Smith (GBr)0:00:5310Pavel Jindřich (Cze)0:01:04 U23 Men 1Thomas Mein (GBr)0:49:192Ben Turner (GBr)0:00:313Ivan Feijoo Alberte (Spa)4Loris Rouiller (Swi)0:00:325Jakub Říman (Cze)0:00:466Florian Richard Andrade (Fra)0:01:077Dario Lillo (Swi)0:01:138Toby Barnes (GBr)0:01:249Rémi Lelandais (Fra)0:01:2510Ugo Ananie (Fra)0:02:03 Elite Women 1Lucinda Brand (Ned) Telenet Baloise Lions0:53:432Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned)…
After leading CCC-Liv to numerous wins and podium finishes over the past two years, with the conclusion of her contract in December, Marianne Vos will move on to a new team in 2021. The 2020 season marked Marianne Vos’ 14th as a professional cyclist. Vos began her relationship with Liv Cycling in 2012 as a part of the Rabobank Women Team (which later became known as Rabo-Liv); that same year, she won an Olympic gold medal in London, World Championship titles on the road and cyclocross, and won five stages of the Giro Rosa and the overall. After two years apart during the 2017-2018 seasons,…
In news that will please any cycling fan, Fabio Jakobsen is back on the bike following his nightmare crash at the Tour of Poland earlier this year. Jakobsen posted the update to his Instagram, revealing that he’d taken a ride with his partner, Delores Tougje, and a new Specialized bike. He’d previously set a personal goal to return to riding before December – a goal he has now met. “It has been quite a journey so far. I would like to thank all the medical specialists that have helped me a long the way. Already looking forward to my next…
Two phone calls, just about twelve years apart, and two life-altering moments for Ben King, Rally Cycling’s final signing for 2021. And just as the roster is now complete, so too is a pretty incredible full circle. “I still remember after winning junior nationals in 2007 and then getting the phone call from Jonas Carney in my dorm room at college.” Carney was calling to offer King a ride on Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast, the first iteration of the team that became Rally Cycling. “I had to decide if bike riding was the direction I wanted to take my…
The largest series of one-day gran fondo cycling events in the United States, the Colnago Gran Fondo National Series (GFNS) today announced their 2021 calendar with eight of their own fondos and five additional partner events. 2021 Calendar Starting with Gran Fondo Florida in San Antonio, FL on March 21 and finishing the season in California with The Jensie Gran Fondo in the fall, the 2021 Colnago Gran Fondo National Series includes eight events: Gran Fondo Florida – March 21, 2021 – San Antonio, FLTeam Type 1 Tour of Georgia Gran Fondo– April 18, 2021 – Helen, GAHighlands Gran Fondo – June 6, 2021 …
The Movistar Team confirmed Wednesday that Abner González will become a neo-pro with them in 2021, having signed a three-year contract (through the end of 2023). A member of the Spanish peloton since becoming a junior with the Bathco team, with whom he won a stage and climbed onto the podium of the Vuelta al Besaya -the most prestigious Spanish race for U19 riders- in his first year in the category (2017), González came back to our country in 2020 after a short return to America last year, racing for the SoCal Cycling and Inteja squads and becoming the national elite road race champion, a title he still holds. A…