The organisers of Paris-Roubaix have chosen the teams for the 118th edition of the “reine des classiques” (Sunday, April 12nd). In accordance with Union Cycliste Internationale rules, the nineteen UCI WorldTeams are invited: AG2R La Mondiale (Fra)Astana Pro Team (Kaz)Bahrain – McLaren (Brn)Bora – Hansgrohe (Ger)CCC Team (Pol)Cofidis (Fra)Deceuninck – Quick-Step (Bel)EF Pro Cycling (Usa)Groupama – FDJ (Fra)Israel Start-Up Nation (Isr)Lotto Soudal (Bel)Mitchelton – Scott (Aus)Movistar Team (Esp)NTT Pro Cycling Team (Rsa)Team Ineos (Gbr)Team Jumbo – Visma (Ned)Team Sunweb (Ger)Trek – Segafredo (Usa)UAE Team Emirates (Uae) Furthermore, the first two teams according to the 2019 UCI ProTeams ranking, Total Direct…
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Watch the best moments from the Elite races in Round 8 of the 2019/20 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, taking place in Nommay, Pays de Montbeliard, France
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces today that Ms Denise Betsema was sanctioned with a six-month ineligibility period following an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), for the presence of an anabolic androgenic steroid in samples collected during the Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup round in Hoogerheide (the Netherlands), on 27 January 2019, and the Telenet Superprestige Noordzeecross Middelkeker (Belgium), on 16 February 2019. These tests had been planned and carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body mandated by the UCI responsible for defining and implementing cycling’s anti-doping strategy. The athlete was provisionally suspended on April 5, 2019,…
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult1Simona Frapporti (Ita) BePink0:58:322Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank3Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) Vantage New Zealand National Team4Leigh-Ann Ganzar (USA) Rally Cycling5Jaime Gunning (Aus) Specialized Women’s Racing6Katia Ragusa (Ita) Astana Women’s Team7Brodie Chapman (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope8Jessica Pratt (Aus) Canyon-Sram9Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott10Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Ale BTC Ljubljana11Andrea Ramirez Fregoso (Mex) Agolico BMC12Georgia Whitehouse (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia13Chloe Hosking (Aus) Rally Cycling0:00:1014Ruby Roseman Gannon (Aus) Team UniSA-Australia15Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) Astana Women’s Team16Peta Mullens (Aus) Roxsolt Attaquer17Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb18Ruth Winder (USA) Trek-Segafredo19Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Sunweb20Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale BTC Ljubljana21Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-Sram22Nina Kessler (Ned) Tibco-Silicon…
Ruth Winder, the US champion, wins the penultimate stage and overtakes the leader’s jersey in the Santos Tour Down Under Ruth Winder finished second in the same finish at the Santos Tour Down Under in 2019 and knew precisely what not to do to win the race one year later. “I learned from last year to not start the lead-out too soon,” said Winder. “We started our lead-out too early last year, and Mitchelton (Scott) came up our outside. This year Tayler (Wiles) listened to me the whole time in the leadout, and she did it perfectly. “You want to be the…
Newly crowned Australian champion Amanda Spratt has pulled on the familiar ochre jersey at the Santos Tour Down Under after she won the second stage into Birdwood today. Spratt won the sprint from a small group after her Mitchelton-SCOTT teammates once again animated racing, sacrificing themselves for the 32-year-old’s success. Not enough wind:With no major climbs on the route in 2020, it was about making the most of any opportunities and the wind presented one early on the second stage. Joining forces with several teams, Mitchelton-SCOTT put on the pressure in the opening 30km. Their efforts momentarily caused echelons in the bunch, but the damage wasn’t…
The full routes for the 2020 Tour de Yorkshire and Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women’s Race have been unveiled at Leeds Civic Hall. Both routes will be the toughest in the history of the race and feature more climbing than ever before, including the Côtes de Buttertubs and Grinton Moor – both making their first appearances since the 2014 Tour de France – and the return of the infamous Shibden Wall. New Welcome to Yorkshire Chief Executive James Mason greeted a packed press conference on Friday morning with the Amaury Sport Organisation’s Tour de France Director Christian Prudhomme. Dame Sarah Storey and…
RCS Sport has today announced its selection of wild card teams that will participate at four out of its six UCI WorldTour races: Giro d’Italia, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo, and Strade Bianche. GIRO D’ITALIA (9–31 May) – 19 UCI WorldTeams and 3 wild cards (22 teams of 8 riders each) UCI WORLDTEAMS – 19 AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ)BAHRAIN – MCLAREN (BRN)BORA – HANSGROHE (GER)CCC TEAM (POL)COFIDIS (FRA)DECEUNINCK – QUICK-STEP (BEL)EF PRO CYCLING (USA)GROUPAMA – FDJ (FRA)ISRAEL START-UP NATION (ISR)LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)MITCHELTON – SCOTT (AUS)MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM (RSA)TEAM INEOS (GBR)TEAM JUMBO – VISMA (NED)TEAM SUNWEB (GER)TREK – SEGAFREDO…