Author: Henri Giroud

Catalan completes 70km breakaway against big rivals, beats Mühlberger (BOH) into tough final slopes in Port d’Andratx; Blues with a double podium as Davide Villella takes 3rd A sound display, yet another one in the lasf few years, of top class rewarded Marc Soler (Movistar Team) on Saturday with the second win of his career and the Blues’ maiden victory in 2020 at the Trofeo Pollença – Port d’Andratx (168km), crowning a long breakaway – one of his signature moves – with a solo victory in his first multi-day competition of the year. More than three years after his first pro success at the…

With cyclocross World Championship races this weekend, we caught up with two-time world champ Sven Nys to get an inside look at what he’s anticipating at the competition. Sven is easily one of the best cyclocross riders of all time and the current manager of Telenet-Baloise Lions. The Lions have strong contenders for both women’s and men’s elite categories and Sven’s own son, Thibau Nys, is a favorite for the juniors’ category. Here’s what Sven had to say about this year’s CX battles for the prestigious title of world champion. As the World Cup schedule comes to an end, how did Telenet-Baloise…

Vasil Kiryienka has today announced his retirement from professional cycling, following medical advice regarding a cardiac issue. The 38 year-old Belarusian, who joined Team Sky in 2013, missed the start of last season owing to a cardiac anomaly, only to return to competitive racing at the Tour de Romandie in 2019 – the team’s first race as Team INEOS. He went on to enjoy success at the European Games time trial in his home country of Belarus, before rounding off the year at the Vuelta a Espana, his 11th and final Grand Tour race with the team.Kiryienka said: “It’s a really…

#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult1Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal3:24:542Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo0:00:033Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team0:00:044Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ0:00:075Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb6Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates7Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team8Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team Ineos9Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos10Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott0:00:2311Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott0:00:2612Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling13Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain McLaren14Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team15Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain McLaren16Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates0:00:2917Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis Solutions Credits18Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates19Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep20Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott21Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates22Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling23Pavel Sivakov…

#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult1Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling3:32:452Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis Solutions Credits3Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep4Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep5Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates6André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation7Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) EF Pro Cycling8Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal9Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Pro Team10Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott11Ryan Gibbons (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling12Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Pro Cycling13Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos14Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale15Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal16Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain McLaren17Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates18Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo19Jarrad Drizners (Aus) UniSA-Australia20Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team21Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates22Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team…

#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult1Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal3:29:082Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep3Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates4André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation5Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb6Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe7Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling8Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe9Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ10Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep11Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team12Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates13Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale14Jarrad Drizners (Aus) UniSA-Australia15Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) EF Pro Cycling16Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma17Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott18Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia19Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos20Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation21Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates22Luis Mas (Spa) Movistar Team23Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team Ineos24Luis León Sanchez…

As part of the introduction of the eight UCI Women’s WorldTeams – the equivalent to the premier division of the UCI Women’s WorldTour and a key aspect of the reorganisation of women’s professional road cycling in 2020 – the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has decided as of this season to make more resources available through the anti-doping programme set up for this new team category.Developed and implemented by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the programme will see teams and the UCI step up their financial commitment: UCI Women’s WorldTeams: EUR 10,000 per team;UCI: EUR 10,000 per UCI Women’s WorldTeam. As a…

Trek-Segafredo is proud to welcome Pirelli as its official tire sponsor for the 2020 season As one of the world-leading tire manufacturers, top-level racing has always been a part of Pirelli’s DNA. To further accelerate its strategy towards an ever-growing involvement in professional cycling, the Italian company has partnered with Trek-Segafredo with the mission to push the technical boundaries of the sport of cycling. The 2020 Santos Tour Down Under – where both the men’s and women’s squads are racing on Pirelli’s P Zero Velo Tubular tires – marked the start of the collaborative partnership in which Trek-Segafredo and Pirelli…