It’s been a big 24 hours for the pursuit record. A rider we rate highly, Zoe Backstedt, set the new Women Juniors Individual Pursuit World Record with a time of 2’17″489. She’s going places, this one. That’s not a bold prediction, since she’s been winning everything in sight for years, but still. Ashton Lambie set a new world record for the men too. He came in at 3’59″930. Woof.
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Harold Dalton
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The Movistar Team announces that Sarah Gigante (Melbourne, VIC, AUS; 2000), a current member of Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank, has signed a three-year contract with the Telefónica-backed squad, through to the end of the 2024 season. A Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Geography student at Melbourne University, Gigante’s lightning progression has seen her becoming one of the biggest up-and-coming talents in the WorldTour. Skilled for many different terrains and notably talented for time trials, the 20-year-old has already got three Australian elite titles to her name: one at the road race, in 2019, and two time trial championships, in 2020 and…
The 2021 Stages Cycling Leadville Trail 100 MTB race, owned and produced by Life Time, welcomed a field of more than 1,500 riders ranging in age from 18 to 74 years old, representing 49 states and 12 countries. Cyclists tackled the famed 100-mile ‘Race Across the Sky’ through the Colorado Rockies as the course brought them through 13,000 feet of net elevation gain, topping out at 12,424 feet. Notably, 43 Leadville citizens proudly represented their hometown, for which the race series is well known and beloved, in the participant field. In the women’s division, Rose Grant, 39, of Columbia Falls, Mont. placed first…
The XTERRA European Championship returns to Zittau, Germany for an action-packed weekend of full distance and televised Short Track off-road triathlon racing on Friday and Saturday, August 20th & 21st.It’s the 12th time XTERRA has raced around Olbersdorfer Lake on the edge of Zittau, a historic town near the Polish and Czech borders, and the fourth time it’s hosted the EU Championship.What is new this year is the adrenaline-filled XTERRA Short Track race on Friday afternoon featuring the sports fastest off-roaders going shoulder-to-shoulder in an exciting prelude to Saturday’s full distance showdown.As the name suggests, XTERRA Short Track is a fast, multi-lap, made-for-TV event combining two 200-meter swim laps with an exit in-between, four 1.5km mountain bike laps complete…
Love the Vuelta? Want to ride it? Want to ride it without leaving your house? Want to ride it without leaving your house with the slim chance of winning something that has Skoda’s logo on it? Then good news: La Vuelta Virtual starts on Sunday! ROUVY is now releasing an immersive 5-stage digital version of the 2021 edition of the Spanish Grand Tour, for everyone to join from home. You can compete virtually on the official courses of the 2021 Vuelta, and win prizes from the race’s sponsors. ROUVY tell us that “Cyclists and fans of all levels can test…
Cyclry will broadcast the XTERRA Germany European Championships event LIVE on August 21, 2021. Here’s a first look at the event. XTERRA is a brand name under which Cross-Triathlon, Cross-Duathlon and Trailrun are operated worldwide with comparable standards. The length of the XTERRA Cross-Triathlon races is about 1,5 km swimming, 30-40 km mountain bike and 10 km trail run. XTERRA requires energy, concentration and endurance, a clever division of the race, but also strength, courage and skill. XTERRA is not only a trend sport, but a kind of “way of life”. XTERRA’s are looser and more relaxed, the family flair…
Fabio Aru has confirmed on the eve of the Vuelta a Espana that he will retire from professional cycling at the conclusion of the 2021 edition of the race.Aru, fittingly, has chosen the Vuelta to conclude his professional career, an event that he won in 2015. It’s a decision that he has spent significant time considering and one which ultimately will see him focus on spending time with his young family.His palmares includes: Overall victory at the Vuelta a Espana (2015) as well as finishing 5th in 2014.Twice finishing on the podium at the Giro d’Italia – 2nd (2015) and 3rd (2014).Six Grand…
Ever wanted to dodge cars on city streets, but don’t want to pay big money for a smart trainer? Wait, how are those two things linked again? Oh right, Hustle City. It’s a game you play on your trainer, like Zwift, pretending to be a bike messenger with places to be. It’s kind of like being a Door Dash rider, but it doesn’t pay you any money. So, it’s exactly like being a Door Dash rider. Until now, you needed a smart trainer to play. A new update, the first since launch, introduces support for Wahoo and Garmin BLE speed…