The Australian Cycling Team have won UCI Tissot Nations Cup gold in the men’s team pursuit on the opening night of racing in Milton, Canada, defeating Italy in the gold medal final. The quartet of Josh Duffy, Conor Leahy, James Moriarty and Graeme Frislie applied the pressure to their opponents […]
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Following his fourth-place finish at Wednesday’s La Flèche Wallonne, Julian Alaphilippe said he felt a pressure had been lifted from him and that he headed into Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège without any pressure to win. The world champion has come close to victory several times before, having finished second at the old […]
Remco Evenepoel will line up alongside Julian Alaphilippe as their QuickStep-AlphaVinyl team search for one big Classics win at the final showdown of the spring Classics season on Sunday. The pair lead the Belgian squad, which has taken a single Classics win in the past two months – at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. Having […]
Speed Week returns for seven criterium races over the next 10 days across the southern US, combining for $80,000 in total prize money for individual races, divided equally for pro men and pro women. There is also a $15,000 bonus purse to be shared by overall Speed Week winners, awarded […]
A major favourite at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, reigning champion Tadej Pogacar announced this morning that he would no longer be racing tomorrow, with Brandon McNulty set to replace him in UAE Team Emirates’s line-up. In a Twitter post, he explained, “Sadly I won’t be at the start of [Liège-Bastogne-Liège] tomorrow.” “It’s been […]
The start of the Giro d’Italia is less than two weeks ago and the mountain racing of the Tour of the Alps gave a first real indication of who is on form, who can challenge for the maglia rosa, and how the fight for the overall classification could unfold across […]
Last year it took nearly a whole season for Kaden Groves to visit every step of a podium but now the Australian sprinter has amassed a first, second and third at the Tour of Turkey alone, even though the race is only three stages in. The 23-year-old BikeExchange-Jayco rider started […]
Ellen van Dijk will target the UCI Hour Record on 23 May 2022 at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, Switzerland, aiming to better the current record of 48.405km set by Great Britain’s Joscelin Lowden last autumn on the same track. The Trek-Segafredo rider is the current world time trial champion […]
The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Writing Best Colour Piece category.The shortlist represents the second judging stage and is based on the most selected works performed by the AIPS Executive Committee members. Here are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country. […]
Mark Cavendish took victory on stage two of the UAE Tour as he moved to third in the overall standings. The Briton produced a trademark sprint finish to win the 176km stage, with Belgium’s race leader Jasper Philipsen finishing second in the same time. “I knew we could win here,” […]