The Belgian opening weekend is only one day away.?Tomorrow?at about five past half twelve the first of the Flemish spring races will kick off on the Saint-Peter’s Square in Ghent, where the Omloop het Nieuwsblad begins. A day later Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne is programmed. That race had to be cancelled last year because of the snow. Let’s…
Month: February 2014
Giant Shimano Comments on Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
This weekend the Spring Classics get underway in Belgium with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne on Sunday. Both the WorldTour and Women’s teams will be in action on Saturday and we spoke to some of our riders as they prepared for the action. Dries Devenyns (BEL) It’s like I am back at school…
2014 Le Tour de Langkawi: Theo Bos Sprints To Victory In Drama Packed Stage 2
Theo Bos got his first victory of the season after an incident packed final kilometre in Stage Two of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2014 from Sungai Petani to Taiping today. In fact it was a one-two finish for the Belkin Pro Cycling Team with Dutch rider Bos leading Australian teammate Greame Brown across the…
Great Britain Retain Team Pursuit World Title On Cali Track
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling?s Elinor BARKER, Joanna ROWSELL and Laura TROTT, along with Edinburgh?s Katie Archibald, have successfully retained Great Britain?s Team Pursuit Title at the UCI Track World Championships in Cali, Colombia, in a close Gold Medal race with Canada. Trailing by more than a second at the halfway point, the British quartet managed…
Cam Bayly Daily Diary: 2014 Le Tour de Langkawi Stage 2
By Cam Bayly ??@cameronbayly I’m currently back in my hotel quite frustrated because I accidentally quit this document and lost all but my opening paragraph! ?It was most likely some of the best writing witnessed to man and now we’ll never get to read it! ?So now you’ll just have to settle for something a…
More Medals At 2014 UCI Track World Championships For Australia
Twenty-year-old Alexander Edmondson?s second world championship title in as many nights punctuated a night of high drama for Australia at the 2014 UCI Track World Championships in Colombia. Edmondson secured Australia?s fourth consecutive crown in the men?s individual pursuit event, while Anna Meares collected silver in her pet event, the 500mt time trial, for her…
Suzuki Brumby’s To Unleash Horsepower In 2014
After their success in the 2013 National Road Series, the team formerly known as Suzuki-Bontrager will be heading into 2014 with new naming partner Brumby’s Bakery. Suzuki Brumby’s will be continuing as a women’s only NRS team. CBR, Vie13, Trek Bicycles and Bontrager are all continuing their support for the upcoming season, and are joined…
Alex Edmondson To Ride For Individual Pursuit Gold In Cali!
It will be a jam-packed second night of competition for Australia at the 2014 UCI World Championships, with the green and gold jersey to feature in all five events to be decided at the Cali velodrome. In the afternoon session, Alex Edmondson qualified fastest in the individual pursuit and will battle for gold; the women?s…
Valverde & Quintana To Race Vuelta a Murcia & Cl?sica de Almer?a Together
Reinforced by their impressive performance last week, with three stages and the overall victory in the Vuelta a Andaluc?a for Alejandro Valverde, the Movistar Team riders will be getting back together in southern Spain this weekend for the?34th Vuelta a Murcia (Saturday, March 1) and the?29th Cl?sica de Almer?a (Sunday 2). The Murcian race -190km…
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling To Start European Season At Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
After some outstanding results in Australia, and a strong showing in Qatar, Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling will line up at its first European road race of 2014 in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, the 1st of March, as part of the traditional Belgian ?Openingsweekend.? With six of the squad?s riders? at the Track World…