2017 is a year of expansion for Hagens Berman Supermint, an extra sponsor can go a long way and the team have ambitions. However, for the team management, the priority remains on having a happy, contented group of riders who enjoy themselves and feel ready to perform to their potential. The team are out in…
Team KATUSHA is happy to announce the signing of an agreement with three-time world time trial champion Tony Martin. German Tony Martin (31) is the perfect prototype of a rider performing on all terrains. The German TT champion excels in a wide variety of classics and in Grand Tours, as well as in other smaller…
2016 Giro d’Italia stage winner and Olympic silver medallist Roger Kluge has signed with ORICA-BikeExchange on the eve of the Rio Olympic Games. The 30-year-old will join the team from IAM Cycling, in a key support role for young Australian sprint gun Caleb Ewan who, like Kluge, recently signed with ORICA-BikeExchange for the next two…
Ryder Hesjedal has confirmed that he will retire at the end of the 2016 season. The 35-year-old began as a professional in mountain biking in 1999 before switching full-time to the road with Discovery Channel in 2005, a career that has spanned 18 seasons professionally and over 20 years including the junior ranks. Hesjedal signed…
Czech Republic champion Roman Kreuziger will ride for ORICA-BikeExchange across the next two seasons in what sports director Matt White has described as a ‘game-changing signing’. The 30-year-old joins the Australian outfit from Tinkoff, adding valuable experience for the outfit’s Grand Tour general classification ambitions going forward. ORICA-BikeExchange has enjoyed a breakout season in…
David Sanders could barely believe what he was viewing as he sat bleary-eyed in front of his television screen in Melbourne in the early hours of Friday, July 15. Crashing heavily in the 12th stage of the Tour de France was Simon Gerrans – the incredibly- durable cyclist he had spent the previous few weeks…
Bauke Mollema rebounded from the bitter disappointment one week ago when crashes ruined his podium chances at the Tour de France by soloing to his first WorldTour victory in Clasica San Sebastian Saturday. “The last days of the Tour de France were really disappointing for me, and this was a good way to fight back,”…
ORICA-BikeExchange will benefit from an immediate injection of climbing pedigree, signing Spanish rider Carlos Verona for the remainder of the year and the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Verona joins the Australian outfit from Etixx – Quick-Step and an agreement between the teams will see the 23-year-old line up in his first race for ORICA-BikeExchange at…
Simon Yates carried on the family form for ORICA-BikeExchange by taking a solo victory at the Spanish one-day race Prueba Villafranca-Ordiziako Klasika today. Twenty-four hours after twin brother Adam Yates won the white jersey and fourth overall at the Tour de France, Simon rounded off a great weekend for the Australian outfit with his first…
In just his second attempt, Adam Yates today became the first British rider to win the best young rider classification at the Tour de France. The 23-year-old rode an impressive race to finish in fourth place overall, well above expectation, giving ORICA-BikeExchange its best ever general classification result at the Tour. Three weeks of racing…