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New UCI president David Lappartient put a new twist on the debate over radio earpieces on riders, suggesting in an interview with Het Laatste Nieuws that allowing teams to communicate with riders during races could lead to race fixing motivated by illegal sports betting. Lappartient said he intends to ban earpieces in the next World Championships and voiced issues with power meters, saying they have made races sterile. And then you have something else with the earpieces, they make cycling very...
Lisa Brennauer will be out of action for six weeks after being diagnosed with a broken upper arm following crashing during the team pursuit at the UEC Track European Championships last week. Brennauer hit the deck along with teammates Charlotte Becker, Gudrun Stock, and Lisa Klein during round one of the competition as they competed against Great Britain for a place in the gold medal match-up. Germany had gone third quickest in qualifying the day before, setting a national record in the process...
Vuelta a España director Javier Guillén announced Monday that the 2018 edition of the race will get underway with a 10km individual time trial in Málaga. In a push to be as original as possible, the August 25 opening stage of the race will set out from a museum – Málagas Pompidou Centre – and conclude on a street that features several hundred metres of marble, according to Spains Diario AS. The Málaga province is set to host three stages and the start of a fourth, according to the newspaper.AD...
On Tuesday, Magnus Cort will cross the finish in Guilin to end the Tour of Guangxi, bringing the curtain down on 2017 and his career with Orica-Scott. The Dane may be moving to Astana from 2018 but that hadnt stopped him from chasing a farewell victory and final act of gratitude to the team. With Caleb Ewan feeling the fatigue of a long season, Cort has taken over sprint duties for Orica at the Tour of Guangxi. Third on stage 3 to Nanning, Cort repeated the result on stage 5 into Guilin with on...
Jan Bakelants (AG2R La Mondiale) has returned home after surgery on one of the four vertebra he fractured during his terrifying crash at Il Lombardia, revealing he was lucky not suffer more serious injury. The Belgian rider was diagnosed with seven rib fractures, two dorsal (thoracic) fractures and two lumbar fractures. He will know in a month if surgery has been successful and if he will able to race again. “The doctors are confident, but of course they cannot give a 100 per cent guarantee. ...
For the first time in his career, Marco Haller will finish the season with 90 race days to his name. The 26-year-old Katusha-Alpecin rider, who started his season at the Etoile de Bessèges on February 1, will conclude the year with the Tour of Guangxi October 25. Another first for the former Austrian champion is his appearance at two Grand Tours in the one season as he lined out at the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana. It is little surprise that Haller is feeling fatigued after a long year of...