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Dan Martin might be the first person ever to go directly from the UAE to Israel. Jokes aside, this is the first big surprise of this year's transfer season. Dan Martin has downgraded and will be joining Israel Cycling Academy on a two-year deal in 2020 after riding the last two seasons with UAE-Team Emirates.... Continue Reading →
After a spring season filled with near misses, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) finally got his big Classics win. The second-place man at Strade Bianche and La Flèche Wallonne soloed away near the top of the Roche-aux-Faucons climb and wasn't seen again. Fuglsang took first with a 27-second advantage over Davide Formolo (Bora-Hansgrohe), whose teammate Maximilian Schachmann rounded... Continue Reading →
The Spring Classics come to a close for 2019 this Sunday with Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Here's what you need to know. Liège-Bastogne-Liège closes out the Spring Classics. It also comes as the last race in a micro-season known as the Ardennes Classics, which consists of three race: Flèche Wallonne, the Amstel Gold Race, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Of the three,... Continue Reading →
In the most shocking northern classic finish in a very long time, Mathieu van der Poel crossed the gap from nearly a minute behind race leaders Jakob Fuglsang and Julian Alaphilippe at three kilometers remaining to go to win the 2019 Amstel Gold Race with a powerful sprint finish. It wasn't long ago that the... Continue Reading →
The 110th edition of Milan-San Remo is this Saturday, the first of five Monuments for the 2019 season. Here's a look at the course and the riders to watch. The Course Milan-San Remo is the longest single-day race on the professional cycling calendar. The race covers a rather horrifying 291km which will see riders in... Continue Reading →
Fabio Aru is looking to hit reset heading into the 2019 season after his “darkest moments” yet during 2018. Aru abandoned the Giro d’Italia, renounced his sponsors during a crash at the Vuelta a España, and sat out of Italy’s World Championships team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaqs6_RslM8 “I want to cancel 2018, one of the darkest moments of... Continue Reading →
Former Olympic champion cyclist Alexander Vinokourov will face trial for corruption over allegations that he paid a rival to let him the Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Alexander Vinokourov is accused of paying Alexandr Kolobnev 150,000 euros ($178,000) to let him win the 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The one-day race takes place in the Ardennes region of Belgium and is one of the most difficult single day... Continue Reading →
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, often called La Doyenne ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium. First run in 1892, it is the oldest major one-day race and it's this Sunday, April 23rd. It's also the final of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar and it's a damn hard race. In... Continue Reading →
The Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Paris Roubaix might get all the hype and coverage, but there are a ton of great cycling races all season long. One such fantastic race is the Amsel Gold, and it just so happens to be this weekend, April 16th. As you may have guessed, the Amstel Gold... Continue Reading →
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