Niki Terpstra announces retirement from road racing
The Dutchman says he is not 'done yet with cycling' but will end his lengthy road career at the end of 2022.
The Dutchman says he is not 'done yet with cycling' but will end his lengthy road career at the end of 2022.
Girmay and Van der Poel add one more race day to their programs ahead of next week's road race in Wollongong.
The Idaho rider on turning her life upside down to go pro, reflecting on the Tour de France Femmes, and quieting her inner negative voice.
Fatigue, injury, and the WorldTour relegation fight have all had an impact on the US selection for Wollongong.
Matej Mohorič and Primož Roglič both missing from six-man team as they recover from illness and injury, respectively.
The Italian sprinter won in her final race as reigning world champion as she looks to defend the title in Wollongong next week.
The women's and men's road races will still close out the competition but there have been some alterations to the schedule for this year.
Jumbo-Visma team boss, Richard Plugge says that there needs to be a 'change of behavior' in the bunch.
The Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl boss confirms that is set to head to Australia despite recent crash at Vuelta a España.
Dutchwoman building form in advance of world championships.
13 champions will be awarded across the full week of action in Wollongong, Australia.
The red jersey took his second stage win of the race after catching and passing Robert Gesink in the final meters of the stage.
Women's cycling has been on a rapid path of development recently, but Natascha Knaven-den Ouden believes that more needs to be done for younger riders.
Henttala (née Lepistö) has not competed since May 2021. She will return to the pro peloton with the AG Insurance-NXTG squad.
Texan is caught by chasers with just over a kilometer to go on stage 17.
Four-rider break goes clear inside final 10 kilometers to beat the peloton again.
The Dutchwoman returns to racing after Tour de France Femmes win, builds up to world championships
The Slovenian didn't start stage 17 after crashing heavily during the stage 16 finale.
The 28-year-old will spearhead the team alongside Kristen Faulkner in Wollongong.
The loss of Roglič from the race will put a dent in the GC battle but there are still plenty of twists in the tale to be had before Madrid.
Lotto Soudal has seen half its team go home due to COVID-19 positives.
The Slovenian hits the deck during a sprint for the line after forcing a breakaway in the final kilometers.
The Italian sustained a concussion after a high-speed crash during the second stage of the race.
The American squad also signs neo-pro sprinter Daria Pikulik for 2023.
Spanish race continues to expand with new five-day route.
The Belgian is on course to become Belgium's first grand tour winner in over 40 years but he's still got a week of tricky stages to conquer.
Faulkner has been spending plenty of time on her TT bike as she hopes to get worlds campaign off to a strong start.
The Dane extends his lead in the green jersey competition.
AG Insurance-NXTG will be Quick-Step's sister squad next year. Team boss Natascha Knaven-den Ouden wants its development program to be an example to others.
The eight-day race offers up some tough racing across rolling roads.
UAE Team Emirates reports that Ayuso's viral level is low enough that it presents a 'low risk of infectivity.'
Ineos Grenadiers rider attacks from the breakaway to take the stage win with Wilco Kelderman claiming second.
The 24-year-old will aim to provide the team with some continuity when Annemiek van Vleuten retires next season.
DSM also extends with Esmée Peperkamp while SD Worx signs up Femke Markus and Mischa Bredewold.
Peñas Blancas could be another opportunity for the breakaway but there are some gains to be made by the GC riders, too.
Bora-Hansgrohe rider says he has 'no way of knowing' how he got infected but describes being able to smell the breath of fans as the peloton rides by.
The BikeExchange-Jayco rider is the 16th to leave with COVID-19 since the race began.
Ineos Grenadiers gets three into top 10 in stage 10 time trial after strong showing in Alicante.
The Belgian expands his lead at the top of the overall classification.
The Irishman pulled out of the Spanish grand tour ahead of his time trial start.
Dylan Teuns and Oliver Naesen among those that miss out while Jasper Philipsen and Greg Van Avermaet are named as reserves for men's road race.
The Arizonian has been racing with the team as a stagiaire.
So far, 14 riders have abandoned the Vuelta a España after catching COVID.
UAE Team Emirates pairing of João Almeida and Juan Ayuso say Remco Evenepoel is 'almost unbeatable' at the moment but there's a lot more to come at the Vuelta.
Newly crowned European road race champion Lorena Wiebes will be a marked woman in the sprints.
The trio joins Dylan van Baarle and Wilco Kelderman as new signings for the next season.
The Canadian will race for the last time in Team DSM colors at the Simac Ladies Tour this week.
Floris De Tier will kick off the second week of racing at 13:52 CEST while Remco Evenepoel sets off last at 16:55 CEST as he looks to put more time into his rivals.
Trek-Segafredo put in a lot of work over the day's only climb on stage 7, but it wasn't enough to bring back the break.
A move back to the traditional Saturday slot has allowed the organizers in Plouay to design a new course.
The Australian joined the team at the start of this season.
Bennett finished stage 6 in the grupetto, which finished almost over 36 minutes behind the day's winner Jay Vine.
AG2R-Citroën loses two riders after Jaakko Hanninen and Andrea Vendrame test positive for COVID-19.
The 25-year-old is set to get more freedom with the Belgian team after five years on Jumbo-Visma.
The 2022 Vuelta a España has been fruitful for the breakaway so far and stage 7 is another very good opportunity for the win.
Richard Carapaz loses 2:44 to Remco Evenepoel on the Vuelta's first summit finish as Mikel Landa slips out of contention after finishing over six minutes down.
The USA will have a full team of seven for the road worlds, including Veronica Ewers, Kristen Faulkner, and Coryn Rivera.
The riders will tackle the first major mountain stage of this year's race with two more to come at the weekend.
The Dutchman was racing for the first time since abandoning the Tour de France last month.
Marc Sarreau's win on the opening day of the Tour Poitou-Charentes hit a big milestone for the longstanding team.
USA also sends a talented U23 men's squad that includes Luke Lamperti and Kevin Vermaerke.
A strong 2022 season sees Team USA with plenty of options for the women's and men's teams.
The 29-year-old only turned professional in the fall of 2020 but is quickly developing into a top GC rider.
The pair have been teammates since riding together at Movistar in 2017.
The German rider hangs up her wheels after a career that brought her nine world titles on the track and road.
With the Olympics and the worlds in 2021, the Dutch women's team had some questionable performances of late but the team went all-in for Wiebes in Munich and delivered.
Van Dijk has been a part of the team since its inception in 2019.
The Ineos Grenadiers performance engineer beat the previous record set by Victor Campenaerts by almost 500 meters.
The Dutchwoman crashed a week ago at the Tour of Scandinavia.
The Canadian has a lot of promise as a grand tour rider, but he's only once made it into the top 10.
The Swiss will donate 1 CHF to charity for every rider he beats this season. So far he's beat over 3,000 and he's got the Vuelta a España next.
'I would like to be competitive, but this time I don't arrive in the same form,' says Bahrain-Victorious rider.
The young Italian finished 13th overall at the Giro d'Italia Donne this summer.
The Colombian was left with a litany of broken bones following a high-speed training crash in January and that he's been able to return to racing is a minor miracle.
Froome says the first week of the Vuelta will be about survival before he targets stages later in the race.
Tramadol has been banned by the UCI in competition since 2019. Quintana is still allowed to race the Vuelta a España as it is not considered an anti-doping violation.
The Dutch rider was in a coma for four months after hitting her head in a crash in December 2021.
The Australian leaves BikeExchange-Jayco after 11 years with the team.
The Colombian played a domestique role for his teammate after easing back into the peloton for the first time in 11 months.
The Alaskan struggled after catching COVID before the race but still found the experience 'inspiring' and feels like the race was a 'tipping point' for women's cycling.