Lawson Craddock Tour de France diary: The ‘big loop’ ends in Paris on a high
In his final diary entry, Lawson Craddock takes us inside the final stage on the Champs-Élysées and reflects after a hard month of racing.
In his final diary entry, Lawson Craddock takes us inside the final stage on the Champs-Élysées and reflects after a hard month of racing.
Meet Bora-Hansgrohe’s Belgian bullet who beat his friend Philipsen and stunned the cycling world in Paris.
Jonas Vingegaard delivers a near-perfect performance to win a second straight yellow jersey, while Tadej Pogačar attacks on final laps in sign of intention.
The most famous sprint in cycling to play out once again.
In his latest diary, Lawson talks about the Col de la Loze, pulling all day to bring back a breakaway, and what lies in store for Friday's firecracker stage.
Three opportunities remain for the fast men in the peloton, but they will have to beat dominant sprinter Jasper Philipsen and survive the Alps to take victory.
Another sprint, another Philipsen masterclass.
Alpha sprinter and green jersey continues to dominate the bunch kicks, Vingegaard and Pogačar finish together in the peloton.
In his second diary entry, Lawson Craddock explains why stage 4 was so boring, how the team's balancing two captains, and what was behind his 'cry' during the team presentation.
The sprinter teams won't want to let this opportunity slip by.
Inside the Jayco-AlUla rider's rapid rise and how the Dutch debutant will help Dylan Groenewegen in bunch sprints.
Vingegaard rides hot into Tour de France title defense with dominant overall victory in prestigious tune-up race, Ciccone scores final stage with breakaway raid.
Now a pair of one-days, the races in West Flanders kick-start a busy racing period across Belgium.
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Five days of racing closes out with a stage for Cofidis and a morale-boosting GC victory for Movistar's newest star.
After 12 seasons in a Quick-Step jersey, Czech star quickly fitting in with 'chilled' Aussie crew.
Dutch sprinter roars into the Saudi Tour this week intent on building on the momentum of 2022.
Analysis: Life in the fast lane is more crowded than ever, but a new obsession with WorldTour points will mean more support for sprinters.
Aussie outfit fortifies sprint train, GC ambitions with key signings for 2023.
Australian team considers sending all three leaders to the Tour de France next season.
Aussie team among five squads racing for four spots in closing weeks of WorldTour relegation battle.
Groenewegen: Relegation 'is a worthless system.' Struggling WorldTour teams send top sprinters into action in lower-tier Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen.
The Dutch sprinter ace was one of the leading recruits when Jumbo-Visma created its development squad in 2020.
After a wildly successful Tour de France with two stage victories, the Aussie team wants to keep the party going at the Vuelta.
Gerry Ryan guarantees backing for the men's and women's teams through 2025 to assure the future of the Australian WorldTour team.
Look out for Wout van Aert, Fabio Jakobsen and Dylan Groenewegen vying for the Superbowl of sprints in iconic Paris circuit-race.
BikeExchange-Jayco fast man was the only big-name sprinter dropped on stage 4.
The best way to separate their narratives? Keep winning stages.
Final day in Denmark finishes with a flourish as Groenewegen, Van Aert, Philipsen and Sagan lead mass gallop.
Groenewegen wins for the first time at Tour since 2019: 'This means a lot to me after all that happened.'
The Dutchman finished fifth after losing his leadout train around the final corner of stage 3.
Forecasters are expecting winds up to 20kph during second stage that could provoke splits in peloton ahead of bridge crossing.
British GC rider to focus on the Vuelta and skip the Tour de France, no Lawson Craddock after Texan raced the Giro d'Italia.
BikeExchange-Jayco sprinter shows off top speed in the lead up to the Tour de France.
The Aussie team will wait to see if Simon Yates is ready to help chase stage wins at the Tour de France.
Despite a desperate chase, Dylan Groenewegen could not regain contact with the front pack to miss sprint chance.
'The team did an amazing effort for me. I have no voice because of all the screaming,' says sprinter.
Brace for chaos in Wednesday's classic: 'It's traditionally a sprinter’s race, but there may be an added factor as it looks like there will be a lot of wind.'
Tim Merlier takes the victory by a thin margin.
Belgian rider sets eyes on Gent-Wevelgem after edging out Dylan Groenewegen in photo finish at Brugge-De Panne.
Nacer Bouhanni takes third in Belgium, Mark Cavendish boxed in during crash-marred finale.
Tadej Pogačar's road to Tour de France triple starts in the Emirates as top GC racers elbow a who's-who of sprinters.
Australian to lead team going up against heavyweight sprinters from Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, UAE Team Emirates, and Groupama-FDJ.
Dylan Groenewegen and Luka Mezgec get their productive partnership underway with two stage wins at the Saudi Tour.
Groenewegen storms to second victory of race after Caleb Ewan ruled out with late puncture.
The Dutchman outgunned Dan McLay and Caleb Ewan to take his first win for BikeExchange-Jayco.
The Dutchman made a high-profile move to BikeExchange-Jayco over the winter, despite having two more years on his Jumbo-Visma contract.
The Dutch sprinter says he was 'not the same person on the bike' in 2021 and sees his move to BikeExchange-Jayco as an opportunity to start afresh.
Despite the latest coronavirus wave, officials confirm the route details for the WorldTour opener in February.
The Dutch sprinter is keen to get back to racing at the Tour de France after a two-year absence from the race.
Aussie star said he will watch with interest as Dutch rival joins his former team at BikeExchange-Jayco in 2022.
It's not quite a digital token confirming your ownership of an animation, but at least you can ride it.
Two Dutch ex-pros join as sport directors at Aussie team with the arrival of sprinter ace Dylan Groenewegen.
At BikeExchange, Groenewegen can likely expect his team to be more dedicated to supporting his sprinting ambitions.
Here's the inside story on why Dylan Groenewegen was the odd-man out at Jumbo-Visma and the Tour de France, and how BikeExchange-Jayco pounced when management heard the Dutch speedster might be interested in a move.
The Dutch sprinter has signed a three-year contract with Team BikeExchange-Jayco, where he’ll get to ride the year’s biggest races.
Dutch fastman released from Jumbo-Visma contract two years early to accept three-year deal with BikeExchange-Jayco.
Jumbo-Visma gave both riders time and space to work through their respective issues, and the go-slow approach paid off with both returning to racing in 2021.
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Gaviria suffers mechanical in final kilometer but hangs on for fifth as Dylan Groenewegen exits race early.
Improved safety measures helped the Argentine sprinter avoid a major crash in Sunday's sprint at the Giro d'Italia.
Groenewegen finishes fourth in first race after nine-month suspension, is looking to go better in the fast-finishes to come.
Merlier takes career-first grand tour victory in Novara, Filippo Ganna retains pink jersey after finishing safely in the bunch.
From Dylan Groenewegen's return to Caleb Ewan's ambition for a grand tour sweep, Peter Cossins previews the Giro's sprint field.
Sagan has a lot to race for at the Giro, with his place on this year's Tour de France squad and a contract for 2022 still to be decided.
Fabio Jakobsen said on Thursday that Dylan Groenewegen "has not shown willingness to take any responsibility for his actions."
Fabio Jakobsen says Dylan Groenewegen has not taken personal responsibility for the Tour of Poland crash that nearly ended his life.
Australian pocket rocket wants at least one stage win as he targets all three grand tours in 2021.
The Dutch sprinter will return to racing at the Giro d'Italia, nine months after Fabio Jakobsen's horrific Tour of Poland crash.
After a nine month suspension, the four time Tour de France stage winner will be back racing at the Giro.
The Dutch sprinter's nine-month ban for causing Fabio Jakobsen's horrific crash ends one day before the Giro d'Italia starts.
Charting Fabio Jakobsen's remarkable return to the peloton eight months after a horrific crash at the Tour of Poland.
Dutch rookie will see plenty of action in the next months at the northern classics and Giro d'Italia.
The UCI approved new rules that officials believe will make race finish lines safer, six months after a crash at the Tour of Poland called into question the overall safety of sprint finishes.