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Team News – PH-MAS VCUK

PH-MAS VCUK women’s team back in 2015 with new sponsor and new riders (more…)

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Official – Sean Yates joins Tinkoff-Saxo

A well known secret, Trainsharp’s Sean Yates joins Tinkoff-Saxo as director sportif and coach to riders (more…)

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News – Amy Roberts Re-Signs for 2015

Welsh rider Amy Roberts (19) has re-signed for her pro team Wiggle Honda for the 2015 season (more…)

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Team News – Zappi’s U23 RT

Big goals for Zappi’s Under 23 racing team in 2015 as they look to punch above their weight in world class events (more…)

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News – Changes for Men in Black

Changes for the Men in Black as new riders and sponsors sign up to John Herety’s team for 2015 … (more…)

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News – GB to use Lazer Helmets

Madison announces that Lazer will be the official helmet supplier to the Great Britain Cycling Team, with the Z1 road helmet and Wasp Air Time Trial helmet (more…)

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Team News – What a weekend for Hargoves Cycles

A big winning weekend for Hargroves Cycles – Ridley Racing Team in London and Southampton (more…)

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News – New Team for Eileen Roe

Scotland’s Eileen Roe, the Women’s Circuit Race Champion, has signed for Wiggle Honda (more…)

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Team News – Bikeshed-UEx season wrap

A look back at the season for the riders in the Bikeshed-UEx racing team (more…)

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News – Sky Signs Viviani

As expected, Team Sky has signed the Italian sprinter Elia Viviani for the 2015 season (more…)

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News – Polypipe headline sponsor of Haribo team

The Haribo Beacon team of 2014 will be known as the Polypipe Racing Team (more…)

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Le Tour 2015 – One for Movistar’s Dream Team?

In a race with lots of climbing, what does Movistar’s Dream Team think of the route for the 2015 Tour de France which Chris Froome may well avoid (more…)

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News – GB Team for Mexico World Cup

Great Britain sending strong team to represent Great Britain at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, 8-9 November (more…)

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Team News – New DS for Cult

Australian Olympic champion Luke Roberts joins CULT Energy Pro Cycling as a director sportif (more…)

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News – Keisse and Cavendish

Busy few days for Mark Cavendish and Iljo Keisse of Omega Pharma Quickstep training for Gent 6 at Eddy Merckx velodrome (more…)

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Team News – Double Win for Hargroves Cycles RT

Hargroves CyclesRacing Team  riders racing both sides of the channel last weekend with a double victory for Jody Crawforth at the Supercross (more…)

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Team News – Epic Cycles – Scott WRT 2015

New riders and a new name on the way, Epic Cycles – Scott Women’s Racing Team for 2015 is seeing some changes (more…)

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News – Maxgear RT launches Development Programme

Maxgear Racing Team launches Britain’s biggest cycling development programme, VCUK (more…)

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Team News – Hargroves RT set for Series

Hargroves Cycles Racing Team name line up for the 2014 Rapha Super Cross Series (more…)

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News – GB Announces Development Riders

The Great Britain Cycling Team has announced the 23 riders who have been accepted onto British Cycling’s Olympic Academy Programme for 2014/15 (more…)

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Team News – Win for Gilbert in China

BMC’s Philippe Gilbert wins the overall title at the Tour of Beijing by three seconds from Dan Martin (more…)

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Team News – Gilbert Wins In Beijing

BMC’s Philippe Gilbert timed his sprint to perfection coming around Janse Van Rensburg to win a shortened Stage 2 of the Tour of Beijing and move into the overall lead. (more…)

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Team News – Larsson signs for CULT

Experienced Swedish pro Gustav Larsson will race alongside Russell Downing at CULT Energy Pro Cycling (more…)

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News – Heiko Salzwedel Returns to GB

Changes to be made to coaching structure of the track programmes in GB’s build-up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games (more…)

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Team News – Stybar’s Winning Comeback

Zdenek Stybar of Omega Pharma Quickstep completes comeback from heavy crash with a victory in Binche – Chimay – Binche (more…)

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News – 100 Years of membership

Two Mildenhall Cycling Club members who have clocked up 100 years consecutive years membership were honoured at a celebration on Sunday. (more…)

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News – Anna Christian Signs for Wiggle Honda

The Isle of Man’s Anna Christian has signed for British Pro team Wiggle Honda (more…)

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News – Team RL360 Isle of Man’s Youth League

The Villa Marina’s Royal Hall in Douglas was packed for last Sunday’s annual prize presentation of Team RL360 Isle of Man’s 2014 Youth League. (more…)

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News – Povall Joins NFTO Pro Cycling

Top British team in 2014, NFTO Pro Cycling has hired the experienced Dave Povall for 2015 (more…)

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Team News – Big Win for Katusha in Italy

Katusha’s Giampaolo Caruso wins Italian semi classic Milano-Torino with teammate Dani Moreno third (more…)

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News – Classic Start for Kwiatkowski

Newly crowned World Road Race Champion Michael Kwiatkowski to race in Rainbow Jersey for first time in the classic Tour of Lombardy (more…)

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News – Stephen Cummings Joins MTN-Qhubeka

The Wirral’s Stephen Cummings, winner of the Tour of the Mediterraneanin 2014,  has signed for MTN-Qhubeka for 2015 (more…)

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Team News – Sky Sign Five New Riders

Team Sky has signed five new riders for the 2015 season – Andrew Fenn, Leopold König, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Wout Poels and Nicolas Roche. (more…)

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Team News – Pearl Izumi Women’s Team Track Champs

Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International girls come away from Track Champs with Two Golds and a Silver from four endurance events (more…)

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News – Cross racing for Stybar

World Cyclocross Champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma Quickstep) extends crash affected ‘season’ with two cyclocross in October (more…)

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News – RL360’s Rider of the Month

Team RL360’s Will Draper on the Isle of Man gets the final Rider of the Month Award for 2014 (more…)

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Team News – Field in Charge at Cycle Show

British champion Ian Field of Hargroves Cycles RT takes the stripes to first place in NEC Cycle Show Cyclo-Cross Event (more…)

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Team News – Elinor Barker Joins Matrix Fitness

2012 World Junior Time Trial champion Elinor Barker is the latest rider to join the Matrix Fitness – Vulpine team for 2015. (more…)

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Team News – Cadel Evans to Retire

2011 Tour de France winner, Australian Cadel Evans’s future to include BMC ambassador role (more…)

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Team News – Scott Thwaites Re-signs with Team

Netapp-Endura’s Scott Thwaites (Yorkshire) has extended his contract by two years (more…)

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Team News – HMT Development Team

New team ‘HMT Academy’ to support four Junior riders in National Series and Internationals (more…)

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News – New Jobs for Dean Downing

Dean Downing to be busy in 2015 coaching with Trainsharp and a DS with Haribo Beacon (more…)

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News – King Re-signs for Wiggle Honda

Olympic champion Dani King has re-signed for Wiggle Honda on her road to Rio 2016 and the defence of her Olympic title (more…)

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News – Alex Dowsett Re-signs for Movistar

Commonwealth Games champion Alex Dowsett has re-signed with the Movistar team (more…)

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News – Van Avermaet Wins As Hushovd Retires

BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet wins Primus Classic Impanis-Van Petegem Saturday as teammate and former world road champion Thor Hushovd competed in his final race to close a 15-year professional career. (more…)

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News – Russell Downing joins CULT Energy Pro Cycling

NFTO Pro Cycling’s Russell Downing has signed a one-year contract with the team CULT Energy Pro Cycling (more…)

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Team News – Albasini Wins Tre Valli Varesine

Former Tour of Britain winner Michael Albasini continued ORICA-GreenEDGE’s winning streak, winning Tre Valli Varesine in Italy on Thursday (more…)

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Team News – Van Avermaet Wins GP de Wallonie

BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet notched his second victory of the season Wednesday by attacking out of a small group to win Grand Prix de Wallonie (more…)

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Team News – Ambitious ORICA-GreenEDGE set for Worlds

ORICA-GreenEDGE has named an ambitious lineup for the UCI Team Time Trial World Championship to be held in Ponferrada, Spain this Sunday (more…)

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News – GB for Road Worlds

Great Britain Cycling Team for the Road Worlds revealed including David Millar in his final major championships (more…)

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Team News – Quickstep for World TTT Champs

Two time winners Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team announces selection for the UCI World Team Time Trial Championship (more…)

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VIDEO – Madison Genesis Behind the Scenes

Behind the scenes with Madison Genesis at the Tour of Britain with three videos showing their riders hard at work in the country’s biggest cycle race (more…)

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Team News – Lander King of Sprints

Great day for BMC in London as Sebastian Lander is sprint King at Friends Life Tour of Britain (more…)

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Team News – Four Signings for Matrix Fitness

Four signings for Matrix Fitness including Olympian Lucy Martin and Molly Weaver and two riders re-sign including Jessie Walker (more…)

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Video – Ian Field Interview

Hargroves Cycles caught up with British Cyclo-Cross champion Ian Field to have a chat about the upcoming season. (more…)

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News – Blythe to Orica-GreenEdge

2014 Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic champion Adam Blythe will join ORICA-GreenEDGE next season having signed with the team for one year. (more…)

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News – Rowsell signs for Pearl Izumi Team

Joanna Rowsell MBE joins Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International racing team (more…)

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Team News – BMC’s Dylan Teuns Third

Dylan Teuns of BMC continued his climb up the overall standings at the Friends Life Tour of Britain while teammate Sebastian Lander took the lead in the Sprints classification (more…)

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Team News – 3rd for Netapp-Endura

Netapp-Endura rider Sam Bennett third on the second stage of the Tour of Britain (more…)

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Team News -Team Novo Nordisk

All-Diabetes Pro-Cycling Team Saddle Up to compete in the Friends Life Tour of Britain (more…)

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News – GB Team for Worlds

Great Britain team has named the long list of selected riders for the forthcoming UCI Road World Championships, taking place in Ponferrada, Spain from 21 – 28 September (more…)

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Team News – Quickstep for Tour of Britain

Cavendish heads stellar team for Omega Pharma Quickstep with Paris Roubaix winner Niki Terpstra (more…)

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News - More Success for Raleigh

With fourth place in Sunday’s Ipswich GP, Team Raleigh-GAC’s Yanto Barker secured the Premier Calendar title for the year long series (more…)

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Team News – Trek Factory Racing

Trek Factory Racing announces Fränk Schleck and Riccardo Zoidl have re-signed with the team on multi-year contracts (more…)

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News – New Team for Laura Trott

World and double Olympic cycling champion, Laura Trott OBE, will be joining the Matrix Fitness – Vulpine team in 2015 (more…)

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Team News – Madison Genesis for the Tour

After a fantastic 2014 season, Madison Genesis now turn their attention to one of the most prestigious events of the year, the Tour of Britain. (more…)

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Startlist – Tour of Britain

Bradley Wiggins heads up a strong line up for the Tour of Britain – provisional start list released (more…)

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Team News – Hargroves Cycles RT

Hargroves Cycles Racing Team announce the signing of two former National Champions making an A class line up for the coming ‘cross season (more…)

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RL360 Isle of Man’s Rider of the Month

Fourteen year old Adam Kelly has been named as Team RL360’s Rider of the Month for July. (more…)

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GB News – New Sprint Coach

The Great Britain Cycling Team announces appointment of Kiwi Justin Grace as a national sprint coach (more…)

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Team News – Opie 4th in GP Marbriers

Chris Opie showed that his Tour of Britain preparation is going to plan by taking an excellent 4th place in the G.P. Marbriers yesterday. (more…)

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Team News – Eastern Region in Junior Tour

Podium for the Eastern Region team at the NFTO Junior Tour of Wales last weekend (more…)

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Team News – Win for Iljo Keisse

Iljo Keisse sprints to first road win of his 2014 season in Châteauroux – Classic de l’Indre (France) after Fenn crashes out (more…)

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USA Pro Challenge – Van Garderen Wins Overall

Tejay van Garderen won his second straight USA Pro Challenge title Sunday while the BMC Racing Team repeated as team champions of the week-long race in Colorado (more…)

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USA Pro Challenge – Van Garderen Wins Time Trial

BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen shattered his own course record in the Vail time trial Saturday to win his second stage of the USA Pro Challenge and increase his overall lead (more…)

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News – Eastern Region in Wales

For the first time since the death of regular team manager Alan Rosner, the East Region has a team in the Junior Tour of Wales (more…)

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Team News – Matthews re-signs at GreenEdge

Multiple grand tour stage winner Michael Matthews is the latest rider to re-sign with ORICA-GreenEDGE, committing to a further two years with the team (more…)

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News – NFTO for Tour of Britain

NFTO Pro Cycling selected team for Tour of Britain led by Adam Blythe, winner of RideLondon Classic (more…)

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USA Pro Challenge Stage 4 – Vivani Wins

BMC’s Tejay van Garderen kept the overall lead of the USA Pro Challenge Thursday while Jens Voigt is denied by the sprinters led in by Elia Vivani (more…)

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Team News – USA Pro Challenge

BMC’s Ben Hermans moved into second overall and teammate Tejay van Garderen stands third following a rain-soaked, uphill finish at the USA Pro Challenge (more…)

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Team News – Tinkoff-Saxo Sign Basso

Tinkoff-Saxo signs Ivan Basso who will join the team in 2015 for two seasons adding strength and experience  (more…)

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News – New Team for Gabby Durrin

Husband and wife team Jeremy and Gabby Durrin launch ‘Neon Velo Cycling Team’ – a professional Cyclocross team based in the US (more…)

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News – New bike for Madison Genesis

Madison Genesis – Genesis Unveils Carbon Road Bike for Tour of Britain (more…)

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Team News – Froome leads Sky at Vuelta

Team Sky has selected its nine man line-up for the 69th edition of the Vuelta a España, starting on Saturday 23 August, with Chris Froome as team leader. (more…)

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News – Adam Yates to ride Vuelta

Britain’s Adam Yates to ride Vuelta to get a taste of riding a Grand Tour – may not go all the way says Orica GreenEdge (more…)

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Team News – Quintana crowned King of Burgos

Nairo Quintana is second in final stage TT to beat GC rival Moreno by just three seconds taking the Movistar Team’s season tally up to 30 before Vuelta a España (more…)

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Team News – Kristoff’s win caps perfect week in Norway

Coming from behind with a tremendous turn of speed, Norwegian Alexander Kristoff stole the win from former world champion Thor Hushovd in Norway today (more…)

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Team News – Van Avermaet Wins on the Muur at Eneco

BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet took his first victory of the season Friday with an uphill surge on the cobblestoned finish climb of the Muur van Geraardsbergen on Stage 5 at the Eneco Tour of Benelux. (more…)

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News – Contador to ride Vuelta

Tinkoff-Saxo and Alberto Contador announce that the Spanish rider be on the start line in Jerez for the start of Vuelta a España (more…)

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News – Isle of Man Success in Ireland

Team RL360 riders dominated the recent Errigal International Youth Tour in Co. Donegal Ireland, winning two of the three categories overall (more…)

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News – Ride London Youth GP

Podium and best team award for Yorkshire Region who were invited to the Youth Races at the Ride London Grand Prix on Saturday (more…)

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Eneco Tour Stage 2 – Stybar!

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step rider Zdenek Stybar rewarded the work of his team in a spectacular finale of the 2nd stage in the Eneco Tour to win the stage and take over the lead (more…)

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Team News – Top 4 to Quickstep in France

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step’s Gianni Meersman won the Tour de l’Ain prologue for the second straight year and led home a team 1-2-3-4 (more…)

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Team News – Another win for Evans

Cadel Evans won his second straight stage on Sunday at the Tour of Utah to cap a race that saw him finish in the top 10 (more…)

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News – Wiggins for RideLondon

Bradley Wiggins returns to the road in the RideLondon Classic after racing the track at the Commonwealth Games (more…)

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News – Adam Yates to Miss RideLondon

Adam Yates recovers from crash in Clasica San Sebastian with Caleb Ewan to lead Orica-GreenEdge (more…)

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News – Cavendish Heads to France instead of London

Mark Cavendish, who withdrew from the Tour de France after a Stage 1 crash, misses  Ride London Classic to race in Tour de l’Ain (more…)

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Team News – Trek Signs Mollema

Trek Factory Racing pleased to sign 27-year-old Dutch rider Bauke Mollema to its team for the 2015/16 (more…)

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Tour of Poland – Vakoc Shocks the Peloton

Omega Pharma Quickstep rider Petr Vakoc stays clear to win stage and take the leader’s jersey in Tour of Poland (more…)

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News – Paracyling Team for Worlds

The GB Cycling Team releases the names of the five riders selected to represent Great Britain at the forthcoming UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Greenville, South Carolina from 28 August – 1 September 2014 (more…)

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Team News – 1-2-3 kicks off busy weekend for RCJ

With riders competing both at home and abroad it was a busy weekend for Rapha Condor JLT kicked off by a 1-2-3 after victory by Luke Mellor (more…)

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Team News – BMC Signs Alessandro De Marchi

BMC signs Alessandro De Marchi, the “most aggressive” rider at this year’s Tour de France (more…)

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Team News – Dennis Joins BMC

Commonwealth Games silver medallist from Australia Rohan Dennis set to join BMC (more…)

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Team News – Tour de Wallonie

Quickstep’s Gianni Meersman wins stage and overall in the Tour de Wallonie – Extends contract with team too (more…)

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Team News – Win for Briggs

Rapha Condor JLT’s Graham Briggs rounded off the Elite Circuit Series with a win in the Wales Open Criterium in Chepstow last night (more…)

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Team News – Sub 20 for Clinton

Matt Clinton of Mike Vaughan Cycles breaks course record with a  19:25 before its broken again by Matt Bottrill (more…)

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Adam Yates 5th in Giro della Toscana

After winning the day before, Adam Yates backed up to help teammate Pieter Weening to victory in Giro della Toscana, Yates 5th. (more…)

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Report – Adam Yates wins in Italy

British neo-pro Adam Yates has recorded his third victory of the season, taking out the GP Industria & Artigianato in Italy (more…)

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Team News – Barnes & Laws for Womens La Course

Sharon Laws and Hannah Barnes are named in the team for United Healthcare for the first ever La Course by Tour de France womens race in Paris (more…)

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News – RCJ Head for the USA

After a great weekend in Ryedale, Rapha Condor JLT have been invited to USA Pro Challenge, a challenging seven day stage race with many of the worlds top teams in August (more…)

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News – Valverde Ready to Challenge

Endura clad Movistar rider Alejandro Valverde ready to challenge Vincenzo Nibali for the Tour de France win if the opportunity arises (more…)

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News – Mark Cavendish Back on the Road

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step’s Mark Cavendish back on the road after his stage 1 crash in the Tour de France (more…)

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Team News – 1-2 for Rapha Condor JLT

Rapha Condor JLT duo Richard Handley and Mike Cuming pull off impressive 1-2-in Ryedale GP on Sunday (more…)

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Team News – Bikeshed-UEx

The young guys on the Bikeshed-UEx squad have had a memorable and action-filled last 6 weeks, with great results and good-humour throughout. (more…)

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Results – Iljo Keisse Extends Contract

Iljo Keisse, who has been with Omega Pharma Quickstep for five years, has extended his contract with OPQS for two years: 2015 and 2016. (more…)

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Team News – WNT Race Report

Team WTN looks back at their racing in the past month including London Nocturne, Team Series and some mountain biking too (more…)

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News – Cancellara Leaves the Tour

Trek Factory Racing rider Fabian Cancellara will not take the start in stage 11 of the Tour de France on Wednesday (more…)

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News – La Course by Le Tour

With just over two weeks to go to the Women’s La Course by Le Tour, Marianne Vos says Team win is the aim (more…)

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Team News – Costly Crash for van Garderen

BMC’s Tejay van Garderen who crashed 10 miles from the finish on stage 7 says – “It is a tough blow, but the tour is long” (more…)

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