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Trek-Segafredo announces the signing of Vincenzo (The Shark of Messina) and Antonio Nibali with two-year contracts  (more…)

Team Sunweb have signed three top riders from the U23 ranks, Alberto Dainese (ITA), Mark Donovan (GBR) and Thymen Arensman (NED)  (more…)

Brother UK will extend its commitment to the Brother UK- FusionRT elite women’s cycling team into a third consecutive season, announcing today that it will continue its sponsorship in 2020. (more…)

European champion Matteo Trentin is set to join CCC Team on a two-year contract from 2020 in a move that will strengthen the team’s Classics and Grand Tour rosters. (more…)

CCC Team Rosters Announced For Clásica de San Sebastián and RideLondon Surrey Classic (more…)

No rest for the Tour de France stars with the Spanish Clasica San Sebastian this weekend with Alaphilippe & Mas heading up Deceuninck Quickstep’s line up (more…)

The Great Britain Cycling Team has confirmed the riders who will represent the country at the forthcoming UCI Junior Track World Championships in Frankfurt. (more…)

The Great Britain cycling team has confirmed the riders, including the legend David Stone, who will contest the final UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup of the season in Baie-Comeau, Canada, next month (more…)

The young British climber James Knox finished in the top 5 at Lago di Misurina, midway to the top of Tre Cime di Lavaredo and is now 4th overall after the queen stage (more…)

Teenage cycling sensation Toby Barnes (RST/Cycle Division) claimed the best result of his road career with an overall second place in the prestigious Tour of Sussex while ‘guesting’ for the Shropshire-based Holohan Coaching Race Team (more…)

Now in his second year in the World Tour, promising climber James Knox agrees contract extension with Deceuninck – Quick-Step for a further two years (more…)

Vuelta a España champion Simon Yates sprinted to his debut Tour de France victory on stage 12 to give Mitchelton-SCOTT their second win of the race. (more…)

American Tejay van Garderen has been forced to withdraw from the Tour de France after breaking his hand in a crash on stage seven. (more…)

 Elia Viviani makes it two in a row for Quickstep at the Tour de France winning an enthralling sprint at the end of the long 213.5km stage 4 – his teammate who led him out, Julian Alaphilippe  continues in Yellow (more…)

Brother UK will extend its support for the Brother UK-Tifosi p/b OnForm squad into a second season next year, as the dominant team in British women’s cycling considers UCI classification. (more…)

The CCC Team is set to line up at the Tour de France with eight riders motivated to go for a stage win when racing gets underway this Saturday in Brussels led by Greg van Avermaet. (more…)

Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal will be joint leaders of Team INEOS in the 2019 Tour de France, in what will be the Team’s first race at Le Tour under new ownership. (more…)

Mitchelton-SCOTT has named its eight-man squad for the upcoming Tour de France, calling on a mix of climbing specialists including Simon Yates and ‘big’ men to support leader Adam Yates at the second Grand Tour of the season. (more…)

Riders who between them have won close to twenty races this season for the Wolfpack will be at the start in Brussels in the colours of Quick-Step  (more…)

Carthy took a shot Sunday on the race’s final day and mountain test. And he struck gold, turning a long-range mountain attack into a brilliant solo raid across the Tour de Suisse’s high passes, earning his first WorldTour victory in the process. (more…)

It is with a great regret that we are have learnt tonight that Madison Genesis will cease racing at the end of this season. (more…)

Chris Froome is ready to gauge his form at the upcoming Criterium du Dauphine as he continues to build towards July. (more…)

Julian Alaphilippe and Philippe Gilbert are ready to kick-start the second half of their season at French classic stage race, Critérium du Dauphiné (more…)

Madison Genesis is excited to announce that former Team Sky rider and World Track Champion Jon Dibben will be joining the team (more…)

Riders in the Great Britain Cycling Team competing in the Paracycling World Cup in Ostende (Belgium)  starting Thursday (May 16)  (more…)

Madison Genesis delighted to announce that Connor Swift is moving on from the team to join UCI Pro Continental squad Arkea-Samsic (more…)

Vuelta a Espana champion Simon Yates has finished second on the opening time trial of the Giro d’Italia, setting his first 2019 Grand Tour campaign off in strong style (more…)

Marcel Kittel: “On my request Team Katusha Alpecin  and I have mutually decided to an early termination of my current contract”. “I am not able to train and race at the highest level.“ (more…)

Britain’s James Knox debuts in a Grand Tour with a place in the Deceuninck – Quick-Step team for the Giro d’Italia alongside Elia Viviani and Bob Jungels – race starts May 11 (more…)

Team News: Defending Tour de Yorkshire champion Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) sprinted to his second win of the season on stage four of the Tour de Yorkshire which saw the Belgian secure second place overall. (more…)

Twelve months on from a spectacular performance that saw them win five stages and wear the Maglia Rosa for 13 stages, Mitchelton-SCOTT and Simon Yates are eyeing the biggest prize when the 2019 Giro d’Italia kicks off on Saturday. (more…)

The Vitus Pro Cycling p/b by Brother UK team will field two of the county’s best known riders in the fifth edition of the Tour de Yorkshire, with Scott Thwaites and Graham Briggs among a seven-man line-up (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet and Serge Pauwels will headline CCC Team’s Tour de Yorkshire roster this week, where they will line up as the past two winners of the four-day race. (more…)

After a third place in the Amstel Gold Race and a second place in Flèche Wallonne, today Jakob Fuglsang took the win with an impressive solo in Liège-Bastogne-Liège (more…)

Annemiek van Vleuten (Michelton/Scott) storms to solo victory at women’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege – Lizzie Deignan 7th (more…)

Tao Geoghegan Hart sprinted to a second stage win of Tour of the Alps on stage four as he moved up to second overall. (more…)

Dan McLay and Ethan Hayter lead the Men’s GB team and British RR Champion Jess Roberts leads the women’s GB team for the Tour de Yorkshire at the start of May (more…)

Marcel Kittel is the latest star rider to confirm his attendance at the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire and will be joined by Katusha Alpecin team-mates Harry Tanfield and Nathan Haas. (more…)

 Julian Alaphilippe became the first Frenchman to take consecutive wins atop Mur de Huy, after finishing off the team’s brilliant work and adding to wins at Milan San Remo and Strade Bianche (more…)

Recent Pais Vasco stage winner Adam Yates will return to the La Flèche Wallonne this week looking for a good result up the Mur de Huy, having missed the race the last two-years. (more…)

Tao Geoghegan Hart claimed his first professional victory in style winning a group sprint on stage 1 of the Tour of Alps (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) is set to wrap up a solid Classics season this Sunday when he lines up at Amstel Gold Race. (more…)

On Sunday, one of the most exciting riders of the spring, Mathieu van der Poel, will ride his last road race of the spring but he has made so much impression in recent weeks that he is already top favorite for the Amstel Gold Race. (more…)

Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal) wrote a piece of cycling history in Aguascalientes when he covered 55.089 kilometres in one hour to beat the previous record, set by Bradley Wiggins in 2015 (more…)

Tony Barry explains what Brother UK Neutral Service will be carrying in their cars at major events in 2019 (more…)

The 36-year-old Belgian Philippe Gilbert  became the ninth rider to have won at least four different Monuments as Quickstep finish with four riders in the top 10 (more…)

The only rider to stay with winner Gilbert in the 2019 Edition of Paris-Roubaix was Nils Politt (Katusha Alpecin) who was second (more…)

After finishing consistently high all week, Adam Yates finally got the chance to throw his hands in the air with a final stage victory today in Itzulia Pais Vasco, Dan Martin second & Hugh Carthy 9th (more…)

John Degenkolb talking Paris-Roubaix: “It was nice to be back on the cobbles. I did a first recon of the pavé before Paris-Nice to test the equipment the last time. It was of course a very special feeling to be back there (more…)

British rider Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) was fourth on a wet and wild stage 3 of the Itzulia Pais Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country) (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) will line up at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday eyeing a second win at the third Monument of the year, after a solid Classics season to date. (more…)

Chris Lawless (Team Sky) sprinted to a strong third place at Scheldeprijs as the young Brit mirrored his result from last season.  (more…)

Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck – Quick-Step)  is back to winning ways, two months after collecting his first victory of the season, at the Volta ao Algarve, by winning the Scheldeprijs cobbled classic for the second time in a row. (more…)

Britain’s Adam Yates (Michelton Scott) punctured out of contention on stage 2 of the Tour of the Basque Country (Itzulia Pais Vasco) (more…)

Julian Alaphilippe produced a perfect finish on the 8% gradients of Gorraiz  displaying an impressive burst of speed that helped him pick up his eighth success of the year and jump to second in the general classification at the season’s 15th World Tour event. (more…)

On a huge day for the Italian’s with wins in both the mens and womens Tour of Flanders, for Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First)  it was even more momentous as his first pro win came in a Monument of the Sport as he defeated all the big favourites (more…)

Cherie Pridham, the owner and manager of Vitus Pro Cycling Team, powered by Brother UK, has vowed that her team will “give everything” in its bid to qualify for this year’s OVO Energy Tour of Britain. (more…)

The men and women riders in Trek-Segafredo speak to the gathered press at a press conference ahead of the Tour of Flanders. (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet has his sights firmly set on victory at the Tour of Flanders on Sunday, a win that has so far proved elusive for the Belgian’s palmarès. (more…)

Cyclo-cross star Wout Van Aert (Team Jumbo – Visma) second in E3 Binckbank Classic on Friday (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet proved that he is most at home on the cobbles with a strong performance at E3 BinckBank Classic to sprint to third place, in what was his third consecutive podium result at the race (more…)

 Zdenek Stybar continued Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s incredible spring campaign, netting the team’s 20th victory of the season from a five-man group following a highly-entertaining edition of E3 Harelbeke (more…)

Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) climbs to victory on the first mountain top finish in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya – now second overall (more…)

Deceuninck – Quick-Step name their line ups for the cobbled classics this week, Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne, E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem (more…)

The riders in British UCI team Madison Genesis battle the cross winds as the opening stage of the 2019 Tour de Normandie in France lived up to its billing of a tough  stage race. (more…)

Thomas De Gendt solos to victory on stage 1 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya: ““I absolutely wanted to be in the breakaway today to aim for the stage win” (more…)

Madison Genesis’ participation in the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire has been confirmed, with the team set to compete against some of the world’s best teams and riders on May 2-5. (more…)

Vitus Pro Cycling Team, powered by Brother UK will race in the fifth edition of the Tour de Yorkshire, continuing an enviable and unbroken tradition for Cherie Pridham’s teams.  (more…)

Ribble Pro Cycling are one of six British UCI Continential teams to get invited to race the Tour of Yorkshire – we quiz them on that opportunity (more…)

A new team in 2019, SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling get the year off to a great start by getting an invite to one of the country’s biggest international bike races – we quiz Carolyn Nelson, Team Principal on the big opportunity (more…)

Adam and Simon Yates head a strong Mitchelton-SCOTT team in the seven day stage race, the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (more…)

The Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe sprinted straight into the history books after taking the biggest victory of his career in the Monument, Milan San Remo (more…)

Julian Alaphilippe and Italian Champion Elia Viviani headline Deceuninck – Quick-Step to Milano-Sanremo for the season’s longest Monument Milan Sanremo (more…)

This Saturday: Milan San Remo – Greg Van Avermaet searching for second Monument victory at Milan-San Remo  (more…)

It was heartbreak for Adam Yates as he lost the leader’s jersey by less than a single second to Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) after a brave effort in the final stage time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico. (more…)

Sky and 21st Century Fox have agreed the sale of Team Sky to INEOS; team to race in new colours from Tour de Yorkshire (more…)

Dame Sarah Storey led a procession of British victories on day 3 of the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn. (more…)

Despite crashing twice when leading the stage on his own, Alexey Lutsenko still had enough in the legs to win the sprint for the stage victory on stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico (more…)

A strong ride from race leader Adam Yates (Michelton Scott) saw him retain the leader’s jersey after fighting off attacks on a brutal stage four at Tirreno-Adriatico. (more…)

Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall claimed a bronze medal for Great Britain on the second day of the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in the Netherlands. (more…)

The sprinters had their day on stage three of Tirreno-Adriatico, with Mitchelton-SCOTT content to let the fast-men do battle while ensuring Adam Yates held onto the race lead. (more…)

The 30-year-old Italian Champion Elia Viviani became the first home rider since 2015 to notch up a stage victory at the “Race of the Two Seas” Tirreno-Adriatico (more…)

Jody Cundy and Kadeena Cox won their respective time trial events as Great Britain enjoyed a successful first day at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in the Netherlands. (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet showed his consistency and solid form on stage two of Tirreno-Adriatico by sprinting to second place on the uphill run into the finish in Pomarance, behind stage winner Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep). (more…)

The 26-year-old Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck  Quickstep) became the first Frenchman in a decade to win a stage, after a powerful uphill sprint in Pomarance on stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico (more…)

Britain’s Adam Yates (Michelton Scott) moved into the race lead at Tirreno-Adriatico after fighting off late attacks to take fifth in the uphill sprint for the line won by Julian Alaphilippe. (more…)

Britain’s Simon Yates (Michelton Scott) wins his first ever individual time trial victory on stage five at Paris-Nice (more…)

One of the riders chasing Matt Bottrill for most of the race was Adam Kenway of Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK. We had a quick chat post race … (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet will lead CCC Team at Tirreno-Adriatico, where the team’s primary focus will be on winning a stage at the week-long race (more…)

Julian Alaphilippe and Elia Viviani will be hoping to continue their impressive start to the year at the “Race of the Two Seas” – Deceuninck – Quick-Step team for Tirreno-Adriatico (13-19 March) (more…)

Britain’s Adam Yates heads powerful Mitchelton-SCOTT squad for Tirreno-Adriatico that starts on March 13 and finishes on the 19th – stellar line up includes Geraint Thomas (more…)

A windy day sees the race split into echelons only for a group of 60 to sprint it for the stage with Dylan Groenewegen getting the verdict in a photo finish (more…)

Dual world time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten put on a stunning display to win a punishing Strade Bianche in just her second race back from injury. (more…)

One of the most thrilling and spectacular one-day races of the year, Strade Bianche, has a new winner in the name of Julian Alaphilippe as he beats Jacob Fuglsang to the line. Wout van Aert was third. (more…)

Mitchelton-SCOTT return to Paris-Nice later this week with a balanced team of climbers and fast men, giving options for both the general classification and potential sprint stages. (more…)

Marcin Bialoblocki, Dan Bigham (Ribble Pro Cycling) and Steve Lampier head the line up for Sunday’s Evesham Vale Road Race (National B) in Worcestershire (more…)

2018 winner, Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) looks ahead to this weekend’s Strade Bianche “the finish at the Piazza del Campo in Siena is one of the most beautiful ones” (more…)

Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) returns to Strade Bianche eyeing a podium result following an aggressive ride and second place at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (more…)

Busy weekend ahead for the WorldTour pros with Strade Bianche & Paris Nice – Alaphilippe & Stybar head Quickstep’s teams for Strade Bianche, Gilbert & Jungels lead Quickstep at Paris-Nice (more…)

Former Great Britain road manager and JLT-Condor head honcho John Herety takes on the role of patron to the West Midlands young rider development project Halesowen Cycling Club’s academy which will include five first-year juniors (more…)

Three wins from three races for Deceuninck – Quick-Step as Florian Sénéchal  finally nabbed his first pro win at a highly-entertaining edition of Le Samyn (more…)

2016 best young rider Adam Yates will line up at the Tour de France in July, motivated to impact the top-end of the general classification battle. (more…)

Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider Bob Jungels writes history by becoming the first Luxembourger in 106 years to win a cobbled Classic as he solos to victory in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (more…)

Welshman Owain Doull’s brave late attack paid off handsomely at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne with the young Sky rider finishing a superb second and his best ever result (more…)

Twice a winner of Het Nieuwsblad, Ian Stannard of Team Sky too eager early on in season opener (more…)

A winner of multiple races already this year, European Champion Matteo Trentin (Michelton Scott) fought to ninth place in the first Belgian Classic of the season, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad despite a fall early on. (more…)

After his win in the Tour of Oman last week, Alexey Lutsenko showed his great form in the first of the classics, finishing fourth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. (more…)

Olympic road race champion and Classics legend Greg Van Avermaet opens Classics campaign with hard-fought second place at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (more…)

A brilliant move inside the final two kilometers netted the Czech rider Zdebek Stybar (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) his biggest victory to date in a one-day race (more…)

Following a textbook lead out by his teammates, the Italian Nation Champion Elia Viviani  (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) put in a late burst of speed to take the stage win in a photo finish with Gaviria  and Kittel. (more…)

Great Britain’s Elinor Barker won the Women’s Scratch Race World Title on Wedensday night in Poland to add another rainbow jersey to her collection (more…)

The wait is over for World Champion Alejandro Valverde – after several races showing his unparalelled consistency, the first mountain-top finish of the 2019 UAE Tour provided the launch pad for his maiden victory as World Champion (more…)

Team report on Saint Piran Cornwall’s elite cycling team competing in the international cycle race, The Plage du Vendee, from 16-24th Feb with 825 km of racing in six events (more…)

First win for Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK as Mikey Mottram outsprints Lincoln GP winner Alex Richardson at the end of the Primavera Road Race – Freddie Scheske was third for Vitus giving them two on the podium (more…)

It is a perfect end of the week for Astana Pro Team, which takes a double victory at the 2.HC race Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol: Jakob Fuglsang wins the final classification and Ion Izagirre steps on the second podium position. (more…)

Stage two winner Matteo Trentin claimed a second stage victory on the final stage of Ruta del Sol to make it a consecutive stage win for Mitchelton-SCOTT after Simon Yates’ win the day before. (more…)

Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) basked in his first win in almost two years, on the final day of Volta ao Algarve (more…)

Vuelta a España champion Simon Yates has claimed his first victory of the 2019 season on the Queen stage of Ruta del Sol, after a powerful attack on the the final first category climb. (more…)

Second consecutive Tour of Oman win for Alexey Lutsenko of Astana, Davide Ballerini finishes third in final stage (more…)