Cycling

INTERNATIONAL Cycling Union (UCI) president David Lappartient has said that it would be a “disaster” for cycling if the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France cannot take place due to the spread of the Covid-19 in Europe.

FORMER Giro d’Italia winner Ivan Basso has joined a number of Italian athletes and personalities who have made public appeals for people to come together to fight the spread, and impact, of the coronavirus by respecting the advice and rules of the latest government decree.

Tadej Pogačar has taken to his personal website to describe the ongoing quarantine he and his UAE Team Emirates teammates are being held under in the Arab country.

THE International Cycling Union (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) marked International Women’s Day on March 8 by hosting a large peloton made up of some 80 women for a guided bike ride starting and finishing at the center in Aigle, Switzerland.

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) has suggested the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 has been blown out of proportion, arguing there’s a disconnect between the media coverage and the reality of the situation.

IN the last 15 years, millions of children and adults in 20 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America have received bikes from the nonprofit organization World Bicycle Relief (WBR).

Peter Sagan has been targeted by an online cryptocurrency scam and has been forced to publicly deny his involvement in the get-rich-quick scheme.

NEELTJE JANS, Netherlands—Call them riders in the storm.

Vincenzo Nibali has dismissed age as “just a number,” saying he still has the same motivation and desire to race as he when he was a boy growing up in Sicily.

WITH its population of over 21 million, people could be forgiven for assuming that trying to cycle through Mexico City must be a nightmare.

PETER SAGAN turned 30 two Sundays ago—also his first day back at work and his fourth year with Bora-Hansgrohe. 

Egan Bernal avoided serious injury in a crash at the Colombian National Championships on Sunday, insisting he was ready for the upcoming Tour Colombia 2.1 stage race despite suffering significant road rash.

Alejandro Valverde has confirmed that he will call time on his career at the end of the 2021 season, by which time he’ll have turned 41 years of age. 

THE Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) has reacted to reports that Astana riders Jakob Fuglsang and Alexey Lutsenko were investigated for possible links to banned doping doctor Michele Ferrari, confirming that it hired intelligence provider Sportradar to conduct additional research for a secret dossier after it “received information in relation to alleged potential anti-doping rule violations.”

Johan Bruyneel—the former team manager of US Postal, Astana and RadioShack, who helped guide Lance Armstrong to seven Tour de France titles before they were struck from the record books for doping—has launched a new sports management company.

THE International Cycling Union (UCI) has secured the first level of professional gender-equality certification as part of its strategy to introduce a related equality policy internally and to develop women’s cycling.

THERE will be no postrace hotel drinks for any of the Lotto Soudal staff in 2020 as the Belgian team took the unusual measure of banning alcohol from the top to the bottom of the organization.

Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal have been confirmed as Team Ineos’ coleaders of the 2020 Tour de France.

Kimberley Conte—race director of the Women’s Tour Down Under—said that the decision to still take stages of both the women’s  and men’s events through areas of south Australia that have been affected by the recent bushfires will help to show visitors that they’re still open for business—and so help them rebuild.

CHRIS FROOME (Team Ineos) has confirmed that he will start his 2020 season at the UAE Tour next month.

FOR centuries, Paris has been a global leader in the arts, business, culture and cuisine. Today, the French capital is increasingly making a name for itself in active mobility—as the city of lights becomes a city of bikes.

BICYCLES communicating with vehicles as automation rolls out across the road. Smart cities building insights on traffic flows to plan better cycling infrastructure. Information in the hands—and on the handlebars—of cyclists to enable faster and safer journeys.