Paris-Roubaix takes place on the 7th of April this year and it is the grand climax of the cobbled classics. This will be the final and ultimate one, the third monument of the season features 55 kilometers of cobbled roads and every single year it is a highlight of the season. We take a look at it's...

A sprinter who can climb, on paper Milano-Sanremo is a race very well suited to the skillset of Biniam Girmay. However, the leader of Intermarché-Wanty is not too hopeful of a sprint finish when he's got to face the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel. “I have been waiting a long time fo...

Having been in flying form on the domestic scene since the start of the season, Daire Feeley (All human-VeloRevolution) won stage 2 at Dornan Rás Mumhan today. However, 19-year-old Australian Luke Tuckwell (Trinity Racing) took the yellow jersey racing around the bohereens of Co Kerry, a long way from his home in Orange, in regional […] The post Rás Mumhan rider reaction | “F*ck, that was a rotten bastard of a day” appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Even without Tadej Pogacar who will skip Itzulia Basque Country, UAE Team Emirates can rely on multiple cards in their hunt for overall standings at the Spanish WorldTour stage race.Entering the race as leader will be Juan Ayuso, second from the Tirreno-Adriatico, where he won the opening time trial...

The Grand Prix de Denain was one by Jannik Steimle but the race was highlighted by a crash of Stefan Küng. The Swiss rider slipped in a muddy cobbled sector, and spectator footage of the incident is even more impressive. The crash took place with 11 kilometers to go in the French classic, at a cruci...

With Mads Pedersen and former winner Jasper Stuyven, the Lidl-Trek lineup for Milano-Sanremo is already stacked, but the newcomer Jonathan Milan would still like to have a word in his home Monument."This is an important moment in my calendar, the start of a series of races that I have been waiting f...

Arnaud De Lie could return to racing in about a month. After revealing that their leader tested positive for Lyme disease, Lotto Dstny had to bench De Lie despite some doubts, given that it is not uncommon to hear about a very long recovery period needed to recover from this disease."We have to put...

By Shane Stokes Having returned to racing Saturday in the GP Miguel Indurain, Eddie Dunbar’s five and a half weeks away from competition have not reduced his targets for this year’s Giro d’Italia. Seventh overall last year was a superb showing in what was only his second Grand Tour ever. A year older, a year […] The post Eddie Dunbar keeping the faith despite “mentally tolling” seven crashes appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

In the unique new event to be held on open roads, the winner will be the rider who completes the course as close to exactly 20 miles per hour as possible, and organisers have come up with some smart ways to keep competitors bang on the limit

Puck Pieterse has already appeared in several road races this spring, but Paris-Roubaix Femmes is not on her program. Certainly not this season. However, the 21-year-old Dutch woman has already done a preliminary reconnaissance for the Hell Classic for... 2025.On Strava we see that Pieterse complete...