Enric Mas actually lost a spot in the general classification of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana on stage 9, despite a very strong showing that saw the Spaniard summit the day's last climb with more than a minute advantage over Primoz Roglic, Ben O'Connor and company. The reason? On the final descent he had...

Milo Donaldson is the new Kerry road race champion for 2024, the Killarney Cycling Club rider adding victory in the county championships to the impressive solo victory he took in the Galway Classic earlier this month. Over an eight-lap course in Knocknagoshel for a total race distance of 64.9km, Donaldson was best in the []The post Milo Donaldson takes Kerry County Road Race Champs in Knocknagoshel appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

On a day that started so badly for UAE Team Emirates with the abandonment of Joao Almeida through Covid, Adam Yates returned both the smiles and the hopes of winning the Red Jersey to the team with a stunning stage 9 win at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana.Having forced himself into the day's breakaway, Ya...

Marc Hirschi will be swapping UAE Team Emirates for the Tudor Pro Cycling Team in 2025. Before the former Swiss national champion departs the scene however, he is making sure he leaves on a high.Over the last month, Hirschi has claimed a stage of the Czech Tour plus the general classification win,...

The second circuit race, on a split stage, today at the Junior Tour of Wales saw the cream rise to the top with British championships road race and TT medal winner, Sebastian Grindley (Fensham Howes-MAS Design), taking a dominant win. Over 96km of racing around the Pembrey Motor Racing Circuit, on a day of sodden []The post Big gaps at Junior Tour of Wales, Irish rider now in strong podium position appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Not for the first time this Vuelta a Espana, the general classification has been completely overhauled by breakaway riders gaining big time on the group of the Red Jersey. The biggest benefactor this time around, stage winner Adam Yates who is now right back into Red Jersey winning contention as a r...

The crazy heat has affected several riders at the Vuelta a Espaa and today it may have caused it's greatest victim. Antonio Tiberi was at the door of the podium and leading the youth classification, but has suffered from heat stroke today and was forced to abandon the race."Antonio Tiberi felt unw...

The Vuelta a Espaa changes face completely on stage 10. The riders fly north to Galicia with much lower temperatures for the first day of racing in the second week. We preview a day where the riders will still climb a lot and the pressure will be on.The first day of the second week sees the riders...

The 2024 Vuelta a Espana has reached the first day and it is Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team's leader, Ben O'Connor who sits atop the general classification with a commanding lead of 3:53 from nearest rival Primoz Roglic.After a slightly alarming time loss on stage 8, O'Connor was much more assured...

After a thrilling and relentlessly attacking race, UAE Team Emirates' has taken victory at the 2024 Bretagne Classic.Somewhat surprisingly, just two riders got themselves up the road in the early break, those being Silvan Dillier and Christopher Juul-Jensen. Although at one point their advantage ov...