Rory Townsend (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) has been enjoying some very strong late season form, with no fewer than four top 10 finishes at the recent Tour of Britain, and the former Irish champion was back at it in France again today. He took a solid 12th place in the 198.8km Grand Prix dIsbergues (UCI []The post Rory Townsend takes solid result in France, boxed in at finish | Video appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Tim Merlier is the new men's elite European road race champion! After a thrilling sprint finale, the Belgian took the win on home soil ahead of the Netherlands' Olav Kooij and Estonia's Madis Mihkels.Unbelievable! A delighted Merlier exclaimed in his post-race interview, moments after one of the...

Tim Merlier may have been vying for protected rider status with Belgian team mate Jasper Phililpsen at the European Championships but he did his own thing and dominated the final sprint to win. With Jordi Meeus leading out Philipsen, Merlier launch his sprint from the other side of the bunch and once he kicked his []The post Merlier wins European Champs as Milan blows big team effort | Video appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

For a long time, Jasper Philipsen was expected to lead the charge of the Belgians at the 2024 European Championship. In a somewhat late call though, the decision was made to pivot to a dual leadership strategy alongside Tim Merlier. In the end, that proved a masterstroke as it was Merlier who took t...

A world champion back in 2019, Mads Pedersen was looking to add a European road race title to his palmares in Limburg on Sunday afternoon. Despite a bright and attacking display however, the Dane eventually had to settle for 6th at the line."We did everything we could to make the race as hard as po...

After bronze at the 2023 European Championship road race, Olav Kooij improved to silver in Limburg in 2024. Gold was what the Dutchman wanted though, and as such, 2nd place is something difficult to get overly excited about."I'm still coming up well, but that's also sprinting. I wasn't where I shou...

Bryan McCrystal (Bellurgan Wheelers) has motored to the gold medal in the Masters 40 race at the Irish Masters Road Race Championships in Co Mayo today. McCrystal, who was formerly a top A1 rider before going back to triathlon-Ironman, has been back in the domestic peloton this year and riding very well. And today the []The post Results all races Masters National Champs | McCrystal motors to Masters 40 gold appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Orluis Aular of Caja Rural - Seguros RGA has sprinted to victory at Trofeo Matteotti 2024, following a late attack that split the peloton.Nine riders got themselves up the road and into the day's breakaway. Among them, the likes of Andrii Ponomar (Team Corratec - Vini Fantini), Andrea Pietrobon (Te...

The 2024 European Championship road race was widely expected pre-race to end in a bunch sprint. Despite Mathieu van der Poel doing his very best to stop that happening, it was, in the end, the result. As a double blow for Van der Poel, his teammate Olav Kooij then narrowly missed out on victory, spr...

27-year-old Orluis Aular has been a leading light forCaja Rural - Seguros RGA over recent seasons. With his contract up at the end of the year and rumours of a move to the World Tour, the Venezuelan sent a message of thanks to his team following victory on Sunday afternoon at the 2024 Trofeo Matteo...