With just one stage to go at the 2024 Itzulia Basque Country, it's still all to play for in the general classification. Very much still in the mix, Juan Ayuso will start the final stage 3rd in the GC, 4 seconds down on Mattias Skjelmose. "A tough and explosive stage awaits us," the 21-year-old leade...

After seeing two of the stars of his Team Visma | Lease a Bike roster, Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard, crash out of their respective races in recent weeks an admittedly 'angry' Richard Plugge has demanded race organisers do more to protect riders. “Yes, I am sad, but I'm also angry. Because we h...

Ben Healy has jumped into the top 10 in the final general classification at Région Pays de la Loire Tour (2.1) after proving instrumental in his EF Education-EasyPost team taking the final stage and the overall classification victory. Healy was among a group of nine riders to pull clear of the rest of the field […] The post Ben Healy jumps into top 10 after strong ride at front in France | Video appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Team Visma | Lease a Bike have not had the best few weeks with both Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard crashing hard and set for a lengthy spell on the treatment table. For van Aert, it was a crash at Dwars Door Vlaanderen that did the damage, ruling him out of the rest of the Spring Classics and ca...

Ahead of the third monument of the season this weekend, talk has been dominated by the addition of a chicane to the Paris-Roubaix course prior to the Arenberg section of cobbles. Fabian Cancellara, a three-time former winner of Paris-Roubaix knows all about the danger of the French cobblestones and...

After the drama of stage 4, the Itzulia Basque Country had a more traditional conclusion on stage 5 this Friday afternoon as Romain Gregoire sprinted to victory in a tight finale.With a reduced bunch heading to the line, many of the riders weren't traditional sprinters, making for a messy yet intrig...

In a messy finale, Romain Gregoire of Groupama - FDJ has sprinted to victory on stage 5 of the 2024 Itzulia Basque Country after a blanket, photo finish across the line.After the chaos of yesterday's stage and the massive crash, there was another incident in the earlier portion of stage 5 with Mikel...

BORA - hansgrohe's Itzulia Basque Country plans were ruined on stage 4 as their team leader and overall race leader, Primoz Roglic, crashed out hard in an incident that also sent the likes of Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel to hospital. Whilst Roglic himself was able to avoid the worst of the c...

After surviving a stage 3 crash with his overall race lead at the Itzulia Basque Country intact, Primoz Roglic hit the deck again on stage 4, in a mass crash that ended his race and left rivals such as Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel in hospital.Thankfully, for Roglic, it was in the back of his...

Jay Vine was one of the worst affected riders after yesterday's mass crash at Itzulia Basque Country, and suffered three fractured vertebrae. The UAE Team Emirates rider remained rather motionless for several minutes in the concrete ditch where a few riders fell, and his wife Bre Vine opens up about...