Liam OBrien has been rewarded with a new contract after a very strong maiden season in 2024 for Lidl-Trek Future Racing team. The Cork rider, who rode for the first time this year as an U23, has signed a new contract, with team management signing his praises as a pure climber we will see a []The post Pure climber Liam OBrien rewarded with new contract for 2025 appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

The days may be getting shorter, but theres still plenty of cycling news about and Ryan Mallons here again to keep you up to date on the Tuesday live blog

Clearly, all is not well at the INEOS Grenadiers currently. Murmurs of discontent behind the scenes have lingered throughout the season, questionable activity in the transfer market has left some doubts and last weekend, things reached boiling point as upper management made the call to 'deselect' To...

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The days of Mark Cavendish's professional career are winding down and although there has been some talk of riding on in 2025, the most successful sprinter of all time is beginning to think of his life away from the professional peloton.I speak to Peta [his wife] a lot about replacing the thrill of...

The Tour de France stage win record holder says that his plan is to head into cycling management

Ben O'Connor has had the season of his life in 2024. From 4th at the Giro d'Italia, to a breakthrough spell in the Red Jersey at the Vuelta a Espana before finishing 2nd overall and then a silver medal at the 2024 World Championships road race in Zrich.As such, the fact the Australian is moving ba...

Stepping away from its signature VPP suspension design would never have been an option a few years ago, but while it contradicts decades of marketing, I actually think it's a great move by Santa Cruz. Find out why in the latest MBR Show.santa cruz vala MBR show thumbnailThe recently released Santa Cruz Vala broke new ground for the boutique California brand in a couple of ways. For Continue reading

Aside from the superhuman Tadej Pogacar, there is case to be made that Remco Evenepoel had the best season of anyone in the peloton in 2024. Taking double Olympic gold, another World Championships time trial and cracking the podium on his Tour de France debut, the Belgian has seemingly silenced a nu...

In 2024,Team Visma | Lease a Bike were a shadow of the side that had proven all-conquering only a year prior. No Grand Tour victories and not even a top 10 in a monument this year ensured much disappointment, but on that last point, Tiesj Benoot insists, all hope is not lost."That's a statistic th...