The final stage of the first week at the Tour de France takes place this Sunday. The famous gravel stage that has been talked up for months is now finally upon us. We preview stage 9 of the Tour de France, a day where the race may not be won but it may definitely be lost in the 32 kilometers of off-...

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The brilliant Biniam Girmay has doubled up at the 2024 Tour de France, taking victory ahead of Jasper Philipsen in a punchy uphill sprint on stage 8.Everyone had expected a massive fight for the breakaway today. When a trio of Stefan Bissegger, Neilson Powless and the King of the Mountains Jonas Abr...

Danny OShea Memorial TT 2024 (10 mile) Brittas Bay, Co Wicklow Promoted by Sorrento CC Womens Podium Masters 40 Masters 50 Masters 60 Leading A4The post Danny OShea TT 2024 | Dahl and Smyth are best in Wicklow appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Whilst in the high mountains the strongest rider almost always prevails over their rivals, on the gravel, luck can play a massive role. Strongest rider or not, an ill-timed puncture or mechanical could see a rider's Maillot Jaune hopes at the 2024 Tour de Franc, crash and burn on stage 9.As such, R...

Jonas Vingegaard entered the 2024 Tour de France under a cloud of question marks having not raced in nearly three months following his Itzulia Basque Country horror crash. Although the Dane has lost over a minute to Tadej Pogacar over the first 7 stages, Team Visma | Lease a Bike are generally posit...

Sam Bennett is still looking for a finishing kick and a strong lead-out that might produce a stage-winning effort at the Tour de France after hitting the front too early in todays finish and then fading on the uphill kick to the line. In what was a rolling final 2km into Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, after []The post Sam Bennetts Tour lead-out still a work in progress, says team | Video appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

UAE Team Emirates put in a lot of focus in the time-trials and the reason is obvious. They work to win Grand Tours and Tadej Pogacar this Friday had to battle against no less than Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic. But in the first battle against the clock since the Giro d'Italia,...

Liam Crowley of UCD Cycling Club has added to a successful season in 2024 with victory this evening in the Ballivor Grand Prix in Co Meath. Crowley, who has made his debut for Ireland this year at Rs Tailteann, had already won the Bobby Power Memorial and Coombes Connor Memorial before his latest win today, []The post UCDs Liam Crowley takes victory at Ballivor Grand Prix appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Whilst the men are completing their own Grand Tour currently at the Tour de France, the women will also soon be back in Grand Tour action as between July 7th and July 14th, the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women will be on the race programme.On the startlist for the race are a number of top names, including:...