Yates poised for Vuelta victory
BRITAIN’S Simon Yates has all but assured himself victory in the Vuelta a Espana by finishing third in the penultimate stage, a result that will deliver Australia’s Michelton-Scott its first Grand Tour win.
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SA’s Dennis wins Tour of Spain time trial
SOUTH Australian Rohan Dennis, of BMC, time-trials to victory on stage 16 of the Tour of Spain as Britain’s Simon Yates increases his overall lead on rival Alejandro Valverde.
TDU in no rush for women’s WorldTour ranking
THE Tour Down Under is in no rush to upgrade its women’s race to WorldTour status and wants to keep the door for local teams open as long as possible after unveiling the 2019 race route.
Aussie support for paralysed rival
AUSTRALIAN cyclists have paid tribute to reigning Olympic and world champion sprinter Kristina Vogel who concedes she will never walk again after being paralysed in a training crash.
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Pom Prior reckons our Goss is a keeper
FORMER England cricketer Matt Prior has backed Australian Matt Goss to return to international cycling prominence after three challenging seasons.
Chapman rolls the dice and comes up trumps
TOM Chapman rolled the dice in an eight-man breakaway and was rewarded by winning the opening round of the CIC Cervelo Super Series at Victoria Park on Thursday night.
The Coffee Ride #87, with Reece Homfray
MARK Renshaw’s participation in January’s Tour Down Under will hinge on whether his new team MTN-Qhubeka goes WorldTour next year.
Renshaw returns to racing in Wollongong
AUSTRALIAN lead-out specialist Mark Renshaw will climb back on the bike to race in Wollongong this weekend but says he’s a long way off the form required to win even a local criterium.
Rogers ready to move on after CA ‘betrayal’
VETERAN Michael Rogers says he felt “betrayed” by former Cycling Australia chief executive Adrian Anderson whose comments at the time of his positive drugs test in 2013 are the reason he has not raced for Australia since.
Meares crowned Women’s Health sports woman of the year
TRACK cycling star Anna Meares was last night named Women’s Health magazine’s sports woman of the year at a presentation in Sydney.
Dennis to race Adelaide cycling series
CYCLING SA has secured a major coup by confirming home-grown international star Rohan Dennis will ride in its elite teams series this summer.
Cyclists hurt in massive race pile-up
SCORES of cyclists were injured after being caught in a horror pile-up during a road race in central Victoria.
The Coffee Ride #86, with Reece Homfray
ONE of Australian cycling’s great warriors Brett Lancaster is in talks with Orica-GreenEDGE about the possibility of extending his professional career into a 14th season next year.
Sutton hopeful of riding on next season
AUSTRALIAN cyclist Chris Sutton remains hopeful his professional career will continue into a 12th season after Team Sky did not renew his contract for 2016.
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