2027 world championships to be held in Haute-Savoie in France
The 2027 cycling world championships will be held in Haute-Savoie, a region in the Alps of eastern France, governing body UCI announced on Thursday.
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Ireland name strong team for Paracycling Track World Championships
Ireland will send a strong team to the UCI Paracycling Track World Championships next month, with Tokyo Games and World Championships silver-medallists Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal leading the charge.
'My front tyre exploded' – Annemiek van Vleuten in freak horror crash at Road World Championships
Annemiek van Vleuten suffered a huge freak crash in the opening seconds of the mixed team time trial as the Dutch super squad’s hopes of gold unravelled at the Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia. Just moments after coming down the start ramp, Van Vleuten suddenly and inexplicably veered across the road and smashed into the barriers. Ad “Disaster! Disaster!” cried Rob Hatch on Eurosport commentary.
Switzerland take win in mixed team time trial at the World Championships from Italy and Australia
Switzerland powered to team time trial gold in a dominant display, with Italy taking silver and Australia the bronze. But that was only part of the story, the favourites Netherlands having a shocker of a day with a mechanical for Bauke Mollema and a crash for Annemiek van Vleuten absolutely wrecking their chances of a podium. While the plaudits must go to the Swiss team of Mauro Schmid, Stefan Kung, Stefan Bissegger, Elisa Chabbey, Marlen Reusser, Nicole Koller for an incredibly professional display in what was an event full of drama, Van Vleuten’s unbelievable crash was by far and away the biggest talking point.
Road World Championships: 'Devastated' Belgian junior forced to ride a different bike after gearing mix-up
A Belgian junior rider was forced to ride on a different bike at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong as his one was deemed illegal by race officials. Jens Verbrugghe, the son of Israel-Premier Tech director Rik, turned up to the time trial with a 53-tooth chainring which is above the UCI's gearing limit for junior riders. Ad As a result, Verbrugghe had to ride a bike from his national federation.
'Oh dear!' – Rider misses time trial start after bike arrives late at Road World Championships
Pavel Novak was missing a vital ingredient as the countdown beeped to the start of his time trial run at the Road World Championships in Wollongong: his bike. As the timer hit zero and the clock started ticking, the Czech rider was only just clambering onto his bike after it appeared out of the wings at the eleventh hour. Ad “Ooo dear.
Josh Tarling makes it two golds for Britain in junior time trials at Road World Championships
Josh Tarling made it two golds for Britain in the junior time trials at the Road World Championships as he grabbed the rainbow jersey with a consummate performance. Australia's Hamish McKenzie had set the early pace and managed to cling on to the lead for the best part of three hours as he took silver ahead of Emil Herzog (Germany). But Tarling paced his race superbly to win by 19 seconds.
Zoe Backstedt destroys field to grab junior time trial gold for Britain at Road World Championships
Britain’s Zoe Backstedt lived up to her billing as favourite in the women’s junior time trial, grabbing gold in a stacked field by an incredibly sizeable margin from Justyna Czapla (Germany) and Febe Jooris (Belgium). “This was one of my biggest goals of the season and I’m so happy – I did so much work for this, I’m just so happy it paid off,” she said after a brilliant performance.