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Features, Racing, Sam Bennett - September 9, 2020

Sam Bennett shows us what it means to win a Tour stage

There was a season, some eight years ago, when Sam Bennett almost hung up his wheels. He was 21, a good bike racer, an Irishman pulled under the wing of Sean Kelly’s An Post development team. But the next step was a tall one. He was plagued by knee injuries and sickness. His confidence was …

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Lachlan Morton’s latest: 719 km in 43.5 hours through the Badlands of Spain

Lachlan Morton set off on Sunday from Grenada, Spain, and is already back, 719 kilometers later, after racing through the remote, ragged southern edge of Europe in record time. He climbed 15,000 meters, down in deserts and up mountains, alone. Eighty-five percent of it was off-road. All of it was unsupported. The event is called …

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Bennett pips Ewan to win stage 10: Daily Tour Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Sam Bennett has his first Tour de France stage victory. Stage 10 of the 2020 Tour de France came down to a bunch sprint in Île de Ré, and Bennett was ready to capitalize on the opportunity. After a strong lead-out from …

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2020 Tour de France, Coronavirus, Features, News - September 8, 2020

Report: No riders positive for coronavirus on the Tour’s first rest day

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All riders in the Tour de France are free to continue the race on Tuesday after all were cleared of coronavirus. A total of roughly 650 riders and team staff were tested on the race’s first rest day and the day prior. As reported by L’Equipe all riders tested negative. It’s not yet clear whether …

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Rohan Dennis and Amanda Spratt to headline Australian Road Worlds team

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Rohan Dennis (Ineos Grenadiers) and Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) will lead Australia’s medal hopes at the upcoming Road World Championships in Imola, Italy from September 24 to 27. Spratt, a two-time Worlds road race medalist, will lead the women’s road race line-up while Dennis will be seeking a third-straight time trial world title. Michael Matthews (Sunweb) …

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Sam Bennett shows us what it means to win a Tour stage

Lachlan Morton’s latest: 719 km in 43.5 hours through the Badlands of Spain

Bennett pips Ewan to win stage 10: Daily Tour Digest

Report: No riders positive for coronavirus on the Tour’s first rest day

Rohan Dennis and Amanda Spratt to headline Australian Road Worlds team

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