The Racer to open in Irish cinemas tomorrow Friday December 11th (VIDEO)
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by TBCF
3y ago
Irish sports drama The Racer is to open in Irish cinemas tomorrow Friday December 11th. The film follows Dom Chabol, a seasoned domestique rider who experiences the most dramatic three days of his life as he faces the end of his time with his team, the end of his career, and even the end of his life, at the opening Irish stages of the notorious 1998 Tour de France. Louis Talpe (Of Kings And Prophets) stars as Chabol, alongside Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee, Iain Glen, and Karel Roden. It is produced by Ireland’s Blinder Films (Love & Friendship), in coproduction with Calach Films of Luxembourg a ..read more
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Cycling Ireland confirm Men’s team for UCI Road World Championships
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by TBCF
3y ago
Cycling Ireland has confirmed the team of four riders who will represent Ireland at the UCI Road World Championships which takes place in Imola from 25th – 27th September. Dan Martin, Nicolas Roche, Ben Healy and Ryan Mullen will make up the four-man team for the Men’s Elite Road Race. Martin and Roche are both currently competing at the Tour de France. Roche suffered a crash on stage 10 but has gone on to feature in multiple breakaways and has taken two top 10 stage finishes. Martin meanwhile went into the race recovering from a fractured bone in his lower back, an injury sustained in a crash ..read more
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Søren Kragh Andersen wins stage 14 of the Tour de France
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by TBCF
3y ago
Søren Kragh Andersen took a second stage win for Team Sunweb at this year’s Tour de France after attacking alone in the closing kilometres of the fourteenth stage to win alone in Lyon. It followed on from Marc Hirschi’s win on stage 12. Attacks went early as Cees Bol (Team Sunweb) and Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) rode away at km 2, and were then joined by Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ). Bol dropped back for team-mate Casper Pedersen before the pair dropped back to the peloton. Küng pushed on alone but was caught with 80km to go as the battle for the Green Jersey saw an intense pace set by Peter ..read more
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Trek-Segafredo wins the opening TTT at the Giro Rosa
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by TBCF
3y ago
The Trek-Segafredo women’s team claimed the opening team time trial at the 31st Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile, informally known as the Giro Rosa, and laid claim to the first leader’s jersey of the nine-day race. Italian Elisa Longo Borghini was the first of the team across the finish line and will wear the maglia rosa into Stage two Saturday, her first-ever pink leader’s jersey. “It was not planned that I cross the line first, it was a team effort and we don’t care who crosses the line first. It just happened that Ellen (van Dijk) swung off and I was the last rider taking the pull thr ..read more
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Dani Martínez wins stage 13 of the Tour de France
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by TBCF
3y ago
Dani Martínez (EF Pro Cycling) took a breathtaking stage win on Friday’s thirteenth stage of the Tour de France beating Lennard Kämna (BORA – hansgrohe) on the summit finish at Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary). The stage set off from Châtel-Guyon, faced a whopping seven categorised climbs and ended at Puy Mary, a steep volcanic climb in the Massif Central. The total elevation gain of the day was 4400m; the most climbing of all 21 stages in the Tour this year. The mountain stage saw early attacks from the get-to. After a high-tempo start, a five-man early breakaway turned into 17 riders, including M ..read more
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Sean Kelly’s first Tour de France stage win (VIDEO)
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by TBCF
3y ago
In just his second season as a professional, Kelly was selected to ride the Tour de France for his Flandria-Velda team. He would have to ride in support of his Belgian team-mates Freddy Maertens who was aiming to win the green jersey, and Michel Pollentier who was aiming to win the race overall, in addition to the Portuguese rider, Joaquim Agostinho who was also aiming for the overall. Despite his role as a domestique, Kelly would be allowed some freedom to try for a win if the opportunity arose, and he confirmed that, saying, “Maertens said I can go any time if there is a likely breakaway.” A ..read more
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Sam Bennett takes maiden Tour de France stage win and regains green jersey
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by TBCF
3y ago
Sam Bennett captured his maiden Tour de France win in emphatic fashion in Saint-Martin-de-Ré today becoming just the sixth Irishman to take a stage win at the race, joining Shay Elliott, Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche, Martin Earley and Dan Martin. He also joined an elite group of riders with stage victories in all Grand Tours. Bennett unleashed an uncontrollable outpouring of emotion as he slowly realised that he finally fulfilled a career-long dream of taking a stage victory at the biggest race in the world and thus following in the footsteps of Sean Kelly, the last Irishman to win a bunch sprint ..read more
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Giulio Ciccone to miss Tirreno-Adriatico due to positive COVID-19 test result
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by TBCF
3y ago
Trek-Segafredo has confirmed that its rider Giulio Ciccone has returned a positive COVID-19 test result. The test was completed on August 31 in compliance with the UCI regulations prior to his participation at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Italian stage race was an important objective for Ciccone in his preparation for the Giro d’Italia. Ciccone’s last contact with his Trek-Segafredo teammates was on the evening of the 23rd at a team camp dinner, where the team confirmed that as per team policy, social distancing was maintained. They also confirmed that as with all members present at the team camp an ..read more
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Adam Yates retains Tour de France race lead on stage six
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3y ago
Adam Yates (Mitchelton-SCOTT) retained his race lead at the Tour de France as the breakaway stayed away on stage six. The Briton finished in a group containing all of the favourites, 2′ 53″ behind stage winner Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team). The 191-kilometre stage from Le Teil to Mont Aigoual had been earmarked as a potential one for the general classification contenders, but a battle for the overall failed to materialise with Yates crossing the line safely in the reduced peloton. In contrast to yesterday there was action as soon as the flag dropped to signal the start of the stage, with r ..read more
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Sam Bennett takes over green jersey at the Tour de France
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by TBCF
3y ago
Sam Bennett (Deceuninck – Quick Step) became the first Irish rider in more than three decades to lead a Tour de France classification, after racking up 40 points during Wednesday’s 183-kilometre stage 5 from Gap to Privas. The last Irish rider to lead a Tour de France classification was fellow Carrick-on-Suir man Sean Kelly who won the green and red jerseys in 1989. Stephen Roche was also the leader of the points classification for a number of stages during his Tour win in 1987. A man on a mission at the start of the day, the 29-year-old showed his intentions early, at the intermediate sprint ..read more
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