Kelland O’Brien and Luke Plapp, another Australian rider shifting onto the road this year, at the 2021 UCI Track World Championship (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Team BikeExchange has signed 23-year-old Kelland O’Brien for the next two seasons, with the Australian having joined the team as a stagiaire in the final phases of 2021 after …
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Image 1 of 13 Eddy Merckx and Flandrien award winner Wout Van Aert pictured during the Flandrien award ceremony for the best Belgian cyclist of the 2021 cycling season organized by newspaper Het Nieuwsblad in Puurs (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Image 2 of 13 Flandrien award winner Wout Van Aert poses during the Flandrien …
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Skylar and Samantha Schneider (Image credit: Courtesy of Team Illuminate) L39ION of Los Angeles announced Tuesday that they have signed sprinter Samantha Schneider for the 2022 season. Schneider will join her sister Skylar at the team that has dominated road and criterium racing across the US this year. “New rider announcement! Proud to announce we’ve …
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Ian Garrison controls the peloton for Deceuninck-QuickStep at the 2020 Vuelta a España (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Ian Garrison was a surprise signing for 2022 by L39ION of Los Angeles as it moves towards in its second year as a Continental programme. The Georgia-based Garrison spent the last two seasons on the WorldTour level …
Alexander Kristoff wins stage 2 of the Deutschland Tour 2021 (Image credit: Bettini Photo) It’s almost exactly a decade since Valerio Piva first encountered Alexander Kristoff. Following the disbandment of the Highroad team, Piva joined the management at Katusha for the 2012 season and one of the riders entrusted to his charge was a new …
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Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) at the Vuelta a España (Image credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) Tom Pidcock has announced that he has returned to training following the end of his 2021 season, revealing that he’s now able to ride without pain in his knee for the first time since February. The 22-year-old made the step up …
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(Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué has spoken of ‘tough decisions’ as he dismisses José Luis Arrieta after a quarter of a century of service and welcomes a host of new faces to his senior team, including Leonardo Piepoli, José Ibarguren, and Iván Velasco. Cyclingnews confirmed reports of Arrieta’s departure in a …
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Oscar Sevilla at the Vuelta a San Juan 2020, where he came third overall (Image credit: Bettini Photo) Oscar Sevilla may be 45 but he has no plans to retire just yet. Two decades after finishing second at the Vuelta a España, the Spaniard intends to ride for Colombian continental squad Team Medellin into 2022. …
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Marit Raaijmakers (L) on the attack with Sara Poidevin (Rally Cycling) at Gent-Wevelgem in 2020 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) The Rally Cycling women’s team announced the signing of Dutch riders Marit Raaijmakers and Nina Buijsman, who both raced this year with the Parkhotel Valkenburg squad. Buijsman, 23, and Raaijmakers, 22, have been with the …
Stan Van Tricht at the U23 road race at the Leuven World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Deceuninck-QuickStep have confirmed that Stan Van Tricht will join the squad as a neo-professional in 2022. The Belgian youngster has signed a two-year deal with the team, having lined up in their colours as a stagiaire in …
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