Cycling
UCI awards hosting rights for Track, BMX World Championships
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has awarded hosting rights for its 2022 and 2024 Track World Championships to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Ballerup, respectively, while Nantes will stage the BMX…
Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team on the hunt for new title sponsors
Women’s WorldTour outfit Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team will be seeking a new title sponsor after the 2020 season after equipment rental company Boels Rental and Dolmans Landscaping Group opted to end their b…
UCI to launch esports World Championships through Zwift link-up
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding with online training and racing platform Zwift, through which it will develop cycling esports and hold a first-ever…
Sacked Giro d’Italia director Acquarone cleared after six-year fraud investigation
Michele Acquarone, former director of the Giro d’Italia cycling race, has been cleared following a six-year fraud investigation.
UCI events generate €60m economic boost to host regions in 2018, according to study
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has revealed the results of a study showing that its major events – the World Championships in road, track, mountain bike and the mass participation Gran Fondo – gen…
Discovery-backed Play Sports Group in the hunt for CMO
Play Sports Group, the Discovery-owned digital sports media company focused on cycling and triathlon, is looking to recruit a chief marketing officer
Tour of Flanders delivers economic boost
The Tour of Flanders cycling event in Belgium is boosting the Flemish economy by up to €40m ($44.8m), it has been revealed.
The business of a Tour de France team
As the Tour de France moves towards its conclusion in Paris, Kevin Roberts talks to Ralph Denk, team manager of the German Bora-Hansgrohe team about the business of running and funding an international cycling outfit.
Play Sports Group acquisition allows Discovery and Eurosport to ‘super serve’ cycling fans
Discovery’s acquisition of the Play Sports Group in January this year served further notice of its strategy to focus its energies on cycling. Ben Cronin speaks to Sameer Pabari, SVP, content & business development, Discovery, and Simon Wear, CEO & founder of PSG ahead of the Tour de France.
UCI details plans to restructure Track Cycling World Cup
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced a number of changes to its Track Cycling World Cup competition and awarded organisation rights for its Cyclo-cross World Cup to the Flanders Classics…
Hammer Series continues international expansion, adds Colombia event
The Hammer Series team cycling competition has announced that it will take events to three Colombian cities over the next three years
Scandinavian cycling bodies team up for new Women’s WorldTour event
Cycling bodies in Norway, Denmark and Sweden have joined forces to launch a UCI Women’s WorldTour event which they claim will be the Tour de France for female athletes.
Councils suspend funding for Welcome to Yorkshire amid Verity scandal
A number of councils have suspended funding for Welcome to Yorkshire pending the outcome of investigations into the organisation
Giro d’Italia heads to Budapest for 2020 Grande Partenza
Organisers of the Giro d’Italia have today (Monday) announced that the 2020 edition of the cycling ‘Grand Tour’ will commence in Budapest, Hungary.
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‘Team Yorkshire’ builds £100m-impact event on Tour de France legacy
After hosting the Tour de France's Grand Départ in 2014, Yorkshire is looking to host even more elite cycling events in addition to its very own Tour de Yorkshire, which was created as a legacy event in 2015. Ryan Herman talks to Welcome to Yorkshire's commercial director Peter Dodd about how the organisation plans to develop cycling events in the region.
Ineos seals takeover deal for Team Sky
Pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky, and its parent company 21st Century Fox, have today (Tuesday) confirmed the sale of its eponymous UCI WorldTour cycling team to UK petrochemicals manufacturer…
Tour de France to start in Copenhagen in 2021
Copenhagen has been selected to host the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 2021.
Telefónica virtual cycling competition pits amateurs against professionals
Telefónica has launched a virtual cycling competition as part of its sponsorship of the Movistar cycling Team.