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Three kiwi riders will roll out in cyclings Tour de Romandie which starts tonight in Switzerland Three kiwi riders will roll out in cyclings Tour de Romandie which starts tonight in Switzerland 27 April 2021 Sam Bewley and Dion Smith have been included in the Team Bike Exchange lineup, while Patrick Bevin will be pumping the pedals with his Israel Startup Nation team.

For Froome, the race marks another step in his preparation for the Tour de France. Froome won Romandie in back-to-back editions in 2013 and 2014 when he was imposing his force as a top grand tour rider in the bunch. This week, a very different Froome will lower his expectations, and will be aiming to make small improvements for what insiders at the team still insist will be a run at a record-tying fifth yellow jersey. Some have already written off Froome, but last week at the Tour of the Alps, ...

Cycling Weekly The Australian leads the race with Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte just behind Rohan Dennis leads the Tour of Romandie after the prologue (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images) Rohan Dennis smashed his competition on the prologue of the 2021 Tour de Romandie, as Ineos Grenadiers dominated the podium. Dennis destroyed the times of the rivals who raced earlier in the day, taking the top spot with a time of 5-26 over the short but challenging course. He was followed by genera...

Already have an account? Brandon McNulty is the first American to lead a WorldTour stage race since Tejay van Garderen in the 2019 Tour of California. Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images 23-year-old American Brandon McNulty announced himself to the world on Stage 4 of the 2021 Itzulia Basque Country. Avid cycling fans would have already known the McNulty name thanks to a number of WorldTour podiums and contract with one of the top teams in pro cycling. But his lead-grabbing coup on stage 4 revealed...

Another tough day in and out of the saddle for New Zealand road cycling champion George Bennett Another tough day in and out of the saddle for New Zealand road cycling champion George Bennett 9 March 2021 Hes finished in the peloton after stage two of the Paris-Nice Classic, but not before hitting the tarmac just over 30 kilometres from the finish. The moment came as the bunch squeezed into a single-lane street lined with bollards. Bennett was skittled with a number of other riders and need...

Cyclist George Bennett's been inadvertently caught up in an accident that took former winner Richie Porte out on stage one of the Paris-Nice classic

2021 Team Trends: A Superficial, Relative Assessment Share this story Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images Just busting through the offseason doldrums, wondering when racing is going to... oh wait, there’s racing right now? Kinda maybe? Something in New Zealand? Well, hope springs anew and the GP La Marseillaise hasn’t said no yet. Also the Volta Valenciana is insisting on carrying on. So it won’t be the offseason much longer. This means little time is left for us to put out a raft of offse...

Cycling Weekly The Brit will begin his career with Israel Start Up Nation in South America next month December 17, 2020 10:07 am Chris Froome receiving a trophy for his 2011 Vuelta a España win on stage 18 of the 2020 Vuelta (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Chris Froome has announced his first race with his new Israel Start Up Nation team, as he starts his 2021 season in South America. The four-time Tour de France winner, who has left Ineos Grenadiers after a decade, will line up...