Cycling: The Israel Cycling Academy will take over the WorldTour license from Katusha-Alpecin in 2020. A German trio, André Greipel, Nils Politt, and Rick Zabel, will also join the team. Israel Cycling Academy 2019: 72 podium finishes. Founded in 2015, the Israel Cycling Academy will be listed as a WorldTour team for the first time in 2020. Ranked #19 in the UCI rankings, they... read more
Cycling: 176 riders, divided into 22 teams, will tackle the 102nd Giro d'Italia on Saturday. During the three weeks, they will pursue a wide variety of ambitions. We take a closer look at all the Giro d'Italia teams and riders and reflect on their goals. In the first of three parts, we begin with seven teams that have neither a... read more
Cycling: Today, the Tour of Italy starts in Jerusalem for the first time outside of Europe. 22 teams and a total of 176 riders are at the start. We take a look at all the Giro d'Italia teams. In the third part of our preview, we focus on all the teams that are primarily aiming for stage wins but don't have a top classification rider or sprinter in their ranks... read more
Cycling: The sports and media company RCS Sport distributed the wildcards for several Italian races yesterday. The wildcard awards for the 2018 Giro d'Italia were particularly eagerly awaited. However, there were no surprises. The Tour of Italy will take place without Damiano Cunego (Nippo-Vini Fantini) and Austrian Stefan Denifl (Aqua Blue Sport)... read more
Cycling: Australian junior rider Jason Lowndes has died. According to his team, the Israel Cycling Academy, and the Australian Cycling Federation, the 23-year-old died on Friday afternoon during a training ride near his hometown of Bendigo in the Australian state of Victoria. Lowndes, who will join the British team JLT-Condor next season... read more
