Cycling: Rain, crashes, tears & triumphs. The 2019 Road World Championships offered us fans quite a lot. After just over a week, the professionals have endured the grueling race in Yorkshire. We look back on an impressive World Championship. It was a World Championship full of surprises. Who would have expected Mads Pedersen to win the men's road race? [… read more]
Cycling: The grand finale of the Road World Championships in Yorkshire goes to Mads Pedersen. The Dane surprisingly prevailed in the road race ahead of Italy's Matteo Trentin and Switzerland's Stefan Küng. This makes Mads Pedersen the first Danish world champion in a road race. Although the German team came away empty-handed in the pouring rain, they put on a good show… read more
Cycling: Annemiek van Vleuten achieved perhaps the greatest masterpiece of her already illustrious career today. The Dutchwoman attacked well before the finish and maintained her solo effort in phenomenal fashion right to the end. Annemiek van Vleuten goes on the offensive early. From the start in Bradford to the finish in Harrogate, the women in today's race... read more
Cycling: Nils Eekhoff was overjoyed as he crossed the finish line. He had just become the U23 world champion in the road race. But a short time later, the Dutchman burst into tears. His gold medal had been revoked. This made the Italian Samuele Battistella the new world champion, and the Swiss Stefan Bissinger received silver. Eekhoff was riding in the slipstream of… read more
Cycling: The German Cycling Federation (BDR) failed to win any medals at the Road World Championships on Friday. Other nations had reason to celebrate in the U23 and Junior Women's road races. Gold went to American Megan Jastrab and Dutchman Nils Eekhoff, respectively. Stefan Bissegger secured the bronze medal for Switzerland. Update: After reviewing the TV footage… read more
