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Sunday 25 October 2020
Roglic retains a five-second lead over Ireland’s Dan Martin.
Bennett, who won the green points jersey at the Tour de France, pipped Jasper Philipsen in a dramatic sprint.
‘This one’s for the wife,’ he said after moving to within five seconds of race leader Primoz Roglic.
Marc Soler took the stage victory.
Martin finished just a second behind stage winner Primoz Roglic and is seven seconds back in the general standings.
‘It will be great to push my limits and see what I’m capable of.’
Two riders from two other teams, including Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk, have also tested positive.
The Limerick teenager claimed Ireland’s first-ever Downhill world title in Salzburg today.
‘All the years trying to come up, trying to make it… It took me so long to get here,’ said Sam Bennett, now a winner of the Tour the France green jersey.
The Carrick-on-Suir native won the final stage in spectacular fashion, and has won outright Ireland’s first green jersey at the Tour since Sean Kelly in 1989.
Sagan made a bid for glory from 20km out but the Irishman was able to keep up during today’s 19th stage.
The Irish star stretched his advantage over Peter Sagan to 52 points.
The 23-year-old Colombian had remained in contention until Sunday’s stage on the Grand Colombier.
The 29-year-old cyclist also spoke about the impact the Tour de France’s taxing schedule was having.
Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic retained the overall lead while Sam Bennett strengthen his grip on the Green Jersey.
Bennett initially finished third but was promoted to second place after Green Jersey rival Peter Sagan was relegated for shoving another rider in the sprint finish.
No, you absolutely cannot.
There were teary eyes as the Irish rider got to grips with his historic achievement.
The Carrick-on-Suir rider becomes just the sixth Irish cyclist to win a stage at the Tour de France.
“We must all play our part in getting children back to school safely,” RSA chairperson Liz O’Donnell said.
The Irish rider finished a tough day empty handed.
Kazakhstan’s Alexey Lutsenko won the first Tour de France stage of his career, while Adam Yates remains in the yellow jersey.
The Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider had a third-place finish, with Wout van Aert claiming Stage 5.
Friends and colleagues have named the deceased as Thiago Cortes from Rio de Janeiro.
The Irishman and the Slovakian are locked on 83 points after Bennett racked up intermediate sprint points halfway through stage four.
Aussie Caleb Ewan rocketed to a sprint victory.
Cycling Ireland’s high performance coach chats to us about advice for amateur riders and how Brian O’Driscoll faired when pitted into a fitness test on the saddle.
This year’s Tour de France gets underway in Nice on Saturday and runs until 20 September.
Jakobsen suffered severe facial injuries in the Tour of Poland first stage accident earlier this month.
The funding was allocated under the July Jobs Stimulus Plan announced by the government last month.
The Irish cyclist, riding for Deceuninck-QuickStep, claimed a brilliant win in the Tour de Wallonie today.
Early tests showed a fractured pelvis, right lung contusion, cuts and bruising.
The accident on Thursday has left the 33-year-old general classification contender in a race against time to be fit.
The UCI said they strongly condemned the ‘dangerous behaviour’ of rival Dylan Groenewegen.
Funding was provided by the National Transport Authority at a cost of €8.9 million.
The funding covers route options and feasibility studies.
David Walsh, chief sportswriter with the Sunday Times, is our guest on this week’s Behind the Lines.
Froome will leave the team when his contract expires at the end of this season.
Cycling advocate Martina Callanan says now is the time to embrace cycling as the answer to so many modern lifestyle problems.
The first of the two-part documentary will be available on ESPN Player from 25 May.
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Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
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