UCI race officials have relegated Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) and Arnaud Démare (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) from the top five to the back of the bunch following the stage 12 sprint into Villeneuve-sur-Lot at Tour de France. Démare crossed the line in third place behind stage winner Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) and runner-up Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) but was later relegated to the back of the main field in 67th place, and so Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech) moved up to third place.Cavendish, who celebrated his record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage win on stage 5, was also among the top sprinters racing…
Bay View resident Ryan Reichard completed a 13-day bike ride around Lake Michigan to raise funds and awareness for a nonprofit that serves Milwaukee youth in crisis, Walker’s Point Youth & Family Center.The 1,100 mile ride began Wednesday, June 26, and ended Tuesday, July 9, in Milwaukee.Reichard ventured through Chicago, Indiana, the western shore of Michigan and more.He aimed to be an inspiration to youth by making the task a personal challenge to meet the needs of the organization.”Sometimes young people facing tough challenges need someone to step up and take on a challenge for them,” he told Erik Koepnick,…
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News & Racing Girmay pips Van Aert and Pascal Ackermann for his third Tour stage win as Arnaud Démare and Mark Cavendish were relegated for dangerous sprinting. Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) nabbed his third victory of the 2024 Tour de France on Thursday’s stage 12, which also saw Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) lose a significant chunk of time on his GC rivals after he was caught in a late crash. Girmay proved fastest in a hotly contested sprint in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, where both Arnaud Démare (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) and Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) were later relegated. Girmay surged to the front in the…
On the opening day of this year’s Tour de France, Lance Armstrong was deep into his podcast analysing Stage One when the mobile phone of George Hincapie, his co-host, went off. Mark Cavendish was on the line. All the way from the Astana-Qasaqstan team bus in Italy. The same Cavendish who had just suffered heatstroke and vomited on the road to Rimini. Calling in to explain what had happened, he assured them he had recovered from his ordeal and would go on.“Call you later,” said Hincapie, finishing up the chat, suggesting he and “The Manx Missile” must be quite good…
Image source, Egyptian Cycling Federation Image caption, Shahd Saeed (2nd right) with other members of Egypt’s Olympic cycling teamArticle informationAuthor, Wael HusseinRole, BBC NewsReporting from Cairo11 July 2024With just two weeks to go until the Paris 2024 Olympics begin, many Egyptians are debating the decision to select as a competitor a cyclist who collided with a rival team-mate who was knocked into a cement barrier.In April, cyclist Ganna Eliwa, 19, was left concussed and with a broken right collarbone and severe cuts and bruises to the right-hand side of her body, according to a medical report, after she was pushed…