Friday, 17 March 2017 : British cyclist Josh Edmondson has told he broke the sport’s rules by secretly injecting himself with a cocktail of vitamins when riding for Team Sky. The 24-year-old, who was on the team’s books in 2013 and 2014, also said he had severe depression after independently …
Read More »Team Sky’s Sergio Henao wins Paris-Nice by two seconds
Monday, 13 March 2017 : Team Sky’s Sergio Henao held on to claim a thrilling overall victory in Paris-Nice by just two seconds from Alberto Contador. But he was beaten to the stage win by Quick-Step Floors’ David de la Cruz and took eight instead of 10 bonus seconds. …
Read More »Geraint Thomas from Team Sky wins Tirreno-Adriatico stage two
Friday, 10 March 2017 : The Briton attacked with about 5km of the 228km stage to go and held off the chasing peleton to win by nine seconds in Pomarance, Italy. The victory came the day after a disastrous team time trial performance by Team Sky on stage one. However, …
Read More »Team Sky admit ‘mistakes’ over medical package
Wednesday, 8 March 2017 : The team have been unable to provide records to back up the claim Wiggins was given a legal decongestant at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine in France. MPs have criticised the team’s record-keeping, while UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) is investigating the package’s contents. Team Sky say …
Read More »Team Sky riders are “100%” behind team principal Sir Dave Brailsford
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 : The 53-year-old has come under scrutiny since information on Sir Bradley Wiggins’ authorised use of banned drugs to treat a medical condition was released by hackers. And further questions about Team Sky’s doping controls led MPs to claim its reputation was “in tatters”. “It shouldn’t …
Read More »Chris Froome completes historic victory in Vuelta a Espana, Madrid
Monday, 11 September 2017 : Chris Froome has cemented his place among the greats of cycling by becoming the first British winner of the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid on Sunday. The Team Sky rider’s winning margin was two minutes and 15 seconds over Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali. Russia’s Ilnur Zakarin …
Read More »Elia Viviani wins stage two of the Tour of Britain 2017
Tuesday, 5 September 2017 : The Norwegian veered to his left in a sprint finish, blocking Viviani’s line. He was in the race leader’s green jersey before being punished and, though he receives the same time as Viviani, he drops to third, with the Italian taking a four-second lead. “I …
Read More »Mikel Landa swapping Team Sky for Movistar
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 : Team Sky’s Mikel Landa is to switch to the rival Movistar team after signing a two-year contract. The 27-year-old Spaniard, who missed out on a Tour de France podium by just one second in July, will race for the Spanish-based team in 2018 and 2019. …
Read More »Team Sky’s Elia Viviani and Marcel Kittel make good starts to Tour of California
Monday, 15 May 2017 : Team Sky’s Elia Viviani came home in third place on the opening stage of the Tour of California as Marcel Kittel took victory. Quick-Step Floor’s Kittel took a relatively comfortable win as the 167-kilometre stage which began and finished in Sacramento ended in the expected …
Read More »Team Sky give Gianni Moscon six-week ban after racist incident
Tuesday, 2 May 2017 : Team Sky have suspended rider Gianni Moscon from racing for six weeks and given the Italian a written warning after a racist incident at last week’s Tour de Romandie, the British outfit said in a statement. Moscon, 23, was alleged to have used racially abusive …
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