Drapac Professional Cycling welcomes confirmation from the Union Cycliste Internationale that the team will race with a Professional Continental licence in 2014 – the only team in the world to step up from Continental level next season.Consequently, Drapac Professional Cycling will ride in the UCI WorldTour opener, the Santos Tour Down Under this coming January in Adelaide, Australia. The team's >>

Drapac Professional Cycling will partner with bike manufacturer SwiftCarbon in a thee-year deal as the Australian-registered team expands its program to UCI Professional Continental level.Continuing with the team as technical sponsors will be Kask helmets, Champion System clothing, Shotz Sports Nutrition, Arundel, ON and Salice eyewear.Drapac's Team Manager, Jonathan Breekveldt said it was >>

The NZ MTB Crown brings together Enduro, XC and DH mountain bike riders, providing NZ rankings from almost all MTB events throughout New Zealand. "My hope is that the NZ MTB Crown will get people more excited about grass roots racing and that it will become a valuable resource for the entire kiwi MTB community," says Kashi Leuchs, the former MTB Olympian who is behind the project. The vast >>

Olympian Marc Ryan from Scotty Browns Vision Systems rode away from his breakaway companions to win the final round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series on the iconic 127 kilometre Hell of the South circuit in the Selwyn District near Christchurch today. Making his first appearance in the six race series Ryan was part of a 10 rider break and with 10 kilometres remaining and the pressure >>

"The fastest bike racing in town," the Burkes Cycles Track Cycling Speed League, returns for a second season beginning on 3 November 2013 at Wellington Velodrome in Hataitai. After a successful first season, organisers say the competition which runs 4-6pm every Sunday from November through to end of March 2014, is going from strength to strength. Increased sponsorship and a new women-only contest >>

Australia's burgeoning young talent was to the fore on the second day of the UCI World Road Cycling Championships in Italy today. Their riders were first and fourth in the under-23 men and second and third in the junior women in an emphatic display. Best of the New Zealand riders were the Auckland pair of Devon Hiley and James Oram. Hiley, in her first world road championships, had a solid 15th >>

Frog Rock MTB challenges cyclists to spin wheels on private hill countryPress release, Waikari School Fundraising Committee, 9 September, 2013: Registrations are open forthe 5th annual Frog Rock mountain bike challenge on Saturday 9 November, 2013. Privatelandowners in the beautiful limestone hills of North Canterbury will again reopen their roads andtracks for cyclists to test their strength and >>

Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory in Guildford to win the Surrey stage of The Tour of Britain for the second successive year. The Omega Pharma Quick-Step rider enjoyed a perfect leadout from teammate Alessandro Petacchi to surge clear of his rivals at the foot of Guildford's cobbled, uphill High Street.Behind the Manxman came two fellow Tour of Britain stage winners from the 2013 race, Elia >>

Mark Cavendish sprinted to a spectacular victory, a record eighth Tour of Britain stage win, in North Wales as Sir Bradley Wiggins retained the race lead.Wiggins came in safely in 22nd on the same time as Cavendish, as Sky pulled back an eleven rider break in the final kilometre to set up a bunch sprint.With the race all back together, Cavendish could head home Stage One victor Elia Viviani and >>

Brian Cookson's campaign to become the next President of the International Cycling Union (UCI) has today received yet another boost, this time in the form of USA Cycling, whose President and chief executive Steve Johnson has a vote at next week's election.The American body says it believes British Cycling head Cookson, who is incumbent Pat McQuaid's only challenger for the most powerful job in >>