Cycling News

MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022 Giant Factory Off-Road Team rider Cameron Wright won the Under-23 men’s XC title at the Oceania Championships in Nerang, Australia, adding another big victory to the Australian XC and short-track national championships he captured in February. In other XC racing, Wright’s teammates Antoine Philipp and Reto Indergand both scored top-10 finishes at the Ökk Bike Revolution Tamaro Trophy race in Switzerland. For Wright, the Oceania Championship marked one of his main objectives for the year. “It’s the next level up from our Australian National Championship as it brings together athletes from all the oceanic countries to race...

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022 With the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series set to kick off this week in France, the Giant Factory Off-Road Team unveiled its full roster of XC, downhill, enduro, gravel and E-bike athletes for the new season. “We head into the new season with incredible commitments from riders, staff and partners to compete at the highest level in all disciplines,” said Giant Global Marketing Director An Le. “From UCI World Cups and EWS/EWS-E to XC marathon and gravel races—if there’s dirt, most likely we’ll be there to aim for the podium.” Boasting a strong group of...

TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022 Team BikeExchange-Jayco continued its winning ways at the Volta a Catalunya on day two, with Kaden Groves sprinting to victory on Stage 2 in Perpignan. Groves was led out at the finish by his teammate and Stage 1 winner Michael Matthews. The 23-year-old Australian did the rest, blasting to the line on his Propel Advanced SL Disc team bike to give the team its second win in the first two days of the weeklong stage race. The 2021 Australian Criterium Champion edged out German Phil Bauhaus at the line to earn his biggest win to date. “I’ve waited a long...

Monday, March 21, 2022 Linda Indergand scored another win over the weekend in Krumbach, Germany against a strong field of international competitors. The 10th Fullgaz UCI cross country race weekend kicked off Saturday with the XCC short track race. After 10 laps of the short course and just over 21 minutes of racing, Indergand (Liv Factory) finished second, just three seconds behind Jolanda Neff. In Sunday’s XCO, Indergand sprinted hard off the start and pushed the pace at the front for each of the seven laps. Moving into the lead ahead of the final lap, Indergand pulled a gap on the rest...

MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022 Michael Matthews scored his first win of the year for Team BikeExchange-Jayco, sprinting to victory on the opening stage of the Volta a Catalunya stage race in Spain. With the win, Matthews took over the leader’s jersey in the weeklong stage race that kicked off with a circuit race in Sant Feliu de Guixols. The Australian’s first victory in more than a year followed an impressive ride at the Milan-San Remo classic two days prior in which he just missed the podium, proving the 31-year-old is in top form on his new TCR Advanced SL Disc team bike...