Cycling News

04 October 2021 After nine Enduro World Series rounds in 2021, Leonie Picton clinched the overall Master Women title with a win at the final in Tweed Valley, Scotland. Racing on the first weekend in October in Scotland, racers faced cold, wet and extremely muddy conditions. Expecting a long, physical weekend, Leonie Picton (Liv Racing Collective) took advantage of the break between Finale Ligure and Tweed Valley EWS rounds to spend some time resting and recovering. Her preparation paid off and she took the win on four of six stages over course of 37.6km and 1860m of climbing. Picton rounded out her...

04 October 2021 The Proffix Swiss Bike Cup series finale took place over the weekend in Schaan. Linda Indergand took the win and secured the overall for the six-race series. The final race of the Swiss Bike Cup consisted of six laps of 4-kilometer hilly XCO course in Schaan. Coming off a strong win on the urban short track course in Lugano, Linda Indergand (Liv Factory) was ready to tackle her last race of the season. After sharing the lead with Nadine Rieder (Ghost Factory) on the first lap, Indergand made a break on lap two and had pulled a 13-second gap...

01 October 2021 Cycling history will be made tomorrow (Saturday, October 2, 2021) as the first edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes will be held in the North of France. Liv Racing will be present at the start in Denain with the following six riders: Alison Jackson, Evy Kuijpers, Jeanne Korevaar, Lotte Kopecky, Sabrina Stultiens and Valerie Demey. After 117 editions of the men's race, for the first time in history the best female cyclists in the world will have the opportunity to tackle the infamous cobbles at Paris-Roubaix. The 115.6km race will feature three local laps in and around the start town...

04 OCTOBER 2021 Colombian XC racer Diego Arias scored a podium finish at the 2021 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, finishing second in the 115km race held on the island of Elba, off the coast of Italy. Arias, who rides for the Italy-based Team Giant-Polimedical, chose his XtC Advanced SL 29 hardtail for the grueling race that took over six hours to complete. His teammate and fellow Colombian Leonardo Paez, the defending XC marathon world champion, was a pre-race favorite, but he fractured his hand in a crash several days before the race and was forced to miss out on his attempt to win a...

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 Jacob Dickson helped the Giant Factory Off-Road Team close out its 2021 downhill season on a high note, winning the elite men’s DH race at the Irish National Championships to collect his eighth national title on home soil. Dickson’s win capped an impressive late-season stretch for the DH squad, which also included French rider Remi Thirion’s top-10 finish at the UCI World Cup finals in Snowshoe, West Virginia. Dickson came into the Irish DH nationals at Carrick Mountain in County Wicklow as a three-time elite men’s national champion (2017-2019). Riding his prototype Giant Glory DH bike, the...