Cycling: Hardly anyone expected this at the opening weekend of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup. Briton Grant Ferguson won the second stage of the Afxentia stage race. After 55 kilometers, he crossed the finish line in Lefkara six seconds ahead of Brazilian Henrique Avancini and nine ahead of France's Stephane Tempier. The duel between Annika Langvad and Jolanda Neff continued… read more
Cycling: Jolanda Neff from Switzerland and her compatriot Florian Vogel won the first stage of the 19th Afxentia stage race. Neff beat Denmark's Annika Langvad by just 1,8 seconds over the five-kilometer course, while Vogel finished 12,2 seconds ahead of Frenchman Stephane Tempier. "Oh, wow," exclaimed Jolanda Neff in astonishment as she looked at the results list. Only 18… read more
Cycling: World Cup overall winner Jolanda Neff has made a spontaneous decision: The Swiss rider will travel to Cyprus to defend her title at last year's Afxentia stage race. Junior world champion Simon Andreassen also intends to compete in the Cyprus Sunshine Cup. Meanwhile, another singletrack trail has been added to the Afxentia course. Read more …
Cycling: Cyprus appears poised to once again be the starting point for the mountain bike season for a large number of top athletes. The fabulous Rabo-Liv duo Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot have announced their participation in the 2015 Cyprus Sunshine Cup, as have Olympic champion Jaroslav Kulhavy and Eliminator World Champion Kathrin Stirnemann. Furthermore, Bart is sending… read more
Cycling: Two idols of the Olympic cross-country discipline have announced their participation in the ninth edition of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup next February. Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa from Norway and Germany's Manuel Fumic have added the Afxentia stage race to their schedules. Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa, the most successful cross-country and marathon cyclist of all time, … read more
