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De Kort retires from racing, will move into new role with Trek-Segafredo
Koen de Kort hangs up the wheels after a long career in the pro peloton.

Koen de Kort has three fingers amputated after off-road vehicle incident
Koen de Kort suffered a serious injury to his right hand while driving a vehicle off-road.

Hidden by Lycra: Tattoos of the men's pro peloton
There's little doubt that tattoos have become more popular in recent years. Where body art was once confined to a small sub-section of th...

Commentary: To prevent crashes, UCI should record GC times at 3km to go on sprint stages
Rider safety is a recurring issue that has been put under scrutiny a number of times in recent seasons, and it resurfaced once again duri...

John Degenkolb and Koen de Kort sign for Trek-Segafredo
The 2015 Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix champion John Degenkolb has confirmed a move from Giant-Alpecin to Trek-Segafredo for next seas...

Stage 7 of the Tour Down Under: the inaugural Rickshaw World Championships
For most riders in the Tour Down Under peloton, the year's first WorldTour race ran for a measly six stages. But for four of the toughest...

Giant-Alpecin road captain Koen de Kort reacts to team’s horror collision
The seven-man Giant-Alpecin team competing at the Santos Tour Down Under awoke in Adelaide to the horrific news of a collision at a team ...

Giant-Alpecin CEO Spekenbrink: “When you don't have passion for this, you should be out of cycling”
Racing for several years as one of the smaller teams on the world stage, needing invites to the Grand Tours and other top events and only...

De Kort interview: Backing Kittel and Degenkolb in cycling’s biggest races
He’s a fast finisher in his own right, but Dutchman Koen de Kort has built his career around helping others. In recent years he’s dedicat...

How Tinkov’s Grand Tour Challenge could prove costly for cycling
The idea may be on hold for 2015, but Oleg Tinkov is determined to keep pushing the sport’s top riders to eventually accept his proposed ...