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Nicolas Roche is keep the pressure up on Chris Froome

Ireland's Nicolas Roche back up to third at Vuelta

Ireland's Nicolas Roche moved back up to third place in the general classification of the Vuelta a Espana after stage six from Vila-real to Sagunt.

Cycling • 24 Aug 17

Roche loses ground but stays in touch at Vuelta

Ireland's Nicolas Roche lost ground on race leader Chris Froome at the Vuelta a Espana after the fifth stage from Benicassim to Alcossebre, but he remains very much in the hunt for the red jersey, albeit in the early stages of the three-week race.

Cycling • 23 Aug 17

Nicolas Roche moved up from fifth place to third

Nicolas Roche up to third at Vuelta a Espana

Nicolas Roche moved into third place at the Vuelta a Espana as Vincenzo Nibali won the third stage and Tour de France champion Chris Froome took the leader's red jersey.

Cycling • 21 Aug 17

Nicolas Roche is still well poised at the Vuelta

Roche keeping pace at Vuelta, Irish team make podium

Nicolas Roche continued his impressive start to the Vuelta a Espana, and remains inside the top five of the general classification, while Aqua Blue Sport sprinter Adam Blythe took third for the Irish team in a stunning sprint finish on stage two.

Cycling • 20 Aug 17

BMC Racing team celebrate their time trial win

Aqua Blue Sport 13th in historic Vuelta a Espana bow

Aqua Blue Sport finished 13th on the Vuelta a Espana time trial stage on Saturday, making history as the first Irish team to compete in a Grand Tour.

Cycling • 19 Aug 17

Roche finishes 6th in stage, Martin up to 5th overall

Nicolas Roche enjoyed his best performance of the Tour de France so far as Dutchman Bauke Mollema of the Trek-Segafredo team won the 15th stage, a 189.5-km ride from Laissac-Severac L'Eglise on Sunday.

Cycling • 16 Jul 17

Dan Martin is sixth in the General Classification

Nicolas Roche: Dan Martin can finish in top five

Nicolas Roche has backed his cousin Dan Martin to squeeze out every last ounce of himself in pursuit of a top-five finish at the Tour de France.

Cycling • 14 Jul 17

Roche (R) is supporting team leader Richie Porte's (L) bid to dethrone Froome

Roche aiming to take down 'beatable' Sky at Tour

Nicolas Roche has believes that Team Sky are not heading to the Tour de France as the formidable unit of years past as the Irishman and his BMC Racing team leader Richie Porte plot the downfall of defending champion Chris Froome.

Cycling • 30 Jun 17

Ryan Mullen claimed gold in the men's time trial event

Mullen edges out Roche at Irish National Championships

Ryan Mullen claimed an impressive victory in the men's time trial at the Irish National Championships in Wexford, forcing defending champion Nicolas Roche to settle for second.

Cycling • 23 Jun 17

Australia's Richie Porte (R), wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, leads out from his teammate Nicolas Roche of Ireland

Porte tightens Criterium grip, Martin stays in top ten

Australian Richie Porte strengthened his overall lead in the Criterium du Dauphine, gaining time over his closest rivals in Saturday's queen stage won by Briton Peter Kennaugh, with Dan Martin taking 11th to remain in the top ten.

Cycling • 10 Jun 17

Arnaud Demare darts to Criterium du Dauphine stage win

Frenchman Arnaud Demare won the second stage of the Criterium du Dauphine, a 171-km flat ride from Saint-Chamond to Arlanc on Monday.

Cycling • 05 Jun 17

Fabio Felline prevailed on a slippery course

Italian Felline claims Tour de Romandie overall lead

Italian Fabio Felline won the prologue of the Tour de Romandie to claim the overall lead after a 4.8km individual time trial on a slippery course on Tuesday.

Cycling • 25 Apr 17

Nicolas Roche is now racing for Team Sky, the team that Wiggins was a member of when he won the Tour de France

Nicolas Roche questions Wiggins' use of TUEs

Bradley Wiggins' therapeutic use exemption which allowed him to use an otherwise banned drug was ethically wrong, fellow cyclist Nicolas Roche has said, while calling for a revision to the system as TUEs are granted too easily under current regulations.

Cycling • 11 Oct 16

Ill Roche blames Rio conditions for pneumonia

Irish cyclist Nicolas Roche will miss the Vuelta a Espana after contracting bacterial pneumonia which he blamed on 'bad air conditioning" at the Rio Olympics.

Cycling • 15 Aug 16

Video: High hopes for Ireland's road racers

Expert views on the Olympic chances of compatriots - and cousins - Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche, who will represent Ireland in cycling’s road race at Rio 2016.

Paris 2024 • 04 Aug 16

Nicolas Roche is switching jerseys for next season

Nicolas Roche leaves Team Sky to join BMC for 2017

Reigning Irish national champion Nicolas Roche will leave Team Sky to join BMC Racing for next season, his new team have announced.

Cycling • 01 Aug 16

San Sebastian top-10 has Roche in form for Rio

Holland's Bauke Mollema has won the Clasica San Sebastian in Spain as Nicolas Roche showed his good form with a top-ten finish ahead of the Olympic Games..

Paris 2024 • 31 Jul 16

Nicolas Roche has taken part in the Tour de France every year since 2009

Roche and Deignan left out of Sky's Tour team

Ireland's Nicolas Roche will not feature in this year's Tour de France after being left off the Team Sky squad for the three-week Grand Tour.

Cycling • 22 Jun 16

Roglic takes stage win as Brambilla stays in pink

Primoz Roglic took advantage of running in the best conditions to secure victory on the stage nine time trial at the Giro d'Italia as Gianluca Brambilla clung on to the pink jersey.

Cycling • 15 May 16

Tim Wellens celebrates as he crosses the finish line

Wellens takes stage win as Dumoulin back in pink

Belgium's Tim Wellens won stage six of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday as Tom Dumoulin retained the race leader's pink jersey on the first mountainous test of the race.

Cycling • 12 May 16

Diego Ulissi of Lampre - Merida celebrates as he crosses the finish line

Dumoulin reclaims Giro pink jersey as Ulissi wins

Tom Dumoulin reclaimed the pink jersey after Diego Ulissi won stage four of the Giro d'Italia in Praia a Mare, with Nicolas Roche moving into the top 10.

Cycling • 10 May 16

Marcel Kittel revels in his stage success

Kittel in command after second Giro stage victory

Marcel Kittel produced another blistering sprint finish to make it back-to-back stage victories at the Giro d'Italia and claim the leader's pink jersey.

Cycling • 08 May 16

Nicolas Roche (L) and Philip Deignan will line up for this week's Giro d'Italia

Irish pair Roche and Deignan set for Giro d'Italia

Ireland's Philip Deignan and Nicolas Roche have been named in Team Sky's nine-man line-up for the Giro d'Italia.

Cycling • 03 May 16

Fabio Aru wins 2015 Vuelta a Espana

Italian Fabio Aru wrapped up a debut grand tour triumph when the beaming Astana rider coasted over the line on the final day's ceremonial ride into Madrid to win the 70th edition of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday.

Cycling • 13 Sep 15

Nicolas Roche celebrates on the podium after winning the 18th stage

Nicolas Roche wins stage 18 of La Vuelta a Espana

Ireland's Nicolas Roche (Team Sky) has outsprinted Spain's Haimar Zubeldia (Trek Factory) to claim victory in stage 18 of La Vuelta a Espana.

Cycling • 11 Sep 15