- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
news
Marianne Vos: I'm like a kid waiting for her birthday, I'm so excited about La Course by Le Tour TODAY
Marianne Vos has said she feels like a child waiting for her birthday ahead of 'La Course by Le Tour', an 89-km ride around Paris for the women’s pro peloton.
Set up by the ASO in response to a petition signed by more than 97,000 people, La Course is the first time women have been able to race as part of the Tour de France since 1989.
"Last year I got a tad grumpy because I was snowed under with hundreds and hundreds of emails, some by the top names in women's cycling saying, 'We want something to happen'," said race director Christian Prudhomme.
"When we met them they spoke about bike racing but also about exposure and media coverage."
As a result there will be full coverage of today’s event at 2pm, being broadcast in 157 countries, and the winner collecting 6,000 Euros, rather less than the 8,000 Euros collected by a man in a Tour stage.
Marianne Vos said: "I'm really enthusiastic about La Course because we will get a lot of media attention,.
"Every year you make a step it's a process. This is really a big step forward," she added. Vos has won a total of 16 world titles on the road, track and in cyclocross.
"The ASO has taken a big step forward. They opened the doors to women cycling," she told Eurosport.
After an unpromising start, having to be bribed by her parents to learn to ride without stabilisers, Sarah became rather keener on cycling in her university years, and was eventually persuaded to upgrade to proper road cycling by the prospect of a shiny red Italian bike, which she promptly destroyed by trapping a pair of knickers in the rear derailleur. Sarah writes about about cycling every weekend on road.cc.
If I recall the situation correctly they don't have unbridled powers to stop the local city councils (of which there are more than one across Grter...
Presumably that is one more point in favour of recycling steel?
Pick up truck? No surprise there. Most of them I come across seem determined to be as red neck as they can
Independent witnesses of leaving the scene of an incident without providing insurance details is a police matter, even with Essex Police funding...
You could also say that Betteridge's law in this case applies to the implied question "Are you, as a motorist, under attack?"
Whose car, though?
With regards to signalling when passing both parked cars and cyclists (and anything else that happens to be in the carriageway) when driving, I...
Submissions for the Jubilee City nominations were supposed to highlight their royal associations and cultural heritage, Milton Keynes didnt even...
If you want the full details, look on YT for DCrainmaker or Gplama, they have run the numbers, and with crank based powermeters in Shimano...
Expected a breakaway win. Made a last minute change to my planned transfers and didn't go for Yates as planned. Chose Hindley instead which was a...