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“I wouldn’t want to catch that”: Tour de France pro relieves himself into empty water bottle, lobs it into field; New Transport Secretary gets to work; A 136km ‘rest day’ ride; Philipsen wins; Cycle lane flowers; Giro action + more on the live blog

Welcome back to the live blog, Dan Alexander is on duty again as we head into another day of racing action, news, reaction and more from around the cycling world this Tuesday

Tue, Jul 09, 2024 08:14
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“Tell me that didn’t just happen”: Aleksandr Vlasov abandons Tour de France with broken ankle, after Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe slammed for allowing dazed rider to immediately continue racing after heavy crash – but team boss says head injury was “minor”

“His head, where he was bleeding, and his elbow, I think these are minor things,” Ralph Denk said – though Geraint Thomas has claimed that Vlasov was vomiting during the stage following his “heavy” crash

Mon, Jul 08, 2024 15:08
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32mm rubber, tubeless galore and more prototypes from Pirelli: what tyres did the Tour de France pros use on the epic gravel stage 9?

With wider rubber on display than we've ever seen in the modern Tour de France, are the pros' one-off tyre choices for Le Tour's foray onto gravel more suitable for riding on British roads than regular road bike tyres?

Mon, Jul 08, 2024 12:16
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Bristol coroner says there’s a “lack of understanding” of potential dangers of e-bike and e-scooter batteries

Abdul Oryakhel died after falling from a window when trying to escape a battery fire in September 2022

Mon, Jul 08, 2024 12:00
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“Back with the boys!” Sir Bradley Wiggins joins Lance Armstrong’s podcast during Tour de France

The 2012 Tour winner will be appearing alongside the disgraced Texan and former teammate George Hincapie on the podcast as a special guest over the next week

Mon, Jul 08, 2024 11:32
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“Sometimes you’ve got to have the balls to race…”: Remco Evenepoel lashes out at Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France antics; Newly elected Labour MP (+ his bike) head to Parliament; Giro fills Tour rest day void; Weekend round-up + more on the live blog

Welcome back to another week on the live blog, Dan Alexander is here to get you through Monday's Tour de France rest day... but don't fear, there's a stage of the Giro d'Italia Women to fill the void, plus all the usual news, reaction and more

Mon, Jul 08, 2024 08:08
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“It’s an unnecessary risk”: Jonas Vingegaard joins Patrick Lefevere in criticising gravel and cobbled stages in Tour de France… but fans (and Pogačar) think otherwise

The two-time Tour winner said he won’t have any gravel or cobbles if he were to design a Grand Tour, while Lefevere dismissed the stage 9 contested on white gravel — and widely enjoyed by fans — as “nonsense”

Sun, Jul 07, 2024 17:13
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Suspect charged after cyclist repeatedly punched and put in chokehold during violent bikejacking

“I was shouting, ‘I just got robbed by him’, but nobody seemed to care,” said the cyclist who initially had complaints about the police's slow response to the crime

Sun, Jul 07, 2024 14:35
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Condolence ride to honour André Drege set to replace final stage of Tour of Austria, after Norwegian pro cyclist’s death

Other riders described the news as “devastating”, after the 25-year-old Drege crashed while on a high-speed descent on the penultimate stage of Tour of Austria

Sun, Jul 07, 2024 10:18
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“An awful day for cycling”: Norwegian pro cyclist André Drege dies after crash on descent at Tour of Austria

The 25-year-old, who was reportedly set to join WorldTour team Jayco-AlUla in 2025, was in the breakaway at the time of his fatal crash on a high-speed descent

Sat, Jul 06, 2024 16:40
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Bike industry “ripe” for smart investment ahead of “significant” recovery from 2026, focusing on strong branding, e-bikes, and manufacturing a “higher share of the bike”, new research claims

“After a turbulent few years, the bike industry is set to stabilise and make a gradual recovery, with significant upside in the medium to long term”

Sat, Jul 06, 2024 13:15
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“UCI doing UCI things”: Disbelief as Tour de France pro fined for “inappropriate behaviour” after stopping to kiss wife during time trial

Julien Bernard was accused of "damaging the image of the sport" by the UCI, the Frenchman saying he would be "willing to pay 200 Swiss francs every day" to "experience this moment again"

Sat, Jul 06, 2024 11:54
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Acer’s AI-driven e-bike line-up, another helping of Cake, a solar powered e-bike + more in our latest tech round-up

New bikes galore in this week's electric bike tech round-up

Sat, Jul 06, 2024 11:00
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Bikes in plastic, it’s fantastic… plus convert regular shoes into cycling shoes with these nifty cleat adapters, pedalling in squares on Elite’s curious smart trainer, Lazer’s new smart helmets + loads more from Eurobike 2024

We've trawled the halls of Eurobike in Frankfurt to bring you news of some of the best new cycling tech around right now in this special edition of Tech of the Week

Sat, Jul 06, 2024 10:59
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On your bike! How did the politicians who made questionable comments about cycling get on at the general election?

More than a few familiar faces will now be searching for something to fill their time

Sat, Jul 06, 2024 10:00
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Riese & Müller launch 2025 bikes with Pinion’s MGU drive system

The Delite5 and Homage5 become the first in Riese & Müller’s line-up to use the Pinion system

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 16:00
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Mark Cavendish makes history, Dylan Groenewegen’s bizarre (and stage-winning) aero beak, and the weirdest things we’ve ever seen at the Tour de France

On episode 81 of the road.cc Podcast, we rank the strangest, wackiest, and downright daftest things to grace the roads (and precipitous mountain tops) of cycling’s biggest race… and chat about a certain sprinter from the Isle of Man

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 15:14
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Got the nose (and wallet) to sniff out a Tour de France stage win? Dylan Groenewegen’s bizarre Scicon Batman aero ‘beak’ finally available to buy… for just £300 – but why was it banned in the first place?

The Jayco AlUla rider was sporting the ‘flexible and adjustable’ nose cover as he outsprinted the field in Dijon, three days after being told to remove it by the UCI

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 14:14
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Acer expands electric bike range with more AI-driven options, including cargo and urban models

The new bikes are being showcased at Eurobike

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 14:00
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“A TV camera is there to capture images and not to influence the race”: Mark Cavendish blasts Tour de France motorbike rider for putting him “out the back” after mechanical, as record-breaking sprinter fined for drafting behind team car

Cavendish’s run-in with the TV moto, and subsequent UCI penalty, came a day after his Astana teammate Davide Ballerini was fined for stopping to watch the Manx Missile’s 35th stage win on a big screen

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 11:20
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Motor round-up: Drone brand brings its expertise to e-bikes, ZF’s “uniquely compact” Coke-can-sized mid-motor + another new mid-drive that’s even lighter than that

There has been plenty of new kit announced this week, starting with some impressive looking drive systems

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 11:00
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Sweaty palms on your summer bike rides? You need this patented cooling bar tape that cools while you ride

Simply dropping some water on Ultra Cool Tech's Glacier Tape creates an endothermic reaction that is said to provide continuous cooling, and it's already attracted the attention of WorldTour teams according to its creator

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 10:59
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“This genuinely could kill somebody”: Viral video of overenthusiastic Tour de France fan being pushed off mountain for running next to cyclists sparks debate online; Would you pay £1,000 for a pair of aero socks?; Election reaction + more on the live blog

Morning one and all, welcome to the Friday live blog where Dan Alexander will have all the election reaction, Tour de France updates, news and more

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 08:18
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11 cyclists a day hit with £50 fines for riding through red lights in London, new Met Police data reveals

A Freedom of Information request also found that 196 cyclists were fined £30 throughout 2023 for riding on pavements in the capital

Thu, Jul 04, 2024 16:42
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Classified and TRP launch a 16-SPEED, 1x electronic groupset that provides “superior efficiency and durability”

12- and 13-speed not quite doing it for you? The Vistar Powershift is supposedly now the widest-ranging road and gravel groupset around, marrying Classified's Powershift hub with virtual shifting and offering all the benefits of 2x in a single chainring

Thu, Jul 04, 2024 16:18
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