Health

Jumbo-Visma to wear helmets with “healthy brains” at Paris-Roubaix to encourage helmet wearing

The Dutch team has teamed up with helmet supplier Lazer to produce a unique design on which “healthy brains are clearly visible”

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Jeremy Vine tells cyclists to “cycle in anything you like” — wants media portrayal of cyclists to move away from Lycra and race bikes

Results of a new Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital study showed cyclists nearing 50 have significantly less gluteal fat, plus more muscle, than sedentary people — health benefits Vine doesn't want people to think are limited to mamils

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Endura designs “world’s most graphic cycle helmets” featuring CAT scans of cyclists’ brain injuries to encourage helmet wearing

Coinciding with Brain Awareness Week, Endura will auction the four helmets for The Brain Charity, with the cyclewear brand hoping to "encourage the entire cycling community" to wear helmets

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London Ambulance Service apologises to seriously injured cyclist left waiting for more than an hour

The man in his 40s who remains in a serious condition in hospital was treated by police officers following the collision on Monday

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Sir Chris Whitty appointed to Active Travel England Advisory Panel

"We all want to see more people incorporating active travel into their day as a way to keep mentally and physically fit"

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GPs to prescribe cycling to “ease the burden” on NHS

£12.7 million funding will go towards adult cycling training, free bike loans, as well as walking and cycling mental health groups

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Tabloid panic over study (apparently) saying cyclists could crush their genitals if they don’t get out the saddle

The review by Wroclaw Medical University in Poland, published in the journal Sports Medicine has caused something of a frenzy in a certain section of the UK press

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Only one in five competitive cyclists aware that helmets do not protect from concussion, according to new research

Researchers say that marketing of helmets should highlight their limitations

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Analysis shows nearly a third of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods have been scrapped

The LTNs are removed sometimes without any local consultation

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Long Covid cyclist completes Etape Loch Ness carrying oxygen tank

63-year-old Gerard McLarnon spent 70 days in hospital with Covid, but battled through the 66-mile route with the help of "a healthy dose of sheer bloody mindedness"

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Children in bike trailers exposed to more pollution than cyclist pedalling, new research shows

Research from the University of Surrey found air pollution particle levels to be between 14 and 18 per cent higher in cycle trailers

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Chris Froome’s 2021 season hampered by return of potentially deadly parasitic disease

Tests confirm bilharzia derailed four-time Tour de France winner's season

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“Don’t mess with fire, I burned myself”: Unvaccinated Filippo Pozzato hospitalised with severe pneumonia after catching Covid

The 2006 Milan-San Remo winner says he received oxygen and regrets not getting vaccinated

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Treat road deaths as public health issue, says Oxfordshire’s cycling champion

Councillor Andrew Gant was speaking following death of a cyclist in collision involving lorry-mounted crane yesterday

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Cycling involved in eight in ten sports-related spinal injuries

Better bike lanes, driver education and helmet advocacy could reduce number of casualties, say authors

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Chris Froome hits out at social media users who insult athletes (+ video)

Four-time Tour de France winner says “Think twice” before hurling criticism as he highlights impact on mental health

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Athletes’ mental health in spotlight after New Zealand Olympic cyclist’s death

Track sprinter Olivia Podmore, who raced at Rio 2016 but was not selected for Tokyo, was found dead yesterday

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E-cargo bikes are being used as mobile Covid testing units in Berlin

Mobile units target busy areas where there are currently no test centres

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Bradley Wiggins says his “rock star” persona was a front to hide his insecurity

Five time Olympic champion and 2012 Tour de France winner opens up about athletes’ mental health

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James May claims he is now ‘well buff’ after cycling throughout lockdown

The former Top Gear host said he has only driven 'a dozen times' in the past year

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Cyclist refused entry for COVID jab – because facility was drive-through only

John Cooper said letter inviting him to have vaccine at Carmarthen Showground made no mention of restrictions

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Cyclist who sacrificed his Olympic dream for ‘beer and women’ 40 years ago hopes to compete for team GB

At his largest Steve Johnson weighed 21 stone and was downing up to 20 beers a night

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Bath golf club set to be transformed into bike park

Golfers previously claimed that a consultation on the plans were 'taken over by a cycling lobby on steroids'

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Schoolgirl killed in bike crash ‘died doing something she loved’

The 14-year-old was killed at a dangerous junction in Cornwall

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Eating disorders “the most important” talking point in the peloton, says pro cyclist

Israel Start-Up Nation rider Davide Cimolai says his own struggles to keep weight down cost him “two or three years” of his career

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“If you don’t exercise, you rust” – 99-year-old Suffolk man is still riding every day

Norman Gregory aims to ride at least 10 miles a day

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Go Dutch to help prevent air pollution deaths, urges Sunday Times

Newspaper’s appeal follows year in which it has published a succession of anti-cycling articles

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Paramedics in the Lake District trial jet suits

Go go gadget jetpack arms

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“It was not our intent to make light of eating disorders” – Rapha pulls Pantani “race weight” water bottle

Text was criticised by customer who was fat-shamed in his racing days

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Emissions cuts from electric cars will be negated by new road-building

‘We can’t afford to indulge this Toad of Toad Hall model of mindless road-building’

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