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Sylvain Chavanel with Bastille Day EMX 5 2 © TDW photoTour Tech 2011: Chavanel's Bastille Day bike
It's Bastille Day, and that means plenty of jingoistic flag waving and obligatory French riders in the break trying to bring the stage home pour l'hexagone – Kadri, Mangel and Roy wear the burden of France's expectation for the moment. And French road race champ Sylvain Chavanel will be wearing the tricolore with pride today, across his chest and also on his specially painted Merckx EMX-5.
Yup, Chavanel's among the riders with a custom paintjob today (more on Voeckler's special bike soon), a patriotic red, white and blue affair with his nickname, 'La Machine', emblazoned on the seat tube. White finishing kit, bar tape and lever hoods complete the look; let's hope it isn't a muddy one today, eh. And at least one member of the road.cc office is hoping that he takes that special bike and points it uphill, at speed, to both honour the French nation and land some big Fantasy Cycling points...
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
I didnt see the aftermath of Pogi's crash but was he caught by the Peloton? I dont think he was?...
the terreno zero do feel a bit sluggish if the pressure isnt spot-on .. otoh the grip level and puncture resistance are pretty good. and the hex...
Good point, it's England and Wales. Northern Ireland seem to have the same minimum and maximum penalties but I don't know if they work with the...
Our car-dominated urban environment is repressive and hot - let's see if we can desecrate the countryside ...
Are you confusing a clearly opinionated - nay, biased rag like road.cc with a balanced, respectable news organisation like the BBC?
"Welcome to your local Council - you don't have to be a moron to work here, but it really helps if you want to blend in".
Laverack still offer the same machine in a rim brake version so the "disc" is there to differentiate it from its stablemate.
Quite right - get those soapboxes off our roads. As everyone knows, the right place for them is the internet.
It's finally live. Here is the link :...
Where's the motor, joking