Tour de France 2024

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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“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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“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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“We don’t need a stage ruined because of a basic photo taken on a phone”: Tour de France fan almost brings down Jonas Vingegaard while stepping into road to take photo of speeding peloton

This latest near miss, which saw Visma-Lease a Bike’s riders forced to duck under the spectator’s arm, came just days after the Tour urged fans to “please respect the riders” and “stay away from the road”

Thu, Jul 04, 2024 10:19
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“By a nose”: Dylan Groenewegen has last laugh, wins Tour stage with bizarre ‘aero beak’ back on display; Sprinter bunny hops 60km/h crash; Bikes at polling stations; Cav reaction; Opinion split over Schwalbe’s “revolutionary” valve + more on the live blog

Welcome back to the live blog, everyone recovered from yesterday's Tour de France stage yet? Dan Alexander is back for all your news, reaction and more from the cycling world this Thursday... oh, and apparently there's an election or something too...

Thu, Jul 04, 2024 08:08
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Mark Cavendish makes history with record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage win

“The Tour de France is bigger than cycling”: The 39-year-old former world champion rolled back the years with a stunning sprint in Saint Vulbas to move ahead of Eddy Merckx as the most successful stage winner in the Tour’s history

Wed, Jul 03, 2024 15:46
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Cycling’s latest tech innovation? Super glue, apparently: Biniam Girmay’s Intermarché-Wanty team using glue to get around UCI rule on helmet covers at Tour de France

The Belgian squad’s new Uvex helmet features a detachable cover as part of its two-in-one aero and ventilation design – which has been outlawed by the UCI since 2012

Wed, Jul 03, 2024 12:12
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“Cycling’s greatest ever sprinter”: Reaction to Mark Cavendish’s historic 35th Tour de France stage win; Illi Gardner smashes her own Alpe d’Huez Strava QOM; Speed limit reaction in popular park; Pogačar avoids near disaster + more on the live blog

It's sprint time at the Tour — can he? Will he? Won't he? Here for the Mark Cavendish live blog, sorry, the Wednesday road.cc live blog, is Dan Alexander

Wed, Jul 03, 2024 08:12
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Continental, DT Swiss and Swiss Side team up to create the Continental Aero 111, the ‘world’s first aerodynamic tyre’: here are our first ride impressions

Front-wheel-specific, tubeless ready tyre utilises patented Vortex Generator tread blocks to maximise sailing effect and boost handling in crosswinds... and we've already had a go

Wed, Jul 03, 2024 06:59
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