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“The cycling industry needed a good shake-up”: Can bike brands finally breathe again in 2026? Why the industry is back on track and “wiser” after years of turmoil + Tour de France UK Grands Départs reaction

January, the experts tell us, can be a tricky month, one devoid of motivation and purpose. To help stave off the winter blues, some book a holiday, and others dust off the turbo trainer and rededicate themselves to exercise. The great British January trend of the 2020s, of course, is to watch and talk about … Read more

Dublin cycle lane “like Amsterdam” due to “amazing” number of cyclists, politician says – on same route where council was accused of hiring actors on bikes for ‘staged’ video

A Dublin bike lane has been likened to Amsterdam by one politician who handed out 400 lights in the space of an hour along the route – the same stretch of infrastructure motorists claimed last year was devoid of cyclists, with some even accusing the council of hiring actors on bikes for a “staged” social … Read more

The Gran Fondo doping curse strikes again: 41-year-old amateur cyclist tests positive for steroids after Masters world championship win

The sometimes-murky world of amateur bike racing has produced its latest doping case, the UCI provisionally suspending a 41-year-old Gran Fondo Masters world champion this week following an alleged positive test for anabolic steroids.According to the governing body’s published list of anti-doping rule violations, American rider Matthew Clark returned a positive sample for an unspecified … Read more

Eddy Merckx Bikes expands Corsa range with two new titanium bikes

Ever since Eddy Merckx Bikes was founded in 1980, the Corsa name has been the label for its top-quality steel frames. Now it has been applied to two new additions to this series, but this time using titanium tubes instead of the usual Columbus steel. The Corsa Pévèle Ti and Corsa Strasbourg Ti retain the same geometry as … Read more

“Historic day for British sport”: Leeds, Liverpool, London, and Cardiff confirmed as 2027 Tour de France host cities – as talks over free-to-air TV coverage of UK Grand Départ “ongoing”

Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, London, and Cardiff have all been confirmed as host cities of the 2027 editions of the men’s and women’s Tour de France, which will see six stages in total of cycling’s biggest race take place in the UK, in what was described by the organiser of next summer’s Grands Départs as a “historic … Read more