British cyclist dies during Tour of Flanders sportive

The Tour of Flanders sportive was overshadowed by the death of a participant, a British rider suffering a suspected heart attack during the event on Saturday.We Ride Flanders, a mass-participation sportive, takes place on the day before the elite men’s and women’s races, 14,000 riders from around the world taking in the same famous climbs, … Read more

The relentless ring of the Garmin: I cycled the roads of the Tour of Flanders… and nearly lost my mind

Ding-a-ling. Sharp right turn onto a descent.Ding-a-ling. Hard left onto a steep, 15 per cent climb.Ding-a-ling. Left, then right onto a lovely plateau, before a narrow, twisting downhill.Ding-a-ling. Some bone-rattling cobblestones, for good measure.Ding-a-ling. Ding-a-ling. A mini-roundabout then an almost imperceptible turn onto a gravel-strewn path right outside someone’s front gate.Ding-a-ling. Oh, piss off.Ding-a-ling. Another … Read more

“The day after a classic, I was dead. He’s playing golf!” Adrie van der Poel on Mathieu’s chances of making Tour of Flanders history, Tadej Pogačar, and remembering his own Ronde win 40 years on

On Sunday 6 April 1986, with 100 metres or so remaining of that year’s Tour of Flanders, Adrie van der Poel darted out from behind Sean Kelly’s wheel.Listen to the road.cc Podcast on Apple Podcasts Listen to the road.cc Podcast on Spotify Listen to the road.cc Podcast on Amazon MusicKelly, already with five monuments to … Read more

Garmin Instinct 3 Tactical Solar 45mm smartwatch

The Garmin Instinct 3 Tactical Solar 45mm Smartwatch is high quality. If you’re more interested in your watch being able to do stuff for a long time than being particularly pretty or flash, then it’s one for the shortlist.The Instinct 3 Solar features a 45mm fibre-reinforced polymer case with a metal-reinforced bezel and it’s waterproof … Read more

Decathlon Bike Floor Pump 900

The Decathlon Bike Floor Pump 900 is a great value track pump offering mostly metal construction, a really clear dial and a neat pump head for sensible money.We’ve been all about the battery inflators here on road.cc lately, it seems like. But maybe there are some cyclists out there unconvinced by the need to use … Read more

Are rising fuel prices driving more people to e-bikes? Plus the London Microhub Alliance plans to hit 1m e-bike deliveries in 2026, and YouTube funds e-bikes for LA first responders

After getting the hard news over with first as we interviewed Forest about its viral social media clip featuring none other than One Pound Fish Man (he also DM’d us on Instagram afterwards which made our year), it’s time to wind down with the rest of this week’s e-bike news as we pedal towards Easter … Read more

Madness of Holy Week could take Pogačar one step beyond

There is no ‘original content’ in saying that Holy Week, and the two Sundays that comprise the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, matter. Everyone enveloped in the sport knows it, books have been written on the history, pedigree and mystique that shrouds the cobbles of French and Belgian Flanders. But, in the history of record-making, … Read more