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“I lost sponsors after riding with Lance Armstrong – but it did us more good than bad”: Ex-footballer Geoff Thomas on 20 years of tackling the Tour de France route for charity, tears on the Galibier, and enjoying cycling more than ever
July 2005: Geoff Thomas hauls his bike and his body around the next steep, tortuous hairpin bend. He glances up from his bars, expecting, hoping, desperately wishing to see one of his mates, the riders he’d started this cruel, lung-busting mountain with an hour beforehand. But he can’t see anyone. In fact, he can’t see … Read more
“Wear a helmet, please”: Zoe Bäckstedt says “my helmet saved my life” after suffering hand and wrist fractures in training crash
Britain’s rising multidisciplinary star Zoe Bäckstedt has urged her fellow cyclists to “wear a helmet, please” after a training crash on Friday left her with fractures in her hand and wrist – and a cracked and badly scuffed helmet which she claims “saved my life”.21-year-old Bäckstedt, who has long been touted as one of the … Read more
“Let’s stop glorifying the thinnest and lightest, and start championing longevity”: Is the cycling industry doing enough on climate action?
Is the cycling industry doing enough to promote sustainability and prioritise climate action? Most industry representatives believe so, but consumers aren’t so sure, a new report assessing climate action progress within cycling has found.According to the report, published this week by the not-for-profit Shift Cycling Culture group, 62 per cent of industry representatives who took … Read more
Colnago returns to the track with its “most aerodynamic bike ever”, plus Storck’s fancy new gravel bike, a winter cleaning solution + more
It’s Tech of the Week time, coming (almost) live from the Lee Valley Velodrome in London where this weekend some of the best track cyclists in the world will race the London 3 Day, some aboard Colnago’s brand-new track bike — the iconic Italian manufacturer returning to the discipline with a bang and confident it’s the … Read more
What to expect for cycling if Reform UK get into power
It might be hysterical, it might be a flash in the pan; but there is no doubt that Reform UK are currently riding high in the polls, and threatening (or deservedly preparing, depending on who you ask) to form the next UK government if nothing changes in the next four years.As a responsible publication*, we need to … Read more
“Miracle” 77-year-old cyclist falls down ravine in France – and survives for three days drinking wine from shopping bag
A 77-year-old French cyclist has been hailed as a “miracle” after he plunged 130 feet down a ravine while cycling home from the supermarket – and managed to survive for three days before being rescued by eating food and drinking wine from his shopping bag.The pensioner’s dramatic fall came last weekend as he was riding … Read more
Specialized sued by mountain biker after serious e-bike crash was allegedly caused by known motor defect
A mountain biker is suing Specialized for damages after he was injured while riding the brand’s Turbo Levo e-mountain bike, the crash allegedly caused by a motor defect known to the American company.According to a lawsuit filed last week in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, cyclist Steve Ruggiero was riding … Read more
Mark Cavendish brands cycling “cleanest sport in the world” and says “idol” Lance Armstrong “lost more than anyone else”
Mark Cavendish has claimed that he would not have been able to achieve what he did in professional cycling – including 35 Tour de France stage wins, a world road race title, and victory at Milan-Sanremo – if the sport had still been plagued by the systemic doping practices of previous eras.Speaking on TalkSport as … Read more
