We spotted several Team Ineos riders using Lightweight carbon fibre wheels instead of their usual Dura-Ace wheels on a training ride just days before the 2019 Tour de France got underway in Brussels. We don’t have any confirmation from Team Ineos or Lightweight wheels about this but we have contacted them both. We spotted three riders … Read more
Organisers of the Vélo North event, which was due to take place in September, said they have cancelled the closed road event because they were not able to attract enough interest. An email sent to those who had signed up already said: “Despite our best efforts, we were unable to attract sufficient riders to justify the … Read more
With the Tour de France starting tomorrow, here’s all the latest from our team in Brussels ahead of the Grand Depart.
The 106th edition of the Tour de France starts in Belgium on Saturday 6 July and four-time champion Chris Froome’s absence leaves two past winners in the race – his Ineos team-mate Geraint Thomas, last year’s victor, and Bahrain-Merida’s Vincenzo Nibali, who has said his prime target this year is stage wins and the polka-dot … Read more
A company director has been convicted of dangerous driving and common assault after he used his Jeep to knock a 17-year old cyclist off his mountain bike before punching him in the face and smashing his own wing-mirror.According to The Manchester Evening News, Michael Hanley, 69, was seen ”bumper hugging” the back tyre of the bicycle … Read more
Former world champion Jack Bobridge has been jailed for four and a half years for drug dealing.The 29-year-old was found guilty in May by a court in Perth, Western Australia, of four counts of supplying MDMA, including to an undercover police officer.> Former world champion Jack Bobridge found guilty of supplying MDMABobridge retired shortly after … Read more
The Topeak Ninja Master Roadbox is a handy little detachable box that turns your Topeak Ninja bottle cage into a something even more useful. Pros: Quite a convenient size for credit cards, keys, change or spare tubes; easy to attach and detach; decent waterproofing Cons: Having a mini-pack between your legs is a little disconcerting at … Read more
Britain’s only UCI WorldTour race, the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic, will feature a new starting location this year as well as five ascents of Box Hill, south-east England’s most well-known cycling climb.With 1,600 metres of climbing, the length of the race on Sunday 4 August has also been shortened this year from 183 to 169 kilometres, which … Read more
Ian Macgill, editor of the Grapevine magazine, which is delivered free to 23,000 homes in Sheffield each month, wrote an editorial that implied razor wire across pavements might deter cyclists. The original article recounted a conversation between Macgill, and an “old chum Mr Smith” in which the latter called for wire to be introduced at head height, … Read more
The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day feature shows the driver of a police van making a close pass on a cyclist – not the first tine we’ve had such a submission – remember close this one from last year or this one from just a fortnight or so ago?The latest one was filmed in … Read more
