Entries for the 2019 L’Etape du Tour have opened today, and Zwift has been announced as the official training partner for this legendary event, which next year follows a 135km course from Albertville to Val Thorens in the French Alps with 4,563m of climbing and will attract 15,000 cyclists. – Read more about the 2019 L’Etape route hereOf … Read more
You don’t have to be a regular at the velodrome to get the most out of the RooDol Track Rollers, especially if your workouts are more about spinning the legs rather than looking for the ultimate in resistance. With their portable design and easy setup they are perfect for that pre-race warm-up. Pros: Clever, simple … Read more
New figures reveal that the number of hit-and-run collisions in England and Wales has risen by nearly half in four years.A Freedom of Information request by BBC News discovered that there were 28,010 recorded incidents in 2017, up 45 per cent from 19,239 in 2013.Of the 45 police forces approached for information, 27 responded, with … Read more
French centenarian Robert Marchand has come out of retirement to ride the boards of the Velodrome National near Paris once again – a month shy of his 107th birthday.Marchand, who turns 107 on 26 November, announced he was hanging up his wheels in January last year after setting a 105+ age group record of 22.547 … Read more
The venerable Specialized Sirrus may have been around a while but this modern version still offers fair dashings of speed, a cushioned ride and even a soupçon of fun. However, this bottom-of-the-range Alloy model feels a little too cheap to live up to the frame’s potential. Pros: Great ride quality, some decent Specialized own-brand kit, … Read more
Sir Bradley Wiggins insists that disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong epitomises the “perfect winner” of the Tour de France envisioned by the race’s founder, Henri Desgrange.Armstrong won seven successive editions of the race between 1999 and 2005, but was stripped of those titles in 2012 – the year Wiggins became the first Briton to win it … Read more
The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a cyclist having to brake as a motorist turned right across his path at a box junction in south London.The footage was submitted by road.cc reader David, who was riding down Red Post Hill in north Dulwich and continuing straight on through the … Read more
A former doctor for Lance Armstrong’s US Postal Service team has had his lifetime ban lifted by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) as a result of his testimony against team manager, Johan Bruyneel. Luis Garcia del Moral is no longer under sanction with immediate effect.In April 2014, it was revealed that Armstrong had stated under … Read more
The new Cateye Volt 1300 is a pretty complete package, offering plenty of light balanced with decent burn times, although it is a little pricier than some of its closest rivals. Pros: A couple of decent modes to cover all road riding, lengthy run-times Cons: Cheaper competitors are available, a bit weighty The Volt 1300 … Read more
According to a report published this week, 152 stretches of road in Greater Manchester will still be in breach of legal limits for concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) beyond 2020 unless action is taken – 14 times as many as previously feared.A July 2017 study by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) … Read more
