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road.cc Dealclincher takeover: over £2,000 off Argon 18 all-road bike, amazing deals on MAAP and Lusso clothing, Goodyear tyres for £32.95 + loads more
We may earn affiliate commission from some of the links included on this pageThere are plenty of mid-season sales around this week, so we’ve rounded up some of the best cycling deals we’ve found online. Highlights include over £2,000 off an Argon 18 all-road bike, half-price turbo trainers, and tyres going for just £32.95.Grab some … Read more
Could the 2025 Tour de France be the greatest bike race ever? road.cc’s panel predicts who’s going to win cycling’s biggest race
It’s that time of the year again, the Tour de France is ready to roll out for the biggest three weeks of the cycling season. One for the traditionalists, the race will be held entirely in France in 2025 and has a flat first-week time trial punctuating punchy hilly stages and sprints, before the Pyrenees and Alps make … Read more
Impressive integration and bucking the trend towards shorter cranks: Julian Alaphilippe’s 2025 Tour de France BMC Teammachine SLR 01
Making their Tour de France debut this year, Tudor Pro Cycling arrive with stage wins in their sights, and a brand new BMC Teammachine SLR 01 to help get the job done.With two-time world champion and multiple Tour de France stage winner Julian Alaphilippe dropping down to ProTour level this year with Tudor Pro Cycling, … Read more
“I’d rather not watch than pay £31 for 21 days”: Just 18% of road.cc readers to watch Tour de France on TNT Sports, as UK fans say farewell to ITV’s free-to-air coverage
This year’s Tour de France is the end of an era for British cycling fans, the race’s free-to-air coverage to disappear from our screens at the end of July. You’ll no doubt be aware by now that Warner Bros. Discovery has bought the rights to exclusively broadcast the race in the UK via its TNT … Read more
“I can’t even imagine what kind of force would do this”: Former pro cyclist’s bike “completely destroyed” during Lufthansa flight
It’s every cyclist’s worst nightmare when travelling with your bike, former pro rider Tom Danielson arriving in Italy off a Lufthansa flight only to discover that his bike was “completely destroyed” during the trip.The America rider, who won a stage of the Vuelta and rode for teams such as Discovery Channel and Garmin Sharp during … Read more
Sportful Aqua Light Jacket
The Sportful Aqua Light Jacket is a barely-there raincoat, almost (but not quite) the lightest waterproof we’ve ever tested. It folds down to easily fit in a jersey pocket and as a minimalist windproof it works very well, but in contrast to Sportful’s claims, I found it only offered limited protection against wet weather.> Buy … Read more
Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen’s 2025 Tour de France Canyon Aeroad CRFs
Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen’s bikes were propped against a shed in Northern France. And by god did they look good. Van der Poel and Philipsen Canyon Aeroad CFR-11 (Image Credit: Liam Cahill) Both bikes were set up for the expected fast speeds of this year’s largely flat opening stages. Each bike sported … Read more
Another brand stakes its claim for “the fastest bike in the world”, and more crazy cockpits: cutting-edge new tech from Europe’s biggest bike show
Eurobike has been and gone, and once again it was a huge mish-mash of everything from slinky road bikes to the cycling equivalent of an articulated lorry, with pretty much everything in between covered. You have to do a fair bit of walking (and getting lost) around the gargantuan and confusing Messe Frankfurt to see … Read more