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Looking for a go-faster wheel upgrade? Here’s what the pros are riding at the 2025 Tour de France
The Tour de France is the ultimate test for riders and their equipment, and wheels take some serious abuse over the three weeks. They have to be light enough to climb the highest peaks, and aerodynamic enough to gain those extra millimetres at the finish, which can make the difference between marking a rider’s name … Read more
Tailfin Rear Top Tube Bag
The Tailfin Rear Top Tube Bag comes in two sizes, one to suit road or gravel bikes, and one to suit mountain bikes. Designed to fill the gap in front of your seatpost with useful, waterproof storage, the bag will fit any bike and stays put. Be sure to choose the right version, to avoid … Read more
“They do this a lot, like they’re the only ones getting bottles”: Fuming Tadej Pogačar tells Visma-Lease a Bike to “pay respect to everybody” after pushing Matteo Jorgenson in Tour de France feed zone clash
Tadej Pogačar may be looking extremely comfortable in the yellow jersey after an almost inch-perfect opening week at the Tour de France.But despite his serene progress on the roads of northern France over the past seven days, tensions are clearly mounting between the world champion and his big rivals for yellow, Visma-Lease a Bike.On Saturday … Read more
Sportful Classic Heritage Jersey
The Sportful Classic Heritage Jersey is comfortable, breathable and looks good. It’s designed for warm-weather rides in temperatures from 15-35°C and has a regular, quite relaxed fit that may not appeal to everyone. It also lacks a zipped security pocket.> Buy now: Sportful Classic Heritage Jersey for £70 from SportfulSportful’s Classic Heritage jersey is designed with a relaxed fit … Read more
New bikes, components and kit making debut Tour de France appearances in 2025 — extra gears, new tech and all the latest equipment to look out for
New bikes, new wheels, a new 13-speed groupset, and more: there’s plenty of tech that’s making its Tour de France debut in 2025, and we’ve rounded up the standouts below.Some of these products are brand-spanking new, and others have been around a little longer. The common denominator is that this is their first appearance in … Read more
Can these £50 socks really “enhance performance” and make you faster on the bike? Plus some £800 3D-printed titanium shades and more top Tour de France tech
There’s been no shortage of things going on in the world of cycling tech this week, with numerous new bike launches punctuating the first week of the Tour de France and all the tech goodness that brings. To top it off we’ve also been sharing plenty of the best Amazon Prime Day cycling deals and had … Read more
“When I quit, I was done with all the pressure and suffering. But I like cycling again”: Anna van der Breggen on her comeback and “feeling stupid” in the peloton + Pink jersey Anna Henderson, Pfeiffer Georgi, and Mia Griffin talk Giro d’Italia debuts
It’s July, it’s hot, the men’s and women’s pelotons are both deep into grand tour season – and the road.cc Podcast is hitting the road and embracing all the stage racing madness, as part of a new mini-series we’re calling… errr, ‘road.cc on the road’. I’ll think of something better, I promise.Listen to the road.cc … Read more
“Cycling is close to its Ayrton Senna moment”: Dan Bigham says “we will have blood on our hands if Pogačar or Van der Poel have a life-changing injury”, branding UCI gear restriction trial a distraction
As the Tour de France reached the end of its first week of racing in Mûr-de-Bretagne on Friday afternoon, two starkly contrasting images from today’s stage neatly summed up the opening seven days of racing. One, of course, was the now customary sight of world champion Tadej Pogačar raising his arms in celebration at a … Read more
“We won’t sugar-coat it – we received lots of pushback”: Strava restores old URL links after backlash – as social fitness giant says controversial policy stopped spam problem “getting out of control”
Strava has announced that it is restoring old URL links in posts on the social fitness platform, admitting that it received “lots of pushback” against last year’s controversial decision, which it claims was necessary to tackle the rise in spam attacks and “fraudulent and misleading content” on the app.The online fitness giant says that since … Read more