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“Prankster” who invaded Tour de France finish gets suspended sentence and ordered to pay €500 damages to police officer who tackled him
The man who hopped barriers at the Tour de France to ride to the finish line has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay significant damages to the police officer who tackled him to the ground.Dubbed a “prankster” in many reports, it has also been suggested that the 30-year-old man was honouring a bet with friends … Read more
Poc Procen Air helmet
As the name suggests, the Poc Procen Air road helmet is based on the Procen time trial helmet, using much of the same design elements and safety technology but in a UCI-approved road-going package. Having worn the Procen Air in a variety of scenarios, ranging from time trials to chain gangs, I can confirm that … Read more
Was the 2025 Tour de France boring?
In the late-seventeenth century, in an attempt to reduce the city’s spiralling crime rate, Louis XIV’s Lieutenant General of Police Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie installed lanterns on most main streets in Paris, while residents were asked to light their windows with oil lamps and candles.Over the next century, the luminous evenings of France’s capital, … Read more
Buy this Van Rysel RCR-F Pro – with a frameset raced in the Tour de France – for £4,799
The Tour de France has just finished for another year, but you can get your hands on a complete Van Rysel RCR-F Pro bike built around the same frameset ridden in the big race for as little as £4,799. That’s still a lot of cash, of course, but we’re talking about a high-quality bike here. Van … Read more
What is going on with the Ineos Grenadiers at the Tour de France?
If you squinted hard enough, it was just like the old days. An Ineos rider attacking two of the biggest names in the sport and riding away solo to win on one of the Tour de France’s toughest, most prestigious summit finishes. Of course, in reality, the stage victory may have been the same, but … Read more
The Green Bullet by Matt Rendell
“From award-winning author Matt Rendell, an examination of the phenomenal success of Alejandro Valverde and the moral decay at the heart of Spanish cycling,” is the synopsis of The Green Bullet on Rendell’s publisher’s website. I interpreted this to mean that the book would be centred on Valverde, but found it had more detail on … Read more
How to build a Tour de France team from scratch: Tudor Pro Cycling’s CEO on reaching the biggest race in the world within three years and creating a squad that’s “here to stay”
“That was a rollercoaster yesterday, eh?” Raphael Meyer sits back in his chair, takes a sip of his espresso, and laughs. “A real rollercoaster. But that’s sport.”We’re sitting in the rain soaked but rapidly drying courtyard of a hotel on the outskirts of Montpellier, where Tudor Pro Cycling are staying during the Tour de France’s … Read more