Team road.cc had been pushed hard by The Hulks right from the start of Cyclone 24 and here we were twenty-two hours later with just twenty laps of the 250m track separating us. It was still all to play for and one mechanical or crash could easily cost us the lead that we’d been fighting … Read more
Geraint Thomas says the crash towards the end of today’s Stage 9 that saw him plummet from second to 17th in the overall standings at the 100th Giro d’Italia was “ridiculous” and “shouldn’t happen.”The overall contenders and their key support riders were racing for position ahead of the climb of the Blockhaus, the group spread … Read more
Nairo Quintana is the new leader of the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia after blowing the race apart with an attack around 6 kilometres from the Stage 9 summit finish on the Blockhaus , on a day that Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas’s hopes of a podium place were wrecked by a crash that was caused by … Read more
The Tifosi SS26 Aero is a very quick bike you can cover big mileage on without really noticing. From, say, 23mph right up until about 30mph, when the wind resistance starts to negate the aero benefits, you can go seriously fast with relatively little effort.Twelve months ago I tested the Tifosi SS26 and it was … Read more
A former bishop who was imprisoned after she killed a cyclist while driving under the influence of alcohol has been refused parole.> Seven years in jail for bishop who killed cyclist while driving drunk and textingHeather Cook, who was the first female episcopal bishop in the state of Maryland, was also texting when she killed … Read more
A woman in Canada has achieved her lifelong dream of taking a bike ride – at the sprightly age of 97.Elta Lincoln, from Waterloo, Ontario, was given the surprise ride on an adapted trike at an event hosted by at Clair Hills Retirement Community, where she lives, reports CTV.Orphaned at the age of seven and … Read more
Even before the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia kicked off this year, we had already witnessed another race: who could be first to market with a book about the previous 99 editions. We now know that Colin O’Brien won that one with Giro d’Italia, but Brendan Gallagher was not far behind with Corsa Rosa.With … Read more
A motorcyclist who boasted about killing a cyclist, saying he “deserved it”, has been found guilty of manslaughter.Ben Smith, 27, from Sydney, hit father of three Steve Jarvie, 61, and left him dying in the road.Smith went on to the Mount White Café, where he told others: “The f—ing bike rider shouldn’t have been in … Read more
A film of a cyclist being totalled by a car turning into a junction after he undertook a line of stationary traffic has divided Australia.The video, posted on DashCamOwnersAustralia’s Facebook page, shows a cyclist in Bedford Park, Adelaide speeding up the inside of two rows of cars.The page admins wrote: “Cyclist has a lucky escape … Read more
A motorist has posted footage to Facebook of the moment a bike fell off the rear rack of a car travelling at 50mph that had just overtaken the vehicle he was driving.The dashcam footage, which appears on the Deadline News website, was shot by John Worby who commented that he was “lucky” not to have been injured … Read more
