British star Cat Ferguson escapes serious injury after shocking crash on “dangerous” descent at UCI cyclocross World Cup

Britain’s teenage multidisciplinary sensation Cat Ferguson has escaped serious injury after crashing heavily on a treacherously steep descent during Saturday’s round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Hulst.The 18-year-old multiple junior world champion, one of several riders to fall on the Dutch course’s infamous downhill section, crashed hard on the second lap of Saturday’s … Read more

Velocio Women’s Alpha Zero Jacket

The Velocio Alpha Zero Jacket is a near-perfect bit of kit for venturing out when the temperatures plummet, at its best when the mercury nears zero (the clue is in the name). It does a superb job of keeping you warm and dry in such conditions, and its warmth-to-weight ratio is impressive. If you like … Read more

Check out these €390 3D-printed titanium bottle cages, plus aero pedal covers, MAAP enters the WorldTour, Chris King’s $300 headsets that’ll “survive the next asteroid strike” + more

Things might be winding down for Christmas, but don’t fear, there’s still plenty of new tech to squeeze into one more bumper edition of Tech of the Week before we all disappear off to eat and drink our bodyweight in mince pies and mulled wine. It’s our final tech round-up before 2025 and there’s plenty to tell you about, from … Read more

“His training’s started well”: Tadej Pogačar obliterates famous Strava KOM – with help of lightning-fast UAE Team Emirates train – during 205km, five-and-a-half-hour winter ride

How do you cap one of the greatest cycling seasons – if not the greatest – of all time? By going and smashing one of the sport’s most hotly contested Strava KOMs, that’s how.In news that will surely leave anyone daring enough to challenge Tadej Pogačar’s supremacy in 2025 quaking in their cycling shoes, on … Read more

Bike diversion route will send cyclists into “crowds of kids and parents” on “mud path” outside school, as councillor claims funding for new safe cycle lane has “disappeared”

A proposed diversion for route for cyclists, which could be put in place from March due to works on a nearby roundabout, has been branded a “mud path” that will force people on bikes into “crowds of kids and parents” outside a school, a local councillor has claimed.The councillor has also claimed that funding to … Read more

Track cyclist banned for a month for “indecent” behaviour after swearing and showing officials the middle finger following disqualification for “dangerous” close pass during world championship race

Pro cyclist Jan-Willem van Schip has been handed a month-long ban by the UCI for making “indecent and very expressive gestures” at race officials, following an incident that saw the Dutch rider disqualified for a “dangerous” manoeuvre during a chaotic elimination race at the UCI track world championships in October.On the final day of competition … Read more

Owner of custom bike specialists Spoon and WyndyMilla enters liquidation, after falling demand and rising costs put business in “impossible position”

British cycling company Spoon Group, the owner-operator of bespoke bike brands Spoon Customs and WyndyMilla, as well as custom paint business Gun Control, has entered liquidation, following extensive efforts to adapt to what the group’s owner described as the ongoing “challenging market conditions” affecting the bike industry in recent years.At the start of 2020, Surrey-based … Read more