André Greipel of Lotto-Belisol has won Stage 4 of the 2012 Tour de France in Rouen, his first victory of this year’s race, with 2010 green jersey winner Alessandro Petacchi second. A big crash a little over two and a half kilometres from the line brought down a number of riders including world champion Mark … Read more
A child’s right to cycle should be enshrined as a UN human right says the ‘Charter of Vancouver’ , unveiled at Velo-city Global, the world’s largest cycling policy conference last week.Addressing the audience during Velo-city Global, Dr. Paul Tranter, Geography Professor at the University of New South Wales said: “If we get it right for … Read more
Garmin-Sharp has terminated Danish rider Alex Rasmussen’s after the Court of Arbitration for Sport gave him an 18-month ban, partly backdated, related to whereabouts infringements dating back to his spells with Saxo Bank and HTC-Highroad. The decision follows an appeal of world cycling’s governing body, the UCI, of the Danish national olympic committee, the DIF … Read more
Rather than using the Tour de France to launch their latest product to the world, BBB are using their sponsored teams Vacansoleil-DCM and Cofidis to conduct final testing of their brand new Icarus helmet.An evolution of their current top-end helmet the Falcon, the new Icarus is said to be more compact, lighter and more comfortable … Read more
Having a cyclo-cross bike in your possession during the wettest drought in history is a godsend. After the fun I’d had with the Decade Tripster I was looking forward to testing its slightly racier sibling, the Kinesis Crosslight FiveT, for commuting and general day to day riding duties.The Five T can be bought as a … Read more
Well, Sagan romped to victory in the end, ahead of always-the-bridesmaid-thus-far Boassen Hagen and the yellow jersey of Spartacus. Morkov made it three breaks in three to take some KOMs, the red number and a hatful of points.In Fantasy-land it was a good day for scoring, with three players sneaking over 200 points. Top of … Read more
British Cycling has confirmed that David Millar, Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins and Ian Stannard will be the riders supporting Mark Cavendish as he bids for Olympic gold in the men’s road race at London 2012 on Saturday 28 July. Millar was cleared to race in the Olympics earlier this year following the scrapping of the … Read more
A collection of bicycles belonging to the late DJ, TV personality and charity fundraiser Sir Jimmy Savile, who was also briefly a professional cyclist riding the first edition of the Tour of Britain, is to go under the hammer at an auction in his home city of Leeds on 30 July.Details of the bicycles put … Read more
Today’s itinerary starts in a town hosting a stage for the first ever time and finishes in one that did not do so until 1949 but has regularly featured ever since, with the Tour now visiting Rouen, the capital of Normandy, roughly one year in three, and this year welcoming the race for the 20th … Read more
Swiss bike brand BMC were in Kortrijk, Belgium on Monday to reveal their brand new TimeMachine TMR01, the company’s first aero road bike.It’s hard keeping details of new bikes secret these days. The engineers want the bikes tested in the real world, and riders want time on the new bikes at races of lesser importance … Read more
