Residents of Horsens won’t have much excuse if they fail to catch the Giro’s visit today– it starts and finishes there, and passes through again before three laps of a closing circuit in the East Jutland town. En route, there’s a chance for riders to claim the first points in the mountains competition, although with … Read more
Mark Cavendish of Team Sky this afternoon beat former HTC-Highroad team mate Matt Goss, now with Orica-GreenEdge, to win Stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia in the Danish town of Herning. The result was a repeat of last September’s world championship road race in the country’s capital, Copenhagen. BMC Racing’s Taylor Phinney survived a late … Read more
The new Bontrager Aura 5s are very good aero wheels that, although not cheap, offer impressive value for money.First, well done to Bontrager for getting the weights right. The Aura 5’s published weights are 770g (f) and 970g (r) – and that’s exactly what they measured on the road.cc scales, plus 68g and 70g for … Read more
Crit racing with a difference comes to Plymouth next weekend with next Sunday’s annual Shred Classic Bicycle Race on a closed circuit around Plymouth Hoe. The Plymouth Sky Ride is on beforehand too so you could make a family day out of it.So what’s different about the Shred Classic? Well the format for a start … Read more
Cornwall Council has developed a range of ‘toolkits’ ahead of next month’s Bike Week, which runs from 16-24 June, in an attempt to get as many people as possible to ride bikes more often.A toolkit specifically designed for schools which gives an overview of Bike Week as well as providing advice and suggestions of activities … Read more
Graeme Obree, who famously incorporated part of an old washing machine into the ‘Old Faithful’ the bike he used to break the Hour record, has turned to his kitchen for inspiration for his latest endeavour, with a burnt saucepan featuring in the machine he hopes will take him to a new world record for a … Read more
It makes for pretty free scoring in Fantasy Cycling when the riders that say they’re going to show up and put a shift in actually do so. Taylor Phinney was busy tweeting the sequence of corners on Friday and that homework paid off with a great win in Denmark, with on-form Geraint Thomas and local … Read more
When this landed on my desk, I was initially sceptical. First off, the Rohan Bumper Liner looks a bit like sanitary wear or an incontinence pad and more importantly, the idea of a stand alone chamois pad is one that just somehow doesn’t, erm, sit right.The Bumper comes in a men’s and women’s specific model, … Read more
The first road stage heads west out of Herning before turning north along the coast, then east and finally south, back towards the town when it started. It will be a nervous day for team management – if the wind’s up, some big gaps could open, and with the opening days of any Grand Tour … Read more
Taylor Phinney’s homework in memorising each of the 17 bends of today’s 8.7 kilometre time trial course in the opening stage of the 2012 Giro d’Italia in the Danish town of Herning was rewarded as the 21-year-old American took the first maglia rosa of this year’s race for BMC Racing in a time of 10 … Read more
