There may still be 99 days to go until the start of the 2012 edition of the Tour de France in Liege on 30 June, but excitement is already building ahead of the Grand Depart of the 100th edition of the race in Corsica 12 months later, the first time the island will have hosted … Read more
British Cycling Performance Director Dave Brailsford, also Team Principal at Team Sky, has said he believes it will be impossible for Bradley Wiggins or Mark Cavendish to target success in both the Tour de France and at the Olympic Games in London this summer, describing such ambitions as a “recipe for failure.” It’s likely that … Read more
The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), John Fahey, has claimed that athletes using banned substances such as human growth hormone (HGH) are “getting away with it” due to insufficient use of blood testing. He singled out cycling as a sport that was taking serious measures to catch dopers due to the extent of … Read more
A team of documentary makers including the man behind the Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) have secured crowdfunding for a documentary on Paris-Roubaix that will follow Danish commentator Jorgen Leth – himself the maker of the 1976 film of the race, A Sunday In Hell, that is now regarded as one of the most iconic films … Read more
Cambridge, already the UK city with the highest levels of cycling in the UK, saw strong levels of growth in 2011, with bicycles now accounting for nearly a quarter of all traffic in the university city according to Cambridgeshire County Council’s annual traffic monitoring report.The number of cycling trips in and around Cambridge grew by … Read more
Fulcrum, the Shimano and SRAM-compatible wheel brand of the Italian Campagnolo component company has launched two pairs of special Limited Edition wheels due to arrive on these shores in April.Based on the existing Racing Zero and Racing 1 models, the new Competition Limited Edition versions of both feature a new Mega Drive Side Hub – … Read more
Adidas has this morning unveiled the Stella McCartney kit that Britain’s athletes will wear at the London 2012 Olympics, now just over four months away. While the prospect of the first home Olympics since 1948 plus the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations means that the country is likely to become swathed in a sea of red, … Read more
The wind and rain I woke to on Sunday morning led me to wonder if UK Cycling Events could rename their sportive “Plenty of Excuses” but alas that wasn’t to be.I had suspected that a number of riders would take the easy route out and the last proper day of winter bit back, but on … Read more
If you’ve not heard much about Velocite before, that’s because the brand has been around only since 2008 and it has just got UK distribution. The Geos is the first level carbon bike in the lineup, designed to be a lightweight, stiff and fast race bike, but also comfortable enough to ride on a long … Read more
Manchester’s ‘Curry Mile’ on Wilmslow Road has been named the city’s biggest blackspot for cyclists, according to figures compiled by personal injury solicitors Levenes, which specialises, among other things, in helping injured cyclists including through a dedicated website, cycleinjury.co.uk. The law firm, which based its research on government data, says that since 2006 some 65 … Read more
