Available either as a generous 50ml for £11 pot or in a handy portable 15ml portion for a fiver, Joshua Tree Organic Cycling Salve is one of those nebulous products that many will love, while some will be less enthused. It is intended to be a multi-purpose balm, there to address all the scratched, grazed, … Read more
Vincenzo Nibali of Liquigas Cannondale has won Stage 5 of the Tour of Oman, which today featured a summit finish on Jabal Al Akhdhar, better known to English speakers as Green Mountain.The 27-year-old Sicilian, who ended 2011 without a victory although he was promoted earlier this month to second overall in last year’s Giro d’Italia … Read more
Sustrans has told road.cc that sections of two routes on the National Cycle Network (NCN) running through the Longleat Estate in Wiltshire, the seat of the Marquess of Bath, are still open to cyclists, contrary to a recent report in the Bath Chronicle that a licence for cyclists to ride through parts of the estate … Read more
It was a difficult day to call, yesterday. It looked like a stage that might favour a classics rider or a sprinter, but in the end the sprinters were there at the end to contest it. Well, some of them. Cavendish and Kittel lost a few minutes and Denis Galimzyanov was almost dead last, but … Read more
Pon Bicycle Holdings (PBG) from the Netherlands today confirmed its acquisition of the innovative Canadian frame maker Cervélo.As we posted at the end of December where PBG and Cervélo signed a Letter of Intent over the purchase of one over the other, negotiations have now successfully concluded according to announcements today from both companies.”Cervélo is … Read more
Great Britain’s Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish this evening set a new world record of 32.654 seconds for the team sprint as they beat world champions Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch to win the first gold medal of the London round of the UCI Track World Cup Classics London at the Olympic Velodrome. Shortly afterwards, … Read more
André Greipel of Lotto-Belisol winning yet another race is as good a day as any to mention that his bike supplier Ridley is planning on offering a couple of ‘Team Replica’ models starting at the end of April. We say ‘planning’ because when we spoke to Dave Mellor Cycles this morning their Ridley rep hadn’t … Read more
A 100-year-old cyclist from France has set a new age group world record for The Hour an incredible 86 years after his first competitive race.Robert Marchand, who lives in Mitry-Mory near Paris, had to enter that debut race under an assumed name because he was too young to compete.Today, at the track at the World … Read more
André Greipel of Lotto-Belisol remains in the lead of the Tour of Oman after winning a thrilling stage Stage 4 , which saw a series of attacks on a tough closing circuit, the German prevailing over his closest rival in the overall stadings, Peter Sagan of Liquigas Cannondale. Tony Gallopin of RadioShack-Nissan finished third.Today’s 142.5km … Read more
Avenir’s 1.5 litre Sonic Welded Waterproof Seat Pack represents excellent value. The top-notch 840/420 denier laminated polyurethane construction comes complete with welded seams and the roll top closure gobbles multi tools, a long handled fixie-type wrench, spare tubes, race-cape, energy bars, keys, wallet, smart phone, energy bars and contingency lighting. The prodigious outer flap not … Read more
