Spain’s minister for education, culture and sport says that the two-year ban given to Alberto Contador by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last week makes it imperative for the country to be seen to be tackling doping. Jose Ignacio Wert made his comments as a row erupted with neighbours France over sketches in … Read more
This evening, for Britain’s cycling fans at least, London 2012 will seem one more step closer as the Velodrome in the Olympic Park in Stratford makes its competitive debut in the final round of the 2011/12 UCI Track World Cup Classics series, which doubles as the venue’s test event for this summer’s Games. Among those … Read more
Vision will be extending their wheel range next year with a new 81mm-deep carbon option that they say is the lightest in its category, and a new rear disc.A sub-brand of component giant FSA, Vision have spent a lot of development time on their 2012 wheels (we’ll come back to those later) and they’re pushing … Read more
Two sportive rides, one of 100km, the other 150km, as well as a 40km women-only Cycletta event, will be among the showpiece events of the inaugural Festival of Sport Cornwall later this year, to be held over the weekend of 14-16 September.The three-day festival, being staged by Participate Sport which recently took over the Etape … Read more
SealSkinz Handlebar Mittens are really well made and they provide lots of warmth for winter riding.The last couple of winters have given paws for thought (sorry) to many riders who habitually suffer from chilly hands. It’s hard to enjoy a ride when you can’t feel your fingers. In mittens, your fingers keep each other warm, … Read more
The Tour of Oman kicked off with a 159km stage with only one corner in it. That corner managed to catch out Mark Cavendish though, so he wasn’t on the front to contest the win, which went to Lotto-Belisol’s Andre Greipel ahead of Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda). But how did things go … Read more
Peter Sagan of Liquigas-Cannondale, who lay seventh overall after yesterday’s opening stage, has won Stage 2 of the Tour of Oman and takes over the race lead from Lotto-Belisol’s André Greipel. GreenEdge’s Baden Cooke was second today, with Rabobank’s Tom Slagter third.The late arrival of a ferry caused an hour’s delay to the start of … Read more
A flashride will take place next Wednesday evening from The Mall to the Houses of Parliament, on the eve of a three-hour debate there on cycling, partly inspired in reaction to the Cities Fit For Cycling campaign from The Times newspaper. One of its aims is to highlight to MPs that the debate should not … Read more
This Saturday evening sees Red Bull Hill Chasers return to Bristol following its successful debut last year, pitting pairs of riders from different disciplines against each other to find out which bike and type of riding is best for going uphill – and the flag carriers for road cycling this year is Ted King of … Read more
The Reynolds Forty-Six wheelset is a deep section, carbon clincher package which comes with a premium price tag as standard. Sitting in direct competition to the Zipp 404 Firecrest, this price point is occupied by real wheel-tech big-hitters; open mould options need not apply. With plenty of features trickling down from Reynolds’ own price-record-breaking RZR … Read more
