Andy Fenn, who yesterday got his debut pro win for Omega Pharma-Quick Step in the Trofeo Palma, the opening race of the week-long Mallorca Challenge, has quickly doubled up by taking the second race of the series, the Trofeo Migjorn, again winning a bunch sprint. Two climbs close to the end splitting the field briefly, … Read more
The same carbon-fibre frame used by the Liquigas-Cannondale professional team is now being made available for paying customers which opens up frame replacement opportunities where riders already have the wheels and components they need.Up until this point, the least expensive route to ownership of Cannondale’s flagship 695 gram frame has been by buying it equipped … Read more
Garmin Barracuda wrapped up a fine win on an 11km circuit around Lusail today in the Tour of Qatar, with Tom Boonen just managing to stay ahead of Tyler Farrar by a few hundredths of a second. It wasn’t so close in the Fantasy Cycling stakes, however, with team So Far so Long racking up … Read more
Kevin Izzard ‘Mr Wilier UK’ couldn’t have known when he was emailing us these pictures of Michele Scarponi’s new bike being built up last week at the factory in Italy, that the Lampre-ISD star would be elevated to the top of the Giro d’Italia 2011 podium today, but things just work out like that sometimes.Scarponi’s … Read more
Commanding the best part of 13 quid, Cyclepro’s Ultra Five in One multi-tool looks overpriced and on cursory inspection indistinguishable from loads of others leaving Taiwanese factories in their millions. That said, the build quality is generally better than I’ve come to expect and it’s certainly small and light.You get 4, 5, 6 and 8mm … Read more
Garmin-Barracuda have won today’s team time trial in the Tour of Qatar over an 11.3km course starting and finishing in Lusail. However, overnight leader Tom Boonen just edged out the US team’s Tyler Farrar by three hundredths of a second to keep the overall lead, his Omega Pharma-Quick Step posting the second quickest time, with … Read more
Here’s the Kovert FX-Pro Ultegra Di2 that we have in on test; we’ll be publishing the first review of a Kovert bike ever, right here on your caring, sharing road.cc.Kovert is a new British brand that launched at the Cycle Show, Birmingham last October. They launched in the sense that they announced their existence and … Read more
Alberto Contador has been given a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after it upheld the appeal by the UCI and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) into his acquittal almost 12 months ago by the Spanish national federation, the RFEC, on charges following his positive test for clenbuterol in the 2010 … Read more
The AA has issued a call for more 20mph zones to be put in place in residential areas and near schools to help improved the safety of vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists. The comments were made by the motoring organisation’s president, Edmund King, who was speaking to The Times as the newspaper … Read more
The dhb Sync cycling jacket is an impressive piece of kit; a full-on waterproof and windproof outer layer, giving excellent protection against the elements. In design, it’s more like a jacket for hiking or hill-walking, so may well appeal to people looking for versatility – although it has a bit of an urban flava as … Read more
