I have important news directly from the cutting edge of cycle training. Based on extensive first-hand research I can reveal that sitting next to a swimming pool in southern Spain for ten days doing very little apart from swigging tequila and eating tapas makes it quite hard to cycle anywhere when you get back home. … Read more
Pablo Lastras of Movistar attacked three fellow breakaway riders on the day’s final climb to win Stage 3 of the 2011 Vuelta in Totana this afternoon, and also moves into the race leader’s red jersey. French champion Sylvain Chavanel of Quick Step was second, 17 seconds down, with Mark Irizar of RadioShack third. The peloton … Read more
We’ve reviewed kit before from women-focused clothing and accessory brand Ana Nichoola, but what you may not know is that when not designing items aimed at female riders, the brains behind the brand, Anna Glowinski, will more likely than not be riding her bike.Competing across a range of disciplines, Anna is just one of the … Read more
Alexandre Vinokourov is set to make a surprise return to racing in October’s Giro di Lombardia. It had been thought that the Kazakh had ridden his last professional race during last month’s Tour de France, when he crashed out on Stage 9, fracturing his femur.The rider had always planned to retire at the end of … Read more
Essex Police is to disband its dedicated bike squad in Southend just 18 months after it was set up as part of a sweeping overhaul of its operations designed to save £41 million over the next four years. The news follows the revelation that paramedics on bikes have been withdrawn from three cities in Yorkshire … Read more
Dr Alexander Grous, a productivity and innovation specialist in the Centre of Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics has published a report that shows cycling produces £2.9bn every year in total benefit to the UK economy.Titled The British Cycling Economy ‘Gross Cycling Product’ Report the 17 page document shows how the the … Read more
There are two Category 3 climbs in the closing kilometres of today’s stage, the first, the Alto del Berra, crested 39 kilometres from the finish ahead of the first passage of the finish line in Totana. From there, the riders head up the Alto de la Santa, whose summit is just 12 kilometres from the … Read more
This one had me a bit peeved… but more of that later. First things first, the Comtat Ultra-Light Plus carbon bottle cage is light. Ultra light. The test version came in at 20g on the road.cc scales (1g lighter the claimed 21g on the site). And it’s cheap. Well, at £24.99 pretty damn cheap for … Read more
Team Sky’s CJ Sutton today described winning a Grand Tour stage as “a dream come true” after the Australian sprinter got himself into the perfect position to attack as the road rose up inside the last half kilometre to win Stage 2 of the Vuelta in Playas de Orihuela this afternoon. Today’s triumph followed a near-disaster for … Read more
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has today hosted the second of the capital’s three Mayor of London’s Sky Ride events of 2011, with 7,500 people taking to the streets of East London alongside Team Sky’s Kjell Carlström and Serge Pauwels and many others looking on and enjoying the car-free streets.Sky Ride Ambassador, TV … Read more
