If winning the Tour de France wasn’t enough for Cadel Evans, the UCI World Tour rider rankings published this lunchtime show the Australian rider sprinting to the top of the list.This month’s UCI World Tour rider rankings have been published today a little later than usual to allow for the points accrued from the three-weeks-long … Read more
John Nicholls, the man who attacked cyclist Simon Page in an incident that was captured on a helmet camera, today pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault at Bexley Magistrates Court.Nicholls, a farrier of Dartford in Kent, was fined £400, ordered to pay £100 compensation to the victim, £85 prosecution costs and a victim … Read more
A man and a woman who launched an unprovoked, sustained and brutal attack on a cyclist in Southampton have been jailed, reports the Daily Echo. The twenty four-year old victim, David Baker, was described in court as a timid, non-violent person who had simply been making his way home on June 8 of last year … Read more
The organisers of Breast Cancer Care’s Bike Blenheim Palace event on August 21st are expanding not just the range of rides and races on offer but also the size of the Exhibitor Village to include a far wider range of bikes, clothing and accessories.As we reported back in May, the festival of cycling based at … Read more
Yesterday’s inaugural Bournemouth Sky Ride attracted four thousand cyclists, according to the organisers. The riders joined Sky Sports News presenter Simon Thomas and pro cyclist John Lee Augustyn, while many more are said to have come out to watch and experience the day as participants took to traffic-free streets.The free event, hosted by British Cycling … Read more
Similar in appearance to Castelli’s top level Free Aero bibs the Velocissimo shorts are the Italian outfit’s mid-range offerings, if you can call the best part of a 100 quid mid range. The Velocissimo is made from 80% Polyamide (nylon), 20% Elastane (Spandex) material that is claimed to have ‘outstanding stretch and rebound properties’. While … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has led the country in congratulating Cadel Evans on his Tour de France win, but rejected calls to declare a public holiday to celebrate his victory, meaning that there’s likely to be some rather tired and emotional cycling fans, old and new, turning up for work on a Monday morning … Read more
Mark Cavendish is this evening celebrating not only his third Champs-Elysées stage win in three years, but also becoming the first British rider to win the green jersey in the Tour de France after near misses in the previous two editions, saying, “I finally got it, but it didn’t come easy.” Despite winning four stages … Read more
If you don’t wear road road shoes and cleats but don’t fancy the standard off-road shoe, looking like a trainer on steroids and with a sole only marginally stiffer than a stale pizza, then you might be in the market for Northwave’s Touring shoes. Actual road style shoes, stiff enough to make pedalling a pleasure, … Read more
Cadel Evans and Mark Cavendish, each twice runners-up in, respectively, the Tour de France general and points classifications, this afternoon secured the jerseys they most coveted as a thrilling 98th edition of the race came to an end in Paris. By winning on the Champs-Elysees for an unprecedented third time in a row, Cavendish secured … Read more
