Last year’s race was all about celebrating the centenary of the Tour first tackling the Pyrenees, and this time it’s the turn of the Alps to be commemorated and in particular the Galibier, which features twice in the 2011 Tour. Today’s summit finish is the highest ever in the Tour, and before that there are … Read more
Edvald Boasson Hagen of Team Sky, second to Thor Hushovd in Gap yesterday, this afternoon won his second stage of the 2011 Tour de France, slipping into an early break and attacking on the day’s final climb ahead of a tricky descent to the finish in Pinerolo in Italy. Fellow escapee Bauke Mollema of Rabobank … Read more
Commonwealth Games track cycling silver medallist, Jenny Davis, has marked the three year countdown to the Glasgow 2014 Games by taking the first bike inside the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Designed by Ralph Schuermann, one of the world’s foremost track designers and named in honour of Scotland’s most successful combined Olympic and Commonwealth Games athlete, … Read more
Today, in a meeting of the London Assembly, Assembly member, and Mayor’s Cycling Champion Andrew Boff will be calling on Mayor of London Boris Johnson to “investigate the advantages and disadvantages of a 20mph speed limit on Blackfriar’s Bridge”. Following months of controversy, backtracking and heated debate, the call is for Transport for London to fully … Read more
The UCI has confirmed the positive anti-doping test carried out earlier in the Tour on Alexander Kolobnev after Stage 5 of the race, from Carhaix to Frehel. The organisation said today in a press statement that the analysis of the Russian Katusha rider’s B sample carried out yesterday confirmed the result of the initial adverse … Read more
There’s another schwagger on the go now – to win some Liquigas kit – so we’d better fire up the number-o-tron and pick some book winners from last week’s compo. Click, whirr, etc. And the seven names out of the hat are…neil hatherallacowanunit29sambuSevenHillshaggisinlondonGkam84Congrats to those guys and good luck to y’all with the next one!————————————————————————–More … Read more
The SKS Topcage is pretty typical example of the sort of bottle cages available at this price, it’s fairly light and holds on to your bottle well – the only problem I had was getting the bottle in there in the first place. The plastic construction of the Topcage keeps the overall weight down and … Read more
Quickstep rider Jérôme Pineau will continue his participation in the Tour despite the sudden death of his uncle, Patrick Guay, at the event.Mr Guay, a French technician-driver for an ASO media subcontractor, was found lifeless yesterday morning near the finish of Stage 16 in Gap.The 59-year old, who had been a professional rider in the … Read more
We’ve heard plenty from Geraint Thomas this Tour de France, what with him being our resident road.cc Fantasy Cycling pundit. Another of Team Sky’s brits, Ben Swift, has also been sharing his thoughts on the race via his website. Here’s his take on Stage 16 [which goes some way to explaining to Dave why he … Read more
Sustainable transport charity Sustrans has done its bit to make entertaining the kids that much easier this summer, with its range of Fresh Air Miles events around the country. There’s also the chance to win a brand new Specialized Hotrock for your little one. This Saturday (23rd July) there are two ride options celebrating just … Read more
