Leopard Trek boasts come of pro cycling’s biggest names, including the Schleck brothers and Fabian Cancellara, and they’re all riding Trek 6.9 SSLs.Frank and Andy Schleck – Frandy, if you like – are the team’s big general classification contenders in the Tour de France, elder brother Frank currently sitting in third place overall just 4secs … Read more
We can’t really test it for real as it’s only a prototype – and it’s not even a certainty to go into production – but we have had a spin on the Bullet, the belt-drive fixed bike from Chelmsford-based Milk Bikes. And it’s a lot of fun, for sure; not without a couple of niggles … Read more
Australian female pro cyclist, Carly Hibberd has been killed in a collision with a car during a training ride in northern Italy. Carly Hibberd, 26, from Sherwood in Queensland died at the scene of the incident yesterday morning between Appiano Gentile and Lurato Caccivio, north of Milan, despite the arrival of medical services by helicopter.She … Read more
Medical staff at the 22 teams competing at the Tour de France are likely to have had a busy evening following a crash-strewn Stage 5 from Carhaix to Cap Frehel. Mark Cavendish of HTC-Highroad won his first stage of this year’s race following a tough sprint finish, but other riders finished the stage battered and … Read more
Castelli’s GPM jersey is a lightweight classic styled jersey but using very modern fabrics. Standing for Gran Premio delle Montagne (King of the mountains) the GPM is designed for long forays into the hills rather than the out and out racer. Made from 100% polyester with what Castelli call Prosecco treatment, this basically gives the … Read more
Mark Cavendish today rode hard for the line to secure the 16th Tour de France stage win of his career and immediately suggested that race organisers ASO have deliberately introduced some tricky stage finishes in the opening week year’s race to prevent him and his HTC-Highroad team from continuing to exercise their grip on sprint … Read more
Today the race heads from Brittany into Normandy, passing the Mont St-Michel on the way. That’s not the only religious tie-in with today’s parcours – the stage, the longest of this year’s race, finishes near the basilica in Lisieux, home to St Teresa’s relics, after Lourdes the second most visited pilgrimage site in France. A … Read more
HTC-Highroad’s Mark Cavendish dug in deep to win Stage 5 of the 2011 Tour de France from Carhaix to Cap Frehel this afternoon, his first victory in this year’s race. Philippe Gilbert of Omega Pharma-Lotto was second, with green jersey Jose Joaquin Rojas of Movistar third after a hard-fought sprint, while Thor Hushovd of Garmin-Cervelo … Read more
Off to ride the Étape du tour this summer? Well you won’t be properly dressed without your official jersey, now will you? As you may know, the ASO, organisers of the Étape, have teamed up with Rapha this year and it’s from them that you can buy your official Acte I or Acte II ride … Read more
We’ve had plenty of Shutt’s clothing in to test at road.cc and it’s mostly been very good, but the Race Cape left me a bit cold. Not in the literal sense though, and that was kind of the problem. As race capes go this is a pretty cheap one but it doesn’t feel cheaply made, … Read more
