Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas will start today’s Stage 2 of the Tour de France in the white jersey of best young rider following yesterday’s opening stage, won by Philippe Gilbert. But should the British ProTeam win this afternoon’s team time trial at Les Essarts, the 25-year-old Welshman is likely to find himself in the maillot … Read more
The credit crunch has forced everyone to cut back on their expenditures, something that doesn’t tally too well with being a cyclist. As a student, I am in this position full time, economic depression or not, and so I feel quite well qualified to show you how a little home baking can both improve your … Read more
An Astana team featuring Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong bossed the last tour de France team time trial in 2009, but in last year’s Vuelta and May’s Giro d’Italia, it was HTC-Highroad that took the honours. There’s added incentive to do well today – depending on what happened on Stage 1, the strongest team here … Read more
World number one Philippe Gilbert of Omega Pharma-Lotto is the first wearer of the yellow jersey in the 2011 Tour de France after a dramatic conclusion to today’s Stage 1 at Mont des Alouettes. Cadel Evans of BMC Racing finished second and already has more than a minute’s advantage over GC rivals including defending champion … Read more
Ben Swift the young sprinter riding his first Tour de France with Team Sky has posted the first in a series of what he hopes will be a daily video diary charting his experiences at the race.He’s already posted the first installment and it’s fair to say he’s pretty excited to be taking part, but … Read more
We’ve already tested Zipvit’s ZV7 energy gel here on road.cc – and we liked it – but now we’re testing the ZV7c. The ‘c’ suffix stands for ‘caffeine’. In most respects the two varieties of gel are the same. Both weigh in at 60g, with carb makings up 50g, providing just over 200kcal of energy. … Read more
Unusually, the 98th edition gets under way not with a Prologue but a road stage starting on the Passage du Gois, the causeway where Alex Zulle’s yellow jersey hopes suffered a mortal blow on Stage 2 in 1999 when he lost six minutes to Lance Armstrong. This time, howver, the race will still be neutralised … Read more
Four-time World Time Trial Champion Fabian Cancellara will be using a Trek Speed Concept when riding against the clock in this year’s Tour de France, and we were lucky enough to get our hands on it when we visited the Leopard Trek hotel near Nantes yesterday. We’ll have a quick look at the graphics before … Read more
Specialized have shown off new pro rider-inspired colour schemes for their top S-Works Road Shoe for the Tour de France, and they’re ready with Prevail helmets to match the leaders’ jerseys if any of their sponsored athletes win them over the course of the race.We had a quick look at the new kit at Team … Read more
More than half of British homes contain one bike or more however almost half (43 per cent) of those that own a bike don’t use it at all according to the results of a new survey released to coincide with last week’s Team Green Britain Bike Week. The survey of 2,000 people was carried out … Read more
