An MP wants to discuss banning cyclists from a section of the A50 in the Midlands with local cycling clubs, reports the Uttoxeter Advertiser. Andrew Griffiths the Conservative MP for Burton and Uttoxeter made the suggestion in response to a call by the father of a cyclist killed on the road to prohibit cyclists from … Read more
Cycle clothing manufacturer Champion System, which supplies kit to more than 200 teams and clubs in Britain and Ireland has been announced as one of the sponsors of the North-West England-based Maxgear team, the UK’s top-ranked amateur team in 2010, a year in which it racked up 73 victories.Last month, the team got 2011 off … Read more
Alberto Contador insists that “justice has prevailed” following his being cleared yesterday of doping charges and has revealed he plans to ride the Giro d’Italia in May. Given that few top riders choose to attempt the Giro and Tour de France in the same year, that could be a politically expedient way of relieving Tour … Read more
Rapha’s Oversocks are just one of the options in the off-season battle for warm feet. Others include waterproof socks inside your normal riding shoes (like Sealskinz), windproof and water resistant overshoes, and standalone winter boots. These options all work, and it’s really a question of personal preference and finances as to which you go for. … Read more
Italy’s Northwave has agreed a three-year sponsorship commitment to supply the shoes for Leopard Trek, the new Luxembourg-based team that includes Andy and Frank Schleck and time trial/Classics ace Fabian Cancellara.“For the 2011 season the team will wear our Evolution SBS shoes with a special Wood Lasting Insole, an innovative solution created by our R&D … Read more
The Olympic track cycling competition schedulers may not have done Team GB any favours when it comes to the prospect of striking gold in the newly added omnium event.With the men’s team pursuit scheduled for the first two days of the competition, Britain’s omnium world champion Ed Clancy is unlikely to be in peak condition … Read more
An Irish pensioner was killed while cycling by a car driven by his own son in what a coroner described as a “tragic and freak accident,” with the jury returning a verdict of accidental death.Emmanuel ‘Manzor’ Thackaberry, aged 70, died at Tallaght hospital in July last year more than a fortnight after being struck by … Read more
In a week dominated by news that Alberto Contador has been cleared of doping charges, it has emerged that the UCI, together with past president Hein Verbruggen and current incumbent Pat McQuaid, plans to sue Floyd Landis, still the only man to have been stripped of the Tour de France title for doping.A letter from … Read more
Alberto Contador looks set to return to racing tomorrow to begin his defence of his Tour of the Algarve title after being cleared by the disciplinary committee of the RFEC, the Spanish national cycling federation. The committee has ruled that his positive test for clenbuterol during last year’s Tour de France did not constitute a … Read more
Bike lanes installed just three years ago in Brighton and Hove may be ripped up at great expense to local taxpayers in order to “improve traffic flow”. Half of the cash for the installation of the approximately £800,000 semi-segregated lanes on Grand Avenue and The Drive, was provided by Cycling England in 2008 but it … Read more
