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Sustrans Cymru seected to help deliver Personal Travel Planning initiative for Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government has announced that Sustrans Cymru is one of three successful tenderers to have been awarded a contract to develop sustainable travel initiatives in the principality as part of its Personalised Travel Planning (PTP) initiative.Sustrans Cymru submitted a joint application with Bristol-based transport research company Socialdata, and the other two businesses to … Read more

Santos Tour Down Under Stage 3: Cav fumes as roads reopened to traffic before he finishes stage

Michael Matthews of Rabobank has won Stage 3 of the Santos Tour Down Under, but the big talking point of the day relates to events that took place minutes after that trio crossed the line, with police reopening the roads to traffic before cyclists including HTC-Highroad sprinter Mark Cavendish had completed the 129.7km stage from … Read more

Cycling injury costs NASA astronaut Space Shuttle place

For most of us, breaking a hip in a tumble from the bike might result in a few weeks off work, not even that long if you can work from home with a laptop, perhaps causing our employer to juggle some schedules. What it won’t do, however, is throw plans for the last but one … Read more

South Africa’s Carla Swart killed on training ride the day after death of promising UK youngster

Top South African cyclist Carla Swart was killed today on a training ride in the Orange Free State. The fatal accident took place less than 24 hours after a promising British cyclist, Lewis Balyckyi, died following a collision with a van while out training in Lancashire.According to the Cycling South Africa team manager, Barry Austin who saw … Read more

Scots Govt rules out A9 crossing point for cyclists (and everyone else) using ancient route

Transport Scotland is standing firm against calls for a safe crossing point for cyclists, walkers and horse-riders across a stretch of the busy A9 road where an upgrade is currently taking place.The two mile extension to the existing dual carriageway at Crubenmore between Perth and Inverness is due to be completed this year and crosses … Read more

Updated:Local Transport White Paper £11 million for Bikeability but cycling will have to fight to get any more

The Department for Transport (DfT) has today published its long-awaited Local Transport White Paper, as well as guidance on the much-heralded Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF). Some big news from cycling’s point of view is a guaranteed £11 million over the next year for Bikeability, and the government has confirmed its pledge to support the … Read more

Bjarne Riis expects Alberto Contador to figure in Saxo Bank-SunGard’s 2011 season

Bjarne Riis, owner and manager of Alberto Contador’s new team SunGard-Saxo Bank, says that the cyclist remains focused on the 2011 season despite the uncertainty over whether he will actually take part in it as the verdict over his positive test for clenbuterol at last year’s Tour de France nears.Speaking at the Santos Tour Down … Read more

Updated: Zyro Open House 2011 – New kit from Cateye, Altura, Prologo, Abus and more

Bike accessories distributor Zyro is holding its annual Open House event in Harrogate at the moment and we’re just back from a couple of days checking out the goodies.Zyro is one of the biggest UK distributors with brands like Cateye, Prologo, Abus and Altura on the roster, along with new addition Bryton, makers of GPS … Read more

Amber Halliday remains critical after horror crash

Australian former world champion rower Amber Halliday who switched to cycling in 2008, is making some progress in the wake of her horrific bike crash earlier this week reports the ABC.The 31-year-old, who was taking part in Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under-affiliated Rendition Homes Santos Women’s Cup.in her native Adelaide on Monday, remains … Read more

Red Bull Mini Drome ringside report + video

Chris Akrigg had wings to take the win at the Red Bull Minidrome event on Saturday night in front of a packed crowd. Akrigg cruised to victory the biggest problem he faced on the way to his win coming in one of the earlier rounds of racing when he had to bunny hop a rider … Read more