Nottinghamshire County Council has pulled the plug on its financial support for the Great Notts Bike Ride, reports the Nottingham Post.The council says it is no longer prepared to bear any financial risk associated with the event.Now entering its 30th year, the event has grown from just a handful of participants in 1982 to around … Read more
The UCI and the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) are on a collision course over the latter’s decision to clear rider Franco Pellizotti of doping offences based on data from his biological passport.CONI exonerated the former Liquigas rider saying there was insufficient evidence to prove the rider had manipulated his blood.But now the UCI has challenged … Read more
Italian investigators have arrested two brothers in connection with the theft last November of a yellow jersey worn in the Tour de France by the ill-starred rider Marco Pantani on his way to winning the 1998 edition of the race.As reported on road.cc at the time, the jersey was stolen from a stand at the … Read more
The 2011 ProTeam season gets under way next week with the Santos Tour Down Under in South Australia, but the thoughts of the peloton are very much with the victims of the floods 1,000 miles away, with riders pledging to donate prize money from Sunday’s Cancer Council Classic in Adelaide to the Queensland Flood Relief … Read more
Most overshoes are much of a muchness but the Nanos from Castelli have a few features that set them apart from the crowd, and not just their Ann Summers looks. The lightweight, stretchy fabric is a much more supple than normal – you’re hardly aware you’re wearing them – and the polyurethane face is waterproof, … Read more
We’ve spent a day knocking about at the London Bike Show over at ExCel, and a jolly nice day we’ve had too. There’s lots of biking stuff to see as well as a good helping of outdoors equipment right next door, and it’s all wrapped up in the over-the-top opulence of the Boat Show, where … Read more
The distance from Auld Reekie to its English counterpart, the Big Smoke is about 400 miles. Not a distance to be sniffed at, you might agree, and certainly not on a bike…in 37 hours. But that’s the epic challenge that awaits charity fund raisers who opt to tackle a bike ride between Edinburgh and London … Read more
Members of the Save The Velodrome campaign have unveiled an ambitious project to help secure the future of London’s historic Herne Hill track, enlisting the help of the architects currently involved in the London 2012 Velodrome, to design a proposed redevelopment of the site.Those plans are contained in a feasibility study published today on the … Read more
Only the hardiest of souls would brave swimming in the chilly seas that surround the Isle of Man right now, but the island’s favourite sporting son, Mark Cavendish, seems to have landed himself in plenty of hot water back home after failing to arrange a date to be presented with an award more than two … Read more
Sustainable transport charity Sustrans has announced the winners of its My National Cycle Network video competition, with the adult category scooped by a Cardiff cyclist who produced an evocative film charting his daily commute along the Taff Trail through the heart of the Welsh capital.For his efforts, Steve Castle from Penarth wins a holiday for … Read more
