Two months after Danilo Di Luca failed a drug test for EPO the UCI has announced that another LPR Brakes rider has been provisionally suspended following a failed drugs test for EPO. Gabriele Bosisio failed the test following an out of competition test on September 2.This second testing failure won’t do anything for the reputation … Read more
A cycle route linking capital cities London and Paris will be completed in 2012 for the Olympics, French and British local authorities have said. The ‘Green Avenue’ – or ‘Avenue Verte’ as it will be known in French – is expected to extend over 218 miles, and will draw on several cycling routes in South … Read more
Spotted this pair of four-legged fans at the Tour of Britain finale in London.They belong to none other than Ben Swift, and if they look pretty pleased with themselves, it’s probably because they got some extra-nice treats to help celebrate their master’s Stage 7 win in Yeovil the previous day.And, yes, those are Ben’s hand-me-down … Read more
Road.cc blogger Sean Maher has announced that he is set to leave on his trip to Cape Town on the 31st October. Sean, who is riding to South Africa from the UK to ‘Ride out the Recession’ after graduating from Exeter University earlier this year will leave from Cape Cornwall at 10am. He said: “I … Read more
Woking wll host another stage of The Tour Series next year. Woking Borough Council had announced that the series organisers had included the town on its schedule for next year. And representatives from organisers and promoters of the series, SweetSpot Group Ltd, confirmed the decision in Woking last week.Woking was one of the 10 towns … Read more
Record numbers of riders turned out for the first race of the 2009 Scottish Cross Series at Plean Country Park on Sunday, of which road.cc was a sponsor, with 115 riders in the open race and over 50 kids in the U12’s event!Last year’s tweaks to the course were well received by riders and made … Read more
While the recession still bites in the UK, cycling is fighting the tough times according to the latest cycle retail market report from ActSmart. With cycling becoming more and more popular bike shops are doing well. The August report shows core sales of bikes in August increased by 3.7 per cent compared to the same time … Read more
British National Road Race Champion Kristian House’s bike will be one of the highlights of Condor Cycle’s stand at the Cycle Show 2009, which opens at Earl’s Court in West London later this week.House’s bike celebrates his success at Abergavenny last June by incorporating flashes of red, white and blue into a black carbon fibre … Read more
The must-do season ending sportive, the Exmoor Beast, is fast approaching and entries are filling up quickly. And when something’s got Beast in its name you know it’s going to be tough.Taking place on Sunday, November 1, the sportive offers two distances, 100km and 100miles, and organisers say entries are almost at 1,400, with the … Read more
A couple of weeks back we showed you a whole bunch of pic of the new Genesis range which looks very tidy indeed. While we were there we also asked James Olsen of Genesis to talk us through some of the range highlights on video, and here’s what he had to say for himself… see … Read more
