Dave Brailsford, the architect of Great Britain’s world championship and Olympic success on the track and team principal of Team Sky, says that he has been “blown away” by the levels of support for the ProTour outfit in its maiden Tour de France and believes that this summer’s Sky Rides, the first of which takes … Read more
A cyclist has died after colliding with a bus on Clarence Esplanade in Southsea, Portsmouth – the site of a planned new cycle route that was axed by the local council just last week.The Portsmouth News reports that a woman believed to have been in her 40s died at Southampton General Hospital at 4.30pm yesterday … Read more
Astana’s Alexander Vinokourov, thrown out of the 2007 Tour de France after testing positive for an illegal blood transfusion, insisted that he is a reformed character following yesterday’s stunning win in Revel, which came just 24 hours after he had almost pulled off an equally daring victory at Mende. Yesterday, the Kazakh launched a devastating … Read more
Copenhagen, already one of the most bike-friendly capitals in the world, is looking for ways to improve things further for cyclists.Copenhagen and Living Labs Global, a non-profit organisation that seeks ways to improve urban life, are calling for innovative ideas to improve the city’s transport system in a bike-friendly way.Jointly with the City of Barcelona … Read more
Sir Chris Hoy has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi because it clashes with the European Championships, which count as a qualifier for London 2012.The four-times Olympic track champion told The Scotsman newspaper, “It’s a decision that’s been forced on me by the nature of the qualification process for the London Olympics.“I could … Read more
Alexandre Vinokourov of Astana, banned from the Tour de France for the past two years after testing positive for an illegal blood transfusion in 2007’s race, claimed his first stage win in this year’s race in Revel this afternoon, attacking inside the closing kilometres and riding away to claim what in the end was a … Read more
Zefal’s Lock n’ roll security skewers are something of a missed opportunity to produce an imaginative and inexpensive deterrent to opportunist thieves when locking in the street, outside the café’ and other situations where bikes are left unattended for shorter periods. Standard quick releases in my experience invite unwelcome attention from the light fingered who … Read more
Tour de France race leader Andy Schleck of Team Saxo bank has said is happy with managing to limit his time losses to defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador to just 10 seconds on yesterday’s Stage 12 to Mendes.The Spaniard attacked on the day’s final climb, the short yet unrelenting Montée Laurent Jalabert – … Read more
You might be rueing your missed chances and botched transfers right now with the dream of walking off with first place and a shiny new bike in tatters. We know we are, not that we’re allowed to win the bike of course but you know what we mean. Anyway, starting tomorrow you’ve got a chance … Read more
Defending champion Alberto Contador attacked on the final climb of Stage 12 of the Tour de France in Mende this afternoon as he sought to put race leader Andy Schleck under pressure. Schleck though held on to limit his losses to just 10 seconds to retain the yellow jersey, while Katusha’s Joaquin Rodriguez nipped past … Read more
