Five times Olympic Champion Sir Steve Redgrave was badly injured last Friday during the Race Across America, just 300 miles from the finish in Annapolis, it has been revealed.The rower, riding as part of an eight-man team comprised of people connected with the sport, broke several bones after what sounds like an horrendous fall from … Read more
Garmin-Transitions’ Dan Martin proved his class when the Halfords Tour Series hit Dublin on Saturday evening, making a solo attack early in the race around the city’s vibrant Temple Bar area and never looking like being caught, building an advantage so large that he was even able to shrug off a late mechanical problem as … Read more
Loads of you have been telling us about your bike(s) in our Kinesis Tripster Schwag Grab, which has prompted me to extract the digit and tell you about the latest addition to the road.cc team, our new company bike, well frame, it’s a Cotic Roadrat and we’re going to be using it to test kit … Read more
An alleged drunken driver apparently dragged a Chicago police officer along for 30 feet after the officer, who was on a bike patrol, attempted to stop him for a traffic violation.The incident took place on Saturday evening on the city’s Lake Shore Drive when according to police, the driver, 37-year-old Rogue Dooley of Gary, Indiana, … Read more
New to Craft’s lineup for 2010, the Performance Tour is a light and fairly airy jersey that puts in a solid all-round performance.You know how some fabrics feel cool next to your skin as soon as you put them on? This is one of those. It’s polyester – as the vast majority are – the … Read more
This Friday will see cyclists in Oxford take to their bikes in hunt of hidden goodies including an Apple iPod as part of a bicycle-based treasure hunt called Find Me Friday.Devised by Oxford Cycle Workshop, the game is designed to motivate people to get out and about on their bikes at lunchtime and has been … Read more
Bicycle manufacturer Giant has announced the opening of its latest UK standalone store in Bromley, South London, the Taiwan-based manufacturer’s sixth such store in the UK, joining outlets at Twickenham, Bristol, Cambridge, Liverpool and Rutland Water.Located on Widmore Road, the store, which covers 180 square metres, showcases the Giant range of bicycles and accessories, and … Read more
Rapha-Condor-Sharp are still waiting for their first win in the HTC Smithfield Nocturne after Motorpoint-Marshalls Pasta rider Ian Bibby continued the strong form he has shown in the Halfords Tour Series by winning the fourth edition of the event following a gripping race round London’s historic meat market.And there was further cause for celebration for … Read more
Lance Armstrong has completed his preparations for the Tour de France, which the Team RadioShack rider is looking to win for an unprecedented eighth time, by clinching second place in the Tour of Switzerland, 12 seconds behind Team Saxo Bank’s Fränk Schleck.The Luxembourg rider finished 13th quickest in the final day’s 29.6-kilometre time trial, with … Read more
A 48-year-old cyclist taking part in yesterday’s London to Brighton ride collapsed on the way up Ditchling Beacon and despite being resuscitated by paramedics died later in hospital in Brighton.The man, who came from Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, has not yet been named, and according to event organisers the British Heart Foundation, it is the … Read more
