The eyes of the cycling world may be on the Giro d’Italia and Tour of California right now, but back in the UK, our favourite team, Kuota-road.cc, is moving into some decent form with a little over a month to go until the Halfords Tour Series kicks off at London’s Canary Wharf.Yesterday, at the Hillingdon … Read more
A thief who stole a bike after a mammoth alcohol binge but was too drunk to recall where he had put it has been given a 12-month community order and will also have to undertake 60 hours’ unpaid work.Steven McIntyre, 21, from Burton-on-Trent – appropriately, the historical centre of Britain’s brewing industry – told Burton … Read more
Organisers of the Etape Caledonia are celebrating the success of this year’s ride, which attracted more than 4,500 cyclists to Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire at the weekend and happily passed off with no repeat of the sabotage that marred last year’s event.The Press and Journal reports that as promised prior to the event, the local … Read more
Mark Cavendish claimed his third win of 2010 yesterday in the opening stage of the Amgen Tour of California, holding off Juan Jose Haedo of Team Saxo Bank to take the sprint in Sacramento – and ominously for the Manx Missile’s Tour de France rivals, he seems to be getting back to his best following … Read more
Members of CTC narrowly voted to convert the national cyclists’ organisation into a charity at its AGM in Loughborough on Saturday. But with a separate motion to make the requisite changes to its constitution failing to achieve the required backing of 75% of the vote, it appears there is now stalemate between supporters and opponents … Read more
Cinelli mini sub8 tri bars are fairly unique, although something of a mixed bag. As their name implies, they’re miniature extensions of the Spinacci mould legal for triathlon and ideal for smaller riders with shorter torsos. However, incompatibility with anything but ultra traditional bars coupled with a sizeable price tag overshadows their impressive rigidity and … Read more
Chris Anker Sorensen of Team Saxo Bank this afternoon scored the biggest victory of his career, winning Stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia after pedalling his way alone up through the mist to the summit finish on the Terminillo in the first mountain stage of this year’s race. Alexandre Vinokourov crossed the line in eighth … Read more
Sunday tabloid The News of the World may pride itself on breaking exclusives when it comes to celebrities’ love lives, but one of today’s stories – that HTC-Columbia’s star sprinter Mark Cavendish has a “new” girlfriend – makes it, to use a cycling analogy, more of a lanterne rouge than a Tour de France green … Read more
With cycling in the UK being on the increase thanks to climbing fuel prices and the government’s bike to work scheme the £1000 mark for bikes is getting pretty crowded. What, if anything can the Wilier bring to the party with their Lavaredo?Looking at the spec sheet not a lot to be honest, but as … Read more
Four firefighters from Doncaster are planning to ride from London to Edinburgh in just 28 hours to raise money for Sheffield’s Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity. The hospital is one of only three dedicated to cancer in the UK.The quartet – Tony Crossfield, Danny Nortcliffe, Alex Marland and Rob Halliwell – have been in training … Read more
