The smashed up roads and potholes that winter inflicted on British roads is affecting road cycling and, in one instance, has forced the organisers of the Cotswold Spring Classic to change the route.When Andy Kirk and Andrew Wilcox went to have a look at the roads ahead of this year’s event, they realised that many … Read more
This is it: the final test. Shakespeare Avenue rises steeply from the Bear Flat, too steeply for the gear I’m running. It’s not long but the race has been, an hour in and the legs are beginning to really hurt: I’m digging deep but the entrance to Alexandra Park seems impossibly distant, even though in … Read more
Lance Armstrong is OUT of Saturday’s Milan-San Remo race after going down with gastroenteritis.Team RadioShack said the seven-time Tour de France champion would be replaced by Japanese rider Fumiyuki Beppu.”It would not be very intelligent to let him start in a race of almost (200 miles) while not being healthy,” team director Johan Bruyneel said … Read more
A failed appeal against a two-year sentence means that former cycling medical adviser Bernard Sainz will have to spend a year in jail.The former soigneur was implicated in the 1998 Tour de France Festina scandal, and in 2002, Sainz was stopped at a traffic control and a haul of illegal substances was found.A subsequent search … Read more
It’s warming up outside! The winter lobster mitts have retreated back to the glove drawer and it’s time for something a bit lighter. The Monaco full finger mitts are an ideal glove for spring and early summer, full fingered but light enough to keep you cool when the sun breaks through. They’re comfortable too, and … Read more
Here’s an idea for any council looking to spend a bit of end-of-financial year cash on cycling – a bike stand that, er, looks like a bike.The Bikerakk is the brainchild of New Zealand designer Matt Hammond and business partner Duncan Forbes and it has already been installed in Wellington.Easy to spot and with three … Read more
Lance Armstrong is set to give US sports radio show host Tony Kornheiser a hard ride after agreeing to appear in the wake of Kornheiser’s ‘run ’em down!’ comments aimed at cyclists.Armstrong called Kornheiser ‘a f- idiot’ after the blabbermouth sounded off at cyclists on his ESPN radio show this week. Among other things, he … Read more
Mark Cavendish has admitted he’s highly unlikely to repeat his Milan-San Remo win of 2009 this year, after being dogged by on-going health problems.The Manx rider will take his place in the race tomorrow (Saturday) but he knows he isn’t in the same condition as he was 12 months ago.Dental problems forced him to delay … Read more
The official Woking cycle team paid a visit this week to the town that will host the finale of the Halfords Tour Series.Sigma Sport Specialized have announced as the official Woking team for 2010. Riders Simon Richardson, Dan Duguid, Stephen Adams, Matthew Stephens, and Tom Murray will take part in the 10-stage pro cycling series, … Read more
Cycling City York is staging a series of free, ‘Fit as a Fiddle’ sessions aimed at getting York’s over 50s back on their bikes.The free courses are run in conjunction with Age Concern, and open to anyone aged 50 or over.They include three two-hour sessions covering everything from basic bike maintenance and how to ride … Read more
