Dave Brailsford has described yesterday’s debut win in Adelaide for Team Sky as “one of the highlights of my career.”The team’s principal was speaking after Sky took first and second place in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic, Greg Henderson and Chris Sutton crossing the finishing line easily ahead of the pack.”Victories like this are storybook … Read more
The Velocity DT is an absolutely 100% dedicated cycling jacket, designed with a cyclist’s needs in mind and trying hard to address as many of them as possible.Fully waterproof, it’s ultra lightweight, weighing just 225g, and easily scrunches down into the tiny stuff sac that comes with it. This makes it a great choice for … Read more
Part of a cycle path linking Bristol to North Somerset is to get a tarmac surface following a successful Sustrans bid.The sustainable transport charity has given £50,000 to re-surface two miles of the Flax Bourton Greenway, with matched funding coming from North Somerset Council.Money will also be used to install additional direction signs.The route was … Read more
Team Sky has wasted no time in signalling its intent to its ProTour rivals with Kiwi rider Greg Henderson crossing the line ahead of team-mate CJ Sutton to give the British outfit victory in its debut race, the Cancer Council Helpline Classic, the curtain raiser to the Tour Down Under which starts on Tuesday.As the … Read more
Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has signed for a small Italian team following the end of his ban for avoiding drug tests.The rider has signed a one-year contract with Miche Silver Cross and is expected to make his debut for them in next week’s Argentinian Tour de San Luis, reported Danish newspaper Politiken.Rasmussen led the 2007 … Read more
A cyclist attempting the record for cycling 50,000 miles around the world has praised Scots hospitality.Avijit Chakraborty, 39, from Calcutta, aims to complete the trip in 20 months and since leaving India in July has clocked up 15,000 miles.He also relies on making contacts with local communities for accommodation. Since he arrived in the UK … Read more
I noticed a shopping list forming in my head as I plodded my way through another turbo trainer session the other day.It was sparked off by the idea that it might be nice to have a fan to cool me down while on the TT – I don’t think I’m the only one in my … Read more
Plans to create ‘Olympic’ cycleways in and around Weymouth – the venue for sailing events at the 2012 Games – have been criticised by local cyclists.Campaigners say the four new bike routes, part of an £850,000 Olympic Legacy Cycle network package funded by the Local Transport Plan, are only good for transporting people from park … Read more
German rider Matthias Kessler is in a serious condition in hospital with severe brain trauma following a crash said to be caused by a cat.Kessler, an Astana rider before his suspension for blood doping in 2007, was training in Mallorca when a cat ran into his path. He was taken to the San Dureta Hospital … Read more
The latest in a series of impromptu rides announced by Lance Armstrong via Twitter saw more than 5,000 cyclists bring part of Adelaide to a near standstill.Even Armstrong, who has organised similar rides in Los Angeles, Glasgow and Dublin, was staggered by the result of his Tweet.”I personally don’t think that anyone will top the turnout … Read more
