Image © UnipublicVuelta 2009 Stage 5: Tarragona-Vinaròs, 174KMAndré Greipel made it two in a row for himself and three for his team Columbia-HTC by perfectly timing his sprint to beat Belgium’s Tom Boonen in Vinaròs this afternoon – and time bonuses and a split in the bunch mean that the German rider also takes the … Read more
With only nine days to go before the start of The Tour of Britain, organisers SweetSpot Group have announced the names of the remaining four teams to make up the total line up for this year’s event. They are Katusha, Rabobank, Joker Bianchi and ISD-Neri.All four squads make their Tour of Britain debuts, with Rabobank … Read more
British Cycling has launched a new section online dedicated to its history and to the history of cycling as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary as the national governing body for the sport.The section, ‘50 Years of British Cycling’ intends to bring back to life some of the most memorable moments in the sport’s history, from … Read more
Olympic medallists Ed Clancy and Rob Hayles will be among 70 elite cyclists competing at the annual Warwick Cycle Races this Sunday. Clancy was gold medallist in the Beijing team pursuit while Hayles won silver and bronze medals at Athens in 2004 in the team pursuit and Madison events. They will be taking part in … Read more
Shimano have been working with the world’s top sprinter, Mark Cavendish, on a new super-stiff handlebar and stem in an effort to produce a strong, stiff, and light combination that harnesses the maximum amount of the Manx Missile’s motive force as he charges for the line. Cavendish has been racing with the prototype bar and … Read more
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was left out of Spain’s preliminary squad for the road world championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland from September 23-27.Contador, who was crowned the yellow jersey champion in Paris, pulled out of the Tour of Spain last week and has now decided he is not 100 per cent fit to race.Following … Read more
Barely a week after England regained the Ashes from Australia at the Oval, few cricket fans will be thinking ahead yet to the start of next series between the two countries in November 2010, let alone whether they will travel there. Not Oli Broom, however, who leaves London next month on a 25,000km journey by … Read more
Levi Leipheimer, the Astana rider who abandoned this year’s Tour de France with a fractured wrist while lying fourth in the general classification, has confirmed that he will be joining Lance Armstrong’s new RadioShack team for the 2010 season.RadioShack, which will be managed by Johan Bruyneel with Dirk Demol as directeur sportif, will be Leipheimer’s … Read more
The route for the 2012 Olympic cycling road race could be changed after organisers yesterday confirmed they had received a request from the International Cycling Union (UCI) to alter the course to take in more London landmarks.The UCI wants to move the bulk of the race outside the capital altogether after the example set by … Read more
Let’s play a word association game: electric bike, penny farthing, folder, carbon fibre, Porsche… hard to build a mental image from that lot, but one day… that list will immediately make you think “Yike Bike”. Maybe.What we have here is a folding electric bike that weighs less than 10Kg with a range of about 10Km … Read more
