Here’s the most up-to-date list of the runners and riders for this year’s Tour. The list is almost complete now; this is more or less the field you’ll see signing on in Monaco on July 4 for the 15km prologue.The prologue itself is a bit unusual in that the route takes in a cat 4 … Read more
Our round-the-world cycling hero James Bowthorpe might not know it, but many miles behind him is a rider who has set out to beat the world record that James might set.Julian Sayarer, from Leicestershire, left the French cathedral city of Rouen earlier this month to begin a circumnavigation of the globe. The 23-year-old politics graduate … Read more
CYCLE trips in Exeter have passed the one million mark for the first time and Cycle Exeter is celebrating with the launch of campaign to encourage more people to ride.The Freedom of Your City campaign aims to reach 1.6 million cycle trips a year by 2011. That would effectively double the figure from 2005 when … Read more
These shorts from DHB’s new high-end range justify their relatively weighty price tag with an impressive performance.Their best feature is the seat pad from Cytec. It’s contoured, made from four different types of foam in different densities to keep the bulk down and the comfort high, and it’s stretchy enough in all directions to stay … Read more
British Cycling today announced its goals for the next four years. These include: increasing its membership from 27,000 to 100,000, getting 1million more people cycling once a month by 2013, creating a network of sport and recreational cycling facilities across the UK, making Britain the world’s leading cycling nation, and the little matter of having … Read more
Fantastic ride this evening through the Chew valley, around Chew Lake and through picturesque villages. 30 miles of undulating roads in baking conditions, fortunately I didn’t do my usual thing, which is head down and forget to drink; I hydrated well with a combination of Lucozade sport and waterI had to dodge masses of traffic … Read more
A Royal Mail decision to sack three postmen in a week for not wearing helmets has been condemned as ‘draconian’.The three, all from Southport, Merseyside, apparently fell victim to a rigid interpretation of Royal Mail guidelines and are now fighting reinstatement.Postal workers say the issue is a smokescreen used by the Royal Mail to cut staff … Read more
She famously regretted ‘rien’ and judging by her letters, French singer Edith Piaf certainly had no qualms about dating a married championship cyclist.Piaf’s letters to Louis Gerardin, which fetched €55,000 at an auction in Paris last week, were full of explicit references to his well-toned thighs and buttocks, and in them she even vowed to … Read more
First came the Cycling City project. Now, hard on its heels, comes the Study of the Cycling City project. Researchers at Bristol’s University of the West of England are to look at whether the £19 million being spent in the city will actually get people on to their bikes.The team, lead by Dr Kiron Chatterjee, … Read more
British Cycling today published the following statement regarding the incident at the Women’s Elite and U23 Road Race on Saturday when she was denied her silver medal in the elite event because she had won gold in the u23 category, a decision that was later reversed.LIZZIE ARMITSTEAD TO BE AWARDED TWO MEDALS FOLLOWING HER SUCCESS … Read more
