Amstel Gold
Beer + cheese + salami snacked upon with considerably more gusto than the peleton could be bothered to muster to race up the final hill.
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Round the world cyclist week 3: Istanbul
Round the world cyclist James Bowthorpe is now in Istanbul resting for 36 hours before the next leg of his journey. Since setting off March 29th (three weeks ago today) he has ridden through France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, the Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and now Turkey, the next leg of his journey will take him through … Read more
Lance Watch 7. Now making iPhone users better people too
He did it for Blackberry users and now Lance’s Livestrong Foundation has released an calorie counting app for iPhone types to help them keep track of their daily calorie count and much more besides. Available from the Livestrong Foundation…The LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker offers:* The largest database of food and restaurant items* Customized daily calorie intake … Read more
Decathlon Replica 700 road shoe
Decathlon’s R700 are ideal for wallet conscious racers or those looking for a high performance training shoes. Compared with the latest generation of shoes dripping in carbon composites, they seem technologically modest with their mesh and faux leather uppers but this is largely forgotten aboard the bike, where the performance outstrips the price. The super-stiff … Read more
Revolution Protect Floor Saver
Revolution’s ingenious protect floor saver might be just the ticket should your bike live indoors-particularly in rented properties. It’s a nylon skirt that engulfs the wheels and transmission protecting flooring from the ravages of wet or muddy steeds. Fitting couldn’t be simpler. Unpack it from its stuff sac and open the draw-string as far as … Read more
“Traffic calming” potholes to be filled
Potholes in an Essex village are to be filled after a county council took the opposite view to a parish council, which saw them as “natural traffic calming”.Navestock Parish Council in Essex said the holes in the road helped slow down traffic but Essex County Council, which has responsibility for maintaining roads in the area, … Read more
Tyler Hamilton fails drugs test and retires from pro cycling
Tyler Hamilton’s cycling career came to an today when he retired in following a positive drugs test.According to unnamed US anti-doping officials the substance in question was the steroid DHEA a fact that seemed to be confirmed by Hamilton later on his team’s (Rock Racing) Twitter feed. According to Hamilton the substance was in an … Read more
Cyclists could give birth to healthier babies
Exercise during pregnancy has been linked to better foetal heart health and nervous system development, according to new research.This means women who continue to cycle while pregnant could be benefiting their unborn babies as well as themselves.However, a team from the Kansas City University used stationary cycling rather than road cycling to achieve their findings … Read more
Just in: Merlin Cielo frameset
We’ve had some very fine looking bikes come through the road.cc offices in the last few months but on looks the Merlin Cielo, hot from the box, would give most of them a run for their money. We’ll find out what it rides like soon enough. For the moment though here’s a gallery of pics … Read more
Government to tackle crisis facing UK cycle racing
The Government has announced the formation of a working group to address the problems facing road racing in the UK, in response to pressure from British Cycling.The national governing body for cycle sport in the UK has been lobbying Government for some time to change the rules covering road races following an increasing number of high … Read more