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Colnago’s new luxury cycling holiday costs £38-per-mile

Colnago wants to "immerse you in Italian craftsmanship and hospitality", riding a custom-fitted C68 with 1999 Paris-Roubaix winner Andrea Tafi and staying at "world-class" Michelin-awarded hotels — if you've got £7,600 to spend on a cycling holiday

Wed, Mar 19, 2025 11:54

Italian pro cyclist pushed off bike, punched in face, and hit with rock in two vicious, unprovoked assaults by motorbike attackers

VF Group-Bardiani-CSF pro Luca Colnaghi suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken ribs in the back-to-back attacks, which took place at the end of a training ride near Lake Como

Fri, Mar 07, 2025 11:37

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED Win! Two spots on a stunning four-day Italian cycling holiday with Sportive Breaks

If beaches, rolling hills, gravel roads and the best cycling Tuscany has to offer sounds like the perfect weekend, then we've got a cracking prize to give away thanks to the good people at Sportive Breaks

Tue, Feb 04, 2025 12:00

“The roads aren’t dangerous, drivers who don’t respect others’ lives are”: Anger and calls for road safety reform, education in “Wild West” Italy after teenage racing cyclist killed by overtaking motorist during training ride

Sara Piffer, a promising 19-year-old racer at Continental team Mendelspeck, was killed during a training ride with her brother on Friday, prompting her parents to call for more “common sense” from drivers

Sun, Jan 26, 2025 12:52

A radical new take on road bike shifters or an “ergonomic disaster”? Ingrid road ‘brifters’ cause a stir as groupset nears production

Could these road bike shifters - described as 'the cybertruck of bike shifters' - rethink the way we change gear? Probably not, but they look pretty unique

Fri, Dec 13, 2024 10:22

Domenico Pozzovivo (picture credit RCS Sport, LaPresse)

“I will always ride two abreast”: Pro cyclist stopped and fined by Italian police for cycling two abreast, as he says “I’d rather pay the fine than risk ending up under another car”

Domenico Pozzovivo, who suffered a broken arm and leg after being hit by a driver in 2019, was training with Diego Ulissi when he was fined €18.50 for cycling on the “left side of the road”, which the Italian says makes him more visible to motorists

Thu, Dec 05, 2024 15:27

“I only like cyclists when they get run over,” says controversial Italian politician and Giorgia Meloni supporter, as pro cyclist blasts “disgraceful” anti-cycling comments

Vittorio Feltri, a Lombardy councillor and member of Meloni’s governing Brothers of Italy party, made the inflammatory comments on what would have been Michele Scarponi’s birthday, seven years after the Giro d’Italia winner was killed by a driver

Thu, Sep 26, 2024 19:02

Remembering the stunning Carrera Phibra (not that Carrera), one of the finest Italian bikes of the 2010s

A bike with a pleasing touch of the fantastical about it, the Phibra is hard to come by nowadays, especially so in the UK due to a certain large retailer preventing the Italian Carrera bikes from being sold on these shores

Sun, May 19, 2024 20:44

Personal trainer to Italy’s Prime Minister fighting for his life after driver crashes into him

Fabrizio Iacorossi, who counts politician Giorgia Meloni and football star Francesco Totti among his clients, is in critical condition in hospital in Rome

Sun, Mar 31, 2024 19:53

Colnago introduces C68 Gravel bike “for uncompromisingly stylish humans”

New made-in-Italy model uses a tube and lug construction and has space for 42mm tyres – but are you stylish enough to own one?

Thu, Feb 01, 2024 09:00