The Challenge Getaway is the latest addition to the Italian brand’s gravel range, designed as a versatile all-rounder. The tightly packed centre knobs are said to be “fast rolling for straight line control and speed”, while the widely spaced transition and side knobs are claimed to provide “controlled cornering and...
Congratulations to Ilkeston CC – our 2020 Club of the Year in association with Santini. Here is a message from the club. Young Derbyshire club Ilkeston CC has faced down the considerable challenges offered up to every cycling club in 2020, and in fact could even be said to have...
Indoor cycling has come to the fore over the past 12 months more than ever. Home workouts are now the norm and one of the few escapes where cyclists can still work up a sweat during lockdown. This has coincided with the rise in importance of having an efficient home...
EF Pro Cycling has announced a new headline sponsor for 2021. The US-based WorldTour squad has welcomed Japanese construction and asphalt company Nippo Corporation as a joint partner, as the team will change name to EF Education-Nippo. EF, run by former pro Jonathan Vaughters has also signed a number of...
RGT Cycling has launched Racing Parameters, a new function which enables riders to create their own race formats, expanding from mass-start to time trial and elimination events. And it says that’s just the beginning. RGT explained: “Recognising that one of the most engaging aspects of competitive cycling is its diversity...
Connor Swift (Arkéa-Samsic) “I would say it’s important to make sure you have a good set of lights on your bike to make sure you can be seen by other road users in the winter months! Make your rides enjoyable to keep the motivation there – for me I normally...
Wout van Aert looks to be close to signing an extension to his contract with Dutch team, Jumbo-Visma after being one of the most successful riders of the 2020 season. Van Aert had been linked with British super-team Ineos Grenadiers, but then again, the list of top riders who have...
Have you ever wanted to own a part of cycling history? You could get your hands on very special bikes ridden by the stars of 2020, Wout van Aert, Primož Roglič and Tom Dumoulin. Jumbo-Visma is auctioning off a collection of their 2020 and 2019 Bianchi race bikes, as they...
Marc Hirschi has terminated his contract with Team DSM with immediate effect to join another team which is not yet clear in an hugely surprising move. Hirschi won La Flèche Wallonne along with a stage of the Tour de France and the most combative rider award and third at the...
Canyon bikes has been acquired by a Belgian investor, as the company tries to continue its rapid growth. The German bike brand now has a new majority shareholder in the form of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), a Belgian holding company that also holds shares in clothing brands Adidas and Burberry. ...
Primož Roglič on stage 5 of the Vuelta a España 2020 Arguably the best Grand Tour rider in the peloton at the moment, Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) went extremely close at the Tour de France before it all fell apart on La Planche des Belles Filles during the penultimate stage time...
James Shaw is able to continue his racing career after signing with Ribble-Weldtite for 2021. The 24-year-old Brit feared his time in the peloton may be over, after he struggled to find a new team for next season as his current squad will not be continuing. Earlier this year, Shaw...
The WorldTour neo-pros of 2020 had a lot to live up to after the class of 2019 put in such an amazing display with Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogačar starting their WorldTour careers. But there were still some stand-out performances. Here we take a look at the five top performing...
Ag2r La Mondiale have unveiled their new kit for 2021, and the brown shorts are staying. The new colours for the French WorldTour squad have split opinions among cycling fans, as the team have opted to take the light blue out of the kit and go for a brown and...
This year hasn’t been easy at all and 2021 looks like it could be similar, at least at the start. But with a vaccine arriving, normal life may be closer than we thought, so New Year’s resolutions are a great way to create positivity. So here are just 10 suggestions...
Geraint Thomas wowed cycling fans earlier this year with his phenomenal World Championships time trial ride. The former Tour de France champion scored a fourth-place finish, up there with some of the world’s best pure TT riders, including his Ineos team-mates Filippo Ganna and Rohan Dennis. But the most surprising...
Ineos veteran Christian Knees has announced his retirement, after 17 years in the peloton. The German will be ending his career as a pro at the end of 2020, aged 39, but will be taking up a new role within Ineos Grenadiers. Knees has built a long and successful career...
As a junior rider with Birkenhead North End Cycling Club in the Nineties, Steve Cummings was winning gold medals from an early age. By 2004, he was standing upon the second step of the Olympic podium in Athens, at a pivotal time for British Cycling – as a key part...
Marc Hirschi has signed for UAE Team Emirates after Team DSM terminated the rider’s contract last week. The Swiss rider has signed a three-year contract and has joined up with his new team-mates at their pre-season training camp in the UAE, where he will look to build on his impressive...
The opportunities to excel in more than one sport are few and far between, and in this age of increased professionalism and specialisation, such chances are becoming rarer. But there is one sporting switch that seems to be eminently possible and, in many cases, extremely successful. A swelling number of...
