Tom Dumoulin said watching his team-mate win on Mont Ventoux gave him the itch to race the Tour de France again. Jumbo-Visma rider Dumoulin is making his comeback after he took an unexpected break from racing earlier this year, but is now targeting a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Dumoulin...
Today felt like a Giro d’Italia stage. Miserable rain, riders all over the place, and Ben O’Connor up the road. It had more than shades of October 2020, when the Australian finished a pain-staking second on stage 16 before claiming his maiden Grand Tour stage the very next day. Fast...
It’s been a whirlwind year for Connor Swift. Last summer, as Europe exited its first Covid-19 lockdowns, the 2018 British champion was surprisingly selected to ride the Tour de France. He himself couldn’t quite believe it. He was only 24 and was pretty much an unknown rider within the peloton,...
André Greipel has announced he will retire at the end of the 2021 season, calling time on a 16-year stint at the top level of cycling. The German announced before the start of stage 20 of the Tour de France that he would be climbing off for good at the...
It’s obviously not as important as yellow, but Tadej Pogačar couldn’t hide his delight at also all-but securing a second successive polka dot jersey at the Tour de France. In similar fashion to the 2020 edition when the young Slovenian climbed to the top of the mountain classification on the...
Standing on the side of the Tour de France route is a young lad who is the spit image of Tadej Pogačar. Big shades, UAE Team Emirates cap, the only real giveaway is this teenager is about half the height of the defending champion and is not wearing the yellow...
Cycling and walking have been given priority in the UK government’s new Highway Code, as part of Boris Johnson’s ‘golden age of cycling’. The UK government has announced that pedestrians and cyclists will be given priority at junctions over traffic with cyclists being allowed right of way when travelling straight...
There were tears for Tom Dumoulin after Rohan Dennis, Filippo Ganna and Stefan Küng all fell just short of his second-best time in the Tokyo Olympics time trial, the Dutchman capping off his recent return to racing with a silver medal. “It was a difficult road to get here,” Dumoulin...
Big Mac and fries, smiles on a bike, and tumbling onto the tarmac because he couldn’t clip out of his pedals: it’s hard to believe it, but Tadej Pogačar really isn’t that different to us all. On the day he won his second Tour de France in just 10 months,...
Whilst Mark Cavendish has stolen the headlines on his Tour de France return, taking three stage wins so far, another sprinter has also made his way back to the Tour after a few years away. Nacer Bouhanni last rode his home Grand Tour in 2017, achieving his best-ever stage finish...
The defending champion shocked some of the best time trial riders on the planet to stage victory This content was originally published here.
Tejay van Garderen will retire from professional cycling this weekend, saying that he is unable to ride with the best in the world anymore. In an unexpected announcement, the EF Education-Nippo rider confirmed that this weekend’s US National Championships will be his final race of a professional career that began...
Pandemonium broke out in the cycling roads of France on Saturday when a massive crash broke out in Stage 1 of the Tour de France. A spectator stretched out a little too far onto the course with their sign and tripped up cyclist Tony Martin, causing a mass of bikes...
Found: Objects With Meaning is a new podcast series from Wallpaper* magazine in partnership with Vodafone Smart Tech. During six conversations with key creative figures, listeners find out about their personal and professional attachment to objects, from the stuff that surrounds them to the items that inspire them and the...
Specialized bikes have extended their contract with men’s WorldTour team Deceuninck – Quick-Step on a new long-term contract. The Belgian squad, home to Mark Cavendish and world champion Julian Alaphilippe, will be riding Specialized bikes up until 2027, as well as helmets and shoes provided by the US company. Deceuninck...
Highly promising Belgian champion Lotte Kopecky will join the world’s best women’s team, SD Worx in January. The 25-year-old has signed with the squad for three years, taking her to the end of the 2024 season, and is part of the team’s restructuring ahead of the retirement of some key...
With the Tokyo Olympics less than a month away, Great Britain Cycling Team riders who will be using the Hope/Lotus track bike in their quest for gold have been speaking about what it’s like to ride the revolutionary machine. In a new film by Lotus, Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal...
Just a few days after leaving isolation due to a positive Covid-19 infection, Egan Bernal has celebrated his freedom by meeting the Pope. The recent winner of the Giro d’Italia met the head of the Catholic church in the Vatican City on Wednesday morning, gifting Pope Francis with a pink...
Choosing the best women’s electric bike can be tricky – but we’ve got all the advice you need to select the right model for you. A women’s electric bike is a female specific version of a motor-assisted ride that takes some of the effort out of pedaling. Electric bikes are...
British Cycling have been gifted a state-of-the-art wind tunnel facility by bike and motor retailer Halfords. The donation, which is said to come at a cost of a million pounds, has been made by Halfords to help British cyclists achieve their aspirations. Designed by Chris Boardman, a gold medallist at...
A new British Cycling campaign has been launched to reboot grassroots bike racing in the UK, in the hopes of getting more people into the sport. The national governing body for cycling in Britain has announced the Everyone Wins campaign, which will celebrate the health, wellbeing and community benefits of...
High on the wall in the pavilion that doubles as the VC Londres clubroom hang the rainbow bands. Not a photo, a painting, or a replica top – this is a bonafide world champion’s jersey, won by a club member just a few years ago. The place is, of course,...
David Millar and Garmin will be reuniting seven years after the British rider retired from professional racing. Retired British pro Millar has relaunched his popular CHPT3 cycling clothing brand, with a new direction and a new investor. As part of the new direction CHPT3 Millar has teamed up with...
The full list of cyclists competing in the Tokyo Olympics has been confirmed, with Geraint Thomas, Lizzie Deignan and Tom Pidcock headlining the roster. On Monday (June 21) British Cycling revealed the 26 riders from 14 disciplines who will compete in Japan this summer, with GB represented by a mixture...
Norwegian UCI ProTeam Uno-X Pro Cycling have announced that they are applying for potential WorldTour status in 2023 after several strong showings in the top tier this year. The team are committed to bringing the ‘Ajax Model’ to the top tier of pro cycling, by developing new talent to become...
Richard Carapaz recorded Ineos’ fifth stage race victory of the season after claiming the overall at the Tour de Suisse 2021, underlying his and the team’s confidence ahead of the Tour de France and the Olympics. Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) took the overall title by 17 seconds over Colombian Rigoberto Uran...
The US squad has been confirmed for the Tokyo Olympics, with Chloe Dygert and Kate Courtney the stars of the line-up. National governing body USA Cycling has announced the full list of riders who will be competing across the cycling disciplines when the Olympics get underway next month. The squad...
Mathieu van der Poel said stage two the Tour de Suisse 2021 was “super fun, especially in the rain” as he sprinted to a convincing victory. The Alpecin-Fenix rider survived on the tough final climb as the climbers set a strong pace, eventually making it into a two-rider sprint with...
Ineos Grenadiers will continue to ride Pinarello bikes after signing a new contract extension with the Italian bike builder. British WorldTour squad Ineos have been riding Pinarello since their founding back in 2010, as the team have now signed a new contract that will take them beyond 15 years in...
