Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) was not ready to retire just yet, but does so smiling with the superb run that included an Olympic silver medal and two Tour de France stage wins. The Briton had tried to continue, but without any offers, agrees that the time was right for him...
Despite their current financial difficulties, Welcome to Yorkshire have said it’s “a case of when not if” either the Tour de France returns to their county or they welcome the Vuelta a España for the very first time. It was recently revealed the tourist board has just 12 months to...
Bike tracking devices and their supporting apps are designed to help reduce bike theft by alerting the owner if their bike is tampered with or moves. Most trackers consist of an accessory, which is attached to the bike, and a phone app. With the app, the owner is able to...
Steve Cummings has confirmed his retirement from professional cycling at the age of 38. The British rider told Ned Boulting in his podcast that he has chosen to call time on his career. The former national road and time trial champion said he felt physically ready to continue riding but...
Bristol, Newcastle and Southampton have been ranked the top cycling commuter cities in the UK, following research by Strava. The social media platform, which boasts over 46 million members worldwide, analysed millions of commutes to reveal the location of the most popular cycle routes, as well as areas that could...
1. Getting your first road bike Up until this point, you may have been riding a hybrid or mountain bike. The injection of free speed is immense. It takes you a month or so to realise that you don’t need to ride on the drops all the time. 2. Riding...
Jim Ratcliffe, the owner of Ineos, has said he would pull his sponsorship of the British squad if there was any evidence that his team were not a clean cycling operation. The re-iteration of his confidence in Brailsford and the Ineos team comes as former Team Sky and British Cycling...
Sports psychology, expert coaches, scientists, physiological testing, nutrition, and the means to quantify training effort and dose: each of these factors has played a part in changing the way cyclists train. But how much has training really improved? One thing that has always worked and which remains just as important...
The Continental racing team run by Floyd Landis is folding after just one season. Floyd’s Pro Cycling, a development team Landis set up with cash from the Lance Armstrong lawsuit, launched at the start of 2019 to help North American riders progress up the ranks. Landis, a former doper turned...
Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) returns to race the Ghent Six Day this week for the first time since winning in 2016 with Bradley Wiggins. Cavendish will pair with the “king” of the Ghent Six Day, Iljo Keisse (Deceuninck-Quick-Step). The duo placed second in 2014. “It’s really good, it’s always special...
Mathieu van der Poel will not defend his Amstel Gold Race title in 2020, according to his father. The Corendon-Circus rider took the biggest win of his road career so far at the Ardennes classic, ambushing Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) on the finishing straight to snatch victory. With a...
Britain’s Harry Tanfield has secured a second season riding at WorldTour level with Ag2r La Mondiale. The 24-year-old stepped up to the top tier in 2019 with Katusha-Alpecin, but will be moving to the French squad as Katusha undergo a major overhaul for 2020. Tanfield, a former national champion on...
As we head deeper into winter and the nights get longer, police have warned about the burglary risks of using GPS apps while running and cycling. Officers from Cheshire Police have issued some helpful safety tips to help “outwit thieves,” as crime rates tend to increase this late in the...
Years of training in planning, decision-making and coping with psychological stress endow services athletes with the ability to push themselves to the limit. Here, we speak to navy, RAF and army personnel who share nine of the training secrets that have made them high-achieving and super-gritty bike racers – all...
The Race Across America is one of the world’s toughest cycling events. Riding from one side of the United States to the other means pedalling 400km a day is the bare minimum needed to make it inside the 12-day time limit. Training to undertake such a feat takes hard work,...
It’s turning out that any brand worth it’s salt must have a gravel specific model in its range for 2020. And next on the list of brands producing an long distance off-road machine is Iconic Italian brand Colnago. Although it has had a long standing cyclocross model, the Prestige, in...
— Zesdaagse Gent (@zesdaagseGent) November 12, 2019 Mark Cavendish suffered a high-speed crash on the opening night of the Ghent Six Day. The first race day of the historic track event was eventually stopped early, after Belgian racer Gerben Thyssen suffered serious injuries in a fall and was rushed to...
A five-time Paralympic gold medallist has died after being hit by a car while riding his bike. Australian Kieran Modra, who competed in eight Paralympic Games, died on Wednesday (November 13) in a crash with a car while riding north of Adelaide. Modra, 47, competed in athletics and swimming before...
It’s no secret that Team Ineos riders receive the best of everything, whether its mattresses, team buses or medical care after injury. After his horrific crash at the Critérium du Dauphiné, Chris Froome started the long road to recovery with the support of his big budget team and is still...
Dr Richard Freeman has now been accused of obtaining testosterone for a non-athlete member of staff, while “knowing or believing it was to be administered to an athlete to improve their athletic performance.” Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Freeman is facing a medical misconduct panel over allegations he...
Alexander Vinokourov has spoken out after being acquitted of fixing the 2010 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, where he took his second victory at the oldest Monument. Following the end of his trial, Vinokourov celebrated his victory, releasing a statement that claimed those who had brought the allegations against him were trying...
Bora-Hansgrohe have confirmed they will let Sam Bennett leave the team. Bennett has been trying to leave Bora at the end of his contract after management left him off the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France squads. But the Irish sprinter’s future became uncertain when it was revealed he had...
André Greipel will be back in the WorldTour next year as he joins Israel Cycling Academy for 2020. The German sprinter terminated his contract with Arkéa-Samsic after just one season with the French Professional Continental outfit and will be returning to cycling’s top tier at 37 years old. Israel Cycling...
Mathieu van der Poel could make his Grand Tour debut at the 2020 Vuelta a España, according to his team. The 24-year-old star of cyclocross, mountain bike and road racing has huge ambitions for next season, including winning Olympic gold and taking on his first three-week race. Van der Poel’s...
Chris Froome has undergone a further operation to remove metal work in his hip and elbow as he continues to recover from injuries he sustained in the crash that derailed his 2019 season. The four-time Tour de France winner tweeted a picture showing him recovering in a hospital bed, having...
A section of the Abney Road climb has been washed away by the torrential rain that has caused flooding in areas in the Midlands and north of England. A month’s rain fell in 24 hours on Thursday and Friday, with seven ‘severe danger to life’ flood warnings being issued across...
Doctors across the UK could soon be prescribing their patients time on the bike to improve their mental wellbeing. The Cycle for Health scheme, now in its fourth year, offers people with long-term conditions a programme of cycling training to improve their mental health. During trials in West Yorkshire 141...
Interactive training company Peloton has lost $49.8 million in the first fiscal quarter of 2020, with share prices plummeting by 7.6 per cent on Tuesday following release of its financial report. Investors are concerned over the larger than anticipated losses; the company was expected to generate $199 million in revenue,...
A cyclist has been left fighting for his life after he was attacked by a gang of men wielding a hammer. The 22-year-old victim was riding along a road when an unknown number of men jumped out of a car and viciously attacked him. One of the thugs is believed...
“Cycling is in your blood. It’s passed on from father to son. And if it’s in you, you can fight it all you want, you can’t escape it. “But if there’s one thing I’ve learned from my dad, it’s fighting. Fighting against everything and everyone. Especially against yourself.” These are...
