Mark Cavendish soared past Caleb Ewan to take victory in the 40 lap Derny on the first evening of racing at Six Day London. The British sprint star went head-to-head with his rival and friend Ewan during the final lap of the last event of the night. Racing opened at...
Former Red Hook Crit winner David van Eerd has been banned from racing for four years after testing positive. The Dutchman, a familiar face on the fixed gear racing scene, was tested during the National Moutarde Crit in France last July, returning a positive result for CERA, a third-generation version...
Transgender athlete Rachel McKinnon successfully defended her track World Championship title in Manchester. McKinnon became the first transgender racer to win a rainbow jersey last season, competing in the 35-39 age category sprint during the UCI Masters Track World Championships in Los Angeles. The Canadian returned to defend the title...
Egan Bernal has said he doesn’t know if he will ride the 2020 Tour de France yet and that it will depend on his Ineos team, who will have a roster stacked with GC riders next year. In sentiments that have been echoed by Ineos riders over the past couple...
If you want to see how serious concussion can be, look no further than the footage of Latvian pro Toms Skujiņš crashing on a descent in the 2017 Tour of California. He picks himself up and stumbles helplessly across the road — into the path of a fast-descending chase pack, which...
Cube is a German bike manufacturer which boasts a wide ranging stable, with road bikes for racers, endurance plodders and everyone in between as well as a full roster of mountain bikes, hybrids and kids bikes. Founded in 1993 and based in Waldershof, Cube is responsible for the race ready Litening C:68...
Annemiek van Vleuten has revealed her disappointment about the 2020 edition of La Course as the race returns to Paris. Newly-crowned world champion Van Vleuten has called the decision to hold the women’s one-day race in Paris “a step back” after three years of varied racing. The organisers of the...
Strava has offered further explanation over the decision to remove Bluetooth and ANT+ connectivity from the app. The announcement that the social media for athletes would no longer work with external devices paired with a phone was met with disappointment from many users. Strava has said that connecting the app...
Mark Cavendish will continue his track cycling comeback at the Ghent Six Day next month. The British sprint star will kick off his winter on the boards at the Six Day London at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park velodrome next week, where he will race with Team Ineos rider Owain...
Sunweb rider Edo Maas may never walk again after he crashed into a car that had entered the course during a race. The 19-year-old collided with the vehicle while descending the famous Madonna del Ghisallo during Il Piccolo Lombardia in Italy earlier this month. Maas, from the Netherlands, was rushed...
Strava Announces App Will No Longer Support Bluetooth and ANT+ – What It Means for Cyclists Strava, the popular fitness tracking app used by millions of cyclists and runners worldwide, recently announced a significant change: it will no longer support Bluetooth and ANT+ sensors starting in May 2024. This decision...
Cannondale is a bike brand that makes high-quality machines for road and mountain biking. It sponsors WorldTour teams and also caters to amateur riders. The company started in 1970 as a producer of precast concrete housing. It later ventured into bike accessories, making the ‘Bugger’ bike trailer in 1971. It...
Chris Froome has described the 2020 Tour de France route as “the hardest I’ve seen in the last few years”, with the four-time winner hoping to make his comeback from injury in time to compete for a record-equalling fifth title. The 2020 course was unveiled today in Paris, with Froome’s...
Eddy Merckx suffered a haemorrhage during his bike fall and will remain in hospital for the next few days as doctors conduct further tests, it has emerged. It is not yet known whether the 74-year-old’s fall was caused by another ailment, but ultimately Merckx hit his head and suffered a heamorrhage...
As we near the end of the season, we are left with no option but to sit quietly and wait patiently for the 2020 season to come around, while riders take some well-earned time off before beginning their training regimes once more. However, for a number of riders the 2019...
A cyclist who was left for dead by a motorist has said his attacker’s 30-month prison sentence is too lenient. 61-year-old Craig Perrott was cycling in Tooting, London when he remonstrated with Abdool Choonka, 70, for pulling out of a junction and nearly hitting him. Mr Perrott, who had climbed...
Chris Froome has said Egan Bernal is prepared to support him at the 2020 Tour de France if the four-time champion proves to be the strongest rider in the Ineos roster. In an interview on France Télévisions, Froome was asked whether Bernal, the 2019 Tour winner, is prepared to support...
Arguably, tyres are the most important component on your bicycle: they’re the only part in contact with the ground, they keep you upright in the corners and have a significant influence on rolling speed. For this reason, tyres come in many different variations. Some are hard wearing and prioritise puncture...
Egan Bernal tore the peloton apart on his way to victory in Gran Piemonte 2019, after an utterly dominant performance by Team Ineos which saw them claim first and second. The British WorldTour team controlled the race for the entire final and set an unmatchable pace on the last climb,...
Vincenzo Nibali has voiced his support for the environmental movement, saying being a professional bike racer has provided him with the perfect vantage point to gain perspective on the issue. “I feel like a sailor pedalling for 35,000 kilometres a year,” Nibali told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera in an illuminating...
The owner of Velolife café could face jail if a council injunction is granted, banning cyclists from meeting there, according to his lawyers. Velolife café and workshop in Berkshire is locked in a legal battle with Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council, after the authority tried to stop cyclists...
An Italian under-23 rider has died after hitting his head on a pillar at high-speed during a sprint finish. Giovanni Iannelli fell 100 metres from the finish of the Trofeo Bassa Valle Scrivia in northern Italy, hitting his head with enough force to break his helmet, according to Italian media....
Primož Roglič, Egan Bernal, Julian Alaphilippe and Remco Evenepoel are among the names nominated for the 2019 Velo d’Or, awarded to the best cyclist of the year. 12 riders in total have been shortlisted, 11 men and one woman, Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) being the one female representative following her...
Whisky (or whiskey if you’re Irish or American) has a 1,000-year long history. According to legend, Irish monks travelling to Mediterranean countries encountered the fundamentals of distilling and introduced the technique on their return. The Irish and Scots have both staked claim to whisky’s origins, but certainly the Scots were...
André Greipel has terminated his contract with Arkéa-Samsic after just one season. The German sprinter asked the team management to terminate his contract at the end of the year and said he will soon make an announcement about his plans for 2020. Team manger Emmanuel Hubert said he has been...
Marion Sicot has once again denied doping as she confirmed her B sample also returned a positive for EPO. The Frenchwoman returned a positive during testing at the French time trial championships in June, later pulling out of La Course after being told of her positive result by anti-doping authorities....
The desire to step up to WorldTour level must be overwhelming for a young rider, with prodigies consistently leaving their imprint this season. With Egan Bernal becoming the youngest Tour de France winner in the modern era, Tadej Pogačar earning his place among cycling’s stars at the Vuelta, and Mads...
— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) October 3, 2019 A video has emerged showing an altercation between a Quick-Step and Sunweb rider after the finish of the Münsterland Giro. The incident happened as Sunweb sprinter Max Walscheid gave a post-race television interview, when Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s Florian Senechal appeared to hit...
Browsing photos of Nick Frendo waltzing his bike up and over the Dolomites of northern Italy, you’d never know the two wheels he’s now using to raise money and awareness for men’s mental health almost served as a means with which to end his life. Pointing the finger at “man...
A driver has been jailed after he sped through a red light and ploughed into a cyclist, before fleeing the scene. Jason Handley drove his Mercedes CLA at 54mph through a junction, almost twice the speed limit, when he hit the rider who was crossing the road. Handley, 31, initially...
