Those over the hill are more likely to be riding up and down the other side, according to Strava data Image: Dan Gould Cyclists over 50 are the most active bike riders in the UK, according to Strava’s annual year report. The data also showed that it was riders in...
Lance Armstrong thanks an investment in Uber for “saving his family” when he was under fire to pay legal settlements for doping. An investigation in 2012 showed Armstrong cheated for much of his career. He was given a lifetime ban and stripped of results, including his seven Tour de France...
The Interbike Trade Show will not hold a 2019 event, potentially signaling an end to the show’s 37-year run as North America’s largest bicycle trade event. The news was reported Thursday evening by Bicycle Retailer and Industry News. The news comes one year after the event was relocated from Las...
The ‘voice of the Tour de France’ Sherwen died from heart failure, aged 62 Paul Sherwen (left) and Phil Liggett at Paris-Roubaix (Picture: Watson) Cycling broadcaster Phil Liggett says the death of his colleague and close friend Paul Sherwen is “hard to believe.” The long-time Tour de France commentating partnership...
The Trek-Drops women’s team has been saved from closure after launching a fundraising campaign. Earlier this year, team bosses announced that their new title sponsor for 2019 had pulled out at the last minute. The team then launched an ambitious fundraising campaign in the hopes of raising £250,000 to stay...
Following Sherwen’s death at 62, we remember his gritty performance to finish the 1985 Tour de France. Paul Sherwen, who died in his sleep Sunday at the age of 62 at his home in Uganda, had a long career as a television commentator — 33 years with Phil Liggett as...
After 33 years commentating the Tour de France alongside Paul Sherwen, Phil Liggett remembers his partner who died Sunday at 62. One of sports television’s most recognizable duos broke apart abruptly Sunday. No one was more stung by the news of Paul Sherwen’s passing than his longtime commentating partner Phil...
The cycling world is in mourning after the death of broadcaster and retired professional Paul Sherwen. Sherwen died in Kampala, Uganda at the age of 62. Friends, colleagues and fans from around the cycling world have shared tributes to the “voice of the Tour de France.” Sherwen became a household...
NBC Sports analyst Paul Sherwen dies at age 62. He was a pro cycling pioneer in the 1970s and 1980s. Renowned as the voice of cycling, ex-professional and NBC Sports analyst Paul Sherwen died Sunday. He was 62. The cycling community was reeling Sunday at news of Sherwen’s death. One...
Tour de France winner cuts final ties with former management company Wiggins switched management companies in January 2017 (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) Bradley Wiggins has cut the final ties with his previous management company XIX as he take full control of Team Wiggins. Simon Fuller’s XIX had held a...
British squad returns to its classic black jersey look for next year Team Sky will return to its classic black look for the 2019 season after a brief dalliance with white jerseys this year. The new kit does however incorporate some dark blue over the shoulders which then fades down...
Nearly four dozen riders are calling an end to their careers. Here are some of the notables. Phil Deignan is the latest rider to call curtains on his career at the conclusion of 2018. This year sees several above-the-title stars as well as some notable support actors riding into the...
High intensity interval training, or HIIT for short, was named one of the top fitness trends in the world for 2019, based on an annual survey by the American College of Sports Medicine. This super hard, super effective style of training isn’t just the “it” workout of the moment—of the...
Raise your hand if you’ve not spent a season rolling aboard a set of Continental Grand Prix 4000 tyres, in one guise or another? You’re in the minority if your hands are – at least metaphorically – by your sides. The GP 4000 has earned a reputation for balancing performance...
After presenting the route of the Tour de France each year, Christian Prudhomme concludes by delivering something akin to a brief state of the union address, outlining the concerns of organiser ASO. The race director this year availed of the platform to call for a ban on the use of...
After two silver medals and four bronze medals, 38-year-old Valverde belatedly secured a year in the famous rainbow bands after triumphing in a slow-building 258.5km race in Austria. In a four-way sprint for gold, Valverde kicked clear to win by a bike length ahead of Bardet and Woods, with Dutchman...
Alejandro Valverde has been crowned world champion after triumphing in a thrilling final to the elite men’s road race in Innsbruck. The 38-year-old Spaniard conquered the dreaded 28% gradients of Höttinger Höll and bested his strongest rivals in a four-up sprint at the line. Valverde’s win came after a brutal...
By Timothy Fernandez Australian cycling star Richie Porte’s hopes of a strong finish to the season appear to be over after Cycling Australia revealed he will miss the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Austria due to illness. In a statement Australia’s cycling governing body said the 33-year-old has failed...
It’s a feat inconceivable to most sound-minded mortals: This past Sunday, Denise Mueller-Korenek rode a bicycle more than 180 mph—183.93 to be exact, which is faster than the takeoff speed of an Airbus A340—and crushed the motor-paced bicycle land speed record. 30 Insane Cycling World Records This was...
Reigning world champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) completed this year’s Vuelta a España with his sixth podium finish on a stage of the Spanish Grand Tour on Sunday. Sagan had started the Vuelta’s final stage hoping that he would repeat one of his earliest Grand Tour bunch-sprint victories. Back in 2011, in...
Kristina Vogel broke down into tears as she gave an emotional account of the tragic accident that left her paralysed. Vogel, a German two-time track cycling Olympic gold medallist, has faced devastating consequences after a freak crash during training earlier this summer. Completing a session on a concrete circuit in...
Olympic track cyclist Kristina Vogel has announced she is paralysed after suffering a spinal injury during a crash in training. “It is s–t, there’s no other way to put it,” she told Der Spiegel (h/t Reuters, via NBC Sports). “No matter how you package it, I can’t walk anymore. But I...
Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas look set to miss the World Championships in Innsbruck later this month after a gruelling season to date. Speaking before stage four of the Tour of Britain, Team Sky sports director Brett Lancaster confirmed that the two Grand Tour winners won’t be making the journey...
Kanstantsin Siutsou has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for blood booster EPO, the UCI announced on Wednesday. The Belarusian rider for Bahrain-Merida returned the positive in an out-of-competition test on July 31, in a planned control by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF). Siutsou is now provisionally suspended and has...
A giant bicycle designed to celebrate the Tour of Britain has been transformed into an even more disproportionately sized hillside penis, after tricksters tampered with the design. The structure, adorning Capstone Hill in Devon and made from cardboard and reclaimed plastic, was altered overnight and revealed amid the glory of...
Edvald Boasson Hagen and double Vuelta a España stage winner Ben King have signed contract renewals to stay with Dimension Data next season. The South African squad also announced on Monday that Reinardt Janse van Rensburg will remain on the roster in 2019. Dimension Data have already announced a number...
Benjamin King had never won a Grand Tour stage prior to the Vuelta Great Britain’s Simon Yates took the overall lead as American Benjamin King produced a second win of the 2018 Vuelta a Espana on stage nine. Yates finished ninth on a day where an 11-strong breakaway group built...
In his fifth year of riding in cycling’s Grand Tours, Ben King picked up his first stage win Tuesday. The 29-year-old from Virginia beat Nikita Stalnov by two seconds to win Stage 4 at the Vuelta a Espana in a mountaintop finish. Michal Kwiatkowski retained the overall leader’s red jersey, but the Team...
The velodrome in Newport will become known as the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales, with Newport City Council and Newport Live – which runs the operation of the velodrome – confirming the 32-year-old had accepted the invitation. As well as his success on the road with the Tour de...
Sagan will be in search of stage wins along with Rafal Majka, who had attempted a GC challenge at the Tour de France in July before falling out of contention. German Emanuel Buchmann will lead the team’s overall challenge in Spain. Three-time world champion Sagan will use the race a...
