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Tour of Britain Photo Gallery
The Tour of Britain started yesterday with a 177-kilometre stage from Beaumaris to Wrexham. Here's some photos from that opening stage which was won by Elia Viviani (Team Sky).
Movistar mechanic tells soigneur to “hide the bike” (VIDEO)
Rumours of motorised doping have been circulating for some time now, with the UCI undertaking regular checks for motors in bikes. Amidst all of this, a strange video has emerged from the Vuelta. The Spanish newspaper Diario AS posted the video which they say shows a mechanic from the Movistar team saying to a soigneur "hide the bike." The team mechanic...
Top International Entry for An Post Rás na mBan 2015
Reigning world Scratch Race Champion Stephanie Pohl of Germany is among the star-line up of riders from Europe and beyond for this year's An Post Rás na mBan women's international stage race. Pohl, who won her World Track title in France last February ahead of Giorgia Bronzini and Kirsten Wild among others, is entered with the South Netherlands regional...
Protect your bike with these products from Bopworx – a Kickstarter company
If like us, you've had your bike damaged during transit, then the range of products from Bopworx may be what you have been looking for. The product range from the new Irish company has been developed to protect your bicycle and its surroundings while transporting a bike on a car rack, in a car, in a bike bag/box and...
Eddy Planckaert plans on setting a new World Hour Record
Ex-professional Eddy Planckaert, is set to establish a new World Hour Record in Rochefort, Belgium according to Sporza. He plans on establishing the record for a wooden bike, which has never been undertaken before. The former Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix winner is also planning on establishing a new speed record for a completely wooden bike. The record currently stands...
Mountain biker rides down the side of a dam (VIDEO)
We've gone down some steep descents in our time, but nothing like this. Primož Ravnik decided that he could make it down an incredibly steep dam slipway and he filmed it on his GoPro. The dam is somewhere in Slovenia, and is just over 60m tall. However, taking it on was a bit more tricky than it comes across in...
3,000 cyclists getting set to descend upon Dublin’s Smithfield
The heart of Dublin City, Smithfield, is getting ready to welcome over 3,000 eager cyclists and spectators to the inaugural Great Dublin Bike Ride. The first cycling event of its kind to happen in Dublin will takes place on Sunday 13th September and will be a flagship event in Ireland for the European Week of Sport (7-13th September). The...
Blind cyclists using just sound to navigate
This short video tells the story of two blind cyclists. The first one is Daniel Kish who is also known as the real batman. Daniel is head of the World Access for the Blind and he trains the visually impaired to achieve greater freedom through echolocation. This technique simulates a bat's night vision, perceiving the environment...
TV footage shows Sergio Paulinho’s motorbike incident
On Wednesday, the Tinkoff-Saxo rider Sergio Paulinho abandoned the Vuelta a Espana, after an incident involving a race motorbike. It followed on from an earlier incident in the race where a motorbike collided with another Tinkoff rider, Peter Sagan. The Spanish TV channel RTVE have since said released footage showing how the incident took place. RTVE have said that it was...
Sam Bennett close to the podium in the Tour of Alberta (VIDEO)
The second stage of the Tour of Alberta has been won by Australian Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) in a sprint finish ahead of Niklas Arndt (Giant-Alpecin) and Alexey Tsatevich (Katusha), with Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora Argon 18) in fifth. Todays's stage was a looped course in the County of Grande Prairie which started and finished at Evergreen Park. The first 130...
Ryan Mullen set to make Cannondale-Garmin debut in Tour of Britain
Irish time-trial champion Ryan Mullen is set to make his debut for the Cannondale-Garmin team at the Tour of Britain which starts in Anglesea this Sunday. He is expected to be announced as part of the six-man team which will aim to repeat their win in last year's edition. Dutchman Dylan van Baarle won the race for Garmin last year...
No Grand Tour double for Chris Froome as he retires from the Vuelta a Espana
Chris Froome (Team Sky) has confirmed this morning that he is retiring from the Vuelta, due to injuries from his crash in the opening kilometres of yesterday's stage as the race left Andorra. The Tour de France winner fractured a bone in his foot and had been unable to stand without help. The news had been expected as last night,...
Just over a week until the Great Dublin Bike Ride
With just over a week until the inaugural Great Dublin Bike Ride takes place, there is still time to register for the event. The ride takes place on Sunday, the 13th of September. The ride is for all abilities novice to expert, with both 60km and 100km routes. This event will be a flagship event in Ireland for the European...
Another Tinkoff-Saxo rider hit by a motorbike at the Vuelta
On the same day that the Tinkoff-Saxo team wrote an open letter to the Vuelta organisers Unipublic and also the UCI asking for action following the recent incident whereby one of the race motorbikes collided with Peter Sagan, another one of their team members has been hit today. Sergio Paulinho has also been hit by a motorbike today and has...
Eddie Dunbar included in NFTO team for Tour of Britain
NFTO have announced their team for the forthcoming Aviva Tour of Britain, and the 19 year-old Irish rider Eddie Dunbar has been included in the six-man team. The race starts in Anglesea, this Sunday (September 6th) and finishes the following Sunday in London. Directeur sportif of NFTO, Dave Povall, announced the squad on the NFTO team's website, saying: “After careful consideration...
Open letter related to the accident involving Peter Sagan at La Vuelta
Tinkoff-Saxo have written an open letter to the Vuelta organisers, Unipublic, and the UCI, regarding the recent accident at the race involving Peter Sagan. Sagan was hit from behind by a neutral service motorbike during the final kilometres of the 8th stage. The letter is below. to Unipublic S.A.U. ...