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Report from Team iTap’s triumph at Rás Maigh Eo
By Jonathan Gibson It has been a couple of funny weeks for the team with riders carrying infections and stomach upsets so the team had been in recovery and focusing on there preparations for Ras Maigheo. This was the team's first main target to win after the opening races of the season. With all riders being through a period of...
Levi’s Commuter – Now for Women
The mens collection has been around for a few months now so it's nice see Levi's releasing a range for woman too. Some pretty funky and innovative gear it has to be said. It makes sense to have commuter specific clothes to avoid the normal wear and tear on clothes that happens when you're on the...
Organisers of Ghent-Wevelgem introduce podium boys for the women’s race
The organisers of Ghent-Wevelgem have announced that they will use 'podiummisters' for the women's race on March 29th. "Mister Belgium Personality" Fabio Ronti and "Mister Universe Model Belgium" Philip Moers are the men selected to be involved in the podium ceremony. The use of podium girls at races has come in for increasing criticism over the past number of years, with...
This Go-Pro footage from the Ronde van Zuid Holland is possibly the best we’ve seen yet
This Go-Pro footage really shows what it can be like racing in certain parts of Europe with regard to coping with street furniture. The footage is from the 170 kilometre Ronde van Zuid Holland which took place in Den Haag/The Hague at the weekend. It was uploaded by the Belgian rider Roel Defauwes, and shows how he avoids crashes,...
Proposed rule change in Victoria for drivers to leave cyclists a one-metre buffer when overtaking
A new bill tabled by the Green Party is to be put to Victoria State Parliament in Australia this week which would require drivers and motorbike riders to leave at least a one-metre buffer when overtaking cyclists, and 1½ metres when travelling on a road with a speed limit of more than 60 km/h. The bill would see Victoria follow...
Lance Armstrong said to have met with Travis Tygart to try and reduce ban
According to an article in The New York Times, Lance Armstrong recently met with Travis Tygart, the head of USADA, in a bid to have his lifetime ban from sports overturned. The article said the source of the information was a person familiar with the meeting. Armstrong and Tygart were said to have met for the first time in more...
2015 Tour of Britain route announced
The 2015 Friends Life Tour of Britain has been officially launched in London this evening, with a route that includes the race's toughest ever summit finish, a revamped final stage in the heart of London and a first ever Grand Depart for Wales. Other firsts for British Cycling's premier road cycling event include a stage start in the Scottish capital...
Skins Chairman Jaimie Fuller speaks out about Team Sky’s zero tolerance policy
Jaimie Fuller, the chairman of the Australian sportswear company SKINS wrote a piece earlier this week about the zero tolerance policy used by Team Sky, and why it's unrealistic stance to take. This is the article below: In case you didn’t know, Team Sky is the British cycling team that took out the Tour de France titles in 2012 and...
Impressive skill from Italian rider Vittorio Brumotti
This is pretty impressive from Vittorio Brumotti, with absolutely no room for error. Brumotti holds an impresive ten Guinness World Records, including longest platform to platform bicycle jump, most consecutive back wheel pogo hops and highest jump into water from a bicycle. He also made a world record climb o a bike up the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai.
Why a lot of cyclists won’t mourn Jeremy Clarkson disappearing from our TV screens
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has hinted that he is set to leave the BBC, which follows on from his suspension for allegedly punching Oisin Tymon, an Irish producer of the programme. It has been claimed that Clarkson called Tymon ‘a lazy, Irish c**t’, If he does leave Top Gear, a lot of cyclists won't be too disappointed with the...
Highlights of the first round of the Women’s Road World Cup, the Ronde van Drenthe
The 138-km race was the first round of the 2015 UCI Women Road World Cup starting and finishing in Hoogeveen. Some 120 riders took to the start of the 2015 edition of the race, in dry but cold and foggy conditions. It was the 9th edition of the race, and the riders would have to cover a number of...
Former Olympic athlete Marian Heffernan talks about the appeal of cycling
Amongst the ambassadors for the recently launched An Post cycle series in Ireland is former international athlete Marian Heffernan. The 400 metre runner competed for Ireland in the 4 x 400m relay at the London Olympics in 2012. She is also a former national women's 400m champion. Since retirement, Marian has been involved in coaching her husband Rob, who won...
Irish riders Eddie Dunbar and Jack Wilson in attacking form in Belgium
Irish riders Jack Wilson (An Post - Chainreaction) and Eddie Dunbar (NFTO) put in good performances today in the UCI 1.2 Omloop van het Waasland in Belgium, as they both made it into breaks during the day. The 192 km race in the region between Antwerp and Ghent consisted of an initial 62 km loop followed by nine laps of...
Belgian champion Jolien D’hoore speaks about anorexia problems in the peloton
Belgian champion Jolien D'hoore (24) has spoken to Het Nieuwsblad about problems she witnesses in the peloton with anorexia. "I may be a professional cyclist," she says, "but I'm not on the scales every day. As a sprinter, I have to watch my weight, but if I weigh a kilo or two extra, that is not a disaster. What adds...
Sean Kelly wins on the Col d’Eze in the ’82 Paris-Nice (VIDEO)
Paris-Nice finishes on the Col d'Eze today, and it was a climb that Irish riders won on from 1981 to 1989 in the Race to the Sun, with Sean Kelly taking five wins to Stephen Roche's four. We look back at Kelly's first victory on the climb in 1982. Following on from Stephen Roche's overall win in the 1981 Paris-Nice,...
Lance Armstrong to ride some of the Tour de France route to raise money for charity
Lance Armstrong is set to ride some of the Tour de France route this year to help raise money for the Cure Leukaemia charity. He has been invited by former footballer Geoff Thomas who is aiming to raise more than £1 million. Former English international Thomas is cycling the entire route of this summer’s Tour de France one day ahead...