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One of the World’s best ever cyclo cross riders, Eric de Vlaeminck is struggling with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
Roger de Vlaeminck, has revealed that his older brother Eric is struggling with both Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. He was speaking on a preview programme for the World Cyclo Cross Championships on Belgian TV. Eric holds the record for having won the Cyclo Cross World Championships seven times (in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973). He missed...
Looking back at the clash between Sean Kelly and Juan Fernandez at the ’87 Tour of Catalonia
By Graham Healy During his career, Sean Kelly established a reputation as somebody not to be messed with during a sprint, and a brilliantly timed photograph from the 1987 Tour of Catalonia demonstrates how he was well able to handle himself at the finish. Kelly had started the race that year hoping for a hat trick of wins having taken overall...
Elite Men’s Race Cyclo-cross World Championships LIVE
We're hopeful that the geo restrictions which prevented some from watching the World Championships yesterday have been removed. Coverage of the men's race starts at 13:50 CET / 12:50 GMT. Start List 2 BOROS Michael CZE 3 PAPRSTKA Tomas CZE 4 SIMUNEK Radomir CZE 5 PETRUS Lubomir CZE 7 BINA Martin CZE 8 LASAK Matej CZE 10 PAUWELS Kevin BEL...
Ever wondered why cyclists ride two abreast? Here’s why
As part of the Stayin' Alive at 1.5 campaign, Wexford County Council have produced a video which helps to explain why it's actually beneficial to the motorist when cyclists travel two abreast. They have compared the time for a motorist overtaking a group of cyclists who are riding single file to a group riding two abreast. The aim of the Stayin'...
Bike messenger versus taxi in Chicago
As one of the fastest bike messengers in the world, Nico Deportago-Cabrera knows his hometown of Chicago, IL better than anyone. To test his knowledge of the streets, Nico straps on a Sony Action Cam and puts his skills up against the best cab driver he can find in a head-to-head race across the city from the Willis Tower...
“Super Bowl is small fries compared to the World Cycling Championships”
The Washington Post published an article comparing this weekend's much hyped Super Bowl to the forthcoming World Cycling Championships in Richmond, and included some interesting statistics. In the article entitled, "Super Bowl is small fries compared to this: World cycling race is coming to Richmond", they have compared the projected TV figures the two events, outlining that "The organizers figure...
An Post Rás launch video featuring former winner David McCann
The 2015 edition of the An Post Rás was launched this week, and the race will begin in Dunboyne, travelling clockwise around Ireland with stage finishes in Carlow, Tipperary, Bearna, Newport, Ballina, Ballinamore and Drogheda, before the customary finale in Skerries. Former winner David McCann, and a number of other cyclists, Brian Geraghty, Damien Shaw, Sean McKenna and Eoin Morton,...
Jack Bobridge is ready for his Hour attempt (Video)
Jack Bobridge (Budget Forklifts) will tackle the Hour Record tomorrow night (Saturday) in Melbourne, and has said that he's "feeling pretty good" and that his performance in the Tour Down Under has given him increased confidence. He says that he will be "going to go to hell and back, probably several times in those last 15 minutes" in his attempt...
Campagnolo workers strike over relocation of a part of the production to Romania
Following on from the announcement that 68 out of 399 Campagnolo workers of the Vicenza plant will be laid-off, mainly in the manufacturing areas, workers decided to go on strike. In 2005, the company founded in Vicenza in 1933 by Tullio Campagnolo, opened its first Romanian plant. The second facility followed four years ago. Part of the production was relocated...
Paris Roubaix route announced
With a total distance of 253 kilometres between Compiègne and the Roubaix velodrome, the 113th edition of the Queen of the Classics, which will take place on 12th April, holds 52.7 km of cobbles in store for the riders (1.6 km more than in 2014). The cobbles will be spread over 27 sections, three of which will also be...
Chain Reaction Cycles Emerald Enduro sells out in less than a minute
The 2nd Round of the 2015 Enduro World Series will take place in Ireland from the 22nd to the 24th of May this year. The event will involve several timed technical downhill stages, in a rally style format called 'Enduro'. The rider with the fastest combined stage times on day shall be crowned the winner. Entries went on sale yesterday,...
Boris Johnson gives go-ahead for cycle superhighway through London
Boris Johnson has confirmed he would build Europe’s longest segregated urban cycle lane through central London after delays likely to be suffered by motorists were reduced. The Mayor approved the “Crossrail for bikes” protected route through Parliament Square and along the Victoria Embankment and Upper Thames Street after it won overwhelming public support. A total of 84 per cent of...
Dan Martin to start his season today in Mallorca
Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) is set to make his season debut today in the Trofeo Santanyí–Ses Salines–Campos on Mallorca. The opening race of the Challenge Mallorca is 175km and despite having a short climb to the finish, is one of the flatter of the four races. The Challenge Mallorca consists of four one-day races with teams able to change their line-ups...
Team Sky: The First Five Years
It is hard to believe it is only five years since the creation of Team Sky. In this video they look back over those years and the many achievements of the team.
Road Sage
Take a look at this POV video of some pretty insane bike messengers. It is one of those videos that stirs mixed emotions. On one hand it is well filmed, well edited and has a pretty good sound track and the action is quite exhilarating. On the other hand what they are doing is pretty reckless...
Redbull / Dark Woods
Check out this video by the Redbull crew of Drew Bezanson and Morgan Wade getting some serious air and doing some crazy drop-ins on their custom made jump park.