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Llama joins in with bike race
This video is from a race in Edmonton, Canada where a llama decided to join in the action, running alongside the bunch for a time. Some of the cyclists managed to get past, but other riders struggle to safely pass the animal, due to oncoming traffic. Eventually they were able to get around it. Luckily, neither the llama or any...
Tramlines and cobblestones in the tour of Croatia
Watch the closing stages of the Tour of Croatia stage 5 as the riders have to battle with tramlines and cobblestones. While the cobbles and the tramlines made for very exciting viewing it might life very tough for riders further back in the peleton as they had to ride into them blind. Luckily there were no big crashes to...
The route and climbs of Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Below is a map of the route and the key climbs that will feature in today's Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Km 79.0 - Côte de La Roche-en-Ardenne - 2.8 kilometre-long climb at 6.2% Km 125.5 - Côte de Saint-Roch - 1 kilometre-long climb at 11.2% Km 169.0 - Côte de Wanne - 2.7 kilometre-long climb at 7.4% Km 175.5 - Côte de Stockeu - 1 kilometre-long...
British and French squads are the latest teams announced for An Post Rás
The British Madison Genesis team and the French Pays de Dinan squad are the latest teams to announce that they will compete in this year’s An Post Ras. The British squad is likely to feature the Irishman Dom Jelfs, who was sixth in the National Road Race Championships last year, as well as Liam Holohan, Matt Holmes and Erick...
Cyclist celebrates Tour of Croatia stage win, bit there’s still a lap remaining (VIDEO)
This isn't the first time that this has happened, and undoubtedly won't be the last. On yesterday's stage of the Tour of Croatia, a rider from the Rusvelo team sprinted for the finish line and had no real challengers as he celebrated his "win". Unfortunately for the cyclist, there was still a lap to go. He only seems to have...
Dan Martin’s team remain hopeful that he will be able to start Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Following on from his crash in Wednesday's Fleche Wallonne, Dan Martin's Cannondale-Garmin team have released a statement regarding his injuries and his chances of starting Sunday's Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The statement is below: "We've had a lot of you asking after Dan Martin following his crash yesterday at Flèche Wallonne. Here's what we can share now: Medical staff continues to closely monitor Dan...
“Ryan Mullen is a certainty for the race” Kurt Bogaerts talks about team selection for the Rás
Kurt Bogaerts, team manager of the An Post-Chain Reaction - Sean Kelly team, has given some idea of the riders who could be part of the line-up in this year's Rás, although the current run of injuries and illness within the team has complicated things. He confirmed: “Ryan Mullen is racing again this weekend after his crash in the...
$500 versus $8000 road bike – which is best?
YouTube user durianrider took his cheap $500 Reid Alloy bike and compared it to results on the same climb which he did on his $8000 Cervelo Carbon machine. As you would expect the Cervelo required less wattage to get up the hill but how much and how much quicker was it?
TRAINGATE – Yet another train incident at a bike race
Traingate is probably the wrong name as there was no gate but it’s happened again with riders crossing a level crossing during a race when the barriers coming down. It happened at the weekend during the U23 Liege-Bastogne-Liege. As can be seen in the video below, a number of riders crossed the train line while the lights were red, and...
“Hopefully I can find the right tactics to be in front at the bottom of the Mur de Huy” Dan Martin
Dan Martin is confident ahead of today’s Fleche Wallonne and believes he can go one better than last year, when he finished second behind Alejandro Valverde. On Sunday, he had his best result to-date in Amstel Gold where he finished in 15th place, so he’s clearly in good form. "I believe I can take a step higher on the...
The most unbelievable Fleche Wallonne ever (VIDEO)
By Graham Healy To say that the 1994 Fleche Wallone raised eyebrows would be to put it mildly. The Italian Moreno Argentin and two of his Gewiss team-mates, Evgeni Berzin and Giorgio Furlan filled the podium, but it was the manner of the win which was astounding. The trio just rode away from the rest of the peloton with 69...
The rider who got very lost in the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
One of the riders in last weekend's U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège had a little bit of an adventure when he got lost during the race and arrived at the finish four hours after the winner Guillaume Martin (CC Étupes). Dylan Durand was left behind by the peloton at the Côte des Rosiers, 75 kilometres from the finish. He cycled on alone on...
GCN first impressions of the neww SRAM 1x
Global Cycling Network went out on a test ride with SRAM to try out the new 1x system for the road. They number crunch the various gear ratio options to give a good insight into the pros and cons of the system on the road.
Vincenzo Nibali checks out the cobbled sectors to be used in the Tour de France
This year's Tour de France will again visit Northern France, where one of the stages will use cobbled sectors from Paris-Roubaix. Following on from his impressive performance over the pavé last year, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) has been checking out the stage. On Friday, Nibali rode the sectors to be used during the fourth stage of the Tour from Seraing to...
Eddie Dunbar’s team unveil new sponsor in bid to move to Pro Continental level
NFTO have announced details of a new partnership with a fund management company, Aberdeen Asset Management, which they hope to build on to enable the team to move to Pro Continental level next year. The sponsorship will start next month, when the company logo will appear on the team's jerseys at the Tour de Yorkshire. Aberdeen Asset Management may become...
Dan Martin ranked as outsider for Ardennes by Belgian press.
Sporza have rated the chances of the big names for the forthcoming Ardennes classics, and Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) has been given just one star out of three in their rating system. The three top favourites for the Ardennes races according to the Belgian website are Joaquim Rodriguez (Team Katusha), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team). Gilbert has won...