Kriss Kyle – Kaleidoscope (VIDEO)
Red Bull and Ridley Scott Associates have produced this incredibly stylish video featuring BMX rider Kriss Kyle, which has just been released today. The innovative set features a combination of moving set pieces and optical techniques which allow the 23 year-old Scot to showcase his skills. Well worth a watch!
ORICA-GreenEDGE confirm their 25-man roster for 2016 season
ORICA-GreenEDGE has confirmed a 25-man roster that will give the Australian outfit its most well-rounded squad ever, as it embarks on a fifth season as the nation’s first and only WorldTour team. In an active negotiation year, the construction of the 2016 team included eight omissions, ten contract extensions and seven new signings. “We had a lot of contracts up at...
Chris Froome provides more details about the publication of his physiological test results
Chris Froome (Team Sky) has provided more details today on the results and analysis of his physiological testing which is to be published by Esquire magazine on December 3. The analysis of the 2013 and 2015 Tour de France winner is based on his recent testing and that carried out at the World Cycling Centre in 2007. The Briton tweeted the...
Michael O’Loughlin is the latest Irish rider to turn pro as he signs for Team Wiggins
Top Irish junior Michael O'Loughlin has been signed by Team Wiggins, . He joins the British Continental team for the 2016 season alongside Liam Holohan from Madison Genesis. O'Loughlin of the Nicolas Roche Performance Team Magnet.ie has shown great ability against the clock in particular, in his career to-date. Earlier this year, he won the 2nd stage of the Trophée...
ONE Pro Cycling awarded Pro Continental Licence
British team ONE Pro Cycling have been successful with their application for a UCI Pro Continental licence for 2016. Following confirmation from the UCI, the team set up by former England cricketer Matt Prior and Yorkshire businessman Simon Chappell have been granted their licence and will become the first ever Professional Continental team to come out of Britain. CEO...
Slow-mo footage of crash shows the value of a helmet
This footage of a crash at the recent women's race at the Red Hook Crit Milano shows the value of wearing a helmet The video was uploaded to YouTube by Ivano Giovanolla and shows what looks like a touch of wheels between two team mates. Whilst the first rider carries on, the second woman crashes hard, banging her helmet off...
2015 Tour du Rwanda Promo Video
The 17th edition of the Tour du Rwanda (UCI 2.2) starts next weekend and below is a great promo video for the race. The eight-day race starts and finishes in Kigali and features a mix of national teams from Africa such as Algeria, South Africa, Gabon and Morocco and also a number of teams from Europe, Australia and the United...
Tom Gascoyne – The English champion cyclist killed at Passchendaele
By Graham Healy One of the many well-known cyclists killed in action during World War 1 was Tom "Jeb" Gascoyne. Although he was from England, Gascoyne ended up fighting for the Australians in France and Belgium. He had started bike racing back in 1893 and would go on to set a number of world records, including that for twenty-five miles, which...
‘Britain’s most hated cyclist’ films motorist reading The Daily Mail while driving
A man in London has recently posted footage on YouTube, showing a motorist in London reading The Daily Mail while driving. Dave Sherry captured the footage in Leyton, East London on October 27. Sherry pulls alongside the van while cycling and confronts the driver who can be seen with the newspaper open on his lap. "That's really safe innit mate?...
Graeme Obree on The Obree Way – in conversation with Richard Moore
Earlier this week, we posted a link to the movie 'The Flying Scotsman' the feature film made in 2006 telling the story about the Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree who broke the World Hour record on a bike he built himself. As a follow-up, this interview from a couple of years ago provides a good insight into the mind of...
Lars van der Haar wins the European Cyclo-Cross Championships
Lars van der Haar has taken the victory in the European Cyclo-Cross Championships in Huijbergen today and will be the first professional rider to wear the blue jersey. In an exciting finale, Lars was too strong for rival Wout van Aert. After the race Lars said: “It was a difficult, hard race. Wout (van Aert) was stronger on one...
Tour of Flanders sportive sells 4,000 entries in just 24 hours
The Tour of Flanders cyclosportive has sold 4,000 entries in just 24 hours. Entries for the sportive which takes place the day before the actual race opened on the 1st of November. Entries are limited to 16,000 for the sportive, which takes place on Saturday April the 2nd. Entries were not always limited but due to the popularity of the...