Conor Dunne and Jack Wilson to line up in Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
The An Post Chain Reaction team will be in action today in Belgium for the one-day race Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1.1). The race itself will take place in Koolscamp in West Flanders and span a gruelling 192km, part of which will be tough terrain where the riders will have to navigate some tricky cobbled climbs. Conor Dunne will feature in...
Marco Polo Cycling Team to relaunch as a team for refugees
The Marco Polo Cycling Team issued a press release today stating their intention to start racing again next year, with a team comprised of refugees, mainly from Eritrea. The Marco Polo Cycling Club was founded in December 2000 by Nathan Dahlberg, Anno Pedersen, Gudo Kramer and Remko Kramer. The collective mission of all Marco Polo Cycling projects is to...
(VIDEO) Riding a bike along a 18m-long slackline, 112m above a gorge at an altitude of 2,700m
Four time trials UCI World Champion Kenny Belaey takes on a 112 meter slackline crossing "Roche Fendue" on a high line at over 100 meters above the rocky ground below. “The moment my wheel touched the actual slackline for the very first time, after months of training and preparation and while being so self-confident, the only thing I could think...
Myra Canyon abandoned railway biking
Myra Canyon is quite a unique mountain bike trail as it includes 18 trestles (bridges) and 2 tunnels through the mountain on the old Kettle Valley railway which is several hundred kilometers long. Myra canyon is located near Kelowna in British Columbia and the tracks date back to the early 1900’s when silver was discovered near Nelson, BC....
Trailer for a new film about Michi Hange’s Race Around Ireland
A trailer has been released for the upcoming film from Julius Besner about the German ultra-cyclist Michi Hange. He recently finished the 2,196km Race Around Ireland race in 128 hours and 26 minutes. This gave him 4th place in the Men's solo race, and he had an average speed of 17.10km/h. It was the third year in a row that...
Bike thieves caught in the act in Russia
These three young criminals thought they had committed the perfect crime. Well either that or they are a little on the stupid side to think they weren't being recorded at some stage. Thanks to whoever was monitoring the security system these bike snatchers didn't get too far with the two stolen bikes.
“It would be stupid to stop after the season I’ve just had” – Jack Wilson
Following on from a very difficult season, the Irish rider Jack Wilson has spoken about the difficulties he encountered and the decision to revise his plans from the start of the year. The season started badly for the An Post-Chain Reaction rider when he crashed in the UCI 1.1 Ronde van Zeeland Seaports in March, badly hurting his left shoulder....
Sep Vanmarcke practices his time trialling with a bidon balanced on his back
Belgian cyclist Sep Vanmarcke has posted a video on Twitter which shows his rock steady position on the bike. In the video, he's using his time-trial bike and balancing a bidon on his back. Vanmarcke posted the video with the message 'Testing my Aerodynamics' and he's looking pretty aerodynamic to us. The Lotto-JumboNL rider is due to take part in the...
“One of my hardest rides ever but I made it!” – Kris Boeckmans thanks his supporters
The Belgian rider Kris Boeckmans has tweeted a message this morning thanking the support and messages that he has received during his fight back from the injuries sustained during a high-speed crash on the eighth stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Amongst his injuries were facial trauma with several fractures, a concussion, three broken ribs, pneumothorax, laceration of the lung,...
Maria Larkin set to make Cyclo-Cross World Cup debut at Cross Vegas today
Irish rider Maria Larkin is set to make her UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup debut at CrossVegas later today. The race in Las Vegas is the first round of this season's series. She will compete against many of the biggest names in the sport including Sanne Cant and Ellen van Loy of Belgium, Great Britain's Helen Wyman, Hanka Kupfernagel of Germany,...
Push Your Limits with Adam Hansen (VIDEO)
The Australian rider Adam Hansen (Lotto-Soudal) finished the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid on Sunday in 55th position. In doing so, he achieved a record-breaking 13 consecutive Grand Tours completed. This video produced by Tacx follows Hansen over the past four months as he set about competing in and finishing the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta. "Basically, I think...
Awesome Go-Pro tour of New York with Pro BMX rider Nigel Sylvester
Very slickly produced Go-Pro point of view video with Pro rider Nigel Sylvester taking us on a tour of New York on his BMX. At first glance the video looks kind of reckless with near misses with pedestrians but as the video goes on you can tell it is all staged. The video also features a lot of the...