Motorbike takes Peter Sagan out of stage contention in Vuelta a Espana (VIDEO)
Directeur Sportif of the Tinkoff-Saxo team, Patxi Vila, has confirmed that it was a motorbike which caused Peter Sagan to crash in the closing kilometres of today's stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Television viewers saw the Slovakian champion lash out at a motorbike and also kick his bicycle in a fit of anger after the incident, where it could...
Dan Martin and Tejay van Garderen crash out of the Vuelta
Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) were amongst a number of riders forced to retire from the Vuelta following a massive crash with 50 kilometres left of the stage. The two riders have been taken to hospital. Martin had shown he was in great form in the race, having moved up to 3rd on GC, and coming...
Dan Martin in attacking form in Vuelta as Chris Froome loses time
Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) put in a solid performance on today's first big mountainous stage of the Vuelta, as he attacked the main group of favourites on the final climb, but was unable to gain any time on the other GC contenders. His cousin, Nicolas Roche, also rode very well to finish in the small group of big name favourites. The...
Google Self-Driving Car gives cyclists special consideration (VIDEO)
The ever evolving software behind Google's self driving car treats cyclists as a special category of moving objects. The software can detect if a cyclist raises their arm to change lane or to take a turn and corresponds accordingly by yielding to the cyclist until they have either taken the turn or moved back into their lane. This...
The Great American Bike Tour (VIDEO)
In 1975, the American department store JC Penney hired 12 college students to ride their bikes 4,000 miles from New York City to San Francisco. They were promoting their new disc brake equipped bikes OEM'd from Huffy Manufacturing. This 14-minute documentary chronicles their journey. The cyclists didn't exactly look well prepared for their journey, as they rode across the continent...
Go f*ck yourself with your Go-Pro You C**t
We are at a loss for words here. A mother and her children were cycling in a cycle lane just going about their daily life. She looked over her shoulder twice before overtaking a truck which was parked in the cycle lane. After that she was verbally abused by a driver who claimed she didn't. It's...
Jacques Anquetil and the first Vuelta-Tour double
If Chris Froome manages to win the Vuelta a España, he will become just the third rider to have won the Tour de France and Vuelta in the same season. It hasn’t happened since 1978 when Bernard Hinault won both races and prior to that, it was Jacques Anquetil who achieved the feat back in 1963, becoming the first...
Dan Martin puts in great ride to finish second in Vuelta (VIDEO)
Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) put in a great ride on today's stage of the Vuelta a Espana from Córdoba to Sierra de Cazorla. The Irish rider claimed second place 5" behind Johan Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge). The result now means that he moves into third place overall, leapfrogging his cousin Nicolas Roche (Team Sky), who also put in a storming ride. Martin...
Behind the scenes of Caleb Ewan’s Vuelta win
21 year-old Caleb Ewan (Orica-GreenEdge) took his first Grand Tour stage win at the Vuelta a Espana yesterday on the stage from Rota to Alcalá de Guadáira. The Australian had a great lead-out from his Orica-GreenEdge teammates before getting past John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) in the closing metres. This edition of Backstage Pass from Orica-GreenEdge shows how well the team...
This cyclist getting a helping hand from a car reminded us of somebody
This Nissan Tiida commercial from 2007 features a bike race where one of the competitors is obviously struggling and decides to get some help from a support car. It reminded us a little bit of a similar incident in the Vuelta this week. Although Vincenzo Nibali didn't actually climb into the Astana team car, his acceleration away from the group...
The Col Collective on Mont Ventoux (Malaucène)
The latest video from The Col Collective sees Mike Cotty take on Mont Ventoux. The route from Bédoin is the most commonly used route for amateurs and also in the Tour de France. However, this video sees Mike tackle the mythical climb from the Malaucène side. Below is his description. As one of the most mythical mountains in cycling history, Mont...
Van driver attacks innocent cyclist (PARODY)
Cameras on bikes are an amazing step forward in safeguarding cyclists when out on their bikes. Some riders though seem to take it to the extreme to find problems to capture and then try and wind up drivers to get a reaction. Check out this great parody by Broken Toaster if you want a good laugh.