Pre Tour De France Interview With Chris Froome
Dan from GCN catches up with Chris Froome in Monaco ahead of the 2015 Tour de France. Froome was the winner of the 2013 Tour de France and is hopeful of doing the same again this year. After taking two stage wins and the overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné his form is looking good ahead of...
Dutch police withdraw threat to strike at the Tour de France
Dutch police have decided not to protest at Sunday's stage of the Tour de France over a pay dispute. Their original plan for protesting on that stage from Rotterdam to Zeeland, was to stop the publicity caravan that precedes the race, at a traffic checkpoint. This would have resulted in the cyclists also having to stop. Instead, unions representing the...
Paralysed Rider Martyn Ashton is Back On Track
Martyn Ashton is famous for the video Road Bike Party which was released in 2012 which has over 12 million hits on YouTube. In the video Martyn rides an unmodified carbon road bike and performs a series of stunts which would normally be done on a mountain bike or a trails bike. Martyn is a former British...
When prologues go wrong – Pedro Delgado and the 1989 Tour de France
Prologues in the Tour de France generally don't have too much impact on GC. Race favourites may gain or lose a few seconds over each other, but in the bigger scheme of things, it’s not going to make too much difference to the final result. However, in the 1989 Tour de France, one of the race favourites, more or less,...
Watch Dan Martin descend in the Pyrenees (VIDEO)
Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) has been taking part in a training camp in Andorra recently in preparation for the Tour de France. His team have produced this video of Dan on one of the Pyrenean descents, and the video also includes Garmin VIRB XE data overlay featuring speed, watts, rpm, gradient and heart rate. The Irishman is targeting a number of...
Sam Bennett 50-1 to win opening road stage of the Tour de France – Worth a punt?
Paddy Power are offering odds of 50-1 on Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) to win the opening road stage of the Tour de France from Utrecht to Zeeland on July 5th, with Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quick Step) the favourite ahead of Andre Greipel. Bennett will be making his debut at the Tour this year, but has taken notable scalps over the past...
8 people have been killed in London cycling so far this year. 6 have been women and 7 involved a lorry
Cyclists staged a 'Die-In' in London on the 29th of June where cyclist Ying Tao, 26, was killed in a crash involving a tipper truck while cycling near the Bank of England in The City of London on Monday morning, 22 June. She was the second cyclist to be killed on the roads Within 36 hours. On...
How Do Bikes Stay Up?
There are quite a few factors involved in keeping your bike upright other than just forward motion. Can you guess what they are?
BIKE! The amazing world of cyclists in Utrecht
The Dutch city of Utrecht is the starting point for this year's Tour de France, and this film showcases the importance of the bike to the people of the city. Leading up to the Grand Départ in 2015 a group of film makers from the city made a documentary style film about their bike culture. "Step inside the amazing mini-Tour...
“I think my role this year will be quite different to some other years” Nicolas Roche
Nicolas Roche (Team Sky) has spoken to Sky Sports News in advance of the Tour de France about his excitement at taking part in the race. He said: “I’m really proud and excited to be part of Team Sky for their sixth Tour de France. It was a great start to the year and nice to be a part of...
Who’s going to win the Tour de France? (POLL)
This year's Tour de France sees four main contenders vying for the title, Chris Froome (Team Sky), Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo_ and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and this year's race could prove to be the most intriguing in years. But who do you think is going to win? Chris Froome The Briton is favourite to win the race, having recently...
Brumotti – Road Bike Freestyle 2 (VIDEO)
Martyn Ashon's Road Bike Party inspired Brumotti to change his trials riding to using a road bike and take it to a whole new level, showing off his incredible riding skills. From the Tinkoff Saxo team bus, to Italian quarries via the Californian sunshine, Road Bike Freestyle 2 showcases Vittorio's incredible riding around the world Vittorio rides a Montante bike...