French TV programme shows how micro-dosing won’t be detected by biological passport
The TV channel France 2 broadcast a programme on their show Stade 2 on Sunday evening which demonstrates how the UCI Biological Passport can be circumvented through the use of micro-dosing of EPO, HGH, blood transfusions and corticosteroids. The experiment was run with the agreement of WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). The study was undertaken by the organisation Athletes for...
Bike cops ram protesters – This is not good
In this video it is quite clear that police on bikes decide to ram protesters in Seattle with their bikes. The reason behind it is not clear yet. Officers are seen using their bikes as a defense and then using pepper spray on the croud.
NRPT Magnet.ie ends French stage race with top 10 for Adam Stenson
The Nicolas Roche Performance Team (NRPT) Magnet.ie team have been taking part in the French stage race, the Tour des Portes du Pays d'Othe, and they finished the race with a solid top ten for Adam Stenson on the final stage based around Estissac. The race consisted of an opening road stage of 126 kilometres, followed by a split stage...
Never hug the kerb and other road positioning advice
This article on road positioning is taken from Cycle Commuter #13. Read the issue in full online here. It's well worth a read. Never hug the kerb. That's rule one of road positioning on a bicycle. You need to be further out into the road, sometimes right in the middle of the traffic stream. Less assertive cyclists worry that being...
Team Sky’s Q&A session with Philip Deignan
After helping Lars Petter Nordhaug to victory and finishing fifth on the opening stage at the Tour de Yorkshire, Team Sky asked their fans to put questions to Philip Deignan. Below are the questions the team selected and Philip's answers. What’s it been like riding in Yorkshire so far? How was the crowd? (Claire, Martin Holden, Matthew Eyre, Lorraine...
MTN-Qhubeka doctor highlights how successful this season has been for ex-dopers
The team doctor for MTN-Qhubeka, Jarrad Van Zuydam, has posted a tweet today highlighting the successes for ex-dopers this season, and it's something that has been particularly evident the past week. In Belgium, the Spaniard Alejandro Valverde took victory in both Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Valverde has been linked by documentary and DNA evidence to Operación Puerto, a blood-doping affair...
“A bicycle fetish is a gateway to substance abuse” Dublin journalist in bizarre tirade
Eamon Carr, a journalist for The Herald newspaper, has written a bizarre column attacking cyclists in Dublin, and exaggerating the supposed menace of cyclists. Amongst the arguments Carr makes are as follows: "As a committed pedestrian, I count 10 million chances of being knocked down by some over-enthusiastic twit unused to handling handlebars. Own up. How many times have you...
Giraffe suspected of killing cyclist in South Africa (VIDEO)
A cyclist in South Africa found dead next to his bike in a game reserve is believed to have been trampled to death by a giraffe, according to police. 45 year-old Braam Bosse was staying at the Thaba Monate Lodge near Bela Bela in Limpopo province with his family but went missing after going for a bike ride alone on...
“You just need to get away from life for a couple of hours and get on the bike” Bressie talks cycling
We caught up recently with Bressie, one of the 2015 ambassadors of the An Post Cycle Series, to talk about his growing interest in cycling. The singer, judge on The Voice of Ireland and former rugby and GAA player spoke to us about training, his future plans and what appeals to him about the sport. We first of all...
“Eddie knows he would’ve been a real shot for the win as he’d been feeling ‘mint’ all day”
It was a very interesting day for NFTO on the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire. Below is their description of the stage. There is not much more you can say about the 1st stage of the Tour of Yorkshire than it was an epic rollercoaster ride. At the end of the day two of the favourites of the...
Ahead of Alex Dowsett’s hour attempt, Chris Boardman talks about the record
Ahead of Alex Dowsett's attempt on the World Hour Record today in Manchester, Chris Boardman talks at the launch of Aviva's sponsorship of the Women's Tour and Tour of Britain about the Hour Record and the attempt by Dowsett and the upcoming attempt by Bradley Wiggins. Boardman first took the Hour Record in 1993, and he would go to set...
Pat McQuaid doesn’t rule out running for UCI presidency
Former UCI president Pat McQuaid has been at the Tour of Turkey this week, and he has spoken to the Turkish website www.mtbtr.com about the CIRC report, World Tour reforms, women's cycling and more. He was asked about the CIRC report, and McQuaid replied, "My take on is that it was a wonderful opportunity which was missed. I think it...