The route and climbs of Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Below is a map of the route and the key climbs that will feature in today's Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Km 79.0 - Côte de La Roche-en-Ardenne - 2.8 kilometre-long climb at 6.2% Km 125.5 - Côte de Saint-Roch - 1 kilometre-long climb at 11.2% Km 169.0 - Côte de Wanne - 2.7 kilometre-long climb at 7.4% Km 175.5 - Côte de Stockeu - 1 kilometre-long...

Bernard Hinault and his epic 1980 win in Liege-Bastogne-Liege (VIDEO)

In 1980, Bernard Hinault won what turned out to be an incredible edition of Liege-Bastogne-Liege. That year, snow fell right from the start, leading commentators to call it 'Neige-Bastogne-Neige' (Snow-Bastogne-Snow'). Bernard Hinault attacked with 80 km (50 mi) to go and finished nearly 10 minutes ahead. A feature published by the British magazine, Procycling in 2000, described the infamous race: Riders...

British and French squads are the latest teams announced for An Post Rás

The British Madison Genesis team and the French Pays de Dinan squad are the latest teams to announce that they will compete in this year’s An Post Ras. The British squad is likely to feature the Irishman Dom Jelfs, who was sixth in the National Road Race Championships last year, as well as Liam Holohan, Matt Holmes and Erick...

Cyclist celebrates Tour of Croatia stage win, bit there’s still a lap remaining (VIDEO)

This isn't the first time that this has happened, and undoubtedly won't be the last. On yesterday's stage of the Tour of Croatia, a rider from the Rusvelo team sprinted for the finish line and had no real challengers as he celebrated his "win". Unfortunately for the cyclist, there was still a lap to go. He only seems to have...

Dan Martin’s team remain hopeful that he will be able to start Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Following on from his crash in Wednesday's Fleche Wallonne, Dan Martin's Cannondale-Garmin team have released a statement regarding his injuries and his chances of starting Sunday's Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The statement is below: "We've had a lot of you asking after Dan Martin following his crash yesterday at Flèche Wallonne. Here's what we can share now: Medical staff continues to closely monitor Dan...

“Ryan Mullen is a certainty for the race” Kurt Bogaerts talks about team selection for the Rás

Kurt Bogaerts, team manager of the An Post-Chain Reaction - Sean Kelly team, has given some idea of the riders who could be part of the line-up in this year's Rás, although the current run of injuries and illness within the team has complicated things. He confirmed: “Ryan Mullen is racing again this weekend after his crash in the...

$500 versus $8000 road bike – which is best?

YouTube user durianrider took his cheap $500 Reid Alloy bike and compared it to results on the same climb which he did on his $8000 Cervelo Carbon machine. As you would expect the Cervelo required less wattage to get up the hill but how much and how much quicker was it?

Mindful American: Episode 1- Los Angeles

This is well worth a watch over your lunch hour. In the pilot episode of Mindful American, Erica explores intentional and sustainable living in Los Angeles. Meet some Angelenos who are working to build community and reduce car dependence in this giant metropolis! Join Erica as she visits an intentional community in Koreatown, a group of YouthBuild students...

How inner tubes are made

Ever thought inner tubes were expensive? Take a look at this video of how they are made and you won't believe the amount of manual labour that still goes into the process.

TRAINGATE – Yet another train incident at a bike race

Traingate is probably the wrong name as there was no gate but it’s happened again with riders crossing a level crossing during a race when the barriers coming down. It happened at the weekend during the U23 Liege-Bastogne-Liege. As can be seen in the video below, a number of riders crossed the train line while the lights were red, and...

“Hopefully I can find the right tactics to be in front at the bottom of the Mur de Huy” Dan Martin

Dan Martin is confident ahead of today’s Fleche Wallonne and believes he can go one better than last year, when he finished second behind Alejandro Valverde. On Sunday, he had his best result to-date in Amstel Gold where he finished in 15th place, so he’s clearly in good form. "I believe I can take a step higher on the...

The most unbelievable Fleche Wallonne ever (VIDEO)

By Graham Healy To say that the 1994 Fleche Wallone raised eyebrows would be to put it mildly. The Italian Moreno Argentin and two of his Gewiss team-mates, Evgeni Berzin and Giorgio Furlan filled the podium, but it was the manner of the win which was astounding. The trio just rode away from the rest of the peloton with 69...