VIDEO: Huge crash at the start of the 15-16 race last week in Austin, TX
We posted a photo of this to our Facebook page earlier and here is the video to with it.
A thing of beauty
VRZ 2 is a track bike with 3D printed (laser-cusing) titanium lugs bonded together with carbon fiber tubes. The carbon belt driven Bike comes with a THM Clavicula and a Lightwight RUNDKURS wheelset, handmade high end parts all made in Germany. For more photos and info go here
Alex Dowsett back training for his Hour Record attempt
Just seven days after fracturing his collar, Alex Dowsett is back training on his turbo trainer. His Movistar team announced the news on Twitter, saying “Alex Dowsett is already on the trainer. Just seven days after his collarbone fracture. This is why cyclists are heroes!” Dowsett is still hopeful of making the record attempt on February 27 at the Lee Valley...
Watch the final kilometres of Stage 2 of the Santos Tour Down Under
Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under took the riders from Unley to Stirling over 150 kilometres. Jack Bobridge (UniSA) went into the stage as race leader. It was expected that the stage would finish in a smallish bunch sprint as the riders tackled up and down terrain to the east of Adelaide.
IAM Cycling forced by UCI to change personalised jerseys
The UCI have blocked the use of personalised jerseys by Swiss team IAM Cycling. The team had produced jerseys with each rider's name below the team name on the back of the jersey, and it would undoubtedly have made it easier to identify riders. However, the UCI said in a statement: “It’s clear in the UCI Regulations that the upper...
Where in the world do professional cyclists come from?
L'Equipe have produced some nice graphics which show where in the world professional cyclists come from. The statistics are for cyclists at World Tour level. Despite globalisation, it can be seen that the sport is still very Eurocentric. France accounts for 55 riders in the World Tour peloton, just ahead of Italy with 54 and Belgium with 53. A country...
Lance Armstrong tweets a dig at Floyd Landis
It seems that Lance Armstrong is still bitter with his former team mate Floyd Landis. On Sunday, Armstrong responded to a tweet from NYVelocity, by suggesting that Landis is responsible for the lack of TV coverage of cycling in the US. NYVelocity tweeted the following in reference to an NFL player from the Seattle Seahawks appearing on the sidelines on...
Suspect from Essex road rage attack on cyclist to be summonsed
Following on from the publicity arising from a video of a road rage incident in the UK which went viral last week, Metropolitan police in Havering, Essex tweeted: "The suspect in this matter has been charged with a public order offence". When police in Havering became aware of the video, CID spoke to the cyclist involved, but he told them...
MTN Qhubeka and Bora Argon 18 amongst wildcards for Milan San Remo
The organisers of the Giro d'Italia, RCS Sport, have named their wildcard invitations for the 2015 Giro d'Italia as well as for the 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-San Remo and Giro di Lombardia. Amongst the teams selected for Tirreno and Milan San Remo are Matt Brammeier's MTN Qhubeka team and Sam Bennett's Bora Argon 18 team. Brian Smith of MTN Qhubeka said,...
Watch the last kilometres of Stage 1 of the Tour Down Under
The opening stage of the Tour Down Under saw the riders cycle 132 kilometres from the Barossa town of Tanunda and travel through well-known South Australian vineyards. They would tackle Checker Hill before a speedy descent towards the finish line in Campbelltown where it was expected to finish in a bunch sprint. Here is footage of the last five kilometres...
SVENNESS Episode 3.9 – Team tactics, barriers and more
SVENNESS Episode 3.9 is from the Flandriencross in Hamme for the third round of the BPost Bank Troffee series. The track is one of the fastest we will see this year, which means the race takes on the look and feel of a road circuit race more than a cyclocross race. No mud or big run-ups to deal with...
Cyclocross in Portland, Oregon in the 1980’s
"On the day Michael Sylvester had a fairly smooth ride, his only mishap was catching his finger in the spokes as he carried his bike up a hill and suffering a nasty cut" "but that didn't stop him from from out-riding the competition and breezing in the winner"