Jun 3, 2023 | Geraint Thomas, Mark Cavendish, Mountains, Road Racing, Tour de France
The 2023 Tour de France starts in just 4 weeks; and will be the 110th edition of the most famous Road Race in the world. It will start in Bilbao, Spain on 1 July and end with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris on 23 July. 22 teams are scheduled to take part in...
May 28, 2023 | Madison, Mark Cavendish, Retirement, Road Racing, Tour de France
On Monday 22nd May 2023, on the second Rest Day at the 2023 Giro d’Italia, Mark Cavendish announced his retirement from professional cycling. He will be retiring at the end of the 2023 season, after a career that has spanned over 20 years. Mark Simon Cavendish MBE is...
Apr 18, 2023 | Cycle Crash, Cycle To Work, Cycling, Helmets, Road Cycling, Road Racing, The Crash
Should Cycling Helmets be made compulsory here in the UK? Whether or not, cycling helmets should be made compulsory is a very complex issue with no easy answers. There are strong arguments to be made on both sides of the debate. Cycling helmets have been shown to...
Dec 27, 2022 | Chris Froome, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Israel Start Up Nation, Mark Cavendish, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Santos Tour Down Under, Team Sky, Tour de France, Tour de Zwift, Tour of Britain, Virtual Cycling, Zwift
As another year comes to a close, it is time to look back at some of the interesting high points of 2022. The weather at the start of the year was very mixed with temperatures about normal. Some nice bright days and some dull and miserable ones. In other words – an...
Sep 14, 2022 | AJ Bell, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tour of Britain
The Tour of Britain has a proud heritage going back to the Kellogg’s Tour (1987 – 1994) and even further to the Milk Race (1958 – 1986) and back to 1945 for the Victory Marathon. Originally the race was for amateur riders only and it wasn’t until 1985 that a mix of...
May 9, 2022 | Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tour de France
An interesting new book turned up this month: Tour de France Champions: An A-Z by Giles Bebbin. The introduction by the famous Phil Liggett MBE says: “This is a remarkable book by Giles Bebbin and, although millions of words have been written about La Grande Boucle, I...
