Aug 8, 2017 | Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish, Road Racing, Tour de France
The 2017 Tour de France was the 104th edition of the most famous bicycle race in the world. The 21-stage race took place 1st July to 23rd July 2017, and started in Dusseldorf, Germany and finished on the customary Champs-Elysees, Paris. The race covered a total...
Jul 13, 2017 | Amphetamines, Doping, Drugs, Mont Ventoux, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tom Simpson, Tour de France
50 years ago, on the 13th July 2017 one of Britain’s most successful professional cyclists collapsed and died during the ascent of Mont Ventoux, France. Tom Simpson (30 Nov 1937 – 13 July 1967) was born is Haswell, County Durham and later moved to Haworth in...
Aug 14, 2014 | Cycling, London, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Team Sky, Tour de France
The Tour de France 2014 was the 101st edition of the world’s greatest cycling event. It was the second time that the start of the race was in the UK, and only the third visit. This time the honour fell to Leeds, with Stage 1 being run from Leeds to Harrogate (190kms)....
Feb 14, 2014 | Cycling, Giro d'Italia, Marco Pantani, Road Racing, Tour de France
10 years ago, on the evening of 14th February 2004 (St Valentine’s Day), Marco Pantani was found dead at a hotel in Rimini, Italy. Pantani was an Italian Road Racing Cyclist, who was regarded as the greatest climber in the history of professional cycling. He was a...
Dec 30, 2013 | Chris Froome, Tour de France
After all the fun and games of 2012 – what was 2013 going to be like…? Overall, it turned out to be a year of social change, major changes to the economy and changes to the populations’ way of life. In the first 3 months of the year: A report was published called –...
Jun 30, 2013 | Road Racing, Tour de France
Well, Stage 1 of the 100th Tour de France has just finished… 22 teams and 198 riders started out from Porto-Vecchio at the southern end of Corsica to ride the 213km to Bastia in the north of the island. A day designed for the sprinters, that could have seen Mark...
