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...
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...
May 31, 2013 | Cycling, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Sportive
“Build it and they will come” was the tag line to the Kevin Costner film – “Field of Dreams”. In 1952, the then Department of Environment, Planning and Development Secretary John Silkin announced that a new town would be built 30 miles...
Jan 26, 2013 | Doping, Drugs, Lance Armstrong, Road Racing, Tour de France
Love him or loathe him, Lance Armstrong is still one of the most divisive characters of professional cycling. He is a bit like Marmite – you either hate it or enjoy it. On Friday 12th January 2013 Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had used banned...
Aug 26, 2012 | Bradley Wiggins, Cycling, London Olympics 2012, Mark Cavendish, Olympics, Time Trial
The London Olympics (2012) were held from the 27th July to the 12th August 2012. Most of the events were being held in the new Olympic Stadium at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. Many events such at Rugby, football and sailing were held in various...
