Author: Henri Giroud

The event that all of Flanders is more passionate about than any other will not take place on Sunday 5 April. This prompted Flanders Classics and Belgian national sports broadcaster Sporza to go in search of an innovative alternative that is equally thrilling for both fans and cyclists. Although it is currently forbidden to cycle in groups and has been for a little while now, they will be announcing the very first virtual edition of Flanders’ Finest for professional cyclists today: DeRonde2020, the lockdown edition. Because you can still cycle on your home trainer. Flanders Classics developed a unique concept in collaboration with technology…

Tour de Suisse, ROUVY and Velon start the first digital race with the best pro teams in the world. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the sporting world has ground to a halt. The prestigious spring classics and the Giro d’Italia are being postponed or cancelled. Of course, in this serious situation, the priority is to contain the virus and keep the population healthy. There have not been months without sporting events like this since the Second World War. For this reason, the Tour de Suisse, ROUVY and Velon have joined forces to launch a world premiere in digital pro racing.…

It was 4 Pm, a bright Afternoon on Via Roma, San Remo’s main road, and Dr. Maurizio Piombo, with his White protective gear, was leaving a house of a patient with corona suspected symptoms – when it hit him. “I was standing there in the empty street, frozen with the memories of being here just a year ago when we all arrived with the Milano – San Remo race convoy. Thousands lined the streets, excited to welcome the first group of riders fighting it out to the finish line… “ But now it felt like it was a scene taken…

CCC Team is set to participate in “The Digital Swiss 5” – a series of five individual races on parts of the same parcours planned for the Tour de Suisse 2020. Velon is working with the organisers of the Tour de Suisse and the ROUVY Indoor Cycling Reality platform to bring racing to fans everywhere whilst respecting the global restrictions on everyday life as a result of the COVID19 pandemic. Armed with their Elite smart trainers, CCC Team’s riders will gear up for five races over five consecutive days and go all-out over some of the most challenging parts of…

The six-episode series, an unprecedented look at cycling’s three Grand Tours embedded in the Telefónica-backed squad during 2019, airs globally on Netflix from Friday The documentary ‘The Least Expected Day’, a six-episode series produced by Telefónica Broadcast Services (TBS) on the Movistar Team, the longest-standing team in cycling’s top tier UCI WorldTour, was made available globally on Friday. The series, more than three hours in length, is a thorough story, with unprecedented access, around the Telefónica-backed squad’s 2019, which focused on the three Grand Tours of the sport: the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. ‘The Least Expected Day’ shows the inside story of Richard…

Component manufacturer Cane Creek has suspended operations through April 10 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taiwan operations will continue normally, according to a Cane Creek news release. The shutdown became necessary with Buncombe County, where most of Cane Creek’s workforce lives, and nearby Henderson County issued shelter-in-place mandates. “We’re just complying with those,” Luke Bukoski, Cane Creek director of marketing, told BRAIN. Online orders will be fulfilled once the facility reopens. Product support inquiries should be directed through email. Expect longer response times. Cane Creek is targeting April 13 to reopen.

Santini began producing protective masks to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. Last week Santini Cycling Wear announced a pivot from manufacturing cycling wear to producing much-needed face masks to aid the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, March 26, Santini, located near Bergamo, one of the worst-hit areas of Covid-19 in Italy, rolled out its first protective masks. “We are now ready to produce face masks that satisfy the new Italian decree requirements, and we are now also working on a new prototype according to all the medical/surgical requirements. Our aim is to help the local hospitals and doctors,”…

SCICON Sports has pivoted its production of bags and protective eyewear in light of the current pandemic to manufacture a selection of personal protection items that aim to support the improvement of public health. Following the example of many other companies in the textile sector, SCICON Sports is joining the effort and has converted its entire production line to create protective respirator face masks and protective eyewear in response to the increasingly pressing request of companies, private entities and law enforcement agencies for protective equipment. In addition to offering sports bags and protective eyewear, SCICON Sports also manufactures custom cycling…