Aligning with the well-established Vélo Birmingham & Midlands event, the time trials will take place on June 18 and the road races on June 20, while Vélo Birmingham & Midlands will then take up to 15,000 riders of all abilities on an unforgettable 100 or 45-mile journey through the West Midlands on June 21. With the Commonwealth Games set to take place in Birmingham in 2022, the national championships will give the region a flavour of what to expect from a high profile and competitive cycling event. Last year saw the likes of Alice Barnes (elite women’s road race and…
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Harold Dalton
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Following its COVID-19 postponement, the new dates for the 2020 Sea Otter Classic will be October 1- 4, 2020. Other than the date changes, the location and racing schedules for Sea Otter will remain the same. Any future modifications and updates will be posted on Sea Otter’s FAQ page. All race registrations, camping reservations, festival purchases, and so forth will be shifted to the October dates.
Bradley Wiggins will host a new game show called Gods of the Game tonight on Comedy Central UK. Don’t know what time. Maybe it’s on right now. The show isn’t a panel show, but instead a challenge-based contest in which members of the public compete against professional athletes. Sounds terrible, but we do love Brad so we’ll try to be nice about it. The image has Tom Rosenthal in it. He doesn’t normally have blue hair. He was alright in Friday Night Dinner. Maybe he’s really the host? There’s also Chris Hoy, and then some BBC-type sports celebrities that you’d…
Strava has quietly rolled its three Summit packs back into their original format of a single Premium subscription that gives access to all premium features. The Summit packs were never hugely popular due to confusion and the fact that they proved more prescriptive than many riders would like–while it’s unlikely that subscribers wanted to use every single feature available, boxing off features that had cross-appeal into separate buckets likely hurt Strava’s appeal. Or to put it another way, someone paying for the Training pack would likely look at the Workout Analysis feature in the Analysis pack and wonder why they…
Stage 4 of Paris-Nice 2020 was an individual time-trial, and the race against the clock has long been the most crucial stage of the race. This year it was a short 15.1km-long route around Saint-Amand-Montrond and had a couple of small peaks for the riders to clamber over, but the majority of the parcours were flat and fast, favouring the real TT specialists. Was it enough to unseat the pure climbers? Don’t miss out on our highlights of stage 4.
After more than 10 years in the road cycling hotbed of Portland, Oregon, Rapha is now moving its North America offices to Bentonville, Arkansas. Since 2017, the London-based brand’s majority owner has been RZC Investments, controlled by Steuart and Tom Walton, the grandsons of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. The Walton brothers have been active in promoting Bentonville as a cycling destination and bike-friendly community. The Waltons also are investors in Arkansas-based Allied Cycle Works. The company said the move was driven by Rapha’s launch of a mountain bike apparel line next year. “(Bentonville’s) proximity to the emerging OzTrails MTB network,…
(English language version follows below.) Face à la situation actuelle, le comité d’organisation a décidé l’annulation du Tour de Normandie cycliste 2020. « Le cyclisme est un sport populaire, le Tour de Normandie est une fête populaire et doit le rester.Le monde entier vit une situation inédite qui, nous, bénévoles organisateurs du Tour de Normandie, nous rend impuissants.Face aux contraintes imposées et aux enjeux financiers pour une association bénévole comme la nôtre, à la menace de règles encore plus dures qui pourraient nous être imposées d’ici le départ lundi 23 mars mais aussi au cours de la semaine de course,le Tour…
Like yesterday, stage 3 of Paris-Nice 2020 traverses through one of the most exposed and windiest regions of central France, meaning nerves will be high throughout the entire day. The French early season bike race has been blown apart by crosswinds in the past, and the peloton were keen to avoid splits emerging on the roads to La Châtre. Who was triumphant in La Châtre? Was it another one for the sprinters? Or did a wily opportunist steal it from under their noses? Don’t miss out on our highlights of stage 3.