Author: Harold Dalton

Filippo Ganna’s UCI Hour Record has prompted concern in the UCI ranks by elevating cycling’s attention away from the inaugural Gravel World Championships. In an effort to divert enthusiasm from the archaic hour record ridden on old fashioned fixed wheel bikes hand built for $75,000, the UCI will require all future hour record attempts to take place on gravel, sources have confirmed.  The new regulations stipulate that the velodrome must be filled with loosely-packed gravel, and all bicycle geometry must be recognizable as a gravel bike. Panniers are required, and sock length will be measured to ensure they meet the…

Report He did it again. A year after his first victory on Paris-Tours, achieved after a superb ride, Arnaud Démare again conquered the French Classic this Sunday to complete his season in the most beautiful way. At the end of the Avenue de Grammont, and following a great team race, the former French champion outsprinted a small bunch to get his seventh win of the season. Doing so, he also took the Groupama-FDJ cycling team’s tally to nineteen victories, one week before the official end of the season on the Chrono des Nations. While part of the professional bunch ended…

1,500 cyclists from 26 countries, up to 12 hours of riding and twice as many participants on Istrian roads than the last year – that is the recap of this year’s edition of Istria300, a unique cycling event for passionate cyclists worldwide, held on Saturday, October 8th. Under the slogan “Ride your Limits!”, 1,500 cyclists from different parts of the world competed on courses of 300, 230, and 156 kilometres. They all started and finished in Poreč, but they could have decided what course they wanted to complete during the ride – another feature of this event that makes it…

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British-based cycling wheel brand Parcours yesterday unveiled three brand new high-performance wheel options, which the company says are their faster ever. And that claim appears to be thoroughly backed up: the wheels are the result of a scientific research project conducted in association with Nottingham Trent University and Dr Steve Faulkner to improve aerodynamics and crosswind stability. We’ll get to the details of that further down. The Wheels: Chrono, Chrono Max, and Disc2 The new Chrono wheelset (68.6mm front, 75.7mm rear) has been to designed to offer a fusion of speed and stability, which makes it a versatile choice across…

CANYON//SRAM Racing has announced that (friend of Cyclry) Magnus Bäckstedt will join the team as lead Sport Director from 2023. Already well known in cycling, Magnus won Paris Roubaix and stages of the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia during his career. After retiring from cycling, he continued in elite sport as a professional ironman, has managed UK cycling teams and his businesses, and is a familiar voice for many fans on race commentary. Until now, Magnus’ role in women’s cycling has primarily been through supporting his two daughters, both professional riders. Magnus said: “Once my two girls were out…