Author: Harold Dalton

The over-under on Cyclry staff riders getting a spot on the Team UAE roster by November just shifted, as Team UAE signed yet another new rider. They’ve already signed everyone you’ve already heard of, and their transfer market dominance is matching their dominance on the road as they’ve added George Bennett to their squad. Can’t lose a race if your rival teams don’t have any riders left. Press release below. Might ask if they’ll pay us for all this coverage, while they’re splashing the cash. George Bennett has put pen to paper on a deal which will see him in…

Team DSM are pleased to announce that Asbjørn Kragh Andersen and Nico Denz have both extended their contracts with the team until at least the end of 2022. Asbjørn Kragh Andersen Having joined in 2019, Kragh Andersen has proven to be a valuable team player in his three years so far with Team DSM both on and off the bike. A strong rider on the flat and short punchy climbs, Kragh Andersen has played a pivotal role in several team successes, helping the team to wins at the Herald Sun Tour, Nokere Koerse and Omloop van het Houtland to name…

Cyclry TV continues its partnership with Icarus Sports to broadcast August’s cross-triathlon, cross-duathlon, and trailrun XTERRA Events in Germany and France, live for free on the Cyclry website. The races will be available worldwide. Viewers can tune in to the Cyclry website on August 20 and 29 to watch the races live. More details will follow closer to each event. The Cyclry team’s 14-year background in being first to stream some of cycling’s most exciting races makes this partnership a perfect fit, and we are delighted to be able to bring these incredible events live for free to our readers.…

Love indoor cycling? So does literally everyone else, apparently. Elite has added a new trainer accessory to its indoor cycling ecosystem, and we’ll reluctantly share the news out of some misplaced brand loyalty from about 13 years ago when we still trained indoors. Their new product is called the RIZER, and it’s a gradient simulator with steering. If only there was some other way to ride up hills with steering. But there isn’t so you have to do it in your garage. Elite tells us that it is “designed to give cyclists the most immersive riding experience as they work…

Peloton news isn’t something we normally share on Cyclry. Their home spinning bike and SaaS-based classes are cycling-adjacent nonsense for rich people who are too easy to part with their money. The closest we come to talking about it is when we occasionally get asked about it at gatherings by non-cyclists and have to diplomatically change the subject. But it’s slightly relevant today. Its latest addition is a videogame called Lanebreak. It’s like Zwift, but shit. Shitter, we mean. You ride your bike to control an on-screen wheel. You change your effort and cadence to meet goals. There’s a difficulty…

Published on DerailedUK, July 20, 2006. And it aged very well. Those Pro Tour managers, they’re far too polite. “No, after you,” they say. “We couldn’t possibly chase Floyd Landis down.” And they didn’t. And now DerailedUK’s least favourite rider in the world is going to win the Tour de France. We’ve already forwarded our own version of Martin Niemöller’s most famous poem, First they came…, to all the directeurs sportif involved. We’ll let you know if we get any responses. Hell, we’ll probably even reproduce it here once we’ve run out of better things to write about. We managed to interview Floyd Landis…

First here’s one we missed: Wout van Aert We wrote a rare Ones to Watch without Wout. And that was a mistake, because he proved himself to be one of the sport’s greats. His rivalry with Van Der Poel (and to a lesser extent, Alaphilippe) finally arrived at the Tour, delighting fans. He won on the Ventoux. He won the final time-trial. He won the sprint on the Champs Elysees. And he may well win the Olympics and Cyclo-cross World Cup too. A generational talent. OK, now the verdict on our ones to watch: Tadej Pogacar We said: “Same again,…

Highlights Report Matej Mohorič took his second stage victory at this year’s Tour de France, taking Bahrain Victorious’ tally up to three. The 19th stage started in Mourenx and, finishing in Libourne, raced over 207 kilometres. It was expected to be a day for a bunch sprint, but an early breakaway of six riders, including Mohorič, had other ideas. The break had a gap of around four minutes. With 100 kilometres to go, a group of 14 riders managed to bridge over to the breakaway. In the last 40 kilometres, the break started to attack each other. In the final…