The engine roared in the distance, growing closer. This dimly-lit north London suburb would soon be disturbed by the approaching vehicle. For a half second the sound seemed to stop, and then the ambulance careened around the corner, sirens off, at such a speed that it bounced off the curb. The impact sent a single hubcap flying through the air and into the hungry mouth of a postbox. Inside the ambulance, the driver, with his eyes closed, mumbled something. “Again, Bertha? You’re insatiable.” Behind him, a paramedic held a scalpel loosely, hand rising and falling with the bumps of the…
Author: Harold Dalton
Harold Dalton
Cycling industry professional with over 14 years of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.
Remco Evenepoel will remain with Patrick Lefevere at QuickStep until at least the end of 2026. It’s the longest contract in the pro peloton right now, only matched by Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar’s contract that also ends in 2026. Such long contracts are becoming more common–Wout van Art, for example, is contracted with Jumbo-Visma until the end of 2024–but remain rare in a sport in which pro team sponsorships are often fragile, short-lived phenomena. Lefevere was helped by a right of first refusal built into Evenepoel’s current contract, meaning he could only leave if the team ceased to…
T-Mobile has kicked off its 2021 T-Mobile Accelerator Spring Immersive Technology Program, designed to be “part of T-Mobile’s ongoing mission to fuel 5G innovation.” This is relevant because Everysight–who are also friends, and former colleagues, of Cyclry–are one of the eight handpicked participants. Everysight’s Raptor is a pair of smartglasses that display all your ride metrics and maps. They contain all the bike computer technology within them, so they fully replace your Garmin, and weigh less than most handlebar-mounted bike computers. They’re also the first, and for now also the only, smartglasses to display data on the lens of the sunglasses, rather…
The 2021 edition of the Tour of Flanders saw such scintillating racing that it’s hard to imagine anything competing for attention. One thing has though: Michael Schar’s shock disqualification from the race. He was kicked off the race as a result of new UCI rules to prevent littering, which (as with the supertuck ban) came into effect at the start of the season but only became enforceable this month. The kicker? That the littering he was disqualified for was the act of tossing his empty bidon to a young fan at the side of the road while he rolled off…
♬ It’s the most wonderful time of the year ♬ This race needs no introduction. Hell, it’s probably your favorite race. 255km. 19 climbs. 17 cobbled sectors. Let’s do it. Where to Watch UK, Europe: Eurosport, GCN+USA: FloBikes, Fubo.tv, GCN+ (Highlights)Belgium: Een, Sporza, La Une, TipikAnd so on: Route Quiet for 100km or so, then every iconic hill in Flanders, one after the other. Just look at that list of climbs. Consider the second ascent of the Oude Kwaremont the point where it becomes important to start watching. Startlist 2021 Ronde van Vlaanderen startlist (external site) Ones to Watch *2020 winner* Mathieu van der Poel…
Move over Neuromancer and Wintermute, a super powerful Belgian AI has emerged on the scene to crash helicopters and plant enticing codes for human immortality inside ornate boxes predict bike races. Its prediction? That Mathieu van der Poel will win the Tour of Flanders. Did we need an AI to tell us that? The top five will look as follows: Mathieu van der PoelGreg Van AvermaetWout van AertOliver NaesenJasper Stuyven Which isn’t a terrible list, to be honest, but we’re finding it hard to imagine how Van Avermaet ends up between van der Poel and van Aert. How does it…
That’s a headline with a lot of US state names in it. Those Midwest states that you can only find on a map if you’ve ever eaten a bloomin’ onion or own a horse ranch. Utah and North Dakoto are the latest states to adopt the Idaho Stop law for cyclists. That means cyclists in those states can treat a stop sign as a yield/give way sign. The speeds and awareness of cycling make this quite safe, and having cyclists spend as little time at intersections/junctions as possible is crucial, as these are the places where almost all collisions occur.…
After a year of absence, Dwars door Vlaanderen returns on the last day of March. As the startlist has fallen into place with many top tier riders making the start in Roeselare, it promises to be a great 75th edition of the race. The next time we see Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, and Julian Alaphilippe race together will be… not here. It’ll be at Flanders on the weekend. The Belgian is skipping this year’s Dwars door Vlaanderen in order to focus on Flanders, and has saved us all from a ‘test run for the real event’ narrative.…