Author: Harold Dalton

In response to the spread of the coronavirus the Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency. This prohibits the organization of mass events and makes it impossible to organize international events. As a consequence, the Organising Committee of the Giro d’Italia’s Hungarian stages declared that the Giro’s start could not be held in Hungary at the originally scheduled time. All parties have agreed that they are determined to work together to enable the Giro d’Italia to depart from Hungary at a later time. RCS Sport, having taken note of the international and national situation, announces that the date of the 2020…

This essay is Part Three of the Who Can Play? Race, Gender, and Bodies series. The introduction that follows below is the same for all five essays. One of my great academic mentors, who would almost certainly prefer to remain unnamed in this article, had a fundamental belief in common with me: that sports matter. But while we certainly cycled along the same roads, both metaphorically and literally, it became clear that we were approaching a similar topic from slightly different directions. Over five weeks in 2016, we explored these directions, with research conducted at Tufts and MIT. Here follows…

There will be a new Tour de France videogame in 2020. Back in the early days of Derailed, we had to trawl ancient MS-DOS releases, weird Japanese NES ROMs about keirin racing, and a terrible PS2 Tour de France RPG that had a pretty baffling take on how to turn bike racing into a game. Oh, and Pro Cycling Manager 2004, which was actually pretty good apart from a bug that killed all your riders’ morale after a season and made it impossible to compete. In 2020, we still have Pro Cycling Manager. If you last played it in 2004,…

Tejay van Garderen has retired from the Paris-Nice and returned to the US, citing the new travel ban on Europe imposed by the US. Being unwilling to become indefinitely separated from his family due to the COVID-19 crisis, Van Garderen did not start Stage 5 this morning. This is a tough decision. Sergio Higuita is about to win Paris-Nice, yet I won’t be able to be there to celebrate with him in Nice. My wife and kids had plans to travel from the US to Nice for the final, but given the current circumstances I couldn’t risk being separated from…

Stage 5 of Paris – Nice was a lumpy route skirting around the foothills of the Massif Central and was the longest stage the riders will face at this year’s race. The parcours suited attackers and with no less than four categorised climbs on the menu it was an exciting stage into La Côte-Saint-André. With a flat finish did the bunch catch the break before the line? With one of the best opportunities for the breakaway in the race don’t miss out on our highlights of stage 5.

fizik must be under the strain of the Coronavirus. We feel for the poor Communications Associate who couldn’t convince the company that they don’t necessarily have to make a statement on the COVID-19 outbreak. Here’s their message Today we won’t talk about new products or projects, or which fizik rider won last weekend’s race. Soon we hope to return to our traditional communication, but today we want to talk about serious responsibilities we all share. It’s time to be aware. It’s time to reflect on the rhythm of life, as right now some of us are not able to live…

Newtimber Media announced today that the London Bike Show and Triathlon Show: London will be postponed until 3-5 July 2020 following the escalation of COVID-19 Coronavirus across Europe and the UK. The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The effects are becoming evident across all aspects of our lives in the UK and across the world. The organization has been following UK government guidelines and working with the rolling advice from the public health authorities and other organisations, and has now with reluctance taken the decision to postpone the event at this time.…

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…