Campag for Paul Smith by James Straffon - Coinciding with the 97th Tour de France’s snaking journey across French mountains and vineyards, Paul Smith has again opened up his ‘art wall’ to cycling-inspired art. (velorution)
Petacchi wins in Brussels as bunch is left in tatters – Alessandro Petacchi won stage one of the Tour de France with a ground out win up the long drag to Brussels’ Atomium. The Italian wasn’t necessarily the fastest today, but unlike many others he managed to stay upright. (cyclingweekly)
Support your friendly local injured bicycle messenger - Roll up! Rollup! Support your friendly local injured bicycle messenger who, by virtue of a broken collar bone courtesy of a white van man, is off circuit for up to six of your English months. Boo. The top prize is a hand built custom steel frame and fork by Oak Cycles that will be designed and built for the winner! (movingtarget)
How Lance Decided this Would Be His Last Tour de France – As a cycling fan, chances are you have already seen this tweet, or at least heard about it. What you do not know (until now of course) is why Lance has decided — again — to retire (again). The truth is, I helped him arrive at that decision. (fatcyclist)
Rotterdam to Brussels – A Chaotic Finish – The Grand Finale was in the last 100m where 3/4 of the peloton came to what looked like a slow motion pile-up. (cyclingtips)
Wiggle CEO Humphrey Cobbold: Thoughts On The Tour De France. – So here I am, nearly a year into my role of running the good ship Wiggle as Chief Executive and one of the Wiggle team suggested I should pen a few thoughts on the TDF. First of all some context and caveats. (wiggleblog)
A girl moonlighting as a cyclist. – Giro Day 2 – 98 degrees and 60 percent humidity. It was hot. Race time was 3:22. I drank 7 bottles. Did I mention it was hot? Mamma mia, it was hot. I tried to convince some of the racers to just do one finishing circuit and go to the beach, but apparently it was race time. (alisonstarnes)
Two-year doping ban for Switzerland’s Frei - Swiss rider Thomas Frei has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for the outlawed EPO in March, the Swiss Olympic committee announced on Wednesday.(bikeradar)
Cyclists and lorries: how technology can help – It’s too simplistic to just blame unassertive cycling for a spate of female cyclists killed by lorries (guardian)
How The Race Was Won – Rules of the Group Sprint – The UCI’s rules on what it is and isn’t ok to do in a sprint are both poorly-written, and enforced in a less-than-literal fashion. (cyclocosm)
“Do it because it feels good” – David Byrne – First, I’m not a sports cyclist. I’m no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn. I use it to get to work, that kind of thing. And I’ve done so for two, almost three decades now. (velorution)
Why do you bike? Share your story – I started cycling at the age of 42. Never had a bike before then so had lessons. Now I cycle because it’s freedom, fun, sheer pleasure and keeps me away from public transport. (iridebecause)
