Guys always give each other nicknames. And if you don’t have one, then you secretly wish that you did and you give yourself your own one. So that when you’re fighting your way over Ou Kaapse Weg, in your head you shout at yourself using your nickname. Come on Bullet, come oooon. I wonder if [...]

It’s July, the one time of year when the sport of cycling is allowed to take centre-stage and capture the attention of television audiences and newspaper editors around the world. For the rest of us cycling fans the Tour de France represents simply one installment on an already incredible calendar. There is much for us [...]

There’s been a lot of MTB articles lately, but now The Tour de France 2011 is almost upon us! Running from Saturday July 2rd to Sunday July 24th 2011, the 98th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,430.5 kilometres. Distinctive aspects of the race: [...]

I’ve discovered Hill Climbing Competitions. Following on from my experience of the Oldest Continuing Bike Race in the world which is a hill climb sprint up Yorks Hill, I’ve come across the Cobble Wobble. I initially came across the posters below which I thought were beautifully designed. Held in September/October each year, the Cobble Wobble [...]

Ah, I like Team Time Trials. It’s back. Route looks quite interesting actually. And the etape stage looks to be the 109km Modane – Alpe D’huez. Nice! The 2011 Tour de France (July 2-24, 2011) will celebrate the first passage of the race through the Alps in 1911. From Road.cc: As expected the Vendée on [...]

Stage 2 was.absolute.carnage. Some incredible riding by Jens Voigt and Sylvain Chavenal, lucky escapes from crashes for almost everyone except Tour hopeful Van de Velde and Hushovd fumes that he wasn’t allowed to sprint for the win and put more distance between himself and Cavendish. A crazy crazy stage…and it gets worse for the Peloton [...]

Well, widish. I think it’s Contador’s to lose, but with seven sectors of cobblestone to negotiate (Cancellara is probably rubbing his hands together with glee), this year’s route may throw up a few surprises for the favourites, not too mention crashes! Here’s my prediction: Yellow Jersey 1) Alberto Contador 2) Ivan Basso (I’m supporting Basso [...]

So the Tour de France looms ever closer. Amongst the top guys, I’m not sure who to support at the moment. It used to be Lance, just because like everyone else at first I was inspired by his story and his (first) comeback. I still love how he rides and have the most complete and [...]