That’s a lot of pasta – In case you haven’t seen it, take a look at the Cycling Quotient website as it’s got a good ranking system and the subrankings are fun. Here’s a screenshot of the “most kilometres raced” rankings where you can see who has been racing the most this season, at least in UCI category .1 races and above. (theinnerring)
A Tale Of The Tune-Ups – Anyway—the Tour of Luxembourg Skøda Tour. Lance Armstrong finished third overall, and to be fair, that’s pretty impressive, given that his last serious European work was Tour of Flanders—hardly great tune-up for a hilly stage race. Not that the Skøda Tour was particularly hilly, or even particularly stage-y, since bad weather neutralized the GC race on the final stage, but I am trying to avoid eating the hater-tots. (cyclocosm)
The 1910 Ride – Rapha are celebrating the centenary of the Col du Tourmalet’s first inclusion in the Tour de France with a tribute challenge, the 1910 ride. Here Phil Deeker, one of the quartet riding the event, explains what lies ahead and how he’s prepared for over 14 hours of riding across the Pyrenees. (rapha)
Gee Atherton wins Fort William DH World cup, Minnaar 3rd – Home favourite Gee Atherton (Commencal) blitzed his way to the win in a thrilling men’s downhill final at today’s UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round in Fort William, Scotland. (crankcyclingnews)
What’s the carbon footprint of … cycling a mile? Cycling is usually a low-carbon way to travel – but it depends on what you eat. (theguardian)
And now, for the good news…We are tired of reporting news of shoddy facilities, underinvestment and ugly yellow vests. From now on we will be focusing on the good news, on the thousand little positive steps of the London Velorution.
And here is the first, from the BBC… (velorution)
Richie Porte Gets CT’d – Last evening I had the privilege to have a chat with Richie Porte. Almost all the questions I asked Richie came from you guys via your comments here or from Twitter. It was a tough job picking only 20 questions. I originally wanted to talk with him straight after his TT win in Romandie, but the Giro came up so quickly and with his continued success I wanted to wait until he had a chance to digest it all. (cyclingtips)
Bicycle Portraits: Everyday South Africans and their bicycles, a photographic book in the making. (londoncyclechic)
Newly discovered Blogs:
http://bikesandthecity.blogspot.com/
