We’ve seen pimped-out boat transfers, Aussie road rage, the perennial idiot dog (owner), riders suffering through crash related pain (chapeau G and Ted), GC contenders smashing each other… and GC contenders crumbling. If you think about it, apart from the craziness of Corsica, these things happen almost every year. But by the time we...
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Tags: cavendish, contador, france, Froome, griepel, kittel, Paris, Pro Cycling, schleck, team sky, Tour de France, yellow
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The good people at the AMGEN Tour of California have announced a competition to design the jersey that will adorn the leader of the race’s Breakaway From Cancer Most Courageous rider… and you have a competitor to vote for! VOTE HERE I took a lot of enjoyment out of designing our Loving The Bike 2012 team kit,...
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Tags: america, amgen, breakaway from cancer, cavendish, Cycling Related Blogs, design, jersey, Lance Armstrong, Pro, ProCycling, road racing, toc, Tour de France, tour of california, uci, wiggins
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Last night saw Bradley Wiggins crowned ‘BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012’ despite an extended field of competitors. Great Britain has experienced a stellar year of sport which included the London 2012 Olympic Games and of course, a historic win by Wiggins and Team Sky at Le Tour de France. The annual event...
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There comes a time in every cyclists’ season when the gluttony of an extra spoon of sugar in the coffee or a cheeky pain au chocolat or three over the winter catches up with them and something snaps. When that happens and the balance of treacle sponge versus training regime swings towards the more...
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Tags: armstrong, bradley, cavendish, doping, jens, Livestrong, mark, pain, roller, rollers, scarponi, suffer, sufferfest, team sky, Tour de France, Training, turbo, voekler, voigt, wiggins, wretched
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The British and world media may have been talking about London 2012 non-stop for the past year but the men’s Olympic Road Race did not disappoint. I was lucky enough to be on the race-making Straw Belle Slope on Box Hill with my brother @SteamyWynndows and saw some fantastic racing as well as humongous...
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Tags: 2012, aso, box hill, bronze, butterfly bend, cavendish, donkey corner, Froome, gold, halfords tour series, hills, ldn, london, mens, Millar, olympics, race, richmond, road race, silver, slope, sprint, Stannard, straw belle, surrey, Team GB, the mall, tour of britain, uci, Uran, Vinokurov, wiggins, winner
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Today will see the start of stage 3 of the 2012 Tour de France and the first time the riders will have hit French soil in the race. This years edition of the race was always going to have a different feel to it due to high-profile riders missing out on the race...
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Tags: 2012 Tour de France, Bikes, cadel, cancellara, cavendish, Cycling Related Blogs, evans, france, Grand Tour, greipel, hesjedal, liege, mountains, Pro Cycling, race, racing, sprint, TT
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As I’ve said before, I’m a cycle race fan. Whether it be pro or local amateur racing, I like watching/reading/learning and would say a great deal of my love of cycling has come from watching professional racing and I try to imitate a lot of that in my training, style and biking ‘image’. You...
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Tags: cavendish, contador, Cycling Related Blogs, giro, giro d'italia, italy, pink, professional, race, rome
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