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Factory Tour – Continental Grand Prix 5000
Join Continental as they go behind the scenes of the development of the new Grand Prix 5000 tyres at their factory in Korbach, Germany.
Highlights: Wout van Aert sprints to maiden stage victory
Wout van Aert claimed his first Tour de France stage victory in Albi, the fourth for Jumbo-Visma and the third for Belgian riders, at the end of an eventful stage 10 to Albi. A lot of damage was done by Team Ineos as they managed to split the bunch into pieces in the crosswinds and […]
Courtney and Schurter boost title hopes with Les Gets victories
Kate Courtney and Nino Schurter continued their great recent form to claim UCI MTB World Cup XCO victories at the French Alps stop of Les Gets to boost their overall leads in the standings. Kate Courtney World champion Courtney was imperious and the American moved clear on lap two to forge a gap to the […]
Highlights: Daryl Impey Wins On Bastille Day
Daryl Impey became the second South African stage winner, after Robert Hunter in Montpellier in 2007, as he outsprinted his last breakaway companion, Belgium’s Tiesj Benoot. Stage 9 Highlights Team Video Top 10 on Stage 9 1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 4:03:122 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal3 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:104 Oliver Naesen (Bel) […]
Frenchman Pierron marks Bastille Day weekend with Les Gets win
Amaury Pierron produced a ferocious run down the Les Gets course to hand France a famous men’s UCI MTB World Cup downhill win on Bastille Day weekend as Australian Tracey Hannah boosted her women’s overall lead with victory. Amaury Pierron Briton Laurie Greenland had threatened to spoil the French Alps party mood with a great […]
Highlights: De Gendt wins from the breakaway
Thomas De Gendt claimed an epic victory in Saint-Etienne at the end of a breakaway he initiated at km 0. Thibaut Pinot moved to third overall while Julian Alaphilippe got the overall lead back after two days of glory for Giulio Ciccone, who remains the best young rider. Stage 8 Highlights Onboard Camera Stage 8 […]
Mokgopo Wins Gauteng XCO Champs
In an outstanding show of mountain bike racing at Thaba Trails in Johannesburg on 6th July, William Mokgopo took home the title of 2019 Gauteng XCO Elite Men’s Champion. “After a hard week of training, my sights were still set on the Gauteng Champs, but most importantly on the SA XCO Champs coming up,” says […]
Valerian: New Titan Racing Road Bike
Earlier this year Titan Racing debuted their new carbon range of bikes with two ranges; the Switch gravel bike and the Valerian road bike. Both ranges are available in two variants, the Pro and the Elite models. The big difference between the two models is the choice of groupset; the Pro being spec’d with the […]
Highlights: Ciccone rides into yellow as Teuns wins on Stage 6
Dylan Teuns took his maiden Tour de France victory on his debut in the race while his last breakaway companion, Italy’s Giulio Ciccone took the yellow jersey. Highlights Stage 6 Top 10 on Stage 6 1 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 4:29:03 2 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:11 3 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:05 4 Geraint […]
Canyon launch sub-6kg disc road bike, the Ultimate CF Evo Disc
The pursuit of lightness has always been, and shall remain, a key yardstick in road bike performance. Canyon is now proud to unveil the Ultimate CF Evo Disc – the latest, lightest disc brake variant of the Ultimate, one of the world’s most decorated road bikes. At under 6 kg (Size M, without pedals), Canyon’s […]
New Bontrager Bat Cage made from recycled fishing nets
Trek and Bontrager announced a re-release of its longest-standing unchanged product today. Bat Cage, the injection-molded water bottle cage first introduced in 1997, is now made from discarded and end-of-life fishing nets that would otherwise pollute our oceans. This improvement was made possible through Trek’s partnership with Bureo and membership in NextWave, a cross-industry consortium […]
Highlights: Sagan sprints to stage five victory
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed his 12th Tour de France stage win and mimicked The Incredible Hulk like on his first victory in 2012. In a sprint deprived of the pure sprinters after a few climbs in the Alsace region, the Slovakian beat Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) in Colmar. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick […]