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Inside the Peloton is a no holds bared window into the life of a professional cyclist.  Roche has been riding and racing at the highest level for a number of years now and has been simultaneously working out his role [...]

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Two of the major Pro-Tour squads have announced that they will merge next season to become Radioshack-Nissan-Trek Professional cycling Team.  Speculation in the last few weeks had suggested that Leopard-Trek would be absorbed into Radioshack and it appears that this is what is happening with the exception of the teams home base and license.  Team [...]

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Here are a selection of videos produced by bike companies associated with the Tour de France.  First up the amazing story of Laurens Ten Dam who crashed horribly during the Tour but made it to Paris…

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Cadel Evans will ride into Paris today (all going well) in yellow ahead of the biggest win of his career in arguably the best Tour de France in years.  It was always going to come down to the final timetrial but many of the GC favourites tried their best to turn the tables on the [...]

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As the most exciting Tour in years enters it’s final three days, all the jerseys are within play with very small gaps between all the top contenders in each category.  Yesterday Andy Schleck finally answered his critics by blowing the peloton apart following a very early attack on the Col d’Izoard with over sixty kilometres [...]

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With product becoming available earlier and earlier every year we can bring you a first test of the Fox F-29 2012 fork. While this is a 29er specific fork there is very little difference between the F-29 and the standard 26 inch fork.

Having spent the previous six months on the 2011 F-29 we were [...]

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Ten stages in and it’s time to catch up.  Lots of action, lots of crashes and unfortunately lots of GC contenders out of the race.  Oh and as Eurosport put it - “hang on isn’t that Cadel Evans?”…
Stage 4: Lorient - Mûr-de-Bretagne 172km (July 5)

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For those that haven’t seen it here is the video of the crash at the Tour de France involving a French TV car and riders Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky Procycling).  The driver has since (unsurprisingly) been thrown off the Tour.  Both riders managed to finish with Hoogerland collecting the polka dot [...]

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Three stages down and World Champion Thor Hushovd of Garmin-Cervelo remains in yellow with teammate Tyler Farrar taking his first stage win after a hectic sprint.  Before we get into that though, lets take a look back at Sundays Team Time Trial.
Stage 1 was all about Alberto Contador losing time in the aftermath of the [...]

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With no prologue, the first stage of the 2011 Tour was always going to be interesting and yesterday was no exception but not for the reasons you might think.  Philippe Gilbert of Omega Pharma-Lotto had been widely tipped to take the stage and the first yellow jersey following a successful spring classic campaign and the [...]

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Irish rider Nicolas Roche will once again lead Ag2R at the Tour de France it was announced today.  The team in full is- Maxime BOUET (FRA), Hubert DUPONT (FRA), John GADRET (FRA), Sébastien HINAULT (FRA), Blel KADRI (FRA), Sébastien MINARD (FRA), Jean-Christophe PERAUD (FRA), Christophe RIBLON (FRA), Nicolas ROCHE (IRL).

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Giro d’Italia organisers RCS Sport have announced the teams invited to this years race, starting May 7th.

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Dan Martin will be racing in a new strip in 2011 as Garmin-Transitions have merged with The Cervelo Test Team.  The iconic Argyle design that has been present in the squad for years, has almost disappeared except for the collar and cuffs.  The overall design is similar to the old Cervelo design.
Garmin retain their headline [...]

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American company Santa Cruz have just announced details of a new 29er hardtail made from carbon.  The as wyet un-named frame is a new departure for the company, known more for their full suspension designs and World Championship downhill bikes.

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On Tuesday the 2011 Tour de France route was announced in strike ridden Paris.  Billed as a climbers course, the Tour gradually grows across the three weeks with a show down finally in the high mountains of the Alps.

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Pro Tour squad HTC-Highroad (formerly Columbia-HTC) have announced a change of bike sponsor from Scott to Specialized.  The move surprised some as Specialized already supply Pro-Tour squads Astana and Saxo Bank with a question over whether they will supply the new Luxembourg team as well.  The 2010 Tour de France was marked by the battle [...]

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Ireland’s Philip Deignam has signed a one year contract with Team Radioshack.  The Letterkenny rider has spent the last two years riding with the Cervelo Test Team which is being subsumed into Garmin-Transitions at the end of the year.  Deignam has had a difficult year with illness following a break out 2009 when he won [...]

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Former 3 time Mountain Bike World Champion Marguerita Fullana has tested positive for EPO in an out of competition test on August 30th.  The Spaniard has admitted taking the substance following what she described as a ‘difficult year’ and comes at a time when Spain is under the spotlight following positive tests for Alberto Contador [...]

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2010 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has tested positive for trace amounts of clenbuterol during this years race.  The rider pre-empted the announcement by releasing a statement yesterday and will clarify his position in a press conference at lunch time today.

The positive test comes from the second rest day in Pau on the 21st [...]

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Irish pro rider Nicolas Roche is sitting comfortably in 5th position ahead of today’s Time Trial at the Vuelta a Espana.  Following a good performance at the Tour de France this year, where he finished 15th, Roche has ridden a solid race to sit in the top 5 with only a few days to go.  [...]

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Tour runner up Andy Schleck is switching teams for 2011, from long term home Saxo bank, to the newly formed (and as yet unnamed) Luxembourg Pro Cycling team.  On Wednesday it was announced that the team will be riding Trek road and TT bikes along with Bontrager components wheels and helmets.  Trek already sponsor American based Radioshack [...]

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Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has moved to Team Saxo Bank for 2011 Bjarne Riis confirmed today Tuesday.  Speaking at a press conference he announced his big signing commenting - “I think I can contribute to polishing this diamond (Contador) even further.”

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After three weeks of one of the toughest Tours in history, Alberto Contador rode into Paris with the yellow jersey on his back for the third time.
It has been a Tour of many different faces with drama and controversy a feature from start to finish.  The opening prologue when Armstrong beat Contador, the big crash [...]

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After yesterdays rest day and several days of high drama the Tour takes on its toughest day with the Pyreneean climb to the top of the Tourmalet on today’s final mountain stage.  With Contador in yellow and a furious Schleck in second vowing to attack, attack, attack this will be the day that should decide [...]

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Stage 9 of the Tour de France saw a major shake up on GC again as the yellow jersey cracked and the two main contenders for the overall showed they are head and shoulders above the rest.
Following the rest day the peloton headed further into the Alps with a fearsome stage taking in several tough [...]

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One week in and the riders have ridden a time trial, flats, mountains and cobbles and we know a lot about who is in form and who is not.
Saturday and Sunday saw the peloton into the mountains for the first time and disaster for one rider in particular.  Lance Armstrong has seemed on form but [...]

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Stages 3 & 4 of the Tour de France are behind us and after a breakneck day on Tuesday the riders had a break on Wednesday as they cruised into Reims.

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Yesterdays stage into Spa was marred by a multitude of crashes that saw many of the favourites on the deck and a change in the yellow jersey.

Garmin-Transitions Christian VandeVelde limps to the finish in Spa

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And we’re off…  The 2010 Tour de France has started and what a start!
The Prologue was held amid heavy rain on the streets of Rotterdam.

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We are just hours away from the start of the 2010 Tour de France with the prologue stage around the streets of Rotterdam.  Tour fever is at its peak as we await one of the most hotly contested Tours in years - or is it?  Lets take a look at the teams and favourites for [...]

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