Three time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond will be in Limerick next month for the Get Back challenge charity ride and while here will take part in an interview with cycling journalist Shane Stokes  in the Lime Tree theater on June 14th.  Not to be missed this is a great opportunity to find out what makes [...]

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Well it was only a matter of time… The Federal government has joined Floyd Landis’ case against Lance Armstrong which also interestingly includes Tailwind Sports (which owned and operated the U.S. Postal Service cycling team) and Johan Bruyneel. US Postal was sponsored for a total of US$40 million between 1998 and 2004 and the case [...]

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Former professional cyclist turned award winning journalist Paul Kimmage is the subject of a new film project which will examine the 100th edition of the Tour de France this summer.  Kimmage has competed in the race and his now infamous book A rough ride (if you have been hiding under a stone get this book [...]

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It’s still months away but the 100th edition of the Tour de France is already on our mind.  Can’t wait!

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Tyler Hamilton’s tell all book about cycling in the 90′s and early Noughties has been out for a while now and gives a fascinating insight into life in the Armstrong era and beyond with insider info on the US Postal setup in particular.  It is a powerful account but before I get into the book [...]

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Amid the growing controversy over Lance Armstrong the route for the 100th edition of the Tour de France was released yesterday in Paris.  Featuring two individual timetrials, a team time trial and four mountain top finishes that include the mighty Ventoux and a day on Alpe d’Huez that sees the riders face the climb twice [...]

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The United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) has released a two hundred page report detailing its case against Lance Armstrong to the UCI.  Inside is a shocking detailed description of a highly organised doping programme run throughout the USPS/Discovery channel team of Armstrong throughout his entire 7 Tour de France victories. Eleven former teammates of [...]

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Radioshack-Nissan rider Frank Schleck has tested positive for banned diuretic Xipamide in an in competition test conducted during the Tour de France on the 14th of July.  As a direct result the rider has been withdrawn from the race by his team.  He now has to decide whether to contest the charge.  Frank Schleck finished [...]

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Today the Tour riders face a tough challenge up over 2 hors categorie climbs in the Alps, including the fearsome Col de la Madeleine and the col de la Croix de Fer, both over 2000 metres.  In fact the stage covers over 5000 metres of vertical climbing, finishing on the category 1 La Toussuire. Team [...]

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On the slopes of the first proper mountain, La Planche des Belles Filles, Team Sky showed their strength in a dominant performance that garnered both the stage win, polkadot climbers jersey and the yellow jersey.

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And we’re off….  Fireworks already at the 2012 Tour de France, the 99th edition of the race as GC favourites have already stuck their noses out in moves reminiscent of the hard and fast dualing that marked last years race. The prologue saw an ominous performance from bookies favourite Bradley Wiggins as he rode to [...]

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Lance Armstrong has again found himself the subject of controversy following the filling of charges, against him and five other named individuals from the US Postal/Astana/Radioshack setup that Armstrong was a part of, by the US Anti-doping Agency (USADA).  The charges also have implications for Armstrong’s former team Radioshack and the teams directeur sportif, Johan [...]

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Yesterday was a tumultuous day for the Radioshack-Nissan organisation as first their star rider was ruled out of the Tour de France and then news came of charges being levelled at 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and five additional people associated with the US Postal squad of Armstrong. Schleck had abandoned the Critérium [...]

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Multiple Olympic Gold medalist Bradley Wiggins won the Criterium du Dauphine for the second time with a commanding performance that places him right among the favourites for this years Tour de France, now under three weeks away.  What was doubly impressive though was the strength of his Team Sky squad which finished with four riders inside [...]

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25 years since winning the triple crown of the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Road World Championships Stephen Roche will be attending the two days of the Irish Cycling Show.  This is an unparalleled opportunity to getup close and personal with one of Ireland’s greatest ever cyclists and not to be missed! Among the [...]

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Alberto Contador received a two year ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday following an appeal from the UCI and WADA over the Spanish cycling authorities sanction of the rider for a positive test for clenbuterol.

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Stuck for a last minute Christmas gift for the cyclist in your life?  Look no further. 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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