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Road World Championships TV - Revolution Returns!
Revolution returns on October 14th with a distinct Italian flavour as the Manchester Velodrome will play host to some top road names from recent years. Classics specialist and Italian road star Andrea Tafi makes an early return from retirement to lead the Italian Revolution. (14/09) Read
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Bicycle in NYC without being killed using Ride the City

CNET Networks | 03/07/08 iVelo
My CNET colleague in New York, Caroline McCarthy, insists there's not a single safe street for bicyclists in New York City. Don't tell that to Ride the ... More

Triathlon incidents may be wake-up call

Charleston Post Courier | 03/07/08 iVelo
There is so much good about participating in local road races, bike rides and triathlons. For one, it gives people goals to improve their personal physical ... More

Pedaling through life: Love for bikes prompts business

molokaitimes.com | 26/06/08 iVelo
When Phillip Kikukawa was 6 years old, he wrote a letter to Santa Claus asking for a bicycle. Kipukawa woke up Christmas morning to find his very first ... More

When is a bike not a bike? When it's electric

The Sydney Morning Herald | 20/06/08 iVelo
THEY might look like a solution to the rising oil price and global warming, but a court ruling has found some motorised bicycles cannot be legally used ... More

Coping with bike flat situations

heNewsTribune.com | 20/06/08 iVelo
A bicycle tire problem can quickly interrupt - or even spoil - a day of serious open road or mounting biking. Sometimes tire damage hazards can't be ... More

Get In The Saddle

Daily Record | 12/06/08 iVelo
THERE are many good reasons to cycle. But if you haven't sat on a saddle for many years, you might need some new kit to get you started. First, you ... More

Giro di PEZ: On The Pirate's Roads

Pez Cyclingnews | 22/05/08 iVelo
Welcome back to Pirate's roads. Thirty-five kilometres to go and I stop once I read the big advice on the right side of the road. The Giro today is north ... More

Tubeless Tyres Set For Breakthrough

Bike Europe | 22/05/08 iVelo
The first road win on the professional circuit for commercially available road tubeless tyres took place last March at the ‘Omloop Het Volk'. The technology ... More

Cycling Success Measured in Frequent-Flier Miles

The New York Times | 09/05/08 iVelo
EARLY last year, Dr. Jason Newland, a 34-year-old pediatric infectious disease physician from Stilwell, Kan., decided he would upgrade his Cannondale road ... More

Pretty in pink

BBC | 09/05/08 iVelo
Although not as iconic as its elder French cousin, the Giro is one third of cycling's "Triple Crown", along with Le Tour and the Road World Championships. It ... More

Passing surgeon comes to the rescue of cyclist

Timesonline | 09/05/08 iVelo
A cyclist who severed an artery when she fell off her bike was saved by a stroke of luck because one of the people who came to her assistance was a vascular ... More

British cyclist Tom Austin among latest victims on the Road of Death

Timesonline | 01/05/08
As the Unduavi-Yolosa Highway in Bolivia winds down 12,000ft (3.6km) over 40 miles, its sheer drops and sudden bends present an irresistible challenge ... Read

Hot sun and snakes on the road

Cyclingnews | 01/02/07
Here in Africa we use sun-screen with SPF of 40 every time we go outside, and Lene runs over at least one snake a day. Even though we've all got ourselves ... Read

A bike helmet built for road hazards

news.com | 31/08/06
From the outside, the Smart Helmet looks ordinary. It's a black, shiny BMX helmet designed to block wind noise. It has a chin bar with a built-in microphone ... Read

Danish capital to host string of cycling world championships

International Herald Tribune | 26/01/07
Denmark has been awarded three international cycling races. The 2008 BMX world championship and the 2010 indoor cycling worlds will be held in Copenhagen, ... Read

Sophie rewarded for bike safety

Swindon Advertiser | 11/01/07
Safety conscious Sophie Grange won a new bike as a reward for wearing her helmet while on the roads. Four-year-old Sophie was riding near her home in Upper ... Read

New cycling test set for children

BBC | 07/09/06
A new cycling proficiency award aimed at preparing children for the present traffic and road conditions has been launched. Bikeability will be awarded ... Read

30.000 cyclists get green traffic light wave

Copenhagen Capacity | 28/12/06
Cars and especially busses have for year had the benefit of a green traffic light wave on the roads. But now it is the cyclists turn to enjoy a smooth ... Read

Green machines for our selves and the planet

Tandem | 24/05/07
Bicycle riding in North America has increased in popularity in recent years and the month of May in the GTA provides much evidence of this. This weekend ... Read

All you need to know about: mountain-biking

Guardian | 07/06/07
Oli Beckingsale is the British mountain bike champion and Commonwealth Games silver medallist. Keep your tyres soft Unlike a road bike, where you want ... Read

Men Who Shave Their Legs

Active.com | 12/06/08 iVelo
It was the summer of 1990, and Stephen Bullard had become a dedicated triathlete—fit and fast for swimming, running and cycling after five years of regular ... More

How to train for a triathlon

SunHerald.com | 29/05/08 iVelo
Racing from one sport to another in a triathlon takes skill and experience. So does trying to keep up speed through three sports. Many triathletes are ... More

Giro d'Italia classifications demystified

Cyclingnews | 15/05/08 iVelo
To wear any special jersey in the Giro d'Italia is a great honour - one which all riders dream of gaining. If a rider takes the lead in one of the jersey ... More

Pretty in pink

BBC | 09/05/08 iVelo
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Victoria Pendleton: pedal to the medal

Telegraph | 01/05/08
Gold medals are rare treasures for British athletes. But the track cyclist Victoria Pendleton already has quite a collection of them, beginning with the ... Read

Danish capital to host string of cycling world championships

International Herald Tribune | 26/01/07
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Bike lamp outshines competition

The Sydney Morning Herald | 17/05/07
There was a waterless urinal for a country in drought, a double-ended "clever peg" for those short on hanging space, and a new Commodore - but the Australian ... Read

No USADA testing at 'Toona raises questions

Cyclingnews | 20/08/07
The International Tour de 'Toona, one of the two highest rated, non-championship races on USA Cycling's NRC calendar, had no US Antidoping Agency (USADA) ... Read

Green machines for our selves and the planet

Tandem | 24/05/07
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Dahle-Flesjå and Absalon the best ever?

Velonews | 05/01/07
Perhaps it's no surprise that Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjå and Julien Absalon earned top mountain-bike honors in the VeloNews Awards for the third year running. ... Read

Oli's mountain bike diary, part 1

BBC | 31/08/07
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Online Exclusive: The Alien Returns

Bikemag | 08/02/07
Eyebrows were raised last month when rumors began circulating that 10-time downhill World Champ Nicolas Vouilloz would be returning this year to World ... Read

Africans set for ride of their life at world championships

Turkish Press | 22/09/06
African cyclist Jeremie Ouedraogo will wear a wry smile when he lines up alongside his hero, Alexandre Vinokourov, when the men's road race starts at ... Read

Cycling struggles for support as doping takes a toll

International Herald Tribune | 03/05/07
With the Tour de France approaching this summer, the sport of cycling is taking brutal spills in corporate suites, where deals are made to sponsor competitions ... Read

Millar's time-trial bid punctured

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Given that he is less than three months into his comeback to racing after his two-year doping ban, and is probably fortunate merely to be competing in ... Read

Wheels of hope turn in Rwanda

BusinessDay | 03/08/07
Bright yellow, green and blue jackets stood out in the departure lounge of Kigali's international airport. Rwanda's young national cycling team was on ... Read

Who can beat Garth?

Bermuda Sun | 08/02/07
Mechanical problems and being unavailble may have cost Garth Thompson a serious crack at top spot in the mountain bike points series. But he is still the ... Read

Vinokourov eyes world title finale

CNN | 22/09/06
Tour of Spain winner Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan is determined to round off his season with victory in the World Championships this week. The 33-year-old ... Read

Town hosts bicycle bog snorkelling contest

icWales | 10/07/07
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Early starts and late finishes

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It's early afternoon, and the velodrome is nearly empty. The detritus of the previous night's partying has formed a layer of filthy ooze that covers ... Read

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How to train for a triathlon

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Dahle-Flesjå and Absalon the best ever?

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Oli's mountain bike diary, part 1

BBC | 31/08/07
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Africans set for ride of their life at world championships

Turkish Press | 22/09/06
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Bermuda Sun | 08/02/07
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Vinokourov eyes world title finale

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Bettini adds world crown to Olympic title

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Italy's Paolo Bettini kept to his pre-race promise by adding the world title to his Olympic crown on the final day of the world road cycling championships. ... Read