Monthly Archives: July 2004

Event News

Daggers out at T-Mobile?

There are reports surfacing on the net of a bit of a scrap between Jan Ullrich and his T-Mobile team manager, Walter Godefroot. Godefroot has questioned...

Daggers out at T-Mobile?
Event News

Bike week grows 55%

It’s just over a month since it finished, and the bods over at Bike Week have been busy collating, calculating and now celebrating as they...

Bike week grows 55%
Event News

Summer jerseys group test

When it comes to a new summer jersey, the main thing to remember is that you’re best off opting for a technical fabric that wicks...

Summer jerseys group test
Event News

Armstong makes it six

After a rocky ride in last year’s Tour, this year Lance Armstrong, helped along by his blue train, has once again made it look easy,...

Armstong makes it six
Event News

Mercado takes honours in largely uneventful day

Today’s stage from Annemasse to Lons-le-Saunier, 166.5km of undulating riding with five official climbs, was won by Juan Miguel Mercado, who rode much of the...

Mercado takes honours in largely uneventful day
Event News

Armstrong notches up another

Lance Armstrong has once again emerged victorious in today’s 17th stage of the Tour, nosing in front of T-Mobile’s Klöden right at the end of...

Armstrong notches up another
Rides News

Government abandons national cycling targets

Local targets are now to replace the National Cycling Strategy targets of 1996, which the government has decided it will not be able to meet. The...

Government abandons national cycling targets
Event News

Millar sacked from Cofidis

As expected, David Millar has been sacked from the Cofidis team following his admission of EPO use. But the transcript of his admissions to French...

Millar sacked from Cofidis
Event News

Armstrong back in yellow

Lance Armstrong has won today’s 15th stage of the Tour de France and reclaimed the yellow jersey from French champion Voeckler. The 180.5km from Valréas to...

Armstrong back in yellow
Event News

Love on the podium

A slightly unusual Tour de France story here from the Seattle Times. Most Tour de France podium stories concentrate on the feats of the winners,...

Love on the podium
Rides News

London Cycling awards nominations

In a bid to highlight the best ideas in cycling facilities, community projects and other initiatives in London, the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) is...

London Cycling awards nominations
Event News

Armstrong takes 13th stage: rivals wilt

Lance Armstrong tightened his control of the race today with his first stage win of this year’s Tour after outsprinting Ivan Basso to the summit...

Armstrong takes 13th stage: rivals wilt
Event News

Basso takes stage but Armstrong takes time

Lance Armstrong has made his move in the Tour’s twelfth stage, putting over two minutes on arch-rival Jan Ullrich and coming in on the wheel...

Basso takes stage but Armstrong takes time
Gear

Highways Agency blanks cyclists

A reprioritisation of funds under the Traffic Management Bill has resulted in funds being raided from the Non-Motorised User (NMU) Crossings Improvement Programme. All funds...

Highways Agency blanks cyclists
Event News

Lance struggling to stay focused

Just as the Tour moves into the mountain stages where everyone is expecting Lance Armstrong and other main Tour contenders to show their colours, Armstrong...

Lance struggling to stay focused
Event News

Moncoutie goes it alone to win stage

It was another day for the French today in the Tour when David Moncoutie (Cofidis) crossed the finish line seven minutes ahead of the peloton,...

Moncoutie goes it alone to win stage
Event News

Virenque does his own storming on Bastille Day

Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) helped France celebrate Bastille Day, or Quatorze Juillet as they prefer to have it called, with a win in the tenth stage...

Virenque does his own storming on Bastille Day
Gear

Evans' new online / offline service combo

Well known high street presence in the South East, Evans Cycles have taken the notion of clicks and mortar to a different level with a...

Evans' new online / offline service combo
Event News

Dramatic closing moments catch in stage 9

Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) and Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) fought a long tough battle today against the peloton. But like so many other riders in other...

Dramatic closing moments catch in stage 9
Event News

Clean sheet for RCUK Etape Riders

They may not have surfaced again since their feat at the weekend, but it seems the RCUK members taking on the Etape du Tour have...

Clean sheet for RCUK Etape Riders
Event News

Buyer's guide to summer jerseys

Just because summer is here doesn’t mean technical bike wear isn’t important, you can loose litres of sweat on a long ride and summer chills...

Buyer's guide to summer jerseys
Event News

Hvastija and Casagranda booted off Tour

Two riders have been ejected from the Tour because they are being investigated by police for alleged doping. Slovenian Martin Hvastija (Alessio-Bianchi) and Italy’s Stefano Casagranda...

Hvastija and Casagranda booted off Tour
Event News

Cooke wins Giro Donne

Welsh cyclist Nicole Cooke has won her first Giro Donne in Italy only a couple of months after undergoing knee surgery. Considered this year (in...

Cooke wins Giro Donne
Event News

Hushovd wins stage, Voeckler still in yellow

It was Norway’s Thor Hushovd (CA) who won Sunday’s 168km stage from Lamballe to Quimper after an uphill sprint in which he fought off Kim...

Hushovd wins stage, Voeckler still in yellow
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