The 3rd of April is still a few weeks away but like any true cycling fan it’s been on my mind since the beginning of the racing season. Ronde Van Vlaanderen, the Spring Classic that seemingly encapsulates everything I love about pro bike racing, is an event that can evoke every emotion, a cycling fan …
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Inside the Tinkoff Saxo kit bag
By now many of you will have seen Global Cycling Network’s latest video with Matt Stephens asking Matti Breschel of Tinkoff Saxo to show them all his kit (at last check it had over 50,000 views!) If you haven’t you can see it below… We thought we would go into a little more depth on …
FIANDRE DAY
Lashing rain, hailstones and 100kph gusts…perfect weather! We had arrived in Oudenaarde, Belgium. The plan was to allow a select group of journalists from the UK, Germany and Benelux, test the new Fiandre range of clothing in the place it’s named after, Fiandre, Flanders, Vlaanderen. A name given to this clothing because the weather in …
Hell and High Water – The ‘Fiandre’ hits Flanders : TDF 14
They thought the weather in England was going to be the problem… When the route for the 2014 Tour de France was announced many of the teams had one thing on their mind – ‘British weather’. The variable summer weather of the British Isles had the pros fighting over their rain bags to make sure they …
Inside the Tinkoff Saxo ‘Rain Bag’
Next time you find yourself riding the Tour de France and starting in Yorkshire, you’ll need to take extra care in packing your rain bag. Or in the case of the Tour de France, you actually put a bag in each of the two team cars. SciCon makes this easy for the Tinkoff Saxo riders …
MILAN-SAN REMO: 2014 Preview
Unseasonably cold & severe conditions shaped last year’s Milan – Sanremo and it looks like the weather will play its part once again, this year. With heavy rain forecasted, the correct apparel choices can be crucial in not only surviving the race but also preserving energy for the finale. The Cipressa and Poggio may …