A RIDER has died after crashing out of the Cape Town Cycle Tour in South Africa. The unidentified man was involved in a 20-person pile-up during the race. The event is in its 40th year, and around 35,000 competitors from all over the world compete. The South African reports that the organisers of the event […]
WHEN Olympic cycling guru Dave Brailsford announced the launch of Team Sky in June 2009, the goal was simple. To create Britain’s first Tour de France winner. To do it “clean”, and to be a beacon of good practice in a sport which had all but destroyed itself with drug abuse and cover-ups. I was […]
LUCIA JAVORCEKOVA has sensationally retired from cycling to become a full-time model and DJ. The 26-year-old is widely considered to be the world’s sexiest cyclist, and has garnered a huge following on social media. According to Marca, the Slovakian stunner has packed in her job as a competitive sportsman. Javorcekova is no stranger to hitting […]
WHAT they don’t seem to realise, Team Sky, Sir Dave Brailsford and Sir Bradley Wiggins, is that when MPs made their ‘bombshell’ allegations, they were hardly even bombshells at all. The postman didn’t fall off his bike. The window cleaner didn’t tumble from his ladder, the white van man didn’t career off the road into […]
FIVE-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Bradley Wiggins has been forced to deny he cheated and claims he is the victim of a smear attempt. A report by MPs accused him of “crossing an ethical line” by using allowed drugs for sports enhancement, rather than medical purposes, during the 2012 Tour de France. Here’s what we […]