For the sport of cycling, safety has always been a primary concern for athletes and officials. Helmets are a vital piece of equipment and many innovations have recently been integrated in the design of this necessary protection. With the Tour de France approaching, sports engineers from the University of Adelaide and Swiss company Scott Sports have collaborated […]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) have announced they will be using thermal cameras to test for mechanical doping at the Tour de France. The cameras will help catch any competitors attempting to cheat using hidden motors within their bikes. Mechanical or technological doping has become an issue that the UCI has started to address in 2016. The 103rd […]
The 2016 Amgen Tour of California, which is the largest and most prestigious annual cycling race in the U.S., kicked off on May 15 and is set to cover roughly 800 miles throughout California before wrapping up in Sacramento on May 22. The Amgen Tour is an eight-stage competition, and the stages for the 2016 […]
The International Cycling Union has begun to ramp-up their testing in order to find hidden motors inside of bikes. They plan on conducting a substantial amount of tests throughout the year, which will include major events such as the Tour de France and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This news comes in the wake of the […]
If you haven’t been following the Tour de France over the past few weeks, you’ve been missing out on unprecedented footage of the race from inside the peloton. Although a few teams were granted special exemptions by the International Cycling Union (UCI) at last year’s Tour, this is the first year that each stage has […]
