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Rohan Dennis sets new UCI hour record with 52.491 kilometres

Showing excellent form and fine track technique, BMC Racing Team’s Rohan Dennis was successful in his attempt to tackle the UCI hour record on Sunday, smashing the previous record of Matthias Brandle. Dennis covered 52.491 kilometres to go almost 600 metres further than Brandle’s 51.852 kilometres, as had been set on October 30 in the […]

Rohan Dennis world hour record attempt live stream

Tune in on Sunday February 8 at 11:50pm ADST (1.50pm local time, GMT +1) to see Rohan Dennis take a shot at the world hour record in Grenchen, Switzerland. The current record is held by Austria’s Matthias Brändle’s who covered 51.852km in October 2014. Dennis’ attempt comes just two weeks after Jack Bobridge’s unsuccessful record […]

The Week in Bike #55 - Supply and Demand

At first blush, you might guess there was an oversupply of races right about now, or an over-investment in the Dubai Tour. But you might be underestimating the riders’ demand for nice weather and low results expectations, or just how deeply people in the media enjoy being catered to. We hope you enjoy Cosmo Catalano’s latest […]

Roadtripping India: Part Two

When you think of the world’s great cycling destinations, India isn’t a country that necessarily springs to mind. And yet, when you venture beyond the bustling city streets, India has a wealth of opportunities on offer for the intrepid cyclist. Andy Rogers and Caz Whitehead recently ventured to the Indian state of Karnataka with Exodus […]

A tour of Giant’s Taichung factory

When it comes to big bike brands, they don’t come much bigger than Giant. For more than 40 years the Taiwanese-based company has been making bikes of all varieties for cyclists around the world including, for the past 27 years, high-end carbon fibre road bikes. CyclingTips’ roving reporter Dave Everett visited the Giant factory in […]

How the Race Was Won – Women’s World Cyclocross Championships

In the latest “How The Race Was Won”, Cosmo Catalano takes a look at the elite Women’s Cyclocross World Championships, contested this past weekend in Tabor, Czech Republic. In Cyclocosm’s “How the Race Was Won” series, you’ll see much more than simple race highlights. Cosmo Catalano picks up the details that nobody else sees, analyses the race […]

High Performance program cut is a symptom of a bigger problem

If there were a manual on how to become a professional cyclist, “don’t be female” would be an apt opener. The scale of the women’s professional cycling industry means there are precious few opportunities for talented riders to progress to the top level of the sport. The Australian women’s European Development Program that had been […]

Photo gallery: the long and distinguished career of Cadel Evans

As he crossed the finish line in Geelong on Sunday, in the inaugural race named in his honour, Cadel Evans called time on a professional cycling career that had lasted two decades, most of it on the road. It had been a long an illustrious career with victories in two of the biggest bike races […]

It’s back! CyclingTips 2015 Spring Classics Tour

We’re stoked to announce that we’re making the pilgrimage back to the Spring Classics this year! Together with BikeStyle Tours we’ve brought back the Spring Classics tour that we did back in 2012. We’ll ride the Tour of Flanders Sportif, smash the cobbles of the Arenberg Forest, ride into the velodrome in Roubaix at the […]

Emma Johansson ready to make most of final two years as full-time pro

Sweden’s Emma Johansson is only 31 years old, but the former world number one women’s road cyclist (2013) says that while gold at the UCI Road Worlds and the Olympic Games still elude her, she intends to step down as a full-time pro in 2017. “I do have a year in my head,” Johansson shared […]