In the last few years Spanish bike maker Orbea has grown from a small regional manufacturer to a challenger on the world stage. Under the Euskaltel-Euskadi team Orbea bikes have been ridden to Tour ...

This article will discuss the mounting and gluing of tubular tires. The tubular tire is made from a tire casing that is then sewn around an inner tube. The stitching is covered with a strip of cloth ...

Gerolsteiner team manager Hans-Michael Holczer is very happy that this year sees his team aboard Klein Quantum bikes. "The world's best frame," is how he describes the US-made ZR 9000 aluminium alloy ...

To get the low-down on Lance Armstrong's rig, we caught up with his mechanic Jean-Marc Vandenberghe as the team were preparing the day before Milan-San Remo. Jean-Marc is from Moorslede, in the heart ...

Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) went one better than his second place on Sunday evening in Glenelg at the Down Under classic take the first stage of the Tour Down Under and in doing so the overall lead ...

A large French-based chain of sports stores, Décathlon isn't the sort of brand you immediately associate in the same company as Colnago and Look. But since the start of its association with the AG2r ...

After a few seasons riding under the guise of other frame manufacturers, Canadian up-and-comer Cervélo scored the tech coup of the year, earning the privilege to kit out the boys from Division I road ...

Spanish sprinter Isaac Galvez (Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears) has won the first race of the Spanish season, the Trofeo Mallorca in Palma. The 100 km circuit race finished in a bunch sprint, and ...

Barry Hoban winning the Avignon-Montpellier stage, Tour de France 1974. Arguably Britain's most successful Tour de France rider, Barry Hoban competed in 12 Tours de France between 1964 and 1978, ...

For those aiming for a high finish on overall classification, the first decisive stage and arguably most spectacular finish of the Centenary Tour de France, a 219 kilometre stage finishing atop the ...

After two third places in preceding stages, Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) has won his first race of the season. Il Grillo beat Toni Colom (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and David Bernabeu ...

12 years ago in Barcelona, Italian Fabio Casartelli won the last Olympic Gold Medal for amateur cyclists for Italy and today, perhaps the late gold medalist was smiling down on his countryman Paolo ...