TumbleUp4Life

TumbleUp4Life 2013

One year has passed since I completed one of the hardest fitness challenges in my life. I don’t use that statement lightly either. I’m used to pain, but this challenge is different. The TumbleU4Life makes you want to quit! The tumble makes you want to throw in the towel and give up. And it does [...]

Lucy Garner – Inside Out Short Film

Lucy Garner - Inside Out Short Film

  Meet double Junior Road Race Champion Lucy Garner (2011-2012) and hear how she’s settling in to her new team [Argos Shimano] and life in Holland.  

The Surf and Turf 2 Day Returns to Blackpool

The Surf and Turf 2 Day Returns to Blackpool

Cycling Development North West (“CDNW”) are hosting a round of the National Women’s Road Series on 15 & 16 June 2013.  The presence of the event, which starts at Blackpool’s Palatine Circuit on 15 June, is a continuation of the event that ran as a two day for the first time last year, as a [...]

Giro D’Italia Rest Day

GIRO D’ITALIA REST DAY

  To coincide with the early mountain stages, Multipower Sportsfood, the sports nutrition partner of the Giro d’Italia, have provided Cycling Shorts with a series of  four technical, nutritional and physiological infographics depicting the challenges undertaken when competing in the mountains. This is the forth and final in the series of four.   Rest days [...]

Individual Time Trial Stages of the Giro D’Italia

Individual Time Trial Stages of the Giro D'Italia

  To coincide with the early mountain stages, Multipower Sportsfood, the sports nutrition partner of the Giro d’Italia, have provided Cycling Shorts with a series of  four technical, nutritional and physiological infographics depicting the challenges undertaken when competing in the mountains. This is the third in the series of four.   The last five editions [...]

The Challenge of the Giro D’Italia Mountain Stages

THE CHALLENGE OF THE GIRO D’ITALIA MOUNTAIN STAGES

  To coincide with the early mountain stages, Multipower Sportsfood, the sports nutrition partner of the Giro d’Italia, have provided Cycling Shorts with a series of  four technical, nutritional and physiological infographics depicting the challenges undertaken when competing in the mountains. This is the second in the series of four.   Only 43 riders completed [...]

Meet #TeamSkoda for RideLondon

#TeamSkoda for RideLondon

When I saw the bombardment of tweets about those that had been lucky enough to get a place in this year’s RideLondon, I realised I was missing out on something. At the time, I was living in Amsterdam. I didn’t know where I was going to be come August 2013, and I hadn’t really grasped [...]

The Milk Race Returns – with equal prize money for women

The Milk Race Returns - with equal prize money for women

  You may have already seen the press release about the return of the Milk Race after a 20 year absence, and, although it’s format for this year is not the stage race of the past, it is still pulling punches by offering equal prize money for both the men’s and women’s events.   “The [...]

Tackling the Sprint Stages of the Giro D’Italia

Tackling the Sprint Stages of the Giro D’Italia

  To coincide with the first sprint stage, Multipower Sportsfood, the sports nutrition partner of the Giro d’Italia, have provided Cycling Shorts with a series of  four technical, nutritional and physiological infographics depicting the challenges undertaken when competing in the prestigious race. This is the first in the series of four.   2013 is the [...]

“STOP! Cyclists!” An Alternative View of the Cheshire Classic

Andy Wood of Weaver Valley Cycling Club has achieved many things in his first year as organiser of arguably the biggest and most hotly contested women’s race on the domestic calendar – the Cheshire Classic.  Not only did he source amazing sponsors in Epic Cycles, Delamere Dairy, De Vere Hotels and Roberts Bakery, as well [...]