Eurosport documentary seeks subjects for ‘Race of Truth’ documentary
Spokesmen Ltd, the UK based Media, PR and Television Production company responsible for TV coverage of the UCI Women’s Road World Cup, has been commissioned by Eurosport and Cycling Time Trials to produce a 30 minute documentary on the art, science and psychology of time trialling, to be aired on British Eurosport this summer. Spokesmen, headed up by David Harmon, has joined forces with renowned Channel 4 documentary film maker Dan Edelstyn... Read More
Cycling Stars Join City’s Charity Fundraisers at Trois Etapes 2013 Launch
Cycling Stars Join City’s Charity Fundraisers at Trois Etapes 2013 Launch - Trois Etapes 2013 cycling Pro-Am has already raised $600k for charity, last year’s event raised $1.7 million - Launch attended by Olympic Gold medallist Ed Clancy MBE, Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre and a host of senior figures from the financial sector - Plans to launch ‘Giro’ version of the event in 2014 announced Sports stars joined forces with... Read More
The Enigma of Heinrich Haussler
The 2009 Milan San-Remo. A warm sunny day awaited the 200 riders of the 100th edition of La Primavera. Amongst those on the startlist, including Andy Schleck, Bradley Wiggins and eventual winner Mark Cavendish, was the quasi Australian Heinrich Haussler. What happened in the preceding 7 hours has been retraced many times since. The coming of age of Cavendish at the tender age of 23 was obviously headline news. Haussler’s second place on the day,... Read More
A Woman’s Guide to Racing (Part 4) – Practice! Practice! Practice!
A Woman’s Guide to Racing – Part 4 Practice! Practice! Practice! Click below to read: Part One – Where Do I Start? Part Two – What Do I Enter? Part Three – What training should I do? Part Five – Are you ready to race? Part Six – Race Day Last week’s article was all about training – general advice and more specific tips about women’s racing and how best to prepare for it. I know... Read More
Book Review: Riis – Stages of Light and Dark by Bjarne Riis
Riis Stages of Light and Dark by Bjarne Riis I read this book for Cycling Shorts during the summer and it has taken me a long time to finally put my thoughts about it into words. Not that I have mixed feelings about the book I do not but I needed to take time to try to put into words my thoughts as I suspected that I might just be a little controversial. I believe it is important for us to confront the issues raised and Riis was the... Read More
Ned Boulting – Talks Doping and Team Sky
Ned Boulting ©Rob (AKA Your Funny Uncle) Download: 2012-11-01T15_24_17-07_00.mp3 // Click play button to listen. Interview with Ned Boulting at Revolution Oct 27th at Manchester Velodrome. An very honest and open interview. Related links: Ned Boulting Signed Book Competition Ned Boulting “How I Won The Yellow Jumper” Cycling Shorts Book Review Willy... Read More
Martyn Ashton’s – Road Bike Party
I had the pleasure of meeting Martyn Ashton at the Revolution 37 (report online shortly) in Manchester where he made a special guest appearance and I realised I hadn’t shared his brilliant film with you. In the style of the much followed Danny MacKaskill productions, but Martyn adds a twist; he takes the £10k carbon road bike used by Team Sky‘s Bradley Wiggins & Mark Cavendish for a ride with a difference. With a plan to push the... Read More
Book Review – Slaying The Badger
Slaying The Badger LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France by Richard Moore I love sport – I love the grand tournament, the big match, the great race. What makes sport great for me is how it exposes personality – not just the obvious, like the braggadocio of a Muhammad Ali, the tortured genius of a Paul Gascoigne, the flamboyant elegance of a Valentino Rossi, but also those less touched by that kind of otherworldly... Read More
Tour of Britain 2012
Tom Murray, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke & Dan Craven – Image © markghopkins.co.uk The 2012 road season is heading for its close and with it comes the Tour of Britain, you will struggle to miss it this year too after all the publicity from the Tour de France and Olympics the Tour of Britain is set to be a big success this year. The streets, towns and fields will be awash with fans new and old drawn to the event by big names and unrivalled access.... Read More
Blaming Lance – Is it the Answer?
Not long after news broke that Lance Armstrong would not formally contest United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) proceedings against him, the media came alive. Some commentators focused on the idea of the seven times Tour winner as a doping cheat who master-minded methods of hoodwinking the authorities and brought discredit on the sport. And some saw events in the USA as a positive marker, which finally drew a line under the murk of the past, separating... Read More
