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Bloomsbury Christmas Gift Guide
Need a gift for the cyclist in your life? From stocking fillers to beautiful photographic guides, we’ve got Christmas covered. Take a look at just a few of our Christmas picks, then head to the sale where all our books are 45% off!* … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Special Offers
Tagged books for Christmas, Cycling, cycling books, Cycling Christmas, Tour de France
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Racing to Equality
An extract from Kicking Off by Sarah Shephard “I asked renowned cycling journalist and author Richard Moore for his view on Team Sky’s reluctance to get involved in women’s cycling, as someone who has spent much time in the company of … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Women in Sport
Tagged aviva women's tour, Cycling, Emma Pooley, La Course, Le Tour Entier, Sarah Shephard, Tour de France, Women in Sport, women's cycling, women's tour
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The Science of the Tour de France
Guest blog by James Witts Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Llandis, Lance Armstrong… The peloton’s worth of professional cyclists who have risen and fallen at the tip of a needle has left cycling’s reputation tarnished. Okay, that’s an understatement. Until Russia and … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Tour de France
Tagged Cycling, marginal gains, Team Sky, Tour de France, Tour de France 2016
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Save a 1/3 off Cycling Books
Save, save, save! It may be the first rest day of the Tour, but there’s no time to waste – Grab yourself a bargain with our summer cycling offer!! Click on the picture above to see our fantastic offer.
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Tagged Cycling, Tour de France
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COMPETITION: Who will win the Vuelta a España and why do you care?
OK, let’s take the last part first. I’m a little angry that you even asked. In fact, step right back and get out. Overlooked, barely on TV, only vaguely on the internet, this is the grand tour that’s always third … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling
Tagged Alberto Contador, Alejandro Valverde, Bike Fit, Boonen, Bouhanni, Cadel Evans, Chris froome, Chris Horner, Coppi, Degenkolb, Fabio Aru, fantasy cycling, Ferrari, Giro d'Italia, Herbie Sykes, Infographic Guide to Cycling, Joaquim Rodriguez, Merckx, Nairo Quintana, Nick Ascroft, Peter Sagan, Phil Burt, RCUK, Rigoberto Urán, Road Cycling UK, Sky Procycling, Team Sky, Tony Martin, Tour de France, Vuelta, Vuelta a Espana
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A Great Vintage: Merckx 69
We don’t like to boast, but, well, some of our books are just so bloomin’ great that we can’t help but sing their praises. And for this beaut, we’ve borrowed some words from people who’ve beaten us to it… ‘MILLIONS upon … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cycling
Tagged Cycling, Eddie Merckx, Road cycling, Tour de France
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World Congress of Cycling Science
Are Tour de France champions born or made? Should cyclists strength train? How can pain become gain? What are the real benefits of contemporary sports nutrition? And – bottom line – can sports science help make race winners? These are a … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Sports News
Tagged Bike, Performance Cycling, Road cycling, Tour de France
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The Outspoken Cyclist meets Rouleur
The Outspoken Cyclists‘s Diane Lees interviews Ian Cleverly and Robert Wyatt from Rouleur to discuss the Rouleur Centenary Tour de France. Click on the radio to have a listen…
Posted in Cycling, Rouleur
Tagged Cycling, Diane Lees, Ian Cleverly, Outspoken Cyclists, Rouleur, Tour de France
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3404 kilometres, 21 stages, 21 stories? It must be the new ‘Rouleur Centenary Tour de France’
With just under a month to go before we publish it, I thought I’d let our cycling fans have a sneaky peak at the new photographic book by Rouleur. For the 100th running of the Tour de France, top cycling … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cycling, Rouleur, Tour de France 2013
Tagged Andy McGrath, Carlton Kirby, Cycling, Eurosport, Geoff Waugh, Guy Andrews, Jakob Kristian Sørensen, Jens Voigt, Katusha, Oliver Nilsson-Julien, Paolo Ciaberta, Richard Williams, Rouleur, Sean Kelly, Sebastian Schels, Timm Kölln, Tour de France
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The medium mountains of the Tour de France: How to lose money
Guessing the winners in the medium mountain stages of the Tour de France has no real-world hook to hang one’s guess on. One is left groping against a flat surface like a sleepwalker in a phone box. It depends. There … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Alberto Contador, Chavanel, Chris froome, Contador, Gilbert, Jérémy Roy, Jonathan Castroviejo, Kreuziger, Medium Mountains, Michał Kwiatkowski, Mollema, Mountain stage, Navardauskas, Niemiec, Peter Sagan, Quintana, Richie Porte, Stage 16, Stage 17, Svein Tuft, Sylvain Chavanel, Ten Dam, Thomas De Gendt, time-trial, Tom Dumoulin, Tony Martin, Tour de France, Valverde, Vichot, Voeckler
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