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Training, Preparation, and Health
GSMA announces amateur mHealth Grand Tour to raise Diabetes awareness by Ben Atkins - Thursday, November 29, 2012 2100km from Brussels to Barcelona in 14 days via the Alps and PyreneesThe GSM Association (GSMA) has announced the launch of the mHealth Grand Tour cycle ride, which will take place between September 5th and 18th 2013. The 2100km event will start in the Belgian capital Brussels, and finish 14 days later in the Spanish... → Read More
Mark Cavendish presents 2012 Right to Play ride by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 World champion lends his support to charity ride from the Tour de France to the Olympic ParkWorld champion Mark Cavendish was present at the Specialized Concept Store in London’s Covent Garden to launch the 2012 Right to Play Bike Ride. The charity, whose mission is “to improve the lives of children in some of the most disadvantaged areas ... → Read More
Biomechanical expert Andy Pruitt says Tony Martin ‘is incredibly tough’ by Shane Stokes - Monday, November 14, 2011 Believes Martin’s in his peak, but says any Tour ambitions could cost him TT speedSpecialized BG Fit expert and the founder of the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, Andy Pruitt, has indicated that world time trial champion Tony Martin must carefully weigh up career goals if he is to retain his superiority in races against the cl... → Read More
AEG announces 2012 L’Etape du California by Ben Atkins - Friday, November 11, 2011 Gruelling stage to Mount Baldy chosen once again for amateur eventTour of California presenter AEG has announced the first details of what will be the 2012 L’Etape du California, which will be open to amateur riders. The event will take place on Saturday, April 28th, two weeks before the international stage race, ... → Read More
Right to Play declares Ride to the Tour a success by Ben Atkins - Monday, July 11, 2011 Fifty amateur cyclists ride from London to Les Herbiers for international children’s charityInternational charity Right to Play has declared its annual ride the Tour de France a spectacular success, with fifty riders covering 350 miles in four days to arrive in time for the start of the race. Accompanying the riders was Right to Play ambas... → Read More
Right to Play challenges amateurs to “Ride to the Tour” by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 International children’s charity teams up with Specialized for five-day eventInternational children’s charity Right to Play is once again organising what it claims to be “2011’s most exciting multi-day fundraising ride”, but challenging amateur riders to “Ride to the Tour”. The charity has teamed up with Specialized, who wil... → Read More
Organisation unable to secure enough road closure so event will be un-timedby Ben Atkins - Monday, March 28, 2011 
British champion invites paying guests to weekend in West Walesby Ben Atkins - Saturday, March 12, 2011
Paris Roubaix Challenge route introduced by legends of the race by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 28, 2011 Bernard Hinault and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle instruct amateur riders on the way to ride the cobblesBernard Hinault and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, two former winners of Paris-Roubaix, were on hand today to guide a group of amateur riders over the course of the Paris-Roubaix challenge. Hinault, the winner of the 1981 race, led a group on a 72km route... → Read More
UCI presents World Cycling Tour for amateur riders by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Cycling’s governing body offering amateurs a chance to win their own rainbow jerseyThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has created a new World Cycling Tour (UWCT), which offers the chance to amateur cyclists to earn their own rainbow jersey. Through participation in one of a number of events around the World, riders will be able... → Read More
A chance for everyone to ride the Enfer du Nordby Ben Atkins - Monday, December 20, 2010
Fränk Schleck opens permanent Amstel Gold cycle route by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Signposted cycle tourist course officially unveiled by 2006 race winnerFränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) was present at the Amstel Gold Xperience at the base of the Cauberg in Valkenburg, Netherlands to unveil the new Amstel Gold Race 365, according to wielerland.nl. The Dutch classic loops around the countryside of the Cuberg ... → Read More
Quick Step team to Calpe, Spain for first training camp by Ben Atkins - Monday, December 13, 2010 Belgians escape to the sun to make preparations for 2011The Belgian Quick Step team will head to Calpe, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, this week for its first training camp to prepare for the 2011 season. The team will fly out to Spain tomorrow (December 14th), where riders and staff will begin trai... → Read More
Week long “La Haute Route” cyclosportive launched by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, December 8, 2010 17, 000 metres of climbing in 7 stages over the Alps’ biggest colsA new week long cyclosportive race dubbed “La Haute Route” was presented in London yesterday, which should challenge even the toughest amateur riders. The course, which covers 720km in seven days, will climb some of the most famous cols in the Alps,... → Read More
Etape du Tour organiser announces entries open by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Two events to be restricted to 6000 riders eachThe organiser of the Etape du Tour has announced that entries have opened for this July’s events. Because of the usual huge demand for places on what is arguably the reference cyclosportif event, there will be two separate “Etapes” organised for the... → Read More
Tour de France organiser offers choice of Alps or Massif Centrale and confirms Paris-Roubaix Challengeby Ben Atkins - Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Rabobank team chef cooks special dishes for vegetarian riderby Ben Atkins - Friday, July 23, 2010
Self Maintenance: Our Friend the Ice Cube… Some powerful Medicine! by Cary Bland - Monday, November 16, 2009 It comes up almost every day in my massage practice. Clients report having taken a spill on their bike, hurting their elbow, shoulder, or knee… or perhaps they twisted their ankle running on the horse trail. Maybe they hyper-extended their index fing... → Read More
'Hurt so Good' Self-Myofascial release by Chad Butts - Friday, October 30, 2009 Muscle overuse injury is common in cycling and triathlon. The nature of endurance sports requires repetition after repetition, nearly 17,000 cycles for a 3H workout. Additionally, weight training in the off-season, while effective at correcting imbal... → Read More
by Ben Atkins - Monday, October 19, 2009
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