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Features, Learn, Minimum passing distance laws, News, road safety, Science - July 16, 2020

Close passes keep happening – here’s what we know about why

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Any cyclist who’s spent time riding on the road will know the horror of a close pass. That terrifying rush of wind, the car mirror that seems to pass mere inches from your elbow, the driver either oblivious of their actions or, worse, entirely aware of the distance they haven’t left. For decades now researchers …

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Daily News Digest, Features, News - July 16, 2020

Mitchelton updates, Pan-Am CX championships cancelled: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello CyclingTips readers, The Dookola Mazowsza stage race may not have been circled on your cycling calendar, but the four-day event that got underway in Poland on Wednesday happened to be the first UCI-sanctioned international race in quite some time following the long …

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Features, Freewheeling, Podcast, Podcasts - July 16, 2020

Freewheeling Podcast: Kate Leeming, a Modern Explorer

This week, we forgo the usual news and focus an entire episode on Australian adventure bicycle rider Kate Leeming. Leeming was the first person to ride a bike in an unbroken line across Africa, the first person to ride a bike across the entire Namibian coastline, first woman to cross new Russia unsupported on a …

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After a tumultuous month, Mitchelton-Scott is secure for two more years

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Mitchelton-Scott is secure in its funding and organisation for a further two years, according to lead sport director Matt White, who spoke at length on the subject on the SBS Cycling Central podcast. Gerry Ryan, the businessman behind Mitchelton Wines and a host of other companies that have graced the team’s kit over the years, …

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Simon Yates will lead Mitchelton-Scott at the Giro d’Italia

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Mitchelton-Scott has unveiled its long lists for both the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, confirming that Simon Yates will target the Giro overall this season as initially planned. Adam Yates and Esteban Chaves, meanwhile, are both on the long list for the squad’s Tour roster, which appears to be focused on hunting stages. …

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Close passes keep happening – here’s what we know about why

Mitchelton updates, Pan-Am CX championships cancelled: Daily News Digest

Freewheeling Podcast: Kate Leeming, a Modern Explorer

After a tumultuous month, Mitchelton-Scott is secure for two more years

Simon Yates will lead Mitchelton-Scott at the Giro d’Italia

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