The judge said cyclist and father-of-two Robin Newman should have been visible and had no chance at all

Marianne Vosis one of four selected Dutch women who will represent their national colours in the road race on Sunday. The weight of responsiblity is on Lorena Wiebes' shoulders this time around, but that doesn't make the job for Vos any easier. And who knows, if things unfold in a favorable manner,...

Cycling Ireland has named a very strong Irish team for the upcoming UCI Junior Nations Cup in Hungary, which will involve three stages over two days of racing. The inclusion of a TT in the race which will be the final stage of three can really suit the Irish team as Conor Murphy []The post Irish team named for UCI Junior Nations Cup amid selectors headaches appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

In our latest edition of Rider's Lens, Logan brings us on an unexpected journey to a relatively mundane spot in the road that he's revisited dozens of times throughout the last few years. Learn about a photo that he's taken over and over and how that led him to reflect on mindfulness, long-term photography projects, and an independent film from 1995 here...The post A Spot in the Road appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Colombian rider Nairo Quintana will be Movistar Team's main bet to win the overall classification of the Vuelta a Burgos 2024, which will be held from August 5 to 9. Quintana has already worn the purple jersey on two previous occasions (2013 and 2014) and has won in the mythical Lagunas de Neila twi...

Could Primoz Roglic be back to the peloton already within a week? This could be the case as Clsica San Sebastin organizers have shared a provisional startlist that features the leader of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe.The Basque race is every year suited to the climbers and the short steep climbs ar...

If youre the sort of person who attends community board meetings on weekday evenings so you can be the 473rd person to comment publicly on the citys latest bike lane proposal, youre no doubt familiar with Streetsblog, the digital publication that until recently covered all things livable streets but is now focused entirely on why the congestion pricing pause means the end of civilization as we know it:[Kathy Hochul gave them a real gift by pausing congestion pricing because now they can make up any numbers they want.]Streetsblogs editor-in-chief is Gersh Kuntzman, a local journalist who has long courted fame by mounting various publicity stunts, with varying degrees of success. For example, in 2016 he wrote a musical set in the Park Slope Food Co-Op:This mise en scne was highly topical among the Brooklyn elite as the Park Slope Food Co-Op was often in the news at the time because its members were coming to blows over whether or not they should carry Israeli hummus or something, though Im not sure that same Brooklyn elite was receptive to Kuntzmans broad sense of humor and phallic references:In another stunt, he went and fired an AR-15 and wrote about how it gave him PTSD:Though this one arguably backfired on him when he became a meme for 2nd Amendment advocates, who mocked his constitution and posted this image alongside photos of their young children enjoying the very same weapon at the gun range with no ill effects:Alas, for many years Gersh Kuntzman was a man without a country, spurned by liberals and conservatives alike. But then in 2022, after lawyer Adam White was arrested for un-obstructing a covered license plate on a parked car, Kuntzman hit paydirt with his Criminal Mischief schtick:Often clad in a homemade Mets helmet and looking like something an AI would generate if you told it to 3D-print you a Hillary Clinton supporter, hed remove illegal license plate covers, fix mutilated plates, and generally reveal the all the sneaky crap drivers pull to evade tolls and red light cameras, and then hed post the videos to social media. Usually hed focus his activities around police stations, courthouses, and municipal buildings, where ironically (yet unsurprisingly) the scofflawism was most rife.To cycling advocates, urbanists, and the sorts of people who find Israeli hummus problematic and get offended by Dick Johnson jokes, Kuntzman was a hero. Meanwhile, the kinds of people who obscure their license plates and who not only like dick jokes but hang testicles off the backs of their trucks denounced him as a weasel and a tool of the establishment, and they predicted hed soon get his when some driver caught him in the act. But what these people failed to understand was that in order for this to happen a cop or an assistant DA or whoever else is parking in front of these buildings with illegally obstructed plates would have to beat the crap out of a middle-aged man in a Mets bicycle helmet on video, which theyd never doand in the extremely unlikely event that they did it anyway, Kuntzman would have the scoop of a lifetime and the assailants career would be destroyed. For the scofflaw it was a Catch-22, but for Kuntzman it was a win-win.Cannily, Kuntzman rode the wave, and in so doing he accomplished the two things the sorts of people who shop at the food co-op and wear Mets bicycle helmets want more than anything in the world. The first was to become the subject of a slightly patronizing New Yorker profile:And the second was to become the subject of a slightly patronizing Daily Show segment:For a certain type of New Yorker this is the very pinnacle of achievement, and theres really nothing left after that besides an obituary in the New York Times.I mention all this by way of background, because this past week a Kuntzman disciple in New York City was apprehended while tampering with the license plates of the vehicles of Kamala Harriss stepdaughters Secret Service detail (did you follow that?):Apparently if youre gunning for a president the Secret Service will give you ample time to climb up onto a roof and get yourself situated, but if you mess with their cars theyre on you like cream cheese on a bagel:Heres video of the thrilling encounter:I havent seen tension like that since Guarding Tess:Actually, Ive never seen Guarding Tess.As for Kuntzman, he sympathized with the vigilante, though he noted hes never messed with the Secret Service:But heres the thing that anyone whos tempted to do this sort of thing should keep in mind: How would you know? Do you think Harry Heymann knew he was messing with the Secret Service? Or did he just figure the car belonged to some putz from Jersey? The truth is that in a city like New York you never know whos behind the tinted glass. It could be an undercover cop, or a celebrity, or a soccer mom, or a mobster, or the bodyguard of some visiting dictator who orders beheadings along with his breakfast. When you yell at the driver who almost just killed you, sometimes the only reason they dont stop to finish the job is that theyre in a hurry to go kill someone else. For Gersh Kuntzman, this is a calculated risk and an occupational hazard; hes cultivating a public persona, so its worth it to him to do something stupid in the same way its worth it to Steve-O to snort wasabi or stick a Matchbox car up his ass. He also knows hes probably not going to get his ass kicked in front of a police station while someone is filming it, in the same way Steve-O knows hell probably survive when he throws himself off an overpass. Theyre jackasses, but theyre also professionals, and theyre converting their antics into cultural currency. I suspect Kuntzman also knows that fixing license plates is a good way to increase your Twitter follower count, but that when it comes to actual reform he might as well stick a Matchbox car up his ass for all the good its likely to do. (To their credit, Streetsblog has in fact gotten results, but that was due to actual reporting, not content creation.)But what about all the other schmucks who go around confronting drivers in bike lanes and fixing license plates in their spare time? What do they have to gain? In a city like New York, once you start paying attention to how many people are driving with bullshit license plates, or parking in the bike lane, or hopping the turnstile, or littering, or engaging in all the other forms of antisocial behavior and/or system-gaming you see here on a daily basis, you cant unsee it, and if you remain hyper-focused on it, it will eventually drive you crazy. I know this from personal experience, which is why in recent years Ive advised against confronting motorists and warned cyclists about the dangers of Pathological Bike Lane Obstruction Fixation Disorder. Do you really need a license plate cover to guard Kamala Harriss stepdaughter while she eats at Bubbys? Is this protocol, or are these people just lazy government slobs? I have no idea. But I do think if youre 45 years old and youre so addled by license plates that youre getting arrested BY THE FREAKING SECRET SERVICE and winding up on TMZ then you might want to zoom out a little bit.Im not saying you have to completely resign yourself to to the illegal behavior of others, but I am saying that if you want to make a real difference in the world the very best thing you can do is be the happiest and sanest and un-arrested person you can possibly be.Meanwhile, I recently suggested that gravel bikes are pretentious while road bikes are refreshingly lowbrow, but it turns out I was wrong:I should probably zoom out instead of letting the world of bikes drive me crazy, but what can I say? Its a calculated risk.

It is not everyday that a new country will find itself in the World Tour. Monaco, the small European micronation is the residence of plenty pro riders including Tadej Pogacar however they have never had a rider at the top level of cycling. This will finally happen as Victor Langellotti will race for...

The Olympic road races takes place on Saturday 3 August for the men and Sunday 4 August for the women. Both start and end at the Place du Trocadro, taking in some punchy climbing in the le-de-France region around Paris. The race then returns to Paris for laps of an 18.4km finishing circuit, which includes a fierce climb on the Butte Montmartre.The mens Olympic road race is the longest ever at 273km with 2,800m of climbing, so get ready for a long session if you want to watch the whole thing live. Its a course that will favour the Classics riders, such as the host nations Julien Alaphilippe and, of course, world champion Mathieu van der Poel.Our MediaThe womens road race takes place over 158km with 1,700m of climbing. It also starts and ends at the Place du Trocadro in central Paris. Favourites include world champion Lotte Kopecky who is skipping the Tour de France Femmes in favour of the Olympics and Lorena Wiebes, who will lead the Netherlands team.We've got more details of all the cycling at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the riders to watch, but first here are the options to watch the racing for viewers in the UK, US and Australia.How can I watch the Olympic road races live in the UK?France's own Alaphilippe starts as a favourite. - Dario Belingheri/Getty ImagesIn the UK, the BBC will cover the mens and womens road races. 'BBC 1s coverage darts between cycling and a range of other events, but theres dedicated coverage of the cycling on Olympics Extra on the red button.Coverage of the mens race begins on Saturday 3 August from 10:00, running until 16:45.Coverage of the womens race begins on Sunday 4 August from 13:00, running until 17:30.If you cant watch live, theres on-demand coverage on BBC iPlayer and online.There's also coverage on Eurosport/discovery+. Mens road race coverage begins on Saturday 3 August, running from 10:00 to 17:15 UK time. Theres high-definition coverage from 12:15 to 16:45 on Euro 4K.Thats followed on Sunday 4 August by womens road race coverage from 13:00 to 17:45.As usual, theres catch-up coverage on demand too.How can I watch the Olympic road races live in the US?Lotte Kopecky has chosen to skip the Tour de France Femmes in favour of her quest for Olympic gold. - Luc Claessen/Getty ImagesViewers in the US can enjoy coverage of the mens and womens races on NBC, NBCSN and Peacock.Coverage of the mens race starts at 02:00 PDT, while womens race coverage begins from 05:00 PDT.You can watch on NBC on demand too there's no additional charge above your cable, satellite or telco TV provider's subscription cost.Peacock access requires a subscription to its Premium tier, priced at $7.99 a month. You can escape the ads by paying $13.99 a month for Premium Plus.How can I watch the Olympic road races live in Australia?In Australia, free-to-air coverage of the mens and womens Olympic road races is on ABC channel 9 and 9HD. Mens race coverage is on Saturday 3 August and starts at 19:00 AEST, while womens road race coverage is on Sunday 4 August beginning at 19:00 and finishing at 00:00 AEST. Both are included in the coverage of a range of events.How else can I watch the Olympic road races?Theres live terrestrial and internet coverage globally live and on-demand. If you have a VPN, you may be able to sign in to watch.YouTube is also an option, although the Olympics channel is dedicated to former games.

It is no secret that INEOS Grenadiers are not at the level they hoped for, but this is not only what is said from the outside, but from within the team itself. Dan Bigham joined the team in 2022 and became a key part of the team's time-trial development for the likes of Filippo Ganna and Joshua Tarl...