Mikel Landa has performed at a high level on the first day of high mountains of the Tour de France. With Remco Evenepoel performing among the very best, Soudal - Quick-Step can also be happy with their Basque climber whilst others struggled and lost minutes to Tadej Pogacar in Valloire.He was signe...

Ben Healy said todays stage 4 at the Tour de France was flat out from very early and when the field hit the final climb of the day, the Col du Galibier, his team mate and race leader Richard Carapaz could not hold on to the strongest riders. Irelands Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) said the battle []The post Ben Healys Tour de France | It was just a war of attrition today appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

Bosch has announced updates to its eShift system in collaboration with TRP and Shimano.Launching at Eurobike 2024, this is the first time eShift can be used with electronic derailleurs, with Bosch using TRPs unreleased EASI A12 drivetrain, which has soft launched alongside the updates.The German brand has also integrated AI into its navigation and route-planning app. A new Eco+ motor mode has been added as well.eShift extended to derailleurseShift is now compatible with TRP and Shimano electronic derailleurs. - BoschBosch first launched eShift in 2014. It was originally only compatible with select internal gear hubs, such as Shimano Nexus Di2.It has now extended its partnership with TRP and Shimano, integrating the technology with their electronic derailleurs.eShift works by timing the gearshift while reducing motor support for a fraction of a second, resulting in a smoother gear change.Bosch says this not only makes for a more comfortable ride but also decreases wear on mechanical components because less power is transferred when the chain isn't properly seated on the cassette.The system can also change gears automatically. This works similarly to SRAMs Eagle Powertrain AutoShift function, where gear changes are made to maintain a set cadence.A new RollShift feature is also incorporated into the automatic mode. This measures your rolling speed while coasting, automatically changing gears to make your speed.You can still change gear while in auto mode by using the triggers on the shifter.Shimano Nexus Di2 is commonly specced on urban and cargo bikes. - BoschIn addition to TRP's new electronic groupset, eShift is still compatible with Shimanos mechanical Cues Di2 derailleurs and Nexus Di2 internal gear hubs. TRP teases EASI A12 drivetrainTRP enters the electronic drivetrain market with its EASI A12 derailleur. - Nick Clark / Our MediaThis EASI A12 is the first electronic drivetrain weve seen from TRP. TRP is tight-lipped on details, but we expect to learn more as Eurobike progresses. So far we can see the derailleur takes power from a wire connected to an ebike's battery. The shifter on the bars is completely wireless.As the name suggests, the drivetrain is 12-speed.The derailleur exclusively works with the Performance Line CX and SX motors. AI integrated FlowNew features should reduce range anxiety. - Nick Clark / Our MediaAI is now integrated into Bosch's Smart System. Bosch says this enables more intelligent navigation and route planning. The new Range Control feature calculates predicted battery life when you arrive at your destination, reducing range anxiety.Rider weight, the elevation profile of the journey and riding behaviour are all tracked to provide as accurate an estimate as possible. Bosch says the system becomes more accurate over time as it observes rider behaviour.The system can automatically reduce motor support based on a planned route to maximise range.The new system can also estimate arrival time. New Eco+ modeEco is very close to riding a non-assisted bike, according to Bosch. - BoschBosch has updated its Eco+ mode with more energy-saving features.The motor is now switched off when descending hills or coasting on the flat to conserve battery life.The mode will provide gentle support when getting up to speed or when overtaking, but Bosch says the mode is more akin to riding a non-assisted bike, with more work required by the rider once up to speed.

A completely devastated Enric Mas spoke to Spanish radio partners after losing four minutes in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France 2024. Movistar Team's leader in the Grande Boucle was taking one of the biggest sporting blows of his career, but he had the courage to face the press.He made...

The flood of the cycling industrys biggest tradeshow has returned to Frankfurt, and were already seeing an onslaught of new gear drops this week. Whether you are looking at a more affordable wireless mountain bike groupset, new lights, shoes, new mountain bike tires, or just a creative new valve standard, the hits are already trickling in. Were on the ground in Germany all week to pick out our favorite new bits of cycling tech. And oh, do we have a lot in store for you dear reader Buckle up and keep hitting refresh throughout the week!Eurobike 2024: Whats new in bike tech this summer?(Photos/Cory Benson)Eurobike is back in full swing tomorrow, returning to its new home in downtown Frankfurt for its 3rd year. It seems like the show hasnt found an exact date on its midsummer calendar yet. (Were a week or so later this summer.) But the industry seems to be happy with the new urban locale. Join our on-site and remote Bikerumor team this week as we dig deep in the halls to uncover what we think is the most interesting new cycling tech. With literally thousands of exhibitors across a dozen expo areas, weve once again got our work cut out to dig up the greatest hits that will interest you as much as it does to us too.Lots of gadgets, and plenty to keep chargedElectronics are the buzz this year. Ebikes are again a mega trend, of course. And we are set to see some big new players enter the ebike segment this year. Stay tuned.But there are also a lot of new moves in electronic groupsets. Weve seen one long-established drivetrain maker putting up a display with 2 completely new electronic groupsets. Weve seen another small electronic drivetrain maker make a big leap in capabilities this summer. Plus, more than one ebike system leveraging automatic shifting capabilities. Weve even seen an old mechanical drivetrain stalwart add another, more versatile electronic shift option to their portfolio.Plus, the number of automated electronically-controlled suspension systems is blowing up at the moment. What seemed like a niche idea a few years ago has turned into pro mountain bikers letting a robot decide went to open & lock their suspension from XC to Enduro to DH!At the same time, weve seen plenty of simple tech, too. A popular clothing maker get into components. An ergonomics specialist gets into inner tubes. Saddle, chamois, and tire companies adopting real sustainable manufacturing processes. Weve seen bigger and broader adoption of 3D-printing in real product manufacturing not just R&D. And there are still a number of new road, gravel, and mountain bikes dropping left and right. Plus, one of my favorite weight weenies is promising a new worlds lightest 29er mountain bike!Oh yeah, its also an Olympics year, so were bound to find some cutting-edge race tech that slipped past us in the last few months, but is set for the big stage in Paris in about a month!Coming soonNeedless to say, I need to stop typing and get some rest. Because this is the calm before the chaos. The displays arent quite photo ready yet, so I have a few minutes more of respite. And then, there are several busy days hunting down new bike tech aheadSo, Ill leave you at that for today. The big show officially kicks off Wednesday morning. Therell be plenty of new tech and gadgets to drone on about in the days and weeks ahead. Stay tuned. And follow our Eurobike event coverage tag not to miss out on any of the big news.Eurobike.comThe post Here We Go Again. Eurobike is Back for 2024. What Will We See? appeared first on Bikerumor.

Primoz Roglic did not have an easy time in the first mountain stage of theTour de France. The Slovenian had to let the other favourites go in the final kilometre of Col du Galibier, but eventually finished fourth in Valloire. The leader of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe had to recognize the result was...

LONG READ: Dublin City Councils chief executive, Richard Shakespeare, told councillors on Monday that he is awaiting the report commissioned by the Dublin City Centre Traders Alliance before making a decision on the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan.Councillors were informed by email ahead of the meeting that the bus gate locations on the quays would be changed, and their operational times would be reduced from 24 hours to 7am to 7pm. A right turn on the OConnell Bridge to Eden Quay would also be opened, allowing private traffic on it for the first time since Luas Cross City was opened (see further delays below).It was also noted to councillors that one of the other main traffic management parts of the plan planned for this year, to stop private traffic from turning left from Westland Row into Pearse Street, will be deferred until 2025 due to the nature of the civil engineering works requirements, which are more extensive than previously envisaged.On Monday, Shakespeare said that he, the councils executive manager for traffic, Brendan OBrien, and the NTAs deputy chief executive, Hugh Creegan, were invited to a retail forum hosted by Emer Higgins, Minister of State with responsibility for business, employment, and retail, where they heard concerns from some retailers.Minister for State Higgins came under significant criticism for her intervention in the plan, where she requested the council postpone it until at least 2025. The intervention was heavily criticised by councillors as well as by Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan, who said he supported the plan but that the issue was a council one to deal with; his position was supported by the new Fianna Fil Minister for State James Lawless.Shakespeare said the requested delay was until March or April 2025. He told councillors: I indicated that I was at present waiting on an economic assessment from the Dublin City Centre Traders Alliance, that theyd commissioned a while ago and that Id wait until I had received that before I made any decision on whether were going to change the implication dates which were set for August of this year.He added: Just to clarify, the plan as presented last year was noted as opposed to being approved by the city council. A number of observers have remarked on this point as strange, especially given that councillors twice pushed aside motions aimed at delaying the plan, including by agreement and by a majority vote, and as reported by IrishCycle.com recently, the Delivering for Dublin coalitionagreement between Fine Gael, Fianna Fil, the Green Party, and the Labour Party outlined that The Active Travel Network and agreed transport plans will be safeguarded and implementedCouncil officials were also previously at pains to highlight that the traffic plan is derived from targets councillors agreed to in the Dublin City Development Plan and is also supported by the Climate Action Plan councillors approved last year.At last Mondays meeting, Brendan OBrien, the councils head of traffic, said that the council continues to engage with disability persons organisations (DPOs), and the plan has been modified after consulting with these groups.He noted that seven DPOs were contacted, only three have really responded, and two engaged on a higher level, namely, Physical Impairment Ireland (PII)and Voice of Vision Impairment. The latter group, Voice of Vision Impairment, holds the position that blue badge holders should be able to drive down some of the busiest pedestrian streets, such as Grafton Street and Henry Street.He said there are concerns that disabled people would be unable to access areas on Bachlors Walk and Aston Quay or that blue badge holders being driven into the city centre would not be able to be dropped off outside certain buildings.OBrien said: Under the road traffic regulations, when we make a restriction such as no straight ahead or no right turn, there are classes of vehicles we can allow, [for example] no right except buses, cyclists, taxis they are all set out in the road traffic regulations and traffic signs manual however theres no definition or class which allows for a restriction except blue badge holders.He said blue badge vehicles are treated differently in some other countries. They have flagged this issue to the Department of Transport, and the council will support such legal changes here in the longer term.Speaking for the Fine Gael group on the council, Cllr Ray McAdam said he does not favour any long delay or deferral of the plan. But he said engagement with businesses should be intensified, that businesses viewed it as critical to have a righhand turn onto OConnell Bridge from the quays, clarity on access for Guinness trucks and clarity around HGV bans within neighborhoods which might be affected.Cllr Paddy Monahan, speaking for the Social Democrats, said: My mother was a wheelchair user; she had a disability. I think tweaking the regulations for blue badge holders is centrally a great idea, but Id be very wary of people using people with disabled people as a Trojan Horse to oppose progress in this area.He said: Driving into Dublin is a really bad idea and it has been for decades. There was no consultation and no agreement on letting Dublin become a car-clogged city; we just let it happen and accepted how things are so, somehow, did we reach perfection? I dont think so. Dame Street is a nightmare; easily a hundred people trying to cross at the bottom of Georges Street at any given time, waiting for the lights to change. People with disabled people, like my mother, and kids, all squashed to the side on a four-lane road in the city centre.He said his bus today was delayed as always by single-occupancy cars. He said shoppers and employees shouldnt be conflated with cars as most people dont drive into the city centre.He said the plan was agreed after extensive consultation, and Minister Higgins is looking to kill the plan with death by consultation. He added: We need to focus on moving people around the city and not cars.Cllr Daithi Doolan, the Sinn Fein leader on the council, said: I too am surprised by this development, I too think it smacks of big business dictating to the city about how we do business there was an open, transparent, inclusive consultation process and then we did our best to accommodate further engagement with the disbility sector and now we have big business putting the dead hand of bureaucracy attempting to unpack it.Thats whats happening here its an unpacking of a plan that was noted and supported through the contribution of the comments of councillors here a number of months ago, he said.He said, It also shows that the Government is in chaos on this issue, with one Minister at loggerheads with another Minister, and that is not doing this city any favours. Its time the city stood up and said we agree with the plan; we want that plan because it makes the city safer, more accessible, and more sustainable.Cllr Doolan added: If we allow big business to step in and undo it, they will be undoing the democracy in the city. So, I have grave concerns about what is happening.Cllr Feljin Jose, speaking for the Green Party group, said: The council already agreed to the plan, and we have a very extensive public consultation on the plan.He said: Dublin needs this. I got the bus from Phibsborough to Rathmines the last week and it took about 45 minutes from one canal to the other thats not sustainable, thats not good for us, for jobs.Cllr Jose said that non-24 hour restrictions are more complicated and harder to enforce. He added: Push ahead and wed be opposed to any delays.Cllr Deirdre Heney, speaking for the Fianna Fil group on the council, said she was pleased to hear that there are talks ongoing with disabled people. Cllr Mannix Flynn, speaking for the independent technical group, claimed we did not vote on this and said that information was put out by a Minister. But councillors moved twice against motions seeking to delay the plan in the first case by agreement and at another meeting by a majority vote.Cllr Flynn said that he is glad that the chief executive is holding off to see the economic impact report from the lobby group before making a decision and, in the same breath, before seeing the report, he repeated a claim that they are alleging there would be massive job losses etc..Cllr Flynn viewed an attempted interruption by a Green Party councillor as Green bullying, and he then went onto interrupt another Green Party councillor when they were speaking. Cllr Darragh Moriarty (Labour) said: Were deeply concerned by any attempt to derail this plan at the last minute. Were in July now, and the plan is supposed to take place next month, and we have businesses coming out of the woodwork jumping up and down screaming.Im equally concerned at any economic analyses carried out on behalf of this business group because anybody can commission anybody what they want to hear already. So, if were talking the word of this business alliance group to tell us theres going to be an apocalypse in Dublin if we stop cars on the quays, they are going to tell us that theres going to be an apocalypse and the sky is going to fall in, he said.Id disregard whatever is said by their off-the-shelf economist, he said.He said the plan is about getting people to spend time in the city centre and cutting off people using the city [centre] as a rat run. that will get more people spending more time in our bars, in our shops, in our restaurants, thats what we want to see Dublin thrive.Cllr Michael Pidgeon (Green) said: Just a single point that Id ask the chef executive to note and reflect on is from five groups here representing over two-thirds of councillors, 42 councillors by my count, five of those groups said explicitly that we should not delay this.He added: So, I think its safe to say that you have a strong two-thirds majority and a strong backing from the elected side of this council to tell people who want to interfere and stop this that were going ahead with this.Cllr Catherine Stocker said: Were constantly told that we cannot implement this plan because we have such poor public transport, but the reality is that this is a chicken and egg situation. We cannot improve what is the current primary method of public transport, which is the bus, without reallocating road space.Cllr Colm ORourke (Fine Gael) said that communications must be clearer to both the councillors and the public and that frustration can be caused by a lack of clear communications.Shakespeare said he would weigh up all the points raised. He added, Lucky for me, I get to play Solomon.Cllr Donna Cooney (Green) asked the chief executive to include international research on lower-traffic city centres and their economic impact. Whats the updated plan for the quays?The following is an outline of the plan for bus gates near OConnell Bridge on the north and south quays in the words of officials as presented in a note to councillors:North Quays:The bus gate will move further east to OConnell Bridge. It was originally planned that vehicles must turn left at Jervis Street, now all vehicles can travel as far as the junction of OConnell Street / Bachelors Walk. This now means that all of Bachelors Walk is accessible and all vehicles will be able to travel along Bachelors Walk and turn left into OConnell Street allowing access into the OConnell Street, North Lotts and Parnell Street areas. The current disabled bay will also remain accessible.The straight ahead movement Bachelors Walk to Eden Quay will be for public transport, taxis and cyclists only. The right turn movement to OConnell Bridge will continue to be public transport, taxis and cyclists only as it is at present.Thus general traffic can use Bachelors Walk to access the length of Bachelors Walk, but must turn left at OConnell Bridge.In order to facilitate access to Eden Quay the right turn from OConnell Bridge to Eden Quay will be reintroduced. This was removed as part of the Luas Cross City works and is currently only available for public transport and cyclists. By reintroducing this right turn all parts of Eden Quay will be accessible for private cars and deliveries.Timed operation the hours of operation will be reduced from 24 hours to 7am to 7pm Monday to Sunday. Outside these hours the restrictions will not be in operation and vehicles can travel along all areas of the north quays.South Quays:All Vehicles can turn left from Burgh Quay to DOlier Street.All vehicles can turn right from Burgh Quay to OConnell Bridge, thus allowing access to the right turn to Eden Quay but also OConnell Street as before.The straight ahead movement from Burgh Quay to Aston Quay will be public transport, taxis and cyclists only.The left turn from Westmoreland Street to Aston Quay will be public transport, taxis and cyclists only.The left turn from Westmoreland Street to Fleet Street will be for deliveries and access only.Access to the Temple Bar area for deliveries etc. will be from the Westmoreland Street turn to Fleet Street, as will access to Fleet Street carpark, the disabled bay on Aston Quay or to be dropped off on Aston Quay, this will be possible via Fleet Street. There will be just 50m of Aston Quay where a vehicle cannot access at the junction of Aston Quay/ Westmoreland StreetTimed operation similarly the north quays, the hours of operation will be reduced from 24 hours to 7am to 7pm. Outside of these hours the restrictions will not be in operation and vehicles can travel all areas of the South quays.

Richard Carapaz's yellow dreamonly lasted one day and had a bit of a bittersweet ending. The Ecuadorian cracked on Col du Galibier and lost the leader's jersey toTadej Pogacar. Still, Carapaz enjoyed his day in the yellow jersey, as he hinted before the stage that he didn't expect to keep hold of...

This post with videos offers 5 quick and easy tips to help you lose weight cycling. Most of these tips require only minor tweaks to what you are already doing. One of them even encourages you to eat more! Watch the video, and then review the quick and easy cheat sheet that follows. Post includes an inspirational video showing how one young woman lost weight cycling.The post 5 Quick and Easy Tips to Lose Weight Cycling appeared first on Average Joe Cyclist.

Jonas Vingegaardwas the only rider to come at least close to following Tadej Pogacar's acceleration on Col du Galibier, however even the mighty Dane came short to his Slovenian counterpart after a short while. The gap between the two even further deepened in the long descent to Valloire, with Vinge...