The Cycling Advocates Network (CAN) welcomes an increase in the driving age to 16, but says the government also needs to invest in professional cycle training to improve road safety. CAN spokesperson Anne FitzSimon says one of the best ways to raise driving standards is to make cycle training widely available. "Trained cyclists make better drivers." She says that raising the driving age means >>

This weekend I got my first taste of NRC racing in America. The Dana Point GP race on sunday was a 90min crit round a fast but very technical circuit in the streets of Dana Point, with a huge crowd and the top US teams present it was a pretty big event and had an awesome atmosphere. Bike Religion was fielding a pretty strong team in the pro field with all our riders present including US track >>

Looking for a different challenge and some fun a West Coast couple riding a Unicycle are amongst the 1100 riders doing the Around Brunner Cycle event on the West Coast this Saturday. "We've been riding unicycles for around three years now," Alison Dixon from Blackball said. "It started off when I bought Ben a unicycle as a joke. We've always enjoyed all things wheely so it wasn't long >>

Brooke Miller of Team TIBCO/To the Top put in another strong performance today in the Ronde van Drenthe World Cup, finishing 6th out of a lead group of 13 that began to take shape just past the half-way point of the 135km race.The course featured three cobbled sections, all over 2 km long, as well as three trips over the Vamberg, a 380-meter climb with pitches reaching over 20%. Heading into the >>

New Zealand's three Superstars of cycling Julian Dean, Hayden Roulston and Greg Henderson all hit Paris this weekend with the serious mission of helping their respective team leaders walk off with the cobbled trophy when the finish line comes in Roubaix. Riding for three of the strongest squads in Pro cycling, Dean will be riding in service for Dutchman Martijn Maaskant, Brit David Millar and >>

The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was named one of 16 teams to compete in the fifth edition of the Amgen Tour of California Tuesday. The team will compete against some of the finest riders in the world during the eight-day race, which has moved from February to its new time slot of May 16-23."We're honored and excited to once again be a part of the biggest stage race in >>

There will be no easing into the first European campaign for Team TIBCO/To the Top; no "warm-up" races. Instead, the team will open its roughly six-week block of European racing with one of the monuments of cycling, the Ronde van Vlaanderen, or Tour of Flanders. "Yes, this is a big race with which to open our spring European campaign, but I'm not concerned about the riders being ready for it," >>

Kiwi cyclist Hayden Roulston has been named in the race Squad for Sunday's Tour of Flanders. The HTC Columbia Pro has had a solid start to the season on the Belgian roads after his impressive fourth in Kuurne Brussels Kuurne and will ride in the services of team mate and Ghent Wevelgem winner Bernard Eisel. HTC-Columbia: Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, Matt Goss, Vicente Reynes, Hayden >>

Today Tom Boonen ran reconnaissance on the 2010 Ronde Van Vlaanderen route. The Belgian champion and his team mates Kevin De Weert, Maarten Wynants, Carlos Barredo and Sylvain Chavanel pedalled for about 5 hours and covered close to 150 kilometres from Kruishoutem to Ninove on a day marked by strong wind and scattered showers. "This year the route has changed - explains Tom Boonen -. That's why >>

High-end component specialist 3T has issued a worldwide voluntary recall for its Ventus aerobar. 3T decided on the recall to fix a problem with the rubber handgrips. When the bar is used in humid, wet, or salty conditions, these grips can loosen on the handholds, with the potential to cause an accident for the rider. Announcing the recall, 3T CEO Ren� Wiertz apologized to owners: "We realize >>