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Yesterday, Gloucestershire County Cricketer James Bracey completed his 418-kilometre charity cycle ride from London to Paris with the Professional Cricketers’ Trust (PCA). Bracey was one of eight current professionals, amongst the group of more than 30 riders to set off from the Oval on Tuesday, October 10 before reaching Paris in the evening on Thursday. […]
The greatest Tour de France sprinter of all time, Mark Cavendish has decided to go round one more time to try and break Eddie Merx record which he matched two years prior. Cavendish, 38, was all set for the 2023 Tour de France to be his last having already announced his retirement and was going […]
Ineos Grenadiers and Italy rider Filippo Ganna has set a new cycling hour world record with a distance of 56.792km, achieving the feat at the Tissot Velodrome indoor track in Switzerland. The 26-year-old, who raced in the prestigious Tour de France earlier this year, smashed the record previously held by Ineos team-mate Dan Bigham by […]
Great Britain’s most successful Olympian and cyclist Sir Jason Kenny has announced his retirement to take on a coaching role with British Cycling. The 33-year-old is the most decorated British Olympian ever having won nine medals including seven golds and two silvers between the 2008 Beijing games and the 2021 Tokyo games. Born in Greater […]
Gloucestershire will host a full stage of the prestigious Tour of Britain for the first time when the race reaches it’s sixth stage. Whilst the race has run through Gloucestershire previously, this is the first time the entire route will be within the county borders. The penultimate stage of the 2017 tour finished in Cheltenham, […]
Tour de France and Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish says he and his family are “extremely distressed” after a group of masked robbers assaulted him and threatened his wife at a knife point raid while his children were present. Four intruders broke into Cavendish’s home in Essex in what police described as a “targeted incident” in […]
Cameron Norrie created history late last night by becoming the first British tennis player to win the Indian Wells Masters in California beating Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6 6-4 6-1. To celebrate this historic achievement, here are some more examples of historic British firsts. Rachel Blackmore Horse Racing is one of the best examples of men […]
Former Team Sky Chief Doctor Richard Freeman has been found guilty of ordering testosterone to an unnamed cyclist. The announcement was made today by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester after a two year tribunal in which the case against Freeman was made. Embed from Getty Images After the case began in February 2019, […]