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Contador to retire from cycling

Alberto Contador after winning the 2007 Tour de France. Picture: AFP APHerald Sun Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend TWO-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will retire next month after riding in the Spanish Vuelta. Contador announced his plan to stop racing on a […]

Andy Samberg Is So Dope in HBO's Cycling Comedy Tour de Pharmacy — Watch the Star-Studded Trailer

This summer, Andy Samberg is trading in his police badge for a very tight pair of biking shorts. The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star is headlining a new HBO mockumentary special, Tour de Pharmacy, set in the cutthroat world of competitive cycling. HBO just announced a premiere date for Pharmacy — Saturday, July 8 at 10/9c — and the […]

‘Tour De Pharmacy’ Trailer: Andy Samberg’s Sports Mockumentary Spoofs Doping in Cycling

Back in 2015, HBO debuted a sports mockumentary called 7 Days in Hell that chronicled fictional tennis players Aaron Williams (Andy Samberg) and Charles Poole (Kit Harington) who played a match to end all tennis matches: a seven-day, five-set marathon that took everything out of them. It was a hilarious 45-minute foray into tennis presented […]

This tiny 22-year-old Aussie bike racer has the most extreme sprinting position in pro cycling

YouTube/zzimmzamm Australian pro cyclist Caleb Ewan isn’t the biggest name in bike racing, but the 22-year-old on the Orica-Scott team has been drawing a lot of attention as a rising star with a radical aerodynamic sprinting position. The 5-foot-5 rider from Sydney, nicknamed the Pocket Rocket, has a sprinting style unlike that of any other: […]

Lighter than a PowerBar, 7Mesh’s Oro cycling jacket sacrifices weight not waterproofing

A good rain jacket is an essential piece of gear for any cyclist, particularly in the spring when unexpected rain showers might put a premature end to any ride. Thanks to an innovative new fabric developed by Gore-Tex, however, a new jacket from a company called 7Mesh promises to provide a new level of protection from […]