Road Cycling Tips

Welsh cycling pro Nicole Cooke is officially the top women in the cycling scene. Just six weeks after snatching the champion title at the 2008 Beijing Olympics road race, Cooke won gold at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships. Just 150 metres from the finishing line, Cooke stuck on to Marianne Vos’ wheel and overtook her [...]

Reports are in, saying that Alberto Contador was assured by the Astana team that he will remain the leader of the cycling team. The relationship between Contador and Lance Armstrong has been tense ever since Armstrong announced his return from retirement and his joining of the Astana team. Being the winner of the 2007 Tour de [...]

Lance Armstrong has made yet another announcement at Interbike. He will be racing in the 2009 Amgen Tour of California in February. Armstrong will be racing first in the 2009 Tour Down Under, as announced yesterday. And he would continue training till the Tour of California arrives. Armstrong also explained at the announcement his decision to join [...]

Attack, in the cycling world, refers to a sudden acceleration to move ahead of another rider or group of riders. Cyclists usually ride in a peloton or paceline to take advantage of the benefits of drafting, hence attacking has to be done at the right moment to avoid wasting energy.

A paceline is where a group of cyclists riding closely behind one another in a line formation, so that each cyclist can take advantage of the benefit of drafting.

Slipstreaming or drafting is a technique in cycling where riders ride closely behind one another in order to reduce the overall effect of drag. Especially when riding in high speeds, slipstreaming can drastically reduce the energy expenditure required to maintain a certain speed. A large main group of such tightly packed cyclists in a race is [...]