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Professional Cyclist Quinn Simmons Suspended After Pro-Trump Comments On Twitter

Professional Cyclist Quinn Simmons Suspended After Pro-Trump Comments On Twitter

Professional American cyclist, Quinn Simmons was suspended from his racing team on Wednesday after he expressed his support for President Donald Trump in an exchange over Twitter, according to a report from TMZ. Trek-Segafredo, the organization that Simmons was racing for, released a statement that explained the athlete is suspended indefinitely due to comments they […]

3y ago

Quinn Simmons Suspended From Cycling Team For Twitter Comments Supporting Donald Trump

Quinn Simmons Suspended From Cycling Team For Twitter Comments Supporting Donald Trump

Quinn Simmons, an American road cyclist, has been suspended from his team after making comments on Twitter supportive of President Donald Trump, The Associated Press reported. Until Thursday, Simmons, 19, had been employed by Trek-Segafredo, a bike manufacturer that sponsors road cyclists competing at the UCI WorldTeam level. The 2019 junior road race world champion […]

3y ago

U.S. Olympic Cyclist Kelly Catlin Commits Suicide At 23

U.S. Olympic Cyclist Kelly Catlin Commits Suicide At 23

U.S. Olympic track cyclist Kelly Catlin committed suicide on Friday at her California home, according to her father, Mark Catlin. TMZ says that her father didn’t give many details, but instead spoke about the heartbreak at announcing the death of his daughter at the age of 23. “There isn’t a minute that goes by that […]

5y ago

Tour De France Rider Expelled For Punching Opponent

Tour De France Rider Expelled For Punching Opponent

According to Bleacher Report, an Italian Tour de France cyclist was expelled for punching one of his opponent’s in the face. Gianni Moscon, from Team Sky, was officially expelled from the 2018 Tour de France when images and video footage surfaced of Moscon punching an opponent in the face. Moscon’s victim was Elie Gesbert of […]

5y ago

Here’s Everything You Want To Know About The Tour De France, And Some Things You Probably Didn’t Want To Know

Here’s Everything You Want To Know About The Tour De France, And Some Things You Probably Didn’t Want To Know

The Tour De France is coming up, and the eyes of the cycling world will be on France and the arduous 3,351-kilometer (2,082 mile) race that attracts the top cyclists from around the world. Here, now, are some questions you may not have known you even had about cycling’s most prestigious event. Why Does The […]

5y ago

Instagram Photo Of Pawel Poljanski’s Legs After Cycling 1,757 Miles In The Tour De France Gets 30,000 Likes

Instagram Photo Of Pawel Poljanski’s Legs After Cycling 1,757 Miles In The Tour De France Gets 30,000 Likes

There is a photo floating around social media of a pair of legs that has gained more than 30,000 likes. As seen below, the photo on the Instagram account of Pawel Poljanski of Poland shows a pair of very vascular legs, swollen with blood, knees burned by the sun. Enjoying Rhône-Alpes, France, as the location, […]

6y ago

Cyclist Michele Scarponi, Giro d’Italia 2011 Winner, Dies In Collision With A Van While Training

Cyclist Michele Scarponi, Giro d’Italia 2011 Winner, Dies In Collision With A Van While Training

Cyclist Michele Scarponi, who won the Giro d’Italia in 2011, has died from injuries sustained in a collision with a van during a training session. He was 37. According to The Associated Press, Scarponi was hit and killed instantly on the scene Saturday by a van at a crossroad while training near his home in […]

7y ago

Brompton Folding Bike Taps Into Internet Of Things

Brompton Folding Bike Taps Into Internet Of Things

London-based bike manufacturer, Brompton, is demonstrating the real value of the Internet of Things (IoT) with an internet-connected prototype of its iconic folding bike. Brompton set out to make a smarter, safer, and more accessible folding bike while giving its users a better riding experience. Anyone who has ever driven in London, or attempted to […]

8y ago

Bugaboo Stroller Ad With Bikini Model Upsets Moms, Photo Draws Angry Comments

Bugaboo Stroller Ad With Bikini Model Upsets Moms, Photo Draws Angry Comments

A stroller ad featuring a bikini-clad model jogging in the park has outraged some moms and has other women questioning her clothing choice. The Amsterdam-based stroller company Bugaboo recently featured model Ymre Stiekema wearing a black and white bikini and jogging in the park with their Bugaboo Runner, but the photo has drawn a string […]

8y ago

Big Crash On Tour De France: Multiple Cyclists Drop Out After Stage 3 Pile-Up

Big Crash On Tour De France: Multiple Cyclists Drop Out After Stage 3 Pile-Up

There was a big crash on the Tour de France on Monday that led to a pause for the race amid multiple injuries. By the time the day was done, a handful of injured cyclists had departed the race. The incident happened during the third stage of the race and video is circulating showing the […]

8y ago

Norway Builds World’s First Bike Escalator Because Riding Uphill Is Hard

Norway Builds World’s First Bike Escalator Because Riding Uphill Is Hard

Norway has commissioned world’s first bike escalator that will assist cyclists tackle the country’s steeper climbs. Cycling is a great mode of urban transport. It is a great cardiovascular exercise, it is eco-friendly, and it costs next to nothing. However, the urban commuter’s worst possible nightmare, besides the speed-hungry motorists, is going uphill. These steep […]

9y ago

Farmer In Yorkshire ‘Dresses’ His Sheep In Tour de France ‘Jerseys’, Skirting Animal Cruelty?

Farmer In Yorkshire ‘Dresses’ His Sheep In Tour de France ‘Jerseys’, Skirting Animal Cruelty?

Tour de France is approaching quickly. It is one of the most prestigious and grueling cycling events in the world, which tests the fitness, agility, determination and grit of male cyclists around the world. But this year, the event got a bit livelier thanks to an ingenious farmer, who has ‘dressed’ his flock of sheep […]

9y ago

Lance Armstrong Accused Of ‘Relentless’ Perjury

Lance Armstrong Accused Of ‘Relentless’ Perjury

The ongoing lawsuit between Lance Armstrong and SCA Promotions, the sports insurance company, heated up this week. First, Armstrong lost his appeal for temporary relief, which (if it had been successful) would have blocked the company from collecting $12 million in prize money that Lance Armstrong was paid for his 2002, 2003, and 2004 Tour […]

10y ago

Lance Armstrong Returns 2000 Olympic Medal

Lance Armstrong Returns 2000 Olympic Medal

Lance Armstrong returned his 2000 Olympic bronze medal on Thursday. The disgraced cyclist was ordered by the International Olympic Committee to return the medal earlier this year. Armstrong tweeted a photo of the medal before he sent it off to the US Olympic Committee headquarters, writing, “The 2000 Bronze is back in possession of @usolympics […]

10y ago

Lance Armstrong Lawsuit Can Go Forward, Judge Rules

Lance Armstrong Lawsuit Can Go Forward, Judge Rules

A Lance Armstrong lawsuit in Texas will proceed, according to a ruling Monday in a Travis County, Texas court. Armstrong set off a firestorm in January when he finally confessed to what his enemies had long alleged — that he’d used performance-enhancing drugs to win the famous Tour de France race every year from 1999 […]

10y ago

Lance Armstrong Will Ride Again At Iowa Cycling Event

Lance Armstrong Will Ride Again At Iowa Cycling Event

Lance Armstrong will hop on his bike for an upcoming event in Iowa. The disgraced cyclist is expected to show up during the The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa later this month. Although this is his fifth time at RAGBRAI, it will serve as the first public cycling event Armstrong has attended since […]

10y ago

Lance Armstrong: Winning Tour De France Without Dope, ‘Impossible’!

Lance Armstrong: Winning Tour De France Without Dope, ‘Impossible’!

Lance Armstrong, seven times winner of the Tour de France, always denied taking performance-enhancing drugs. That was until he went on TV in January and openly admitted to Oprah Winfrey that he had lied for years. Of course, he was condemned and punished. He was stripped of all his titles, and his sponsors vanished overnight. […]

10y ago

Lance Armstrong: ‘It Was Impossible To Win Tour De France Without Doping’

Lance Armstrong: ‘It Was Impossible To Win Tour De France Without Doping’

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is still defending his doping during the Tour de France victories. Armstrong was stripped off his titles and banned from cycling after tests determined that he had used illegal substances to cheat during his 1999-2005 seven victory run. In an interview with the French publication Le Monde, Armstrong stated: “It would […]

10y ago

Cyclist Peter Sagan Apologizes For Pinching Podium Girl’s Bottom [Video]

Cyclist Peter Sagan Apologizes For Pinching Podium Girl’s Bottom [Video]

Cyclist Peter Sagan has issued an apology after he was caught pinching a flower girl’s bottom while posing on the podium at Belgium’s Tour of Flanders cycle race. Typically at such events, the winner is joined by two women on the podium, who both move in to kiss his face at the same time for […]

11y ago

Missing California Couple Found On Boat In Peru

Missing California Couple Found On Boat In Peru

A missing California couple were found alive on a boat in Peru, according to a Facebook message posted by family. Reuters added on Tuesday, February 26, that ABC News had received confirmation Garrett Hand and girlfriend Jamie Neal, both 25, were “safe and surprised” to hear that a search for their whereabouts was underway. Friends […]

11y ago

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