- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Tubeless valves
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
news
Carlos Sastre © Photosport InternationalCarlos Sastre films anti-doping spot for Spanish TV
Carlos Sastre, winner of the 2008 Tour de France, has lent his backing to an anti-doping campaign in Spain, filming a TV advert for the ‘Juego Limpio’ (‘Fair Play’) campaign that will be shown on the TVE channel throughout 2011.
The advert is an initiative of the Spanish sports ministry, the Consejo Superior de Deportes, and the Agencia Antidopaje Española, and besides the cyclist, who has signed to Geox-TMC for 2011, features nine other leading sporting figures, according to Sastre's website.
Those include the world's number one ranked tennis player, Rafael Nadal, World Cup winning manager Vicente del Bosque and footballer Andrés Iniesta and distance runner Chema Martinez.
Spanish efforts to combat doping have come under the spotlight in recent weeks with the news that Alberto Contador failed a doping test during the Tour de France, with the UCI announcing the same day that story broke that Xacobeo-Galicia riders Ezequiel Mosquera and David Garcia had also tested positive for the banned substance hydroxyethyl starch during this year’s Vuelta.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
Lights: they should be punished. Unlit bikes are a serious threat to pedestrians and other cyclists, especially when riding on pavements that not...
You might be safer using one of these: https://yplac.co.uk/product/yplac-mini-stickers/
I live in an English city, where multiple times in the year, one side of the market square & high street (that are explicitly open to cycle...
Wait a minute - coaster brakes not suited for descents? Someone better time-travel back and tell the embryonic MTB community......
Argh! Now there's some kind of rat problem there too! Definitely no windows!
Fair point - I was restricting myself to pedal bikes. As I've never spent that kind of money on anything though (mortgage doesn't count), it's kind...
And finally: I wonder how many of the "more than 3,000" signatures on that petition are actually locals, who live or work there (and are not just...
Another book suggestion - I can highly recommend "Lost Summers and Half-Forgotten Afternoons: A Mint Sauce collection" - a beautifully presented...
If only!
I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....