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Tour des Vins de New Jersey

A 35-mile New Jersey bicycle winery tour with overnight options available

2021 RIDES ARE NOT SCHEDULED YET DUE TO COVID-19

June and September

Tour Price: $125

Overnight package (limited quantity): $300

Imagine yourself cruising through the countryside, stopping at vineyards you pass along your route. You get off your bike, sample some wine, then pedal on. A support vehicle follows the group, carrying any wine that you buy. That support vehicle also brings you a nice picnic lunch by a beautiful lake, and is there to help you if you can’t finish the ride or you have a breakdown.

Do you think you have to travel to California or France for something like this? It’s as close to home as New Jersey!  Yes, New Jersey is home to 48 wineries, and there is excellent bike riding to be found near many of them. Our Tour des Vins de New Jersey is a scenic, thoughtfully organized, relaxed-paced 35-mile ride on the back roads and trails of Central New Jersey, offering lunch, wine tastings and vehicle support for the entire ride. We also offer a limited number of spots to camp overnight at Cream Ridge Winery and then ride again the next day.

THE DETAILS

This ride starts and ends at Cream Ridge Winery , just minutes from Exit 7A of the NJ Turnpike. The ride is also accessible from both NYC and Philadelphia by train using our rail station shuttle. See “Getting To and From the Ride” below.

The ride begins at approximately 10:30 from the winery. Grab a drink and a snack from the cooler and put in your lunch order before heading out on a beatiful ride through horse country as well as through a wildlife management area. Choose either gravel bike paths or paved back roads with a break stop after 7 miles and lunch stop at 22 miles. 

The scenery provides much to talk about during our picnic lunch where you get a meal that you pre-order in a beautiful setting. After lunch you’ll ride past longhorn cattle, farms and historic sites as you enjoy tastings at two different wineries.  There will also most likely be live music happening at the last winery when you arrive along with other fun activities. Relax and unwind with some wine!

We have guides riding with the group the entire time and we also closely follow the riders with our support van throughout the day. So nobody has to worry about getting left behind. It’s just a fun, relaxed day of riding, with a great lunch, fun conversation, lots of support and great wine!

OVERNIGHT PACKAGE

Stay overnight at the winery! The Tour des Vins de New Jersey bicycle tour also has an overnight package that is available to 6 riders only. This is an amazing way to see the winery up close and enjoy a night of sleeping under the stars – and between the rows of grapes – in a beautiful setting that feels a world away from the city.

For this package, you’ll receive a bottle of wine included with your tour fee that you can enjoy at the winery (or bring home). Call in an order to a nearby restaurant and have dinner delivered (dinner not included in tour price) and enjoy it with your wine. After the winery closes, set up your tent in the vineyard and sleep on the soft ground. If you don’t have camping equipment, you can rent a glamping package and we will set the tent up for you along with an air mattress that feels just like a bed.

The next morning, we’ll get you going with breakfast and you’ll get a chance to ride again. Depending on your preference you can choose different rides between 15 and 50 miles that let you explore the horse farms that surround the winery.

GETTING TO AND FROM THE RIDE

The ride begins at approximately 10:30 a.m. in at Cream Ridge Winery .  For those driving to the ride, it is very close to exit 7A of the NJ Turnpike.  The ride will also end at Cream Ridge Winery so you will be back at your car.

For those looking to take the train to the ride from NYC, take Train Number 7825 from Penn Station, which is the Northeast Corridor Train departing at 8:14. The final destination of this train is Trenton, but you will need to take the train to Hamilton, which is the second-to-last stop. We will meet you in the pick-up/drop-off area of the station when your train arrives at 9:33.  We will load your bikes into our vehicle and give you a ride to Cream Ridge Winery where the ride will start.  At the end of the day we will shuttle you back to the train. 

This tour is also offered a private overnight tour for small groups: Our Beaches to Farms Winery Experience Tour

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Roll through the Garden State with these 5 NJ bike tours

Yes, you can see New Jersey's picture-perfect farms, vineyards, paths and foliage on a leisurely stroll thanks to the many available walking tours, or even just on a self-guided tour. 

However, if you're looking for a workout, a surge of adrenaline or a fast-paced and exciting experience, then you can also tour from behind a set of handlebars. That's because here in the Garden State, several tour companies specialize in bicycle tours which cruise through New Jersey in a truly unforgettable fashion. 

Ready to pedal your way through your home state? Then check out these bicycle tours this summer and fall.  

READ: 5 food tours in NJ to explore this spring

READ:   NJ Bike Tours shows cyclists ‘joy of being alive’

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NJ Bike Tours in Princeton area

Princeton resident Jake Herway, who grew up in Brussels, Belgium, once believed that New Jersey was what could be seen from the Newark Airport — unfriendly factories, thick, smoggy air and dirty streets. However, once he found this couldn't be further from the truth, he decided to bring that truth to N.J. visitors and residents through his Princeton-based tour company NJ Bike Tours. 

The four tours offered by NJ Bike Tours are Farm to Table tours, which take riders to one to three farms; the Magical History tour, which brings cyclists to various historical sites of Princeton; Scenic Spin tours, which provide overlooks of farms, vineyards and the Sourland Mountains; and the Vineyards and Views tour, which takes riders to one to three wineries.

Get rolling:  njbiketours.com ; tours cost $110 per rider and last three to six hours; customizable to interest and fitness level; bring your own bike and helmet.

Pour and Pedal in Ringoes, New Egypt, Cape May

These days, you can paint and sip, craft and sip, and now, thanks to Pour and Pedal, you can also bike and sip thanks to their winery bicycle tours which cruise through Ringoes, New Egypt or Cape May on a 10- to 16-mile tour, which takes about five hours and costs $130 per person.

Each tour visits two wineries at a leisurely pace on relatively flat terrain, so you don't need to be Lance Armstrong to partake in this day out. Plus, you'll be provided with a vineyard picnic lunch, water and snacks and possibly a variety of snacks provided with your winery tasting to keep your energy up. 

Get rolling:  855-768-7631,  pourandpedal.com ; tours cost $130 per rider and last about five hours; bicycles are provided but you may bring your own if you choose.

Tour de Farm NJ in Sussex County, Warren County

For the sixth time, the annual Tour de Farm NJ will take off in Sussex and Warren counties on Sept. 2 and Sept. 22, respectively, where foodies will take to their bikes on various paths (anywhere from 14 miles to 65 miles, depending on their experience level and chosen tour) to visit local farms, meet their farmers and sample farm fare for $125 per person — which includes a farm-to-table breakfast to start it all off. 

Make sure that you also bring cash to purchase farm goods from farms such as Churutabis Farm, Vernon Valley Farm, Daisy Fields Farm, Race Farm, Bear Den Alpaca Farm and Long Meadow Farm. And to really cap off your experience, book a spot at the Farm to Fork Luncheon, which costs $25 per person. 

Get rolling:  973-222-4703,  tourdefarmnj.com ; Sept. 2 in Sussex County and Sept. 22 in Warren County, $125 per person plus $25 for optional luncheon; bring your own bicycle.

Gotham Bicycle Tours throughout NJ

Gotham Bicycle Tours specialize in New York area tours such as those through Montauk, Hudson Valley and Harlem Valley, but they do offer one Garden State gem — their Beaches to Farms two-day tour, which includes Sandy Hook, the Henry Hudson Trail, Cream Ridge Winery, the Delaware and Raritan Canal Path and Duke Farms for $275 per person. 

This tour will take place next on Sept. 15 and 16 and will include all gear transport, dinner on Saturday, breakfast on Sunday, snacks and one bottle of wine. There is also an option for a one day tour — those interested can contact Gotham Bicycle Tours directly. 

Get rolling:  917-748-1119,  gothambiketours.com ; $275 for the two-day Beaches to Farm tour.

Bear Bicycle Touring in Delaware River towns

Everyone loves an outing to the Delaware River towns on a sunny weekend, including to Lambertville, Frenchtown and New Hope. However, with Bear Bicycle Touring, you can do much more than just cruise the shops and restaurants like you always do. 

Bear Bicycle Touring offers a 20-mile Lambertville and Peddlers Village tour for $40 to $75 and a historic tour of five river towns throughout 35 miles for $70 to $105, as well as a two-day Easton tour, a four-day Catskills tour and a four-day Delaware Valley tour, making for options for every skill and experience level. 

Get rolling:  bearbicycletouring.com ; $40-$105 for one day tours depending on if you choose to rent or bring a bicycle.

Staff Reporter Jenna Intersimone writes the weekly  Central Jersey Go  column, which appears Fridays in the Courier News and Home News Tribune and spotlights five weekly local destinations.

She also writes a weekly travel column and is a regular contributor to the weekly Table section. Tweet her at  @JIntersimone  or email her at [email protected].

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The best bicycling tours of new jersey.

When it’s a great bicycling tour in New Jersey that you want, there’s no better place to begin than right here. I’m a big fan of bicycling, and would love to share with you some of the things I’ve experienced over the years. Whether you choose to bike on your own, or through a bicycle touring society, you have some amazing options right here at home. Read on for a few favorite picks.

Great Swamp Ride Tour

Intersection of White Bridge Road and Pleasant Plains Road, New Vernon, NJ

Two loops make it an easy-to-handle trail for any skill level, and there are also a couple of hills to add a little interest. The trail, at just over sixteen miles long, makes for an invigorating ride. You will circle around the last remains of a gorgeous glacial lake. Look for occasional detours to extend the ride—and offer a bit of pleasant diversion in the process. One caveat to take note of: parking is hard to find. Your best bets are at the wildlife management area and the wilderness observation trails.

Round Valley Roundabout

Round Valley Reservoir in Hunterdon County, NJ

It’s moderately hilly, yes, but the blue waters of the Round Valley Reservoir are always in view. There are country roads and villages dotted throughout, and during the summer months, it is not unusual to see the sky peppered with colorful, vibrant hot air balloons. It makes for excellent photo ops, as do the picturesque little towns of Oldwich, Mountainville, and Stanton located nearby.

Washington Rock and Roll Tour

Begins and Ends at Bernard M. Degnan Park on Alida Drive by West Orange High School.

The twenty-two-mile trail is a cultural and historic goldmine. You’ll see several Essex County Parks as you ride along. There will be a steep climb as you ascend First Watchung Mount– twice—but the view of the New York City skyline is so worth it! You’ll also find the Edison National Historic Site and the Montclair Arts Museum. As if that weren’t enough, there’s also the Millburn train station, one of the first stations originally served by the Morris and Essex Railroad. The end of the ride will wind near the Turtle Back Zoo, Richard Codey Arena, and historic Washington Rock Lookout.

Bike Touring Societies

Bicycle clubs frequently host their own tours. Here are three popular New Jersey bike touring groups that offer a bit of social fun and a bit of fitness all rolled into one.

• Morris Area Free Wheelers Dr Silverman is a member! One of New Jersey’s largest and most active bike clubs: Over 1400 scheduled rides a year on some of the state’s most scenic roads.Rides start from more than 50 different locations : From the Highlands in the north to the rolling hills near the Shore, the majority in Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Hunterdon, and Warren counties.
• Jersey Shore Touring Society This social bike club schedules regular bike tours. Look for the Tour of Somerville on May 30, 2016, the JSTS Summer Tour June 16-18, 2016, and Bike Vermont with CJSC in August. There’s always something going on, especially during the warmer months. Check out their calendar for more details.
• NJ Bike Tours 14 Trumbull Ct, Princeton, NJ 08540, 801.548.2285 Grab your bike and helmet and hit the back roads of New Jersey. NJ Bike Tours’ mission is “to share le joie de vivre” in ways you wouldn’t expect. New Jersey is more than concrete. On this peaceful tour, see farmland, trees, enjoy history, and fresh food all on one grand bicycling adventure. And don’t forget your sunglasses !

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The guide divides New Jersey into two regions:

• a northern map (pdf 9.7m) and a Resource Guide (pdf 7.3m) featuring links to online biking information, how to use the map, and a highlight of the Newark area
• a southern map (pdf 13.5m) , and a Resource Guide (pdf 3.1m) featuring links to online biking information, how to use the map, and a highlight of the Camden area

Also available:

• an atlas (pdf 59.8m) including inset maps of the Newark and Camden areas

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Vineyards & Views

Tours can be customized to your needs.

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Old York  offers award winning wines and breathtaking views of Sourland Mountain.

Unionville  in the heart of America’s Colonial Crescent, offers natural beauty,  history and artisanal wines.

Hopewell Valley Vineyard  brings three generations of Tuscan wine making and has earned medals from hundreds of international wine competitions.

Free farm to table meal!

Visit 3 vineyards (tastings available onsite; not included in tour)

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Expect 4 - 5 hours

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Easy Vineyard Tour  (10-20 mile options) 

Terhune Orchards offers award winning wines, the farm experience, and locally acclaimed farm cider donuts. A nd is an easy, flat ride! 10 miles round trip from Princeton. 15 miles to-from Hopewell.

Hopewell Valley Vineyard  is an easy 10 miles round trip visit from Hopewell, NJ.

Visit 1 winery (tastings available onsite; not included in tour)

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About the Ward Tour

The Jersey City Ward Tour is Bike JC's largest event, with 3,000 cyclists taking a 16-mile ride through all of Jersey City's wards. Now in its 13th year, the Ward Tour serves as Bike JC's largest fundraiser for our year-round advocacy, education, and programming. 

• What is the time and date of the 2024 Ward Tour? The Ward Tour will take place on Sunday, June 2nd, 2024. Registration and bib pickup begins at 9am, roll out at 11am sharp. Pick up your bib in advance to avoid a rush on Sunday morning.
• Where is the Ward Tour? The 2024 Ward Tour starts at Exchange Place, on Montgomery Street between Washington St and Hudson St. We'll ride through every Ward of Jersey City, and return to Exchange Place, where we'll have vendors, merch, and will be nearby to our partners, the Jersey City Jazz Festival. The full route can be found here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42028667
• What will be the impact on traffic and parking? Traffic Impacts: The Ward Tour organizers make every effort to minimize impacts to traffic. The ride operates with "rolling closures," meaning that the police department will close an intersection just before the first bikes roll by, and will re-open after the last bike. Motorists should expect delays of up to 20 minutes if crossing the route. Volunteers, called "ride marshals," in yellow vests help JCPD manage the flow of cyclists and traffic. Please follow all ride marshal instructions. The full route can be found here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42028667 In addition to rolling closures, Montgomery Street (between Washington St and Hudson St), and Greene Street (between Columbus Drive and York St) will be closed to all car traffic in both directions from 7 am to approximately 6 pm. Access to the LAX Parking Garage on Greene Street will remain open. Parking Impacts: There are only a handful of blocks along the Ward Tour's 16 mile route where parking is temporarily restricted for the safety of participants. Montgomery Street (between Washington St and Hudson St), and Greene Street (between Columbus Drive and York St) will be parking-prohibited from 12:01 am on June 2nd until 6 pm. There will also be no parking permitted on North Street between Central Ave and Palisade Ave from 12:01 am on June 2nd until 6 pm. Parking will also be prohibited on the West side of Palisade Ave between North St and Congress St from 12:01 am to 6 pm.
• How much does it cost to ride in the Ward Tour? General admission to the Ward Tour is $10. This small ticket price helps support our advocacy and programming for the year. Kids under 18 ride free (kids under 16 must be accompanied by an adult). Seniors over 60 are eligible for a reduced ticket price of $5.
• Is there an age limit? There is no age limit for riding in the Ward Tour, but riders should be able to maintain a pace of approximately 8 mph. This is a fairly relaxed pace for an adult who bikes even occasionally. We also take some short breaks to catch a breath and to allow for smooth traffic control, and our one long break in Lincoln Park roughly at the halfway point, after the only steep uphill on the course (so you can just walk your bike up that hill if you want).
• Are the roads closed to traffic? Yes, the route has rolling closures, which means that traffic is not allowed on the road until the riders pass.
• Am I required to wear a helmet? New Jersey State law requires anyone under the age of 17 to wear a bicycle helmet. In addition we ask all participants over 17 years of age to also wear a helmet. Please contact us with questions or concerns in the event that you are over 17 and the helmet requirement would rule out your ability to participate due to financial and/or religious factors. We would like everyone to be able to participate so we will try to work with you to make sure you or your group are able to ride in the tour.
• What is the weather policy? The Ward Tour is a rain-or-shine event. It will still be held if there's rain. In the event of severe weather, such as lightning, hail, or extreme winds, Bike JC may be forced to cancel the tour. Any weather cancellations will be published by email, on our website, and across all our socials. Unfortunately, we are unable to issue refunds in the event of severe weather.
• Can I register for the Ward Tour if I want to pay with cash? Yes! Come to any bib pickup, or arrive early on Sunday, June 2nd to register. Our volunteers will assist your registration and can accept cash or card.
• Are free tickets available? If you're interested in riding the Ward Tour for free, please consider volunteering. Volunteers are essential for keeping this event sustainable and rolling smoothly. You can sign up here.
• I can't make the Ward Tour, can I cancel my registration? Unfortunately, we are unable to provide refunds for any reason. You can transfer your ticket for no fee to someone else. Once they pay, you'll receive a full refund. You can find more info below.
• Can I transfer my ticket to another rider? Yes! Transferring your ticket is possible through our registration page. Please note that you cannot simply use another riders bib, your name and details must be registered on our page. To transfer a registration, click "Transfer my registration" on the top right of the page (if you're on a mobile device, it may appear as "help links"). Fill out the form. When the person who you've transferred your registration to has paid, you'll receive a full refund.
• What should I bring with me? Please bring everything that you will need for a full day of riding your bike. Some suggestions: Water Bottles Sunglasses Snacks Lightweight lock Weather-Appropriate Clothing Spare inner tube Phone & Backup Battery ID Card Credit Cards and/or Cash Essential medications such as EpiPens or Inhalers
• Can you store by bag? Unfortunately, due to the large number of participants, we are unable to store belongings for the duration of the ride. Please come prepared to carry all your belongings with you for the ride.
• Is my bike ready? We suggest doing an ABC Check of your bike before the ride. A is for Air Check the air pressure, spin the wheels and make sure the tires are not worn out. B is for Brakes Check to make sure coaster brakes will stop the bike by spinning the back wheel and applying the brake. If the bike has hand brakes check to see that the levers don’t hit the handlebars when squeezed. Lift one tire up at a time and spin it; squeeze the levers to see if the tire stops. The brake pads should be clean, straight and contact the rims properly. C is for Cranks, Chain, and Cogs Grab the crank arms and try to wiggle side to side. There should be no movement. Spin the pedals and cranks to see if the chain drives the rear wheel. The chain should look like metal not rust or black gunk. If the bike has gears check to make sure the gear levers and derailleurs (gear-changing mechanism) work to shift the chain between gears.
• Do I need a bib to ride? Yes! Every rider, regardless of age, needs a bib. A bib is a piece of paper with a number on it that you pin to your shirt. It helps us ensure everyone is registered, has signed a waiver, and can provide us with valuable information in the case of emergencies.
• How challenging is the ride? The route is 16 miles long. The riding pace is conversational. Most of of the course is slightly rolling to flat. However, there are a few steady uphill sections, and one steeper but very short hill in Lincoln Park just before the halfway rest point where the ride takes a short water and shade break. People with a wide range of athletic abilities should be able to complete this course. We’ll ride on streets (or sometimes on one side of a street) that are closed to motor-vehicle traffic by the Jersey City Police Department. Police officers will escort us throughout the ride.
• Do my children need to be registered? YES. All riders or passengers in the Ward Tour must be registered and wearing a bib number. This is for everyone's safety, and it helps us track you down if your child gets separated. Registration for riders under 18 is free.
• Early Bib Pickup Riders are encouraged to pick up their bibs on Friday or Saturday to avoid the rush on Sunday morning. Multiple pickup options will be available on Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st. We'll announce details by email & socials, and will post here. If you can't pick your bibs up in advance, you can do so starting at 9am on Sunday morning. Bib pickup will continue until the ride leaves, but we encourage you to arrive early, as there can be long lines.
• By PATH The closest PATH station to the start at City Hall is at Exchange place, just two blocks from the starting line. The Newark <-> World Trade Center line stops here. If you're taking the Journal Square <-> 33rd St (Via Hoboken) line, the closest stop is Newport, which is just a short, flat bike ride from Exchange Place.
• By the Hudson Bergen Light Rail If you're coming by Light Rail, the closest stop will be Exchange Place. All stops between Marin Blvd and Pavonia/Newport are a short, flat ride to the start. You can't go wrong!
• By Ferry The NY Waterway ferry runs two lines that you can take you from Manhattan to the Ward Tour start: Brookfield Place to Paulus Hook: 10:20am boat from Brookfield Place Arrives 10:30am at Hoboken NJT → short (15min / 2.6mi) ride to the start Arrives 10:40am at Paulus Hook → even shorter (4min / 0.7mi) ride to the start Midtown / 39th St to Hoboken 14th St: Arrives 10:22am at Hoboken 14th St. 4mi ride to Ward Tour start NOTE! This is not the NYC Ferry! You need the NY Waterway app, and it costs $8-$9.
• By NJT Rail If taking NJT Rail, the closest station will be Hoboken Terminal. Several rail lines terminate here.
• I'll need to drive to the event, Is there parking available? We suggest public transit to the start, as traffic will be congested and parking is scarce. There are some paid lots nearby, and street parking is sometimes possible.

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Ebikes are an eco-friendly mode of transportation. They take pennies of electricity to charge and can transport you all over the Island without emitting a single molecule of carbon monoxide. 

Touring New Jersey by electric bike also means you can stop and take in the breathtaking scenery more often. There is so much to see on this beautiful coast, and on your Ebike you won’t miss any of it.

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At the Tour de France, often the teams with yellow colours are encouraged or told to switch colours so as to not confuse with the race's iconic yellow jersey. However, taking the race's exposure, many teams and sponsors often reveal special-edition jerseys for the biggest cycling race on the planet, and Team Visma | Lease a Bike have shared with the world their new blue jersey for this year's race.

It was a long-teased moment, as the team heavily advertised the upcoming reveal for the jersey. They call it 'Renaissance', inspired by the race's start this year in the art-famous Italian city of Florence. The jersey has a rather different design than a regular one, with tones of yellow, dark and light blue.

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These Are the Yellow Jersey Contenders at the 2024 Tour de France

The 2024 Tour de France begins on Saturday, June 29th in Florence, Italy with a hilly road race that will determine the first riders to pull on the yellow jersey as the leader of the Tour’s General Classification–in other words, the Tour’s overall leader.

First awarded during the 1919 Tour de France, the maillot jaune’s true origins are murky. Some say it was yellow to match the color of the newsprint that the L’Auto-Vélo sports newspaper–the Tour’s founding sponsor–was printed on. Others say yellow wool was the cheapest fabric option at the time and was therefore chosen to construct the jersey worn by the Tour’s overall leader so that spectators could identify him more easily.

Regardless of how it came to be, the yellow jersey is now one of the most notable and recognizable symbols in cycling, and riders consider it a career-defining achievement just to wear it for a day.

But the Tour’s biggest battle is the fight to wear the maillot jaune on the Tour’s last day, atop the final podium in Nice. (In case you missed le memo , this year’s Tour isn’t finishing in Paris ; due to the Summer Olympics, it’s finishing in Nice.) This rider is the overall champion of the Tour de France, an accomplishment that gives those who achieve it a place within the pantheon of cycling’s greatest riders.

The list of contenders for the 2024 Tour de France is topped by the two riders who have dominated the last four editions, with each winning the French grand tour twice. One of them–if he even starts the Tour–will be trying to complete a miraculous comeback. The other–if he wins the Tour–will achieve something that hasn’t been done in more than 25 years. And behind them, several riders are competing to either pull-off a major upset or stand beside them on the podium in Paris three weeks later.

Here’s a run-down of this year’s yellow jersey contenders:

The Defending Champion

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike)

The Tour’s two-time defending champion, Vingegaard started the season in terrific form, winning three of four stages and the overall at the O Gran Camiño stage race in February, and then two stages and the overall at Tirreno-Adriatico in March. He was so good that by the end of Tirreno-Adriatico we were wondering how the Dane could possibly stay at such a high level through the start of the Tour de France.

But then a terrible crash at April’s Tour of the Basque Country took down Vingegaard–and a couple other Tour contenders–and everything changed. After laying in a ditch for a few minutes, Vingegaard abandoned the race and was later revealed to have suffered a broken collarbone, a few cracked ribs, and a punctured lung. His Tour de France participation was suddenly the least of his concerns.

But after spending 12 days in the hospital and several weeks recovering at home, Vingegaard has since resumed training and recently joined several members of what is assumed to be Visma’s Tour de France squad at a training camp in the French Alps. At first, the team said the Dane had a 50/50 chance of lining up at the Tour de France and would only do so if he were 100 percent ready to challenge for a third consecutive victory.

But they’ve since lowered their expectations, saying that the 27-year-old will start the Tour if he’s able to be “competitive.” Given the photos we’ve seen coming out of the team’s Alpine training camp, we think Vingegaard will easily hit the team’s lowered bar. Will he raise it once the race begins? Is Visma bluffing? That remains to be seen.

We expect the final announcement to go right down to the wire, making his participation–and the identification of the team’s leader if he doesn’t race the Tour–the biggest question heading into the start of the Tour.

The Favorite

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

Before the season began, Pogačar announced that he would be riding the Giro d’Italia for the first time in his career and then attempting to win the Tour de France for a third time later in the summer.

Riding the Giro made perfect sense at the time: even before other riders had added the Italian grand tour to their programs, Pogačar became the top favorite. Assuming he were to win the race, he could then go to the Tour with nothing to lose. Still, we thought his stated goal of becoming the first rider since 1998 to win the Giro and the Tour in the same season was rather unrealistic, mainly because Vingegaard would be building his season around winning a third Tour of his own.

Like Vingegaard, Pogačar started his season in dominant fashion, winning almost every race he entered, often convincingly. But still, we thought, there’s no way a rider–even a once-in-a-lifetime talent like Pogačar–could race the Giro and then stand a chance against a grand tour rider like Vingegaard, a rider who seemed to know how to get the better of the Slovenian at the Tour.

But then came that now infamous crash at the Tour of the Basque Country, an incident that–cruelly–might have eliminated the Pogačar biggest Tour de France obstacle.

He took care of business in Italy–and then some–by winning six stages and the maglia rosa by nearly ten minutes. More importantly, he emerged from the Italian grand tour healthy and fresh given the fact that the course and the competition offered few challenges to the 25-year-old.

Vingegaard has made it easy to forget that Pogačar won back-to-back Tours of his own in 2020 and 2021 before being the runner-up in both of the Dane’s victories. With question marks surrounding Vingegaard and perhaps the strongest team that Pog’s ever had supporting him, he’s the odds-on favorite to win the 2024 Tour de France, thereby adding the historic Giro-Tour double to his already-stellar resume. And we think he’ll do it even if Vingegaard makes it to the starting line in Florence next Saturday.

The Challenger

Primož Roglič (BORA-hansgrohe)

Were it not for one bad day at the end of the 2020 Tour de France, Roglič might be the only current rider to have won all three grand tours. Already a winner of the 2019 Vuelta a España, Roglič went into the penultimate stage of the 2020 Tour wearing the yellow jersey, with just an uphill time trial to the summit of a climb called La Planche des Belles Filles standing between him and the biggest victory of his career.

But the Slovenian exploded–in a bad way–on the steep climb while another Slovenian–an upstart named Tadej Pogačar–put in the ride of his life. In an instant, Roglič’s dream quickly became a nightmare, one that extended for the next few seasons as he was forced to watch his subsequent chances to win the Tour de France go up in smoke due to crashes and the emergence of his teammate: Jonas Vingegaard. He won last year’s Giro d’Italia–coincidentally, in an uphill time trial on the penultimate day–but it was easy to sense the Slovenian’s desire to have another shot at winning the Tour.

So Roglič transferred to a German team–BORA-hansgrohe–this past off-season and hopes that the change of scenery will give him the freedom and the support he needs to finally win the Tour de France. And at 34-years-old, this might be his last chance to do so.

He’s had an up and down season so far. He was “meh” at Paris-Nice in March, then was leading the Tour of the Basque Country before going down in the crash that took out Vingegaard. He abandoned the race immediately, but was less injured than the others and soon resumed training with minimal adjustments to his racing program.

He returned to racing in June and won two stages and the overall title at the Critérium du Dauphiné–but in true Roglič style almost lost the race after cracking on the final climb of the final stage. He held on to win by eight seconds, but the near-collapse called to mind memories of his previous catastrophes.

To be fair, Roglič was clearly timing his peak for the Tour de France, so his bad day could actually be a good omen, one that foretells even better days still to come. Should that happen, he’ll start the Tour de France as the rider with the talent (and possibly the team) best-equipped to upset Pogačar, and in doing so finally slay the demons still haunting him from 2020.

The Podium Contenders

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step)

It’s been 48 years since a Belgian has won the Tour de France, something that has ruined the careers of several riders from the cycling-mad nation, riders who at one time looked capable of ending the country’s drought, but succumbed to the intense pressure and media scrutiny.

Then along came Evenepoel, a former soccer player who looked like someone truly capable of becoming the “next Eddy Merckx.” After switching from soccer to cycling, he won 34 of his first 44 races. He won the elite world road race championship in 2022, the elite world time trial championship in 2023, and most importantly, he gave Belgium its first grand tour victory since 1978 by winning the 2022 Vuelta a España.

In 2023 Evenepoel avoided the natural temptation to ride the Tour de France, instead focusing on the Giro d’Italia. After winning two stages, he went into the Giro’s first rest day wearing the maglia rosa , but tested positive for COVID-19, a crushing blow for the rider and his fans. He then came up short in defending his title at the Vuelta, but the Belgian and his team decided it was time to target the 2024 Tour de France anyway.

Like Roglič, his season has been a mixed bag so far. He also underwhelmed at Paris-Nice, then broke his collarbone and shoulder in that same crash at the Tour of Basque Country.

Like Roglič, he also made his return to racing at the Critérium du Dauphiné where–like Roglič–he had mixed results, crushing the race’s only individual time trial but coming up a bit short in the mountains. He ended the race seventh overall, but–like Roglič–reminded everyone that his goal is the Tour–not the Dauphiné.

But unlike Roglič, Evenepoel has yet to prove that he’s a consistent grand tour contender. Yes, he won the Vuelta in 2022, but he’s failed to finish on the podium of any grand tour since. To make matters worse, his Soudal-Quick Step team falls far short when compared to the teams of the Tour’s other GC contenders.

Adding Spain ’s Mikel Landa this past off-season will certainly give the Belgian at least one trusted lieutenant in the mountains. But with teams like UAE, BORA, and INEOS coming to the Tour with two–or three–support riders who would be GC leaders of just about any other team in the race, it’s hard to see Soudal-Quick Step dictating the race the way a team defending the yellow jersey often needs to.

At best, Evenepoel wins a stage–perhaps the time trial on Stage 7–and then spends a day or two in the yellow jersey before “fading” to a top-5 finish. Even though it’s not enough to break Belgium’s Tour drought, a podium would be a dream for the Belgian. A result like that would make Evenepoel–who’s still quite young–a bona fide Tour contender, which in turn might be enough to find his team a new sponsor or two and the money it needs to bolster his Tour squad heading into 2025.

Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers)

A Spaniard hasn’t won the Tour de France since Alberto Contador in 2009, which is a rather long dry-spell for the third-winningest nation in Tour de France history. But the future's looking brighter for the former cycling powerhouse, thanks in large part to the emergence of Rodríguez, who finished fifth overall and won the mountainous Stage 14 in stunning fashion in last year’s Tour de France. (Watch the new season of Netflix’s Tour de France: Unchained to see what we mean.)

Still just 23-years-old, the man from Andalusia already has quite an impressive resume. But he’s kicked his development up a notch so far this season with a stage win and second-place overall at the Tour of the Basque Country, followed by his first overall victory at a WorldTour stage race, the Tour de Romandie.

Like Roglič and Evenepoel, Rodríguez used the Critérium du Dauphiné to put the finishing touches on his form for the Tour de France, and he was one of the race’s most consistent riders, winning Stage 8 and finishing fourth overall–just off the podium.

At the Tour, we’ll know more about his chances of finishing on the podium by the end of Stage 7’s individual time trial. If Rodríguez has one “growth edge,” it’s his time trialing. If he can avoid losing too much time to men like Roglič and Evenepoel–and then rides well on the gravel roads of Stage 9–he’ll enter the second week as a bona fide podium contender.

In the end, his biggest competition might come from his own team, as INEOS looks be sending an absolutely stacked squad to the Tour de France that could include Colombia ’s 2019 Tour de France champion Egan Bernal and Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock, whose disappointing 2023 Tour de France was also captured during the new season of Unchained . The duo finished fourth and sixth respectively at the recent Tour de Suisse, and while Rodríguez should start the Tour as the team’s GC captain, he’ll be on a shorter leash than the leaders of other teams.

The Dark Horses

Adam Yates and João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)

Yates and Almeida teamed up to dominate the recent Tour de Suisse, winning two stages apiece and finishing first and second overall, respectively. It’s hard to tell who was stronger: they finished just 22 seconds apart on GC, with the next-best rider another 2:40 behind them. It was an utterly Pogačar-esque performance.

Now they’re both heading to the Tour de France, where they will serve as a pair of “domestiques deluxes” on behalf of Pogačar, giving him perhaps the strongest roster he’s ever had supporting him at the Tour. But that doesn’t mean they won’t be able to ride for themselves.

At last year’s Tour de France, Yates–who came to the team from INEOS during the off-season–took advantage of everyone else marking Pogačar and escaped to take the victory–and the yellow jersey–on Stage 1. He then rode consistently alongside Pogačar throughout the rest of the Tour and was even given a greenlight to ride for himself when Pog cracked on the Col de la Loze near the end of Stage 17. He ended the Tour third overall, the best grand tour finish of his career.

Almeida is riding his first Tour de France, but despite being only 25-years-old has finished in the top-10 in five of the six grand tours he’s entered, highlighted by a podium finish in last year’s Giro d’Italia. Together, he and Yates will give UAE Team Emirates three riders capable of podium finishes, an embarrassment of riches not seen since Jumbo-Visma came to last year’s Vuelta a España with Vingegaard, Roglič, and American Sepp Kuss, the eventual winner.

The Tour is too complex of a race to think that these three will equal Jumbo’s 1-2-3 finish at the Vuelta. But they could certainly put two riders on the podium again. But for a team with such high ambitions, that will only be considered a successful result if one of the riders–preferably Pogačar–is on the top step.

Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla)

When Adam Yates escaped near the end of Stage 1 at last year’s Tour de France, only one rider had the good sense to follow him: his twin brother Simon. In the end, the Jayco AlUla rider was gapped by his brother on the uphill finish in Bilbao, a bittersweet result (for the brothers) that nonetheless made for great TV (for the fans).

Simon, who won the 2018 Vuelta a España and finished third at the 2021 Giro d’Italia, then quietly rode his way to a fourth-place finish by the end of the Tour, sandwiched between his brother in third and Rodríguez in fifth. His performance was easy to overlook given the riders around him, but it belied the fact that Yates–like his brother–is a consistent grand tour contender who’s always capable of a high finish when things go his way.

His form is a bit of a mystery–he hasn’t raced since finishing a rather anonymous eleventh overall at the Tour de Romandie in late-April. (Only Vingegaard could start the Tour with a longer gap between the Tour and his last competition.) He and his coaches clearly have a plan, and if it works, the Briton could complete a hat trick of grand tour podium finishes–and maybe get the better of his brother.

Matteo Jorgenson (Visma–Lease a Bike)

If Vingegaard proves unable to start the Tour de France, don’t be surprised if Visma-Lease a Bike puts its Tour de France GC hopes on Jorgenson, an American who’s had a terrific season for the Dutch super-team since coming over from Movistar during the offseason.

In fact, it’s not a stretch to say that Jorgenson has been Visma’s lone bright spot during a season in which the team’s hopes have been decimated by crashes and injuries. First he won the tough Paris-Nice stage race in March, defeating Evenepoel and Roglič in the process. Then he won Dwars door Vlaanderen, a cobbled semi-Classic that many riders use as their final race before the Tour of Flanders.

But his biggest breakthrough might have come at the race he didn’t win: the Critérium du Dauphiné, where he almost stole the race on the final day from Roglič. We always knew he was a talented rider–and certainly a future champion–but he’s taken several huge steps since joining Visma, and now looks poised to lead the team in Vingegaard’s place–or at least serve as one of the Dane’s key domestiques if he starts the Tour.

Jorgenson has never raced a grand tour as a GC leader, but he raced the Tour twice with Movistar and proved in going for stage wins that the stage wasn’t too big for him. Frankly, we have no idea what to expect from the 24-year-old. Heading into the season, we didn’t see him winning Paris-Nice and we definitely didn’t see him almost winning the Dauphiné. But this is clearly a rider who is only beginning to tap into his potential, so we’re not doubting him anymore.

Egan Bernal and Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers)

While INEOS is being coy about its Tour de France roster, we’ll be surprised if Bernal and Pidcock don’t join Rodríguez in Florence for the start of the Tour de France. Assuming the team also brings Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (who won the Tour in 2018 and finished third at this year’s Giro d’Italia) and Belgium’s Laurens de Plus (fifth at the Dauphiné), one could argue that INEOS has a team that’s even stronger than UAE Team Emirates.

In 2019, Bernal won the Tour at just 22-years-old and then won the Giro two years later. But a terrible crash while training early in 2022 almost ended his career, and he’s been steadily building his way back ever since. Now he seems to be on the verge of something big given his performances so far this season.

His results have gotten better with each race he’s entered, culminating with a fourth-place finish at the recent Tour de Suisse, albeit more than three minutes behind Yates and Almeida. And while the team still hasn’t confirmed he’s even riding the Tour de France, if they’re serious about trying to put a rider on the podium, we can’t see the team leaving him at home.

Pidcock’s an entirely different story. The Briton excels in several disciplines: he’s won the world cyclocross championships, a gold medal in the mountain bike race at the Olympics, and a Tour de France stage atop Alpe d’Huez. But he’s not yet shown himself to be a GC contender in any of the three grand tours he’s raced so far in his career. His best finish was thirteenth overall in last year’s Tour, and as we saw in Unchained , he wasn’t close to being a true contender for the overall.

But Pidcock finished sixth at the Tour de Suisse and got stronger as the race progressed. Assuming he makes it through the World Cup mountain bike event he’s racing next weekend without crashing and hurting himself, he should head to the Tour, where it will be interesting to see how he juggles his own GC aspirations with the team’s goals. (Again, watch Unchained to see more about what we mean.)

Under Consideration

We’ll also be keeping an eye on Ecuador ’s Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) , who crashed out of last year’s Tour on Stage 1 and was on track for this year’s race before crashing out of the Tour de Suisse; Spain’s Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) , who won a stage and finished sixth overall at last year’s Tour; and Spain’s Enric Mas (Movistar) , a rider who was once considered to be the future of Spanish cycling but has since taken a backseat to guys like Rodríguez. If things go their way, each of these riders could challenge for a top-5 finish this year, but given their form, recent injuries, and/or the competition, it’s hard to consider any of them a lock for that kind of result.

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It was worth $3 million, and comes just days after a $221 million Powerball jackpot was sold in Camden County.

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Masonville News & Food Store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

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Vingegaard and Van Aert to ride Tour de France as Visma-Lease a Bike reveal super squad (+ special “Renaissance” jersey); Did we really need another blue kit in the peloton?; Police slammed for collision reporting; Candyman bike + more on the live blog

• Let's address the elephant in the room: Visma-Lease a Bike's "The Renaissance" jersey (yes, it is BLUE)
• Visma-Lease a Bike finally announce Tour de France squad and yes — Vingegaard and Van Aert will ride the Tour!
• New Pinarello Dogma F: the secret’s out… so is it a secret you’d want to keep?
• How to beat the traffic in Germany? A few tips from the Polish football team...
• Part 2 of guess if it's a pro peloton kit or...?
• “We are sorry if we have not always got it right”: Council waives penalties for cyclists fined by “cowboy” wardens for riding on pavements and town centre streets
• Faster than a speeding bullet: Ladies and gentlemen, Josh Tarling for y'all
• Umm, bus seats or pro peloton cycling kit?
• Katie Archibald set to miss Paris Olympics after tripping over garden step and breaking leg, ripping ligaments, and dislocating ankle in “cruel” fall
• Candyman bike in Edinburgh? 🐝🚲
• “It’s just a matter of time before one of us is killed”: Campaigners left bloodied and injured after getting hit by drivers while cycling to and from Chicago safer streets events
• Kaitlin Armstrong ordered to pay murdered cyclist Moriah Wilson’s family $15 million in civil lawsuit
• “There’s always a cyclist but never a driver”: Police force slammed for ignoring collision reporting guidelines and writing “collision with car” after cyclist’s death
• Just over a week to go for La Grand Boucle, here's your ultimate stage-by-stage guide, from Florence to Nice
• Former French legislator arrested after speeding through cycle lane under the influence of cocaine to escape police

We knew about it, we were all expecting it, and now it's finally here. After Wout van Aert was spotted riding a blue Cervélo two weeks ago, it was all but confirmed that Visma-Lease a Bike's Tour de France special kit was going to be, yes, you guessed it, blue. Because why not, as if there aren't enough blue kits in the peloton anyway.

So now that the kit's finally out of the bag (ha!), here it is in all of its glory, a special "Resnaissance" design takes over the bright honeybee yellow and black of the Dutch team to mark the Grand Boucle's Grand Départ in Florence this year.

Discover our Tour de France jersey: https://t.co/Ouli38Exvw pic.twitter.com/R7HTctRgQm — Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) June 20, 2024

> Wout van Aert spotted on BLUE Cervélo amid Visma-Lease a Bike "leaked" Tour kit rumours

The team's website reads: "The 111th edition of the Tour de France makes its way from Florence to Nice, from the birthplace of the Renaissance to the land where it bloomed like never before. The Grand Départ takes place in the city of creative thinkers, revolutionary innovators, and versatile artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Donatello. These figures are emblematic of this unique period when the worldview shifted, placing humanity at the center and prioritising knowledge and progress."

Richard Plugge, CEO of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, said: "With this beautiful cycling jersey, we not only honour this historic period and beautiful city and region, but it also symbolises our dedication to innovation and renewal. This commitment extends both within our team and in our collaboration with partners.

Now if you ask me, that is a magnificent jersey. I'm a sucker for intricate patterns and the hues of blue and gold woven together looks amazing, in your live blogger's opinion. And it's leagues better than the horrendous jersey that got leaked a couple of weeks ago anyway.

However, the question still stands, did the peloton really need another blue kit? I think Visma's jersey parallels Bahrain Victorious' jersey situation last time around — a great kit, but just happens to be blue when there are so many other shades to choose from.

So let's put Visma's jersey to the ultimate test: the road.cc live blog poll!

Jonas Vingegaard, Sepp Kuss, Matteo Jorgenson, Wilco Kelderman, Christophe Laporte, Tiesj Benoot, Wout van Aert, and Jan Tratnik.

Wow, that's strong, strong team. You know what, I can't wait for the next Saturday! Team Emirates vs Visma, Pogačar vs Vingegaard — let the fireworks go off!

The moment we have all been waiting for. We are very happy to announce our Tour de France line-up. ⚜️🔹 #limitlessthinking pic.twitter.com/Qmj2H9JinE — Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) June 20, 2024

And that does prove that our tinfoil hat theory that Jorgenson's picture in the French Alps was indeed a soft launch of the Visma team , with only Kelderman and Kuss missing from the team's altitude training camp.

Jonas Vingegaard, the defending champion, who'll be looking to add a third maillot jaune to his wardrobe, said: "I am excited to start the Tour. The last few months have not always been easy, but I thank my family and Team Visma | Lease a Bike for their unwavering support. We have worked together to get to this moment, and of course, I am very excited to see where I stand. I feel good and very motivated." 

Visma-Lease a Bike's Sporting Director Merijn Zeeman said: "I am very proud of Jonas and the coaching team. He is coming back from a serious injury. In the last few weeks, he has shown what a champion he is, both mentally and physically. Of course, we don't know how far he can go yet. We are being cautious because he has not been able to race, and his preparation has been less than ideal, to say the least. But he will be there, healthy and motivated."

The news that Vingegaard will be riding the Tour de France would come as a massive relief for many fans, after several doubts lingering over the Danish rider's ability to recover from the horror crash at the Itzulia Basque Tour  and get fit in time.

> “He has to be the old Jonas again”: Visma-Lease a Bike DS says Vingegaard will decide for himself whether or not he’ll go to Tour de France

And the cherry on the top is that Wout van Aert, the phenomenal puncheur and essentially a true all-rounder, who not only has the ability to win races himself but also crucially for the team, can determine the stage outcomes with his attacks, is also fit to race after his own crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen where he broke his collarbone and a couple of ribs.

Van Aert said: "I am really looking forward to the Tour de France. Of course, this was not the plan initially, but after my development in the last weeks, I really wanted it, and the team agreed. Our main goal is, of course, to ride a top classification with Jonas. I want to contribute to that with an excellent team." 

Zeeman added: "Just like Jonas, Wout has had to deal with a considerable physical and mental blow. But once again, Wout has shown himself to be a rock-solid champion. His class as an athlete and leadership qualities add value to our team. We are happy to have Jonas and Wout at the start, together with an excellent team. And also in this unique Renaissance jersey that was unveiled today."

Alongside, Laporte, fresh off the back of winning Paris-Nice and the Dwars door Vlaanderen and finishing second at the Critérium du Dauphine, as well as Sepp Kuss who took the win at the Vuelta last year and is arguably the best domestique in the peloton, Jan Tratnik who won the Omloop het Nieuwsblad this year and Benoot who secured a podium position at the Amstel Gold Race — I repeat, that is one strong team.

Pinarello says it has dropped 108g from the weight of its Dogma F road bike but that if you’re looking for those all-important marginal gains – and Pinarello-sponsored Ineos Grenadiers always is – the 0.2% reduction in drag makes more difference to your speed out on the road. In case you’ve forgotten, this is the bike that Ineos Grenadiers really, really didn’t want us to see at the Dauphiné earlier this month.  

> New Pinarello Dogma F: the secret’s out… so is it a secret you’d want to keep?

Right after we saw the English team (they just went 1-0 up against Denmark by the way) on electric mountain bikes, with priceless reactions from Jude Bellingham, Jarrod Bowen, Jordan Pickford, and more, here's the Polish football team, who play Austria tomorrow, beating the rush hour traffic in Hannover.

The Polish national team beating traffic in Hannover. 💪🏼 👌🏼 Source: @emiliysh1r1n on TikTok #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/63FfJvqoaG — De Filmende Fietser (@FilmendeFietser) June 19, 2024

I swear I've seen similar designs at a nearby Wetherspoons... Or as road.cc reader Paul J put it:

Colchester City Council has apologised and agreed to waive all fines recently – and mistakenly – issued to cyclists for allegedly breaching the local authority’s rules on cycling in pedestrian areas and on pavements, after local campaigners complained that people on bikes were being unfairly targeted by third-party “cowboy” wardens “running amok”, discouraging people from cycling in the city.

In a statement issued in the wake of  road.cc’s in-depth examination of the controversy and the backlash from Colchester’s cycling community , the council admitted that it understands the “frustrations” of the city’s “responsible” cyclists concerning the implementation of its Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) – ostensibly designed to prevent anti-social, nuisance, and dangerous behaviour in the Essex city, but which local cyclists have claimed is being used as a “money-making scheme” by a private organisation contracted to the council.

Read more: > “We are sorry if we have not always got it right”: Council waives penalties for cyclists fined by “cowboy” wardens for riding on pavements and town centre streets

Imagine going so quick that the driver almost launches the team car into the air trying to keep up with you... That's Josh Tarling for you all,  Ineos Grenadiers' time trialling sensation who made it back-to-back wins at the British championships – and continued his fine preparation for the Olympics this summer – with another impressive ride on the 30km course around Catterick, North Yorkshire yesterday.

Josh Tarling going so quick the team car almost took off trying to keep up with him. @BritishCycling @INEOSGrenadiers pic.twitter.com/bDxVaEfCkq — Luke Dixon (@luuuuuukey) June 20, 2024

Looks like Visma-Lease a Bike has taken a page out of Arsenal using the Piccadilly Line's seat fabric as the design inspiration for its (training) kit... *this is a joke please don't sue me Richard Plugge*

pic.twitter.com/dPBsTUxxRz — #SiempreGino (@NairoInGreen) June 20, 2024

And since you asked for more kit pictures, here you go...

First training in TDF jersey 😍 #limitlessthinking https://t.co/9q52GFpZlN pic.twitter.com/QvItKs8zLj — Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) June 20, 2024

Double Olympic gold medallist Katie Archibald is set to miss this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, after breaking two bones in her lower leg, ripping ligaments, and dislocating her ankle in a bizarre fall in her garden earlier this week.

In news that will leave a serious dent in the Great Britain track team’s medal hopes for Paris, Archibald – an Olympic champion in the team pursuit and Madison, and who won a rainbow jersey as part of GB’s team pursuit squad at last year’s world championships in Glasgow – confirmed in an Instagram post that she underwent surgery on Wednesday for a string of injuries, suffered after tripping over a garden step on Tuesday.

>  Katie Archibald set to miss Paris Olympics after tripping over garden step and breaking leg, ripping ligaments, and dislocating ankle in “cruel” fall

We dare you to say his name five times! You don't have to believe... just beware. Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman... Don't say again!

Somebody is going to get a nasty surprise when they come to pick up their bike in Lothian road #Edinburgh 😱🐝 pic.twitter.com/7afGuOjjGF — Nichola Kane (@NicholaKane_) June 19, 2024

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Another case of cyclists simply trying to make life a little safer for themselves and others, and even then getting injured and hit by motorists on the road.

This latest incident comes from Chicago, where three volunteers from Bike Lane Uprising , a campaign to make reporting vehicles obstructing the cycle lanes easier in the USA and Canada, were hit by drivers while riding to and from events to advocate for making streets safer for cyclists.

No less than 3 of our volunteers have been hit in the last couple of weeks - all while coming or going to advocate for making Chicago streets safer for bicyclists. I feel like it’s just a matter of time before one of us are killed biking. pic.twitter.com/aTPGhtAKkP — Bike Lane Uprising® (@bikelaneuprise) June 19, 2024

“No less than 3 of our volunteers have been hit in the last couple of weeks - all while coming or going to advocate for making Chicago streets safer for bicyclists. I feel like it’s just a matter of time before one of us are killed biking,” the organisation wrote on Twitter.

They added that one volunteer was hit a few weeks ago, and a second volunteer knocked unconscious while cycling back from a town hall event for the campaign. They woke up in the hospital with a bloodied face, with the doctors having to cut their Bike Lane Uprising t-shirt from their body.

And finally, the third volunteer had just helped get the first volunteer (who got injured a few weeks ago) to a train station after a presentation event, and shortly after that they were clipped by a driver who never even stopped to see if they were okay.

The white shirt pictured above belongs to the third volunteer, while the one below, which had to be cut off after the crash, belong to the second.

Volunteer #2’s shirt after it was cut off them by medics. They were biking home after tabling a town hall event for us. They woke up in the hospital. No idea what happened. pic.twitter.com/oaSyhGLM6Z — Bike Lane Uprising® (@bikelaneuprise) June 19, 2024

“It's always the same. Fight for resources. Car lobby will always fight for it when cyclists demand their cycle lanes. It's easy to use cars as weapons because laws have been made to favour car drivers even if they kill. Solution: Putting more cycling advocates in Public life,” wrote Jaswinder Singh in the replies.

If any product harmed and killed as many people as cars do, it would be pulled from the shelves. — hojichasunrise (@hojichasunrise) June 19, 2024

And unfortunately, this sort of incident isn’t unheard of here in the UK. Last year, a recently elected councillor was riding on a designated “safe cycle path” to a road safety meeting in Oxfordshire, when a motorist cut across her and clipped her wheel . She ended up undergoing surgery after sustaining multiple injuries, including a nasty facial wound.

> Councillor cycling to road safety meeting left bloodied and bruised after being struck by alleged hit-and-run driver in bike lane

The councillor later noted that it was “ironic” that she was hit by a driver on her way to a meeting called to discuss the potential for road safety improvements in Oxfordshire.

Describing the alleged hit-and-run collision, which took place at the junction of Fern Hill Road, as the bike path briefly enters a residential area, the councillor said: “I wasn’t going fast because I am a cautious cyclist, and I was going downhill and had my hands on the brakes. I must have been going at about 10 miles per hour.

“He came right into my blind spot. I was just thinking ‘he’s not going to stop’, and within a second of thinking that, he hit my back wheel. I rolled over the wing of the car and hit the pavement with my head and my knees.

“You don’t expect it as a cyclist when you are on a safe cycle path for someone to come into the side of you.”

A judge has ordered Kaitlin Armstrong, who was sentenced last November to 90 years in prison for the murder of Moriah Wilson, to pay the leading gravel cyclist’s family $15 million in damages.

The parents of Anna Moriah Wilson, known as Mo, filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Armstrong in a bid to ensure that the convicted killer never stands to profit from any potential book or film deal based on the murder, which attracted widespread media attention around the world and left the United States’ close-knit cycling community in shock.

> Kaitlin Armstrong ordered to pay murdered cyclist Moriah Wilson’s family $15 million in civil lawsuit

In another unfortunate piece of news, Birmingham Police said that it was investigating after a “cyclist died in a collision with a car in Birmingham yesterday” — and cyclists are giving the force stick for ignoring mentioning the driver.

“There's always a cyclist but never a driver. There's always a car but never a bike,” wrote one cyclist in the replies.

Cyclist dies in a collision with a DRIVER. Fixed it for you @BrumPolice My condolences to the family. https://t.co/7SB4Va7wkl — 🚴🏻‍♂️Ralpha (aka Phil)🚴🏻‍♂️ (@2wheelsnot4) June 19, 2024

The force added: “The cyclist, a 48-year-old man, was sadly declared dead at the scene. His family has been informed and is being supported by officers.

“The driver of the black Ford Focus, a man aged 68, was not injured and remained at the scene. He is helping with our investigation.”

Det Sgt Paul Hughes, from our Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “We’re appealing for anyone who saw what happened, or who has dash cam or other footage, to do the right thing and get in touch.”

Meanwhile, Team GB triathlon athlete and cycling and walking campaigner from Birmingham, Sarah Chaundler said: “If you look on Crashmap’s website you’ll see in the last 10 years, there’ve been 100+ collisions within roughly a 50m radius of where he was killed. These streets just aren’t safe.”

A first-time Grand Départ in Italy, and an unprecedented finish outside Paris as the race concludes in Nice on the Côte d’Azur – whatever else happens on this year’s 111th edition of the Tour de France, those two aspects alone will make it a unique and, let’s hope, memorable one.

> Tour de France 2024, your ultimate stage-by-stage guide: From Florence to Nice, here's everything you need to know

Stop me if you've heard this before: A former member of France's National Assembly on cocaine getting chased by the police on Paris bike lanes for speeding...

> Former French legislator arrested after speeding through cycle lane under the influence of cocaine to escape police

Adwitiya joined road.cc in 2023 as a news writer after graduating with a masters in journalism from Cardiff University. His dissertation focused on active travel, which soon threw him into the deep end of covering everything related to the two-wheeled tool, and now cycling is as big a part of his life as guitars and football. He has previously covered local and national politics for Voice Wales, and also likes to writes about science, tech and the environment, if he can find the time. Living right next to the Taff trail in the Welsh capital, you can find him trying to tackle the brutal climbs in the valleys.

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"Renaissance" blue white and red jersey for Visma... Renaissance is the name of the ruling party - who just lost the 2024 European elections in France.

That name can NOT be a coincidence!

JV's, sorry VLaB's, jersey leaves me feeling fairly neutral but anything which stops them wearing yellow jerseys at the Tour is to be heartily welcomed, ever since I started watching over forty years ago I've thought that teams that wear yellow or green (there's never been a team that's worn red polka dots as far as I'm aware) should have to wear a change strip for the Tour. The whole reason a jersey was first awarded, after all, was so that spectators would easily be able to pick out the leader, it would be nice for that still to be the case.

The Surrey cops would probably just drive over the bike in their big pick up truck, then nuke the site from orbit, only way to be sure.

How did Visma-Rabobank manage to dig up the 60s/70s carpets from my gran's old house for their jersey? They went into a skip decades ago...

Sorry, awful looking.

RE: C ... bike in Edinburgh - thankfully not mine.  Also - looks like this might be a Manchester-specific frame ?

Or is that just a die-hard approach to chain waxing?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you seem to have forgotten to count the use of the 'C' word in the item heading...

Four years of training and planning all torn apart by a trip in the garden, really got to feel for Katie Archibald...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cj556zqy6n1o

ETA sorry for duplication, must've been typing mine while Mark's was posted.

Archibald in freak garden accident 

Looks like Ryan beat you to the punch on this one:  https://road.cc/content/news/katie-archibald-set-miss-paris-olympics-aft...

Just minutes in it and I guess that's his job after all...

BBC language misuse again - blaming the garden, when really the fault was with a step, that just happened to be in the garden...

Could have been worse - e.g.  Spinal Tap's drummer, 'Stumpy'

V-Lab decided just another blue kit wouldn't quite be anonymous enough, so they decided to add camouflage effect to it so as to hide even better.

“There’s always a cyclist but never a driver”: Police force slammed for ignoring collision reporting guidelines and writing “collision with car” after cyclist’s death"

I largely agree with the motivation for mentioning the driver and his/her responsibility instead of just referring to an inanimate object (car). But how can we expect to change this language? The driver makes up less than 10% of the total vecicle mass of the car (a cyclist  60% to 95%)? The motorist made a conscious(?) choice about driving a little house on wheels just to move him/herself about - as to never get in contact with anybody/anything else, with enough structure around herself/himself...

As a society, we don't seem able to make inconsiderate motorists take responsibility for accelerating 1 to 3 tons of metal to deadly speeds - how can we hope to change the language (that is actually far more precise as it is / has been)? Maybe we should try to pick a better fight...

Personally, I don't mind blaming the "cars" for hitting people in an accident. These contraptions are too dangerous for most people. They are dangerous machines that must be operated with care, with suitable health- and safety training - and not in the  lulling comfort of a sofa equipped with a home-entertainment system...

Finally, compare the language of "driver hitting cyclist (with a car)" to the discussion about gun-crime in the US: There, the blame seems to be on the shooter only, and lobbyists argue that its not the fault of the poor, innocent gun that should be freely available to anyone... Should we really let the motor-industry from the hook by JUST referring to an individual driver, rather than to the addictive, aggressive and dangerous products they sell for profit? After all, its this product that turns a slightly negligent, tired, stressed, ... human into a killer...

Laura Laker came up with a set of reporting guidelines that work, if the police or media could be bothered to use them.

http://rc-rg.com

Learning how to drive safely and passing a driving test (however inadequate it may potentially be) are requirements to obtain a driver's licence. It is a priviledge, not a right.

With regards to guns (in the US), many people are against ANY restrictions (ie registration/training/licencing) based on the "right" to own them nor consideration of mental state/prior convictions that might be red flags.

One for close pass of the day https://x.com/SurreyRS/status/1803337371175342121

Absolutely shocking.  I thought it was the car before getting in before the wagon that was the close pass.

'kin 'ell... hope they were wearing their AG2R shorts.

9pts though... hopefully that got them to 12.

9 points for almost killing someone?  Motornormativity again.  Should have been banned for a year and made to do a re-test.

Yet more cycling footballers - the whole Poland team.

https://x.com/FilmendeFietser/status/1803479190127120832

I think we're at the point where we need to move beyond a team, and look at organising a tournament...

dunno... they may have burst a blood vessal with rage at the fact there was a cyclist on the road in the first place. V dangerous that for the gammon.

Fingers crossed all news media organisations follow the Road Collision Reporting Guidelines soon.

And Tom Edwards of the BBC apologies for blocking me on Twitter when I tried to explain it to him. (I wasn't trolling/being abusive or sending many messages. He simply didn't agree that the language used is incorrect.)

Are these the guidelines that recommend using the phrase "road traffic collision" instead of "accident"?

Yes. http://rc-rg.com

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Strom won for the first time in her LPGA Tour career, doing so in her 99th start, with a tremendous final-round comeback. Strom shot 11-under 60 in the final round of the 54-hole tournament to post 14-under 199, and she jumped from a tie for 52nd place into the lead.

Neither Megan Khang, nor Ayaka Furue could catch Strom, and when Khang could not birdie the par-5 finisher, Strom had won. Khang and Furue finished in a share of second, a shot back. Atthaya Thitikul was solo fourth, two shots behind the lead.

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Passaic envisions extensive bike path system. Here's what it could include

PASSAIC — While the city's Bicycle Master Plan is still in its design stage, officials say they may be near the end of the beginning.

The goal is to create a network that's safe, convenient, and accessible and to encourage residents of all ages and abilities to use bicycles for recreation, exercise, commuting, errands or just getting around, Mayor Hector Lora said.

"Our object is to get people moving and create a more active city," Lora said.

Initiated in December 2022, the plan has been a collaborative effort between the city and the New Jersey Local Planning Services agency with assistance from Passaic County and EZ Ride, officials said.

It coincides with the Bike Passaic County Bicycle Master Plan, which proposes a 311-mile network featuring a mix of on-street and off-street facilities.

Following this plan, the county restriped portions of Central, Gregory and Lexington avenues with dedicated bicycle lanes.

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Regarding the city's plan, lanes will run along streets including Broadway, Lexington and others to provide safer biking routes. Bikers will have safer routes to parklands, transportation hubs and shopping.

When complete, among the approximately 70 miles of city streets, there will be 19.44 miles of dedicated bicycle lanes with 8.25 miles of bicycle boulevards, 2.4 miles of shared-use paths, 2.47 miles of shared lane/road signs and 1.89 miles of buffered lanes and two-way cycle tracks.

Bicycle boulevards are streets with low motorized traffic volume and speed, designated and designed to prioritize bicycle travel, according to the National Association of City Transportation Officials.

Shared-use paths are essentially wide sidewalks of 10 feet or more. Buffered bike lanes have designated buffer space separating the bicycle lane from the adjacent motor vehicle travel lane and two-way cycle tracks have protected bike lanes, separated bikeways, and on-street bike paths, according to NACTO.

Bike lanes were prioritized on high-crash corridors and areas with high pedestrian activity, Lora said, adding that key details remain to be completed.

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"There is no estimated cost or timeline," the mayor said. "This Master Plan is to serve as a guide and bike lanes will be implemented on a project-by-project basis."

Passaic County Planning Director Andras Holzmann said the county appreciates when cities like Passaic and Paterson buy into these projects. The goal, after all, is to create connectivity and enhance bicycle safety.

"It can't only be county roads," he said.

The county received $300,000 from the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and with a 25% match, the county had $375,000 to begin planning for the pathways. It has completed some projects like the old New York and Greenwood Lake rail bed and portions of the Morris Canal.

There's still a ways to go and the county keeps applying for state grants. Ultimately the goal is not just to connect with individual towns.

"We aren't stopping at county lines," Holzmann said.

A good example is the 4.8-mile path that will link Pequannock to the Mountain View Train Station.

Overall the work has been a bit haphazard and not only because funding comes in dribs and drabs. There are a myriad of factors, dealing with multiple jurisdictions and rights of way both from public entities and private.

Still, the county has been endeavoring when it does a repaving or reconstruction project to add bike lanes, Holzmann said. The county wants to create more than 300 miles of bike paths and only completed a fraction of that amount. "It's going take awhile," Holzmann said.

Lora agrees. The city has a lot of balls in the air, he said.

Coinciding with the bike plan, the city is also looking to add a city bike-type program to add an electric bike-sharing system in the city. These will connect various parts of the city including the up-in-the-works redesign of Main Avenue and the addition of a new bus depot.

Out of the 19 miles for the city's bike paths, less than a mile has been completed.