By Joe Hall • 19th June 2013 • Posted in Art & Design
This July marks the 100th edition of the Tour de France. As part of the celebrations Rapha have commissioned ten illustrators and designers to create artworks commemorating the 100 Tours that will have taken place since 1903.
Broken down into ten decades from 1903 to 2013, each work represents a specific era of the race. Calling on well-established illustrators and graphic designers from Europe and North America, the collection captures the diversity, beauty, suffering and cultural significance of cycling’s grandest race.
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By Tom Southam • 18th June 2013 • Posted in Team
All images by cyclingiq.com
After eight hard days of racing, Mike Cuming took the biggest win of his career last week, claiming the overall title at the Tour of Korea. Supported by RCJ teammates Elliott Porter, Richard Handley, Aaron Buggle, Hugh Carthy and Luke Grivell-Mellor, the British under-23 road race national champion seized the yellow jersey with a brilliant attacking ride on the race’s hilly sixth stage.
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By Joe Hall • 14th June 2013 • Posted in Rides
To celebrate the 100th edition of the Tour, and the mountains that have made it legendary, Rapha and Strava are proud to announce Rapha Rising: La Centième.
In the week which starts on Bastille Day (14th-21st July), Rapha is challenging participating riders to climb the combined height, from sea level, of the Peyresourde, Ventoux and Col de Sarenne, all of which feature in this year’s race. The Peyresourde is one of the giants of the Pyrenees, which featured in the Tour's first excursion into the bear-infested mountains in 1910, while Mont Ventoux, the Giant of Provence, first appeared in the Tour in 1951, a year before Alpe d'Huez. Together, they've been the sites of some of the Tour's most famous battles. The Col de Sarenne, however, has never been scaled in the Tour. It’s a little known col, 1,999m high, that the pros will climb this year, having first climbed the Alpe. Descending on a road resurfaced especially for them, they will loop back round to the foot of the Alpe to make that climb again.
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By Jeremy Dunn • 13th June 2013 • Posted in Rides
Come Monday morning, people will be having their coffee. Some will be planning out the week ahead, perhaps thinking of the time they spent on the bike the previous days. This Monday morning, June 17th, Michael Tabtabai and Andrew Hudon will be undertaking a bit more with their week and the weeks that follow. In their attempt to traverse the United States in 24 days, they will Leave it on the Road in more ways than one. Tabtabai and Hudon are making the trip to raise money and awareness for the treatment of colon cancer. The planning alone is a Herculean project and Michael stopped by the other day to show off one of the final — and most important — pieces of the puzzle.
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