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June 23, 2023
Tour de France to reach new audiences with TikTok
TikTok, the popular platform for short-form mobile videos, is joining the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift as an Official Provider. The partnership will aim to boost the exposure of cycling and its top riders to a broader audience. Endurance.biz
June 23, 2023
Skechers U.S.A. Named To Fortune 500 List For First Time
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. made the Fortune 500 list for the first time following record annual sales of $7.4 billion in 2022. Skechers is one of only four brands in the apparel industry sector to make the list, debuting at number 488. SGB Media
June 23, 2023
Are Pro Cycling Races Too Dangerous?
Crashes are a real and unfortunate part of bike racing. And while bike racing is an inherently dangerous sport and one that has, since its inception, featured crashes, injuries, and sometimes death, relatively little has been done to further protect riders from these incidents. Though helmet technology has come a...
June 20, 2023
4 dead after New York e-bike shop catches fire
Four more lives were lost to lithium-ion battery explosions in New York City today. AP News and the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) report that in the early hours of June 20, a fire broke out inside a Manhattan e-bike shop and quickly spread to apartments above it. Investigators...
June 20, 2023
What Do Professional Trail And Ultrarunners Earn?
We recently conducted a survey aimed to collect data from numerous professional runners from around the globe. This anonymous survey was filled out by nearly 200 athletes and was designed to gain insight into some key issues regarding professional athletic careers and elite competition as the sport of trail and...
June 20, 2023
History as 300-km race in France no one had finished gets first winner
One of the world’s most gruelling ultra distance races finally has a winner, after a French sports teacher crossed the finish line after almost three days of running. The Chartreuse Terminorum, which sees runners complete five loops of a 60km mountainous track in Isère, has been held five times, yet...
June 16, 2023
Asics Invests In Virtual Reality Exercise
Asics Corp. announced that its investment subsidiary, Asics Ventures Corp., had invested in Valkyrie Industries, Ltd., a London-based startup that combines virtual reality with electrical muscle stimulation. The funding will accelerate the product development of EIR Armbands, Valkyrie’s wearable muscle-based haptics that uses electronic pulses to simulate weight and tension in...
June 16, 2023
Cyclist Gino Mäder, 26, dies after a high-speed crash in the Swiss Alps
Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder died Friday, one day after suffering a terrible crash during a mountain descent in stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse. Both Mäder and another racer, Magnus Sheffield of the U.S., were taken to the hospital after they were hurled into a ravine in the Swiss...
June 16, 2023
Porsche eBikes Go Higher End with Builds Topping $15k
After already releasing two eBikes, Porche announced two new models at a price point only Porsche owners could likely afford. The eBike Cross Performance and eBike Cross Performance EXC were developed in a collaboration with e-bike specialist Rotwild. Bike rumor
June 15, 2023
24 riders kicked out of U23 Giro d’Italia for holding onto cars and motorbikes on Stelvio
Twenty-four riders have been kicked out of the Giro Next Gen — also known as the Baby or U23 Giro — after they were caught holding onto team vehicles. Video footage of the incident was published by Italian website Tuttobiciweb on Wednesday evening, showing riders using cars and race motorbikes to...