Shop and Support

Enjoying the regular race previews? Want to support the work that goes into them or just fancy some new cycling kit for spring that helps out? Either way it’s time to rattle the collection tin here once again.

A reminder that supporter jerseys, caps and socks are available from UK shop Prendas Ciclismo. The price is £55 (roughly $78 / €70) plus postage. The short sleeve jerseys are made by Santini and the Prendas website has all the info with good details on sizing and more.

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Sponsor The Inner Ring

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Logos help the wheels go round sometimes and they’re needed here too. Here’s your chance to reach over two hundred thousand intelligent cycling fans every month and support this site with an exclusive ad.

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Thanks to Trek

Thanks to Trek for sponsoring the site for June, as ever sponsorship makes a big difference here and is always worthy of a personal thank-you.

Trek’s ad campaign is for a new bike to be launched on 30 June. We might have seen it already in the Dauphiné… but you can sign-up to get all the info.

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Sponsor The Inner Ring

There’s a blank space for one advert on this website. It could be your chance to reach over one hundred thousand intelligent cycling fans every month.

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Thanks to Seven Cycles

Seven Cycles

Seven Cycles are advertising for February and it’s a custom of this blog to say thanks in public for their support.

The US framebuilder offers a range of custom carbon, titanium and steel frames and to find out more, click on the ad to visit their site and learn more. With Valentines Day coming up soon, what better time to show a sponsor some love?

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Having Fun


It should be the best job in the world to ride the top races and get paid for it. Some of the best bikes in the world are washed and prepped for you, roads get closed for you like a visiting head of state and thousands of fans wait by the road for hours to cheer.

Only too often many teams and riders show the pressure with stern faces and serious press releases. It’s exhausting but still, it’s all meant to be fun right?

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Sponsor The Inner Ring


Enjoy this site? It’s read by over a hundred thousand intelligent cycling fans every month and there’s the chance to advertise here, promote your business and support this site.

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Thanks to Trek


Every site sponsor gets thank-you note and Trek are the sponsor for April. It’s an auspicious month given the focus on the classics for the Trek Factory Racing team. The ad is there to show Fabian Cancellara’s cobble-eating Trek Domane. Within days of the ad appearing on here the Swiss won the Tour of Flanders.

As well as the thank-you note since we’re talking site sponsorship there’s a quick housekeeping note where the elusive INRNG t-shirt gets an airing.

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Thanks to Holimites

All sponsors get a note of thanks and travel and tour operator Holimites has been here for March. They offer travel and stays in the Dolomites, home of some of Italy’s best mountain passes.

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