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Mobility

Dutch e-bike company VanMoof declared bankrupt

The Dutch company's trustees will seek a third party to buy the company's assets and continue its activities.

Sport

Lafy gives French team Cofidis 1st Tour de France stage win in 15 yrs

French rider Victor Lafay made a late move to break away from the pack and give Cofidis its first Tour de France stage win in 15 years on Sunday, with Adam Yates keeping the overall lead after the opening two stages in northern Spain.

Experiences

Four of Europe’s best bikepacking routes to try this summer

Here are four of Europe’s best bikepacking routes that are accessible by train.

Mobility

These are the 10 most bike-friendly cities in the world

Nine of the 10 of the world’s best cities for cyclists are in Europe, and they're not necessarily the ones you'd think of.

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Green News

Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint

If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.

Destinations

Wales, France Italy: These are Europe's best cycling routes

Ahead of World Bicycle Day on 3 June, discover Europe's most picturesque cycling routes.

Explore

Why cyclists should set their sights on Türkiye for their next trip

In partnership with GoTürkiye

With a climate that favours outdoor cycling year-round, Türkiye has breathtaking bike routes for all skill levels.

Culture news

Amsterdam gets new underwater bike parking spots at Centraal station

Amsterdam opens two new bicycle parking facilities which are both underwater. Together they offer space for some 11,000 bikes, making it the largest storage facility of its kind in the Dutch capital.

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Watch: Rome unveils second sustainably-lit Christmas tree

Rome unveiled on Tuesday its second eco-friendly, low-impact Christmas tree, as the city installed a spruce in Campidoglio Square.

Eco-Innovation

France welcomes its first bicycle-hearse

An unusual-looking bicycle come hearse is attempting to shake up the funeral business in France.

Experiences

Explore the Swiss Alps outside ski season with these tips

You don’t need to wait for ski season to enjoy Verbier. In fact, biking through the mountains might just be the best way to experience it.

Eco-Innovation

This famous music festival has a stage powered by bicycles

Newport Folk festival in Rhode Island, USA hosted a ‘bike stage’ where audience members took it in turns to pedal five bikes powering the performance, in exchange for a front row seat.

Romania

Romania police recover high-performance bikes stolen from Italian team

The bicycles went missing last week from a hotel in Lille, where the Italian team was staying during the UCI World Track Championships.

Living

This rider-owned food delivery service is taking on Deliveroo

A new company in London is hitting back against the gig economy with carbon neutral food deliveries and fair wages for their riders.

Mobility

Pop-up bike lanes in Berlin are here to stay

As a temporary solution during the height of the pandemic, authorities in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district of Berlin created pop-up bike lanes so people could avoid crowded public transport more easily. But they are so popular, they are now being made permanent.

France

Van der Poel wins 2nd stage of Tour to take yellow jersey

Tour de France debutant Mathieu Van der Poel snatched the race leader’s yellow jersey with a win in the second stage.

Living

‘Cars are an addiction’: How Lisbon is turning green for good

Lisbon is building on its '2020 European Green Capital' win to become a fully sustainable city.

Eco-Innovation

Meet the cycling obsessed family who spend their lives on the road

Safe, accessible roads are "the biggest gift we can give our children."

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Volunteers fish 52 rental bicycles from a Paris canal

The haul from Ourcq canal in the suburb of Pantin also included a scooter and road signs.

Eco-Innovation

Watch: The advert banned in France for ‘creating a climate of anxiety’

A Dutch electric bike company has had an ad banned for its negative portrayal of the car industry.