Pegasus: How the winged horse has fallen from grace

You can pretty much write into the books right now: not only will Pegasus Sports miss out on a Professional Continental license for next year, it may not even exist at all. This will be a crushing blow for cycling in Australia. For many years now, many avid recreational cyclists have been staying up, watching the Tour de France and other european races, just wishing we had our own team to support.

Tour of Bright: Why I love it and hate it

Many avid cyclists will be descending upon the Victorian Alps this weekend for the Tour of Bright, one of Australia's toughest amateur stage races. 3 stages over two days: a hard, 91km (or 127km for A Grade) slog from Bright towards Ovens, over Rosewhite Gap to the Kiewa Valley, a high-speed dash towards Mt Beauty before heading up and finishing at the top of the Tawonga gap; a undulating, out-and-back, 15.7km time-trial the afternoon after stage 1; and a 56.5km ride from Bright to the top of Mt Hotham, 30km of which is uphill.