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Nicolas Roche Arctic Race of Norway

Nicolas Roche looks to get back on track after challenging months

Nicolas Roche has had a very tough few months but... Read more...

Bahrain Merida show broken bikes after flying from Glasgow Euros

This broken carbon fibre handlerbar is, like most of the... Read more...

Irish team named for World Junior Track Champs in Switzerland

Shay Donley riding the Youth Olympics last year, and now... Read more...

Irish agent Andrew McQuaid starts new UCI team with Tom Pidcock

He’s already won world and European titles in cyclocross and... Read more...

New Leinster fixture to boost calendar amid road race cancellations

  Races being cancelled added to the later start to... Read more...

Cycling Ireland

Cycling Ireland gets cash boost for Tokyo Olympics campaign

Getting to the Tokyo Olympics – and qualifying for them... Read more...

Matt Teggart

Teggart: “I haven’t dug that deep in a long time just to finish”

Ireland’s Matt Teggart looked like he’d been to war after... Read more...

Video: Most of breakaway crashes in Euro Road Race Champs

With less than 10km to go in Glasgow in the... Read more...

Millar compares Ullrich to dead Pantani, Vandenbroucke, Gaumont

Millar compares Ullrich to dead Pantani, Vandenbroucke, Gaumont

Jan Ullrich cannot be allowed to go the same way... Read more...

Jan Ullrich arrest psychiatric unit

Ullrich in psychiatric unit as seriousness of allegations now clear

Jan Ullrich is undergoing psychiatric treatment as the seriousness of... Read more...

BioRacer International Cyclocross

More funds needed to host new UCI cyclocross race in Ireland

Let’s back this new international UCI-ranked cyclocross race for Ireland.... Read more...

Video highlights Junior Tour of Ireland cycling

Video: Highlights Junior Tour of Ireland, action-packed six stages

Highlights video Junior Tour of Ireland 2018: Shay Donley takes... Read more...

Lance Armstrong donation Adrien Costa

Lance Armstrong makes big donation to Costa after leg amputation

Lance Armstrong has suffered an accident himself this week, above,... Read more...

Jan Ullrich arrested

Jan Ullrich arrested again, for incident with ‘escort lady’ in Germany

Jan Ullrich has been arrested at a Frankfurt hotel, the... Read more...

Video: Huge parade for Geraint Thomas in his native Cardiff

Geraint Thomas was worried few people would turn out for... Read more...

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Where did the name come from?

A stickybottle, put simply, is the knackered cyclist’s best friend. As a rider is being dropped from a group, the team manager or support worker in a following car holds a bottle out the window to hand it up. As the handover is taking place, the rider grabs the bottle tight, as does whoever is handing it up, enabling the rider get a good tow and push from momentum of the car. It’s known as a stickybottle because it appears neither the rider nor the person handing it up is able to take their hand off the bottle; it looks stuck to their hands. But please don’t try this at home. We’ve been slyly cheating this way all our lives; it takes a while to perfect.

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