Stickybottle

Race Results

Bingham savours big win after powerful raid at Newry Three Day

Alan Bingham is savouring winning the Newry Three Day after... Read more...

McCarthy, O’Loughlin best of Irish at European Games, Belarus

Robbie McCarthy and Michael O’Loughlin were Ireland’s best finishers in... Read more...

Nicolas Roche back on track after confidence-boosting Suisse ride

Nicolas Roche said his Team Sunweb squad got behind him... Read more...

Cork Ironman forced to scrap swim but former top Irish cyclist excels

The inclement Irish weather forced the organisers of the first... Read more...

Eddie Dunbar fights all the way after impressive ride in France

Eddie Dunbar fought all the way for the best possible... Read more...

Charlie Prendergast takes eighth win of season at sodden Challenge GP

Charlie Prendergast has taken victory in the inaugural Challenge GP... Read more...

Sparrow, Woźniak overcome biblical conditions to win De Ronde Classic

Matthew Sparrow leads home team mates Conor Hennebry and Sean... Read more...

Video: Huge result for Ireland’s Townsend against WorldTour men

Rory Townsend has taken 3rd place in a major one-day... Read more...

Strong result for Ireland’s Alice Sharpe at European Games

Alice Sharpe was Ireland’s sole representative in the women’s road... Read more...

Eddie Dunbar digs deep as Sosa and Valverde turn the screw in France

Eddie Dunbar, in the white jersey of young rider classification... Read more...

Richardson seizes the day in style as Newry Three Day explodes

Chris Richardson (The Bike House) has won stage 2 of... Read more...

Swinand scalps McDunphy at Hammond TT, Keenan takes women’s race

Greg Swinand has put in a fantastic ride at the... Read more...

Nicolas Roche holds on ahead of epic final day in Switzerland

Nicolas Roche faced the 19.2km TT today at the Tour... Read more...

Ireland’s McCambridge and Ryan rip it up at Nations Cup in Germany

Kevin McCambridge and Archie Ryan have been flying the Irish... Read more...

Eddie Dunbar poised for high stakes weekend of racing in France

Eddie Dunbar remains in 2nd place overall at La Route... 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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