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Top tester Eileen Burns storms to blistering 25 mile TT time

Top tester Eileen Burns storms to blistering 25 mile TT time

Top tester Eileen Burns storms to blistering 25 mile TT... Read more...

An important Irish record has been lowered to world class standards at a UCI track meeting in Moscow. Above, the woman who did the damage, Robyn Stewart (Photo: Natalia Levshina)

Big breakthrough as Irish sprint record smashed in Moscow

Big breakthrough as Irish sprint record smashed in Moscow An... Read more...

Video: Irish champ Lydia Boylan storms to Lincoln GP podium

Video: Irish champ Lydia Boylan storms to Lincoln GP podium

Irish champ Lydia Boylan storms to Lincoln GP podium place... Read more...

Irish woman to undertake near 500km race in Middle East

Irish woman to undertake near 500km race in Middle East

Irish woman to undertake near 500km race in Middle East... Read more...

Ireland's Eileen Burns blasts to UK success with further TT title

Ireland’s Eileen Burns blasts to UK success with further TT title

Ireland’s Eileen Burns blasts to UK success with further TT... Read more...

Dingle's Josie Knight on facing big guns like Lizzie Deignan

Dingle’s Josie Knight on facing big guns like Lizzie Deignan

Dingle’s Josie Knight on facing big guns like Lizzie Deignan... Read more...

Dubai-based Irish women net huge prize money racing there

Dubai-based Irish women net huge prize money racing there

Dubai-based Irish women net huge prize money racing there Two... Read more...

Irish women blast into top 10 in UCI-ranked TT in Holland

Irish women into top 10 in UCI-ranked TT in Holland

Irish women into top 10 in UCI-ranked TT in Holland... Read more...

McCrystal on her Nenagh win: I went to stand up but I couldn't

McCrystal on her Nenagh win: I went to stand up but I couldn’t

McCrystal on her Nenagh win: I went to stand up... Read more...

McCrystal prevails in titanic battle with Smith in Nenagh

McCrystal prevails in titanic battle with Smith in Nenagh One... Read more...

Eve McCrystal back on road, thinking big for season ahead

Eve McCrystal back on road, thinking big for season ahead

Eve McCrystal back on road, thinking big for season ahead... Read more...

Eve McCrystal storms in for biggest road career win in Des Hanlon

Eve McCrystal storms in for biggest road career win in... Read more...

Trailblazer Lydia Boylan: "I didn't look back. I couldn't believe it"

Trailblazer Lydia Boylan: “I didn’t look back. I couldn’t believe it”

Trailblazer Lydia Boylan: “I didn’t look back. I couldn’t believe... Read more...

Irish champ Lydia Boylan blasts to first UCI pro win in Spain

Irish champ Lydia Boylan blasts to first UCI pro win in Spain

Irish champ Lydia Boylan blasts to first UCI pro win... Read more...

Ireland's Eileen Burns powers to top Celtic Series result in Wales

Ireland’s Eileen Burns powers to top Celtic Series result in Wales

Ireland’s Eileen Burns powers to top Celtic Series result in... 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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