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Though too few and far between, Great Britain can boast some big name victories in both the men’s and women’s Road Race World Championships. Household riders such Mark Cavendish, Lizzie Deignan (nee Armitstead), Tom Simpson and Beryl Burton have all worn the rainbow jersey.Sim...

Belgium is a dominant force in the Road Race World Championships, with 26 rainbow jerseys in the men’s event (seven ahead of their closest rivals Italy) and six gold medals in the women’s race. Perhaps more significant, however, is the fact both Rik Van Steenbergen and the gre...

Italy can lay claim to any number of honours when it comes to The Worlds, most notably the first-ever Road Race victory in 1927 won by Alfredo Binda. But our favourite is the flamboyant Mario Cipollini. In 2002, the year the 'Lion King' won the World Champs in Belgium, he was ...

For one day in September the very best cyclists in the world come together for a chance to reach the pinnacle of world cycling and be named Champion of the World. This year our attention turns to Yorkshire, and Black Sheep, along with our friends Sigma Sports and ZWIFT will be...

Introducing the new Racing Club x ELEMENTS Thermal Jerseys.Fluro Salmon is synonymous with the words racing at Black Sheep. Introduced to the brand when we launched our very first race team – the Men of Steel – in 2016, it has since appeared on the kits of Black Sheep Baum and...

Day Three was a mere 175km - nothing compared to the previous days, a virtual recovery ride. We approached it accordingly and spent a leisurely hour at breakfast. Our photographer, Andy Rogers, and resident vegan-but-ok-cos-he-was-chilled-about-it directed us to a bagel store ...

To mark the one-year anniversary of Black Sheep Baum, we set some of the team a challenge worthy of the occasion. Armed with our winter-ready ELEMENTS range, their hand-built Baum bicycles and with the Queen's Long Weekend at our disposal, four members of our Melbourne-based t...

The Essentials Team Collection 2019 has been updated with six additional colourways (3 for men, 3 for women) for the Northern Hemisphere Summer. Utilising Blocks and Dots, we introduce earthy tones to the Collection, inspired by European summers and architecture. All six colou...