The five major ocean gyres. A gyre in oceanography is any large system of circulating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis effect; planetary vorticity along with horizontal and vertical friction, determine the circulation patterns from the wind curl (torque).
Velogames Fantasy Cycling has been providing fantasy cycling contests since 1997. The centrepiece event is the Velogames Fantasy Tour de France, which attracted almost 40,000 teams in 2015.
July 14, 2015 12:27pm EDT July 14, 2015 12:27pm EDT An avid cycling fan is in France this July, swept up into the world's largest traveling sideshow, spending his one-month sabbatical following the race for NBC Sports. 2015 Tour de France (Getty Images)