Sportives and organised rides

You know you want to: registration opens for 105 Km hill climb in Taiwan – Emma Pooley to give it a go

Hehuan Mountain features gradients of up to 27 per cent

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Livestrong CEO departs to head fast-growing cancer charity Pelotonia

Doug Ulman leaves after 14 years to run charity whose annual cycling event has raised around $80 million to date

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Jens Voigt heads to New Forest for charity ride this weekend – and you can join him

Rider aiming for Hour record tonight also appearing at Cycle Show at NEC

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Wiggle Etape Cymru to dispense with closed roads for 2015?

Organisers seek to minimise disruption to local communities as councillor laments "four years of hell" for residents

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Plan to get more people cycling in Surrey gains approval but critics call for curbs on races and sportives

Plans for increase in everyday cycling in the Mole Valley gain approval, but critics still not happy about growth in Surrey Hills cycling events

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Lack of “community support” leads to cancellation of action against A82 rides

"The organisers are not going to listen if it’s just me," says organiser

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Highland businesswoman urges “assertive action” against cycling events on A82 next weekend

Deloitte Ride Across Britain attracts opposition along A82

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Banned rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke to ride Exmoor Beast sportive

Event organisers say they "firmly believe in his innocence"

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Six riders hospitalised after mistaking detergent for energy drink

Riders mostly "married men who would not know what Omo is" says event boss

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“Cycling madness” – Highland road safety campaigners warn of chaos due to event clash

Concerns expressed over next month’s Deloitte Ride Across Britain route taking in A82

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Bigger field for 2015 RideLondon 100 to make it Europe’s biggest sportive

Entry limit likely to be raised to 35,000

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Grimpée Mynydd Du mass start hill climb entries now open

UK's only mass start hill climb coming to the Black Mountains on Sunday 31 August

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Velothon Wales closed road sportive + UCI road race coming to Cardiff in 2015

Pre-register for a place on 14 June 2015 and you can get 20% off with road.cc

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Video round-up: Pro punch-up, Tour de France madness + bad burglary

Bumper edition: Crazy pro racing videos, Copenhagenisation, a world record attempt & some hillbillys racing their bikes

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Updated: Donations flood in after RideLondon-Surrey 100 rider dies following heart attack

Kris Cook, aged 36 and from Woking, was riding the event with his girlfriend

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Hurricane could hit RideLondon-Surrey 100 on Sunday – riders warned to prepare for weather

60 per cent chance remnants of Hurricane Bertha will sweep across southern England

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Join Jaguar Ride LIke a Pro events for chance to win a trip to Team Sky training camp

Ride series supported by car maker returns with more events

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RideLondon events raise over £600k for Surrey community groups

Direct benefit to Surrey towns & villages from popular sportive

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Mike Cotty’s Road to Mont Blanc bike

The bike and equipment for Mike Cotty's 1,000km non-stop challenge in the mountains

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Cycling event round-up – the latest announcements

Jaguar Team Sky-themed rides + competition, Belgian cobbled classic in Cheshire and London Bikeathon for charity

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Save £250 on a Giant Defy 1 with the Bristol Belter

Looking for a new sportive bike? Get your name on the startlist for a spin across the Mendips.

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Dates confirmed for 2015 Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 – ballot opens next month

Mass participation Olympic legacy event that made its debut in 2013 returns for a third year

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New Forest NIMBYs melt down (again) as two cycling events planned for same weekend

CTC Wessex Gridiron takes place on same day as Wiggle New Forest 100

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Video: Team Sky’s fuelling tips for recreational riders

Geraint Thomas and Ben Swift offer nutritional advice for the rest of us

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Marianne Vos backs UCI’s Women’s Cycling Week

Profile-raising events to culminate with La Course by le Tour de France on Champs-Élysées

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New Forest to consider pushing for laws to control sportives?

Report to National Park Authority suggests legislation one way to control cycling events

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New Forest sportive organisers gallop to change route after pony drift… ambush?*

*Or was it a trap?

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Championship Sportive – ride the Road National Championships course

Mass-participation event in Monmouthshire the day before the pros battle for the national jerseys

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Witness appeal after two riders seriously injured on BHF London to Brighton Bike Ride

Both taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting; man has life-threatening injuries

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Rapha launches 220-mile (in a day) Manchester to London Challenge charity ride

Event in September will raise money for Ambitious about Autism; route includes Peak District and Chilterns

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