Miscellaneous

Tour pioneer Brian Robinson in hospital after being hit by car while cycling

83-year-old cycling great sustained cuts and bruises and possible broken collarbone

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Government to consider doubling penalty points for drivers caught on phone

Move could see drivers banned after two offences - but police urged to step up enforcement too

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Naked cyclist causes traffic queues in Derbyshire

Police unable to find rider spotted in the altogether on A6 on Saturday morning

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Rider shoved into ditch & bike stolen after run-in with van man

Cyclist robbed of Pinarello Dogma while fixing puncture

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Leeds cyclist pushed into River Aire for his bike

Thugs shoved cyclist into the river and disappeared

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Lance Armstrong rehabilitation attempt continues with Esquire interview

Golf is the new cycling for Armstrong, cockroach wing artwork, and door open for return to Livestrong?

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Wiggle launches #GoodStuff social sharing hub for cyclists

Kit, rides, training tips, cake stops… bike shops, Wiggle turn to wisdom of the crowds to share their cycling knowledge

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French rickshaw driver looking for the Channel escorted off dual carriageway in East Sussex

Frenchman made his way to Paris on three wheels thanks to Sussex Police

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Disabled cyclist doused in Coke and left in ditch after being run off road on training ride

Paralysed rider now only rides with a driver for protection after incident

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Drunk driver who killed cyclist sentenced to 7 years in jail

Alison Bowen continued to drive for 5 miles in badly damaged car after killing Paul Novak

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Locals claim Olympic legacy path improvement will bring in “thousands” of cyclists

County council says new surface will improve year-round access

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Witnesses sought after Olympic windsurfer killed while cycling

Howard Plumb represented Great Britain at 1996 Atlanta Games

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Halfords wants to hire over 400 “cycling gurus” to boost its bike boom

Sales of bikes up again at UK's biggest bike retailer

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London BMW 4X4 driver faces jail for assault on cyclist

Bike rider was dragged along by helmet strap in attack in Stoke Newington last year

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Bike helped identify man accused of Bristol-Bath path sexual assaults, court told

Bike rider on trial after six women had their bottoms slapped or pinched last year

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Cycling’s Twitter Angry Brigade mobilises against #TDFselfie craze

Just how did this silliness get started? We name the guilty men

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Police appeal after man hospitalised in TdF fan zone assault in Sheffield

Did you watch race on big screen at Wincobank Common? Witnesses needed to "isolated, targeted attack"

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Highways Agency to invest £20 million in strategic cycling improvements across the UK

£20m sounds a lot... but that's what they spend on 40 miles of motorway per year

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Surrey road race hit by drawing pin attack

“Lucky nobody was killed” says organiser

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Catch a big screen showing of Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist

Sympathetic documentary tells story of tragic Italian climber

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Omega Pharma sport director Brian Holm cleared of indecently exposing himself to a child

Court finds insufficient evidence against Omega Pharma-Quick Step sport director

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Witness appeal after cyclist killed in HGV collision in Nottingham

Female rider not yet named

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German police apologise to one-armed cyclist fined for only having one brake lever

Rider had adapted bike with back pedal brake, making it legal

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British cyclist killed in head-on collision as he descends Alpe d’Huez

Preliminary investigations suggest driver, a UK tourist, took bend too widely

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Cyclist urges Surrey County Council to repair road defect “before someone gets killed”

Cyclists hospitalised by potentially lethal tarmac lump

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Documentary ‘Bicycle’ world premiere in Yorkshire on Friday (+ video trailer)

Royalty in attendance for pedal-powered first showing of part-crowdfunded film

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Witness appeal after Wiltshire cyclist killed in collision with lorry

49-year-old man died at scene of crash at Coombe Bissett

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Charity riders’ bikes stolen at Anfield ahead of Ride for 96

Bikes, clothing, passports & cash all nicked before ride commemorating Hillsborough victims

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Armstrong: My fall from grace cleaned up cycling – but it wasn’t worth it

Disgraced Tour winner describes himself as a 'convict of the road', forced to take performance enhancing drugs

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Beryl Burton to be awarded Freedom of the City of Leeds in posthumous ceremony

Council to approve plans to honour outstanding female cyclist as Maxine Peake play of her life shows at Yorkshire theatre

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