Racing

National Road Championships: Wiggins and Pooley regain time trial crowns

Hat trick of victories completed by winners of both men's and women's events in Monmouthshire today

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Video: Belkin team helpers share previously-secret Tour de France preparation techniques

Getting driving and essential hand-ups perfect for July

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York Velodrome launched today

£1.1 million venue built by partnership of University of York and British Cycling

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Mark Cavendish out of Sunday’s national championship road race

Reigning champion withdraws due to bronchitis and doesn’t want to jeopardise Tour de France chances

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Tour de France Minus 10 news round-up – Plays, WiFi tractors, soap stars and more (+ video)

Also, Yorkshire gets ready to welcome race with peal of bells, and Bernard Hinault heads for Otley

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Giro stage winner Ulissi tests positive for excessive amount of anti-asthma drug

Italian rider and his Lampre-Merida team say he declared inhaler use but dispute levels of substance found in his urine

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Britain’s Mike Hall wins Trans Am Bike Race

Yorkshireman completes 4,400 self-supported coast-to-coast ride in two and a half weeks

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Ghana fields first ever track cyclist at Commonwealth Games this summer

Jedidiah Amoako-Ackah has just nine months' cycling experience

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David Walsh claims Team Sky’s use of therapeutic use exemptions conflicts with its ethical stance

Journalist attacks team as French newspaper repeats claims over Chris Froome medication

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Video: Sir Dave Brailsford says Tour de France team selection “terrifically difficult”

Sky boss says logic not emotion will determine team's line-up

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Dave Mirra and Dave Zabriskie among four man team to win Race Across America

Pippa Middleton and team also cross finish line of 3,000 mile endurance race

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Motorist who stopped to help cyclist is deliberately rammed by another driver

Police seek witnesses to incident in somerset yesterday involving Volkswagen Golf

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Riis: Sky making “huge mistake” if Wiggins left out of Tour team

Tinkoff-Saxo boss says Froome's biggest rival Contador is in form of life

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Hull of the North – Yorkshire city to host new ASO stage race in 2015

Three-day race to take in areas that miss out on Grand Depart, says Welcome to Yorkshire boss

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Blow for Team Sky as Sergio Henao fractures kneecap after being hit by car

Colombian climber who recently returned to racing risks missing Tour de France after crash

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ŠKODA launch ‘Your team’ fantasy Cycling game for the Tour de France

Win this year and you could be a VIP at the race in 2015...

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Video: Inside the sprint – spectacular footage from the Tour of Switzerland

Plenty of shouting, bumping and barging as nervous peloton negotiates difficult run-in to Stage 5 finish

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Council slammed for “heavy handed” camping ban on Tour de France climb

No camping signs, boulders placed to prevent parking

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Video: How to hold your position in a bunch

Make sure you're in the best place to maximise your chances of a top position

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Video: How to sprint

Tips to get you to the finish line first

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Tour de France Minus 17 – organisers promise Grand Départ will be “something special”

Also, Tour to get royal send-off, Rugby League star pedals across France, and win a bike (yellow paint optional)

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Christoph Strasser smashes records in 3rd RAAM win; GB’s Mike Hall leads Trans Am Bike Race

UK's Mark Pattinson currently 2nd in RAAM men's solo; Pippa Middleton's team nearly two thirds of the way

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Guildford town centre races risk cancellation after resurfacing work leaves course “dangerous”

Hard to get clear answers from Surrey County Council, says organiser

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Belkin pull plug on team sponsorship after just one year

With Giant reportedly ending backing of Netherlands' other WorldTour team, Dutch outfits chase sponsors

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WADA appeals to CAS for longer bans for Johan Bruyneel and two other ex-US Postal team staff

Agency says that its move is supported by the UCI and USADA

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Tour de France Minus 20 – Grand Depart news round-up including Sky Yorkshire recce video

Also - photobook and exhibition on the way, Emmerdale gears up, and warning of Tour Maker "shambles"

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Updated: UCI rejects claims Chris Froome given preferential treatment to use corticosteroid

French newspaper said governing body failed to follow correct procedure - UCI says it did

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Video: How to chase down a breakaway

Tactics and techniques to catch riders who've escaped from the bunch

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Lance Armstrong testifies under oath in SCA case

Disgraced cyclist manages to buy more time over giving evidence in whistleblower case, however

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Video: How to ride in strong winds

How to take control in crosswinds and use the conditions to your advantage

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