Racing

Bike thieves target pro teams at Tour of Slovenia and Baloise Belgium Tour

Euskaltel-Euskadi and Baloise Trek Lions did not take part in yesterday's racing, both suffering overnight break-ins

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“I wanted to win for Gino, everyone today raced for him”: Mattias Skjelmose dedicates Tour de Suisse victory to “wonderful” Gino Mäder

“I wanted to give something back to him because he gave so much to a lot of other people”

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“The fella was so pissed he couldn’t even stand up”: British bike race cancelled after “heavily drunk driver” collides with family car on course

The Upton 200, a National B-level race in Yorkshire, was called off after three laps following the crash, though no cyclists were involved

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Oops! Teammates celebrate ‘victory’ arm in arm… only to be pipped by rival right at the finish

Not quite LeMond and Hinault… Is this the worst premature celebration in cycling history?

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“Cycling is wonderful, but it is a very fragile sport”: Controversial organiser says the Tour des Pyrénées “is over”, after stage race marred by safety “chaos”

Pascal Baudron also apologised for calling the women’s peloton “spoiled children” for refusing to ride last weekend’s final stage

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Caerphilly Mountain to host spectacular finale for September’s Tour of Britain

Two ascents of 10 per cent climb in south Wales will help determine winner of this year’s race

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Swiss pro cyclist Gino Mäder dies after horrific Tour de Suisse crash

The 26-year-old Bahrain Victorious rider was airlifted to hospital and resuscitated after the crash yesterday at Tour de Suisse, but in a tragic turn the team revealed his passing away this morning

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Cycling Time Trials: Transgender women can no longer compete in female events

Governing body for time trialling follows British Cycling lead by introducing 'Open' category

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Jonas Vingegaard wins Critérium du Dauphiné as Tour de France looms large, Giulio Ciccone wins final stage

The reigning Tour champion lay down a marker for his rivals before the Grand Départ in Bilbao next month

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Tour Féminin des Pyrénées stopped amidst rider safety issues

After riders' protest against oncoming traffic and parked cars, the UCI has scrapped the final stage of the three-day women's stage race

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Pogačar gets green light from doctors to train for Tour de France after broken wrist

The Slovenian’s wrist has “almost healed” after seven weeks of recovery from his crash at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

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Angry residents who slammed “ridiculous” traffic restrictions ahead of UCI Cycling World Championships secure compromise from council

The council has tweaked its plans to allow residents, who claimed the upcoming para-cycling time trials would “lock down Dumfries”, to access their street by car through a supermarket carpark

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Christina Mackenzie back to racing nine months after horror hit-and-run

The Land’s End to John O’Groats women’s record holder has qualified for the UCI Worlds and won a QOM in her first race since being injured by a yet to identified SUV driver

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Ironman collision: Motorbike rider killed, cycling triathlete seriously injured

Local police in Hamburg confirmed the 70-year-old motorbike rider died at the scene, the triathlete and a photographer were taken to hospital for treatment

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UCI Cycling World Championships could be disrupted by council strikes, union warns

Pay talks with council leaders have broken down, Unite calling on the Scottish government to intervene to avoid a ballot for strike action.

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Bahrain-Victorious announce signing of Italian pro who shot and killed cat belonging to San Marino’s former head of state

“With the help of this team, I will demonstrate that I learnt from the mistake made in the past,” former Trek-Segafredo rider Antonio Tiberi said in a statement

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Belgian pro cyclist placed in coma undergoes spinal surgery after training crash

25-year-old Julian Mertens also suffered injuries to his jaw, arms, and ribs following what his Bingoal WB team described as an “accident” while training yesterday

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British Cycling to cut U23 road programme, cites “incredibly challenging financial landscape”

Great Britain Cycling Team head coach Matt Brammeier admitted "we just can't afford it any more", with track medals to get the "majority of the focus"

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Primož Roglič’s ex-ski jumping teammate was Giro d’Italia spectator who helped with crucial post-mechanical push

"It was completely subconscious [...] I reacted completely instinctively"

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Mark Cavendish sprints to sensational farewell Giro d’Italia stage win in Rome

The British champion, aided by an impromptu lead out from Geraint Thomas, convincingly beat Alex Kirsch to secure the 17th Giro stage win of his career

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British Cycling’s new ‘Open’ category “patently designed to make sure that transgender women will compete at a major disadvantage”, says “perplexed” transgender cyclist

Meanwhile, Nicole Cooke said the governing body’s decision to “protect female sport is the right one”

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Heartbreak for Geraint Thomas as Primož Roglič seals sensational Giro d’Italia win despite dropping chain during dramatic time trial

Despite suffering a mechanical halfway up Monte Lussari, Roglič still managed to secure a thrilling stage win and the pink jersey – and redefine his career in the process

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Primož Roglič gears up for decisive – and monstrous – Giro d’Italia mountain time trial by using gravel groupset… and specialist bike change mechanic

The Slovenian is hoping his experimental setup will help him usurp pink jersey Geraint Thomas, and avenge his dramatic defeat at the 2020 Tour de France

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“They’re essentially locking down”: Residents angry at “ridiculous” traffic restrictions ahead of UCI Cycling World Championships

Concerns about gridlock and other disruption have been raised as Dumfries hosts the Para-Cycling event in August

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British Cycling updates transgender policy, introduces new “Open” category

The national governing body announced an "Open" category today to run alongside the female category, transgender women required to compete in the open category

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Emily Bridges calls British Cycling “failed organisation”, says trans women have been “banned” as new ‘Open’ category announced

"...all you do is take money from petrochemical companies and engage in culture wars", says Bridges in a scathing attack on British Cycling as the governing body launches its new transgender and non-binary participation policy

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Mark Cavendish confirms he will retire at end of season

"I feel it’s the perfect opportunity to say it’s my final Giro d’Italia and 2023 will be my final season as a professional cyclist"

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Near Miss of the Day, Giro d’Italia edition: Davide Ballerini swerves to narrowly avoid team car on climb, after attacking Green Project-Bardiani rider squeezes between peloton and parked vehicles

Meanwhile, Ireland’s in-form star Ben Healy experienced his own near miss, as he was outsprinted by Brandon McNulty after lighting up stage 15 to Bergamo

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Mark Cavendish set to announce retirement at end of the season, reports suggest

According to reports from Italy, the legendary sprinter, who celebrates his 38th birthday today, will announce his retirement at a Giro d’Italia rest day press conference on Monday

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Tao Geoghegan Hart out of Giro d’Italia after shocking crash which also brought down Geraint Thomas and Primož Roglič

The 2020 Giro winner, who was sitting third on GC, five seconds behind Ineos teammate Thomas, fractured his hip after sliding out on a slick descent

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