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Team Sky’s Luke Rowe faces year out after breaking leg on brother’s stag weekend

Welsh rider breaks tibia and fibula in whitewater rafting incident in Czech Republic

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Red Bull Timelaps – a one-day, 25-hour team cycling challenge in Windsor Great Park (+ video)

Event takes advantage of the clocks going back in October to pack an extra 'Power Hour' into the day

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Sean Conway begins cycling across Europe record attempt

The endurance adventurer hopes to cycle 4,500 miles, from Portugal to Russia, in 25 days

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Video: First look at Wahoo Elemnt Mini and comparison with Elemnt Bolt

We take a look at just how mini the new Elemnt Mini is from Wahoo Fitness, and size it up compared to its bigger brother...

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Alberto Contador announces his retirement from professional cycling

The two-time Tour de France winner announces he will retire from professional cycling after this year's Vuelta a España

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James Hayden wins Transcontinental Race No. 5

Briton takes less than 9 days to get from Geraardsbergen in Belgium to Meteora in Greece in unsupported race

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Customised motorhome used by Sir Bradley Wiggins on sale for £50,000

Bespoke touches include red and blue décor, the “Wiggo” embroidered on headrests, and Union flag motif

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11 things we’ve learned this week

Pump palavas, haphazard bike thieving and some serious horespower: here are 11 bike-related things we've learned this week...

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Steve Cummings: I finished TdF with 2 fractured vertebrae

British champ explains his absence from the Vuelta later this month

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Video: Pony joins peloton at the Tour of Poland

Cue the Pony Gallopin jokes - and even the Lotto Soudal rider's wife, Marion Rousse, joined in

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Cycling app of the week: GeoCoach

Clock your rides, runs and camel riding pursuits all in one app...

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Pro transfers: Warren Barguil heads home to Brittany with Fortuneo-Oscaro, Alexander Kristoff leaves Katusha for UAE Team Emirates

Tour de France polka dot jersey winner joins UCI Professional Continental outfit

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Alexander Kristoff’s RideLondon-Surrey Classic winning ride on Strava – it’s not just about the sprint

Party-centric preparation sees Norwegian gobble up a handful of hotly-contested KOMs

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Peter Kennaugh to leave Team Sky after eight years as 2018 transfer season opens

Two-time British road champion to join Peter Sagan at Bora-Hansgrohe

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Top under-22 rider on Zwift to earn pro contract on Team Dimension Data’s Continental squad

First phase of competition runs for six weeks from September 1

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Kickstarter campaign for one-size-fits-all stem launched

Aero Swiss Design are seeking investment for a stem with interlinking blocks that can shift the position of your handlebars

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Amateur cyclist in Italy caught using hidden motor during race

Alessandro Andreoli's bike was checked following rumours that concealed motors were being used in local races

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Rio’s Olympic velodrome badly damaged by fire

Chinese lantern-style balloon blamed for damage to venue whereGB cyclists dominated at 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games

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Alexander Kristoff RideLondon win rounds off capital’s cycling weekend

Fifth annual Olympic legacy event sees 100,000 people of all ages take to city's streets

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Chris Froome talks about the day he almost lost the Tour de France

Team Sky's four-time yellow jersey winner describes how he called rivals' bluff in the Pyrenees

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Updated: Transcontinental Race will continue after cyclist killed by hit-and-run driver

Dutch national Frank Simons lost his life following collision in Belgium in early hours of Saturday morning

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Jan Ullrich insists cycling is now doping free

Expressed enthusiasm for new wave of German riders

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Matteo Tosatto new sporting director of Team Sky

Saxo Bank/Tinkoff former pro has decades of race experience

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Commissaire who threw Peter Sagan out of Tour de France calls for ‘video referees’ for cycling

Says the UCI have promised to create such a role

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Dan Martin rode much of Tour de France with fractured vertebrae

Will skip Clasica San Sebastian to recover

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Video: Unboxing the Lazer Bullet helmet

The Bullet from Lazer is an aero road helmet with a sliding vent, and was used by the Lotto Soudal team at the Tour de France. We unbox it and take a closer look...

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Video: Rider in US state criterium championship celebrates too soon, gets beaten, crashes

Defending champion Sam Rosenholtz won't be allowed to forget last night's Gran Prix of Beverly in a hurry

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Ekoi promising “no more tan marks” with new Solair jersey

The Solair jersey blocks out harmful rays and lets the good ones in, so Ekoi say, in order to leave you free of unsightly tan lines...

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Mark Cavendish targets Tokyo 2020 Madison and Eddy Merckx’s Tour de France stage record

32-year-old hopes to return to racing at Tour of Britain in September

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Cycling App of the Week: What to Wear Cycling

This app gives handy recommendations for what attire you need to be comfortable on the bike depending on weather conditions and your personal preferences...

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