Racing

British Cycling performance director impressed by team staff at world championships

Stephen Park says despite pressure of independent review, they have shown an “incredibly high level of professionalism”

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Polish team race Amstel Gold after police recover their stolen bikes

All but two of the bikes stolen on Thursday night found their way back to CCC Sprandi Polkowice team

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Elinor Barker wins points race gold medal for Great Britain

Welsh rider was locked in titanic battle for he rainbow jersey with US rider Sarah Hammer

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Juliana Buhring remembers her “mentor, kindred spirit” and above all, “friend,” Mike Hall

“Had he not gotten me into unsupported adventure racing I would not be here," she said

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Katie Archibald wins GB’s first gold medal of 2017 Track World Championships

23-year-old Scot takes rainbow jersey in the omnium for her first individual win on the world stage

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Could Jason Kenny retire before adding to Olympic medal tally?

Six-time Olympic champion may hang up his wheels before Tokyo 2020, says wife Laura

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Ronnie O’Sullivan counters Wiggo’s suggestion that Victoria Pendleton is “a bit of a milkshake”

Snooker player defends Pendleton’s use of sports psychologist Steve Peters

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Geraint Thomas has ‘moral’ concerns over use of TUEs

Believes Team Sky may be suffering from having arrived in the sport claiming a moral superiority over rivals

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Team Sky alleged to have injected riders to help them recover

Insider's claims may throw fresh light on Wiggins 2011 Dauphiné controversy

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Ever fancied riding a Grand Tour team time trial with your mates? Now’s your chance!

Sportive riders given chance to ride final stage of 100h Giro d'Italia from Monza to Milan

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British Cycling’s new performance director happy to let riders seek coaching from Shane Sutton

Stephen Park, who led Team GB’s Olympic sailing success, says he’d expect his former charges to seek his advice too

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Video: Did a spectator deliberately try to bring down Zdenek Stybar in the velodrome at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday?

Footage highlighted on TV show by Belgian journalist appears to show arm grabbing at Czech rider

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Canada’s men’s team pursuit quartet in big crash at Track Worlds (+ link to video)

All four riders sent sliding across the boards as New Zealand riders lapped them

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Mark Cavendish diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis

Dimension Data team confirm that rider who hasn't raced since Milan-San Remo is sidelined after suffering "unexplained fatigue" in training

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Specialized boss Mike Sinyard says in future, all road bikes will have disc brakes

Founder and chairman of US bike brand predicts every rider in peloton will be on disc brakes within two years

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Laura Kenny wants to inspire families to be more active

Still cycling while expecting first child – but “not going at anything full gas”

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Video: Peter Sagan inspires young rider in Telekom Slovakia spot

If the plot of a champion cyclist helping a young woman tackle a climb is familiar, that's because it's been used before

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GB cyclist Katy Marchant says she “never had a problem” with culture at British Cycling – a year after scathing attack on coaches

Last year, she joined Jess Varnish in criticising selection process after pair failed to qualify for team sprint at Rio

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Lost in France – rider ends up on motorway after abandoning Paris-Roubaix (+ video)

Andrea Guardini was escorted off busy road by Gendarmes – but says reports of his arrest were exaggerated

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Audio – Trans Con talking: road.cc blogger VecchioJo and four other riders discuss this year’s Transcontinental Race

We met up with them at Bespoked in Bristol to find out why someone would ride across a continent, and more

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Paris-Roubaix 2017 video round-up – including on-bike footage

Our selection of some of the top footage from yesterday's big race

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A tale of two Belgians – Greg van Avermaet and Tom Boonen reflect on Paris-Roubaix

BMC Racing riders Paris-Roubaix win sees him dominate the cobbles in 2017 the same way Boonen did five years ago

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Tom Pidcock becomes third GB winner of Paris-Roubaix Juniors

17-year-old from Yorkshire adds cobbled Classic win to junior world title in cyclo-cross

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Greg van Avermaet wins the fastest ever Paris-Roubaix

A Belgian win - but no fairytale end to Tom Boonen's career

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Sir Chris Hoy says “small percentage” of riders who had issues at British Cycling now know they are being listened to

Hits out at ‘sensationalised’ media coverage

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It’s Paris-Roubaix on Sunday – here’s some videos to get you in the mood

It's pro cycling's toughest race - but one that many pros cherish more than any other

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Paris-Roubaix 2017 – photos and Strava data for ten of the toughest stretches of pavé

What a load of old cobbles

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Formula 1 ace Jenson Button disqualified from triathlon – for speeding on his bike!

Former motor racing world champ went too fast on part of course where there were speed restrictions

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Video: How Zwift helped Mat Hayman win last year’s Paris-Roubaix

Orica-Scott star spent six weeks on the turbo after broken arm to get fit for his 15th - and winning - participation in French Monument

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Cyclone24, have you made the road.cc team?

6 riders, 24hrs, 1 track but how many laps? We're in it to win it

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