Racing

British Cycling failed to mention bullying concerns in email to UK Sport

UK Sport didn’t ask to see full version of 2012 report and seemingly accepted British Cycling’s summary of it

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Mario Cipollini reveals that his mother sawed his bike in two to stop him riding away as a child

Italian sprint legend was interviewed this week to mark his fiftieth birthday

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Jersey designs unveiled for this year’s 100th Giro d’Italia

Italian Grand Tour starts on 5 May on Sardinia

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Wendy Houvenaghel claims she suffered “bullying” and “ageism” at British Cycling

Olympic silver medallist who was 37 at London 2012 says she missed out on team pursuit place due to her age

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“Outrageous” that current Team Sky riders face accusations because of mystery package controversy, says Owain Doull

Welshman was also surprised by the reaction to his disc brake comments

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Team Wiggins boss Simon Cope – at centre of Jiffy Bag controversy – says Tour de Yorkshire exclusion “disappointing”

UCI Continental team founded by five-time Olympic gold medallist and 2012 Tour de France champion participated in first two editions of race

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Video: Allergic reaction halts Juliana Buhring during Indian Pacific Wheel Race – so she is heading back to start to ride it all again

Ultracyclist suffered violent reaction to Ibuprofen - so she's hitched a ride with truckers on a road train back to Fremantle

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Updated: Movistar stripped of stage win, Rojas loses leader’s jersey in Catalonia after illegally pushing team mates in time trial

Spanish rider had already taken plaudits on podium when commissaires docked him 3 minutes

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Kristof Allegaert leads Mike Hall in Indian Pacific Wheel Race – but Briton has been struggling (+ video)

Both men are now in South Australia, leading the field having covered more than a third of the 5,300km distance

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Oleg Tinkov calls Alberto Contador “a piece of Spanish shit” in extraordinary outburst

Spaniard "never will win anything" says Russian for whom Contador won three Grand Tours

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Grinduro gravel race is coming to the UK on 15th July

Gravel event with timed stages, popular in the US, is coming to Scotland this summer

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Roger Pingeon, winner of 1967 Tour de France, dies aged 76

French rider is third winner of cycling's biggest race to have passed away in the past three months

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Michal Kwiatkowski claims Strava KOM on Poggio on way to Milan-San Remo win

Team Sky rider averaged an astonishing 443 watts for 5 minutes 47 seconds on decisive climb

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Michal Kwiatkowski wins 2017 Milan-Sanremo for beleaguered Team Sky

Peter Sagan finishes second

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UCI to ‘assess’ suggestion of Team Sky cover-up regarding Josh Edmondson’s use of banned injections

Race doctor who treated Edmondson with Tramadol had previously worked for Team Sky

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Ex-Team Sky rider Josh Edmondson admits breaking UCI no-needles rule and accuses team of “cover-up”

24-year-old from Yorkshire rode for UCI WorldTour outfit in 2013 and 2014

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3, 2 … 1? Ben Swift targets Milan-San Remo win after two podium finishes

Yorkshire rider aims to win first Monument after two near-misses in past three editions

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“I did it my way” – Lotto-Soudal rider Kris Boeckmans explains bizarre incident during race (+ video)

Belgian rider caught on camera escorting French rider to back of peloton, said he was trying to ensure safety of peloton

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Tour de France coming back to London? Mayor keen and says ASO doesn’t hold a grudge

UK capital had been due to be awarded this year's Grand Depart until former mayor Boris Johnson pulled bid at eleventh hour

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“There will not be a whistleblower” at Team Sky insists Brailsford as letter to MPs about Dauphiné mystery package reveals its doctor bought Fluimucil in Switzerland

Chair of House of Commons Select Committee quizzes Brailsford and co on Dauphiné mystery package

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UK Sport allegedly told in-house governance unit to go easy on British Cycling ‘medal factory’

Funding body refutes the allegation

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Amanda Coker passes 70,000 miles during highest annual mileage record attempt

Returned to cycling in 2015 after two years recovering from being hit by a car

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Video: Peter Sagan forced off Tirreno time trial course – as person walks DOG across it

Incident happened on today's final stage of Italian race, which Sagan finished as points classification winner

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Two-time Olympic champ Joanna Rowsell-Shand retires at age 28

Team mate Laura Kenny among those to pay tribute to multiple world champion and winner of gold in team pursuit at London and Rio

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“Without Dave B, there is no Team Sky” – Chris Froome finally comes out in support of Sir Dave Brailsford

Three-time Tour de France winner breaks his silence regarding beleaguered boss a week after failing to join other riders in tweeting their support

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Jess Varnish says British Cycling Board should resign

Independent review said to have found that board ‘reversed’ findings of internal investigation into allegations of discrimination

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Sir Dave Brailsford says he has no intention of resigning from Team Sky

Embattled team principal breaks his silence at Tirreno-Adriatico

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Could caffeine be headed back onto WADA’s banned list?

Substance is currently on the anti-doping organisation’s monitoring programme

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Team Sky reported to have tested whether Viagra helps riders’ endurance

Drug used to treat impotence is not banned by World Anti-Doping Agency, but Sky likely to face stiff questioning over its alleged trial

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WADA considers full ban of corticosteroid used by Bradley Wiggins due to some athletes abusing therapeutic use exemptions

Medical rules allowed ex-Team Sky rider to legally take performance enhancing drug ahead of his 2012 Tour de France victory

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