Racing

Stephen Roche inducted into Giro d’Italia Hall of Fame (+ video)

Winner of Italian Grand Tour in 1987 joins Eddy Merckx and Felice Gimondi in a very select club

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Full details confirmed of Tour de France route through Essex

Essex County Council says Stage 3 route finalised and provides details of all road closures

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Tinkoff-Saxo’s Matti Breschel nursing his wounds after being felled by “flying mattress”

Dane nursing wounds after bizarre incident following Tour of Oman stage

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Sir Bradley Wiggins adds Vuelta and Commonwealth Games to list of 2014 targets

Sir Sideburns wants Commonwealth gold, Vuelta as world championships launchpad

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CAS hands Patrik Sinkewitz 8-year doping ban

Germany's national anti-doping agency wins appeal after rider's earlier acquittal following failed test in 2011

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Koppenbergcross first European cyclocross race to give equal prize money to Elite men and women

First European cyclocross race to provide equal prize money to both sexes

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San Gimignano chosen as new start town for Strade Bianche

2014 edition takes place on 8 March - Cavendish, Evans and Gilbert among those riding

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Team Sky ride Tour du Haut Var despite overnight theft of 16 bikes

Team staff dash to training base in Nice to pick up replacement bikes and equipment

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Laura Trott and Ed Clancy headline London finale of Revolution track series

Three sessions of racing at Olympic velodrome

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Milk Race coming back to Nottingham in May

Dame Sarah Storey and last year's men's winner, Felix English, confirmed as riding

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Edinburgh loses Sky Ride as council aims to win Tour de France Grand Départ (+ video)

Scottish capital aims to use Pearl Izumi Tour Series as stepping stone to renewed bid to host cycling's biggest race

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Marianne Vos returns to UK to ride the Women’s Tour in May

Woman many consider to be world's top rider confirmed as taking part in inaugural edition of race

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£25,000 government storm cash will bring Tour Series back to Aberystwyth to kick-start tourist season

Council says bringing event back for 4th year will show storm-battered town is "open for business"

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Updated: Trek Factory Racing deny date set for Fabian Cancellara’s Hour record attempt

Spartacus will be going for the record - but contrary to Gazzetta dello Sport report, no date or venue chosen yet

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Potential route changes see Froome rule out Milan-San Remo – but Cavendish may now ride

Heavy rainfall and landslides mean propsed new Pompeiana climb likely to be ruled out on safety grounds

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Welwyn Garden City councillor slams Women’s Tour stage as “frittering away” taxpayers’ money

"I can't get litter bins" says Martyn Levitt

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Sir Dave Brailsford to rethink British Cycling role after Track Worlds

Change in focus on the cards as Sky's success makes it increasingly difficult to juggle two roles

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Steve Cummings wins overall in Tour Méditerranéen

BMC Racing's Wirral-born rider continues form that saw him clinch runners-up spot at Dubai Tour

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Death of cyclist following head-on collision with van in Abergavenny race an accident, says coroner

Ben Carroll's father urges review of event safety rules to prevent similar tragedies in future

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Relaxed Chris Froome aims to repeat 2013 success to dispel doubts

Team Sky rider's 2014 campaign begins in Oman, where last year he took first stage race victory

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Brailsford: Olympic gold in Rio would be “fitting end” to Wiggins’ career

GB and Sky boss says Wiggins must fight for place - and that Cavendish situation more complex

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Women’s racing on the increase with a 23 per cent rise in female-held licences in the last year

Massively increased interest comes after a drive to get more than a million more women on bikes

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Stephen Roche urges Northern Irish public to ‘Be Part of the Start’ when the Giro d’Italia hits Belfast

Tourist board says event is a "dream come true" for cycling fans, but adds that event is for everyone

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Fabian Cancellara set to retire in 2016

'Spartacus' wants to go out at the top of his game, has no wish to carry on into his 40s

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Lincolnshire to host 2015 National Road Championships

British Cycling confirms event heading back to England following editions in Scotland and Wales

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Video: Women’s Tour promotional video launched, website follows next month

Less than three months to go till new stage race that will bring world's top female riders to the UK

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Commonwealth Games road race to follow 2013 National Road Race route

Glasgow 2014 road race officially revealed to follow the same route as 2013 National Road Race + time trial route announced

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Teenage cyclist uses compensation money from road smash to fund budding racing career

Alex Kinsley put money towards a bike that's already brought him Cat 2 success

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Xenon: the Next Big Thing in ‘legal’ doping?

Obscure inert gas stimulates EPO production in mice

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New military cycling world Hour record “excruciating” says engineer

Record breaker Justyn Cannon said he was “praying for a puncture or my chain to snap just so it could be over.”

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