Racing

Cyclist killed during gravel race after collision with a truck driver

A cyclist has died during the Rasputitsa race in Vermont, after being hit head-on by a pickup truck driver

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Pro cyclist calls for better race direction after 90% of the peloton crashed at Tour de Bretagne

The race director said “I don’t regret it”, as four cyclists were taken to hospital after the high-speed crash at the French stage-race

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Giulio Ciccone out of Giro d’Italia as COVID-19 cases in the peloton begin to mount up

Trek-Segafredo rider will miss race, which starts in his home region, after positive coronavirus test

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Zaaf loses UCI team status after eighth cyclist leaves team

The Spanish women’s team’s roster fell below the minimum requirement, with riders leaving amidst accusations of unpaid wages

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Trek-Segafredo part ways with rider who shot and killed cat belonging to San Marino’s former head of state

The team said Antonio Tiberi's "actions during his suspension did not meet our criteria for a return to competition"

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Marco Haller’s Specialized Tarmac crushed by reversing driver

Bora-Hansgrohe pro had stopped behind the car when the driver, who thought Haller's SL7 was a branch, drove over his team bike three times

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Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2023: Remco Evenepoel wins for a second year, after Demi Vollering completes the Ardennes Triple

The oldest and final spring monument of the season offered plenty of drama as Vollering made history after a sprint, and Evenepoel held off Pidcock and Buitrago after Pogačar’s early crash

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Tadej Pogačar forced to abandon Liège-Bastogne-Liège after early crash, suffers fractures

The Slovenian cyclist, who was tipped for a strong showing at the final monument, got caught in a freak crash in the early stages and suffered fractures to his left wrist

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“It’s about time that I got on my bike”: Chris Boardman joins 1,600 cyclists in taking on Dirty Reiver

The former Olympian might be a bit dulled out with his day job, so what better way to take a break than taking on 200km of gravel?

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Wout van Aert heads on epic post-classics bikepacking trip and “champagne chase”

The Jumbo-Visma star is putting his monument near misses behind him with a series of monster seven-hour stints on the gravel roads and muddy lanes (of course) of Belgium and France

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Miguel Induráin’s Tour de France-winning bike goes up for auction and is expected to fetch up to €75,000

Five-time Tour winner and legendary Spanish cyclist Induráin’s bike, which led him to yellow in 1994, is up for grabs... if you’ve more than €50k knocking about

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EPO doper Jarlinson Pantano makes surprise return to sport after four-year ban

The Tour de France stage winner and former Trek-Segafredo rider has joined the low-profile Colombian team EPM-Scott

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Road bike category introduced by British time trial governing body to “get more people time trialling”

Cycling Time Trials (CTT) says that it hopes the introduction of an open event for road bikes will get more people involved in time trialling, while making the bike type categorisation process seamless at the point of entry

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The French Connection: AG2R Citroën to reportedly use Decathlon’s Van Rysel bikes from next season

The French sports retailer’s high-end bike line is set to feature for the French road cycling team after nearly two decades, according to rumours (and our predictions!)

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“Amstel is also available on draft”: Controversy erupts over Amstel Gold Race car slipstream, as Tadej Pogačar says vehicle was “too close”

EF Education-EasyPost’s Jonathan Vaughters, whose rider Ben Healy was closing in on Pogačar at the time of the controversial draft, says vehicle interference “denigrates the racing”

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Unbeatable Tadej Pogačar destroys the field at Amstel Gold, as Ben Healy attacks Tom Pidcock to secure second

The relentless Slovenian, who slipped into a decisive move with 90km to go, shrugged off a bike change before launching a trademark long-range solo attack to continue his spectacular spring

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No more photo finish controversies (hopefully) at Amstel Gold, as race organisers upgrade equipment

Too little, too late for a certain Mr Pidcock, however…

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“Easier than selling Manchester United, but still not easy”: New Tour de Yorkshire organiser in talks with UCI and British Cycling to make race “as big as it was before”

Silicon Dales’ Robin Scott, who recently relaunched tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire, is targeting a 2024 return for the event, in time for the tenth anniversary of the Tour de France’s Yorkshire Grand Départ

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This year’s Paris-Roubaix was the fastest ever — is it all because of aero bikes?

Is aero everything? Did the tyre-pressure adjusting hubs deliver? We have a look at the tech choices for this famous cobbled classic

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Mathieu van der Poel wins fastest ever Paris-Roubaix after Wout van Aert puncture drama

The Dutchman adds a Roubaix cobble to his Monument collection after two minutes of craziness sees crash and mechanical drama leave Van der Poel solo

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Cobbles crash ends Peter Sagan’s final Paris-Roubaix

The 2018 winner fell heavily on one of the early pavé sections, reports suggesting the three-time world champion has been taken to hospital in Cambrai with a cut to his face

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Paris-Roubaix safety concerns as tacks found on the course

Elsewhere on the route, French political tensions were spotted in the form of some far from complimentary graffiti about Emmanuel Macron

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Alison Jackson sprints to career-defining win at chaotic Paris-Roubaix, after huge race-altering crash takes down nearly all of the favourites

On a day when the early breakaway upset the odds by holding off Kopecky and co, the 34-year-old Canadian proved the strongest in the Roubaix velodrome for a popular win

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“That is just so Mad(s)”: Former world champion Pedersen “bravely” set to take on Paris-Roubaix’s savage cobbles… without extra bar tape

And the reason for such seemingly reckless behaviour? “Waste of weight,” says Trek-Segafredo’s Danish star

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Pain, pitfalls, and pavé: Paris-Roubaix is just around the corner – so don’t miss a moment of Hell on GCN+

Sit back on the sofa and enjoy a Sunday in Hell, as well as every other big race on the cycling calendar, by subscribing to GCN+

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Ready for some e-bike circuit racing? New EBK World Cup will have 90km/h e-bikes with the first round in London

Ed Clancy named as series ambassador, helping to champion e-bikes as ‘clean mobility’ option

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Team DSM set to use on-the-fly tyre pressure adjustment at Paris-Roubaix

The innovative Scope Atmoz hubs will make their debut on the Hell of the North’s cobbles following a “test year” in 2022, while Jumbo-Visma are also rumoured to be racing on Sunday with their own adjustable pressure system

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“Just the noise of carbon cracking”: Luke Rowe recalls Tour of Flanders horror crash

"He made a big f****** mistake," the Ineos Grenadiers road captain said before also admitting he feels sorry for the Bahrain Victorious rider Filip Maciejuk who the UCI suggested will be sanctioned further to "set an example"

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Tadej Pogačar uploads Tour of Flanders win to Strava… gets flagged

The UAE Team Emirates rider had smashed the Oude Kwaremont KOM, setting the fastest time by 11 seconds

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Lotte Kopecky wins Tour of Flanders again as SD Worx dominate

Kopecky's teammate Demi Vollering won the sprint for second, while Elisa Longo Borghini was third

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