Racing

Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges insists she has no advantage over rivals

“We're the current punching bag in the culture war,” says 21 year old in interview with DIVA magazine

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British Cycling to investigate transgender rider’s win at Fort William

Maxine Yates won the expert category in the women's downhill national series last weekend

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Sports director killed at Italian bike race after crash in sprint

Stefano Martolini is said to have died instantly after striking his head; condition of the rider who hit him also serious

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Biniam Girmay out of Giro d’Italia with eye injury after bizarre podium prosecco incident

The 22-year-old Eritrean withdraws from the race a day after making history as the first black African rider to win a grand tour stage

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“I’d be careful taking training advice from him”: F1 star goes cycling with Lance Armstrong

A certain Texan was pictured training alongside Valtteri Bottas in Colorado

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“They just collapsed because of the pressure”: Giro d’Italia hopeful blames disc brakes overheating for ending GC challenge

Wilco Kelderman said his 10-minute time loss began with two stops after breaking a spoke on a descent, something the Dutchman attributes to his disc brakes overheating

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“Maybe the easiest race I’ve ever done”: Pros enjoy relaxing Giro d’Italia stage six… but could you have kept up?

Yesterday’s 192-kilometre stage, won by Arnaud Démare, finished half an hour later than the race organisers’ slowest projected time

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Tom Pidcock goes cycle commuting — Olympic champion’s 118-mile country-crossing ride to next UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round

Having made a winning return to the mountain bike scene on Sunday, Pidcock got back to the day job on Monday...

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World Championships in Harrogate “catalyst for ill feeling”, says organiser hoping to revive Tour de Yorkshire

"The 2019 Worlds is an example of too much of a good thing and it created some ill feeling": Robin Scott is trying to get the stage race back on Yorkshire's roads

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“I’m just happy I could hold on for that long!”: Mark Cavendish WINS stage three of the Giro d’Italia

The Manx Missile won his 16th Giro stage on the race's final day in Hungary

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By a whisker! TT-invading cat drops Jumbo-Visma pro up Giro d’Italia climb

Edoardo Affini at least saw the funny side of the embarrassment: "Not difficult to climb faster than me!"

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Return of the 1,000w attack + sprinting uphill at 32mph — Mathieu van der Poel uploads Giro d’Italia stage win to Strava

Van der Poel averaged 528w for the final four minutes of the climb, peaking with a 949w 20-second sprint up the 5 per cent slopes...

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Sticky everything: footage of Spanish pro hitching a lift from team car on climb goes viral

Daniel Navarro’s quite blatant helping hand only got him to 21st place on the stage at the Vuelta a Asturias, and he hasn't been disqualified

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Amy Pieters shows signs of “awareness” four months after crash that left her in a coma

Dutch national road champion sustained serious head injuries in training camp crash before Christmas

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Chris Froome’s mechanic agrees with his boss: “I’m not a huge fan of disc brakes”

Gary Blem says disc brake performance isn’t yet where it needs to be, manufacturers forced the tech onto the peloton, and believes that Froome will reach the top again

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Julian Alaphilippe suffers collapsed lung and multiple fractures in huge crash at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

The world champion’s Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl teammate Remco Evenepoel took the first monument victory of his career with a stunning solo escape

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Tadej Pogačar to miss Liège-Bastogne-Liège due to family emergency

The defending champion has returned home to Slovenia after his fiancée, fellow pro cyclist Urška Žigart, announced on Thursday that her mother had died

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Laura Kenny reveals miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy

“It’s been the hardest few months I’ve ever had to go through,” the five-time Olympic gold medallist wrote on Instagram

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“Demoralised” Quick-Step pro claims he was sprayed with urine at Paris-Roubaix

Florian Sénéchal’s comments rounded off a frustrating Hell of the North for the Belgian team, after Yves Lampaert collided with a spectator while in contention for a podium place

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What’s going on with Shimano’s wheels? Two carbon Dura-Ace wheels fold in half at Paris Roubaix

The wheels were ridden with flat tyres, exposing the carbon to the harsh cobbles... we try to dissect what might have gone wrong

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Sir Bradley Wiggins alleges he was groomed by a coach as a teenager

"I was groomed by a coach when I was younger – I was about 13 – and I never fully accepted that... It all impacted me as an adult… I buried it"

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Dylan van Baarle wins Paris-Roubaix for Ineos Grenadiers

29-year-old Dutch rider goes solo to win fastest ever edition of the Hell of the North

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The best pro bikes of Paris-Roubaix – with all of the best hacks

Liam Cahill has been out snapping the bikes but did he get the winner’s? We’ll find out later today …

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The best bikes of the 2022 Paris-Roubaix Femmes

All the best bikes from down on the ground at the Hell of the North

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Elisa Longo Borghini wins Paris-Roubaix Femmes

Italian champion puts in dominant display as Trek Segafredo put two riders on podium again

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Olympic champion Anna Kiesenhofer has a new bike… with part of her PhD thesis etched on the frame

The maths doctorate and shock Toyko Olympic road race gold medallist has two of her favourite equations on the brand new Factor Ostro VAM

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Tour de Yorkshire: New hope that race may be back next year

Reviving race is first priority of company that has bought assets of tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire

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British Cycling’s “unacceptable” transgender policy suspension makes leading women’s race sponsor pull out, as organisers weigh up offers

CiCLE Classic race director Colin Clews says he has received “numerous” offers from potential backers, including women's rights groups, but is concerned about “politicising” the race

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Disc brake injury leaves pro cyclist with 35 stitches

Hugo Hofstetter shared pictures of his damaged helmet and needed hospital treatment on a cut to his right ear

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Astana pro “unconscious for 20 minutes” after Amstel Gold crash, has no memory of incident

Worrying TV pictures showed Samuele Battistella motionless after the high-speed crash during yesterday's race

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