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Giovanni Visconti hit braking team car while riding at 60km/h

Italian escaped relatively unscathed and is continuing in the race

Giro d’Italia Stage 7: Simon Yates retains overall lead as Ireland’s Sam Bennett takes first Grand Tour stage win (+ video)

Elia Viviani second

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Giro d’Italia Stage 6: Simon Yates takes race lead as team-mate Esteban Chaves takes stage (+ video)

1-2 for Mitchelton-Scott

Nacer Bouhanni reportedly involved in another violent confrontation – this time with his own sporting director

Cofidis seemingly growing weary of star sprinter and his lack of success

Giro d’Italia: Enrico Battaglin wins Stage 5, Rohan Dennis keeps overall lead

LottoNL-Jumbo rider takes third career stage win in home Grand Tour

Ekoi release Perso Evo 9 shades, “the world’s first four in one sunglasses”

The ever-evolving French brand have launched shades that are fully customisable, with the upper and lower parts of the frames removable and lenses courtesy of Zeiss

Giro d’Italia: Tim Wellens wins Stage 4, Rohan Dennis keeps lead

Chris Froome off the pace on frantic finale as racing resumes on Sicily

Five cool things coming soon from Hövding, Rapha, Topeak, Bragi and Litelok

Another selection of the latest gear and accessories currently getting the road.cc ridearound...

Greg Van Avermaet puts Tour de Yorkshire-winning ride on Strava

Olympic champion finished second on Sunday's final stage - and clinched the overall

Astana apologise to Tour de Yorkshire marshal almost run over by team car driver

Volunteer was nearly run oveer by Kazakh outfit's car at Sunday's concluding stage of race

Yorkshire aims to host start of Vuelta

Sir Gary Verity confirms talks have been held with owners Unipublic

Video: Astana driver almost hits Tour de Yorkshire marshal

Shocking incident captured on film by spectator on blind bend during today's final stage

Tour de Yorkshire: Stephane Rossetto wins stage with storming solo attack, Greg van Avermaet takes the overall

Cofidis rider spent 120 kilometres out alone in front on toughest stage in race's four-year history

Giro d’Italia Stage 3: Elia Viviani completes Israeli stage double

Quick Step Floors sprinter makers it two road stages out of two as Big Start concludes in Eilat

Giro d’Italia Stage 2: Elia Viviani takes the stage, Rohan Dennis takes race lead (+ video)

Tom Dumoulin drops to second overall

Activists target Giro d’Italia over support for Israel

Race director previously expressed hope that race would be treated “as a sports event”

Alex Paton out of Tour de Yorkshire after collision with oncoming car while pacing race leader back to the bunch

Somehow emerges with only cuts and bruises

Ribble launch limited edition Giro D’Italia R872

The online bike brand have infused some Maglia Rosa into their R872 sportive bike, with the Ribble Valley pattern on the forks sprayed Giro pink

Giro d’Italia Stage 1: Tom Dumoulin takes win and early lead in Jerusalem

Chris Froome already 37s behind the Dutchman

Flectr launch Flectr Vortex, the world’s first crank reflector

Flectr have already smashed their crowdfunding target on Kickstarter for their latest innovation, which they claim is more visible than pedal reflectors

Chris Froome says he is confident of winning doping case

Team Sky star speaks ahead of Giro d'Italia, which starts in Jerusalem tomorrow

dhb launch Aeron LAB premium collection

Promising their "best kit to date", dhb's Aeron LAB collection has been two years in the making, and no compromises have been made to create faster, lighter and more aero gear

Mark Cavendish targets stage wins at Tour de Yorkshire

Dimension Data rider returns to racing tomorrow, six weeks after breaking rib at Milan-San Remo

Lumos helmet with indicators gets fresh updates and is now available to buy in Apple stores

The Lumos helmet has 48 LED lights and was successfully crowdfunded in 2015. It now supports hand-activated turn signals when used with an Apple Watch, and becomes the first bike helmet to be sold in Apple Stores