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All the news from the site and beyond as we start a new week

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Chris Froome to start 2019 season in Colombia?

Team Sky star was in Latin American country this week to take part in race organised by Rigoberto Uran

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MyCyclingWeekend - We Have a Winner

Sandcastles, sunshine and well-saturated skin this weekend!

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DealClincher: The Mega Roundup - Black Friday Sales Begin

Ribble also has a brilliant End of Season Bike Sale that is well worth checking out.

Near Miss of the Day 209: Close pass followed by abuse

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Somerset

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Black Friday Cycling Deals - 48% off Ultegra R8050 Di2 Groupset

Time for a groupset upgrade?

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Gore Wear launches new high-end C7 bib shorts developed with Fabian Cancellara

Fabian Cancellara lends his expertise to Gore Wear for its new C7 bib shorts

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Most drivers in fatal collisions with cyclists avoid jail says Cycling UK research

Six in 7 drivers in cyclist death cases avoid jail, while just a third lose licence says research by cycling charity

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Is SRAM Red eTap 12-speed coming soon?

Could we be close to seeing SRAM’s wireless groupset get an extra sprocket?

Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock is the new Under-23 European Cyclo-Cross champion

Yorkshireman adds to growing reputation, three British riders in top five

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Van driver who deliberately ran over cyclist in road rage incident jailed for four years

John Carter,told court: "I had no idea what had happened because I was hit from behind.”

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Injured cyclist froze to death after police couldn’t find her

Jacqueline Parsons' body was found by dog walker in Hull’s Western Cemetery last Sunday morning

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Near Miss of the Day 208: Tractor driver thinks bridge is plenty wide enough (it isn’t)

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s South Yorkshire

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Cyclist was crushed by lorry when driver failed to see he had fallen on muddy road

Truck driver pulled out from junction while cyclist was lying in front of him

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Bradley Wiggins’ comments about Lance Armstrong ‘not acceptable’ says head of UCI

“Wiggins is Wiggins” he adds (with perhaps just the faint suggestion of a Gallic shrug)

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Community order for careless driver who drove on to make a delivery following fatal collision

Courier made "cursory" search of carriageway after collision launched cyclist almost 50 metres

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road.cc recap: ten of our top stories this week

Some of the top stories from another busy week on two wheels...

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DealClincher: 25% off Bont Helix Road Shoes

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Near Miss of the Day 207: Cyclists swerve in slipstream as lorry load of timber passes

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s North Wales

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Sir Bradley Wiggins “sick of being told how to feel” as he defends recent comments about Lance Armstrong

Says Geraint Thomas can win two more Tours de France

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