Racing

Omnipresent Shanaze Reade trains the nation’s Deliveroo riders

Local newspapers reporting on training events later change tense

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Yorkshire makes late bid to replace Nice as host of this year’s European Road Cycling Championships

Planned host venue was Nice but city withdrew for security reasons

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Rio 2016: Team GB men win sprint gold as records tumble

Hindes, Kenny and Skinner get gold as track cycling programme gets under way

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Kristof Allegaert: TCR is for those who can suffer

Three times winner of the TransContinental Race, Belgian Ultracyclist Kristof Allegaert says the event is not for the fainthearted, or the underprepared

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No falling-out between Cavendish and Wiggins insists Team GB boss

Andy Harrison rejects claims of tension ahead of track programme starting tonight

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BC’s Secret Squirrel Club now called “Room X” under F1 boffin

Cambridge Professor uses his F1 expertise for British Cycling in marginal gains quest, but says Chris Boardman's success as a pioneer left "poisoned chalice"

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Vintage performance from Fabian Cancellara wins Olympic time trial

Spartacus will end career as Olympic champion once again

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Kristin Armstrong of USA wins third Olympic time trial title in a row

American rider completes hat-trick day before her 43rd birthday to deny Russia's Olga Zabelinskaya

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Annemiek van Vleuten out of hospital as recovery continues

Dutch rider injured in horrific crash in Sunday's road race set to return to Netherlands

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Cavendish: If I don’t win Rio gold, people will say I’ve failed

“It’s either third time lucky or it’s not meant to be”

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Geraint Thomas joins Chris Froome in tomorrow’s Olympic time trial

"My legs are feeling good" says Welshman who crashed during Saturday's road race

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Cavendish: Armitstead “could have prevented chaos” over missed tests

"Was it her fault? Yes, absolutely."

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Aussie team pursuit rider hospitalised after Rio training crash

Escapes with no broken bones or major injuries

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UCI defends Olympic road race course; van Vleuten says she’ll “be fine”

Dutch rider who crashed yesterday tweets from hospital to reassure supporters

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Annemiek van Vleuten in intensive care after Olympic road race crash

Dutch rider sustained heavy concussion and spinal fractures while leading road race

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Anna van der Breggen of Netherlands wins gold at Rio road race

US rider Mara Abbott caught with line in sight, Dutch rider van Vleuten crashes out when leading

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Twitter abuzz as Namibia’s Dan Craven ‘live tweets’ Olympic road race – while riding it

All wasn't quite as it seemed during yesterday's race - though he did get his rusks

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Kristof Allegaert wins TransContinental race in 8d 15h 2m

Belgian Ultracyclist finished his 3762km race at just after midday today, 300km ahead of his nearest rivals

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Greg Van Avermaet wins Olympic road race

Vincenzo Nibali and Sergio Henao crash out in group that looked poised to contest medals

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Nice cancels European Road Cycling Championships for security reasons

UEC looking for alternative venue

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Fränk Schleck announces 2016 season will be his last

15 year career has come to an end for Luxembourgish veteran

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Video: Aussies help GB riders as they get LOST on way to Olympic velodrome

They'l be rivals on the track next week, but a helping hand is always appreciated

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“Secret skinsuit” to bring GB track riders Rio world records?

Records said to have been broken in training

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Feel The Bern – with a Bernie Eisel t-shirt!

Unofficial ‘President of the Peloton’ gets the campaign t-shirt treatment – even team mate Nathan Haas has one

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Video: How do cyclists acclimatise for Rio? Chris Boardman finds out

Former Olympic champ visits Loughboroug University to see physiological testing first-hand

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Italian judge closes Marco Pantani-related Camorra probe

Crime syndicate was believed to have fixed rider's ejection from 1999 Giro to avoid gambling losses

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Lizzie Armitstead’s Boels-Dolmans team says it “fully supports” her

Dutch team "trusts completely that there was no intentional wrongdoing" on world champion's part

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Video: Chris Froome says medal at Rio would be “incredible”

Tour de France champion looks ahead to Olympic road race and time trial

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South Korean cyclist hit by driver on streets of Rio

Kim Ok-cheol, who competes in Saturday's Olympic Road Race, was not seriously injured when he was knocked down by the driver's wing mirror

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Video: Sir Bradley Wiggins on his fifth – and final – Olympics

One more medal would make him Team GB's most decorated Olympian ever - but it's gold he's after

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