Racing

Mechanical doping: UCI scan for hidden motors at Giro d’Italia (+ video)

Tinkoff posts video of governing body's official checking bike for technological fraud

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Giro d’Italia Stage 11: Ulissi wins again as overall contenders battle

Amador 2nd and race leader Jungels 3rd in tough finale

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Peter Kennaugh’s Tour de France at risk after collarbone fracture (+ video)

Team Sky rider was set to play key role as domestique to Chris Froome

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Video: Peter Sagan pulls wheelie for fan during race

Ron Hirshman called on world champ to perform one at Tour of California yesterday

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Adam Hansen develops web app to help fellow pro cyclists

Lotto-Soudal's serial Grand Tour finisher and bespoke shoemaker has IT skillz too

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Giro d’Italia Stage 10: Ciccone takes solo win, Jungels in pink (+ video highlights)

21-year-old Bardiani-CSF rider takes first ever pro win

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Team Sky leader Mikel Landa abandons Giro d’Italia

Rider who finished third overall last year dropped early on today's Stage 10

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Jess Varnish to meet GB performance director – hopes to make case for Rio selection

Sprinter has continued training in Australia and hopes to get back on the British Cycling programme

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Katusha rider ‘very upset’ after team ejects him from Giro for drafting in time trial

Alexex Tsatevich denies ignoring orders from sports director

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Giro d’Italia Stage 9: Brambilla keeps lead as Roglic wins time trial

Etixx-Quick Step rider keeps pink by 1 second from team mate Bob Jungels

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Hundreds turn up for impromptu ride with Chris Froome

The double Tour de France winner tweeted about the ride, from Southampton, and was surprised when 200 people turned up

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Giro d’Italia Stage 8: Gianluca Brambilla takes stage and race lead

Tom Dumoulin loses maglia rosa after suffering on final climb

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Chris Froome collects his OBE

President of the AA Edmund King also honoured for services to road safety

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Alpe di Poti – Strava data for the crucial climb on stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia

Previous stage saw live on-board images being broadcast for the first time in the race

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Farmers demand that Giro’s wolf mascot be banned from entering France

Lupo Wolfie seen as a "provocation" in light of wolf attacks on Alpine livestock

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Entries open for 2016 Bristol Grand Prix

Event is free for spectators with thousands expected to turn out over the course of the day

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Giro d’Italia Stage 7: Greipel makes it 3 in a row for Lotto-Soudal

Belgian team also takes mountains jersey through Tim Wellens

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Golf is the new cycling … for Peter Sagan (+ video)

World champion posts pic of his "new passion" as he tees off at Lake Tahoe

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Giro d’Italia Stage 6 to Wellens, Dumoulin extends lead

Lotto-Soudal take second successive stage win on first summit finish of 99th edition

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Canadian downhill mountain bike star Steve Smith dies at 26

2013 World Cup winner sustained massive brain injury in motorbike crash

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Andre Greipel uploads Giro d’Italia stage win to Strava

Andre Greipel wins a stage of the Giro d'Italia and shares ride on Strava

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2018 Giro d’Italia Big Start reportedly set for Japan

Summit finish on Mount Fuji - "twinned" with Monte Zoncolan - could figure in opening four stages

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Giro d’Italia Stage 5: Greipel wins sprint, Dumoulin keeps pink (+ video highlights)

Lotto-Soudal sprinter wins in Benevento with birthday boy Kittel dropped from front group

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Great Britain set to omit national champion for BMX World Championships

Petition launched asking British Cycling to reverse its decision

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Italian federation probes ‘tow’ claims against Milan-San Remo winner Arnaud Démare

FDJ.fr rider accused of hitching a lift on team car up the Cipressa before his win

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Giro d’Italia Stage 4: Ulissi wins, Dumoulin back in race lead (+ video highlights)

Lampre-Merida rider takes fifth Giro stage win of career as race resumes in Italy

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Shane Sutton: “I had to stand up for Jess Varnish,” says Victoria Pendleton

Olympic keirin champion hits out at Shane Sutton and says Varnish deserves Olympic chance - she hasn't been 'held in his arms' either

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Dutch pro Gijs Verdick dies a week after double heart attack

21-year-old had been in a coma since last Tuesday after falling ill at Polish race

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Video: Rest day? What rest day? Team Sky ride 50km from airport to hotel

Maybe they didn’t check the box to include transfers when booking flights?

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Middlesbrough’s new £1.6m velodrome opens

The state-of-the-art facility hailed as a "significant delvelopment" for cycling in the region

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