Racing

“Brutal” new 20% monster climb rumoured for next year’s Vuelta a España

Race director Javier Guillén has promised a "spectacular" and "very mountainous" route, with summit finishes atop the Angliru and Tourmalet also touted

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Colnago officially unveils V4Rs road bike with its ‘fastest monocoque frame ever’

The bicycle formerly known as the Prototipo – already raced by Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates in the Tour de France – is said to be more aero than the V3Rs and a little lighter too

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Cycling South Africa suspends Zwift racer caught hacking data during world championships qualifier

Eddy Hoole was last week banned from Zwift racing for six months and sacked by his team, with more sanctions now likely to follow

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Scotland to host UCI World Gravel Championships qualifying race in May

The race, called the Gralloch, will be the only UCI-level gravel race in the UK

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Zwift racer banned for six months and sacked by team for hacking data during world championships qualifier

8.5w/kg for four minutes? Nothing to see here…

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Mark Cavendish’s future uncertain after team boss tells riders to look elsewhere

Sources say the Manx sprinter “100 percent” won’t ride for Jérôme Pineau’s controversial B&B Hôtels project, which appears to be on the brink of implosion due to lack of funding

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Davide Rebellin killed in reported hit-and-run collision involving lorry driver

The 51-year-old brought the curtain down on his 30-year professional career at last month’s Veneto Classic

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Remco Evenepoel is very similar in character to Lance Armstrong, says Quick-Step director

I’m sure the world road race champion, the youngest winner of the rainbow jersey since the controversial Texan in 1993, is delighted with that particular comparison from his own team…

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“Without Brian Robinson, there’s no Bradley Wiggins or Mark Cavendish”: Hundreds pay their respects at funeral of pioneering British cyclist

Local cyclists formed a guard of honour for Britain’s first Tour de France stage winner, who died last month aged 91

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Mark Cavendish ‘confirmed’ as leader of a team which may not exist in two weeks

“If he didn’t believe in this project, he would have already signed elsewhere,” says embattled B&B Hôtels boss Jérôme Pineau, who admitted that the future of his team is “threatened”

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Outrage silenced as park turned into “dangerous mud bath” by cyclocross race recovers in time for Parkrun

Despite alarming pictures of the state of East Brighton Park following last weekend's London X League round, the ground has since dried out and Parkrun went ahead as planned

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Bradley Wiggins disputes increased £1 million claim from liquidators

The 2012 Tour de France winner is selling a property to raise funds, while missing Team Wiggins kit and vehicles are currently being investigated by police

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Geraint Thomas opts for Giro d’Italia return in 2023 due to “disappointing” Tour de France route

The 2018 yellow jersey winner bemoaned the lack of time trial opportunities at next year’s Grande Boucle, and says he has unfinished business at the Giro

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Vincenzo Nibali and Doug Ryder launch new second-tier pro team

The Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team will mark South African Ryder’s return to the peloton following the demise of Qhubeka-NextHash at the end of 2021

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Bianchi returns to WorldTour with Team Arkéa-Samsic – but those Air Deflectors are missing

French team will use Bianchi’s Reparto Corse collection, headlined by the new Oltre RC

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Cycling UK slams Northern Ireland’s “baffling” Tour de France bid when active travel strategy puts cyclists “at risk”

"It's baffling Northern Ireland will put so much care, attention and likely funding into hosting the Tour de France for a couple of days while failing to make everyday cycling safer"

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Britain’s first Tour de France stage winner Brian Robinson dies, aged 91

The pioneering Yorkshireman became the first Briton to finish the Tour in 1955, before going on to win two Tour stages and the Dauphiné Libéré

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Team rumoured to be signing Mark Cavendish cancels press conference due to “absence of certain major players”

The big reveal had been set for Paris tomorrow, a day before the 2023 Tour de France route is revealed...

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“We’ll stick to what we do best!”: Geraint Thomas won’t be getting a World Cup call up on this evidence

Stick to the day job lads...

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Ireland bids for cross-border Tour de France Grand Départ

Dublin hosted start of race in 1998, and together with Belfast welcomed opening stages of 2014 Giro d’Italia

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Mark Cavendish’s new team… (maybe)

Media report suggests one-year deal confirmed... even if team "denies" rumour

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“I have a career to finish”: Audrey Cordon-Ragot looks to the future, a month after suffering stroke on eve of world championships

“It’s weird to say but it’s a bit like when you fall off a bike, the first thing you look at is your bike. I wondered if I was going to be able to get back on it”

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“I’ve got a big year next year”: Mark Cavendish hints at new team for 2023

The British champion, who finished second in his final race for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl last weekend, is yet to officially reveal his plans for next season, amid rumours linking him to B&B Hotels-KTM

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Another landmark world record for Filippo Ganna as he breaks 4 minute-barrier for sea level individual pursuit

Second phenomenal ride in 7 days for Italian who last weekend smashed the UCI Hour Record

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“Reinforcing the point that bike racing isn’t exactly green”: Giro d’Italia organisers criticised for rumoured Rome finale – and 700km transfer

Reports suggest that the final stage of the 2023 Giro will take place in the Italian capital for the first time since 2018

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Multi-discipline stars dominate inaugural gravel world championships

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Gianni Vermeersch took the elite rainbow jerseys in convincing fashion in Citadella

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Filippo Ganna roars to spectacular new UCI Hour Record of 56.792km

The Olympic team pursuit champion broke Chris Boardman’s mark of 56.375km, set by the British rider in 1996 using the now-banned ‘superman’ position

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Save of the season? Tadej Pogačar silences doubters to win second consecutive Il Lombardia title

Did the Slovenian’s third career monument victory put some much-needed gloss on a tumultuous 2022 or was it simply a fitting end to an “almost perfect” season?

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“Remind me what worlds is it tomorrow again?”: Nicolas Roche criticises UCI for inaugural Gravel World Championships start line order

The retired WorldTour pro blasted the governing body’s decision to prioritise road pros ahead of gravel specialists

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Rumours surface about Ineos Grenadiers women’s team

The British team has allegedly signed Pauline Ferrand-Prévot as “first woman racer”

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