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Two wins in two days for Mark Cavendish (+ video)

Deceuninck-Quick Step rider doubles up at Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey after ending three-year winless streak yesterday

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Mark Cavendish takes first win in more than three years

Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider breaks long drought at Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

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Rider thrown out of Tour of Flanders for tossing water bottle towards fan says being given one as a kid inspired him to become pro cyclist

“Back home that bottle was reminding me every day of what my dream was,” says Michael Schär

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Cyclist disqualified from Tour of Flanders…for littering

Michael Schär was punished for throwing a bidon away

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Two riders kicked out of Tour of Flanders after clash

'Muppets' Yevgeniy Fedorov and Otto Vergaerde have both been disqualified from the Tour of Flanders after an incident with 240km to go in the race.

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Zdenek Stybar out of Tour of Flanders after treatment for heart problem

Deceuninck-Quick Step Classics specialist underwent surgery this week for heart rhythm issue

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Paris-Roubaix postponed until October

France’s latest lockdown means Queen of the Classics is put back for second year in a row

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UCI “strongly condemns” Nacer Bouhanni for pushing Jake Stewart into barriers

World cycling's governing body refers yesterday's incident to its Disciplinary Commission, but French sprinter insists it was not “intentional" despite TV evidence

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2023 Tour de France to start in Spain’s Basque Country (+ video)

Bilbao to host the Grand Depart of the 110th edition of cycling’s biggest race

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Chris Froome’s move to Israel Start-up Nation sees him top list of peloton’s highest earners with €5.5m annual salary

Tadej Pogacar's Tour de France win sees salary more than double, but runner-up Primoz Roglic needs a pay rise

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Paris-Roubaix looking increasingly certain to be called off

Prefect of Hauts-de-France region strongly hints in radio interview that he will not give authorisation for race

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Mark Cavendish says he has ‘nothing left to prove’ in cycling

The Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider admitted to making a rookie error on the cobblestones in Nokere Koerse

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L39ION of LA teams up with Zwift for ‘disruptive’ new volcano inspired kit

The team say they like the idea that volcanoes are 'unstoppable' and the creators of new worlds

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Paris-Roubaix at risk as northern France re-enters lockdown due to fears of third wave of COVID-19

Host region Hauts-de-France among those subject to new measures coming into force for the next four weeks

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Mark Cavendish crashes out at Nokere Koerse, teammate Jannik Steimle injured in separate incident

Cavendish fell on the final cobbled sector of the Belgian semi-classic but crossed the finish line, while Steimle suffered multiple injuries in horror crash

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Stage towns in England and Scotland announced for September’s Tour of Britain

Start and finish locations for back-to-back stages in Wales still to be revealed subject to COVID-19 restrictions

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100 miles in under 2:50hrs: Jonathan Parker claims to have clocked the fastest 100 miles ever recorded on a bike

The (pending) world record ride uploaded on Strava puts Jonathan Parker’s time at eight minutes quicker than Jonathan Shubert’s RRA record. Here’s how he did it

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Underestimate Chris Froome at your peril, warns Bradley Wiggins

“He has certainly got something left in him,” says 2012 yellow jersey winner

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Phil Liggett believes Lance Armstrong would have won the Tour without drugs

'The voice of cycling' said Lance was an 'exceptional' athlete

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Emergency vehicle causes crash in peloton

The ambulance appears to have its blue lights on when it comes speeding around a corner straight into the pack of riders

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Haute Route Watopia challenge kicks off this Friday on Zwift

Participants competing in the three day virtual event, from 26-28 February, will receive a virtual Colnago bike

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Bike at Bedtime: Giacomo Nizzolo’s BMC Timemachine Road

Check out the aero road bike that's fitted with disc brakes and wheels from British brand Hunt

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“Clear, quantifiable and undeniable”: Swiss Side data shows UCI ban on super tuck and TT position “will increase aerodynamic drag”

Swiss Side says its aero engineers "are not amused" by the UCI's latest rule changes, claiming wind tunnel results show riders can save considerable time by top tube descending and riding in the TT position

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Peter Sagan tests positive for Covid-19 during Gran Canaria training camp

Brother Juraj and their team-mate Erik Baska also test positive

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Mathieu van der Poel wins cyclo-cross worlds for fourth time

Puncture costs early leader Wout Van Aert dear, GB's Tom Pidcock just misses a medal

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Movistar launches Zwift competition to form first men’s and women’s WorldTour E-Team

Do you think you have what it takes to win a spot on the first WorldTour E-Team?

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Belgian female ex-pro denied sports director role with men’s team due to topless pictures

Tara Gins says offer withdrawn after pictures came to light – and details the sexual abuse she suffered during her riding career

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Cyclo-cross World Championships at risk due to new variant COVID-19 measures?

Event is due to take place in Ostend, Belgium, next weekend

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Tom Dumoulin to take a break from racing

“It is really as if a backpack of a hundred kilos has slipped off my shoulders”

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GMC brands Dr Richard Freeman a liar prepared to put others at risk with his prescribing practices

Claim he was bullied to order banned substance by Shane Sutton described as an opportunistic lie

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