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Philippe Gilbert and Loïc Vliegen found guilty of assaulting motorist following “dangerous overtake”

The former world champion was also convicted of carrying and using pepper spray during the 2016 training ride altercation, while the driver was convicted of intentionally obstructing traffic

Sir Bradley Wiggins: “I don’t ride a bike anymore because I don’t like the person I became when I was on it”

As part of a new BBC documentary on imposter syndrome, the 2012 Tour de France winner admits he has no memory of standing on the Champs-Élysées in the yellow jersey, and that his estranged father once told him, “You’ll never be as good as your old man”

65-year-old tandem time trial cyclist banned for two years over anti-doping violation

Having set a new record for the event, John Frey refused to be tested when a doping control officer arrived to collect a sample

Is that Sven and Thibau Geese? Cyclocross riders forced to avoid pair of ducks chilling out on course during World Cup race

The unexpected obstacles couldn’t put off the unflappable Eli Iserbyt, who secured his sixth win of the winter to extend his lead in the World Cup standings

Wake up to (anything but) milk: Pro cyclists warned not to eat or drink dairy products at cyclocross race after positive doping tests

Both Toon Aerts and Shari Bossuyt have blamed their recent Letrozole positives on contamination while racing in Flamanville, Normandy, the site of Sunday’s cyclocross World Cup round

UAE Team Emirates pro lambasted for hanging onto back of lorry during training ride, as manager slams “regrettable and unacceptable attitude”

German rider Felix Groß, who is set to leave the team next month, was filmed taking a tow from the lorry by fellow pro Tim Torn Teutenberg

2024 Van Rysel road bikes and kit for newly-named Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale unveiled (and the prices aren’t too outrageous)

AG2R riders will be sat atop bikes from Decathlon's in-house performance road cycling brand in 2024, and the RCR road bike in its team spec will be available in the new year for around £8.5k

“He can talk about his bike position until the cows come home”: Chris Froome’s bike set-up “oversight” claims slammed as “illogical” by team boss

“Does it sound logical that somebody who was winning seven grand tours is claiming that his saddle position is off by a centimetre? Does that sound credible?” Israel-Premier Tech owner Sylvan Adams said

Ineos Grenadiers’ deputy chief Rod Ellingworth resigns from British team amid rumours of backroom tension, according to reports

The departure of one of its founding members marks the end of an era for an Ineos team struggling to break out of a prolonged transitional period in recent years

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty riders fined by UCI and ordered to attend educational course after posting racist gesture during race in China

Madis Mihkels and Gerben Thijssen, who shared a photo of the discriminatory gesture to Instagram, were withdrawn from the Tour of Guangxi by the Belgian team last month

Global Cycling Network set to close GCN+ and GCN app in December due to “changing media industry landscape”

The decision to close the streaming service comes as parent company Warner Brothers Discovery prepares to sell the Bath-based Play Sports Network

Protestor who blocked UCI Worlds road race accuses cycling community of being complicit in climate crisis

One of the four climate activists who glued their hands to the road claimed that the cycling community was ignorant about “oil and gas companies sponsoring their races”

Cyclists fear safe time trial courses will be lost as governing body introduces ban on events in 20mph zones

Cycling Time Trials has asked for all events to be reviewed and courses on roads with 20mph speed limits to be cancelled or modified to avoid the zones

Could time trialists “looking like the Michelin Man” using body fairings in search of aero gains soon be banned?

Time trialling governing body Cycling Time Trials will vote on a body fairing ban next month, the man behind the proposal keen to avoid "anything that's a potential barrier" to more people participating

Not so marginal losses: Chris Froome reveals recent bike set-up was “centimetres” apart from Team Sky days due to “oversight”

“I took my old bike and found very big discrepancies between my positions… We’re not talking millimetres,” the Israel-Premier Tech rider said

Lost Dot launches The Accursed Race – no-fly, off-road race in the Balkans

The gravel race is the first of its kind and will cover 1,600km across the region in southeastern Europe

Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships cancelled… because it’s too windy

"It seems like a bad joke," one competitor said... but the event's organisers decided it would be unsafe to go ahead with an orange wind warning and "crazy, too intense" 40mph gusts

The Italian Job? Turin to give Mark Cavendish the first of eight record-breaking chances at 2024 Tour de France (+ video of route)

Manxman, who is looking for historic 35th stage win, was in Paris today as route of next year’s race from Florence to Nice was revealed

National 12-hour TT results still aren’t finalised… two months after it finished

Confusion, frustration and rumours aplenty from those who competed as governing body Cycling Time Trials says a "formal objection" has been made, the process to resolve the matter ongoing and "confidential"

“Just chaos”: Track cycling event restarted after huge crash brings down half the field

The first night of the UCI Track Champions League event in Mallorca was overshadowed by the incident during the men's elimination race

Pro rider quick to slam Bora-Hansgrohe for “out of order” Specialized TT bikes

"That's not cool, I came here to learn... it would be nice if my bikes were in order"

Flying Vittoria Bussi becomes first woman to break 50km barrier as she reclaims UCI Hour Record

The Italian made history by riding 50.267km, beating Ellen van Dijk’s mark of 49.254km by over a kilometre, and surpassing her own previous best by over two kilometres

Lotto Dstny pro apologises for hitting rider after reacting to “dangerous behaviour” during sprint

Maxim Van Gils has been fined by the UCI for striking Georgios Bouglas at the end of the Japan Cup Criterium

“Profound safety problem” in elite cycling, finds report… but riders union president says it’s “getting safer”

"Cycling is a dangerous sport. We can make it safer, but it’ll never be safe," said CPA President Adam Hansen

“I believe he will”: Chris Froome confident “special” Mark Cavendish will break Tour de France stage wins record

The four-time Tour de France winner has also once again asserted his own personal ambition to return to the race in 2024, saying he was plagued by bike position issues after leaving Ineos

Pro cyclist forced to ride museum bike at gravel world championships after airline loses his Colnago

Colnago rushed the “still dirty” bike, raced only once at last year’s gravel worlds, across Italy to Australian Nathan Haas just hours before today’s race

Tadej Pogačar wins Il Lombardia for the third time in a row with solo attack

UAE Team Emirates rider joins Italian greats Fausto Coppi and Alfredo Binda as only riders to claim three successive victories in the year’s final monument

Scottish newspaper brands World Championships a “ridiculous decision” and a “vanity project”

The comments come after Scotland's culture secretary blamed inflation and extra costs for the bill for hosting the UCI Cycling World Championships coming in at £8 million over budget

“Just one more year”: Mark Cavendish to continue racing in 2024 and target Tour de France record

The 38-year-old has postponed his plans to retire after agreeing a new deal with Astana Qazaqstan, saying that “crashing out of the Tour de France was not the finish of my career I hoped for”

Christina Mackenzie says she has “no hope” that hit-and-run driver who left her motionless will ever be found

The time trial specialist said that while she has recovered physically, Police Scotland's failure to trace the SUV driver have compounded her insecurities