Racing

Vincenzo Nibali wins “race against time” and will ride Giro d’Italia

Trek-Segafredo star broke wrist when driver knocked him off his bike last month

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Richard Carapaz disqualified from Liege-Bastogne-Liege for riding in ‘supertuck’ position

Ineos Grenadiers rider had been trying to build advantage on rivals after attack on penultimate climb of Ardennes Monument

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Tadej Pogačar outsprints rivals to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège

The 22-year-old said he was 'living the cycling dream'

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Tom Pidcock will not race Liège-Bastogne-Liège due to crash injuries

The 21-year-old will focus instead on getting ready for his first mountain bike race of the season

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‘Heartbroken’ Thibaut Pinot out of Giro D’Italia as he would face ‘unnecessary suffering’

The Groupama-FDJ rider said that in every race as the 'kilometres pass the pain in his back increases'

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“I love the time trial but crossing the line first in a road race… there’s nothing quite like it,” says Alex Dowsett

In the second episode of Drink at your Desk Live, Alex Dowsett tells us what it's like winning a grand tour stage and why you should put honey in your socks

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Drink At Your Desk Live! With special guest Alex Dowsett

Tune in this Friday at 4pm for a chat and a beverage

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Giro d’Italia Virtual incoming on Bkool this autumn

As well as the Grand Tour held in Italy this May, the Giro d’Italia will also be virtual later on this year, and for the next three years…

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“Difficult but not impossible” for Vincenzo Nibali to race Giro d’Italia after operation on broken wrist

Team manager Luca Guercilena hopeful two-time winner can start Italian Grand Tour despite injury sustained in training crash yesterday

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Mark Cavendish wins third stage in three days – but huge crash causes barriers to disintegrate (+ video)

Safety concerns raised following incident at end of today's Stage 4 of Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

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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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