Racing

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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?

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Tara Gins says offer withdrawn after pictures came to light – and details the sexual abuse she suffered during her riding career

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

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

Tom Dumoulin to take a break from racing

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

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

Chris Froome says targeting fifth Tour de France win is “driving” him as he looks ahead to racing with new team Israel Start-Up Nation

35 year old says he didn’t want career to end by retiring after 2018 crash

Shimano takes over Tour de France neutral support from Mavic

The announcement brings to an end the iconic image of the yellow neutral service car

German sports doctor at centre of Operation Aderlass jailed

A number of pro cyclists have been sanctioned as a result of their association with Mark Schmidt

Geraint Thomas talks new podcast, cycling club snobbery and his new penchant for gravel bikes

Taking a break from training in Gran Canaria, G tells road.cc about his mission to create a cycling club on the day the Geraint Thomas Cycling Club podcast launches, and also offers some training tips for good measure

Tadej Pogacar, Fernando Gaviria and UAE Team Emirates given Covid-19 vaccine

Gaviria was one of the first documented cases of a person contracting the disease twice

Cherie Pridham hopes to help Chris Froome win fifth Tour de France title

Israel Start-Up Nation sports director also reflects on reaction to her ground-breaking appointment

Tao Geoghegan Hart back racing today at Challenge of Stars

Vifrtual event on Bkool sees climbers take on the Stelvio and will be broadcast live

Tao Geoghegan Hart back racing … virtually, and on Boxing Day (best lay off the turkey then)

Giro d'Italia champ to feature in virtual challenge put on by Bkool and organisers of Italian Grand Tour

British Cycling to receive over £35m for next Olympic cycle as UK Sport stresses ‘culture’ and ‘winning the right way’

“If you're not going to put good positive culture at the heart of what you do, you're simply not welcome” says funding body

CAS halves Russia’s doping ban and says ‘neutral’ athletes can compete at next Olympics with ‘Russia’ written on their kit

Head of US anti-doping accuses Wada and the IOC of ‘putting politics over principle’

Take a look at GreenEdge Cycling’s 2021 Bianchi bikes

Simon Yates, Michael Matthews, Amanda Spratt and their GreenEdge Cycling teammates will be racing on Bianchi’s with refreshed modern aesthetics

Tom Pidcock beats Mathieu van der Poel to take biggest career cyclo-cross win to date

“Today, I think I came of age,” says 21 year old after beating elite international field in Belgium

New barrier standards, a safety manager and stricter rules for race convoy – UCI announces new safety measures

News comes shortly after UCI published new concussion protocol

10 riders hospitalised, with one in induced coma, after crash with police motorbike at Australian race

Officer had reportedly stopped to prevent a motorist from encroaching on course of National Road Series event

Mark Cavendish rejoins Deceuninck – Quick-Step

Manxman delivered 44 victories in his previous stint with the team

UK Sport forwarded British Cycling whistleblower’s allegations to British Cycling

Government agency responsible for Olympic investment didn’t investigate claims about Shane Sutton

Rod Ellingworth leaves Bahrain McLaren after one (truncated) season

McLaren is ending sponsorship of team which will become Bahrain Victorious

Disc brake blamed for severe cut sustained by junior world champion Shirin van Anrooij at cyclocross World Cup

Team manager, Sven Nys, said he'd “Never seen such a wound”

Chloe Dygert apology for social media conduct “not sufficient” says Rapha

American recently signed contract with Canyon-SRAM team for whom Rapha are clothing sponsor

Shane Sutton accused of ‘absolutely lying’ by former team-mate over denial of knowledge of doping

Dr Richard Freeman medical tribunal due to conclude in May 2021