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Giro d’Italia Stage 15: Cataldo wins monumental stage to Como, Roglic loses time to rivals after crash

Thrilling stage on roads used in Il Lombardia sees Italian take first career Giro stage, Yates finishes third

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Avalanche threat sees Passo di Gavia cut from Giro d’Italia queen stage

Riders will be re-routed via climbs of Cevo and Aprica on their way to the Mortirolo on Tuesday

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Top 10 cycling stories you might have missed this week

The pick of the bunch from another action-packed week on two wheels in our road.cc recap…

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Giro d’Italia Stage 14: Movistar’s Richard Carapaz wins and takes race lead (+ reaction and highlights)

Simon Yates of Mitchelton-Scott second on stage after battling to rejoin main contenders

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Riders, staff unemployed as Colombian Pro Continental team closes with immediate effect following doping cases

Team has previously been home to the likes of Nairo Quintana, Esteban Chaves and Sergio Henao

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Tao Geoghegan Hart to undergo surgery next week after Giro d’Italia crash

Team Ineos rider broke right clavicle early on during today's Stage 13 from Pinerolo

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Giro d’Italia Stage 13: Zakarin wins as Yates dropped and Geoghegan Hart crashes out (+ reaction and video highlights)

First summit finish of this year's race sees big changes in the overall standings, Polanc remains in pink

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Lance Armstrong “wouldn’t change a thing” about his doping – it’s all about learning and growth and all that…

“I was asking for them to come after me”

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Giro d’Italia Stage 12: Hail, Cesare! Benedetti takes win for Bora-Hansgrohe, Jan Polanc keeps leader’s jersey for UAE Team Emirates (+ highlights and reaction)

Today's stage marked 70th anniversary of legendary Coppi break - and didn't disappoint

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All Tramadol tests negative since painkiller was banned in March

Painkiller had been blamed for crashes in the peloton

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British doctors break round-the-world tandem record- after encountering a bear and a knifepoint robber on the way

Lloyd Collier and Louis Snellgrove took 283 days to ride 27,000km through 24 countries

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Giro d’Italia organisers insist queen stage will go ahead despite 12 metres of snow on the Gavia

Around-the-clock works going on to clear snow from summit of highest point of this year's race

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Five cool things coming soon from Sigma, Knog, Schmolke, Look and Rapha

Some more picks of the test pile before our reviewers give their full verdicts...

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Giro d’Italia Stage 9: Roglic smashes time trial and takes 3 minutes out of Yates, Conti still in pink (+ video highlights and lots of reaction)

Slovenian the big winner among GC riders, but botched bike change sees Campenaerts miss out on win

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Giro d’Italia Stage 8: Caleb Ewan takes stage,Valerio Conti stays in pink (plus reaction and video highlights)

Australian rewards team for hard work at front of peloton on longest stage of this year's race

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First Look: Look 785 Huez RS Disc

The disc brake version of Look's top-end lightweight road bike comes with their intriguing Zed 2 cranks with adjustable lengths...

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Britain’s first all-female wounded team to compete in Race Across America

Members have overcome various life changing conditions, including paralysis, amputations, spinal-cord injuries and PTSD

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Former world champion Jack Bobridge found guilty of supplying MDMA

Australian admits recreational drug use while racing in Europe

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Giro d’Italia Stage 7: Astana’s Bilbao wins stage, Conti of UAE Team Emirates still in pink (+ reaction and video highlights)

Basque rider takes first Grand Tour stage win of career after hard-fought day's racing

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ASO pulls Flèche-Wallone and Liège-Bastogne-Liège out of Women’s World Tour, unwilling to provide live TV coverage

New UCI rules require organisers to provide 45 minutes live coverage of all WWT races

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Giro d’Italia Stage 6: Valerio Conti takes overall lead, Fausto Masnada wins stage (+ reaction and video highlights)

Primoz Roglic in early crash and his Jumbo-Visma team lets break - and maglia rosa - go

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Giro d’Italia Stage 5: Ackermann wins, Roglic maintains lead (+ reaction and video highlights)

Rain-soaked roads see organisers take GC times with 10km remaining

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Giro d’Italia Stage 4: Carapaz wins, Roglic takes time on rivals, Dumoulin says challenge over after crash (+ reaction and highlights)

Big crash in closing kilometres splits peloton apart, Dumoulin struggles to finish stage

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Giro d’Italia Stage 3: Viviani first but relegated as Gaviria awarded win , Geoghegan Hart loses time

Team Ineos co-leader Geoghegan Hart loses time as he is caught behind a crash with 5 kilometres left

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Sir Ben Ainslie says it would be “crazy” for Ineos yachting and cycling teams not to learn from each other

Four-time Olyympic sailing champ's America's Cup challenge is being bankrolled by petrochemical firm

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Giro d’Italia Stage 2: Pascal Ackermann takes sprint, Primoz Roglic keeps lead

First road stage of this year's race sees German champ beat Elia Viviani in the final

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Primoz Roglic wins opening time trial at Giro d’Italia (+ reaction and highlights)

Simon Yates second as first Grand Tour of the year gets under way in Bologna

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Simon Yates claims he’s the favourite for this year’s Giro d’Italia

“If I was in my rivals’ position… I would be shitting myself”

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Irish cyclist dies after hitting parked motorbike during road race

Sean Lynch crashed during Frank O’Rourke Memorial race last Sunday

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Former World Champion Jack Bobridge denies supplying MDMA sold in Perth nightclub

Former pro cyclist Alex McGregor says Bobridge supplied him with the drug to sell to others

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