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“There’s a few people bricking it” – Sir Bradley Wiggins talks TUEs, medical confidentiality and the “sinister” side of Jiffygate

“Obviously, the pitchfork brigade will be waving their forks at me again”

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Tour de France Stage 13: Peter Sagan extends his lead in the points classification

Slovak now has 11 career stage victories in the Tour de France

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Live blog: Fans arrested for endangering riders on Alpe d’Huez; Ex-pro’s journey from paracetamol to MDMA; Video of crash that forced Nibali to abandon + more

All the cycling news from this site and beyond…

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Tour de France Stage 12: Geraint Thomas triumphs on Alpe d’Huez

“Not a chance in hell I thought I was going to win today”

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Merida launch the Mission CX, an ‘all-in-one’ racing, training and commuting bike

The all new cyclocross bike from Merida has the latest disc brake standards and the frame has plenty of tyre clearance for CX racing and fast commuting alike

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Peter Sagan and his wife are separating

Actually, on reflection, you’re not the one that I want

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Tour de France Stage 11: Geraint Thomas wins stage and rides into yellow

General classification blown apart on first mountain finish of this year's race as Team Sky seize control

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74% of road.cc readers say the UCI’s 6.8kg weight limit should be lowered or scrapped entirely

The road.cc audience has spoken, the 6.8kg weight limit should be lowered or scrapped entirely

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Video: BMX rider jumps over Tour de France peloton

Incident happened during today's first stage in the Alps

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Tour de France Stage 10: Julian Alaphilippe takes storming win, Greg Van Avermaet keeps yellow

First day in the Alps sees big names get into the break and yellow jersey extend his lead

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Live blog: Juan Antonio Flecha’s tips for taking on the Alpe d’Huez, CeramicSpeed launch ‘Victory Edition’ glittery pulley wheel system, Peter Sagan races 81-year-old grandmother + more

All today's news from the site and beyond

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BMC Racing Team saved as CCC takes over sponsorship from 2019

Greg Van Avarmaet to lead UCI WorldTour team next season with backing of Polish footwear retailer

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Trek launches women’s road team led by Lizzie Deignan

Former world champion is sitting out 2018 season as she expects first child but will be back with new team next year

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Video highlights, onboard footage and full reaction as Paris-Roubaix meets the Tour de France

Your round-up from a thrilling an incident-packed stage

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Tour de France Stage 9: John Degenkolb rules the pavé Greg Van Avermaet extends lead

A brutal day on Paris-Roubaix cobbles sees succession of big names crash, with Richie Porte out of the race

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Breaking news: Richie Porte out of Tour de France after early crash today

BMC Racing star was one of the favourites for the overall - but is first casualty of today's cobbled stage

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‘Maybe we are being too nice’ says Wada about salbutamol usage

Suggestion that threshold for legal usage could be reduced

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Tour de France Stage 8: Two in a row for Dylan Groenewegen (+ video)

Greipel and Gaviria relegated for tussles during sprint finish

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Bianchi’s Oltre XR4 special edition paint jobs for the Tour de France

Dylan Groenewegen and Primoz Roglic of LottoNL–Jumbo are both riding Oltre XR4 frames with eye-catching custom paint jobs at Le Tour this year

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Strava data for three of the sectors in Sunday’s cobbled Tour de France stage to Roubaix

How far and who’s been quickest?

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Tour de France Stage 7: Dylan Groenewegen outsprints Fernando Gaviria

Greg Van Avermaet retains yellow jersey

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Wada stands by Salbutamol test

Man responsible for test says he made ‘a terrible blunder’ when calculating the threshold

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Alberto Contador reveals power data from his Tour de France-winning days

El Pistolero has shared some evidence on his Instagram page of an 20 minute test from his Tour-winning days, that would have put his functional threshold power at a staggering 7w/kg

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Study reveals best place for Tour riders to be in the peloton if they want to make the break

Research suggests teams may need to rethink tactics and may explain why so few breakaways succeed

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BMC launch Timemachine 01 Disc TT bike

After the aero road version was unveiled last week, now BMC have updated their TT Timemachine too, optimised for disc brakes and wind tunnel-tested to the max

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Tour de France Stage 6: Dan Martin wins at Mur de Bretagne, Greg Van Avermaet keeps lead

Tom Dumoulin and Romain Bardet lose time, while Geraint Thomas moves second overall

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Look launch disc brake version of the 785 Huez RS, with 28mm tubeless tyres

Look's super lightweight frame has been given the disc brake treatment, and the whole range will come specced with 28mm tubeless tyres for better cornering grip and comfort at lower pressures...

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Tour de France Stage 5: Peter Sagan wins, Greg Van Avermaet still in yellow

Today's stage in Brittany had an Ardennes Classic flavour - and it didn't disappoint

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Ceepo launch radical Shadow-R triathlon bike

The Shadow-R laughs in the face of UCI rules, with its beam-shaped design and 'SideFork' fairing across the front wheel, which they claim actually improves comfort

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Tour de France: Gaviria doubles up, van Avermaet keeps yellow

More crashes on today's flat stage - Ilnur Zakarin loses a minute

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