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Family of teenage cyclist seriously injured in crash want world championships to continue, as organisers say they are “extremely concerned” about Swiss rider who remains in “very critical” condition

Muriel Furrer suffered a serious head injury and was airlifted to hospital after crashing during yesterday’s junior women’s road race

18-year-old cyclist Muriel Furrer tragically dies after suffering serious head injury in crash during junior women’s road race at world championships

The Swiss cyclist was airlifted to hospital after crashing heavily during Thursday’s junior women’s road race

Is EPO making a comeback? Asia-based Irish cyclist banned for three years as blood booster found in doping sample after Astana development rider’s CERA positive

It was the performance enhancer of choice for Lance Armstrong and his contemporaries, but a recent spate of positive tests suggest EPO is enjoying a revival in cycling’s semi-professional and amateur ranks

No progress made on more than half of British Cycling’s recommendations to revitalise UK racing scene amid harsh reality of “delivering races on the highway” – but governing body says it will “embrace” difficulties

The Elite Road Racing Task Force’s progress report, which highlighted British Cycling’s success in “safeguarding” the Tour of Britain, comes in the same week that the demise of the Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix was announced

Tour of Britain could be last race for British team that developed Tom Pidcock and Ben Healy, as sponsorship woes and increased running costs put squad’s future in doubt

Reports suggest that the Trinity Racing set-up, one of the best U23 teams in the world, could be the latest squad to fall victim to the financial pressures currently crippling British cycling

Israel-Premier Tech cycling team confronted by pro-Palestine group at Tour of Britain, with more protests planned this week

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign activist confronted team on the eve of the race and accused staff of "sportswashing" and "supporting genocide"

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GB cyclist wins Paralympic gold just days after flying over car bonnet when driver pulled out and hit him in Paris

“I was heartbroken, I literally thought this could be my Paralympics done,” Jaco van Gass, who suffered injuries to his knee and face before winning gold in the C3 3,000m individual pursuit, said

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Welcome back to the live blog, Dan Alexander ready to bring you all your cycling news, reaction and more this Thursday as we inch closer to the weekend

Gold medal-winning cyclist could miss UCI World Championships after not getting asylum interview for refugee status in the UK despite waiting for almost a year

Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay won the Ethiopian road race and time trial championships in 2023 and has been invited to participate in the UCI Road World Championships in Zurich in September

Wild scenes at Vuelta a España as herds of deer crossing the road jump over race cars and cause crash in the peloton, bringing down two riders

Three herds of roe deer crossed the road as the peloton was making its way to the finish line, with Giulio Ciccone and Txomin Juaristi caught in the crash

Junior Tour of Wales cycle race rerouted due to 20mph speed limits, as local cycling club chair rues “sad state of affairs” that sport is “impacted by short-sighted policy” and governing body admits Welsh road racing is “unsustainable”

Welsh cyclists are calling on the government to reconsider its “blanket” 20mph default limit, after three of the five stages of the Junior Tour of Wales were shortened and rerouted due to the inability of the convoy of vehicles to keep up

Valtteri Bottas says “refreshing” cycling “more fair” than Formula One as you don’t need best bike to win

"Machinery plays a part, but that's why I love doing those [cycling] events and challenging myself, because I feel like on the start line, pretty much everyone, more or less, has the same chances to win or do well"

Track cyclist who won three Olympic medals for Australia before “secret switch” to Team GB could face two-year ban from UCI, as AusCycling says Matthew Richardson would have been left out of Paris 2024 squad if they knew about defection plans

Commonwealth gold winning Australian cyclist Chloe Hosking defended the decision adding that AusCycling should review how it funds and supports athletes, while Richardson’s former club member claimed that “GB are putting money up, which Australia can’t”

“Some people just don’t care”: Pro cyclist slams “drunk fan” for causing chaotic Vuelta a España crash

Lidl-Trek rider missed out on chance to sprint for the race lead after "annoying" crash on final climb, spectator behaviour again making headlines for all the wrong reasons

Over a quarter of female pro cyclists outside Women’s WorldTour receive no salary, as new report highlights growing gap between Tour de France stars and “Wild West” lower tier – weeks after British squad collapsed following Tour invite snub

The Cyclists’ Alliance’s 2024 survey also revealed that 55 per cent of non-WWT riders earn less than €10,000 a year, while one in four pros have a second job alongside racing

British pro cyclist Leo Hayter to step away from cycling and Ineos Grenadiers after revealing five-year struggle with depression and anxiety

The 23-year-old former Baby Giro winner, who was diagnosed with depression last May, admitted that he hasn’t trained “for some time now” after reaching “breaking point” at the Tour de Hongrie

No, you won’t be able to hack pro cyclists’ electronic gears — Shimano shuts down cheating concerns over £175 jamming device, with immediate firmware update to “enhance security” already in use by pro cycling teams

Has it actually happened, and how seriously are the groupset giants taking it?

“Can’t continue with radio ban”: Pro cyclist breaks back in horrific crash as Visma-Lease a Bike manager slams “complete farce” and “chaos” lack of race radios created, but UCI President hits back at “fake news”

At Tour de Pologne only two riders per team have earpieces as part of a UCI trial aiming to improve safety, but many have been critical, including the team boss who called yesterday's crashes "chaos" and said it "cannot continue"

“I was getting ripped off left, right, and centre by the people looking after me”: Bradley Wiggins slams “sofa surfing” reports as “sensationalism” and explains bankruptcy “mess” in candid Lance Armstrong interview

“I never did the sport for the money, but I realise I should have paid more attention to it. I wasn’t aware of the mess until I was deep in retirement,” says the 2012 Tour de France winner, who was declared bankrupt in June

Horror crash that left track cycling spectator with “machete-like” injury prompts London velodrome to install Perspex barrier, two years after rider catapulted into crowd, “almost killing” children

The shocking collision at the 2022 Commonwealth Games led to calls from Chris Hoy and Laura Kenny to introduce a protective safety screen, which Lee Valley VeloPark now says is “a UK first for an existing velodrome”

“We have sadly raced our last race”: British cycling team who had 14 bikes stolen at Tour of Britain collapses, two months after overnight raid described as “absolute hammer blow to our over-achieving team on a stretched budget”

Lifeplus-Wahoo, the only British team to take part in the Tour de France Femmes, will close after nine years, with bosses blaming “ever-rising cost of racing”, recent bike thefts, and “ongoing partnership dispute”

“Best Parisian driver detected”: Olympic silver medallist Anna Henderson collides with Shimano neutral service car during road race, as Lizzie Deignan reveals “medial emergency” and night in hospital days before strong Team GB showing

Henderson and Deignan both played a pivotal role in teeing up a potential medal chance for British teammate Pfeiffer Georgi, who finished fifth behind solo winner Kristen Faulkner

Kristen Faulkner launches late solo attack to win 2024 Paris Olympic women’s cycling road race

The US rider shocked all pre-race favourites in a thrilling race, as Netherland’s all-time great Marriane Vos and Belgium’s world champion Lotte Kopecky took silver and bronze respectively in a sprint photo finish

“A long walk home”: Norwegian pro left stranded with broken bike after crashing in Paris Olympic race, as team car ignores him calling for assistance and drives past

Former U23 world time trial champion Søren Wærenskjold was left with a broken fork on his Dare cycle after an alleged brake failure and was seen walking back with the bike on his shoulder

Remco Evenepoel survives last minute bike-change scare to make history by winning Paris Olympics 2024 cycling road race

The Belgian becomes the first man to win gold medal in both road race and time trial competitions at the Olympics in the same year, after a heart-in-mouth moment as he suffered a rear puncture with less than 4 kilometres to go

“Pointless” 30kph speed limit on key climb sees pre-race favourite Mathieu van der Poel skip Olympic road race recon

While the world champion’s rivals Wout van Aert, Remco Evenepoel, and Julian Alaphilippe tested out the cobbled climb to Montmartre ahead of Saturday’s road race, Van der Poel reckoned it wasn’t “worth the effort” due to the speed limit

“Kristian Blummenfelt is not to be messed with”: Tour de France stage winner backs 2020 Olympic triathlon champion’s plan to win Tour by 2028 and says he’ll “immediately claim his place” in peloton

“Mentally he is unmatched, he means business”, Victor Campenaerts said after Ironman record holder Blummenfelt confirmed his plans to become a professional cyclist next year – despite turning down contract offer because team “allowed riders to have beers”

Triathlon star with highest ever recorded VO2 max Kristian Blummenfelt reveals ambitious plan to win the Tour de France by 2028

“We won’t go to cycling to retire, but to win”: The 2021 Ironman champ and 2020 Olympics triathlon gold medal winner is rumoured to be in talks with UCI WorldTeam Jayco-AlUla, but can the 30-year-old Norwegian topple the likes of Pogačar and Vingegaard?

2024 Olympic XCO Tom Pidcock and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot take home Gold

The Pinarello duo show both a dominant race and one of the most dramatic Olympic XCO races we've seen.

Crash chaos at Olympic Games time trials, as GB’s Anna Henderson wins silver before Josh Tarling denied medal by agonising puncture in sodden Paris

Remco Evenepoel and Grace Brown crowned Olympic time trial champions as numerous riders fall in slippery conditions