Racing

Victoria Pendleton secures first win as National Hunt jockey (+ video)

As track world championships start in London, 2012 Olympic champ gets first success in new sport

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Peter Sagan makes waves with amazing new haircut – but is all as it seems?

Crew-cut on one side, flowing locks on the other (+ link to pictures)

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UCI Track Worlds start in London tomorrow – where can you watch?

Can Great Britain's cyclists replicate success of 2012 Olympics at Lee Valley?

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Chris Froome at ease with Geraint Thomas’s grand tour ambitions

Tour de France champ says he would also support team mate in Rio if race situation required it

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German cyclist survives 12m fall from bridge after crashing during GP Lugano

Meanwhile, BMC’s Danilo Wyss was involved in a collision with a motorbike at La Drome Classic

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Boardman becomes official bike supplier for Podium Ambition as team looks to gain Women’s WorldTour status

Chris Boardman hopes two-year deal will be the start of a long relationship

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Video: UCI carry out more mechanical doping checks

Commssaires were out in force at Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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GB track riders “treated like kids,” says Jason Kenny

Meanwhile, Kenny's fiancee Laura Trott defends Katie Archibald over motorbike injury

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Jonathan Tiernan-Locke 2nd in comeback race

road.cc-sponsored rider Liam Bromiley of University of Bath CC takes famous scalp

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Video: Peloton safety in spotlight again as moto takes out rider

Lotto-Soudal's Stig Broeckx was hit by motrobike at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne today

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Evelyn Stevens breaks UCI Hour record

American rider who started cycling full-time in 2009 rides 47.980km at Colorado Springs

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Video: Elia Viviani’s Team Sky Pinarello Dogma F8

Team Sky sprinter talks us through his 2016 race bike and equipment choices

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Irate French winemakers threaten Tour de France blockade after learning of Chilean wine deal

Situation contrasts markedly with Giro d’Italia’s Chianti stage

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Tom Boonen on the juice – in new Lidl campaign for Classics season

Etrixx-Quick Step star pedals last kilometre of Tour of Flanders to make orange juice

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Mark Cavendish has to medal at track worlds to secure Rio Omnium place

Meanwhile Brian Cookson concerned Rio velodrome delays may mean no test event

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Bjarne Riis aiming to have new WorldTour team by 2017 as part of new project

Plans also involve marketing high-tech indoor training bikes

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Tour of Britain 2016 route launched in Bristol – all stage details + full screen route gallery

Glasgow start for national tour, Bristol provides spectacular backdrop on penultimate day

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Katusha resigns from Movement for Credible Cycling

Russian team says rules no longer compatible with UCI regulations

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Video interview: Sir Bradley Wiggins on the Hour, and more

2012 Tour de France winner fields questions from fellow pros ... and a former Arsenal star

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Wiggins must perform in London to make Rio, says Sutton

Adds that Wiggo is currently one of the strongest riders available for Team Pursuit

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Basque women’s race reissues poster after sexism row

New flyer is designed by rider from locally-based UCI women's team

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The Magnificent Seven – sportive meets hill climbing in Sheffield

Closed road event will see riders tackling seven timed climbs

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Pat McQuaid: UCI allowing disc brakes in peloton “totally ridiculous”

Former president of governing body also reveals he is writing a book on his time in charge

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Bruce Berkeley abandons Year record attempt

London-based Kiwi cites "personal and physical issues"

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Mechanical doping: Belgian federation to buy scanner ahead of Classics

Governing body says it can't wait for UCI as Classics season starts

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Video: Can Mark Cavendish complete a Rubik’s Cube in less than 2 minutes?

Former world champion uses puzzles to keep brain sharp and while away the time

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World’s 3rd biggest porn site sponsors Italian cycling team

xHamster backs Turin-based Promosport Racing

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Belgian brewery honours Tour of Flanders legends

Kwaremont teams up with newspaper Het Nieuwsblad with six specially-labelled bottles

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Victoria Pendleton unseated on National Hunt horse racing debut

Olympic keirin champ still hopeful of landing ride at Cheltenham Festival next month

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Lotto Soudal riders hit by car while training in Spain

Thomas De Gendt and Gert Dockx to undergo hospital tests to assess injuries

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