Racing

Dukes Weekender in Aberfoyle returns for 2020

Hillclimb on Saturday, gravel enduro on Sunday - same bike......

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Chris Froome in race against time for Tour de France fitness

Team Ineos star talks about his return from injury in Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe's Watts Occurring podcast

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Landslides may result in decisive Poggio climb being dropped from next year’s Milan-Sanremo

Climb crested 5.4km from finish is often the launch pad for race-winning attacks

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Salsa Cycles announce the Frontier 300 – a coast to coast gravel race with a difference

10 forests, 20 gravel sections all in 30 hours. Are you up for it?

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Astana to race on Wilier bikes in 2020

Just a few days after the Kazakh team announced they have ended their partnership with Argon 18, Wilier Triestina have been announced as their replacement bike sponsor

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Race Grinduro gravel events in six countries in 2020 – new venues announced

Plus the event could be coming to Wales next year

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Julian Alaphilippe crowned 2019’s top male rider as he wins the Vélo d’Or

Deceuninck-Quick Step rider followed up early season wins with two weeks in yellow at the Tour de France

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The Angliru – pro cycling’s toughest climb? – set to feature in 2020 Vuelta (+ video of Contador’s swansong win))

Last appearance in Spanish Grand Tour saw Froome seal overall and Contador close career with stage win

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Miguel Indurain to ride six-day Moroccan mountain bike race, the Titan Desert

The race’s six stages take hundreds of riders from the Atlas Mountains to the Sahara Desert

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Helmets to be made compulsory for hill climb competitors?

Proposed amendment to CTT regulations would make helmets mandatory for all riders, not just juniors

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New gravel enduro launched by makers of the Naughty Northumbrian MTB race – Naughty Frontier 2020

Makers of Naughty Northumbrian Enduro put on a gravel race

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Idea transgender people are going to take over women’s sport is “absolutely ridiculous” says Philippa York

York - who came fourth in the Tour de France as Robert Millar - says sport should be more welcoming to those who are LGBTQ rather than “pretending to be a homogenous Disney Land”

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Five cool things coming soon from Pinarello, Look, Elite, Scribe and Vulpine

Some of the latest and greatest bikes and gear we're testing at the moment, with reviews coming soon...

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Riders should be free to choose whether watts and heart-rate are displayed during e-racing says pro riders’ union

“Sensitive data is the individual rider's exclusive property and cannot be shared without their permission”

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Welcome to Yorkshire still has high hopes of Tour de France return

Beleaguered agency also remains in talks to bring opening stages of Vuelta to the region

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Alex Dowsett signs for Israel Cycling Academy

Six-time British time trial champion joins Dan Martin at WorldTour hopefuls

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Ineos would pull out of cycling if rules were broken says Sir Jim Ratcliffe

“The day any of that enters our world then we would leave cycling”

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Harrogate says ‘no thanks’ to Tour de Yorkshire after Worlds experience

Town hosted Tour de France and World Championships but enthusiasm for bike races appears to be waning

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Neil Campbell recognised as fastest man ever on a bike by Guinness World Records

Essex architect is now targeting Denise Mueller-Korenek's world record of 184 miles per hour

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Specialized add more affordable Creo Comp e-road and Creo Comp Evo e-gravel models to their Creo range

If the huge £10,999 price tag of the S-Works Creo launched back in July was beyond your budget, you'll be glad to know these two new models are slightly more affordable at £5,499 each

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German ultracyclist breaks 18,000km Cape to Cape record by 30 days

Jonas Deichmann rides from North Cape in Norway to South Africa's Cape Town in 72 days 7 hours and 27 minutes

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Video: New film follows penny farthing rider as he breaks 133-year-old Land’s End to John O’Groats record

Richard Thoday rode the end-to-end in 4 days 11 hours and 52 minutes - and raised over £10k for Children in Need

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German ultracyclist set to smash 18,000km Cape to Cape world record + take a look at his kit list

Jonas Deichmann is less than 1,000km from Cape Town 70 days into unsupported ride from Norway's North Cape

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Freeman tribunal: Former British Cycling doctor had ‘monumental falling out’ with Shane Sutton over cost of flight

Sutton alleged to have said: “The doc looks like he’s losing weight – I’ve got him where I want him”

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Is the UCI about to launch gravel Gran Fondo series for 2020?

Rumours of UCI sanctioned worldwide gravel racing series

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Five cool things coming soon from Van Rysel, Gore, Goodyear, Chrome Industries and Exposure

Some of the best bikes, gear and clothing we're trying out at the moment, with full reviews coming soon...

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World champion track cyclist targets Tokyo Olympics a week after cancer surgery

Australia's Matthew Glaetzer was operated on last week after thyroid cancer diagnosis

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Velon alleges discrimination after UCI rejects women’s race

Hammer Stavanger would have offered full equality with the men's race on format, course, duration, TV broadcasting and prize-money

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Chris Froome hoping to be back on the bike next month after latest surgery

Four-time Tour de France winner has had metal plate removed from his hip

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Mario Cipollini recovering after heart surgery

“I realised that something was wrong because when I was climbing and pushing out 500 watts I felt limited”

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