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Royal Mile, 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, Men’s Elite Road Race, Edinburgh to Glasgow, Scotland (Alex Broadway/SWpix.com)

Total cost of hosting Glasgow World Championships to exceed budget by 20% as reports claim Scottish Government spent £9 million to improve cycling facilities

Holyrood is expected to pay almost £40 million after spending during Scotland’s ‘mega-worlds’, which brought in a total revenue of £205 million, went over budget “most notably due to inflation”

Tue, Jun 25, 2024 12:31
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Shimano Neutral Service 2

Shimano responds to pro rider who lashed out at its neutral service, claiming she was denied assistance at World Championships road race

“Don’t buy Shimano” urges Luxembourg rider Christine Majerus after she was forced to abandon race yesterday due to puncture, while Shimano claims its neutral service car "strictly adhered" to the race rules

Mon, Aug 14, 2023 16:38
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Isla Short at Glasgow 2023 (copyright Alex Broadway, SWpix.com).JPG

Police Scotland hail “unique” World Championships as mega-event draws to a close

Only 10 arrests were made during what was a very singular Glasgow Fortnight

Sun, Aug 13, 2023 20:15
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Lotte Kopecky and team mates celebrate her road race victory in Glasgow (copyright Pauline Ballet, SWpix.com).JPG

Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky caps phenomenal season by winning World Championship road race

Late attack secures gold for rider who also heads home from Glasgow with rainbow jerseys in the points and elimination races on the track

Sun, Aug 13, 2023 17:16
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Tom Pidcock at 2023 World Championships

World Championships: Tom Pidcock smashes the field to win mountain bike cross-country rainbow jersey

Yorkshireman adds rainbow jersey to Olympic gold he took in Tokyo last year

Sat, Aug 12, 2023 15:55
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Tom Pidcock in action at 2023 UCI World Championships at Glentress (copyright Thomas Maheux, SWpix.com)

World Championships: Tom Pidcock “in complete disagreement” with last-minute UCI rule change over preferential start positions for road stars in mountain bike race

Leading mountain bikers sent an open letter to the UCI slamming the decision, and now the winner of the cross-country mtb race yesterday Pidcock says he supports their position even though it benefitted him

Sat, Aug 12, 2023 10:55
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2023 world road race championships stopped following protest (Pauline Ballet/SWpix.com)

Four plead not guilty to breach of the peace following protest that disrupted World Championship road race on Sunday

Trial date set for November, with four accused barred from attending other events at Glasgow 2023

Thu, Aug 10, 2023 15:48
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2023 Glasgow World Champs tech hero

Crazy track bikes, huge stems and rim brakes FTW: 10 tech highlights from the 2023 Cycling World Championships

Do you know what a Hrinkow is? Are the new track bikes fair, and are rim brakes more aero after all? Here is some of the weirdest and most wonderful tech we spotted on the road and track

Thu, Aug 10, 2023 14:26
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Ineos’s Grangemouth oil refinery complex at sunset

Is cycling’s ‘sportswashing’ debate too big to ignore? World Championships protest shines spotlight on less-than-green sponsors

Backing from petrochemicals giants and oil-rich states highlights gap between cycling as sport and riding as transport when it comes to environmental credentials

Mon, Aug 07, 2023 18:08
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Elinor Barker at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Glasgow (Picture by Alex Whitehead, SWpix.com)

Scottish First Minister urged to intervene as strike action threatens to “blight” UCI Cycling World Championships

Walkouts, involving staff in parking services and employed at the Emirates Arena, are set to begin on 3 August, the opening day of the worlds

Sun, Jul 23, 2023 15:14
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