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UCI World Championships 2023

2023 world road race championships stopped following protest (Alex Broadway/SWpix.com)

Protestor who blocked UCI Worlds road race accuses cycling community of being complicit in climate crisis

One of the four climate activists who glued their hands to the road claimed that the cycling community was ignorant about “oil and gas companies sponsoring their races”

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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

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Tom Pidcock at 2023 World Championships (picture credit Alex Broadway, SWpix)

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

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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

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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

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UCI World Gran Fondo Championships

Finish of UCI Cycling World Championships events moved after road closure complaints from locals

The finish of the Gran Fondo world championships has been moved and the majority of roads in Perth will now reopen earlier than planned, after residents raised concerns

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2023 World Championships Glasgow road race potholes (Liam McReanan)

Cyclists blast last-minute “crude patch-up” of potholes ahead of Cycling World Championships, as Tadej Pogačar’s team reportedly say Scottish roads are “worst they’d ever seen”

An intensive repair programme is currently underway on sections of the road race and time trial courses, but some local cyclists have branded it “a mess”

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UCI World Championships 2023 Glasgow logo

UCI Cycling World Championships could be disrupted by council strikes, union warns

Pay talks with council leaders have broken down, Unite calling on the Scottish government to intervene to avoid a ballot for strike action.

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Para-Cycling World Championships 2019 (CC0 1.0, public domain)

“They’re essentially locking down”: Residents angry at “ridiculous” traffic restrictions ahead of UCI Cycling World Championships

Concerns about gridlock and other disruption have been raised as Dumfries hosts the Para-Cycling event in August

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Van Aert goes on TT bike + Strava post from Glasgow (Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

Wout van Aert takes time trial bike to Scotland for World Championships recon —then rides an OVO bike on Glasgow’s “risky” streets

The Jumbo-Visma star claimed two KOMs in Stirling which will host the World Championship later this year, before trying to stay alive on Glasgow’s streets on a rental bike

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