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Sara Piffer

“The roads aren’t dangerous, drivers who don’t respect others’ lives are”: Anger and calls for road safety reform, education in “Wild West” Italy after teenage racing cyclist killed by overtaking motorist during training ride

Sara Piffer, a promising 19-year-old racer at Continental team Mendelspeck, was killed during a training ride with her brother on Friday, prompting her parents to call for more “common sense” from drivers

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Ingrid Components brifters

A radical new take on road bike shifters or an “ergonomic disaster”? Ingrid road ‘brifters’ cause a stir as groupset nears production

Could these road bike shifters - described as 'the cybertruck of bike shifters' - rethink the way we change gear? Probably not, but they look pretty unique

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Domenico Pozzovivo (picture credit RCS Sport, LaPresse)

“I will always ride two abreast”: Pro cyclist stopped and fined by Italian police for cycling two abreast, as he says “I’d rather pay the fine than risk ending up under another car”

Domenico Pozzovivo, who suffered a broken arm and leg after being hit by a driver in 2019, was training with Diego Ulissi when he was fined €18.50 for cycling on the “left side of the road”, which the Italian says makes him more visible to motorists

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Vittorio Feltri and Milan hire bike

“I only like cyclists when they get run over,” says controversial Italian politician and Giorgia Meloni supporter, as pro cyclist blasts “disgraceful” anti-cycling comments

Vittorio Feltri, a Lombardy councillor and member of Meloni’s governing Brothers of Italy party, made the inflammatory comments on what would have been Michele Scarponi’s birthday, seven years after the Giro d’Italia winner was killed by a driver

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Carrera Phibra bike at bedtime

Remembering the stunning Carrera Phibra (not that Carrera), one of the finest Italian bikes of the 2010s

A bike with a pleasing touch of the fantastical about it, the Phibra is hard to come by nowadays, especially so in the UK due to a certain large retailer preventing the Italian Carrera bikes from being sold on these shores

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Fabrizio Iacarossi and Giorgia Meloni (via Instgram)

Personal trainer to Italy’s Prime Minister fighting for his life after driver crashes into him

Fabrizio Iacorossi, who counts politician Giorgia Meloni and football star Francesco Totti among his clients, is in critical condition in hospital in Rome

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2024 Colnago C68 Gravel hero

Colnago introduces C68 Gravel bike “for uncompromisingly stylish humans”

New made-in-Italy model uses a tube and lug construction and has space for 42mm tyres – but are you stylish enough to own one?

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Conca Fallata outside

A Christmas Day pilgrimage to the birthplace of Milan-San Remo

I paid a festive visit to the start location of the very first edition of the race – but ‘Little Donkey’ has a different meaning at this restaurant

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Pinarello, Treviso (Google Maps)

Pinarello bikes worth €250,000 stolen as manufacturer hit by double burglary

Masked raiders targeted Pinarello's showroom in Treviso twice in the same day, stealing 19 high-value bikes

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Pinarello X first ride back

Pinarello Dogma X, rated: First ride report on Pinarello’s new endurance bike with jazzy X-STAYS

You’ve seen it and speculated about that funky seat stay design, but how does it ride? We took the Dogma X for a spin in Pinarello’s neck of the woods to gather some initial impressions

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