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Dodgy tactics and Dutch domination: the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships analysed

Over the weekend, the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships took place in the Netherlands, we take a deep dive into how it played out and assess where this fast-evolving title race is at.

Mon, Oct 13, 2025 13:00
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Former Israel-Premier Tech rider Derek Gee facing €30 million damages claim after terminating contract with team on “safety and personal belief” grounds

Gee says the team’s decision to seek damages “strengthens my belief that leaving was the right decision, regardless of the recent announcement of branding changes and cosmetic structural shifts”

Fri, Oct 10, 2025 10:41
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SRAM wins legal challenge to suspend “harmful” gear restriction trial – but UCI hits back by claiming “riders’ safety does not appear to be a shared objective”

The governing body says it will appeal the decision by the Belgian Competition Authority to suspend the planned trial at nest week’s Tour of Guangxi, prompting EF boss Jonathan Vaughters to accuse the UCI of failing to prioritise genuine safety concerns

Fri, Oct 10, 2025 08:41
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“I could not have dreamed of a better place to say goodbye than Lenzerheide”: the great Nino Schurter is looking back (and forward) after calling time on his glittering career

Nino Schurter, the greatest cross country mountain bike racer of all time, just called time on his World Cup racing career. We caught up with him as the dust and emotions settled to look back at his brilliant and lengthy career

Mon, Oct 06, 2025 13:00
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YouTube driving instructor Ashley Neal “highlights some motorists’ terrible attitudes to those ‘dangerous’ cyclists”; Pro cyclists’ union wants protesters’ platform “taken away”; Riding 300km… in one park; Robots in bike lanes + more on the live blog

Only two more live blogs until the weekend, Dan Alexander rolling down the start ramp for another busy day rounding up all the news, views, reaction and more from the world of cycling this Thursday

Thu, Oct 02, 2025 08:22
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WADA to ban carbon monoxide rebreathers as a performance aid from 2026

The practice, which can be used to stimulate the production of more oxygen-carrying red blood cells, can still be used as a diagnostic method to measure blood volume

Thu, Sep 25, 2025 14:53
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UCI announces minor relaxation of controversial upcoming narrow handlebar rule — but minimum 40cm overall width will remain

The UCI has made some minor tweaks to its upcoming safety amendments, changing the minimum width from the brake hoods to 28cm, down from 32cm. It has also clarified distinctions between 'mass start' and TT helmets

Thu, Sep 25, 2025 11:33
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UCI “puzzled” by SRAM’s restricted gearing legal fight

After SRAM filed legal action against the governing body, the UCI criticises "obvious inaccuracies" in the case.

Sat, Sep 20, 2025 11:44
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“A mockery of press freedom”: Belgian journalist refused entry to Rwanda for cycling world championships after “critical reporting” on authoritarian regime

Stijn Vercruysse, who works for Flemish public broadcaster VRT, was stopped at the check-in desk at Brussels Airport, claiming the Rwandan government has “forbidden the airline from letting me on the plane”

Fri, Sep 19, 2025 17:51
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SRAM launches legal action against UCI over “fundamentally unfair” gear restriction trial, accusing governing body of inflicting “reputational harm” and “stifling innovation” – without “any safety justification”

The component manufacturer, the only brand set to be affected by the trial, claims the protocol “penalises and discourages innovation, and puts our riders and teams at a competitive disadvantage”

Fri, Sep 19, 2025 14:54
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