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Mark Cavendish‘s ambitions of Olympic gold appear to be over after he missed out on selection for the final UCI Track World Cup event of the season later this month. British Cycling will take Ollie Wood and Ethan Hayter to compete in…
The man who invented the Tour de France, Henri Desgrange, did not think cycling should be fun. To Desgrange the perfect bike race had only person left at the end of it, such was it’s gruelling, unrelenting nature. The Tour has come…
Finding the right bike can be an expensive endeavour, but it doesn’t have to be. The key is choosing the one that suits the job. Buying a hybrid when you want to take part in fast racing is going to leave you…
Bjarne Riis has taken on a lot of guises as one of cycling's most divisive characters and in the wake of his comeback as a WorldTour team manager says he'll apologise again for his doping past if he has to. Riis in 2007…
Caleb Ewan heard crunching carbon behind him as he powered to his first WorldTour victory of the season at the Tour Down Under on Wednesday, winning the crash-marred second stage to take the race lead. Ewan (Lotto Soudal) demonstrated his versatility on…
Mitchelton-Scott sports director Matt White has called crunch time at the Tour Down Under ahead of stage three on Thursday, as his defending race champion Daryl Impey focuses on collecting time bonuses to combat Richie Porte and other elite climbers in contention…
Rohan Dennis has revealed he walked out of the Tour de France last year for "personal family reasons", afraid his marriage would be ruined by his reactions to the team environment he was struggling to work within. The 29-year-old also said he…
Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis will make his debut with Ineos at the Tour Down Under from Tuesday, six months after he walked out on Bahrain Merida at the Tour de France and was later sacked. Dennis has made a case for unfair…
Rising Australian cyclist Chris Hamilton will miss the Tour Down Under after suffering a freak injury in a training crash – rupturing one of his testicles. The 24-year-old Sunweb rider posted the eye-watering injury bulletin on Instagram, saying: "Fellas it's just as…
Defending champion Amanda Spratt's preparation for an assault on a fourth successive Tour Down Under crown this month is right on track after she claimed her third national road race title. The 32-year-old produced a commanding display in cool conditions at Buninyong,…
Ballarat: One rider suffered a suspected broken collarbone from a heavy fall as treacherous conditions wreaked havoc at the Australian road cycling championships in Ballarat. A perimeter fence on the front straight had to be hastily reconstructed on Friday after it blew…
Rohan Dennis has received the royal treatment from his new team, Ineos, ahead of his national championship bid on Wednesday as the Australian continues to evade questions over his heated exit from the Tour de France last year. Dennis will open his…