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Tour de France: Calm Calmejane cruises to victory

Lilian Calmejane rode fought off a bout of cramp to claim a dramatic solo win in the eighth stage of the Tour de France

08/07/2017

World News

Lilian Calmejane in dramatic solo Tour de Frande win

Lilian Calmejane rode fought off a bout of cramp to claim a dramatic solo win in the eighth stage of the Tour de France

08/07/2017

France

Kittel claims third stage win with six milimetres to spare

Stage seven of the Tour de France was 213 kilometres long, but in the end the winner clinched victory by just six milimetres.

07/07/2017

Sport

Second stage win for sprinter Marcel Kittel

Quick Step's Marcel Kittel has won stage six of the "Tour de France":http://www.letour.fr/us/, powering out of the back of the bunch to seize victory in Troyes by a bike length.

06/07/2017

Sport

Tour de France: 'I didn't do anything wrong,' says Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan, the world road race champion, says he has come to terms with his disqualification from the Tour de France but he does not agree with the decision.

05/07/2017

Sport

Peter Sagan kicked out of the Tour de France

04/07/2017

France

World champion Peter Sagan kicked off the Tour de France

World Champion Peter Sagan has been disqualified from the Tour de France

04/07/2017

Sport

Tour de France: powerful Peter Sagan pedals to victory

03/07/2017

Sport

Tour de France: Sagan seeks sixth green jersey

The Slovak sprint ace wants to make the record-equalling exploit in the race which starts on Saturday

29/06/2017

Explore

ViaRhôna: cycling from the Alps to the Med with nougat and Frenchness galore

Join Jeremy Wilks for a leisurely ride down the ViaRhôna, an 830-kilometre bike path following the route of the river Rhône.

19/06/2017

Italy

Top Italian football manager takes cycling challenge after relegation bet

FC Crotone manager Davide Nicola is making good on a promise to cycle the length of Italy after his team avoided relegation on the final day of the season.

12/06/2017

Spain

Cyclists strip off for more road safety

Naked riders say people should use bikes more to help combat climate change

10/06/2017

Sport

Richie Porte wins Tour de Romandie

Great Britain's Simon Yates finished in second place in the Swiss mountains, ahead of Primoz Roglic from Slovenia in third

30/04/2017

Sport

Italian cyclist Scarponi killed in traffic collision

37-year-old struck by a van on a training ride, according to his team

22/04/2017

Italy

Italian cycling champion Michele Scarponi killed in road accident

The sporting world is mourning the death of the Italian cycling champion Michele Scarponi.

22/04/2017

Sport

Philip Gilbert gets fourth Amstel Gold Race win

After the Tour de Flanders Philippe Gilbert's winning streak continues in the spring classics.

16/04/2017

World News

Cyclists use GPS app to create art

When you think of street art, Banksy and his contemporaries might be the first creatives that spring to mind, but a new wave of artists are using a less permanent form of expression to create their ma

15/03/2017

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Strong winds force cancellation of Cape Town cycling tour

The Cape Town cycling tour was cancelled on Sunday (March 12) due to gale-force winds blowing in excess of 100 km per hour across parts of the cycling route.

14/03/2017

South Africa

Cape Town wind batters cyclists

Cape Town’s 40th annual Cycle Tour has been cancelled due to extremely high winds that made it hard for cyclists to even stay on their bikes.

13/03/2017

Sport

Sky cycling team slammed for not keeping records at doping investigation

Doubts continue to swirl around Team Sky as the cycling outfit answers questions about why it failed to keep proper medical records that could have answered the questions about Bradley Wiggins' myster

01/03/2017