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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

Sport

2018 Tour de France Grand Depart announced

The opening few stages of the 2018 Tour de France were unveiled on Tuesday with the Grand Depart including two road tests in the central west region of Vendée.

28/02/2017

Sport

Hermans wins Tour of Oman title as Kristoff claims final stage

Belgium’s Ben Hermans won the Tour of Oman on Sunday after finishing safely in the pack at the conclusion of the sixth and final stage.

19/02/2017

Sport

Hermans closes in on Tour of Oman victory

BMC’s Ben Hermans all but assured himself of overall victory at the Tour of Oman on Saturday after winning the penultimate stage five to stretch his lead at the top of the general…

18/02/2017

Sport

Tour of Oman: Kristoff wins stage four as Hermans extends overall race lead

Norway’s Alexander Kristoff was all smiles on top of the podium after winning stage four of the Tour of Oman.

17/02/2017

Sport

Hermans takes control of Tour of Oman

Ben Hermans proved to be the fastest man on day two of the Tour of Oman.

15/02/2017

Belgium

Minister promoting cycle lanes has bike stolen

A Belgian mobility minister was left red-faced after his bike was stolen at an event to promote cycle lanes.

15/02/2017

Sport

Kristoff takes spoils after spills in Tour of Oman opener

Alexandre Kristoff is celebrating victory after day one of the Tour of Oman.

14/02/2017

USA

Lance Armstrong faces uphill struggle in US fraud trial

Lance Armstrong to go to trial in US fraud case

14/02/2017

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World record speed for standard mountain bikes on gravel

Austria’s Max Stockl has broken the world record speed for standard mountain bikes on gravel in the Atacama Desert.

10/02/2017

Sport

'Mad Max' Stockl races into record books again

Getting into the record books is often a very hard slog, just ask Austrian speed cyclist Markus Stockl.

09/02/2017

Sport

Marcel Kittel does the double in Dubai

Kittel punches the peloton with victory in Dubai

04/02/2017

Sport

Cycling: Kittel maintains perfect start at 2017 Dubai Tour

Marcel Kittel continued his perfect start to the defence of his Dubai Tour title when he won a sprint finish for his second win from the opening two stages.

01/02/2017

Sport

Kittel wins first stage of UCI Dubai Tour

Europe's cyclists are back in action for the UCI Dubai Tour

31/01/2017

Sport

UCI celebrates first successful Snow Bike Festival in Gstaad

Fed up of fighting with the traffic? Take to the slopes as the UCI holds its first ever Snow Bike Festival.

23/01/2017

Sport

Porte celebrates Tour Down Under title as Ewan wins final stage

After finishing runner up in the two previous editions Richie Porte finally won the Tour Down Under for the first time in his career.

22/01/2017

Sport

Porte closes in on Tour Down Under title

Australian Richie Porte all but guaranteed his maiden victory at the Tour Down Under on Saturday after winning the penultimate stage five to stretch his lead at the top of the overall…

21/01/2017

Sport

Tour Down Under: Ewan celebrates third win in four stages

In a repeat of the previous day Australian Caleb Ewan outsprinted world champion Peter Sagan to win stage four of the Tour Down Under.

20/01/2017