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Italy

Watch: World's toughest bike marathon riders tackle snowy peaks

Participants arrived in the Dolomites from 41 countries to ride 86km off-road over rocky terrain and snow.

France

Froome seriously injured in cycling accident while blowing nose

Four-time Tour de France winner Christopher Froome is out of this year’s race after a serious accident while training, his manager has confirmed to French television.

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Annual nude bike ride turns heads in Mexico City

Dozens of naked bikers took to Mexico City's streets Saturday to raise awareness of cycling as a healthy transportation option

Living

A smart bench that runs on green energy

It might not look like it, but this street bench is a multitasker.

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Belgium

Row brews over new Chinese JUMP e-bikes available for rent in Brussels

European bicycle manufacturers say they face unfair competition from JUMP e-bikes, the new China-made bicycles for rent in Brussels via the internet

France

Panini launches first Tour de France sticker book

Fans of the most respected cycling race in the world will have to gather 352 stickers to complete the inaugural Tour de France album.

Eco-Innovation

Air pollution: this new mode of transportation could change everything

A Rotterdam-based innovator has created a bicycle whose green credentials go a notch further.

Green News

Cycling in Amsterdam: our guide

Taking in a new city is all the more fun - and eco friendly - on wheels. We took to the saddle and biked around Amsterdam.

Green News

Cycling Guide to Lisbon

We took to the saddle and biked around Portugal’s capital.

World

Turbo women: cyclists show their endurance in BikingMan Oman

Cyclists from across the world have come to compete in an unsupported ultra-cycling race taking place along Oman’s rugged terrain.

Denmark

Wheely happy: Danish delight at hosting start of Tour de France 2021

The world’s best city for cycling will host the start of the planet’s biggest bike race, it was confirmed today.

Sport

UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup: Vos leads at Pontchâteau

UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup, Vos set to win the tournament

Italy

Raw Politics: Bologna rewards cyclists with free beer and ice cream

A city in Italy has hit on an innovative way of cutting its pollution problem.

Spain

Euroviews. Seville: How a small Spanish city became a cycling hub for all | View

As tackling climate change and our dependence on fossils fuels becomes more urgent than ever, city planners are turning the bicycle as a healthy, environmentally-friendly mode of transport.

Spain

Vuelta a Espana: Britain's Simon Yates takes a lead into Sunday's final

The 26-year-old will take a lead of one minute 46 seconds. Spain's Enric Mas and Colombia's Miguel Angel Lopez finished first and second to put themselves onto the general classification podium with one stage remaining

Italy

The Tour de France winner who helped save hundreds of Jews

Gino Bartali was not only Italy's champion cyclist. He also saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War II.

France

Tour de France: Primoz Roglic wins stage 19

Geraint Thomas was in prime position to win his maiden Tour de France after he retained the overall leader's yellow jersey in a lively 19th stage won by Slovenian Primoz Roglic as defending champion Chris Froome slipped down to fourth on Friday.

Cinema

Italian National Hero made into an animation

Cyclist Gino Bartali helped around 800 Jews escape the holocaust because he smuggled fake documents in the frame of his bike. He pretended to be training but was carrying messages and photographs for passports to the Italian Resistance

Sport

Chris Froome's dream of a fifth Tour de France title fades

Chris Froome was hoping to join the likes of Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault, as the only riders in the Tour de France's history to win the race five times.

Sport

Tour de France: Alaphilippe wins on day of protest and pain

Julian Alaphilippe's descending skills made the difference as the Frenchman claimed his second victory in this year's Tour de France to take the 16th stage.