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Australian cyclist Matthew Glaetzer has grabbed an emotional bronze medal at the UCI Track World Cup in his first race since being diagnosed with cancer. Glaetzer finished third in the final of the men's keirin in Cambridge, New Zealand on Saturday, a result that was greeted with congratulations from team members and management given the […]
The best known – if not the most successful – drug fuelled cycling enterprise was Bicicletas Ositto. Bicicletas Ositto was a bike maker of sorts owned by Pablo Escobar’s older brother Roberto ‘Osito’ (‘little bear’). A cyclist himself in the 1960s, he had once arrived at the finish of a race in Medellin plastered in mud. […]
British Cycling and Team Sky‘s former head of medicine Steve Peters cast doubt on the idea testosterone patches could have been ordered for performance-enhancing reasons. Richard Freeman, the former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor, is facing a hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester to determine his fitness to practise medicine. Dr […]
Australia's Annette Edmondson and Georgia Baker have scooped gold in the women's madison at the UCI Track World Cup in Glasgow. Edmondson and Baker finished ahead of British duo Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker and Dutch pair Amy Pieters and Kirsten Wild at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Georgia Baker celebratesCredit:Getty Images All eyes had […]
Melbourne: Australian track cycling star Matthew Glaetzer is targeting two World Cup rounds next month, despite ongoing cancer treatment. Australian track cyclist Matthew Glaetzer.Credit:John Veage The two-time world champion remains focused on next year's Tokyo Olympics after having surgery last week for thyroid cancer. Glaetzer was diagnosed late last month after neck soreness, which the […]
Paris: Tour de France organisers put a spring in the step of the climbers on Tuesday after unveiling the route for the 2020 race featuring a first mountain stage on the second day and only one time trial on the eve of the final parade on the Champs Elysees. The race could be decided on […]
Bahrain-Merida has sacked Rohan Dennis, whose career hangs in the balance after the Australian world champion quit the Tour de France and walked out on the team with no explanation. The hot-headed all-rounder is contesting the contract termination, according to a team statement issued hours after he finished his UCI road world championships campaign in […]
Geraint Thomas is considering riding the Giro d’Italia in 2020 with Team Ineos’ Tour de France plans unclear. The Welshman finished second in this year’s Tour de France after claiming the yellow jersey last year. But with team mate Egan Bernal surely keen to defend his crown next summer, and Chris Froome seeking a fifth win […]
Celebrated lead-out man Mark Renshaw has signalled the end of his career and a cycling era, retiring from the sport in a sentimental send-off. Mark Renshaw. Renshaw (Dimension Data) became emotional during the final stage of the Tour of Britain, his last race, as he rode toward a feed zone and saw his family and […]
Born into relative poverty, Egan Bernal first learned to ride a bike on a hand-me-down. On Sunday, the 22-year-old Colombian became the youngest winner of the Tour de France in over a century. Bernal had to grow up fast at home in Zipaquira. ‘Exceptional’: Egan Bernal rides to the podium to be crowned Tour de […]