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Professional cyclists will take part in a Virtual Tour de France throughout July after the real-life race was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Tour, cycling’s biggest event of the year, was originally due to take place in July, but has been rescheduled for a 29 August start date. In May, French sports minister Roxana […]
Team Ineos rider Geraint Thomas expects his 36-hour shift on an indoor bike to be tougher than the Tour de France but worth the effort to raise money for Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The 33-year-old Welshman, the 2018 Tour winner, began the first of his three 12-hour stints on […]
Four-times Tour de France winner Chris Froome said his recovery from a horrific accident last year was nearly complete and his training load was back to normal as he prepares for when competition resumes after the new coronavirus outbreak. Speaking during a Team Ineos virtual race on Sunday, Froome described his recovery as “going really […]
The Tour de France could still go ahead as planned behind closed doors, it has been claimed. The 2020 race is set to take place between 27 June to 19 July but with the coronavirus pandemic decimating sporting schedules across the globe organisers are being forced into contingency plans. One possible solution being considered is having the whole Tour […]
Chris Froome and Team Ineos are among those who have now been allowed to leave their hotel and travel home from the cancelled UAE Tour, but others remain in quarantine in Abu Dhabi following a coronavirus scare. The first 450 tests for the virus have come back negative after around 600 riders, staff members and […]
Chris Froome and Team Ineos are among those who have now been allowed to leave their hotel and travel home from the cancelled UAE Tour, but others remain in quarantine in Abu Dhabi following a coronavirus scare. The first 450 tests for the virus have come back negative after around 600 riders, staff members and […]
Cycling’s world governing body the UCI is closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus after some riders who began the now cancelled UAE Tour arrived in Berlin to take part in the Track Cycling World Championships. Organisers on Thursday night made the decision to cancel the final two stages of the UAE Tour after two […]
Berlin: Reigning champions Australia and Britain were given a rude awakening at the UCI track world championships as Denmark left them trailing in the men's team pursuit qualifying round to shatter the world record. The blue-riband event has traditionally been a battle between Britain and Australia at both world championships and Olympics, but neither can […]
HSBC’s decision to end its multi-million pound sponsorship of British Cycling four years early will have no impact on the Great Britain team as they step up preparations for Tokyo 2020, performance director Stephen Park has said. HSBC and British Cycling announced on Tuesday that the bank will exercise a break clause to end its […]
Team Astana have denied any relationship with the disgraced doping doctor Michele Ferrari after a leaked report linked him to the Kazakh team’s star rider, Jakob Fuglsang. According to the report by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), Ferrari was seen at the 2019 Vuelta a Catalunya with the Astana team and had a meeting in […]