Latest articles by Dan Challis
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‘It’s frustrating and slightly sore’ - Lauren Dickson drops out of Lloyds Tour of Britain Women top-10 after two crashes on stage fourScot crossed wheels with team-mate Kate Courtney on penultimate climb but retains QoM lead
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Lorena Wiebes stuns with hat-trick win on Tour of Britain Women stage fourSD-Worx-Protime rider takes her tenth Tour of Britain stage into Hay-on-Wye on a challenging day in Wales
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'We can always do more' – calls for improvements to road racing safety following the death of Finlay TarlingTour of Britain Women has "more resources than ever" to deal with safety, says race director Alice Wood
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'A first time for everything' – British rider stung by wasp in Tour of Britain Women breakaway18-year-old Arabella Blackburn dropped back from the lead due to ‘throbbing’ pain
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'We made it happen' - Demi Vollering snatches yellow jersey in daring attack to win Tour de France Femmes stage 8FDJ United-SUEZ rider accelerated on late, steep slope and cracked Niewiadoma-Phinney
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Reigning champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot pulls out of Tour de France Femmes ahead of stage 8Frenchwoman's difficult defence of the yellow jersey ends after finishing over ten minutes down on Ventoux
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Isaac del Toro wins Tour de France stage two ahead of Tadej Pogačar as UAE Team Emirates-XRG dominate Barcelona finaleTour de France Mexican champion makes his move in the final 500 metres, with Pogačar handing his team-mate the glory
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Tour de France stage 3 could be cancelled due to wildfiresDecision to be made by officials before the end of Sunday
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Temperatures set to soar at the Tour de France as UCI clamps down on ice socksRace organisers may be forced to cancel stages as 44 degree heat expected
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Visma-Lease a Bike win team time trial on Tour de France stage 1 as Jonas Vingegaard roars into the yellow jerseyTour de France Dane lands first blow in the battle for yellow as Tadej Pogačar has to settle for third place
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‘A rollercoaster of challenge, joy, and everything in-between’ - British Cycling CEO’s tenure ends as interim put in place until replacement appointedJon Dutton moves onto role as CEO of British Olympic Association as recruitment for successor in 'final stages'
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'My biggest ambition is to become one of the best lead out guys' – Jake Stewart on supporting Biniam Girmay’s Tour de France quest for stagesThe NSN Cycling rider talks wanting to perform on "biggest stage"
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Demi Vollering overhauls Anna van der Breggen to win the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women as Longo Borghini sprints to stage 9 victoryVollering broke Van der Breggen's resistance on the final climb before Italian champion unleashed a strong sprint to take the stage
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‘It was a tactical game’ - Netcompany-Ineos steal seconds in Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes GC battleOscar Onley and Kévin Vauquelin infiltrate a late move on the opening stage to open small advantage over GC favourites
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'The stars aligned for me today' - Alex Baudin solos to Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes stage one victory as Oscar Onley takes time over GC favouritesFrenchman put in a long attack after spending the day in the early breakaway and moves into the lead of the race
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'Putting his name behind it has helped us' – Oscar Onley backs Scottish junior team where he startedDundee-based team to be known as Spokes RT-Oscar Onley Development
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'I'm speechless' - Uruguayan Thomas Silva wins Giro d'Italia stage 2 after Jonas Vingegaard attack thwarted in final kilometre24-year-old takes a breakthrough victory following a large crash which momentarily neutralised the stage
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'It was a dream to win this stage' - Paula Blasi dethrones Anna van der Breggen to win La Vuelta Femenina 2026 as Petra Stiasny conquers L'Angliru on stage 7Swiss rider takes biggest win of her career on one of the sport's toughest ascents as overnight red jersey fades early
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'He was able to make it to the team car under his own power' - Yet more misfortune for Visma-Lease a Bike as Matthew Brennan abandons Omloop NieuwsbladChristophe Laporte salvages fourth place for the team in race strewn with crashes
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'Everybody knows what is expected' - Perfect teamwork enables Demi Vollering to claim women's Omloop Nieuwsblad ahead of Kasia Niewiadoma-PhinneyDutch rider comes out on top in clash of former Tour de France Femmes winners, Lorena Wiebes third
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'I'm really happy with today' - Mathieu van der Poel wins men's Omloop Nieuwsblad with crushing acceleration on the Muur van GeraardsbergenFormer World Champion will hope to break the Omloop-Flanders curse in five weeks' time
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Are the Rwanda World Championships the chance to grow cycling, or is this just more sportswashing?The Kigali Worlds are a milestone for African cycling but Rwanda's human rights record could prove their millstone.
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Jonas Vingegaard wins Vuelta a España as protests curtail final stage in MadridDane wins third Grand Tour of his career, but celebrations dampened as thousands of activists cause cancellation of stage 21
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Mathieu van der Poel fades in mountain bike World Championships as Alan Hatherly retains men’s XCO titleSouth African dominates men’s race as Van der Poel powers from 33rd to 2nd in opening laps before slipping back
