Latest articles by Pat Kinsella
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'Track cycling has a long history of developing some of the country’s top athletes' – USA Cycling goes talent hunting across the athletic spectrum with new funding schemeUSA Cycling launches Youth Track Cycling Development Grant
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'I reacted in the heat of the moment' – seven times we have seen headbutts and punch-ups in the pro pelotonAfter watching Enrico Zanoncello get kicked out of the Giro for headbutting, we look back on some notorious incidents
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Unbound Gravel 2026 startlists: From Cam Jones and Taylor Phinney to Romain Bardet and Lucas Pöstlberger – here's who's racingWhich riders are racing the planet’s premier gravel event, and who is missing?
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'To have men's and women's stage racing on the same day and over the same course is an exciting new frontier' – Tour Down Under makes landmark change for 2027WorldTour opener to become first top-tier stage race to hold men's and women's races concurrently
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Jonas Vingegaard has been riding while sick, Visma-Lease a Bike sports director revealsJesper Mørkøv has confirmed that Vingegaard has been feeling green during his push for pink
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'I had my bike nicked from outside a police station, but I’m still staggered by the stats on this map' – Interactive global graphic reveals bike theft in real timeEver wondered where in the world bikes are being stolen at the fastest rate? You’ll love this real-time graphic
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'Mas was the strongest in the climb… I knew I had to play my game' – Jhonatan Narváez sprints to victory on stage 11 of the 2026 Giro d'ItaliaOn a day dominated by the breakaway, the Ecuadorian rider smashed out his third stage win in this year's Giro, making it four for UAE
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'I was hit by a motorbike and had a pretty scary crash' – British world champion suffers broken back in horror training-ride incidentHarry Hudson out of action for the foreseeable following the collision in Girona
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'A gut punch' – Pioneering US bike brand's future endangered, according to reportsHas Niner run out of lives?
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'Through blood, sweat, tears and the occasional Greggs' pasty we got through it!' – Cyclists riding LeJog while towing wheelie bins finish missionJamie Hargreaves and Alfie Cookson rode the length of the country collecting rubbish on the roll and dragging their bins to the top of Britain's highest peaks
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Think you’re having a tough week? This bloke has leukaemia and he’s cycling a child’s bike around the British coastline'It’s horrible!' Tim Bright is riding a Raleigh Chopper right around Britain
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'It's been brutal' – Olly Murs cycles through torrential rain and the pain of a lost toenail to raise money for UnicefThe pop star and presenter’s ‘Into The Unknown’ charity challenge involves riding, rowing and running a mystery route from Manchester to London
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‘Cows can be quite naughty…especially if they have horns’ – Bikes, bulls and bovines with calves are not a good mixCattle can present a real danger for cyclists exploring the countryside, especially during calving season– here’s your handy guide on how not to get killed by a cow
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'Dude, you verbally abused me!' Benedict Cumberbatch busted by fellow bike rider for apparently running red lightsCelebrity cyclist and A-list actor involved in angry altercation with ‘vigilante’ rider
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'It started steep and it finished steep' – Anna van der Breggen wins stage six of La Vuelta Femenina during brutal final climb, to wear the maillot rojo on the final dayPaula Blasi and Marion Bunel put in impressive performances to secure second and third place on the day and in GC
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'Half the peloton is ill' – manure blamed as riders fall ill ahead of Giro d'Italia, creating drama for some teamsThree Lotto Intermarché riders hospitalised by manure malady after one-day race in Belgium
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'Is Edgar Allan making a comeback?' Two Italian Gran Fondo riders test positive for EPO within one weekAmateur cycling rocked by double doping case
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Who will win the 2026 Giro d'Italia?Vingegaard’s the man to beat, but there’s no shortage of GC contenders trying to rain on his parade
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I'm 53, and I can see how brutal PE lessons in the 80s put people off sport for life – but you can get into cycling at any ageOrganisations including British Cycling are attempting to take the trauma out of sport
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'What struck me is not how much cycling has changed, but how much hasn’t' – Evolve professional cycling now, or it will wither, UCI warned by Rapha CEOIn February, the UCI asked for advice on how to improve the way it runs professional cycling – and now they’re getting it, with no sugar coating
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‘I sleep well at night knowing I’ve caused a civil war’ – How a cyclist's KOM-equalling climb on San Francisco’s steepest segment triggered a Strava battleHill-climbing legend Harry Macfarlane matched a record that had stood for five years, and the locals came after him
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'It will continue to be the Rouvy you all know and love' – Zwift acquires indoor cycling app rival RouvyTwo companies will maintain their independent operations and subscription packages
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'After more than a decade on the world stage, it’s time to close this chapter' – Olympic medal-winning cyclist retires to become a full-time firemanMatthew Glaetzer makes decision to swap helmet for hose, leaving the velodrome to pursue a career as a fire fighter in South Australia
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'Our plan was to make the race as hard as possible for everyone else, from the first kilometre' – Otto van Zanden edges tight CiCLE ClassicYoung Dutchman takes out the 20th edition of the Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic by half a wheel in 3-way sprint
