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April 2016
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- April 30th
- Sky's Danny van Poppel wins Tour de Yorkshire stage two
- Technical issues leave TV viewers in the dark for Saturday's Tour de Yorkshire races
- Hugh Carthy wins stage one of Vuelta Asturias
- Chris Froome takes breakaway victory on Tour de Romandie stage four
- Lizzie Armitstead: 'It was a goose-pimple moment' at the Tour de Yorkshire
- Kirsten Wild wins Women's Tour de Yorkshire; Britain's Lucy Garner takes second
- Icons of cycling: Ambrosio Nemesis rims
- April 29th
- Emma Pooley: 'Twitter outrage proves people do want to see more women's cycling'
- Shane Sutton's exit won't impact on Rio Olympics, says GB coach Rod Ellingworth
- Dylan Groenewegen wins Tour de Yorkshire stage one as Bradley Wiggins abandons race
- Sir Bradley Wiggins abandons on stage one of Tour de Yorkshire
- Thibaut Pinot wins Tour de Romandie stage three time trial; Chris Froome fourth
- UCI dismisses the effectiveness of thermal imaging cameras for detecting motors in bikes
- Tom Boonen should have made a deal with Mathew Hayman to win Paris-Roubaix, says former winner
- British woman formally charged in Giant-Alpecin collision
- Simon Yates not suspended after positive test for Terbutaline, confirms UCI
- Cattle grid causes Katusha rider to crash out of Tour de Yorkshire after just 500m
- Lincoln cyclist fatally struck by bus after going over handlebars, inquest hears
- Sir Chris Hoy on Shane Sutton: "I have never met anyone who gave so much"
- Alex Dowsett out of the Giro d'Italia after undergoing collarbone surgery
- Watch: Could this rear-wheel steering singlespeed bike be the next big thing? (video)
- April 28th
- Orica-GreenEdge take responsibility for Simon Yates' positive test
- Simon Yates fails drugs test
- British Cycling denies kit funded by UK Sport has been sold for profit
- Nairo Quintana takes overall lead at Tour de Romandie as Chris Froome suffers
- Lance Armstrong asks judge to throw out $100m federal lawsuit
- Eight things you will definitely see at the Tour de Yorkshire
- Adam Hansen aiming to ride all three 2016 Grand Tours to continue record-breaking run
- 'If you're going to ask questions of Shane Sutton you have to ask them of Dave Brailsford too'
- UK Sport calls for British Cycling to investigate allegations of kit being sold online for profit
- Richie Porte withdraws from Tour de Romandie with illness
- Cycling Revolution exhibition at the Design Museum, London
- Dr Hutch's guide to the noises your bike makes, and how to stop them
- April 27th
- What you need to know about the British Cycling discrimination scandal
- Geraint Thomas: Shane Sutton has done more than most for British Cycling
- Shane Sutton resigns as British Cycling technical director
- Marcel Kittel sprints to victory in Tour de Romandie stage one
- Lizzie Armitstead and Laura Trott model the newly launched Team GB Olympic kit
- Shimano and SRAM feel the pinch from declining sales
- Marianne Vos escapes serious injury after heavy crash (video)
- Suspended British Cycling coach Shane Sutton 'upset' by discrimination allegations
- Zac Goldsmith 'committed to ensuring that cycling can double' in London if elected Mayor (video)
- Adam Yates hopes for Tour de Yorkshire win to push for selection to Rio 2016 Olympics
- Shane Sutton suspended by British Cycling as discrimination row deepens
- April 26th
- Parts of the Tour de Yorkshire route are currently covered in snow
- Ion Izagirre storms to Tour de Romandie prologue win; two Team Sky riders in top five
- Electric motor system used by banned Belgian cyclist revealed by UCI
- Chris Froome raises conflict of interest concerns over extreme weather delegate at Tour de Romandie
- 'I am not too old. I am not a waste of UK Sport’s money. I can win more medals'
- 'Hypocrisy and double standards in respect to gender are ingrained in cycling'
- Brian Cookson hopes to expand track cycling schedule for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
- Police seek half-naked cyclist in Exeter
- Tour de Yorkshire the first step on Lizzie Armitstead's road to Rio
- Tour de Romandie prologue start times
- April 25th
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- April 22nd
- Cyclist died 'attempting emergency stop' on Buttertubs Pass descent
- The 2016 Giro d'Italia in numbers
- Mikel Landa takes bonus seconds to seal overall win at Giro del Trentino
- Everything you need to know about the motorised doping scandal
- Team Sky picks five British riders for Tour de Romandie
- Tour de France boss: Motors are no longer a rumour, they exist
- Aerodynamic cycling: Readers share their top secret tips
- Icons of cycling: Fallowfield Track
- Donations pour in for London woman in coma after Australia cycling accident
- April 21st
- Five cyclists plunged into sea after Rio de Janeiro bike path collapses
- Sky's Mikel Landa retains Giro del Trentino lead after mountain test
- Vincenzo Nibali, Fabian Cancellara and Tom Dumoulin among provisional Giro d'Italia starters
- Is this hill with 13 hairpins the best British climb you've never heard of?
- Danilo Di Luca: 'If I had never doped, I wouldn't have won'
- Mark Cavendish loses Tour of Croatia lead as Giacomo Nizzolo wins stage three
- Chris Froome heads Team Sky's roster for Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- Cycling Legends: Lance Armstrong - Order now
- Tom Boonen still has the desire to race in 2017
- MPCC calls on UCI to open investigation into motorised bikes following French TV report
- Peter Sagan's world championship win commemorated on a stamp
- April 20th
- Jess Varnish dropped from British Cycling Olympic programme on 'performance grounds'
- Sergio Henao 'beyond disappointed' after being withdrawn from racing
- Teams cast doubts on whether disc brakes caused Francisco Ventoso's Paris-Roubaix injury
- Boels-Dolmans' grip on women's WorldTour finally broken in Fleche Wallonne
- Jon Dibben confident of Rio chances despite surgery on fractured elbow
- Alejandro Valverde takes third consecutive victory at La Flèche Wallonne
- UKCE launch new event to replace the Kilo to Go Tour of the Peak
- Mark Cavendish wins stage two and takes lead in the Tour of Croatia
- Mikel Landa takes stage two win and overall lead at Giro del Trentino
- Disc brakes banned from L'Etape du Tour and other French sportives
- Strava users plagued by follow requests from spam accounts
- Commonwealth medallist Tony Gibb given suspended sentence for road rage incident
- 10 riders to watch at La Flèche Wallonne
- April 19th
- Team Sky second in Giro del Trentino team time trial behind Astana
- It's 'impossible' to use a motorised bike in the WorldTour, claims Romain Feillu
- Giacomo Nizzolo beats Mark Cavendish to win Tour of Croatia stage one
- Pedal Heaven will not be granted a late Tour de Yorkshire wildcard place
- Caught on camera: Edinburgh taxi driver assaults cyclist (video)
- Operación Puerto's Dr Fuentes also caught up in Panama Papers scandal
- Stig Broeckx ready for return to racing after motorbike injury
- Mikel Landa not expecting too much at Giro del Trentino
- Mark Cavendish wins Olympic Games selection, reports suggest
- Taylor Phinney focuses on Olympics as comeback from horrific injury continues
- April 18th
- Pedal Heaven are a 'team to be reckoned with'
- You may soon be able to attend spin classes in IMAX theatres
- 18 things you might remember if you were a cyclist in the 80s
- Emma Pooley to ride alongside Lizzie Armitstead at Tour de Yorkshire
- Half of London's commuting bikes are not road worthy, claims mobile repair service
- Eddy Merckx: Having disc brakes in the peloton is irresponsible
- UCI: we still have the best method for detecting motors in bikes
- April 17th
- April 15th
- Jonathan Tiernan-Locke: 'Cycling's just a hobby now'
- Mikel Landa, Vincenzo Nibali and Romain Bardet to face off at Giro del Trentino
- Peter Sagan to make return to mountain biking
- Sir Bradley Wiggins headlines stellar Tour de Yorkshire 2016 line-up
- Eduard Vorganov ready to return to racing in case of meldonium amnesty
- Icons of cycling: Columbus tubing
- New Zealand hotel bans lycra shorts to avoid 'unsightly bumps and bulges'
- Man spotted cycling on M57 hard shoulder at Friday morning rush hour
- Alex Dowsett among 11 names on Movistar's Giro d'Italia shortlist
- Is this the best bike race you've never heard of?
- April 14th
- Dan McLay's sprint to win GP de Denain was incredible (video)
- 'The disc brake ban is emotional. People need to cool down'
- Official: UCI suspends the use of disc brakes in professional racing
- The cycle lanes on this road have been confusing people for years
- Riders react to UCI's disc brake suspension
- Nikolas Maes unsure if Paris-Roubaix injury was caused by disc brake
- Philippe Gilbert cleared to ride Amstel Gold Race
- Hannah Barnes returns to racing after long injury layoff
- Bike Smut comes to Look Mum No Hands on Friday April 29
- April 13th
- Association of Professional Cyclists calls for UCI to suspend disc brake testing
- Specialized wants Peter Sagan at Etixx-Quick Step next year, but there's a problem
- Sportive organiser Kilo To Go ceases trading due to insolvency
- Ventoso: Disc brakes should NEVER have arrived in the peloton
- Some meldonium users could escape punishment after WADA clarifies rules
- Thief who stole £8,000 Giant Defy foiled by lack of pedals
- Lampre-Merida manager not convinced Fran Ventoso's injury was caused by disc brake
- Mattia Gavazzi tests positive for cocaine for third time
- Greg Van Avermaet targeting Tour of California comeback
- Luca Paolini handed 18-month ban after Tour de France cocaine positive
- April 12th
- Is this the hardest test you can do on a bike? (video)
- Fishing line across paths in country park could have injured child cyclists
- Movistar rider reportedly injured by disc brake in Paris-Roubaix crash
- Police officer chases down thief on the bike he was trying to steal
- IAM Cycling could drop one-year contract policy to attract big name riders
- April 11th
- Ian Bibby: Domestic teams can match WorldTour riders
- Winning from the break: every racer's dream
- Luke Rowe satisfied with 'promising' Classics campaign
- Chaos, crashes and flat tyres: Tom Boonen recaps a 'standard' Paris-Roubaix
- Ian Bibby wins Manx International Grand Prix (video)
- The ultimate guide to the race through Hell
- April 10th
- Spectator captures moment Elia Viviani was struck by a motorbike at Paris-Roubaix (video)
- Mark Cavendish: 'I wish I could have done more for Edvald at Paris-Roubaix'
- Elia Viviani shares the extent of his Paris-Roubaix injuries on Twitter
- Fabian Cancellara: I'm just happy it's all over
- Ian Stannard equals best ever British finish at Paris-Roubaix
- Fabian Cancellara crashes in the velodrome after finishing final Paris-Roubaix (video)
- Mathew Hayman denies Tom Boonen historic win in chaotic Paris-Roubaix
- Unbelievable bike handling from Peter Sagan to avoid Fabian Cancellara crash (video)
- April 9th
- April 8th
- Andre Greipel's power data from the Tour of Flanders is ridiculous
- Fabian Cancellara: "I'll start Paris-Roubaix with my game face on"
- Diego Rosa's victory celebration was a bit different (video)
- Paris-Roubaix victory down to ‘destiny’, says Peter Sagan
- John Degenkolb hopes to learn from watching Classics on TV ahead of May return
- Mayor and farmers remove mud from Paris-Roubaix sector to ensure it stays in race
- Teams practise on the Paris-Roubaix cobbles ahead of Sunday's big race
- CAS ruling sees Bobby Lea in US Olympic track team after doping ban is reduced
- Warren Barguil back at the top after Giant-Alpecin horror crash
- M25 cyclist caught on camera returning to motorway after being escorted off (video)
- Simon Yates and Fabio Aru among those abandoning Tour of the Basque Country
- April 7th
- Samuel Sanchez turns back the clock to win Tour of the Basque Country stage four
- See all of your Strava achievements on one handy map
- Ian Stannard: 'A wet and messy Paris-Roubaix suits me'
- Seven British riders take part in 2016 Paris-Roubaix
- Hundreds of Russian athletes used meldonium before it was banned, say sports minister
- Peter Sagan has the edge over Fabian Cancellara in Paris-Roubaix, says Stephen Roche
- Surrey cyclist fined for riding along M25 to get to Heathrow
- April 6th
- Scott Thwaites ready to give 'everything he's got' at Paris-Roubaix
- Marcel Kittel takes 2016 Scheldeprijs in photo finish with Mark Cavendish
- Steve Cummings's late attack seals victory on stage three in the Tour of the Basque Country
- Peter Sagan is the big personality cycling needs, says Adam Blythe
- Nine riders to watch at Paris-Roubaix
- The 14 best cobbled climbs in the UK
- Unsuitable circuits postpone Cheshire Classic women's race
- Lance Armstrong accused of withholding information in False Claims Act lawsuit
- London's Embankment cycle superhighway is 'overrun by joggers'
- Magistrates criticised as 'lenient' with £295 fine for OAP who crashed into cyclist
- 2016 Scheldeprijs start list
- The new June issue of Cycle Sport on sale now!
- April 5th
- 'I've seen a lot of tough guys, but this guy is exceptional'
- 12 pictures that show just how tough the Paris-Roubaix cobbles are
- Mikel Landa climbs into overall lead in Tour of the Basque Country
- Fabian Cancellara: There's not one part of me that doesn't want to retire
- Review: 'Battle Mountain: Graeme Obree's story'
- Peter Sagan looking to 'stay out of trouble' at Scheldeprijs
- Going the extra miles: how to train for and complete an ultra-distance sportive
- How to grease your Speedplay pedals (video)
- Simon and Adam Yates in position for Tour of the Basque Country mountain test
- One of Paris-Roubaix's cobbled sectors may be removed because it's covered in mud
- Marmotte Gran Fondo Écosse: New closed roads event in Scotland
- £70,000 cycle storage scheme at Kettering station reaches completion
- April 4th
- Chris Boardman: I view London Mayor candidate Zac Goldsmith with suspicion
- Luke Rowe gunning for Paris-Roubaix after impressive ride at the Tour of Flanders
- Luis Leon Sanchez wins opening stage of Tour of the Basque Country
- Spilled truck of chickens causes 20-minute delay in Totnes-Vire race
- Sep Vanmarcke blows his hat off with Champagne cork on Flanders podium (video)
- Three nations have qualified for all 10 track cycling events at Rio 2016
- Imanol Erviti makes history in phenomenal Tour of Flanders ride
- Tao Geoghegan Hart dedicates Trofeo Piva win to Lucien Acou
- April 3rd
- Geraint Thomas reflects on missed opportunities in Tour of Flanders
- Giant-Alpecin mechanic hit by Etixx-QuickStep car taken to hospital
- Fabian Cancellara: I gave it all I had in Tour of Flanders, but I'm not Superman
- Peter Sagan wins Tour of Flanders
- Greg Van Avermaet and other favourites crash out of Tour of Flanders
- Lizzie Armitstead wins women's Tour of Flanders
- Irish club cyclist dies during Tour of Flanders sportive
- 'British Tour de France riders' among 150 sportspeople 'doped' by London doctor
- Nine riders to watch at the Tour of Flanders
- April 2nd
- April 1st
- Greg Van Avermaet: 'I won't be happy with second place anymore'
- Fabian Cancellara in '100 per cent' form ahead of his final Tour of Flanders
- Taylor Phinney: Riders don't have to take those massive risks
- Five of the best cycling April Fools jokes of 2016
- April Fools! Tinkoff's joke about sale of team causes confusion
- Team Sky prevented from riding on Oude Kwaremont during Flanders training
- Autopsy inconclusive as to whether motorbike caused death of Antoine Demoitié
- Epic days: Floods at the 1985 Tour of Flanders
- Richardson's Rumble sportive: a 'fast and flat' start to 2016
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