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- August 31st
- Brailsford: 'Froome doesn't want to come second again, it's all in for the win'
- Chris Froome pleased to be peaking in time for the Vuelta a España's second half
- Amateur rider given extended suspension for racing while banned
- Chris Froome up to second overall after winning Vuelta a España stage 11
- The official Tour des Fjords Twitter account is providing a great race commentary
- Seven riders who celebrated too early and lost the race (videos)
- Pit yourself against Team Sky riders in a time trial around Silverstone race track
- Thomas De Gendt's polka-dot Ridley bike stolen from Eurobike show
- Living near popular cycling routes could add value to your home
- Who's out of the Vuelta a España after stage 12
- Scheldeprijs to honour Tom Boonen by starting in the Belgian's home town
- August 30th
- Team Sky announce Tour of Britain line-up
- Alberto Contador admits his Vuelta a España chances are almost over
- TV presenter Jeremy Vine posts video of disturbing road rage encounter with driver
- Peter Sagan's WorldTour lead under threat
- This video of a Giant-Alpecin rider flicking a bottle away with his wheel is mesmerising
- Chris Froome relishes more battles with in-form Nairo Quintana
- Gary Verity: 'Top teams want the 2019 World Championships to come to Yorkshire'
- Owain Doull and Ed Clancy discuss life off the track at Rio 2016 (video)
- Rafal Majka to join Peter Sagan at Bora-Hansgrohe team in 2017
- August 29th
- August 28th
- 'Scared' riders are creating successful escapes in 'insanely hard' Vuelta
- Hayley Simmonds smashes her own 10-mile time trial record
- Peter Kennaugh: 'This is my chance to show what I can do'
- Nairo Quintana loses Vuelta a España lead as David de la Cruz wins stage nine
- Oliver Naesen spoils the sprinters' party to claim Bretagne Classic
- Peter Sagan abandons first road race after Olympics with illness
- Olympic champions Ed Clancy and Owain Doull to ride Revolution opening round
- August 27th
- Exclusive: Scott Thwaites to ride for Dimension Data in 2017
- Chris Froome and Nairo Quintana prepared for two more weeks of Vuelta battles
- Lizzie Armitstead turns super-domestique as Bujak wins GP Plouay
- Nairo Quintana takes race lead as Lagutin wins stage eight of the Vuelta a España
- The darker side of cycling: Vuelta a España riders racing for a 2017 contract
- August 26th
- Chris Froome: 'I'm looking forward to the business end of the Vuelta'
- Alberto Contador's Vuelta in trouble after another Grand Tour smash
- Alberto Contador crashes as Jonas van Genechten wins Vuelta a España stage seven
- Taaramae abandons Vuelta a España after being 'hit by team car'
- Richard Branson: 'I thought I was going to die in cycling accident'
- Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish confirmed for Ghent Six Day
- Brazilian man rides a bike with a fridge/freezer on his back...over cobbles (video)
- 'Simon Yates isn't a future champion, he is one already'
- August 25th
- Simon Yates: I worked hard to come back and get this Vuelta win
- Simon Yates solos to victory on Vuelta a España stage six
- Bora riders expect team image to change with Peter Sagan on board
- Ed Clancy sets his target on Tokyo 2020 golds before retirement
- 'Cycling was what I loved the most, but it’s become my biggest nightmare'
- Tom Dumoulin added to field of world-class time triallists at the Tour of Britain
- Bradley Wiggins says he's not aiming to become like Dave Brailsford after he retires
- Team Sky confirm signing of Etixx-Quick Step rider
- Twitter reacts to Steven Kruijswijk’s bollard crash at the Vuelta a España
- Alberto Contador fighting to stay in Vuelta a España contention
- August 24th
- Vuelta a España organisers apologise for bollard that caused Kruijswijk injury
- Chris Froome narrowly avoids Vuelta a España crash (video)
- Gianni Meersman wins stage five of the Vuelta a España
- Doull and Geoghegan Hart part of Team Sky's 'second generation', says Brailsford
- Frank Schleck awarded €2m from former team who fired him after doping ban
- Alberto Contador still planning to launch his own professional team
- Chris Froome happy to take a back seat in Vuelta a España opening stages
- Scott Thwaites not just at the Vuelta a España 'to make up the numbers'
- August 23rd
- BMC's Darwin Atapuma takes Vuelta lead after classy win by Lilian Calmajane
- Astana's Miguel Angel Lopez continues in Vuelta a España despite three broken teeth from crash
- Sir Bradley Wiggins and Owain Doull confirmed for 2016 Tour of Britain
- Laura Trott 'annoyed and frustrated' at insinuations about Team GB's success
- Alberto Contador: 'My heart rate was at 200'
- Another British eight-year-old conquers the Tourmalet
- August 22nd
- Pro riders call Vuelta finish 'the steepest climb I've ever done' – but at least it was short
- Chris Froome: Rivals 'got carried away and paid the price' on brutal Vuelta climb
- Alexandre Geniez wins Vuelta a España stage three as Alberto Contador loses time
- Team GB cyclists among richest Olympians, analysis reveals
- Britain's Hugh Carthy taking step into the unknown with maiden Grand Tour ride
- Peter Sagan: I felt I could make top-10 in the Olympic MTB
- Hayley Simmonds and Richard Bussell win national 10 time trial titles (gallery)
- Riders prepare for brutal finishing climb on stage three of Vuelta a España
- August 21st
- Peter Sagan suffers disastrous day in Olympic MTB after bright start
- 'It's beautiful to compete with the big sprinters, I wish they were here'
- Michal Kwiatkowski thanks Peter Kennaugh for setting him up for Vuelta red jersey
- Caleb Ewan takes first WorldTour one-day win at EuroEyes Cyclassics after Bouhanni relegation
- Michal Kwiatkowski takes Vuelta a España overall lead as Gianni Meersman wins
- Simon Yates happy to be back racing and put turbulent year behind him
- Lizzie Armitstead back in action in the Women's WorldTour for first time since Rio (report)
- Chris Froome surprised by early edge over Vuelta a España rivals
- August 20th
- August 19th
- Who's favourite for the Vuelta? Quintana and Contador say each other
- Peter Kennaugh back in 'the form of his life' ahead of mountainous Vuelta a España
- Vuelta a España 2016 stage one team time trial start list and times
- Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins are 'absolutely fine' with each other
- Mark Cavendish and André Greipel set to go head-to-head at Tour of Britain
- Becky James in favour of 'great motivator' Shane Sutton returning to British Cycling
- Chris Froome has 'unfinished business' at the Vuelta a España
- 'Adam Blythe has shown when he’s on a good day he can out sprint the fastest'
- Brazilian cyclist disqualified from Olympics after positive EPO test
- August 18th
- Kristina Vogel on Team GB: 'I don’t want to accuse anyone of anything but it is all very questionable'
- Vuelta a España 2016 preview: The contenders
- Charlie Webster in a coma after contracting malaria on 3,000 mile charity ride
- Alberto Contador: The Vuelta a España is not revenge for the Tour de France
- What is it really like to ride a bike with a hidden motor? (video)
- Bolton Council has a 'problem': it doesn't know how to honour Jason Kenny
- Russian former Arsenal footballer claims cycling 'simply impossible without doping'
- Eight key questions about Yorkshire's Road World Championships bid answered
- David Lopez replaces Mikel Landa in Team Sky Vuelta a España line-up
- Yorkshire confirms bid to host 2019 Road World Championships
- August 17th
- Too brutal for sprinters: Teams prepare their climbers for mountainous Vuelta a España
- Peter Sagan: No regrets about missing the Olympic road race (video)
- Jason Kenny: I thought the keirin official was a bit trigger happy
- Simon Yates among five Brits on the Vuelta a España start list
- Tao Geoghegan Hart signs for Team Sky on a one-year contract
- Laura Trott and Jason Kenny, Britain’s golden couple, bring the house down in Rio
- August 16th
- Laura Trott on her dominant omnium performance: 'I didn't even feel that good'
- Jason Kenny wins the keirin to take his sixth Olympic gold
- Becky James takes silver and Katy Marchant wins bronze in women's sprint
- Laura Trott wins omnium gold medal to become Britain's greatest female Olympian
- Five clever marginal gains that British Cycling didn't think of
- Laura Trott extends omnium lead with one event to go, as Kenny qualifies for keirin final
- Philippe Gilbert joins Etixx-Quick Step from BMC for 2017
- Laura Trott increases Olympic omnium lead as Callum Skinner drops out of keirin
- Team Sky officially confirm signing of Olympic champion Owain Doull
- British Cycling reaches 125,000 member milestone
- Fire damage forces Andy Schleck to close his bike shop
- Simon and Adam Yates extend for two years with Orica-BikeExchange
- Bradley Wiggins plans women’s Team Wiggins
- August 15th
- Mark Cavendish will be kicking himself, says coach Rod Ellingworth
- Mark Cavendish admits error in Olympic omnium points race crash
- Laura Trott takes overall control in the omnium after dominating opening rounds
- Mark Cavendish takes Olympic silver medal in omnium as Elia Viviani seals gold
- Mark Cavendish poised for Olympic omnium finale in silver medal position
- Olympic champions' bikes for sale for less than £800
- Laura Trott makes solid start to women's omnium with second place in scratch race
- Tony Martin to join Katusha for 2017
- Mark Cavendish retains third place overall in Olympic omnium after kilometre time trial
- Editor's letter: Farewell Cycling Active magazine
- The 12 phases of every ride
- Chris Froome confirmed to lead Team Sky at Vuelta a España
- Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde confirmed for Vuelta a España (video)
- August 14th
- Elia Viviani wins omnium elimination race as mistake costs Mark Cavendish
- Becky James and Katy Marchant progress to 1/8 final of track sprint
- Mark Cavendish produces outstanding ride to place second in omnium individual pursuit
- Jason Kenny beats Callum Skinner to take Olympic sprint title
- Bradley Wiggins backs Shane Sutton to be re-instated by British Cycling after Rio Olympics
- Mark Cavendish takes sixth in scratch race to start omnium campaign
- Becky James beats Victoria Pendleton's Olympic Record in women's sprint qualifying
- Laura Trott: 'That was was possibly the easiest world record we’ve ever got'
- August 13th
- Put it away Chris Hoy! Rider-turned-pundit caught out on camera
- Great Britain smash world record to win women's team pursuit in Rio
- Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner set up all-British final in men's sprint in Rio
- Silver for Becky James in women's keirin in Rio; Elis Ligtlee takes gold
- Great Britain set world record in Rio women's team pursuit to reach gold final
- Watch: Dutch rider Laurine van Riessen's amazing crash escape on Rio track (video)
- Brazilian road race competitor failed dope test a week before Rio Olympics
- Bradley Wiggins denies Mark Cavendish rift after team pursuit
- Yorkshire misses out on hosting September's European Road Championships
- Steve Redgrave: 'I’m getting fed up with these cyclists!'
- 'Spectacular, impressive, unbelievable': rivals react to Bradley Wiggins and GB men's team pursuit gold
- August 12th
- Bradley Wiggins: 'I wanted it to end like this'
- Great Britain pushed to limit to win gold in Olympic men's team pursuit
- Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner move through to next round of Rio track sprint
- Great Britain set new world record in men's team pursuit to book place in Olympic final
- China beat Russia to 2016 Olympic women's team sprint title
- Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner break Olympic record in men's sprint qualifying
- Rio 2016 Olympic Games cycling events medal table
- Trek-Segafredo confirm signing of John Degenkolb in a game of Twitter Guess Who
- Jarlinson Pantano to join Alberto Contador at Trek-Segafredo in 2017
- The all-time list of Britain's most successful Olympic cyclists
- Man steals bike; off-duty policeman recovers it and tracks down owners
- Lance Armstrong causes Twitter storm after Fabian Cancellara jibe
- £6.5m cycle scheme in Glasgow gets the go-ahead
- Unconscious cyclist left by roadside as medics tell him to find own way home
- GB Team Sprinters: 'We surprised ourselves with gold'
- Here's how you thought Team GB would do at the 2016 Olympic Games
- Chris Boardman: Great Britain's rivals must be thinking 'oh no'
- August 11th
- Phil Hindes: They had to put a bigger gear on me to slow me down
- Gold for Great Britain in men's team sprint at Rio Olympics
- Great Britain qualify fastest for Rio Olympics men's team pursuit
- Great Britain women's team pursuiters set new world record in Rio Olympics qualifying
- Great Britain set new Olympic record to qualify fastest in team sprint
- Watch: Dr Hutch's guide to riding a penny-farthing
- John Degenkolb claims first top-three finish of 2016 in Arctic Tour of Norway (video)
- UCI dismisses threats of Team Time Trial World Champs boycott
- Why tonight's team sprint will tell us everything about GB's Rio prospects
- Yorkshire confirm interest in hosting European Road Cycling Champs; decision expected Sunday
- Bahrain Merida team announce more signings to join Vincenzo Nibali
- The secret tech that GB cyclists will use to win gold in Rio
- Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins have not fallen out, insists British Cycling head
- August 10th
- Emotional Fabian Cancellara savours emphatic swansong to historic career
- Great Britain at world record pace ahead of Olympic team pursuit
- Olympic time trial: Chris Froome salutes 'unbeatable' Cancellara
- Twitter reacts to Fabian Cancellara and Kristin Armstrong's Olympic time trial wins
- Geraint Thomas on Rio time trial ride: 'I was eating McDonalds with the road boys on Sunday'
- Emma Pooley: 'I have to be happy with the decision I made'
- Fabian Cancellara wins Rio Olympics men's time trial as Chris Froome claims bronze
- Kristin Armstrong wins Rio Olympics women's time trial; GB's Emma Pooley 14th
- WorldTour teams set to skip Team Time Trial World Championships in protest
- August 9th
- Rio 2016 Olympic Games time trial start times
- Mark Cavendish says he's unlikely to ride the team pursuit at the Olympics
- Dan Craven decides to ride Rio Olympics time trial after Twitter vote
- Annemiek van Vleuten recovering well from Rio crash but remains in hospital
- Geraint Thomas confirmed for Olympic Games time trial
- Italian anti-doping authorities arrive at race to test under-13s
- Mark Cavendish: Lizzie Armitstead absolutely at fault for whereabouts failures
- Chris Froome not unbeatable says Alberto Contador, as pair set to face-off at Vuelta a España
- Australian team pursuit rider Melissa Hoskins escapes serious injury after training crash
- August 8th
- Chris Froome ready for Olympic time trial after 'seriously full-on' road race
- Job vacancy: UK Cycling Events looking for new Events Manager
- Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s time trial start list
- Rio 2016 Olympic Games women’s time trial start list
- RideLondon-Surrey 100 sportive ballot now open for entries
- Rio 2016 Olympic Time Trial and Road Race: route, map and schedule
- August 7th
- Lizzie Armitstead 'proud' of Olympic road race efforts despite falling short of gold
- Annemiek van Vleuten conscious and receiving medical treatment after Olympics crash
- Anna van der Breggen wins Rio 2016 Olympics women's road race; Lizzie Armitstead fifth
- Geraint Thomas on Olympics disappointment: 'It’s too raw, I haven’t even looked at the results'
- Geraint Thomas may get a place in Olympic time trial due to rider withdrawals
- Hayley Simmonds and Ryan Perry win British 25-mile time trial titles
- European road cycling championships in Nice cancelled due to terror threat
- Six defining moments from the Rio Olympics women's road race (video)
- Vincenzo Nibali heads back to Italy for surgery after Olympic road race collarbone break
- August 6th
- Greg Van Avermaet delighted to prove pundits wrong and claim Olympic gold
- Rod Ellingworth: 'I knew that descent was going to be a deciding factor'
- Twitter reacts to the Rio 2016 Olympic men's road race
- 'Olympic road race was the most difficult day in my career,' says Dan Martin
- Greg Van Avermaet wins Rio 2016 Olympic men's road race
- Rio 2016 Olympic Games women’s road race start list
- August 5th
- Dave Brailsford backs Chris Froome's Olympic bid despite lack of one-day race wins
- Is your saddle harming you?
- Rio 2016 Olympic Games men's road race start list
- How much do you know about Olympic cycling?
- Olympic cycling kits: the best and worst jerseys from Rio
- Sep Vanmarcke joins Cannondale-Drapac for 2017
- Full list of 2016 Tour of Britain teams announced
- Lizzie Armitstead: 'I'll have to accept that people will doubt me forever'
- Frank Schleck to retire at end of 2016 season
- August 4th
- Danny Van Poppel makes it two wins for Sky at Vuelta a Burgos
- 'It felt like I’d been caught planning a dirty weekend, rather than a bike ride'
- Rohan Dennis hoping to be back at full strength for Olympic time trial after Rio training crash
- The Fire Breather sportive
- Team GB pursuit riders answer fans' questions (video)
- Michael Matthews joins Giant-Alpecin for 2017 season
- Marco Pantani Mafia inquiry closed by judge
- Dave Brailsford: 'Mark Cavendish deserves an Olympic medal'
- Peter Sagan 'proud and ready' for Olympic mountain bike race
- August 3rd
- Astana pip Movistar to Vuelta a Burgos team time trial victory
- Boels-Dolmans team come out in support of Lizzie Armitstead over missed tests case
- Team GB road cyclists out in Rio for training ride (video)
- Lizzie Armitstead writes personal statement addressing 'Whereabouts Failures'
- Bad weather and software bug blamed for another Limits power meter delay
- British cyclist dies after falling into a ravine in the Pyrenees
- Lizzie Armitstead will ride in Rio... but unanswered questions remain
- Vincenzo Nibali confirmed to join Bahrain-Merida for 2017
- August 2nd
- British rider Hugh Carthy to ride for Cannondale-Drapac in 2017
- Adam Blythe's national champion's jersey has finally been revealed
- Geraint Thomas: GB's Olympic road race leader still not decided
- The rocky and humiliating road to being a ‘real’ cyclist
- Sky sprinter Danny Van Poppel wins Vuelta a Burgos opening stage
- Lizzie Armitstead didn't challenge missed doping test at the time, UKAD argues
- Graeme Obree and Dr Steve Peters among speakers at Cyclefit Symposium
- Turbo training and playing a cello: some skills on show here (video)
- How did Lizzie Armitstead miss three anti-doping tests? 'Whereabouts' system explained
- Keagan Girdlestone continues recovery after horrific crash but admits 'I should be dead'
- Germany sneaks fourth track sprinter into Olympics by entering him in road race
- August 1st
- Lizzie Armitstead cleared for Rio Olympics after UK Anti-Doping charge for missed tests
- Alberto Contador, Simon Yates and Alex Dowsett feature in Vuelta a Burgos
- Peter Sagan's move to Bora-Hansgrohe officially confirmed
- New Bahrain cycling team announces Merida as title sponsor
- Ryder Hesjedal to retire at the end of the season
- Jon Dibben signs with Cannondale-Drapac as a trainee
- Oleg Tinkov calls UCI 'bureaucratic idiots' over Russian rider Rio exclusion
- Nicolas Roche confirmed for BMC for 2017 season
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