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April 2017
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- April 30th
- Tour de Yorkshire riders united in astonishment at 'incredible and crazy' roadside crowds
- ‘I’ve always been fighting for it’: Serge Pauwels on his first ever pro victory at the Tour de Yorkshire
- Dimension Data take famous 1-2 at Tour de Yorkshire as Serge Pauwels wins overall title
- Mark Cavendish still in doubt for Tour de France, but team 'hopeful' he can recover in time
- Bike Channel-Canyon 'showing what they’re capable of’ at Tour de Yorkshire
- Richie Porte wins Tour de Romandie on final stage as Simon Yates drops to second
- Astana decide not to replace Michele Scarponi in Giro d'Italia line-up
- April 29th
- Caleb Ewan sharpens his Giro sprint in Yorkshire
- Steve Cummings in race against time to make Tour de France after injury setback
- Nacer Bouhanni takes Tour de Yorkshire stage two victory in Harrogate
- Simon Yates wins Tour de Romandie stage four to take race lead
- American rider Chad Young, 21, dies of crash injuries
- April 28th
- 15 fantastic cycle routes for a great bike ride in Surrey and Sussex
- Tour de Yorkshire marred by huge final kilometre crash as Dylan Groenewegen wins stage one
- Elia Viviani answers Giro d'Italia non-selection with Tour de Romandie stage win
- New York mayor promises huge investment to put final link in Manhattan greenway
- Comment: Team Sky's surprise omission from their Giro d'Italia roster
- Just how much money do Americans spend on cycling? New study provides the answer
- Tour de France organiser reaches deal to acquire the Fred Whitton Challenge sportive
- Geraint Thomas given strong team of domestiques as he prepares to lead Team Sky at the Giro
- 'You cannot compare the Tour de Yorkshire to any other race'
- American under-23 rider 'not expected to recover' from serious head injuries sustained in crash
- April 27th
- BMC forced to take reduced squad to Tour de Yorkshire
- Police appeal for helmet cam footage after cyclist dies in Lancashire collision
- Katie Archibald column: What happens when the inspector calls and you're not ready for a sample?
- Coach driver who pushed cyclist off his bike and in to oncoming traffic found guilty of assault
- Using a bike instead of a car for short journeys gives 'the equivalent of a nine per cent pay rise'
- Nairo Quintana: 'I've got two or three different plans to prepare for the Tour after finishing the Giro'
- Irish council installs signs to show riders the start and finish of Strava segments
- Local knowledge: An insider's guide to the Tour de Yorkshire from a Yorkshire pro
- Chris Froome's early Kenyan mentor David Kinjah visits UK to ride Tour of Wessex
- April 26th
- Detroit selected to host U.S. Cycling Madison National Championships in brand new arena
- Luke Rowe and Ian Stannard to lead strong Team Sky squad in Tour de Yorkshire
- Watch: Cyclist hit by car, lands on roof, then sits there patiently as driver parks up
- Dangers of counterfeit Oakley sunglasses laid bare as club rider is 'lucky not to be blinded' in crash
- Iranian rider hit with seven-year-and-six-month ban for doping
- Training for power with Canyon//SRAM’s Tiffany Cromwell
- Luke Rowe column: After the cobbles
- Aside from your bike, what essential items do you take with you on every sportive?
- Getting stopped by red lights could soon be a thing of the past thanks to this new technology
- How to make an Antioxidant Blast smoothie (video)
- Chris Froome left to make up ground after 'sketchy' Romandie prologue
- Lizzie Deignan to UCI: ‘Monitor more women’s whereabouts’
- April 25th
- Phil Edwards 1949-2017: A 70s cycling strongman
- 'It’s all about taking risks...sometimes you can pay': Tejay van Garderen set to continue Romandie after prologue crash
- More than 5,000 people attend Michele Scarponi's funeral to pay their last respects to cycling star
- USA Cycling announces results of revamped amateur anti-doping program, with five rule violations
- Fabio Felline conquers rain-soaked Tour de Romandie prologue; Dowsett second
- Yoann Offredo speaks out about 'senseless' road rage attack that left him bloodied and bruised
- Lotto-Soudal could have to pay former riders millions of euros in compensation
- Ride with… Glasgow Nightingale cycling club
- Former pro Phil Gaimon goes hunting for more Strava KOMs in latest 'worst retirement ever' video
- Police targetting of 'close pass' drivers introduced in Edinburgh with aim of Scotland-wide roll-out
- Dr Hutch: The death of Bernard
- Giro d'Italia highlights to be broadcast free-to-air for UK cycling fans
- Chris Froome: 'I don’t need the reassurance of winning. I’ve got the reassurance of three Tour victories'
- Pro chef’s kitchen: Cannondale Drapac – Sean Fowler (video)
- Eurosport unveils a new host for its Giro d'Italia and Tour de France coverage
- April 24th
- Yoann Offredo posts images of wounds suffered after he was attacked 'with baseball bat & box cutter'
- Thousands expected to attend Michele Scarponi's funeral on Tuesday
- Axeon Hagens Berman take bittersweet Gila victory with Chad Young badly hurt in high-speed crash
- John Woodburn, 1936-2017: A unique, record-breaking rider
- What does a pro cyclist do after retirement?
- Jonathan Tiernan-Locke handed 41-month driving ban for being over drink limit
- Speeding motorists face larger fines for worst offences
- Watch: Australian cyclist has lucky escape after kangaroo nearly takes him out (video)
- Jason Kenny named in Great Britain squad despite retirement speculation
- April 23rd
- April 22nd
- April 21st
- Your guide to the US riders competing in Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- ASO launch new women's pursuit race to take place on penultimate day of Tour de France
- Geraint Thomas: 'I can't wait to get to the Giro now and just race'
- New study says cycling 30 miles per week cuts heart disease and cancer risk in half
- Geraint Thomas confirms Tour of the Alps victory with third place on final stage
- Can you change your metabolism to ride faster?
- Chris Froome and Richie Porte to go head-to-head in the mountains at the Tour de Romandie
- Fabio Aru responds to Vincenzo Nibali in an emotional open letter
- If you could go back in time and change one aspect of your cycling, what would it be?
- ‘He’s never seen snow before and doesn’t know how to deal with the cold’
- April 20th
- Florida police arrest driver accused of hit and run on Canadian cyclist
- Geraint Thomas: Being joint leaders takes pressure off me and Mikel Landa at the Giro
- UCI bans Astana's Andriy Grivko for punching Marcel Kittel at Dubai Tour
- Matteo Montaguti takes Tour of the Alps stage four as Geraint Thomas holds race lead
- Delivery delays 'a thing of the past', says Canyon
- UCI fines 56 riders for not showing race numbers during cold stage at the Tour of the Alps
- Astana rider lucky to escape serious injury in scary Flèche Wallonne crash (video)
- Shimano Di2 and SRAM eTap: Six things that only people with electronic groupsets will understand
- Dan Martin rejects calls for Flèche Wallonne route change after finishing second to Valverde once again
- Simon Yates to ride Tour de France instead of Giro d'Italia to ease pressure on injured Esteban Chaves
- April 19th
- Geraint Thomas: 'I knew everyone was at their limit, so I just went for it'
- Young American star Neilson Powless sets sights on pro ranks after 'huge' under-23 win
- Team Sky and Geraint Thomas 'too strong' for opponents at Tour of the Alps
- Unstoppable Alejandro Valverde wins La Flèche Wallonne for a fifth time
- Anna van der Breggen beats Lizzie Deignan to win her third women's Flèche Wallonne
- Geraint Thomas powers to victory as Team Sky take 1-2 in Tour of the Alps stage three
- Tributes flood in for cyclist and safety campaigner killed while riding in Mallorca
- Bad weather hits spring racing again as snow shortens another stage race
- La Flèche Wallonne organisers urged to move finish line to prevent another Valverde victory
- April 18th
- New York cyclist 'slipped' prior to fatal collision, says NYPD
- Costa and Powless: young US riders prove prowess on European stage
- Rohan Dennis: My confidence is growing for the Giro d’Italia
- Thomas: ‘I’ve never seen anything like that’ on Sky needles allegations
- Geraint Thomas fifth as Rohan Dennis powers to Tour of the Alps stage two
- 'Peter Sagan can win the Tour de France if he makes the sacrifices'
- Heavy snow forces shortening of stage two of Tour of the Alps
- 89-year-old pensioner has bike stolen; local cycling club donates replacement (plus a lock)
- April 17th
- 'Nibali offered a good piece of advice...we’re all hoping Fabio Aru can still start the Giro d'Italia'
- Geraint Thomas: 'There were a few attacks and I thought, 'sod it, let’s see what happens''
- Geraint Thomas lights up Tour of the Alps stage one as Michele Scarponi takes victory
- Thibaut Pinot: 'I'm aiming boost my confidence going into the Giro d'Italia'
- Mikel Landa hoping to show he's back on form at Tour of the Alps alongside Geraint Thomas
- April 16th
- Greg Van Avermaet rues missed opportunity at Amstel Gold Race
- 'I can’t remember a thing from the moment of the crash until around two weeks after'
- Watch Philippe Gilbert and Michal Kwiatkowski go head-to-head at Amstel Gold Race (video)
- Philippe Gilbert beats Michal Kwiatkowski to victory at Amstel Gold Race
- Elinor Barker claims GB's second gold on final day of Track World Champs
- April 15th
- JLT-Condor's Ian Bibby takes the glory in Chorley GP (Gallery)
- Elinor Barker and Emily Nelson take silver in historic women's madison on Track World Champs day four
- Aero is the future: Why you should be paying more attention to aerodynamics
- Box Hill goes one-way only for Easter weekend in traffic management trial
- April 14th
- April 13th
- Specialized takes blame for catastrophic component failure that caused Niki Terpstra’s Paris-Roubaix crash
- UK Anti-Doping to investigate claim that Team Sky may have broken ‘no needles’ rule, says report
- USA women win team pursuit title at World Championships: social media reacts
- Latham claims bronze as British team pursuiters miss out at Track World Championships 2017
- Six reasons you should go cycling in California
- Greg Van Avermaet hoping to keep the wins rolling in at Amstel Gold Race
- 'Not fit for purpose': CTT axes controversial 3cm rule for time trial positions
- Watch: Fan accused of trying to grab Zdenek Stybar in final metres of Paris-Roubaix
- Here's your chance to become a professional rider
- Shane Sutton still welcome to work with British Cycling riders, says new performance boss
- Ride with... Swindon Wheelers
- April 12th
- 'We can't tolerate it': One rider killed and one critically injured on same New York intersection
- Watch: Could this rider inspire Chris Froome's next descending technique? (video)
- Vincenzo Nibali says 'everyone loses' if Fabio Aru does not ride the Giro d'Italia
- Lack of basic facilities provided for cycling commuters at work laid bare by report
- Elinor Barker claims Great Britain's first medal on opening day of Track World Championships 2017
- 'Pride' drove Sky's Jon Dibben to finish Paris-Roubaix despite missing time cut
- 'In the future we won't see road bikes without disc brakes - they will all have them'
- Watch: Cyclist riding on wrong side of the road narrowly escapes head-on collision in scary video
- Watch: Cyclist stopped by police officer over disagreement on road positioning (video)
- Mark Cavendish's Tour de France preparation disrupted with glandular fever diagnosis
- Australia comes within a whisker of beating Great Britain's team pursuit world record
- Two major favourites for Ardennes Classics ruled out with knee injuries
- April 11th
- Colorado study reveals the main reason why some cyclists break the rules of the road
- Attempt to hit visiting cyclists with $25 tax defeated by Montana state legislature
- Fabio Aru sheds light on the crash on a high speed descent that has put him out of the Giro d'Italia
- Dutch owners of Cervélo in talks to take over Raleigh parent company
- Watch: ITV's Tour de Yorkshire TV advert is wonderfully different (video)
- Watch: Amazing celebrations in the BMC team car after Greg Van Avermaet's Paris-Roubaix win
- Fabio Aru cancels Giro d'Italia plans due to crash and knee injury
- Ride With... Macclesfield Wheelers
- 2017 Amstel Gold Race start list
- April 10th
- 'Most teams that lose their leaders wouldn’t make a fight out of it…we didn’t let it drag us down'
- UAE rider abandons Paris-Roubaix; gets stopped on motorway by police after getting lost riding to finish
- 'One of a kind': How Tom Boonen became a legend of cycling
- Pros upload their rides to Strava after fastest ever Paris-Roubaix
- Driver cleared of killing cyclist: 'It is horrifying to have any involvement in the death of another person'
- Watch: Cobbles, crashes, and general chaos captured by on-bike cameras at Paris-Roubaix
- Five things we learned from Paris-Roubaix 2017
- Brenton Jones and Elizabeth Banks win in 2017 Tour of the Wolds
- April 9th
- Peter Sagan looks back on 'unlucky day' in Paris-Roubaix
- Team Sky's bittersweet Paris-Roubaix ends with Gianni Moscon in fifth
- Greg Van Avermaet wins thrilling edition of Paris-Roubaix
- Paris-Roubaix 2017: As it happened – Greg Van Avermaet takes victory
- Rising British star Tom Pidcock wins Paris-Roubaix Juniors
- Huge crash takes down riders in Paris-Roubaix's second cobbled sector (video)
- Eddie Dunbar becomes first Irish winner of under-23 Tour of Flanders
- Matt Hayman: ‘If I beat Boonen in Paris-Roubaix, I’ll retire on Sunday’
- April 8th
- April 7th
- New $20 million velodrome approved in Reading, Pennsylvania funded by the World Cycling League
- 'You think top riders are machines, then you see Sagan out of breath... it opened my eyes’
- Chris Boardman 'dismayed' after driver accused of killing cyclist is cleared
- Fabian Cancellara: Watching the Classics from the sidelines
- Nature or nurture? What makes you the rider you are?
- Peter Sagan: 'Tom Boonen was my role model'
- British track rider Ciara Horne ‘grateful to be alive’ after suffering extensive injuries in collision with car
- Steve Cummings fractures collarbone, scapula and sternum in Basque Country crash
- Quick-Step apologises to Shimano over Tom Boonen's chainring comments
- British Cycling appoints people director to improve rider and staff welfare
- April 6th
- Taylor Phinney out of Paris-Roubaix due to concussion
- Tributes paid to mountain bike and cyclocross legend Steve Tilford after death at age 57
- Driver acquitted in crowd-funded prosecution relating to cyclist’s death
- This is the Quick-Step line-up that will try and help Tom Boonen to a final Paris-Roubaix victory
- Sainsbury's treating incident of its lorry in close-pass with cyclist 'very seriously'
- 'I can still perform really well when everybody's suffered a lot, it’s my biggest talent'
- Luke Rowe: 'Nothing will stop me racing Paris-Roubaix'
- Tom Boonen 'riding as if wearing blinkers' to stay focused on final ride at Paris-Roubaix
- Disc brake rotor covers being assessed for possible future use in pro peloton
- Peter Sagan prepared for long-range Quick-Step attacks at Paris-Roubaix
- Katie Archibald column: 'Like any rider, on any start line, I’ll be trying to win'
- April 5th
- Alex Dowsett takes time trial victory and moves into yellow jersey in Circuit de la Sarthe
- David de la Cruz takes stunning solo win in Tour of the Basque Country stage three
- Marcel Kittel wins Scheldeprijs for fifth time
- Sep Vanmarcke describes painful injuries that are keeping him out of Paris-Roubaix
- What's it like to ride the Tour of Flanders sportive?
- Four reasons to be fully protected when cycling in Europe
- Montana senator wants to tax every visiting cyclist
- Peter Sagan still in pain after Tour of Flanders crash
- Perfect post-ride routines
- Who holds the Paris-Roubaix Strava KOMs?
- Mark Cavendish ruled out of Scheldeprijs and Paris-Roubaix due to injury
- April 4th
- Michael Albasini takes unexpected stage win in Tour of the Basque Country stage two
- Iconic New York road race moves back up to UCI status for 2017
- Bora-Hansgrohe leader ruled out of Giro d'Italia with knee injury
- Philippe Gilbert not selected for Quick-Step's Paris-Roubaix team after Flanders win
- Amazing new tool from Ordnance Survey lets you view cycle routes in 3D (video)
- Watch: Four cyclists sent flying in head-on crash in California (video)
- Paris-Roubaix cobbled sectors given new colour coding to show difficulty
- Andy Tennant speaks out to defend British Cycling approach over bullying claims
- Lance Armstrong doping doctor given 18-month suspended prison sentence
- Mark Beaumont aiming to cycle around the world in 80 days
- Alberto Contador escapes 'major disaster' in final kilometre Basque Country crash
- April 3rd
- New York cyclists battle $4,600 fine for running red lights
- Michael Matthews sprints to win Tour of the Basque Country stage one
- New footage reveals how Peter Sagan crashed at Tour of Flanders
- The greatest Flanders win ever? How does Philippe Gilbert’s 55km solo ride measure against the greats?
- Paris-Roubaix start in doubt for crash-hit Sep Vanmarcke
- Fabian Cancellara: Peter Sagan made a mistake riding too close to the barrier
- Luke Rowe left 'really gutted' after crash ends his Tour of Flanders hopes
- London bike shops share their cycle theft horror stories
- Quick-Step Floors leave door open for Philippe Gilbert to race Paris-Roubaix after Flanders win
- April 2nd
- 'I realised Sky were more afraid of us': Tom Boonen explains Quick-Step's attack on the Muur
- 'I looked back and I saw that I had a little gap...I asked the team and they said 'just go''
- Peter Sagan on Tour of Flanders crash: 'It was partly my fault'
- Lizzie Deignan sanguine after Boels-Dolmans miss out at Tour of Flanders
- Twitter reacts to Philippe Gilbert's incredible Tour of Flanders win
- Philippe Gilbert takes stunning solo victory in dramatic 2017 Tour of Flanders
- Coryn Rivera sprints to Tour of Flanders 2017 victory
- Marianne Vos misses Tour of Flanders for a fourth year as a health precaution
- Simon Yates shows impressive form with solo victory at GP Miguel Indurain
- Quick-Step Floors name outrageously strong team for Tour of Flanders
- Check out six of the key Tour of Flanders climbs on Strava
- April 1st
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