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May 31st
- Promising young time triallist Joe Guy killed in collision with van
- The greatest time triallist that never was: Derek Cottington’s disallowed 25-mile record, 1971
- Ride with… Frodsham Wheelers Cycling Club
- Mark Cavendish set to return to racing at British National Championships in June
- Obituary: Former world champion Graham Webb — 1944-2017
- Vulpine clothing brand bought by Mango Bikes
- Nine-year-old boy who climbed the Col du Tourmalet in 2016 adds London-Paris to his palmarès
- Critérium du Dauphiné 2017 start list
- American pro resigns from team after being accused of firing a gun while on training ride
May 30th
- Ben Swift sets sights on Tour de France after difficult start to season
- Quick-Step Floors rider crashes into bear while training in California
- What is the Hammer Series, and how does it work? (video)
- How much prize money did Tom Dumoulin get for winning the Giro d'Italia?
- Five things to do now the Giro d'Italia has ended
- Giro d'Italia winner Tom Dumoulin set for Tour de Suisse along with Peter Sagan and Greg Van Avermaet
- FDJ rider escapes with minor injuries after being hit by car on training ride
- More than 100 staff reportedly left unpaid for work at World Championships in Qatar
May 28th
- Tom Dumoulin: 'I never expected to win the Giro d'Italia. Maybe in the future with a lot of luck, but not now'
- Nairo Quintana reveals why he couldn't take more time on Tom Dumoulin in the mountains at the Giro d'Italia
- Tom Dumoulin overhauls Nairo Quintana to win Giro d'Italia in nail-biting final time trial
May 27th
- Nairo Quintana: 'This has to be the best time trial I've ever done'
- Five talking points from stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia
- Tom Dumoulin: 'I'm forever thankful to Mollema, Jungels and Yates'
- Tom Dumoulin minimises time losses to set up final stage decider as Pinot wins Giro d'Italia stage 20
- Team Sky: 'If Geraint is as fit as he was before the Giro, he'll be a force to be reckoned with in the Tour'
- Icons of cycling: The maglia rosa
May 26th
- Mikel Landa: ‘All aspirations were lost in one second, but knew I could still get something the Giro’
- Nairo Quintana poised for 'a lot of fight' from rivals on the Giro d'Italia's mountain finale
- Tom Dumoulin: 'I realised at kilometre zero today was going to be a bad day'
- Watch: Trek-Segafredo rider throws bottle at Movistar rival as tempers flare at Giro d'Italia
- Five talking points from stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia
- Nairo Quintana moves into pink jersey as Tom Dumoulin dropped in dramatic Giro d'Italia stage
- Movistar and Bahrain-Merida attacked after Tom Dumoulin took natural break, Team Sunweb DS claims
- Vinenzo Nibali: 'Third place changes nothing for me, Tom needs to pay attention or he'll lose the podium too'
- Rapha Nocturne and Cycling Weekly announce new partnership for 2017 race series
- Watch: Philippe Gilbert stops to pose for photos with fans mid-race; still finishes second
- Strava stats show just how hard and fast the pros rode on yesterday's brutal Giro d'Italia stage
- 'Every day that passes, the bigger the gruppetto becomes': How sprinters survive the Giro d'Italia mountains
May 25th
- Tour of Utah 2017 route features nearly 40,000ft (12,000m) of climbing
- Tejay van Garderen: 'I'm going to try again for the GC in a Grand Tour'
- Phil Gaimon’s worst retirement ever part three: Only getting better or worse? (video)
- Tom Dumoulin: ‘I hope Nibali and Quintana lose their podium spots if they only focus on me'
- Tom Dumoulin fends off Nairo Quintana's attacks as Tejay van Garderen wins Giro d'Italia stage 18
- Get a free £10 Wiggle voucher when you book a Wiggle Super Series event this Bank Holiday Weekend
- Survey reveals just how little some motorists know about cyclists' rights
- Entire Brazilian team banned again just three months after completing previous suspension
- Luke Rowe column: 'If we could do two days training in one day, we could spend Sunday hungover in bed''
- Ride with… Stourbug
- German athlete's 1,850m swim takes the honour of being Strava's billionth activity
- What gears do the pros use in the Giro d'Italia's mountain stages?
- Impressive power numbers show the huge effort behind Pierre Rolland's Giro d'Italia stage win
May 24th
- 'I race hard... If there's a chance to go on the attack, I don't think. That's the way I see cycling.'
- Tom Dumoulin: Saving maglia rosa after sickness was a big mental win
- Pierre Rolland ends long wait for a victory with solo win on Giro d'Italia stage 17
- Don't get too close: Protecting cyclists with the 1.5 metre rule
- Former Team Wiggins rider Daniel Patten not giving up hope of getting another pro contract
- What's in a pro cyclist's feed bag? (video)
- We asked the pros: should you wait when a rival has problems?
- Lars Bak wins 100 beers for being the heaviest rider over the Stelvio
- Family of cyclist who suffered life-changing injuries in crash in Spain launch campaign to bring him home
May 23rd
- Peter Sagan heads to Utah for Tour de France altitude training
- Vincenzo Nibali: 'I never expect any rider to wait for me when I have stopped'
- Tom Dumoulin: The Giro isn't over... I have to fight all the way to Milan
- Watch: Giro d'Italia stage 16 highlights
- Five talking points from stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia
- Twitter reacts to Tom Dumoulin's ill-timed toilet stop and Movistar's decision not to wait
- Tom Dumoulin fights to keep Giro d'Italia pink jersey as rivals attack after he takes natural break
- Movistar and Bahrain-Merida attack while Tom Dumoulin takes natural break at Giro d'Italia
- Watch: Tom Dumoulin lashes out at Colombian fan pushing Nairo Quintana up the Stelvio
- Cyclist escapes with minor injuries after being shot with pellet gun in US sportive
- Bike cafe to reward heaviest Giro d'Italia rider to summit the Stelvio with 100 beers
- Icons of cycling: Passo dello Stelvio
May 22nd
- Cycling safety advocates get creative with cardboard cut-outs to emphasise safety issues
- Former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden dies five days after cycling crash
- Icons of cycling: The Cima Coppi
- Man escorted off M23 motorway after betting mates he could cycle from London to Brighton
- 'I really don't see a weakness in Tom Dumoulin,' says Nairo Quintana
- 150km in three hours: Strava stats give an insight into a blisteringly fast Giro d'Italia stage
- Cars, taxis, and lorries banned from major London junction in bid to improve cyclists' safety
- Watch: Katusha-Alpecin staff suspended after emptying septic tank in lay-by at Tour of California
May 21st
- Bob Jungels: I'm similar to Wiggins and Dumoulin, but I need time to develop
- Tanel Kangert left with broken elbow after horror crash into traffic island on Giro stage 15
- Efforts to overhaul Tom Dumoulin will cost Nairo Quintana at the Tour de France, say team managers
- Bob Jungels wins sprint finish on Giro d'Italia stage 15 as Nairo Quintana steals valuable GC seconds
May 20th
- Should the sprinters finish the Giro d’Italia out of respect for race? Team bosses have their say
- Nairo Quintana: 'My legs were good, but Tom Dumoulin's the best rider in the Giro d'Italia'
- Tom Dumoulin: 'I'm afraid of that final week; we haven't even done half the climbs yet'
- Tom Dumoulin distances Nairo Quintana on summit finish to extend Giro d'Italia lead
- Watch: Tour de Pharmacy film trailer pokes fun at doping in pro cycling
- 'I would have been happy with top 20': Team Sky's Jon Dibben reflects on his first pro win
May 19th
- Thousands of commuters take to two wheels as part of Bike to Work Day
- Adam Yates: 'There's no reason to change from a Giro d'Italia GC strategy'
- Five taking points from stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia
- Dave Brailsford: ‘Geraint is one of the toughest…but it was clear he couldn’t continue’
- Unstoppable Fernando Gaviria sweeps past Sam Bennett to take Giro d'Italia stage 13 victory
- Bardiani-CSF riders to be sacked by team after doping positives confirmed
- Jan Ullrich appointed sporting director of German race; resigns four days in to the job
- Watch: Cyclists pulled over by police after riding two abreast and 'causing people to drive carelessly'
- Watch: Incredible moment a brazen thief tries to steal a bike off the back of a moving car
- Geraint Thomas abandons 2017 Giro d'Italia
May 18th
- How to climb Mount Teide, from sea level to 2,200m (video)
- Cyclist uses plungers to create protected bike lane in Rhode Island
- How to replace a broken spoke (video)
- Fernando Gaviria continues dream Grand Tour debut with third win at Giro d'Italia on stage 12
- Watch: Cyclist knocked off bike then nearly run over in shocking dooring incident (video)
- Ride with... Hull Thursday Road Club
- 'Easy decision' for the sprinters to abandon the Giro d'Italia as mountain stages loom
- Sunweb rider left stranded at Giro d'Italia after team bus leaves without him
- Mark Cavendish among those to offer support to MotoGP world champion involved in cycling crash
- Victor Campenaerts fined 100 Swiss francs for using Giro d'Italia time trial to get a date
May 17th
- San Jose cycling community mourns the death of rider on Mount Hamilton
- 'Cav said it would be a good day for the team, and look how it ended'
- Geraint Thomas: 'I was suffering all day'
- Bike mechanic lands job at NASA after impressing customer by keeping his bike running smoothly
- Omar Fraile takes spectacular breakaway win on Giro d'Italia stage 11 as Thomas loses more time
- Alex Dowsett uploads 10 mile time trial to Strava with astonishing power and speed figures
- More than 270,000 commutes logged on Strava during Global Bike to Work Day
- Dimension Data provide update on Mark Cavendish's condition as he recovers from glandular fever
- Team Sky debut new Castelli skinsuit in Giro d'Italia time trial
- She said yes! Belgian rider uses Giro d'Italia stage 10 time trial to try and get a date
May 16th
- Geraint Thomas: ‘I’ve worked too hard to give up on the Giro d’Italia’
- Nairo Quintana says he needs to 'make another strategy' to win Giro d'Italia after big time trial losses
- Watch: Tom Dumoulin accidentally whacks podiums girls as he receives the pink jersey
- Tom Dumoulin powers into pink with dominant Giro d'Italia stage 10 time trial victory
- Why are the Italian riders faring so badly at the Giro d'Italia?
- 'Easyjet destroyed my bike': pro cyclist posts photo of bike snapped in half after flight
- Toms Skujins recovering from concussion after scary Tour of California crash
- Luke Rowe column: 'The climbers ride at what they consider an easy pace but for me it’s pretty hard'
- Team Sky give update on condition of Geraint Thomas and Mikel Landa ahead of Giro d’Italia time trial
- What is your favourite line from a TV cycling commentator?
May 15th
- Rafal Majka takes overall lead of Tour of California after winning thrilling stage two
- Cannondale pull Toms Skujins from Tour of California after frightening crash on descent
- Nairo Quintana admits he expects to lose the pink jersey in Giro d'Italia stage 10 time trial
- Vaughters: Cannondale could compete with Sky if we had 70 per cent of their budget
- How to pace a long time trial (video)
- Giro d'Italia race director defends work of police motorcyclists in wake of Geraint Thomas crash
- Strava stats reveal just how fast Nairo Quintana attacked on the Blockhaus at the Giro d'Italia
- Ian Bibby finally wins Lincoln GP; Alice Barnes triumphs for second successive year
May 14th
- Anna van der Breggen wins Amgen Women's Race overall by one second
- Marcel Kittel sprints to Tour of California stage one victory ahead of Peter Sagan
- 'I was just lucky. If I was two centimetres to the right I would have gone down'
- Orica-Scott director slams Movistar for not waiting for riders caught in Giro motorbike crash
- 'It shouldn't have happened': Geraint Thomas left angry after motorbike ruins Giro chances
- Nairo Quintana wins on Blockhaus as Giro d'Italia stage nine marred by motorbike crash
- Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates taken down in crash with motorbike ahead of Giro d’Italia Blockhaus finale (video)
May 13th
- 'I thought of the pink jersey and the stage win, but I didn't get either': Valerio Conti after final kilometre crash
- Team Sky plot more surprise moves after Mikel Landa goes on the attack at the Giro d’Italia
- Gorka Izagirre wins from breakaway as Mikel Landa goes on attack in thrilling Giro d’Italia stage eight
- 'We'll see the big fight that we didn't see on Etna': GC contenders prepare for Blockhaus battle
- Icons of cycling: Blockhaus
- Watch: Undertaking cyclist being hit by turning car sparks debate over who was in the wrong
May 12th
- Caleb Ewan sets sights on Tour de France after first Giro d'Italia stage win
- Huge scientific study shows inaccuracies of popular power meters
- Lance Armstrong takes to social media after fake news sites spread rumours that he'd died
- Caleb Ewan edges Giro d’Italia stage seven in three-way photo finish from Gaviria and Bennett
- 'If it doesn't work out, we hide them': How pro mechanics prepare coloured bikes for race leaders
- These are the seven riders who will support Peter Sagan at the Tour of California
- 'Our time will come': Cannondale-Drapac facing two years with no WorldTour win
- Motorist charged with attempted murder after retired police officer knocked off bike
- Stig Broeckx back on bike less than a year after suffering severe brain injuries in crash with race moto
May 11th
- ‘You have to take the opportunities when they’re there’: Stuyven rues bitterly disappointing Giro near miss
- Silvan Dillier pips Jasper Stuyven to Giro d'Italia stage six victory after colossal breakaway
- ‘Incidents like the Sussex van are a frightening daily occurrence and we all have stories to tell’
- Has anything ever made you question your love of cycling? What was it?
- Full survey results: One in 20 amateur racers admit to doping
- Fans with selfie sticks creating 'dangerous' and 'crazy' start to Giro d'Italia, say riders
- Pilates for cyclists: is it worth it?
- Tour of Cambridgeshire: Entries to the gran fondo close Sunday
May 10th
- Increased cycling infrastructure leads to 75 per cent crash rate decrease in some U.S. cities, says study
- Sam Bennett explains how hours spent on YouTube have improved his sprinting technique
- Julian Alaphilippe ruled out of Tour de France after surgery for knee injury
- Watch: Luka Pibernik celebrates at the Giro d'Italia... one lap too early
- Fernando Gaviria unleashes powerful sprint to take second stage win at Giro d'Italia
- Chris Froome crash: 'If it can happen to a Tour de France winner, then no one is safe'
- New footage shows Diego Rosa appearing to punch Javier Moreno at Giro d'Italia
- Nairo Quintana admits that he's still searching for top form at Giro d'Italia
- Giro d'Italia Strava stats show what it takes to stay with the front group on a summit finish
- Matteo Pelucchi finishes Giro d’Italia stage alone with jersey in tatters after crash with 80km to go
- Ride with… West Lothian Clarion cycling club
- Luke Rowe Column: ‘Phil Deignan, he’s a funny guy but he walks around naked quite a lot’
- Motorist who left cyclist with serious injuries after ramming him into tree sentenced to three years in jail
- Chris Froome back out training the day after being 'rammed' by driver
- Giro d'Italia 2017's toughest climbs: one down, five to go
- JLT-Condor make perfect start to Tour Series with team victory in Redditch
May 9th
- Texas police department implements distance measuring radar device to catch close passers
- Javier Moreno disqualified from Giro d'Italia after pushing Sky's Diego Rosa (video)
- 'No-one wants to go too deep, too early': Geraint Thomas explains lack of attacks on Giro's opening mountain stage
- Huge crash takes down half the field and blocks the road at the Four Days of Dunkirk
- Jan Polanc wins on Mount Etna as Bob Jungels takes Giro d'Italia overall lead
- ‘It’s a reminder, it shows how dangerous it can be’: Sky riders and staff react to Chris Froome’s crash
- GC contenders hit the deck at Giro d'Italia after Fernando Gaviria misjudges corner
- Nocturne partners with Rapha to create the Rapha Nocturne Series
- Rohan Dennis becomes first rider to abandon Giro d'Italia after crosswind crash
- Chris Froome ‘rammed on purpose’ by driver and his bike is severely damaged
- Stelvio Pass enduring heavy snow with just two weeks until the Giro d'Italia visits
- Construction starts on new Boardman performance centre
- Chris Froome's descending position slower than Peter Sagan's or Marco Pantani's, study finds
- Gaviria, Greipel, Dumoulin sign up to ride Velon’s new Hammer race
- 'It's not a pretty picture': Tyler Hamilton says doping still prevalent in pro and amateur cycling
May 8th
- Van driver filmed forcing cyclist off road is sacked by company
- Roberto Heras to receive €724,000 compensation for doping sanction
- What is the black stick below the riders' saddles at the Giro d'Italia?
- Watch: Drone crashes into cyclist mid-race (video)
- Trek-Segafredo bus gets wedged on tight bend while trying to drive down narrow road at Giro d'Italia
- Incredible Strava stats give an insight into the echelons at the end of Giro d'Italia stage three
- Two cyclists dead after being hit by driver over limit for alcohol and drugs in Spain
- Cyclist chasing 500,000km world record has bike stolen just short of goal
- Canyon Demo Day - Saturday 20 May
May 7th
- Rohan Dennis suffers 'big blow' and says Giro overall hope 'is done' after stage three crash
- Fernando Gaviria battles through crosswinds to take Giro d’Italia stage three and pink jersey
- 'I had the legs to be there': Geraint Thomas laments missed opportunity to take time in Giro crosswinds
- Bob Jungels: We knew there were crosswinds coming and we just surprised them
- Jolien D'Hoore wraps up overall victory at Tour of Chongming Island with final stage win
May 6th
- André Greipel: 'It's a childhood dream to wear the Giro d'Italia maglia rosa'
- Nicola Ruffoni blames Giro d'Italia anti-doping positive on prostate infection
- Caleb Ewan ‘devastated’ after Fernando Gaviria collision in Giro d’Italia sprint
- André Greipel sprints to Giro d'Italia stage two victory and claims maglia rosa
- ‘In the next two or three years you’ll be surprised by the American talent’
- Five things we learned from stage one of the Giro d’Italia
May 5th
- Lukas Pöstlberger: 'The sprinters I beat seemed happy for me'
- Riders from Chad Young's home town come together to remember his life
- Watch: Giro d'Italia stage one highlights
- Lukas Pöstlberger takes stunning Giro d’Italia win with dramatic late attack
- Giro d'Italia boss laments 'damage already done' by Bardiani doping positives
- Watch: Michele Scarponi's farewell interview (video)
- Sam Bennett stepping up 'another level' as he makes his Giro d'Italia debut
- British Cycling culture report delayed until after June's General Election
- Vincenzo Nibali: 'I'm in better form than last year, but Nairo Quintana is still the Giro d'Italia favourite'
- Google plays tribute to the Giro d’Italia, but doesn’t seem quite sure what it is
- After two years with no Brits, here are the three GB riders in the 2017 Giro d'Italia
- Geraint Thomas: 'it won't be a step backwards if I don't do well at the Giro d'Italia'
- Colorado to outlaw 'rolling coal' of cyclists by trucks
- Unique Grinduro race to come to the UK this summer
May 4th
- Two riders out of Giro d'Italia after failing dope tests
- Thibaut Pinot comments on 'ridiculous' Giro d'Italia downhill classification, now scrapped
- 'We will miss Alex Dowsett in the Giro d'Italia' says Nairo Quintana
- Colombian climber Egan Bernal rumoured to be signing with Team Sky next year
- Think you can beat Fabian Cancellara? Now you can prove it
- ‘Geraint Thomas has got to be the most talented rider I’ve ever worked with’
- Riders and teams take to Twitter as they arrive in Sardinia ahead of the Giro d’Italia
- Tom Dumoulin: I can't compete with Nibali and Quintana at 95 per cent
- New bill could mean California cyclists won't have to stop at stop signs
- Why Steven Kruijswijk could be the rider to upset the big Giro d’Italia favourites
May 3rd
- Which North American riders will take to the Giro d'Italia start line?
- Vincenzo Nibali’s team more wary of Mikel Landa than Geraint Thomas at Giro d’Italia
- 11 riders to follow on Strava for the Giro d'Italia
- 'I put more pressure on myself than anyone around me': Caleb Ewan sets his sights on the Giro d'Italia
- Giro d'Italia abandons plans for 'misunderstood' descending prize after rider backlash
- Nairo Quintana's complete guide to the Giro d'Italia 2017
- Do you think modern technology helps cycling, or gets in the way of enjoyment?
- Your chance to tackle the same roads and climbs as the Tour de Yorkshire
- Middle East Peace Tour 'great opportunity' for mixing cycling and cultures
- 'Unacceptable' Giro d'Italia descending competition should be dropped, says senior UCI official
- Tour of Battenkill cancelled only a month after being added to UCI America Tour
May 2nd
- San Francisco Bay Area cyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in car collision
- Watch: Massive crash takes down half the field and blocks the road at Red Hook Crit (video)
- Giro d'Italia dedicates Mortirolo climb to 'great champion' Michele Scarponi
- Essex cyclist suffers nasty facial injuries after car passenger pushes him off bike during time trial
- Ride with… Banbury Star
- The 'Robocop' cycling advocate taking personal protection on the roads to a whole new level
- Giro d'Italia's best descender prize causes controversy
- Diego Rosa: It’s another level at Team Sky compared to Astana
May 1st
- Team Sky suspend Gianni Moscon over 'racist comments' made to Kevin Reza
- Alex Dowsett misses out on Giro d'Italia as Movistar name squad to back Quintana
- Tao Geoghegan Hart pays tribute to former team-mate Chad Young
- Luke Rowe column: why do so many pro cyclists live on the Côte d’Azur?