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June 30th
- Mark Cavendish: 'It won't be a failure if I don't win a Tour de France stage'
- Steve Cummings: I need to go through the Tour de France route and find the stages I can win
- Trek-Segafredo 'not wasting time' discussing André Cardoso's positive drugs test
- Nairo Quintana: 'We'll have to be daring to win the Tour'
- Molly Weaver: Almost paralysed to Giro Rosa start line in less than six months
- 'It's about being aggressive when it counts': Geraint Thomas's guide to the 2017 Tour de France route
- Bradley Wiggins reveals desire to compete in rowing at 2020 Olympic Games
- How to warm-up for a time trial (video)
- UCI adds three new races to Women's WorldTour for 2018 season
- Trek-Segafredo reveal new white kit, and Twitter has spotted just a few similarities with Sky
- Does EPO actually boost cycling performance? New study suggests it might not
June 29th
- Watch: road rider vs mtb rider – Joe Barnes vs Nils Politt
- Simon Yates looks forward aggressive racing as he targets Tour de France white jersey
- Richie Porte: Team Sky are 'playing games' when they say I'm the Tour de France favourite
- Peter Sagan: 'I won't get bored of winning the green jersey'
- Cavendish: 'Without this illness, I'd be going to the Tour looking to pass Merckx's stage record'
- Dan Martin: 'I raced like an idiot at the Tour last year, but I've learned a lot'
- Rider handed four-year ban after 2012 sample tests positive for EPO
- Richie Porte extends contract with BMC Racing beyond 2017
- Ride With… Marlow Riders club
- Sky and Katusha show off new team kit ahead of 2017 Tour de France
- Jan Bakelants apologises over offensive remarks about podium girls
- 14-year-old Italian rider fails drugs test after local race
June 28th
- Yorkshire host towns for 2019 World Championships unveiled
- Chris Froome: 'My Tour de France rivals probably think I'm weaker than before, but I feel like I'm fresher'
- Lance Armstrong unhappy at Tour de France’s Jan Ullrich 'snub' for Grand Départ
- Not sure where to store your bikes? How about a fake skip
- 'We have to find other ways to win' on unconventional Tour de France route, says Sky’s Nicolas Portal
- New rule introduced to improve safety of riders in Tour de France bunch sprints
- Former team-mate gives forthright opinion on André Cardoso's EPO positive
June 27th
- 'I'm a clean athlete': André Cardoso denies using EPO in statement
- Trek-Segafredo rider André Cardoso tests positive for EPO
- American cyclist dies after losing control and riding off cliff
- Canadian pro rider posts photo of impressive 'Tour de France legs' - but misses out on selection
- Simon Yates admits his time trialling may always be a weakness as he heads to the Tour de France
- Belgian newspaper reports that Quick-Step's future is safe, but team boss isn't happy
- 'There was nowhere to go': Wiggle High5 pro opens up on terrifying truck crash
- New Highway Code rules to make cyclists safer could also cut delays for motorists by a quarter
- Movistar announce team to support Nairo Quintana at the Tour de France
June 26th
- Irish National Champs organisers criticised for having to pull over women's peloton for men's race to pass
- Geraint Thomas: 'I don't feel the same as I did before the Giro d'Italia'
- Mark Cavendish selected for Dimension Data Tour de France squad
- 'Nairo has always done better at the second Grand Tour... the Tour won't be a problem for him'
- New British champion Steve Cummings asks Twitter whether he should go for white shorts
- Bryan Coquard omitted from Direct Energie Tour de France squad after contract snub
June 25th
- Steve Cummings: 'That was the worst race I have ever done in my life'
- Steve Cummings completes stunning British nationals double with solo victory in road race
- Lizzie Deignan explains how she won the national title for a fourth time in seven years
- Lizzie Deignan wins her fourth British national road race title with late solo attack
June 24th
- Mark Cavendish and Ian Stannard spotted training together ahead of National Championships
- How to master descents (video)
- Romain Bardet: The saviour of French cycling
June 23rd
- Why isn't Ian Stannard in the Team Sky Tour de France squad?
- Watch: London cyclist presses bus's emergency engine cut-off as 'revenge' for 'close pass'
- Dad cycles 1,400 miles to meet man who received his daughter's heart donation and hear her heartbeat
- ‘Grand Tour riders will become more valuable with eight rider teams’
- Team Sky expecting usual 'hostile environment' at Tour de France, says Dave Brailsford
June 22nd
- Emotional Steve Cummings hopeful national time trial win will secure Tour de France spot
- Steve Cummings edges out Alex Dowsett to win British National Time Trial Championships
- Team Sky reveal the eight riders who will support Chris Froome at the Tour de France
- 2018 Tour de France rescheduled to reduce clash with FIFA World Cup
- Grand Tour teams to be reduced from nine to eight riders from 2018
- Nettie Edmondson's bike crushed by truck on 'wrong side of the road'
- Nairo Quintana: 'Chris Froome is still the favourite for the Tour de France'
- 'We don't want to make a different bike for a sprinter and a climber...We just want to create the very best'
- Hayley Simmonds 'disappointed' at missing out on a medal in British Road National Championships time trial
- Claire Rose takes national time trial title as Hayley Simmonds misses out on third successive victory
- Van driver arrested over death of 72-year-old cyclist during club time trial
- Mikel Landa set to sign with Movistar for 2018, reports suggest
- Cycling photographers showcase women's cycling in Kickstarter album
- Ride with… Bishop’s Stortford Cycling Club
June 21st
- Team Sky's Michal Kwiatkowski smashes course to win Polish time trial championship title
- New Dutch bike lock aims to stop cyclists from using their phones while riding
- Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel hit out at UCI president Brian Cookson over re-election
- Peter Sagan aims for sixth green jersey as Bora-Hansgrohe confirm final Tour de France team
- Luke Rowe column: 'People in the army are risking their lives. We’re just racing bikes round France'
June 20th
- Peter Sagan and wife Katarina announce they're expecting their first child
- As inclusive traffic free days in Italy increase - will we see them in the UK?
- Lance Armstrong tries to block LeMond, Andreu and USADA report from upcoming $100m trial
- Nairo Quintana heads to Alps to preview key Tour de France climbs
June 19th
- Anger as Saudi diplomat set to escape prosecution after German cyclist killed in car-dooring incident
- British Road National Championships 2017 routes: road race and time trial courses
- What ingenious bike repair has got you home after a mechanical disaster?
- Dublin mayor considers plan to let wheelchair users into cycle lanes
- Canyon/SRAM Zwift Academy rider Leah Thorvilson gears up to ride the Giro Rosa
- Dr. Hutch: Quitting cycling is more hassle than it’s worth
- 'My conscience is clean': Gianni Moscon moving on from racism incident with return to racing
- Wout Poels confident of place on Sky's Tour de France squad despite four months out with injury
- Ride with… Haddington CC
- Watch: New Tour de Pharmacy trailer released, and it's even more ridiculous than the last one
- Rider dies after being hit by vehicle during Trans Am ultra-endurance race
June 18th
- Simon Spilak wraps up Tour de Suisse overall win as Dennis takes final stage time trial
June 17th
- Late attacks fall short as Peter Sagan sprints to second Tour de Suisse stage win
- Cyclist killed in 10-mile time trial named as 72-year-old club co-founder John Stewart
- Win at all costs: who pays the price?
June 16th
- Mark Cavendish: 'I don't know if I will go to the Tour de France'
- Tweets of the week: Geraint Thomas, Vincenzo Nibali, Alex Dowsett and more
- Watch: Italian pro bunny hops over crashed riders; still takes fifth in sprint finish
- Expert witness branded 'not competent to testify' in $100m Lance Armstrong lawsuit
- Cyclist killed while competing in 10-mile time trial in Derbyshire
- Driver found not guilty of causing death of cyclist who was dragged under lorry for 14 metres
- Police launch investigation after 14-year-old cyclist punched by car passenger
June 15th
- Domenico Pozzovivo holds on to win Tour de Suisse stage six after treacherous final descent
- Brian Cookson should not be re-elected as UCI president following British Cycling revelations, MP claims
- Mark Cavendish 10th on racing return as Sam Bennett wins opening stage in Slovenia
- Jess Varnish 'insulted' as she considers legal action after 'laughable' British Cycling report
- Giro d'Italia winner Tom Dumoulin to enjoy some well-earned rest after abandoning Tour de Suisse
- Mark Cavendish returns to racing today as he hones form ahead of Tour de France
- Pros hit astonishing speeds of more than 130kmh on Tour de Suisse descent
June 14th
- Watch: Cyclist has terrifying near miss as driver speeds out in front of him at roundabout
- Peter Sagan blows away sprint rivals with stunning Tour de Suisse stage win
- More than 1,000 people sign petition to stop 'dangerous' road resurfacing
- Staff speak of 'culture of fear' and 'dictatorial regime' at British Cycling
- Mark Renshaw: how to be a lead-out rider, and why he works so well with Mark Cavendish
- 'Chris Froome's not the same rider he was in the last few years, but he's still the man to beat'
- Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen dies
June 13th
- UCI bans Bardiani CSF for 30 days after Giro d'Italia doping scandal
- Larry Warbasse claims heroic breakaway victory on Tour de Suisse summit finish
- Policeman tells Katusha-Alpecin rider to get off his bike and walk to Tour de Suisse sign on (video)
- Marcel Kittel to meet Quick-Step boss over future after being linked with move to Katusha
- Alex Dowsett in contention for place in Movistar's Tour de France squad in support of Nairo Quintana
- 'What makes me the rider I am?': Critérium du Dauphiné winner Jakob Fuglsang on what's behind his success
- Study reveals how you can stop your body getting older through regular exercise
June 12th
- Michael Matthews edges out Peter Sagan to win Tour de Suisse stage three; takes overall lead
- Local bike shop's new initiative seeks to end battle with online retailers
- Richie Porte: 'Chris Froome obviously didn't want to see me win. You don't forget that for July'
- Chris Froome 'on track for Tour de France' despite falling short at Critérium du Dauphiné
- Jones and Shaw crowned 2017 Rapha Nocturne London Elite Criterium winners
June 11th
- Watch: Critérium du Dauphiné 2017 stage eight highlights
- Kasia Niewiadoma wraps up Women's Tour overall victory as Jolien D'Hoore wins final stage
- Philippe Gilbert sprints to victory on stage two of the Tour de Suisse as Rohan Dennis loses lead
- Jakob Fuglsang distances Richie Porte to win Critérium du Dauphiné 2017 overall title
June 10th
- Kasia Niewiadoma holds on to Women's Tour lead as Sarah Roy takes stage four
- Rohan Dennis wins Tour de Suisse opening time trial
- Pete Kennaugh wins ahead of Ben Swift on Alpe d'Huez on Critérium du Dauphiné stage seven
- Sir Chris Hoy: 'We need to emphasise the positives of cycling to get people on their bikes'
June 9th
- Chris Froome: 'Dauphiné descent was like playing a computer game... it could've gone one of two ways'
- Richie Porte happy to come away with Dauphiné lead after 'crazy descent'
- Chloe Hosking sprints to Women's Tour stage three win as Kasia Niewiadoma retains lead
- Jakob Fuglsang narrowly beats Richie Porte and Chris Froome to win Critérium du Dauphiné stage six
- Tweets of the week: Ryan Mullen, Alex Dowsett and Callum Skinner
- Peter Sagan and Greg Van Avermaet renew rivalry at Tour de Suisse
- Chris Froome set to sign new contract with Team Sky
- Fatigued Nairo Quintana won't race before Tour de France
- Madison confirmed to feature at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- Mikel Landa looks set to be one of Chris Froome's key helpers at Tour de France
June 8th
- Amy Pieters snatches first Boels-Dolmans win on stage two of Women's Tour
- ‘It’s a complete lie’: BMC slam Chris Froome transfer story
- New barriers on a London bridge reduce space in cycle lane
- Brother NRG smash British 10-mile team competition record
- Three Brits in Team Sky's line-up for Tour de Suisse
- Tom Boonen starts racing again... this time in a car
- Cycling’s fashion police are banging at your door. What item in your wardrobe is going to land you in trouble?
June 7th
- British Cycling to appoint a new head of medicine as part of medical overhaul
- Kasia Niewidoma takes first stage of Women's Tour with breakaway
- Chris Froome on Dauphiné TT: 'Not my best performance'
- Survey of 1,000 motorists shows how uneducated British car drivers are about cyclists
- Cyclist killed during a 10-mile time trial in Kent
- Richie Porte powers to Critérium du Dauphiné stage four victory
- London Cycling Campaign call on barriers on London bridges to be modified
- Vincenzo Nibali and other Italian riders reminded they must ride national championships
- Hundreds pay their respects to young time triallist Joe Guy
- Rapha Nocturne hits London's streets this weekend
- British Cycling to ask Team Sky to leave Manchester Velodrome
June 6th
- Chris Froome doubts chances of taking yellow in upcoming Critérium du Dauphiné time trial
- Tom Dumoulin commits to a long-term future with Team Sunweb
- Are the roads more dangerous than they used to be?
- Cyclists are attached to their bikes and form strong bonds with them, study finds
- Tour de France Bastille Day stage under threat after storm damage
- British Cycling's board of directors set to change next month
- Wout Poels has to prove form at Route de Sud if he wants to race Tour de France
June 5th
- Autopilot car could be 'fatal' to cyclists, study's researcher concludes
- Taxi driver fined 'inadequate' £955 for 'car-dooring' incident which led to cyclist's death
- Three cyclists hospitalised after collision with 18-wheel lorry - but driver won't be charged (video)
- Arnaud Démare sprints to win on Critérium du Dauphiné stage two as Thomas De Gendt retains lead
- Mark Cavendish to make long awaited return at Tour of Slovenia
- Victor Campenaerts date request at the Giro d'Italia hasn't quite gone to plan
- Elia Viviani could leave Team Sky a year early after Giro d'Italia snub, reports suggest
- What did you make of the inaugural Hammer Series?
- The world’s top sprinters ‘love’ this year’s Tour of Britain route
- Cannondale-Drapac team seeks new sponsors for 2018 season
June 4th
- Team Sky win the inaugural Hammer Series
- Thomas De Gendt takes solo win on Critérium du Dauphiné stage one
June 2nd
- Chris Froome 'not taking anything for granted' with star-studded Critérium du Dauphiné field
- Off-duty police officers to carry cameras while cycling to catch 'close pass' drivers
- Seven Strava segments of the key Tour de France climbs where the race will be won and lost
- Team Sky sponsor explains why Gianni Moscon's wheel collapsed in dramatic TTT crash
June 1st
- Cycling is so popular in Copenhagen that information panels will be installed to reduce bike traffic jams
- 10 Bahrain-Merida bikes stolen ahead of Hammer Series race in the Netherlands
- Junior British star Tom Pidcock signs first pro contract with Telenet Fidea Lions cyclocross team
- Team Sky reveal special edition jersey for Tour de France
- Chris Froome plays down Nairo Quintana threat at Tour de France after Giro d'Italia efforts
- Alberto Contador taking 'super conservative' approach to the Tour de France
- What simple solution can you come up with to make roads safer for cyclists?
- Tom Dumoulin welcomed with huge celebration in Maastricht after Giro d'Italia victory