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October 2017
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- October 31st
- 'Close pass' cycle safety operation sees 20 drivers stopped by Hampshire Police
- 'I think it looks cooler than the original': Young rider creates amazing pumpkin helmet for Halloween
- Using Uber means people are less likely to travel by bike, study finds
- Six riders injured after head-on collision with car during road race in Costa Rica
- EF Education First-Drapac give sneak peek of pink and green 2018 kit to be released at Rouleur Classic
- Ride With... North Norfolk Wheelers
- Riding the 1928 Tour de France on vintage bikes: 'Le Ride' film released on November 9 (video)
- Madison Genesis complete 2018 line-up with five new signings
- Team sizes should be reduced to just six riders, says new UCI president
- October 30th
- 15 more beautiful images from the London Six Day
- Velodrome guide: where to ride on the track in the UK
- 'I feel awful now': Dan Evans on his amazing power output in National Hill-Climb victory
- The horrors of cycling in winter: cold-weather riding tales
- London's new Santander Cycles hire bike: smaller wheels, better brakes and improved lights
- Mikel Landa: 'I'd have preferred a different welcome from Quintana'
- One cyclist dead and two injured after collision with car in South Wales
- Astana seeking compensation from Fabio Aru after UAE Team Emirates move, says Vinokourov
- An Post team fail to find sponsor for 2018: 'implications of Brexit' played part
- Watch: Chris Froome and Marcel Kittel arm wrestle - who will win? (video)
- Mark Cavendish and Peter Kennaugh fight to the end of London Six Day, but just miss out on win
- October 29th
- October 28th
- October 27th
- Drunk and drugged driver told to expect prison after being found guilty of killing cyclist
- 16 outstanding images from London Six Day so far
- Cyclists hit with nearly £75,000 in fines in just three months for riding through city centre
- Man pleads not guilty to killing Chris Boardman's mother; trial date set nearly two years after crash
- Want your Strava feed back in chronological order? Here's how to do it
- London Six Day: Three British wins on third night as Cavendish and Kennaugh move closer to lead
- October 26th
- Vincenzo Nibali undergoes surgery to remove metal plate 14 months after Olympic Games crash
- Cycling UK slams 'self-serving' car hire survey and calls for government to address real issues
- Lorry driver who killed cyclist while speeding down wrong side of road given four years in prison
- Cavendish and Kennaugh fight on at London Six Day as Aussie pair take overall lead
- October 25th
- BMC Racing drop down to 24 riders with reduction of peloton size in 2018 races
- Cyclists in favour of compulsory day time lights and helmets, study claims
- Sébastian Reichenbach appeals for fan video of Moscon collision at Tre Valli Varesine
- Dopers won't face criminal prosecution in the UK, says sports minister
- October 24th
- 'Everyone has their place, and I'm the team leader': Nairo Quintana welcomes Mikel Landa to Movistar
- 38-year-old who turned pro after impressing on Zwift earns new contract at Canyon-SRAM
- Six Olympic champions among 30 British Cycling riders to compete at Manchester Track World Cup
- Wout Poels: Chris Froome should skip the Giro and join the elite group of Tour winners
- Greg Van Avermaet crowned UCI WorldTour champion as 2017 season concludes
- Gamblers could fix races by hacking into team radios and talking to riders, says new UCI president
- Tim Wellens completes overall victory at Tour of Guangxi to bring curtain down on WorldTour season
- October 23rd
- Watch: BMC Racing rider takes a tumble off the side of podium (video)
- ‘They stretchered me out of the ravine with a broken back, then someone drove a motorbike over my leg’
- 11 things every cyclist says (and what we actually mean)
- Taking the pain: What does it mean to suffer?
- WiggleCRC acquires German rival Bike24 in reported £100m deal
- 'I wasn't really going for it': Hill climber's huge power completely destroys crankset
- How do professional riders spend the off-season?
- 90-year-old Frenchman rides more than 29km to set new age group Hour Record
- Katie Archibald double gold helps Great Britain to third in medal table at European Track Championships
- October 21st
- October 20th
- Government review considers forcing cyclists to wear hi-vis and helmets
- Socks over or under leg warmers? We asked, and here's what you said...
- 20-year-old rider Mathieu Riebel killed in head-on collision with ambulance during race
- Bardiani-CSF could face 12-month ban after third rider tests positive, blaming his mother's diuretic pill
- Great Britain settle for silver in women's team pursuit at European Track Championship
- 'It's difficult to think of myself as a pro': Sky's Beñat Intxausti reflects on his long battle with illness
- Great British cycling cafes: where to refuel on your ride
- Doctor at centre of Bradley Wiggins Jiffy bag controversy resigns from British Cycling
- Fernando Gaviria takes second successive sprint victory at Tour of Guangxi
- October 19th
- Ed Sheeran 'just got up and rode home' after breaking ribs, wrist, and elbow in cycling crash
- Paris-Roubaix cobbles ‘too dangerous’ to be included in Tour de France, says Movistar boss
- Andy Tennant crashes due to ‘dizziness’ during team pursuit at European Track Championships
- Cyclist creates amazingly intricate piece of Strava art on the streets of Cardiff
- Driver fined £350 after ‘lapse of concentration’ led to crash that put cyclist in intensive care
- Ride With... Dundee Thistle Cycling Club
- Katie Archibald column: Not getting drunk, and the shame of petty disappointment
- Madison pitches its sponsored roadies and MTB riders against each other (video)
- Mikel Landa: 'I improved riding next to Chris Froome at Team Sky'
- Fernando Gaviria kicks off Tour of Guangxi with bunch sprint win
- October 18th
- Watch: Footage gives a glimpse of the mountain-top gravel road that riders will face at 2018 Tour de France
- Philip Deignan signs new deal with Team Sky
- Strava has just launched a new update, and some users really, really don’t like it
- Four in five people back harsher penalties for aggressive drivers, survey finds
- La Course by Le Tour de France goes back to being single day race in 2018
- Dan Evans's super-slimmed down Cannondale hill-climb bike
- The 2018 Wiggle Super Series is now on sale: Earlybird specials
- Dr Hutch: An e-bike can be your friend, not your enemy
- World's first 3D-printed cycle bridge opens in the Netherlands (video)
- 'It's a great route for us': Chris Froome and Team Sky DS hopeful of 2018 Tour de France chances
- October 17th
- Dutch PM forms new government; rides his bike to the palace to tell the King
- Chris Froome 'wouldn't expect anything different from the organisers' with tough 2018 Tour de France route
- Who are the favourites to win the 2018 Tour de France?
- Six stages that could decide the 2018 Tour de France
- Fabio Aru joins UAE Team Emirates on a three-year deal
- Chris Froome given Velo d'Or award for best rider of the year after winning Tour/Vuelta double
- Richie Porte returns to racing this weekend for first time since Tour de France horror crash
- Tour de France 2018 route presentation live video streaming
- Michael Woods signs new contract with EF Education First-Drapac
- October 16th
- Fabian Cancellara: 'If you compete solely for the money you don't get results'
- Your most disappointing cycling moments revealed
- Watch: Mathieu van der Poel pulls off unbelievable save to stay upright in Superprestige cyclocross
- Seven things we’d like to see on the 2018 Tour de France route
- Ed Sheeran fractures arm after reported collision with car while cycling
- Drivers who kill will face life prison sentence under new law change
- Mont Ventoux: The magic, mystique and legend of the Giant of Provence
- 'You're getting deported to Australia': Adam Hansen describes airport drama as he travels to training camp
- Sam Bennett denied fifth Tour of Turkey stage win after crashing on final corner (video)
- October 14th
- October 13th
- Diego Ulissi wins Tour of Turkey climbing stage to take overall race lead (video)
- Team Sky reveal line-up for final WorldTour race of season: the Tour of Guangxi
- New cycling film celebrates Middle Aged Men in Lycra (video)
- Vincenzo Nibali to join Cadel Evans for gruelling 105km, 3,275-metre hill climb in Taiwan
- October 12th
- Taxi driver in cyclist car-dooring death case has conviction appeal rejected
- Driver convicted of careless driving after hitting cyclist and nearly forcing him into wall (video)
- Sam Bennett unstoppable in Tour of Turkey with third stage win (video)
- British Cycling reportedly sack men's endurance coach after 'rider revolt'
- Data reveals the places where you shouldn't park your bike if you don't want it to get stolen
- Tom Dumoulin 'undecided' on whether to ride 2018 Tour de France with Grand Tour double possible
- 11 changes to the rules of pro cycling that you need to know before the 2018 season
- Ride With… Port Sunlight Wheelers
- Nine reasons for having multiple bikes (clogging up the hallway)
- Tributes paid to 'caring, adventurous' doctor killed while cycling in Birmingham on Monday
- Katie Archibald column: 'It was a pretty savage race, bodies everywhere'
- October 11th
- Sam Bennett wins second consecutive stage in Tour of Turkey (video)
- Australia aim to match GB's Rio gold medal haul and become 'leading cycling nation' at next Olympics
- Athletes should be implanted with microchips in order to catch drug cheats, says Olympians' chief
- Could this be Britain's most 'useless' cycle park?
- Former pro Levi Leipheimer's house destroyed in California wildfires
- Teenage cyclist left with tyre marks on his body after being 'deliberately' driven at in hit-and-run attack
- Movistar rider shares photos of the huge metal rod that he's had in his leg all season
- This Dutch rider you've never heard of thinks he can break Bradley Wiggins's Hour Record
- October 10th
- Sam Bennett: 'The pressure to win smaller races will make me a better rider'
- '18,000 miles without fault': Mark Beaumont selling around-the-world bike on eBay for charity
- Peter Sagan reveals his opening race for the 2018 season
- Sam Bennett wins Tour of Turkey opening stage (video)
- Three months out with broken pelvis and elbow for Sebastien Reichenbach after controversial crash
- Cyclist left with broken spine after being 'rugby tackled' by angry driver
- Nine best go-to excuses to tell your partner when you’re late back from a ride
- Brian Cookson: ‘Cycling is in a far better place since 2013’
- Cyclists' guide to dealing with potholes
- October 9th
- Black week for Britain's cyclists after spate of road fatalities in October
- Cobbles, potholes, and rough roads can cause nerve damage for cyclists, study finds
- Alberto Contador tempted out of retirement for one last race with Chris Froome
- Driver given three-month curfew after launching abusive tirade against cyclist (video)
- Alejandro Valverde hopes to skip 2018 Tour de France as Movistar focus on Quintana and Landa
- 'Close pass' scheme rejected by police as drivers would have to move into opposite lane to overtake cyclists
- Just four top-tier teams take part in Tour of Turkey in its first year as a WorldTour race
- Former world champion Colin Sturgess joins Madison-Genesis as team manager
- Two riders suffer broken backs after crashing on same corner as Laurens De Plus at Il Lombardia
- Michele Scarponi: Killed by driver who was 'distracted by video playing on smartphone'
- October 8th
- October 7th
- October 6th
- The five top pro riders still without a contract for 2018
- Michal Kwiatkowski aims to follow Geraint Thomas's path into Grand Tour leadership
- Tom Dumoulin out of Il Lombardia will illness
- 'What are you waiting for?!': WADA slammed for failure to ban Tramadol and corticosteroids
- Dan Martin: 'You see riders who are really strong but they just don’t have the legs'
- Tour de France could return to UK in 2021, leaked documents reveal
- The five worst world champion's kits
- Alex Dowsett: How I won stage eight of the 2013 Giro d'Italia (video)
- Chris Froome should aim to win all three Grand Tours in 2018, says Giro d'Italia director
- 'Irreplaceable': Trek-Segafredo unable to find new Grand Tour star to take Contador spot
- Isle of Man cyclist dies after collision with car
- October 5th
- Church asks congregation to pray to stop cycle lane that would 'cause more harm than the Luftwaffe'
- Rigoberto Uran holds off Adam Yates to claim victory in Milano-Torino
- Strava thread goes viral as riders squabble about ‘stealing KOMs’ and ‘cyber bullying’
- Ride With... Ronde Cycling Club
- Motorist charged with assault after punching cyclist in face in road rage incident (video)
- Watch: Thief brazenly pinches bike in broad daylight, making light work of the lock (video)
- Six things to look out for at Il Lombardia
- October 4th
- BMC terminate contract with Samuel Sanchez after positive B sample confirmed
- Dave Brailsford 'has a beer' with spectators at Monsal Hill Climb
- Reichenbach 'deliberately pushed off' by Moscon to 'settle a score' after FDJ rider tweeted about racism case
- Dangers of cycling in London highlighted by film of a month's worth of commuting (video)
- Nicolas Roche heads up BMC's squad for 'toughest race of year', Il Lombardia
- Alberto Contador: ‘I could have won all three Grand Tours in the same year’
- Can Jason Kenny become the most successful British Olympian of all time?
- Dr. Hutch: How to combat the anti-cycling brigade
- 'His hands slipped from his handlebars': Gianni Moscon denies causing FDJ rider to crash
- Stefano Pirazzi given four-year ban for positive drugs test ahead of Giro d'Italia
- 'Dangerous behaviour': Team Sky's Gianni Moscon blamed for causing season-ending crash of FDJ rider
- October 3rd
- Sam Bennett wins Münsterland Giro in photo finish
- Raimondas Rumsas's son tests positive for growth hormone months after other younger son's death
- Cyclists are the most helpful people: Real-life stories
- Alexandre Geniez pips Thibaut Pinot and Vincenzo Nibali to Tre Valli Varesine victory
- Amateur motor doping case: 'It's pathetic. All this to win three sausages and a packet of crisps'
- New online shop gives you the chance to win a holiday or a bike with every inner tube you buy
- 'Late for work' Range Rover driver jailed for four and a half years after killing cyclist
- Motor doper: 'I'll be made an example of, but I’m not the only one to use a motor'
- British rider Jacob Vaughan joins Lotto-Soudal under-23 team
- October 2nd
- Christophe Bassons catches motor doping suspect after car chase
- Cyclists in Paris enjoy deserted streets as city bans cars for a day (video)
- Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise announce new signings for 2018... and one of them has a beard
- Norfolk Police starts ‘close pass’ scheme this week to increase cyclists’ safety
- Alberto Contador not replaced by Grand Tour contender in Trek-Segafredo's 2018 team
- Dan McLay to make step up to WorldTour level as he signs for EF Education First-Drapac
- Cyclist run over twice by Tesco van sues after being seriously injured
- Riders' heart rate and power data from the Monsal HC show how deep you have to go in a hill climb
- 46-year-old Davide Rebellin still keen to race on after taking stage race victory
- Compare these super-lightweight hill-climbers' bikes
- Why L'Eroica is one of the best bike rides in the world (photos)
- October 1st
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