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May 2021
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- May 31st
- May 30th
- Egan Bernal 'empty' after Giro victory, doesn't think he'll be able to race Tour de France
- Giro d'Italia 2021 standings: The final results from the 104th edition
- Egan Bernal secures Giro d'Italia overall as team-mate Filippo Ganna claims final stage 21 time trial
- Brent Van Moer survives from the breakaway to take opening stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2021
- Lucinda Brand takes the overall at Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour
- Giro d'Italia stage 21: Live coverage of the final time trial
- Giro d'Italia 2021: Rider start times for the stage 21 time trial
- May 29th
- Five talking points from stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Damiano Caruso 'thought about a thousand things' in final metres before taking Giro d'Italia stage 20
- Giro d’Italia 2021: Simon Yates says he ‘wanted to try something but didn’t have the legs’
- Egan Bernal admits he was worried about Damiano Caruso’s ambitious Giro d’Italia attack
- Damiano Caruso seals stage 20 victory at Giro d'Italia as Egan Bernal's maglia rosa all but confirmed
- The new season of the Movistar Netflix series has been released
- Who’s out of the Giro d’Italia 2021 after stage 19?
- Patrick Lefevere doesn’t want to sign Peter Sagan because of star rider’s entourage
- Wout van Aert fears first-week Tour yellow jersey ambition 'no longer realistic' after appendicitis setback
- Chris Froome trains up 'steepest climb in the world' as he feels 'closer to where he needs to be' before Tour de France
- May 28th
- Five talking points from stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Egan Bernal: I have some time to play with, I just want to have good legs for the time trial
- Simon Yates believed Egan Bernal would let him go at Giro d’Italia after reading rival’s comments in media
- Simon Yates takes Giro d'Italia 2021 stage 19 victory as Egan Bernal keeps firm grip on pink
- Tweets of the Week: The Dani Martínez meme, Giro TV coverage, and Alexander Kristoff's Lamborghini
- Peter Stetina launches gravel race with $4,000 prize money for women, $0 for men
- Ineos Grenadiers announce super-strong team for Critérium du Dauphiné 2021
- Alexandre Vinokourov was fired from Astana then re-instated one day later, sports director divulges
- Former Monument Bordeaux-Paris to return as amateur event
- Giro d’Italia peloton decides to donate stage 19 prize money to victims of cable car tragedy
- Critérium du Dauphiné 2022 start list: All the teams down for the Tour de France build-up race
- Five things to look out for at the Critérium du Dauphiné 2021
- Peter Sagan fined at Giro d'Italia for intimidation against other riders amid fresh transfer speculation
- May 27th
- Alberto Bettiol pays tribute to Mottarone cable car victims after Giro d'Italia stage win
- Peter Sagan explains why he didn’t go for breakaway on stage 18 of Giro d’Italia 2021
- Five talking points from stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Alberto Bettiol storms to remarkable solo victory on stage 18 of Giro d'Italia 2021
- Why is the peloton hiding its true colours?
- European Track Championships cancelled after ‘hijacking’ of Ryanair flight in Belarus
- Damiano Caruso: Seeing Egan Bernal suffering just like me was good for morale
- Giulio Ciccone pulls out of Giro d'Italia 2021
- May 26th
- Remco Evenepoel abandons Giro d’Italia 2021
- Simon Yates reveals he was chasing the breakaway and didn’t realise Egan Bernal was dropped
- Dan Martin says he shook his head at finish of stage 17 of Giro d’Italia because he ‘didn’t believe it was happening’
- Five talking points from stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Egan Bernal: If I win the Giro d'Italia with one second or two minutes for me it would be the same
- Egan Bernal loses time to Simon Yates on stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia
- Egan Bernal shows first sign of weakness at Giro d'Italia 2021 as Dan Martin solos to stage 17 win
- European track championships in Belarus in doubt after Ryanair flight was ‘hijacked’
- US national champion dies after driver allegedly drifted into cycle lane and hit her
- Jos van Emden blames Alpecin-Fenix rider for causing mass pile-up on stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Egan Bernal will not ride the Tour de France in 2021
- May 25th
- Mountain stage of Giro d'Italia 2021 changed due to cable car crash
- Chris Froome on dominance of young riders: ‘15-year-olds can get on Strava and see how Tour de France winners are training’
- 'The war is far from over' at the Giro d'Italia 2021, according to Romain Bardet
- Egan Bernal: The plan was to be conservative, but when I’m at the front I like to attack
- Remco Evenepoel vows to work for João Almeida in the final week of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Five things to look out for in week three of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- 'Despite the changes it was an epic ride' - Pros react to brutal shortened stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- May 24th
- 'Let's end this Giro d'Italia and then open a debate on where cycling is going nowadays': Vegni speaks out after stage 16 is shortened
- Lotto-Soudal rider sent off course as he led solo in final kilometre at Ronde van Limburg
- Giro d'Italia: George Bennett carries musette over the Passo Giau to finish 14th on stage 16
- 'Podium still within reach' for Simon Yates who accepts Giro d'Italia victory is beyond him now
- Remco Evenepoel doesn't plan on leaving the Giro d'Italia despite dashed GC hopes
- As TV coverage ground to a halt, this fan live-streamed stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia on Instagram atop the Passo Giau
- Giro d'Italia 2021: Romain Bardet 'didn't realise' he finished second behind Egan Bernal
- Five talking points from stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Remco Evenepoel loses 24 minutes on stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- 'I wanted to show I'm back in the game': No answers to Egan Bernal as maglia rosa stamps his authority on Giro d'Italia
- Egan Bernal dominates to solo to victory on stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Watch: Gorka Izagirre miraculously avoids parked car on descent during Giro d'Italia stage 16
- Broken bones and dislocated shoulders: Peloton picks itself up after race-stopping crash at Giro d'Italia
- Mauro Vegni 'still angry about what happened last year' at Giro d'Italia as stage 16 altered 'to avoid any problems with riders'
- Lotto-Soudal down to just two riders at the Giro d'Italia 2021 after Thomas De Gendt abandons
- This is the new route for stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Giro d'Italia stage 16 shortened and climbs taken out due to extreme weather
- May 23rd
- Five talking points from stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Victor Campenaerts wins first Grand Tour stage from breakaway on stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia
- Anna van der Breggen wins exciting mountain top stage to take overall victory at Vuelta a Burgos
- George Bennett rode up Zoncolan twice to thank Edoardo Affini for 'carrying breakaway' on Giro d'Italia stage 14
- Giro d'Italia stage 15 momentarily neutralised due to big crash
- Strava shows just how tough the final metres of Giro d'Italia's Monte Zoncolan really were
- May 22nd
- Remco Evenepoel's form 'is not what he had hoped for' but will still aim for top 10 at Giro d'Italia
- Egan Bernal 'doesn't need to attack on every Giro d'Italia mountain stage' as he strengthens hold on maglia rosa atop Monte Zoncolan
- Five talking points from stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Egan Bernal extends GC lead with help from Simon Yates on Monte Zoncolan stage 14 at the Giro d'Italia
- Simon Yates hints at problems in first week of Giro d’Italia 2021
- Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig takes first WorldTour victory on stage three of the Vuelta a Burgos
- Ethan Hayter takes final stage of Ruta del Sol 2021, as Miguel Ángel López wins overall
- May 21st
- Edoardo Affini on accidental Giro d’Italia attack: ‘I’m still completely confused and I don’t know if I’m proud or disappointed’
- Dylan Groenewegen pulls out of the Giro d’Italia 2021
- Five talking points from stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia 2021
- Fernando Gaviria sprinted without a saddle in finale of Giro d'Italia 2021 stage 13
- Giacomo Nizzolo finally takes Giro d'Italia victory on stage 13 bunch sprint
- Giacomo Nizzolo: My goal was to finish second, maybe that’s the trick to victory
- André Greipel takes second win of the season on stage four of the Ruta del Sol 2021
- Tweets of the Week: Giro d'Italia special featuring Alex Dowsett, UCI saddle rules, and Kermit the Frog
- Anastasiia Chursina takes surprise solo win on Vuelta a Burgos 2021 stage two
- Mark Cavendish abandons Ruta del Sol 2021 after suffering from stomach problems
- Drink-driver jailed after he ran over 10-year-old cyclist and drove home with bike trapped underneath car
- 'The helmet saved my life' - Matej Mohorič after his dramatic crash at the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Riders delay start of Ruta del Sol stage to protest ‘lack of attention’ given to their safety
- Deceuninck - Quick-Step calculated that Remco Evenepoel could afford to lose time and will withdraw young Belgian 'when he is empty'
- One thousand tickets for Zoncolan stage sell out in 12 minutes as Giro d'Italia limits numbers on climb
- May 20th
- George Bennett explains tactics from finale of Giro d'Italia stage 12
- British National Road Championships 2021 to take place in Lincoln in October
- Five talking points from stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Andrea Vendrame takes stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia 2021 from the breakaway
- Miguel Ángel López hits back to take race lead on stage three of Ruta del Sol 2021
- Women’s WorldTour rider salaries increase by 25 per cent, according to UCI
- Grace Brown takes the overall lead after winning opening stage at Vuelta a Burgos
- Strava stats reveal the huge efforts behind stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia 2021
- Richie Porte, Amanda Spratt and Rohan Dennis confirmed for Australian team at Tokyo Olympics
- Alex Dowsett abandons the Giro d'Italia 2021 with stomach problems
- Aleksandr Vlasov says 'it was not easy to breathe' through dust on gravel stage of Giro d'Italia 2021
- Dan Martin says 'cycling is not worth the risk' after losing six minutes to Egan Bernal on gravel of Giro d'Italia 2021
- Giro d’Italia 2021: Remco Evenepoel says ‘I felt the legs were pretty empty, that’s why I couldn’t follow’ after brutal gravel stage
- Zwift unveils new Japan-inspired virtual destination
- May 19th
- Sir Dave Brailsford says Ineos planned to attack from the first gravel sector at Giro d’Italia 2021
- Simon Yates says riding Strade Bianche earlier this year helped him on stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Five talking points from stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Remco Evenepoel sheds over two minutes to Egan Bernal on Giro d'Italia gravel stage
- Egan Bernal extends lead on the gravel roads of Giro d'Italia 2021 stage 11
- Ethan Hayter beats Miguel Ángel López to stage victory and race lead in Ruta del Sol 2021
- UCI announces changes to bottle-throwing rule for Giro d'Italia 2021
- Patrick Lefevere says he needs another sponsor if he's to sign Peter Sagan
- Tadej Pogačar reveals race programme for the second half of the 2021 season
- 'He needs to be aggressive': Egan Bernal must continue to attack in the mountains to win Giro d'Italia, says former manager
- Giro d’Italia 2021: Cadel Evans says Egan Bernal has the advantage on the gravel of stage 11
- May 18th
- Remco Evenepoel: 'The most important thing is not to lose too much time'
- Enter for a chance to win an electric bike from Ride1UP
- How to live stream the Giro d’Italia 2021: Watch the Italian Grand Tour
- Giro d’Italia 2021: Egan Bernal says his preparation wasn’t ideal but 'emotion and adrenaline have helped'
- Does lack of sleep make you slower?
- This is how you can trade in your old bike for a brand new Giant or Liv machine
- Tom Dumoulin: 'In recent years I have become a little lost'
- May 17th
- Egan Bernal: 'I didn't plan to go for the intermediate sprint'
- Peter Sagan hails team victory but remains coy on 'day-by-day' pursuit of maglia ciclamino
- Peter Sagan sprints to Giro d'Italia stage 10 victory after team obliterates race
- Caleb Ewan responds after Eddy Merckx says he disrespected the Giro d'Italia by abandoning
- Richard Freeman 'wants to share everything he knows' about British Cycling and Team Sky with WADA
- Under-23 rider defies laws of physics as he grabs onto back of rival's bike to avoid crash
- Egan Bernal shares impressive Giro d'Italia 2021 stage-winning ride on Strava
- 'I'm at the same airport as you if you want to tell me something': Barbier and Teunissen's sprint incident spills over into departures
- Matej Mohorič says he's 'super lucky' to have come away mostly unscathed from Giro d'Italia crash
- May 16th
- Remco Evenepoel happy to have limited losses on final gravel climb of Giro d'Italia stage nine
- Connor Swift says he thought he celebrated too early before photo finish confirms Tro-Bro Léon victory
- Five talking points from stage nine of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- 'I cannot believe what just happened': Egan Bernal in disbelief after first Grand Tour stage win at Giro d'Italia 2021
- Egan Bernal blasts past breakaway to win gravel finish on stage nine of Giro d'Italia 2021
- Tom Pidcock 'born to do mountain bike' after beating Mathieu van der Poel by a minute in Nove Mesto
- André Greipel wins first sprint in two years in Spain
- Lotto-Soudal's Tomasz Marczynski out of Giro d'Italia with long Covid
- Matej Mohorič abandons Giro d’Italia 2021 after huge crash on a descent
- 'There's an element of the unknown with Bernal and Evenepoel,' says Bradley Wiggins
- May 15th
- Vincenzo Nibali: 'My Giro started uphill and isn't getting much better'
- Victor Lafay wins from breakaway to claim stage eight of the Giro d'Italia
- Caleb Ewan abandons Giro d'Italia in pursuit of stage wins at each Grand Tour
- Iljo Keisse: 'The Giro d'Italia sprint stages have been a complete safety disaster'
- Mark Cavendish in Belgium for first race since Tour of Turkey comeback
- Mathieu van der Poel beats Tom Pidcock in latest UCI MTB World Cup round
- May 14th
- Arlenis Sierra takes the win at Clásica Feminas de Navarra ahead of Van Vleuten
- Five talking points from stage seven of the Giro d’Italia 2021
- Caleb Ewan takes second win on stage seven of Giro d'Italia 2021
- Tweets of the week: Giro d'Italia, Bradley Wiggins, and the most aero dog ever?
- Sarah Storey received retroactive TUE for asthma inhaler at London 2012 Paralympics
- Team BikeExchange sports director thrown off Giro d'Italia after driving into Pieter Serry on stage six
- Five talking points from stage six of the Giro d’Italia 2021
- Julian Alaphilippe rules himself out of selection for Tokyo Olympics
- Tom Dumoulin will return to racing next month after taking a break from cycling career
- May 13th
- May 12th
- Nacer Bouhanni banned for two months after sprinting incident involving Jake Stewart
- Five talking points from stage five of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Pavel Sivakov crashes out of Giro d'Italia 2021
- Giro d’Italia 2021: Caleb Ewan says stage win a relief as he targets victory in all three Grand Tours in a single season
- Mikel Landa crashes out of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Caleb Ewan fires at the final moment to win stage five of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Sir Bradley Wiggins: I hope Mark Cavendish gets a just reward - it’s the result of a lot of sacrifice
- ‘We believe in women’s cycling, so we call it investing’: Tour de France director criticised for saying women’s races lose money
- Egan Bernal says he's pain-free after first day in the mountains at Giro d'Italia 2021
- Mathieu van der Poel: I’d prefer to win the Olympics than wear the yellow jersey...but maybe it’s possible to do both
- 130 people who changed cycling and getting them all on the cover
- Women's Tour de France confirmed to return in 2022
- May 11th
- 'I didn’t want to explode and rode at my own pace,' says Remco Evenepoel after losing time on stage four of Giro d'Italia 2021
- Giro d’Italia 2021: Alessandro De Marchi reveals he’d been planning to take maglia rosa for two days
- Five talking points from stage four of the Giro d’Italia 2021
- Joe Dombrowski wins stage four of the Giro d'Italia 2021 as Alessandro De Marchi takes pink
- João Almeida avoids penalty for littering after Giro d’Italia judge’s mix-up with team-mate
- British Cycling concerned about ‘substantial breach of privacy’ over Dame Sarah Storey’s backdated TUE for salbutamol
- Elia Viviani apologises to Davide Cimolai for altercation after finish of stage three at Giro d’Italia 2021
- May 10th
- Filippo Ganna says Remco Evenepoel ‘had fantastic legs’ as he questions whether he can maintain lead in Giro d’Italia
- Five talking points from stage three of the Giro d’Italia 2021
- Taco van der Hoorn holds off peloton by just four seconds to take victory on stage three of the Giro d'Italia
- Taco van der Hoorn: 'I looked behind me and thought what the f**k, I'm going to make it'
- Former police officer says driver threatened ‘to knock him off and kill him’ before crashing into him and fleeing the scene
- Tom Pidcock manages top-five finish at MTB World Cup after overtaking 70 riders and suffering puncture
- Doping ban for former Trek-Segafredo rider upheld after his appeal fails
- Police take down 'industrial-scale' doping lab in Spain, seize three million drug doses
- May 9th
- João Rodrigues snatches Volta ao Algarve victory from Ethan Hayter after punishing final climb
- Five talking points from stage two of the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Dylan Groenewegen: I’m happy with fourth, but I’m a winner and I always want more
- Tim Merlier outsprints Nizzolo, Viviani and Groenewegen to take stage two of the 2021 Giro d'Italia
- Annemiek Van Vleuten wins Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 2021 as Movistar flex their muscles
- Sam Bennett likely to leave Deceuninck - Quick-Step
- Philosophy with Peter Sagan: 'If there's money on the floor you pick it up, it's the same with victories'
- Wout van Aert recovering from appendicitis, preparations continue for Tour de France and Olympics
- Israel Start-Up Nation rider breaks collarbone riding back to hotel after Giro d'Italia time trial
- May 8th
- Britain's Alice Barnes 'relieved' to take long-awaited victory at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- Ethan Hayter holds on to Volta ao Algarve lead as Kasper Asgreen wins stage four time trial
- 'I just wanted to enjoy it and feel the pain again': Remco Evenepoel impresses in Giro d'Italia time trial after eight-month layoff
- Filippo Ganna obliterates the field to take victory and pink jersey on Giro d'Italia stage one time trial
- Giro d'Italia LIVE: Updates from the stage one time trial
- May 7th
- Sam Bennett eases to victory on stage three of Volta ao Algarve 2021
- Giro d’Italia 2021 start list: Simon Yates, Egan Bernal and Hugh Carthy are all set to fight for pink
- Giro d'Italia 2021: Rider start times for the opening stage one time trial
- Tweets of the week: Rohan Dennis, Philippe Gilbert and wait a minute, is that G?
- Simon Yates wary of third week surprises at the Giro d'Italia
- Chris Froome hits back at critics: ‘I’m not just going to throw in the towel’
- Fabio Jakobsen: ‘Dylan Groenewegen has not offered a personal apology or taken responsibility for his actions’
- May 6th
- Ethan Hayter sprints to victory and the overall lead on stage two of Volta ao Algarve 2021
- ‘He has that no nonsense attitude’: Sir Bradley Wiggins backs Simon Yates to win the Giro d’Italia 2021
- EF Education-Nippo and Rapha reveal special edition ‘Euphoria’ kit for Giro d'Italia
- Remco Evenepoel: You can’t prepare fully without racing, but that’s the risk we took
- Egan Bernal says he doesn’t have the same form as when he won the Tour de France, but wants to find his confidence
- Israel Start-Up Nation launch new wine inspired kit for the Giro d'Italia 2021
- May 5th
- Sam Bennett sprints to stage one victory at Volta ao Algarve 2021 after yet another perfect lead-out
- Runner confronts pensioners who were setting traps for cyclists in popular park
- Egan Bernal: Everything will depend on how my back responds
- UAE Team Emirates sign another promising young talent
- Former Vini Zabù rider banned for three years after testing positive at Giro d’Italia
- May 4th
- Ineos Grenadiers reveal the full team for the Giro d'Italia 2021
- Leaked discussions between WADA and UCI reveals tension over Chris Froome salbutamol case
- 'What is most important is that he's happy in what he's doing': Jumbo-Visma still unsure if Tom Dumoulin will return to pro cycling
- Passionate cyclist died after being hit by a police car during her first 10km run
- Here is the Deceuninck - Quick-Step squad supporting Remco Evenepoel the 2021 Giro d’Italia
- ‘Simon can learn to stand on his own two feet,’ says BikeExchange sports director after departure of Adam Yates
- May 3rd
- May 2nd
- Chris Froome suffers through chest problems at Tour de Romandie: 'It's been a tough week'
- Tom Pidcock wins first mountain bike race back by more than three minutes
- 'It's not like I haven't performed since I won the Tour,' says Geraint Thomas, who reaffirms his form with Romandie win
- Geraint Thomas makes up for slip with time trial performance to seal Tour de Romandie overall
- Volta ao Algarve the next 'important step in the right direction' for Fabio Jakobsen's return to the peloton
- Movistar's Davide Villella fined €180 for crossing finish line twice at Tour de Romandie
- Is the tubeless system flawed for narrower tyres?
- May 1st
- 'I had no feeling in my hands' says Geraint Thomas, explaining Tour de Romandie crash
- Geraint Thomas crashes in finale of Tour de Romandie stage four as Woods takes win and race lead
- Pierre Rolland and B&B Hotels borrow bikes from Total Direct Energie after only two survive trip, as magic of Tour du Rwanda beckons
- Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig criticises Tokyo 2020 course: I think it's a real shame the women aren't going over Mount Fuji
- Here are your CW5000 May challenges
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