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Mar 03, 2020

E-bike rider cleared of killing pedestrian in crash

Thomas Hanlon arrives at the Old Bailey in London (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/ PA) A cyclist has been cleared of killing a pedestrians after hitting her with his e-bike.

Mar 02, 2020

Johan Bruyneel: 'Doping was inevitable and quite possibly still is'

Johan Bruyneel (Tim De Waele/Getty)Lance Armstrong's former team manager says he sought psychological help after the release of the USADA report in 2012

Mar 02, 2020

British Cycling eyes strategic overhaul ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com - 26/02/2020 - 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot - Das Velodrom, Berlin, Germany - Ed Clancy, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield and Oliver Wood of Great Britain in the Mens Team Pursuit Qualifying.British Cycling performance director Stephen Park has signalled BC may shift focus away from the blue riband team pursuit in the light of the team’s track World Championships struggles. The men’s team pursuit squad did their best qualifying ride ever, but they still appeared off the pace finishing seventh with a 3.50.341, while the Danish […]

Mar 01, 2020

UCI president says races postponed over coronavirus may not be rescheduled

9 March 2019 13th Strade Bianche Peloton Photo : Yuzuru SUNADADavid Lappartient, president of the UCI, has said it may well not be possible to reschedule races that are cancelled because of the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking to a small group of journalists at the Track World Championships in Berlin, the Frenchman said the effect on the sport of the on going spread of […]

Mar 01, 2020

Elinor Barker: ‘I’m close to the form of my life’

Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com - 01/03/2020 - 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot - Das Velodrom, Berlin, Germany - Womens Points Race Podium, Elinor Barker of Great Britain in Gold and The Rainbow Jersey.Elinor Barker showed she is “pretty close” to the form of her life entering the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, as she claimed Britain’s only gold of the track World Championships in Berlin. Barker took two laps on the field in the points race to claim the rainbow jersey in style ahead of American Jernnifer […]