Cycling has been on the look out for mini engines in bike frames, and it may have come up trumps. But it might be missing a trick to invigorate the sport.
Yellow-jersey Chris Froome and his fellow cyclists lining up at Stage 4 of the tour on July 7.
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Riding a bike for 60 minutes doesn’t sound like the hardest thing in the world, but trying to cover 55km will push the Tour de France winner to the limit.
The new report from world cycling’s governing body has confirmed the obvious: doping is out of control. Why waste upwards of £50m a year on fighting it when we could start from the bottom up?
Oleg Tinkov gives thumbs up after a practice session.
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He may not possess the urbanity of Carlo Ancelotti, be owner of the world’s biggest sporting brand, or have Cristiano Ronaldo at his disposal, but Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov is intent on creating…
Lance Armstong listens to the national anthem on the podium after winning the 2005 Tour de France.
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The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has officially upended the Elysian podium that held Lance Armstrong aloft as victor of seven Tours de France. Its ruling comes in the wake of the damning judgement…