Porte’s last grand tour stand
Richie Porte is ready to let cycling go, but not before one last lap around Italy.
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Sophie Smith
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Wakeup call: Complacency on decline at Giro
New incentives in professional cycling mean more interesting racing, and a thus-far unpredictable Giro d'Italia.
‘You go crazy like this’: Gaviria puts his cards on the table
The Colombian sprinter has had a trying time in the Covid era.
“He’s got to win”: The power of Pogačar
It's a bold move to bet against the wunderkind.
From Finland, with love: How Tiffany Cromwell got her groove back
The Australian cyclist has found her love of cycling once more
Omani national team shows its colors and tenacity at home stage race
Young Omani national team competed to gain experience — and for the love of racing.
Kaden Groves on Tour of Oman: ‘We’re learning every day and pretty stoked with our week’
Team BikeExchange-Jayco fastman was working with some of his teammates for the first time in Oman.
Kevin Vermaerke targeting Ardennes classics
Young Team DSM rider ‘holds his own’ in Oman, looks to ‘uncontrollable’ one-dayT races where ‘anything can happen.’
Fernando Gaviria brushes off Mark Cavendish’s anger after Tour of Oman sprint altercation
UAE Team Emirates rider picks up his second stage of the race.
Mark Cavendish update: Sprinter fined, loses green jersey at Tour of Oman
Cavendish docked nine points and issued with a 300 Swiss franc fine for pushing off race vehicles in Monday's stage of Oman.
Cameron Meyer and his ride out of carpal tunnel surgery
Aussie looking to rebound from a season lost to hand surgeries and COVID complications: ‘Wasn’t my favorite year, 2021.’
Fausto Masnada breaks ‘wolfpack’ duck with Oman victory
Masnada scores first win with Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl in stunning attack at Tour of Oman.
Uno-X rebounds from Tour de France wildcard omission with Oman stage win
Scandi squad not disheartened by ASO's call to overlook it for 2022 Tour wildcard slot: 'It will come eventually, when we deserve it.'
Mark Cavendish on Oman stage 2 win: ‘It’s nice to be competitive again’
After six weeks of recovery following a December track crash, Cav is riding back into his ‘old self.’
Why doesn’t Mark Cavendish want to talk about the Tour de France?
The 'Manxster' doesn't want to talk about July. And that's only going to make the speculation even louder, as Sophie Smith writes about the sprinter's possible calendar.
Kaden Groves upbeat on BikeExchange-Jayco team cohesion
Aussie squad goes head-to-head against UAE Team Emirates and Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl sprint trains.
Fernando Gaviria: ‘More than half of that victory is for Max’
Colombian sprinter credits team, leadout man with perfect setup in Tour of Oman opener.
Fernando Gaviria readying for tilt at Tour of Oman
Colombian sprinter is over several bouts with COVID and ready for sprinters' battle with Mark Cavendish.
Mark Cavendish, Fernando Gaviria, other sprinters open season at Tour of Oman
Seven WorldTour teams, eight ProTeams, one Continental outfit, and one national team are scheduled to start the race that's been on hiatus since 2019.
Commentary: Egan Bernal’s bad day is hardly the end of his Giro d’Italia campaign
Think Egan Bernal's bad day is a sign that his Giro d'Italia is over? Think again, writes Sophie Smith of La Course En Tête.
Rohan Dennis set for return to racing after illness-plagued early season
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Gerrans, Porte to recon Rio Olympics road race course next month
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Heinrich Haussler to lead IAM at Flanders and Roubaix
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Delayed season start working wonders for Michael Matthews
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Boasson Hagen back on track with Classics ambitions ahead
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Richie Porte’s journey towards winning the Tour de France
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Zak Dempster on Sam Bennett’s sprint train: ‘You can’t click your fingers and make a lead-out work’
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Cavendish on Qatar World Championships: ‘I think you’ll be surprised how exciting it will be’
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Do the Australian Road Nationals really need to move from Ballarat?
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Cameron Meyer hits the ground running with Dimension Data
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Michael Matthews: “Amstel is my biggest goal next to Milan-San Remo”
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BMC’s Campbell Flakemore calls it quits to cycling
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Where it went wrong for Matt Goss: “The last two years haven’t been perfect”
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A clean slate for Leigh Howard: “I was going down a path that wasn’t moving in the direction I wanted”
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Without Marcel Kittel, what are Giant-Alpecin’s new ambitions?
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Matt Goss set to join One Pro Cycling in 2016
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CJ Sutton without a contract for 2016: “If I can’t find a team I can’t find a team”
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Simon Gerrans: Looking to Giro di Lombardia and putting season behind him
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Bernhard Eisel: “If I stay at Team Sky I’ll have a lot of free time”
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Simon Clarke: “I questioned whether I could be more motivated somewhere else”
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WorldTour reforms are on their way, but what do they mean for rider contracts and the transfer market?
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Andre Greipel eyeing off rainbow jersey to cap off career-best season
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Brian Holm: ‘I would be disappointed with Cavendish if he was only thinking about the money’
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Caleb Ewan in the mix for World Championships road race selection
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Taylor Phinney still on the recovery path despite comeback success
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Jens Voigt: Life after retirement
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