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24. Juni, 19:09 Uhr

UCI politely requests that TDF riders pin their damn numbers on The UCI, ever vigilant, has a new target: The little sleeves pro riders sometimes put their race numbers into. In a letter sent to every team racing the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the UCI’s Head of Road and Innovation, Mick Rogers, politely requested that teams cease to use sleeved number fixation...

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15. Oktober, 13:30 Uhr

Austin Killips is making waves in the cyclocross peloton Cross isn’t coming – it’s here. The cyclocross season has started not just on the European continent, but also on US soil with the US CX Pro Series kicking off in Roanoke, VA, Rochester, NY and Baltimore, MD mid-September and the first UCI World Cup of the season last weekend in Waterloo, WI. Austin Killips is a constant fixture in the...

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07. Juni, 03:24 Uhr

How a bamboo bike ride became an international diplomatic moment When new Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese set off for Indonesia this week – his second international foray in the fortnight since being sworn in – he probably wasn’t expecting a bike ride on arrival. But in the imposing, lush surrounds of Bogor Palace, West Java, that’s what he got.  After rolling through the grounds...

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12. Oktober, 01:15 Uhr

UCI continues to back Igor Makarov despite growing list of sanctions Russian oligarch Igor Makarov’s role as a member of the UCI’s management committee has come under renewed scrutiny, with David Lappartient facing tough questions from media at the weekend’s Gravel World Championships.  Makarov is a longtime member of the UCI management committee, with a personal wealth estimated at US$1.6...

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10. Juli, 10:15 Uhr

Hors Course stage 9: Freddie Mercury and Charlie Chaplin on Lake Geneva As heard on the Tour Daily podcast, José Been is taking us off the race route for some local historical and cultural context for each stage, from Denmark all the way to Paris. Yesterday we arrived in Switzerland which is the fourth country on our route this year. Today’s start is in Aigle, home to the headquarters of the...

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01. Juni, 04:19 Uhr

Fathers, sons and cycling: Let’s check in on cycling’s favourite despots If you subscribe to the musings of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, change is the only constant in life. If you subscribe to CyclingTips, you’ll be aware that change has been sweeping through Turkmenistan. The old dictator has retired. The new dictator – his son, Serdar – was (probably not very-)democratically elected...

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18. Januar, 21:03 Uhr

Bahati Foundation: Rahsaan, Racing and Racism Three years ago, in a VeloNews interview, African American cycling champ Rahsaan Bahati, in response to a question on confronting racial injustice in the sport, said: “It’s time for our community to support the Bahati Foundation…and all the other organizations out there. We can’t do it alone. A lot of people say, ‘I don’t see color.’ I call [that]...

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19. November, 14:44 Uhr

Nairo Quintana could return to Movistar It’s not been a great few weeks for Nairo Quintana whose Tramadol sanction was upheld by the UCI earlier this month, confirming his disqualification from the Tour de France. After announcing he was parting ways with Arkéa Samsic, the team he’s called home since 2020 and which he has helped climb into the WorldTour ranks for 2023, the cycling world –...

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12. November, 13:16 Uhr

Thank you, Pierre Rolland, for restoring our faith in humanity This is not news as such, but as the world burns and the real news is dominated by political turmoil, warnings of crippling global recession, devastating and ill-fated warfare, and social media’s imminent collapse – not to mention the potential demise of a French ProTeam – it’s nice to be reminded once in a while that heartwarming...

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11. November, 16:38 Uhr

Where should Mark Cavendish go now? By the sounds of it, things are not looking great over at B&B Hotels, with the new major new title sponsorship deal seemingly vanishing into thin air. While this is a worrying time for the likes of Pierre Rolland and the rest of the riders, the biggest story to come out of the uncertainty is what will now happen to Mark Cavendish. One of the sport’s most...

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20. September, 15:34 Uhr

WADA to ban tramadol, report suggests The painkiller tramadol is set to be one of the latest additions to WADA’s list of banned substances. The executive committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency will add the drug to the prohibited list of its Doping Code on Friday, according to the Telegraph newspaper. Tramadol has already been banned in-competition in cycling by the UCI since March 2019...

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09. August, 01:29 Uhr

Philippe Gilbert has some choice words for the UCI about that Burgos crash In the wake of the horrible crash that marred stage 2 of the recent Vuelta a Burgos, Belgian veteran Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal) has spoken out about the incident and the UCI’s handling of safety matters. Gilbert, a member of the UCI’s Athletes’ Commission, took to social media over the weekend to post a...

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22. Juli, 15:29 Uhr

Christophe Laporte takes the first French win of the Tour in thrilling fashion Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) took the first Tour de France victory of his career on stage 19, giving French fans something to celebrate at long last, not to mention giving his team yet another excuse to pop a cork at a phenomenal Tour for the Dutch outfit. On the last remotely realistic chance for a breakaway,...

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27. Juni, 16:59 Uhr

Homes of Bahrain Victorious riders and staff searched by police A bit of Tour de France déjà vu came on Monday as Bahrain-Victorious confirmed that the homes of some of its riders and staff were searched by police ahead of the Grand Depart in Copenhagen on Friday. Following on from an ongoing investigation which began at the 2021 Tour de France, wherein French police raided the hotel of the...

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27. Juni, 14:11 Uhr

The travesty and tactical folly of leaving Mark Cavendish at home  If all goes to plan, Mark Cavendish will not be on the start line of the Tour de France on Friday. He is on the reserve list, albeit this is the age of COVID, so nothing is impossible. But he is not in the starting eight.  It will be the first time since 1987 that the defending green jersey has gone unselected for the Tour de...

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27. Juni, 02:49 Uhr

Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg's wild ride from no contract to the Tour de France Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg’s long pro career – which had lasted nine seasons at the highest level of the sport – looked like it had come to an inglorious end in the wake of Team Qhubeka–Nexthash folding last year. That left Janse van Rensburg scrambling for a contract, but the notoriously fickle transfer market...

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20. Juni, 17:07 Uhr

2022 Tour de France preview: everything you need to know about the route Story Highlights Tour de France StagesStage 1 – Opening TT Stage 2 – Big scary bridge Stage 3 – Final day in Denmark Stage 4 – Dunkirk to Calais...