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• ‘I’m the total opposite to Cav and Brad’: Geraint Thomas on how a normal bloke won the Tour de France

  07-10-2025 21:00
  The two-time Olympic gold medallist details the grit and sacrifice needed to succeed and says Ineos are held to a different standard than other teams“I’m pretty laidback and don’t take myself too seriously off the bike,” Geraint Thomas says as, in retirement, the 2018 Tour de France winner reflects on the contrast between his relaxed public persona and his real self. “I think people assume I’m like that in every aspect of my life. But when it came to training
  
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• 'Excitement & nerves' for Archibald before home Games

  04-12-2025 09:00 via bbc.com
  Katie Archibald has already competed in a Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and is eager to do so again next summer.
  
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• Five of the best sports books of 2025

  03-12-2025 12:00
  From the trauma and triumphs of Olympic cyclist Bradley Wiggins to the secret life of a match fixer The Chain
  Bradley Wiggins, (HarperCollins)
  The Tour de France winner’s autobiography begins with him sneaking into his walk-in wardrobe and doing a line of coke off his Olympic gold medal: the final emblematic descent from his crowning summer of 2012. And yet for all the personal lows chronicled here – addiction, self-harm, the collapse of his marriage, the haunting memories of hi
  
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• 2026 Giro d'Italia to start in Bulgaria

  01-12-2025 18:57 via bbc.com
  Bulgaria will host the first three stages of the 2026 Giro d'Italia - the second successive year it will begin outside Italy.
  
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• History-maker Girmay signs for Iniesta's new team

  01-12-2025 12:58 via bbc.com
  History-making African cyclist Biniam Girmay signs for NSN Cycling - the new team co-owned by World Cup winner Andres Iniesta.
  
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• Geraint Thomas lands new Ineos role as struggling team make major reshuffle

  27-11-2025 13:13
  Retired rider to work closely with head of sport Brailsford‘This team has been my home since day one,’ says ThomasGeraint Thomas has been appointed as the new director of racing at Ineos Grenadiers, only a few weeks after retiring from competition at this year’s Tour of Britain.“This team has been my home since day one, and stepping into this role feels like a natural next step,” Thomas said. Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-Tour winner Thomas named Ineos racing director

  27-11-2025 12:11 via bbc.com
  The retired Welshman swaps the saddle for a new role at Ineos Grenadiers.
  
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• 'It's changed my outlook on things' - Hoy on cancer diagnosis

  24-11-2025 19:54 via bbc.com
  Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy says his prostate cancer diagnosis has changed his outlook on life.
  
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• Cancer diagnosis 'in some ways improved my life' - Hoy

  24-11-2025 18:49 via bbc.com
  Six-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy says his terminal cancer diagnosis has improved his life "in some ways" because it has changed his outlook.
  
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• Israeli cycling team taken over by Iniesta's company

  21-11-2025 00:18 via bbc.com
  The team formerly known as Israel-Premier Tech is taken over by a branding company co-founded by Barcelona legend and World Cup winner Andres Iniesta.
  
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• A moment that changed me: I broke my foot – and took up a sport that led to stratospheric success

  19-11-2025 07:55
  I had run every day for ten years and cried when the doctor said I needed two months off. Then I borrowed an oversized road bike. At first, I couldn’t wait to ditch it, but something kept me going ...I couldn’t pinpoint the exact moment that I broke my foot. The injury didn’t seem like a big deal at first, because stress fractures sneak up on you. It just hurt, and wouldn’t stop hurting, except while running. Maybe because running was the only time I felt good about mysel
  
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• Paige Greco, Australian Paralympic gold medallist, dies aged 28

  17-11-2025 02:40
  Cyclist passes away in Adelaide home after ‘sudden medical episode’Paralympian won women’s C1-3 3,000m individual pursuit in TokyoAustralian Paralympic gold medallist, Paige Greco, has been remembered for her humility, generosity, and the joy she brought to her teammates after her shock death on Sunday at the age of 28.Paige passed away in her Adelaide home after experiencing a sudden medical episode, according to South Australian authorities, and her family has asked for priva
  
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• 'It hasn't sunk in that I am now a world champion'

  10-11-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  The 24-year-old bike trials rider has competed in the sport since he was six years old.
  
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• Fall and redemption of Becker and Wiggins shows sporting glory does not deliver purpose or meaning | Cath Bishop

  08-11-2025 09:00
  Books by former champions demonstrate powerfully that we should not accept abuse and suffering as ‘the price of winning’. Sport must do moreViewed through one end of the lens, the two new autobiographies from the sporting legends Boris Becker and Bradley Wiggins might seem like classic tales of the downfalls of two deeply flawed heroes who then claw their way back to redemption. But viewed through the other end of the lens, we see troubling portrayals of an extremely inhumane and, at
  
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• Israel-Premier Tech’s main sponsor withdraws backing citing ‘untenable’ position

  07-11-2025 21:32
  Premier Tech pulls out despite rebranding pledgeTeam’s participation in Vuelta was dogged by protestsThe main sponsor of the Israel-Premier Tech team of the four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has pulled out of funding the team, despite a pledge to rebrand and distance itself from its Israeli identity. The Canadian company Premier Tech, in a statement issued on Friday, said that it had decided to “step down as co-title sponsor of the team, taking effect immediately”.
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• 'Untenable': Israel team loses top sponsor despite changes

  07-11-2025 18:54 via bbc.com
  The title sponsor of the beleaguered Israel-Premier Tech ends its association, despite the team agreeing to remove Israel from its name.
  
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• Reilly misses BMX Worlds as Pardoe leads GB hopes

  07-11-2025 17:58 via bbc.com
  Watch BBC coverage of the BMX Freestyle World Championships this weekend as Sasha Pardoe leads GB hopes with Kieran Reilly out injured.
  
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• Mountain bike world champion Kate Courtney: ‘In pushing your edge, you find you’re capable of more’

  05-11-2025 11:00
  A broken wrist and time away from the sport helped Kate Courtney find new purpose – and the freedom that led to another world titleIn early September, Kate Courtney lined up at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships for the 12th time in her career, but the first time targeting the marathon distance. A figure at the front of the pack in the shorter cross country and short track distances, Courtney would surprise everyone by winning the 77-mile race, claiming the second rainbow jersey of
  
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• Victor Conte, architect of infamous sport steroids scandal, dies aged 75

  04-11-2025 11:33
  Balco boss revealed Marion Jones used growth hormonesConte served four months in prison over involvementVictor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes including the baseball stars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi and the Olympic track champion Marion Jones decades ago, has died. He was 75.The federal government’s investigation into a company Conte founded, the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (Balco), yielded the convictions
  
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• Are all velodromes the same shape and do riders choose their gears?

  27-10-2025 13:19 via bbc.com
  Laura Kenny and Chris Hoy answer: are all modern velodromes the same shape? Who pays for bikes and cycling equipment? And how do riders choose their gearing system?
  
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• Finucane wins keirin silver after sprint disappointment

  26-10-2025 21:58 via bbc.com
  Great Britain's Emma Finucane bounces back from sprint disappointment to win keirin silver at the Track Cycling World Championships in Chile.
  
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• GB's Finucane wins silver in women's keirin

  26-10-2025 20:39 via bbc.com
  Great Britain's Emma Finucane wins silver in the women's keirin after a close finish with Japan's Mina Sato at the World Track Cycling Championships.
  
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• Morris sprints 'like a champion' to take silver in women's points race

  26-10-2025 19:12 via bbc.com
  Great Britain's Anna Morris leaps from sixth to second after the final sprint for the line to take silver in the women's points race at the World Track Cycling Championships.
  
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• 'A thrill' - GB win two more golds at Worlds

  26-10-2025 08:52 via bbc.com
  Great Britain claim two more gold medals at the Track World Championship as Katie Archibald and Maddie Leech win the women's madison while Anna Morris defends her individual pursuit title.
  
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• GB's Archibald & Leech win madison gold

  26-10-2025 01:01 via bbc.com
  Great Britain's Katie Archibald and Maddie Leech win gold in the women's madison at the World Track Championships.
  
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• Tarling and Charlton grab GB’s first golds at Track World Championships

  25-10-2025 11:28
  Tarling delivers a masterclass in the points raceCharlton emulates Wiggins with individual pursuit titleGreat Britain secured their first gold medals at the Track World Championships in Chile as Josh Charlton claimed his first world title with victory in the individual pursuit and Josh Tarling stormed to victory the men’s points race.Tarling gave a points race masterclass to land gold before Charlton picked up his first rainbow jersey in the individual pursuit – Britain’s first
  
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• Tarling and Charlton win world track golds for GB

  25-10-2025 07:57 via bbc.com
  Josh Tarling and Josh Charlton claim golds for Great Britain at the Track World Championships in Santiago, Chile.
  
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• 'Utterly dominated' - GB's Charlton wins individual pursuit gold

  25-10-2025 01:12 via bbc.com
  Great Britain's Josh Charlton defeats Rasmus Pedersen to secure his first world title with a victory in the Individual Pursuit at the World Track Championships.
  
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• GB's Tarling wins first track world title with points race victory

  25-10-2025 00:58 via bbc.com
  Watch as Josh Tarling becomes the first British rider to win the Men's 40km Points Race at the World Track Championships.
  
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• Archibald wins historic silver at World Track Championships

  24-10-2025 16:42 via bbc.com
  Two-time Olympic champion Katie Archibald won silver in the women's elimination at the World Track Cycling Championships in Santiago, becoming the first British cyclist to win a medal in the event.
  
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