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• Juliana Buhring: ‘How cycling round the world saved me’

  15-05-2016 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  She became the fastest woman to pedal solo around the world after her partner was killed by a crocodile. Fellow round-the-world cyclist Rob Penn meets Juliana Buhring in ItalyJuliana Buhring looks up from the menu and addresses the waiter in Italian. I sense she is about to order lunch for me, then she resists. She snaps the menu shut and says: “I’ve ordered a bottle of white wine. It’s local. He says it’s good. Do you like pizza? The pizzas here are good. You should have
  
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• Mark Cavendish robbery: Two men jailed for raid at cyclist's home

  07-02-2023 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men broke into the Olympian's home when he was in the property with his wife and children.
  
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• Two men jailed over robbery at home of Olympian Mark Cavendish and wife

  07-02-2023 12:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Romario Henry sentenced to 15 years and Ali Sesay to 12 over knifepoint raid in which watches worth £700,000 were takenTwo men have been jailed for robbing the Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife, Peta, of their high-value watches in a knifepoint raid at their home.Intruders wearing balaclavas broke into their home in Ongar, Essex, at about 2.30am on 27 November 2021 and threatened to stab the athlete, a trial at Chelmsford crown court heard. They took items including two Richard M
  
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• Mark Cavendish robbery: Two men jailed over raid at cyclist's home

  07-02-2023 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men broke into the Olympian's home when he was in the property with his wife and children.
  
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• Cyclo-cross World Championships: Van der Poel wins sprint battle with rival Van Aert

  05-02-2023 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel wins his fifth men's cyclo-cross World Championship title by outsprinting his Belgian rival Wout van Aert in Hoogerheide, Netherlands.
  
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• Zoe Backstedt: British cyclist wins U23 silver at Cyclo-cross World Championships

  05-02-2023 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Zoe Backstedt wins silver in the women's under-23 race at the Cyclo-cross World Championships.
  
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• ‘There’s a curiosity about what’s behind the curtain’: the rise and rise of TV sports reality shows

  04-02-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From surfing and tennis to Formula One and football, TV hopes to lure a younger audience with behind-the-scenes seriesThere’s a moment early in the first episode of Netflix’s behind-the-scenes tennis show Break Point at which 22-year-old Costeen Hatzi, current girlfriend of the Australian ace Nick Kyrgios, laughingly admits that she has never watched a tennis match in her life. “This is all new for me,” she says.In this respect she is a mirror image of the viewer that the
  
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• Cyclo-cross World Championships: BBC coverage, schedule and GB squad

  02-02-2023 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cyclo-cross World Championships start on Friday in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, with live coverage of the elite men's and women's races on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app.
  
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• Cyclo-cross World Championships: How a small band of women broke new ground in a new millennium

  02-02-2023 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifty years after the first men's world title, a group of women came together to demand their right to race through the mud and pain for a cyclocross rainbow jersey.
  
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• European Track Championships: Elinor Barker and Katy Marchant back for Great Britain

  30-01-2023 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katy Marchant and Elinor Barker make Great Britain's squad for the European Track Championships in what will be their first international competition since giving birth.
  
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• Peter Sagan: Tour de France great to retire from World Tour at the end of 2023

  27-01-2023 13:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tour de France great and three-time world champion Peter Sagan will retire from cycling's World Tour at the end of this season.
  
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• Cyclist Chloe Hosking: ‘My career is facing its end, when I don’t feel I’m done’ | Kieran Pender

  26-01-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After her new team collapsed, one of Australia’s most successful cyclists will be forced to retire unless a contract arises in the coming weeksChloe Hosking is one of the most successful Australian road cyclists of all time. She has notched up over 40 wins in her career, including sprint victories on the iconic Champs-Élysées and at her home Commonwealth Games. But speaking to Guardian Australia at a coffee shop in Canberra, Hosking is in tears. They are tears of disappointme
  
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• Mark Cavendish robbery: Man guilty of armed raid at cyclist's home

  23-01-2023 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Romario Henry is convicted of a knifepoint robbery at the family home of the elite British cyclist in Essex.
  
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• Man found guilty of robbing Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife

  23-01-2023 16:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Intruders wearing balaclavas broke into couple’s home in Ongar, Essex, in November 2021A man has been found guilty of robbing the Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta of their high-value watches in a knifepoint raid at their home in November 2021.Intruders wearing balaclavas broke into the couple’s home in Ongar, Essex, at about 2.30am on 27 November 2021 and threatened to stab the athlete, a trial at Chelmsford crown court heard. Continue reading...
  
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• Santos Tour Down Under: Simon Yates wins final stage and finishes second overall

  22-01-2023 09:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Simon Yates wins the final stage of the Santos Tour Down Under in Australia to finish second overall.
  
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• Jay Vine holds off Simon Yates to win Tour Down Under title on debut

  22-01-2023 07:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Australian finishes second on final stage but top overallYates finishes 11 seconds behind with Pello Bilbao thirdAustralian cyclist Jay Vine has won his debut Tour Down Under after finishing second on the last stage. British rival Simon Yates tried to break him with a late attack, but the UAE Team Emirates leader responded immediately and neutralised the threat.Yates (Jayco Alula) and Spaniard Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) trailed Vine by 15 seconds overall going into Sunday’s final st
  
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• James Knox: British cyclist says UCI concussion protocols 'punish riders'

  19-01-2023 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Knox criticises Union Cycliste Internationale's concussion protocol, after being disqualified from the Tour Down Under.
  
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• Mark Cavendish family 'terrorised' in Essex robbery, trial told

  18-01-2023 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prosecution gives its closing speech in the trial over a robbery at the elite cyclist's home.
  
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• Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny expecting second child

  18-01-2023 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's most successful female Olympic athlete Dame Laura Kenny and her husband Sir Jason Kenny are expecting their second child.
  
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• Aileen McGlynn: Paralympic Games champion ends glittering career

  17-01-2023 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four-time Paralympian Aileen McGlynn has announced her retirement from competitive track cycling at the age of 49.
  
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• Mark Cavendish keeps hopes of Tour de France record alive with move to Astana

  17-01-2023 14:49 via theguardian.com
  37-year-old Manxman signs one-year deal with Kazakh teamCavendish is level with Eddy Merckx on 34 Tour stage winsMark Cavendish’s switch to the Astana Qazaqstan team has at long last been confirmed in a move which keeps alive his hopes of making more Tour de France history.The 37-year-old’s future had been up in the air since French ProTour squad B&B Hotels-KTM – with whom Cavendish had reportedly agreed terms – failed to secure new sponsorship in early December and w
  
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• Mark Cavendish: Astana sign British sprinter on one-year deal

  17-01-2023 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Cavendish agrees a deal to ride for Astana this season and will be hoping for a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage win.
  
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• Grace Brown outsprints Amanda Spratt to win first Tour Down Under title

  17-01-2023 06:35 via theguardian.com
  Race comes down to Corkscrew climb in Adelaide Hills Brown wins third and final stage to claim maiden victoryAustralian cycling star Grace Brown has won the women’s Tour Down Under, beating key rival Amanda Spratt to also win the third and final stage.Brown outsprinted Spratt to win the 93.2km third stage from Adelaide to Campbelltown on Tuesday afternoon after catching her fellow Australian in the last few kilometres. Continue reading...
  
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• Richard Freeman: Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky doctor loses appeal against medical register ban

  16-01-2023 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman fails to overturn the decision to permanently strike him off the medical register.
  
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• Richard Freeman fails in high court appeal against being struck off

  16-01-2023 16:26 via theguardian.com
  Former doctor now faces UK Anti-Doping investigationFreeman found guilty of ordering banned testosteroneThe former chief doctor of Team Sky and British Cycling, Richard Freeman, has failed in a high court appeal against being struck off and now faces a UK Anti-Doping investigation.Freeman was removed from the medical register in 2021 after being found guilty of ordering 30 sachets of banned testosterone to the National Cycling Centre, “knowing or believing” it was for an unnamed ride
  
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• Richard Freeman fails high court appeal against being struck off

  16-01-2023 16:26 via theguardian.com
  Former doctor now faces UK Anti-Doping investigationFreeman found guilty of ordering banned testosteroneThe former chief doctor of Team Sky and British Cycling, Richard Freeman, has failed in a high court appeal against being struck off and now faces a UK Anti-Doping investigation.Freeman was removed from the medical register in 2021 after being found guilty of ordering 30 sachets of banned testosterone to the National Cycling Centre, “knowing or believing” it was for an unnamed ride
  
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• Olympic Games to remain free to air on BBC up to 2032

  16-01-2023 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Every Olympic Games up to and including the 2032 summer Games will continue to be shown free to air across the BBC.
  
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• Mark Cavendish robbery trial: Defendant says he had lent phone out

  11-01-2023 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  A man accused of robbing Mark Cavendish says he was "at no point" present at the cyclist's home.
  
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• Bradley Wiggins backs NSPCC child abuse plan as he reveals impact of own experience

  10-01-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Five-time Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner says he swept alleged sexual abuse by coach ‘under the carpet’Sir Bradley Wiggins has backed a plan to teach a million people to spot the signs of child abuse as he revealed he stayed quiet about suffering sexual abuse because he feared competitors would consider him weak.The five-time Olympic gold medallist and 2012 Tour de France champion said he was abused by a cycling coach between the ages of 13 and 16 but “this wa
  
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• Mark Cavendish 'threatened with Rambo knife' at Essex home

  09-01-2023 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  A trial of two men hears the elite cyclist's home was broken into and high-value watches were stolen.
  
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