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A new Van Rysel bike, unusual tyres, a UCI-illegal helmet, and a million custom paint jobs: Over 80 nerdy tech photos from the Tour de France Grand Départ

By Josh Croxton published 29 June 24

Member exclusive Three days worth of tech nerdery from Florence as the Tour de France gets underway

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British Mark Cavendish of Astana Qazaqstan pictured at the start of the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race, from Camaiore to Follonica (198km), Italy, Tuesday 05 March 2024. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo by DIRK WAEM / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) (Photo by DIRK WAEM/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

'Mark Cavendish is by far Britain’s greatest bike rider' - Philippa York on the Manxman's final Tour de France

By Philippa York published 26 June 24

Member-exclusive It's not (only) about the record, it's about a fitting farewell

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Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com - 05/05/2024 - Cycling - 107th Giro dâ€™Italia 2024 - Stage 2 - San Francesco al Campo - Santuario di Oropa ( Biella ) - Tadej Pogacar, UAE Team Emirates and the Trofeo Senza Fine.

Doomed to succeed? Why Tadej Pogačar’s Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double is no done deal

By Alasdair Fotheringham published 24 June 24

In-depth Despite stunning season to date, Slovenian faces the toughest challenge of his career this July

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Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com - 19/06/2024 - British Cycling - 2024 Lloyds Bank National Road Championships - Individual Time Trial: Elite Men - Catterick, North Yorkshire, England - Josh Tarling of Ineos Grenadiers.

‘The guy has big ambitions’ - Josh Tarling all in for gold at the Paris Olympics and reveals future GC goals

By Dan Challis published 21 June 24

In-depth Ineos Grenadiers rider tells Cyclingnews about Olympic preparations, recovery from a broken bone in his knee and hopes to become a Grand Tour contender

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A general view of Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Jumbo-Visma - Yellow leader jersey, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - White Best Young Rider Jersey and the peloton passing through a sunflowers field during the stage eight of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 200.7km stage from Libourne to Limoges / #UCIWT / on July 08, 2023 in Limoges, France. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

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By Cyclingnews last updated 14 June 24

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Four new bikes, two new wheelsets, fresh custom paint, tyre nerdery, and much more besides: Biggest ever tech gallery from the Critérium du Dauphiné

By Will Jones published 4 June 24

Member exclusive The key warmup for the Tour de France is the best race of the year for spotting new bike tech

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Lachlan Morton's bike from Unbound Gravel

New tech and crazy hacks: Mega Unbound Gravel tech gallery

By Josh Croxton published 3 June 24

Member exclusive Everything we spotted across three days at the world's biggest gravel race

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Picture shows a syringe on the side of the road to denounce cycling doping as the pack rides by during the 17th stage of the 94th Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Castelsarrasin, 26 July 2007. AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

The anti-doping frontier: How the biological passport has changed pro cycling - part 2

By James Witts published 29 May 24

Member Exclusive In part 1, we examined the effectiveness of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABO) since its cycling rollout in 2008 and sport-wide rollout a year later. We ended by focusing on the mooted modern-day scourge of the ABP – separating legal altitude-induced changes in a cyclist’s blood profile and illegal micro-dosing EPO blood profiles. Here, we investigate the issue at hand and what the testers are doing about it…

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