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19 Nov 2016 - 5:01am

Hayman wins Australian cycling's top gong

It's a safe bet that if you win Paris-Roubaix then in all probability you will also take out Australian cycling's top awards and that's exactly what happened at the Jayco 2016 Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards.

18 Nov 2016 - 8:09am

Revised La Course an 'insult' says Aussie Tiffany Cromwell

Tiffany Cromwell has described the revised 67km La Course distance as an “insult” the women’s peloton may wear despite itself due to the commercial gain associated with the corresponding Tour de France.

18 Nov 2016 - 1:12pm

Bike Shorts: "Bora won't become team Sagan"

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Best of 2016: Paris-Roubaix

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Watch highlights of the 114th edition of the Paris-Roubaix. Famous for its challenging and treacherous cobblestone sections, the Paris-Roubaix is regarded as the toughest of the Classics on the cycling calendar.

16 Nov 2016 - 6:33pm

Orica-BikeExchange steps up Grand Tour quest

Australian cycling team Orica-BikeExchange will target general classification results at all three Grand Tours for the first time in 2017.

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Hayman wins Australian cycling's top gong
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Revised La Course an 'insult' says Aussie Tiffany Cromwell
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Bike Shorts: "Bora won't become team Sagan"
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19 Nov 2016 - 5:01am

Hayman wins Australian cycling's top gong

Mat Hayman's Paris-Roubaix triumph has earned him the "Oppy" medal as Australian cyclist of the year. The 38-year-old won three major categories at the Cycling Australia annual awards on Friday night in Melbourne. Apart from his first Sir ...

18 Nov 2016 - 1:12pm

Bike Shorts: "Bora won't become team Sagan"

All the clips and reads from around the cycling world to get you through the rest of your Friday. Some may even get you out on the bike! UCI Road world champion Peter Sagan pays homage to Grease (Supplied) Here's one that almost slipped through ...

18 Nov 2016 - 10:42am

Aussie cycling's night of nights: the Oppy Awards

Mat Hayman's awe inspiring Paris-Roubaix triumph and Anna Meares' record-setting Rio Olympics make them the favourites for Australian cycling's top individual honour.

They will be among the finalists on Friday night for the Oppy medal as Australian cyclist of the year. Carol Cooke, Australian cycling's only gold medallist in Rio with her two Paralympic wins, is another contender. Ten days before his 38...

18 Nov 2016 - 8:09am

Revised La Course an 'insult' says Aussie Tiffany Cromwell

Race organiser ASO this week defended its decision to alter the competition from a 100km criterium on the Champs-Elysees in Paris to a mountainous 67km race in the Alps before stage 18 of the Tour next year. The short distance, albeit all ...

17 Nov 2016 - 11:27am

Bike Shorts: Wiggo's final parade

Bradley Wiggins at the Kuipke Track Velodrome for the Gent Six-Day. Bradley Wiggins is ending his long goodbye to cycling at the Gent Six-Day and he says nothing will stop him from enjoying the moment. Speaking to media at the event, where he is...

17 Nov 2016 - 8:26am

Spain about to restore WADA compliance

Spain is ready to become compliant again with the World Anti-Doping Agency after political instability prevented it creating the right anti-doping laws.

Spain is about to get back in the fight against doping. With political stability finally restored, the country is again in position to become compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency, nearly eight months after it was suspended because o...

16 Nov 2016 - 6:33pm

Orica-BikeExchange steps up Grand Tour quest

Australian cycling team Orica-BikeExchange will target general classification results at all three Grand Tours for the first time in 2017.

A breakout season from Orica-BikeExchange's young stars has left the top Australian cycling team bullish about their Grand Tour prospects. Next year will be the first time that Orica-BikeExchange aim for high general classification results...

16 Nov 2016 - 12:36pm

After exiting surgery Van Avermaet details MTB crash

Olympic champion Greg van Avermaet left a hospital in Antwerp after surgery to an ankle injured while mountain biking.

It was an unfortunate close to 2016 for the 31-year-old Belgian who earlier in the year confirmed his career class with wins at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Tirreno-Adriatico, a stage victory and time spent in yellow at the Tour de France, a...

16 Nov 2016 - 5:23pm

AG2R cook up a new season in Oisans

Led by Romain Bardet, the AG2R team began its preparations for the 2017 season with cooking lessons and long walks in the snow.

Romain Bardet is the Grand tour leader for AG2R and the young Frenchman, fresh from finishing second at the 2016 Tour de France, would really like to race the Giro d'Italia even though his bosses may have other ideas for their star. The ha...

16 Nov 2016 - 7:32am

French Anti-Doping Agency faces test cuts

A lack of government funding is expected to mean the French Anti-Doping Agency - which conducts testing for the Tour de France - will test less.

The French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) is poised to enforce a 20 per cent reduction in testing due to a lack of government funding. The AFLD said in a statement on Tuesday that a 700,000 euro ($1 million) increase of government support, equ...

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