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Preview: Critérium du Dauphiné 2024

A big pre-Tour de France warm-up race attracts Primož Roglič, Remco Evenepoel and more

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Link to Critérium du Dauphiné: 10 riders to watch in open GC battle
Remco Evenepoel, Primož Roglic and Sepp Kuss will be among the favourites at the Critérium du Dauphiné

Critérium du Dauphiné: 10 riders to watch in open GC battle

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Thymen Arensman spent much of the Giro d'Italia chaperoning his Ineos Grenadiers leader Geraint Thomas around Italy

Thymen Arensman gained '4 or 5 kilos' during Giro d'Italia, targets future podium

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Elisa Balsamo was aiming at both the track and road events at the Paris Olympics in 2024

Elisa Balsamo: ‘Olympic dream still there’ after crash and surgery

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Jay Vine led the UAE Tour earlier in the year, before ceding the jersey on the final day

Jay Vine cleared to remove neck brace and cycle outside, but only uphill

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Race News

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Why do some riders gain weight in Grand Tours? – GCN Racing News Show

Dan Lloyd is in the studio to look into electrolytes, carbohydrates, glycogen depletion and everything else that matters over a three-week race

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The 2024 Olympics road cycling events will take place on the roads of central Paris

Paris 2024 Olympics: Road cycling team selections

National selections for road race and time trial beginning to be announced

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Chris Froome is riding the Critérium du Dauphiné for Israel-Premier Tech as he aims to wins a place in their Tour de France squad

'That's news to me' - Chris Froome denies rift with Israel-Premier Tech teammate Mike Woods

Four-time winner provides swift response on social media after reports of a conflict over the team's Tour de France squad

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Race Results

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Link to Critérium du Dauphiné stage 2: Magnus Cort wins misty thriller atop Col de la Loge
Magnus Cort of Uno-X Mobility bursted through the mist with his fist aloft in celebration

Critérium du Dauphiné stage 2: Magnus Cort wins misty thriller atop Col de la Loge

Uno-X rider breaks the heart of breakaway man Bruno Armirail and holds off Primož Roglič in sprint on punchy uphill finish

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Link to Critérium du Dauphiné stage 1: Mads Pedersen wins bunch sprint
Mads Pedersen wins stage 1 of the Critérium du Dauphiné

Critérium du Dauphiné stage 1: Mads Pedersen wins bunch sprint

Lidl-Trek rider beats Sam Bennett to the line to take the first yellow jersey

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Link to RideLondon Classique stage 3: Lorena Wiebes wins three from three RideLondon stages
Lorena Wiebes celebrates her third win in this stage race

RideLondon Classique stage 3: Lorena Wiebes wins three from three RideLondon stages

In a tense finale in the capital, Wiebes took victory, Charlotte Kool second and Lotte Kopecky third

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Women's Racing

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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the Nove Mesto XCO World Cup round at the weekend

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to retire from mountain biking at the end of 2024

French reigning world XCO champion keen to take her first Olympic medal at home Games in Paris, before turning attention to road return

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Link to RideLondon Classique stage 2: Lorena Wiebes sprints to another dominant win in Essex
Lorena Wiebes looks every bit the winner-in-waiting at the RideLondon Classique

RideLondon Classique stage 2: Lorena Wiebes sprints to another dominant win in Essex

SD Worx-Protime sprinter too good for the rest, taking her second win in as many days

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Lorena Wiebes takes victory in Colchester

RideLondon Classique stage 1: Lorena Wiebes sprints to victory in Essex

SD Worx-Protime dominate the sprint on the opening day. Behind Wiebes, Letizia Paternoster takes second and Clara Copponi third

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Highlights

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Watch: Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023 best bits

Look back on a historic second edition of the race, where Demi Vollering forced a passing of the guard and Lotte Kopecky impressed in yellow

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UCI Track Champions League: Highlights as Harrie Lavreysen is dealt his first sprint defeat in France

Matthew Richardson topples the Dutch powerhouse, with Eiya Hashimoto also suffering a surprise early elimination and Katie Archibald continuing to reign

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UCI Track Champions League: Highlights as Lavreysen continues perfect start in Berlin

Ellesse Andrews wins both races to take overall women's Sprint lead, as Archibald and Hashimoto extend Endurance leads

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Analysis

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Link to Giro d’Italia stage 20 preview: Double Monte Grappa will bring GC fireworks
UAE Team Emirates will try to set things up for Tadej Pogačar on stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia

Giro d’Italia stage 20 preview: Double Monte Grappa will bring GC fireworks

Tadej Pogačar’s lead is likely safe, but big gaps and possible changes should emerge on the final climbing stage, as local rider Marco Frigo previews the climb for GCN

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Georg Steinhauser was the last rider to taste success from the breakaway on stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia

Giro d’Italia: 5 riders who should go in the breakaway on stage 19

Possible last chance for the escapees, but who will be in the move?

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Jonathan Milan was beaten by Tim Merlier on stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia

Giro d’Italia sprint analysis: Only chaos can defeat Jonathan Milan

Tim Merlier wins stage 18 as maglia ciclamino loses lead-out in fast finale, and Groves misses out again

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Interviews

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Waiting for a mistake: Ineos Grenadiers

Giro d’Italia: Ineos waiting on Pogačar to make a mistake before getting creative in brutal final week

“You have to hope that he makes a mistake or has a bad day, and that you’re ready to take that opportunity” says Dempster

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Luke Plapp on stage 6 of the Giro d'Italia

Luke Plapp on voyage of discovery as Grand Tour future develops at Giro d’Italia

Despite suffering with illness during the second week, the young Australian has shown signs of his three-week potential during the Italian Grand Tour

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Caleb Ewan sprinting on stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia: Caleb Ewan hoping altitude build-up is key to ending Grand Tour drought

It has been three years since Jayco AlUla’s sprinter last won a Grand Tour stage, but with his climbing ‘better than normal,’ he is all set for the next opportunity

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Racing Features

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Inside a pro cycling team mechanics' truck with Visma-Lease a Bike

Before the Giro d’Italia got underway we managed to take a sneak peek at what goes on inside the mechanics' truck of one of the biggest teams in the sport

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Tadej Pogačar is cheered on by the tifosi on stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia

Why we love cycling fans: Tadej Pogačar and other pros tell GCN why fans make the sport special

GCN spoke to WorldTour riders throughout the season to find out why cycling’s fans are so important

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Mark Cavendish was recently honoured by the organisers of the Tour of Türkiye

Eisel: 'Mark Cavendish's Tour de France dedication is stupid but this is the sport we fell in love with'

After Mark Cavendish claimed his second season win at the Tour of Hungary, we caught a word with Bernhard Eisel on his former teammate at the Giro d’Italia

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