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09/09/2011 - France

Champion Longo faces cycling ban

French female cycling superstar Jeannie Longo could face a ban from the sport after reports claimed she failed to inform anti-doping officials of her whereabouts ahead of random tests.

Pro cyclists battle it out in new US bike race
28/08/2011 - International report

Pro cyclists battle it out in new US bike race

A punishing new bike race in America finishes today. The USA Pro Cycling Challenge has been promoted as a high-altitude event, and so far it’s lived up to the description.

05/07/2011 - France

2011 Tour de France takes to the road

The world’s best-known cycling event, the Tour de France, got underway on Saturday 2 July as 20 teams with nine riders each set off from Passage de Gois in the eastern ...

29/05/2011 - France - UK

Yorkshire bids to host Tour de France

The Tour de France could start in Yorkshire In 2016, if tourism bosses in the British county get their way.

Teenager with no feet finishes 110-km cycle race
14/03/2011 - Special Features

Teenager with no feet finishes 110-km cycle race

The Tour de France may be the most famous cycle race in the world, but the biggest, by number of competitors, was held on Sunday in Cape Town.

12/10/2010 - France - Environment

French solar cyclist finishes epic journey to Tokyo

Frenchman Florian Bailly arrived in Tokyo at the beginning of the week after a gruelling bicycle ride from France through 12 countries and across two continents.

17/09/2010 - France

Caped cyclist caught on speed camera

A caped and masked cyclist has been picked up by a speed-control radar going over 50 kilometres per hour on a road in north-east France.

01/09/2010 - France

Tour de France champion Laurent Fignon dies

The cycling world has paid tribute to two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon, who died on Tuesday after a long illness.

Bike polo comes to Europe
29/08/2010 - Sports Insight

Bike polo comes to Europe

If you like biking, but like to play on a team, or if you like polo, but not horses, then bike polo might be for you.

22/08/2010 - France - Book review

Paris, city of murder, plots, revolution and ... a mountain pass?

Who lost his virginity in Paris's Palais Royal in 1787? How many hunchbacks lived on the rue Fossard in 1841? And was there a disembowelling in the catacombs? British author Graham ...

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