Sunday, September 24, 2017

Third world title - in a row - for Peter Sagan

Slovakia's Sagan becomes road race world champion after tough sprint Video provided by Reuters

      
 
 


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Sagan becomes 1st man to win 3 straight world road titles

Peter Sagan of Slovakia became the first man to win three straight world road race titles on Sunday after holding off Norwegian Alexander Kristoff in a sprint finish on Sunday

      
 
 


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Saturday, September 23, 2017

Chantal Blaak gives Dutch another world cycling championship

Chantal Blaak escaped seven-rider group that included two of her Dutch teammates on the final lap of a grueling women's race to win the world road cycling championship Saturday

      
 
 


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Thursday, September 21, 2017

French challenger Lappartient takes over as UCI president

French official David Lappartient has beaten British incumbent Brian Cookson in a vote to become president of the International Cycling Union

      
 
 


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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Dumoulin tops Roglic, Froome for cycling time trial title

Giro d' Italia champion Tom Dumoulin won the time trial world title, beating runner-up Primoz Roglic and Tour de France and Vuelta de Espana winner Chris Froome

      
 
 


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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Van Vleuten captures world cycling time trial championship

Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten, whose harrowing crash at the Rio Olympics last year left her with a broken back, won the women's time trial at the road cycling world championships on Tuesday

      
 
 


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UCI reduces field size in road races to improve safety

Cycling's governing body has decided to reduce the number of riders in major road races in an effort to improve safety

      
 
 


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