Road cycling
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Paris Paralympics 2024
Meg was dizzy and in a ball after her race. She didn’t know she’d won a medal
It was a glittering result for Team Australia in an un-glittering setting, with organisers abandoning the Olympics’ picturesque cycling course for one in a satellite town.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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‘GB are putting money up’: Teammates defend Richardson’s switch
Matthew Richardson’s decision to change allegiance from Australia to Great Britain has received support from some of those who know him best.
- by Jonathan Drennan
The Olympic champion who survived a puncture and had time for a victory pose
There wasn’t much joy for the Australians in the men’s road race, but one described it as ‘the coolest race I’ve ever done.’
- by Greg Baum
‘It’s Netflix – it’s got to be drama’: Australian star speaks out on rivalry ahead of Tour de France
Jai Hindley headlines the group of six Australians who will start the 111th Tour de France on Saturday – a race defending champion Jonas Vingegaard enters on the back of a death-defying crash.
- by Sophie Smith
‘Bigger than the Olympics’: Bridie O’Donnell on the Tour de France’s highs and lows
The SBS commentator is looking forward to this year’s epic race, which for the first time in 100 years isn’t finishing on the fabled Champs-Elysees.
- by Bridget McManus
Ahead of the Tour de France, here are the cycling shows you should watch
There are some gripping shows to catch before the world’s two biggest cycling races for male and female cyclists.
- by Garry Maddox
‘Stupid mistake’: Bizarre victory for Aussie champion as rival celebrates too early
An embarrassing miscalculation by an opponent just before the finish line in the final stage of the Tour of Britain handed Ruby Roseman-Gannon her first WorldTour triumph.
- by Ian Chadband
How a tunnel in Adelaide can give a competitive edge in Paris
Experts say training in this high-tech space - the only sport centre for aerodynamics in the southern hemisphere - could shave seconds off race times for athletes at the Paralympics.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Australian cyclist’s wife feared the worst amid his horror crash
Jay Vine’s wife has revealed how she feared he might have died when the star Australian cyclist was lying prostrate in a ditch after a dreadful crash in northern Spain.
- by Ian Chadband
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Broken bones, spinal fractures: Horror bike crash wipes out TDF champion, Australian star
Jonas Vingegaard has been taken to hospital along with leading Australian rider Jay Vine after some of the world’s best cyclists suffered injuries in a bad mass crash in Spain.
- by Ian Chadband
‘Dancing through the rain clouds to get to the sunshine’: Cyclists stand as one in moving tribute to Melissa Hoskins
The Australian cycling community paid tribute to world champion cyclist Melissa Hoskins, who tragically died last week, with a minute’s silence ahead of the women’s road race at the National Road Cycling Championships in Ballarat on Sunday.
- by Marnie Vinall
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