Cycling
Sunrises, doughnuts and beer: Lachlan Morton’s epic Australian cycling record push
The Australian professional cyclist is a day from Sydney – and is on track to smash the record for riding around Australia.
- by Garry Maddox
Latest
Labor ushers in taxpayer-funded rebates for electric scooters, bikes
From Monday, the Miles government will subsidise the purchase of e-scooters and e-bikes across Queensland in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
How the Amy Gillett Foundation got back on its bike
A charity named after an Australian Olympian killed while cycling has been rescued from insolvency by some of Australia’s best-connected business figures.
- by Chip Le Grand
Cyclists hit back after mayor labels them a ‘Greens mouthpiece’
Bicycle user groups, who found Adrian Schrinner’s May comment “incredibly offensive”, were finally given the right of reply in City Hall.
- by Tony Moore
The pool, pontoon and politics blocking a complete Kangaroo Point Riverwalk
Four years of Riverwalk planning has been scrapped, but cyclists and pedestrians say they need better active transport options in the city’s inner east.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Warnings about Footscray intersection ignored before cyclist killed: coroner
The Victorian government and its contractors ignored numerous warnings about West Gate Tunnel works before a 22-year-old cyclist was struck and killed.
- by Erin Pearson
Conspiracy theories abound as cycleway opponents target Clover Moore
A public meeting at Paddington RSL heard the proposed 1.8-kilometre cycleway along Oxford Street was a “Trojan horse” and its proponents were harbouring a “hidden agenda”.
- by Michael Koziol
As It Happened: Closing ceremony concludes Paris 2024 Olympics with Tom Cruise, Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Billie Eilish
One of the most spectacular Olympics of the modern era have drawn to a close in Paris with smiling athletes, slick French pop and Snoop Dogg – as the Games head for La La Land in 2028.
- by Claire Siracusa, Marnie Vinall, Roy Ward, Jordan Baker, Megan Levy and Chris Paine
Analysis
Paris 2024
The embarrassment of Tokyo triggered a post-mortem. The rebirth was glorious
The last Olympics ended in snapped-handlebars and ignominy. And if the Paris response was emphatic – it could peak in LA.
- by Emma Kemp
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
Phil Liggett: I was so right about Cadel Evans, so wrong about Lance Armstrong
The ‘voice of cycling’ Phil Liggett has called his last Olympic cycling event, but even as he turns 81, there’s another stage to come for the affable Englishman.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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