Road cycling
‘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
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‘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
Grieving family remember cyclist Melissa Hoskins as ‘a giver with a big heart’
The two-time Olympian and former world champion died after she was struck by a ute. Her husband, Rohan Dennis, has been charged over the incident.
- by Callum Godde
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Cyclist Rohan Dennis drove ute that killed Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins
The two-time Olympian and former world champion died after she was struck by a ute in Adelaide.
- by Jacob Shteyman, Roger Vaughan and Lachlan Abbott
The most dangerous – and safest – streets to ride a bike in Perth revealed
Perth cyclists have vented their frustration over some of WA’s roads which they say make it impossible to ride a bike safely.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt