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BMX bike tops list of retro “toys”; Poll: Strava app ditches Bluetooth and ANT+ support – but are you bothered? Sunweb U23 rider Edo Maas left paralysed after Piccolo Lombardia crash; Police seek thug who pushed cyclist into hedge + more on the live blog

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Live blog: Very slightly weird cycling video; Lachlan Morton takes on Three Peaks; Tour de France time trials in decline; Froome says 2020 route is "brutal"; £27 million cash injection announced for cycling schemes in Scotland + more

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Police say "no thanks" to cyclist’s vid of driver jumping red light – as TalkSport host makes BS claim that 95% of cyclists do just that; Good Samaritan cyclist; 3 cycling legends in hospital; TdF reaction; awful cycle path + more on the live blog

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Dutch rail operator pledges more space for bikes; Huge anti-pollution bicycle wheel artwork stolen in Bath but no-one knows when or how; Roglic wins world’s biggest yacht race; Merckx in hospital; CX rider v mud; Nico Roche Xmas pud tip +more on live blog

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Live blog: Tom Pidcock to plant four grand’s worth of trees; Government admits it needs to double cycle funding; BBC's Watchdog accused of fuelling anti-cyclist rhetoric; Former Paralympic cyclist identified as man who climbed on plane + more

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Live blog: Egan Bernal and the benefits of the bunch (in watts); Huub-Wattbike aiming to blow Hour record 'out of the water'; Scottish MSPs reject ban on parking in cycle lanes; Echelon hire designer who sued Peloton (who are suing Echelon) + more

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Poll: Should headphones be banned while cycling?; UCI and pro cyclists’ union in urgent rider safety talks; A legal spin – Peloton sues “copycat” Echelon; New Akrigg vid; Time launches gravel-specific pedals; Bieber on an e-bike + more on the live blog

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Cross Country labelled ‘ableist’ over train bike racks; Jacquelinet wins Trans Pyrenees Race; Freeman tribunal date set; Proviz launches bike lights; People in cars more exposed to air pollution; XR improve London cycling +more on the live blog

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Lord Winston wants cyclists … to raise money for his charity; Parkun runner pushes cyclist off bike on towpath; W Sussex cycle path perfect prep for ‘cross season but not much else; Boardman: advisory cycle lanes “money down the drain” + more on live blog

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