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Bamboo bike, Culture, Geopolitics - June 7, 2022

How a bamboo bike ride became an international diplomatic moment

How a bamboo bike ride became an international diplomatic moment

The bikes, background and symbolism behind a political pedal.

The story of the European Track Championships keeps getting weirder

Despite growing condemnation and three potential alternative hosts stepping forward, the UEC remains all-in on Minsk.

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The dictator, the oligarch and the UCI president

When politics, business and sport collide: the strange story of international cycling's dance with one of the world's most notorious dictators.

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The UCI just gave its highest award to a dictator

Last week was a big week for Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the president of Turkmenistan. The former dentist had a packed schedule of days full of adoration from his constituents, and rousing parades along the highways of the glitteringly white, eerily quiet capital city of Ashkabat. These long days of celebration were Turkmen Carpet Day (yes, really) …

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Coronavirus, Features, Geopolitics, News - March 27, 2020

Well folks, you won’t believe what’s being pinned on cyclists now

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This is gonna be a hard one for the cycling community to shake: a lone US cyclist is being accused by conspiracy theorists and Chinese state media of being COVID-19’s patient zero. In an unfounded allegation that bears more than a passing resemblance to propaganda, US cyclist Maatje Benassi has been accused of bringing coronavirus …

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How a bamboo bike ride became an international diplomatic moment

How a bamboo bike ride became an international diplomatic moment

The story of the European Track Championships keeps getting weirder

The dictator, the oligarch and the UCI president

The UCI just gave its highest award to a dictator

Well folks, you won’t believe what’s being pinned on cyclists now

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