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Mountain Bike Australia members vote ‘yes’ to AusCycling

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Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the AusCycling proposal to amalgamate Australia’s cycling disciplines. Voting at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting on the Gold Coast this past weekend some 89% of members indicated their support for the proposal. That result makes MTB the first discipline and national sporting organisation (NSO) …

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Explainer: Is a $2,000 fine and community service fair for killing a cyclist?

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In late November, 22-year-old driver Billie Rodda was handed a $2,000 fine and 200 hours of community service after hitting and killing pro cyclist Jason Lowndes in December 2017. Rodda pleaded guilty to the charges of dangerous driving causing death and using a mobile phone while driving. The cycling community’s response to Rodda’s sentence was …

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2019 Mark Gunter Photographer of the Year Awards – now open!

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As 2019 draws to a close, it’s time for one of the highlights of our year to take place – the Mark Gunter Photographer of the Year Awards. The Awards are an annual event held in honour of Mark Gunter (June 10, 1974 – November 29, 2015). Mark was a widely respected and popular photographer in …

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Anti-doping samples from 2016 and 2017 to be retested: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: The UCI has asked for anti-doping samples from 2016 and 2017 to be retested; Wout van Aert checks out the Paris-Roubaix route; Nairo Quintana will skip Colombia Tour for Tour de la Provence; Tony Martin is going to sit out the Tokyo Olympics; David De …

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Samples from 2016 and 2017 to be retested in light of Operation Aderlass

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The UCI says that it has asked the Cycling Anti-doping Foundation (CADF) to retest samples taken from athletes during anti-doping controls in 2016 and 2017 “in light of information and documents received from Austrian law enforcement in the Aderlass affair.” Operation Aderlass has linked athletes across multiple sports to a blood doping ring run by …

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