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Sir Chris Hoy announces retirement »

Chris Hoy

Edinburgh lad Sir Chris Hoy announced his retirement at the age of 37 from cycling last week in a move which sees him out of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Hoy is Britain’s most successful Olympian with six gold medals under his belt. The ...

Sun 21 Apr 2013 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Britain gets great haul of cycling medals »

Becky James faces the media at the UCI world championships

Great Britain are brimming with confidence in their form for the start of this seasons Track Cycling events, convincingly topping the medals table in Belarus. Performance director Dave Brailsford can accept more plaudits for this result as he continue...

Wed 06 Mar 2013 by Orla O'Muiri | Read more »

Scots cyclists snatch victory in Elite Championship finale »

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Glasgow was given a taste of what's to come in 2014's Commonwealth Games as the Revolution Series came to Scotland for the first time. The finale went right down to the wire as all-Scottish team Rafa Condor JLT, comprised of Olympic gold medalist Ed C...

Mon 04 Feb 2013 by Sean McGowan | Read more »

Armstrong's confession disappoints »

Lance Armstrong

It's all a game. The further you venture, the deeper you fall, the harder it is to pull a U-turn and tell the real truth. Armstrong was particularly gifted at this game. He shouted the loudest, he sued the most, threatened and mocked the doubters, ruin...

Sun 20 Jan 2013 by Orla O'Muiri | Read more »

Wiggins' crash brings cycle safety to forefront »

Three high profile cycling accidents in the past week have led to calls for road safety to be taken seriously. Last week, Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins was the first, knocked off his bike in Lancashire by a van. The Olympic gold medallist walke...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Orla O'Muiri | Read more »

Cycling's Wheels Are Falling Off »

The only option is to hop on your bike and keep on riding, your 20km or 200km route, it doesn't matter, keep going until it all melts away. Pace yourself, though, as there is a long road ahead in the rebuilding of this broken sport as the bad news just...

Wed 10 Oct 2012 by Orla O'Muiri | Read more »

Safer cycling access to King's Buildings in Council proposition »

Edinburgh City Council Cycling

The City of Edinburgh Council are proposing the development of a new Quality Bike Corridor between the King's Buildings and the city centre under their transport budget. The corridor would see the introduction of new cycle and bus lanes to improve cyc...

Thu 01 Mar 2012 by Nadia Mehdi | Read more »

£2m surplus to be spent by Edinburgh City Council »

The City of Edinburgh Council are set to invest £2m in services after discovering a surplus in their budget. Identifying the surplus as "the result of prudent financial management across all services," the Council has announced where the money w...

Wed 15 Feb 2012 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

Cycling initiative hailed 'a success' »

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An initiative launched in October to tackle road safety in the capital has been hailed a "success". Lothian and Borders Police Road Policing and Safer Neighbourhood Teams took to the streets during one week in a bid to promote road safety on the city’...

Tue 01 Nov 2011 by Hannah Raine | Read more »

Sport Shorts »

  Masters of the heroic failure Scotland’s unblemished record of never missing a Rugby World Cup quarter final has been lost. Needing a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knockout stages, Scotland for ...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Sean Gibson, Jamie Timson | Read more »

Hacker: Lance Armstrong – The man, the myth, the leg-end of the road? »

Lance Armstrong

On 2 October 1996, a 25-year-old American is diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer. The doctors give him only a 40 per cent chance of survival. Less than three years later this individual wins the toughest competition in professional sport &ndas...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

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