Latest articles by Jonny Long
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Zoe Bäckstedt keeps composed until finish line tears to take rainbow jersey as dad Magnus watches on from the booth
Bäckstedt reveals she had a slow puncture for the entire race
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'It's just not feasible': The uphill battle for Tao stagiaire Red Walters to even get to the Worlds start line
The 22-year-old had a place in the U23 road race but for riders attending solo it means carrying their own bottles and going along to pre-race manager's meetings
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Ethan Hayter: 'I think everyone knows Tom Pidcock is the leader' at Flanders World Championships
The 23-year-old doesn't rule out his own chances, or Mark Cavendish's, and is nervous and excited about the British squad's multiple options for victory this year
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'People think I just sit behind eight people and sprint, I can race,' says Cavendish ahead of return to Worlds
The Manxman confirms he also plans to ride the British National Championships later this year
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Intensity, 'idiots' and a broken spoke: GB junior men secure top 10 in Worlds road race but residual hunger remains
The young Brits showed themselves well in the Flanders road race, happy with their performance but still left with thoughts of what could have been
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Lizzie Deignan on Patrick Lefevere: 'I'm pleased he has no interest in women's cycling, we have no interest in him either'
The Brit slaps down the Deceuninck - Quick-Step boss before turning her focus to trying to win another rainbow jersey
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Ethan Vernon: The ups and downs and the patience required en route to the promised land of WorldTour stardom
Part of the Tokyo TP squad before winning a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir, Ethan Vernon's time is nearly here
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Jeopardy, drama and the antidote to archaism: GB riders give their verdict on mixed relay TT
What do they like about the odd one out of the World Championships? And what would they change, if anything, about the event?
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Tony Martin: 'Twice I was lying in the ambulance, the dad of two daughters, you start questioning if it’s really worth it'
In his last ever race, the German won gold in the Worlds mixed relay TT and afterwards reflected on a glittering career
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17-year-old Brit Josh Tarling: not boring, not bad on a bike either, after claiming silver in junior men's time trial
The 17-year-old Brit took silver, GB's second medal of this Worlds, in the junior men's time trial
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'I thought I was having a heart attack on the start line': Mechanical engineer, mother of two, making Pakistani history
Alongside Asma Jan, Kanza Malik made history as the first Pakistani women to race internationally
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Days after being injured in an attempted burglary, young star Cian Uijtdebroeks suffered through Worlds junior time trial
The Belgian tore a muscle as he ran to trigger a burglar alarm after spotting an intruder on his roof
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A family affair for 'disappointed' Zoe Bäckstedt at the World Championships, as 16-year-old takes GB's first medal
A Bäckstedt has been on the women's junior TT Worlds podium for the past three years, with father Magnus in the commentary booth as Zoe claimed silver
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Ineos youngster Luke Plapp: 'I can't find a flight, it's been quite a while since I've seen my family'
The silver medalist in the U23 men's Worlds time trial has not seen family or friends for months after he left Australia to forge his professional cycling career
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Joss Lowden hopes Hour Record try will encourage more female attempts but 'give me a moment with it first, if I get it'
Joss Lowden says there's so much hype around the men's Hour Record that needs to be matched by the women
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Ellen van Dijk rode 'like the world was going to end' in order to claim time trial rainbow jersey
The Dutchwoman adds a rainbow jersey to her recent European road champion title
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Dan Bigham is definitely NOT the bad boy of British Cycling
'British Cycling aren’t the big evil corporation that sometimes they’re made out to be'
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Meet Chris Symonds: The 47-year-old Londoner who works at the House of Commons and rode Worlds TT for Ghana
Self-funded and self-coached, Symonds is the oldest-ever competitor in the men's time trial at the World Championships
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'I got it from an ad in Cycling Weekly': Ireland's Marcus Christie rode Bradley Wiggins' old time trial bike at Worlds
The Irish rider bought it from a classified ad in Cycling Weekly back in 2016
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Wout van Aert: 'It's not funny anymore to get second' after another silver medal in Flanders Worlds ITT
After the 2020 Worlds, 2021 cyclocross Worlds and 2021 Olympic road race, the Belgian adds another silver medal to his collection in the space of a year
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'It feels like we're not allowed to be world champion' says Remco Evenepoel after Belgians beaten for third year in a row
Since 2019, either Evenepoel or Wout van Aert has finished one spot off the time trial rainbow jersey at the World Championships
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Tony Martin announces retirement from professional cycling
The German still has a year left on his contract with Jumbo-Visma but will call time on his career after this week's Flanders World Championships
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Chris Anker Sørensen killed in crash at Flanders World Championships
The former pro was in Belgium on commentary duty for Danish television
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Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel looking for extra one per cent at Worlds as task of beating Filippo Ganna looms
The Belgian duo hope for home advantage in order to defeat the Italian in the men's elite individual time trial
