The pre-season crash which left Egan Bernal in intensive care has again focused attention on the safety of time-trial bikes. Tom Pidcock and Chris Froome are among the high-profile names warning that TT bikes are too dangerous to ride on open roads. But are the bikes to blame - or the natural inclination of pro-riders to ride as fast as possible, even in training? Dan Cavallari seeks the opinion of three people who know - former US Time trial champion Cameron Piper, now product manager at Specialized in California, multiple British time trial champion Michael Hutchinson and Trek-Segafredo pro Toms Skujins.
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'It's quite exceptional' – Is Mathieu van der Poel this century's greatest Classics rider?
The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider has now won eight Monuments, and next year will be looking to equal the record number of Paris-Roubaix victories.
‘This was my first time ever on a velodrome’ - Rosa Klöser, from the Kansas flint hills to the Roubaix cobbles
The Canyon//SRAM rider finished the Hell of the North after a dramatic but rewarding first experience on the cobbles
'He’s going to be a big champion': António Morgado is Tadej Pogačar's new favourite helper
Tadej Pogačar has a new domestique to rely on – and he's tipped for greatness in the Classics himself.
All about anticipation: How Paris-Roubaix Femmes signified a shift in the dynamics of the women’s peloton
Teams like Lidl-Trek, Visma-Lease a Bike and EF Education-Oatly are proof that aggressive racing can pay dividends
Paris-Roubaix's youngest rider Carys Lloyd is still at school: 'My teachers can't get their head around it'
The Movistar rider was one of two British 18-year-olds representing the Spanish team, with Cat Ferguson also making her debut in the Hell of the...
'We'll have a different meeting in the bus' - A monumental disaster? The day SD Worx-Protime got it wrong
Tactical blunders and a lack of collective strength left the Dutch team disappointed with Lorena Wiebes’ eventual third place finish at Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift
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