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Described by the real estate agent as a 'Cyclist's Dream House', Lance Armstrong's former home in Austin, Texas has been put on sale for $3.5m.

A new mass-participation ride has been created by British Cycling and will take place two days before the start of the Tour of Britain. Called the Yorkshire Tour Ride, it's a three-route ride with the longest ride being 87 miles over Holme Moss and the Snake Pass.

That Pat McQuaid was to become the next president of the Union Cycliste Internationale - a shoe-in from outgoing president Hein Verbruggen - has long been a given. But the UCI's heavy-handed mis-handling of its new ProTour series and highly embarrassing spats with national cycle federations over the culling of two major track events from the Olympics has seen two challengers enter the ring...

Founded in March 2004 by Mike and Jane Townsend following restructuring at H&J Supplies, M & J Distributors Ltd of Manchester is now owned by Mark and Steve Henshaw, the firm's first employees.

Jet, the fuel brand of ConocoPhillips Ltd., has issued a press release about the dangers of cycling without helmets. The company found that two out of three UK kids cycle without helmets. "Jet is urging the government to bring in new legislation to make the wearing of a cycle helmet compulsory," said the brand's PR manager, claiming that five million school children want to see a helmet compulsion law.