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A Fatal Accident Inquiry in Fort William into the death of Scottish cyclist Jason MacIntryre concluded today, with the champion cyclist’s widow Caroline saying that she was glad to have heard a full account of the events of the day her husband was killed.

Sherrif Douglas Hall will deliver his determination – similar to the verdict in a Coroner’s Inquest in England and Wales – at a later date.

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The 25-year-old Dutch cyclist Thomas Dekker has been banned for two years by the Monaco cycling federation (FMC), the body which holds the license of the cyclist, according to press reports in the Netherlands.

Dekker was suspended by Silence-Lotto shortly just days before last year’s Tour de France got under way in Monaco after it was revealed that traces of a previously undetectable type of EPO had been discovered in the re-test of a sample originally taken from the rider in December 2007, when he was still with Rabobank.

This year's Tour Series of televised town centre criterium races will be officially called the Halford's Tour Series it was announced today by the series organisers, SweetSpot.

The Halfords Tour Series takes place from 25th May to the 24th June across 10 cities and pits 10 top British professional teams against each other battling it out to be crowned the best cycling team in the country. What sets the series apart is that this is cycling as a team sport rather making it all about individual glory.