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Hong Kong protests and the bike race that never happened
A territory torn in two. A bike race through the centre of a stricken city. This is the story of the cancelled Hong Kong Hammer Series fi...

Hong Kong Hammer Series cancelled
Velon and the Hong Kong Tourism Board – the organisers of Hammer Hong Kong and the mass participation Hong Kong Cyclothon – have made the...

VelonLive to boost live data tracking at races with backing from EY
Feeling pretty good about your power numbers? Think you can hang with Van der Poel? Much of the credit for why we even have access to tho...

Could women's racing be next for the Hammer Series?
This week’s announcement of the new Hammer Series heralds the start of a new form of stage racing and, if all goes to plan, will benefit ...

What is the Hammer Series? Digging deeper into the races that could change cycling
The new Hammer Series was announced on Wednesday, with the unveiled multi-day format seeking to determine the best teams in the sport via...

Innovative Hammer Series of racing unveiled by Velon, Infront and teams
Many of the sport’s top teams will go head to head in a new race series launched on Wednesday, with a cluster of WorldTour squads plus se...

Rumours resurface that China’s richest man has eyes on Tour de France
Two and a half months after Italian publication Milano Finanza said that the Chinese Wanda Sports group was interested in buying cycling’...

How a 10-year partnership between Velon and Infront could change pro cycling
Ever since its announcement in November 2014, many asked how Velon was going to deliver on its stated intention of generating a new incom...

Velon underlines backing for AIGCP, UCI in WorldTour reform, while hints of frustration amongst riders emerge
Commenting on last week’s declaration by ASO that it will remove the Tour de France plus its other events from the UCI WorldTour, the Vel...

Velon CEO Bartlett: furore over the so-called Velon addendum is a misunderstanding
Responding to the publication of details of the so-called Velon addendum, a document which the professional rider’s association CPA instr...

Velon addendum leaked: Riders instructed not to sign
CyclingTips has received a copy of a document which calls into question denials by Velon that the so-called Velon addendum exists. A majo...

Velon rejects media report claiming it wants to muscle in on rider contracts and image rights
Responding to an Italian media report stating that it was requiring riders to sign a document giving up image rights and other elements, ...