{"id":145817,"date":"2017-01-02T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=145817"},"modified":"2017-01-02T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T13:01:06","slug":"coolest-news-world-cycling-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/01\/02\/coolest-news-world-cycling-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Coolest News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Memorable cycling moments of 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>2016 is over, and what a year it was for a cycling fan! Let\u2019s look back one last time and check out the most memorable moments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/12\/31\/memorable-cycling-moments-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145814\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/12\/2442444_42424442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1375\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wiggo retires<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sir Bradley Wiggins has confirmed his retirement on his Instagram account. It was rumoured Wiggo would end his career since his win at the Ghent Six Day with Mark Cavendish. However, he declined to comment till this post.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BOkIxwPA4Ap\/<\/p>\n<p>Wiggins ends his career as one of the best cyclists ever with the 2012 Tour de France win, five Olympic gold medals, and numerous world titles.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Would you dare?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BOpYgCYhrR5\/?taken-by=wlcmagazine<\/p>\n<p>Did you ride during the holidays? We hope you didn\u2019t put your bike away. But if you did, you might be tempted to succumb to the New Year\u2019s resolution madness. Be sure not to do that and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/12\/28\/4-new-years-resolutions-better-biker\/\" target=\"_blank\">become a better biker with us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ferdinand K\u00fcbler dies aged 97<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The oldest living Tour de France winner has sadly passed away. He died in a hospital in Zurich on December 29. Ferdinand won the 1950 Tour, beating Gino Bartali for the title.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Ferdy K\u00fcbler National&#8230;. what a legend and big inspiration with 97years swiss power <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JSVKsoNvFN\">pic.twitter.com\/JSVKsoNvFN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabian Cancellara (@f_cancellara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/f_cancellara\/status\/814830352229421056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe softly fell asleep with a smile on his face. And shortly beforehand, he had told me that I\u2019m the greatest woman in the world,\u201d said Ferdinand\u2019s wife Christina.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I became a champion because I was poor. I struggled to eat, to have a better life. I won the Tour de France because I dreamed, because I knew that afterwards I would never be poor again,\u201d Ferdinand told L\u2019Equipe in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Frenchman Roger Walkowiak now takes over the title of the oldest living winner of the Tour de France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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