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Why do belly buttons collect lint? Austrian chemist spent 3 years collecting his own to discover how ‘barbed’ hairs trap clothing fibres, but another scientist won an Ig Nobel for studying it

Why does belly-button lint form? Austrian chemist Georg Steinhauser spent about three years collecting 503 samples of his own navel fluff and studied how abdominal hair helps trap and move clothing fibres towards the belly button. His research followed earlier work by Australian scientist Karl Kruszelnicki, who won an Ig…

The Economic Times · Sep 23

'Still far from reaching his full potential' – Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe snap up Georg Steinhauser from EF Education-EasyPost

German climber has struggled for consistency, but the talent has always been there – Analysis

Cycling News · Aug 13

So close but so far - Sean Quinn misses out on Tour de France yellow jersey by 28 seconds

'This is where I think I belong' says US rider after Norwegian Torstein Træen stops him from taking race lead

Cycling News · Jul 7

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Cycling News · Apr 27

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Our regular columnist returns for 2026 with a breakdown of the racing in France, and what it all means for the rest of the season

Cycling News · Mar 18

Lenny Martinez steals Paris-Nice stage 8 win ahead of Jonas Vingegaard, who secures general classification victory

The Visma-Lease a Bike was pipped to the line by Martinez in a sprint finish

Cycling Weekly · Mar 15

Paris-Nice: Jonas Vingegaard secures GC title but gets pipped to stage 8 victory by Lenny Martinez in narrow two-up sprint

Dane is second on final stage and Harold Tejada takes third from small chase group in Nice

Cycling News · Mar 15

'Killer Jonas destroyed everybody' – Jonas Vingegaard doubles up with victory on stage 5 at Paris-Nice

Visma-Lease a Bike rider grows race lead to more than three minutes

Cycling Weekly · Mar 12

'I finished with nothing left in the legs, we were all dead, I think. Today will remain in my head for a long time' - Paris-Nice peloton reacts to stage 4's atrocious weather conditions

Mass falls, abandons and heavy rain, as well as high-speed racing made for memorably difficult day

Cycling News · Mar 11

Paris-Nice: Jonas Vingegaard climbs into race lead with massive effort on stage 4 marked by high-speed turmoil and grueling weather conditions

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe complete top four on mountaintop finish at Uchon with Daniel Martínez second, Tim van Dijke third and Mick van Dijke just off podium

Cycling News · Mar 11