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Getty Images British Cycling has named Rod Ellingworth as the race director for its Tour of Britain events. The 51-year-old stepped down as Ineos Grenadiers’ deputy team principal at the end of 2023. Ellingworth returns to British Cycling having helped to form its academy in 2004, and worked at the Beijing, London and Rio Olympics.
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Getty Images By Harry Poole BBC Sport Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard took overall victory at the Tirreno-Adriatico race, while Matteo Jorgenson triumphed at Paris-Nice. Denmark’s Vingegaard, 27, ended Italy’s seven-stage race one minute and 24 seconds ahead of Spain’s Juan Ayuso. American Jorgenson, 24, finished behind Remco Evenepoel on the final stage of
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Getty Images World and European track sprint champion Emma Finucane aims to help inspire young female cyclists to follow her into sprinting. Since Great Britain’s team sprinters shone at the 2012 London Olympics, they have not made a Games. Finucane’s recent solo success came alongside team sprint silver medals at the 2023 World Championships in
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Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Cycling’s world governing body will review time trial helmet designs after issuing a ban on a ‘head sock’ element. The UCI says it wants to ensure radical designs do not compromise safety. “It raises an issue concerning the current trend, focusing more on performance than to ensure the
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Getty Images By Katie Falkingham BBC Sport Laura Kenny has only a “slim chance” of competing at the Paris Olympics, says British Cycling’s performance director. Kenny, Britain’s most successful female Olympian, gave birth to her second son Monty in July, but said in November she was targeting a fourth Games in 2024. The 31-year-old has
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Getty Images Slovenia’s two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar pulled off a stunning solo ride to win the Strade Bianche in Tuscany. The UAE Team Emirates rider attacked with 81km of the 215km race remaining. He finished a record two minutes 44 seconds ahead of second-placed Toms Skujins in Siena, with Britain’s defending champion
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SWpix.com By Katie Falkingham BBC Sport at the National Cycling Centre, Manchester Lauren Bell won her second British title inside 24 hours with keirin victory on the last day of the National Track Championships in Manchester. Bell, a two-time team sprint world medallist, held off a late charge from Rhian Edmunds to narrowly pip her
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Getty Images Britain’s Kye Whyte won his first final “in ages”, claiming gold at the BMX Racing World Cup in Brisbane. The 24-year-old beat Switzerland’s Cedric Butti by less than two hundredths of a second to win his first gold medal since 2019. The Olympic silver medallist has endured a difficult 12 months but his
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SWpix.com By Katie Falkingham BBC Sport at the National Cycling Centre, Manchester Lora Fachie and pilot Corrine Hall won their second gold in as many days at the National Track Championships in Manchester. The two-time Paralympic champions defeated Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl in the women’s Para B pursuit. It completed their double, having pipped
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SWpix.com By Katie Falkingham BBC Sport at the National Cycling Centre, Manchester Jody Cundy marked his return to the track after a stint on the dancefloor with a comfortable win at the National Track Championships in Manchester. The five-time Paralympic cycling champion, who took part in last year’s Strictly Come Dancing, retained his C4-5 national
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Getty Images By Sanny Rudravajhala & Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat “I’ve had quite a few pinch me moments that I never thought I’d get this early on in my career.” Emma Finucane thought she’d “be waiting years” before calling herself a world cycling champion. But the 21-year-old won gold in the sprint race at the
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