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Getty Images 29 June 2024, 16:58 BST Comments Updated 5 minutes ago Britain’s Mark Cavendish struggled on stage one of the Tour de France, finishing 39 minutes behind the peloton. France’s Romain Bardet of DSM-Firmenich-PostNL won the Grand Depart from Florence to Rimini in Italy. Bardet’s team-mate Frank van den Broek was second following a

Getty Images Matt Warwick BBC Sport Senior Journalist 1 hour ago Britain’s Adam Yates starts this year’s Tour de France as one of the most important riders in the 176-strong peloton. Last year he won the opening stage and wore the yellow jersey, beating his twin brother Simon in the process. This year he is

Getty Images Matt Warwick BBC Sport Senior Journalist 1 hour ago Comments Such is the dominance of the Olympics, the Tour de France is taking a literal detour, finishing in a time trial on Nice’s grand promenade instead of the traditional sprint on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. So perhaps it’s a relief, then, that Mark Cavendish will

Jake Stewart Ged Scott BBC Sport England 2 hours ago When Spain’s Alberto Contador eclipsed the much-publicised return of Lance Armstrong to win the Tour de France in 2009, it had a knock-on effect further down the road. For Coventry’s Jake Stewart, a keen nine-year-old rider who had not long started at Solihull Cycling Club,

Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe Matt Warwick BBC Sport 2 hours ago Red Bull has officially announced its partnership with the Bora-Hansgrohe team before the Tour de France. They will now be known as Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe and aim to win the Tour with Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic at the forefront. “Today we open a new chapter in

Getty Images 1 hour ago The 111th edition of the Tour de France gets under way in Florence, Italy on Saturday, 29 June with the three-week race ending in Nice on Sunday, 21 July. The riders will tackle seven mountain stages including trips to the Pyrenees and Alps during the 3,492km (2,170-mile) race. There will

Getty Images 1 hour ago Geraint Thomas is relishing the “freedom” of his new role after being selected by Ineos Grenadiers for his 13th Tour de France. The 2018 champion has been tasked with supporting team leaders Egan Bernal and Carlos Rodriguez when the race begins on Saturday. At 38, Thomas proved he still has

Getty Images Katie Falkingham BBC Sport Senior Journalist 14 minutes ago World champion sprinter Emma Finucane and reigning Olympic mountain bike gold medallist Tom Pidcock headline Team GB’s initial cycling squad for Paris 2024. Pidcock will compete in both the mountain bike event and the road race in Paris. The 24-year-old became the first Briton

Getty Images 22 June 2024 British BMX rider Kieran Reilly qualified for his maiden Olympics but defending champion Charlotte Worthington faces an anxious wait after missing out at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest. Reilly, the men’s freestyle park world champion, was third in the first leg of the OQS in Shanghai last month and

EPA 56 minutes ago Tom Pidcock came from last to first to win short track gold at the Mountain Bike World Cup in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Britain’s Olympic and world champion slipped out of his pedal in the first of six laps before being involved in a minor collision as he attempted to make up ground.

Getty Images 1 hour ago Four-time champion Chris Froome has been omitted from Israel-Premier Tech’s Tour de France team for the second year running. The British rider, who has not won a race since 2018, finished 81st in the recent Criterium du Dauphine, an event used traditionally to gauge form prior to La Grande Boucle.

Getty Images 20 June 2024, 13:09 BST Updated 47 minutes ago Britain’s Katie Archibald – a cycling gold medallist at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics – will miss next month’s Games in Paris after breaking her leg in a freak accident. Archibald, 30, broke two bones in her leg and tore ligaments off the bone

Getty Images 9 hours ago Two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard will compete in this year’s Tour de France after overcoming serious injuries sustained earlier this season. The 27-year-old Dane has not raced since suffering a broken collarbone and ribs and a collapsed lung in the Tour of the Basque Country at the start of April.

EPA Ben Collins BBC Sport journalist 2 hours ago Demi Vollering clinched her first Women’s Tour de Suisse title in style to extend her winning streak in stage races. The Dutchwoman, 27, made it four race victories in less than two months by winning the fourth and final stage in Champagne, Switzerland on Tuesday. The

Getty Images 10 minutes ago The Tour de France will start in Barcelona for the first time in 2026. The opening two stages will be in Catalonia, with the third stage starting in the Spanish region before crossing into France. It will be the third occasion Spain has hosted the race’s Grand Depart, having previously

Getty Images 2 hours ago British rider Adam Yates held off team-mate Joao Almeida in stage eight to win the Tour de Suisse. Yates finished second in Sunday’s time trial, but it was still enough to claim overall victory by 22 seconds. It was the fourth stage in a row in which the Team Emirates

Getty Images 1 hour ago British rider Adam Yates will start Sunday’s final stage of the Tour de Suisse in the yellow jersey after earning another victory on stage seven. Yates and team-mate Joao Almeida crossed the finish line together – with the Briton deemed slightly ahead of the Portuguese – and 14 seconds ahead

Getty Images 23 minutes ago Cyclist Mark Cavendish has been given a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours. Cavendish won the men’s road race at the 2011 World Championships and has sprinted to a record-equalling 34 Tour de France stage wins, matching Eddy Merckx’s haul. The 39-year-old from the Isle of Man will try to