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Getty Images 7 hours ago World road race champion Lotte Kopecky has won the 2024 Women’s Tour of Britain after leading the race from the first stage. The Belgian finished fourth in Sunday’s final stage but it was enough to see her claim victory with a 17-second advantage. Britain’s Anna Henderson finished in second place

Getty Images Ben Collins BBC Sport journalist 2 hours ago Primoz Roglic had to dig deep during a dramatic finish to the Criterium du Dauphine to hang on and win his second title in three years by eight seconds. The Bora–Hansgrohe rider went into the final stage with a 62-second advantage over Matteo Jorgenson, which

Getty Images 9 hours ago Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes claimed victory on the penultimate stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain to hand Team SD Worx-Protime a third consecutive win. Led out by her team-mate and overall leader Lotte Kopecky, sprint specialist Wiebes launched her attack to the line with 200m remaining of the 106.8km

Getty Images Ben Collins BBC Sport journalist 1 hour ago Primoz Roglic made it back-to-back wins on stage seven of the Criterium du Dauphine to increase his overall lead heading into the final stage. The Bora–Hansgrohe rider took the yellow jersey from Remco Evenepoel on Friday and is now 62 seconds clear after winning the

PA Media 1 hour ago The World Anti-Doping Association (Wada) has appealed against the decision not to sanction British cyclist Lizzy Banks following a positive doping test. Banks, 33, quit the sport last month following a 10-month case, in which UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) found her at “no fault or negligence” and lifted her suspension. She

Getty Images 7 June 2024 Tour de France contender Primoz Roglic won stage six of the Criterium du Dauphine to take the race lead heading into the final two stages. The 34-year-old put in a strong final climb to claim the stage victory at Le Collet d’Allevard, with Bora–Hansgrohe team-mate Aleksandr Vlasov playing a key

Getty Images 10 minutes ago The Lifeplus-Wahoo cycling team were able to continue in the Tour of Britain on Friday after the generosity of their rivals following the theft of 14 bikes overnight. The UK-based women’s team woke on Friday morning to discover all 14 of their Ribble Endurance SLR bikes had been stolen from

Getty Images 1 hour ago World road race champion Lotte Kopecky took victory in a photo finish on the opening stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain. The Belgian, 28, crossed the line on Llandudno’s promenande with Italy’s Letizia Paternoster after a fiercely contested sprint at the end of the 142.5km route. Liv AlUla Jayco’s

Getty Images 1 hour ago Stage five of the Criterium du Dauphine was neutralised on Thursday following a large crash involving the peloton. Race leader Remco Evenepoel was among the riders to suffer injuries. The stage was cancelled with about 21.5km remaining, with organisers attributing their decision to a lack of available medical staff. “Due

Getty Images 6 June 2024 Kate Richardson will miss the Tour of Britain after sustaining “a refractured scapula, an incredibly bruised and swollen right hip” in a road traffic incident. A car came into collision with the Scottish rider earlier this week and she said “police are dealing with the incident, and with witnesses and

Getty Images Matt Warwick BBC Sport 20 minutes ago A cricket World Cup is under way, the French Open tennis Grand Slam is approaching its climax, and football never stops. When the women’s Tour of Britain returns this week, it will hit some serious traffic. The summer of sport schedule is about to erupt further

Getty Images 4 hours ago Australian cyclist Robert Stannard has been banned for four years due to abnormalities that were found in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP). Cycling’s governing body the UCI has backdated the 25-year-old’s suspension to 17 August 2018, when the first abnormality was found, taking into account the delay with which the

Getty Images 3 minutes ago Olympic medallists Elinor Barker and Lizzie Deignan will headline Great Britain’s six-strong team for this year’s Tour of Britain Women. Deignan, 35, and Barker, 29, will be joined by Elynor Backstedt, Anna Henderson, Millie Couzens and Flora Perkins. Wales will host the first two stages of the race, which starts

Getty Images 3 hours ago Colombian cyclist Miguel Angel Lopez has been handed a four-year doping ban. The sport’s governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), said the 30-year-old had violated rules for “use and possession of a prohibited substance” before the 2022 Giro d’Italia. The UCI said he had used a banned hormone called

Getty Images 51 minutes ago Australian cyclist Jay Vine has been cleared to return to “gentle” training seven weeks after suffering spinal injuries in a high-speed crash. The 28-year-old was one of several riders, including Denmark’s reigning Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard, involved in the incident at the Itzulia Basque Country stage race on

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dafydd Pritchard BBC Sport Wales in Rome 7 hours ago History is everywhere you look in Rome, a city steeped in its own storied past. From the grandeur of the Colosseum to the subtler remnants of Roman

Geraint Thomas says that the sacrifice of being away from his family in the final years of his career has paid off with a podium finish in the Giro D’Italia. Thomas took to the podium in the shadow of the Coliseum in Rome to claim his third place prize with son Macs by his side.

Getty Images 15 minutes ago Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d’Italia on his debut by completing a processional final stage through Rome on Sunday. The Slovenian, who has two Tour de France victories, won six stages of the 21 in a dominant performance. He finished nine minutes 56 seconds ahead of second placed Daniel Martinez