Cycling

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

Getty Images 26 May 2024 Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes clinched the RideLondon Classique title after winning each of the race’s three stages. Wiebes, 25, headed into the third stage on Sunday with a 20-second lead over Belgium’s world champion Lotte Kopecky in the general classification. Wiebes took the 91.2km third stage, which ended on The

Getty Images 26 May 2024 Great Britain’s Olympic and world champion Tom Pidcock won the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross country race in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, for a fourth year in a row. The 24-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider has an unbeaten record at the course and attacked in the fourth lap to go

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dafydd Pritchard BBC Sport Wales in Bassano del Grappa 1 hour ago Geraint Thomas says this year’s Giro d’Italia might be his final Grand Tour as a team leader. The former Tour de France champion, who turned

Reuters 58 minutes ago Tadej Pogacar underlined his dominance of the Giro d’Italia with a sixth stage win to extend his overall lead to almost 10 minutes with Sunday’s processional run to Rome remaining. The 25-year-old Slovenian rider attacked on the final summit of the 20th stage, powering up Monte Grappa and away from his

Getty Images 25 May 2024 Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes made it two wins in as many days in the RideLondon Classique with victory on the second stage. Wiebes followed up victory in the opening stage by finishing strongly again in a sprint finish to win the 143km run in the Essex town of Maldon. She

Getty Images 43 minutes ago Andrea Vendrame showed his staying power as he stormed to victory on stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia for Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale. The 29-year-old Italian slipped away from survivors of a long breakaway with 30km left of a hilly 157km run from Mortegliano to Sappada. Britain’s Geraint Thomas suffered a

Getty Images 24 May 2024 Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes dominated the sprint finish in Colchester to win stage one of the RideLondon Classique. The SD Worx-Protime cyclist surged to the front in the final stages and finished five seconds ahead of Italian Letizia Paternoster (Liv AlUla Jayco) while Lidl-Trek’s Clara Copponi of France was a

Getty Images 55 minutes ago Tim Merlier displayed his sprinting prowess to win stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia for team Soudal Quick-Step. Merlier, 31, emerged from a wide position in a crowded field to take the victory by half a wheel from Jonathan Milan, with Kaden Groves third. Tadej Pogacar remains in a strong

Getty Images Matt Warwick BBC Sport 1 hour ago British Cycling has agreed a multi-million-pound sponsorship with banking firm Lloyds that it described as “game-changing”. The deal is a “multi-year agreement”, but a specific financial figure was not revealed. However, British Cycling chief executive Jon Dutton said: “This is game-changing for British Cycling and we

Getty Images 2 hours ago Georg Steinhauser claimed his maiden career win after a stunning solo ride on stage 17 at the Giro d’Italia. Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar crossed the line in second to strengthen his lead at the top of the overall standings. Antonio Tiberi was third, with Welshman Geraint Thomas fourth. “It’s something unbelievable,”

Getty Images 30 minutes ago Great Britain’s Lizzie Deignan will go head-to-head with Belgian world champion Lotte Kopecky this week at the three-stage Ride London Classique, available to watch on the BBC. Deignan has won several of the sport’s biggest races, including the inaugural one-day Paris-Roubaix Femmes in 2021. She was also the first British

Getty Images 21 May 2024, 18:05 BST Updated 35 minutes ago Australia’s Ben O’Connor called the race organisers “dinosaurs” after a delayed and chaotic start to a shortened stage 16 at the Giro d’Italia, which was eventually won by race leader Tadej Pogacar. Slovenia’s Pogacar extended his huge lead at the top of the general

PA Media 8 hours ago Britain’s Lizzy Banks says she has been going through “absolute hell” after a 10-month case found her at “no fault or negligence” and without sanction following a positive doping test. The 33-year-old, who has competed for Great Britain at the World Championships and won stages at the Giro d’Italia, was