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Getty Images 2 hours ago Geraint Thomas says he is “in a great place” as he prepares to lead a strong Ineos Grenadiers team at May’s Giro d’Italia. Former Tour de France winner Thomas, 37, is targeting both Grand Tours in 2024, having been runner-up in Italy 12 months ago. Ineos also include top 10

By Martin Heath BBC News, Northamptonshire A BMX rider said he had dedicated the last three years towards his dream of winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Kieran Reilly of Corby, Northamptonshire, trains at the town’s internationally renowned urban sports venue, Adrenaline Alley. Last year, the 22-year-old became the first British man to

Rex Features By Tom Brown BBC Sport Wales Training for an Olympics is hard enough at the best of times, but throw in a two-year-old and seven-time world champion Elinor Barker has got her work cut out. “He’s an incredibly well-travelled toddler,” she told BBC Sport Wales. “When he gets in the car, he doesn’t

Getty Images Welshman Stephen Williams pulled off the biggest victory of his career by winning La Fleche Wallonne in Belgium. The Israel-Premier Tech rider, 27, is the first British male winner of the 88-year-old spring classic. But fellow Briton Tom Pidcock was among several riders to abandon the race amid torrential conditions in Ardennes. “I’m

Getty Images Anna Shackley, one of Britain’s most talented young cyclists, has been forced to retire aged 22 because of heart issues. The Scot is the reigning British Under-23 road race champion and won bronze in the under-23 event at last year’s World Championships in Glasgow. She was diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia in January and

Getty Images World Athletics’ decision to award prize money at the Paris Olympics goes against the Olympic spirit, says the head of cycling’s governing body. World Athletics will become the first federation to offer prize money at an Olympics this summer. Gold medallists in athletics events will earn $50,000 (£39,400). “The Olympic spirit is to

Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Britain’s Lizzie Deignan says she has been “told to push through pain” to get mobility back after breaking her arm. The Lidl-Trek rider crashed heavily during the Women’s Tour of Flanders race in March. “I’ve been told to push through certain levels of pain, particularly because of the

British Cycling Britain’s Lizzie Deignan says she is grateful the Tour of Britain Women has returned “against the odds” as British Cycling revealed the route. Wales will host the first two stages of the 2024 race, which starts on 6 June. The first edition under its new name – it was previously known solely as

SWpix.com Great Britain’s Katie Archibald won the omnium on day three of the Track Nations Cup in Canada to claim her third gold of the event. Archibald, 30, won the scratch, tempo and elimination races to claim a maximum 120 points, before adding 11 more in the points race. The three-time Olympic medallist finished 20

Getty Images Britain’s Tom Pidcock made a strong finish to the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday to win the prestigious one-day classic for the first time. Pidcock stormed to the front during a sprint finish and held off Marc Hirschi, with Tiesj Benoot in third. Victory in the Netherlands was the first on the road

SWpix.com Katie Archibald and Neah Evans won madison gold while GB team-mate Ethan Hayter clinched the omnium title on day two of the Track Nations Cup in Canada. Archibald and Evans topped the madison standings on 37 points, beating pairs from France and the United States. In the men’s omnium, Hayter won both the elimination

SWpix.com Great Britain won men’s and women’s team pursuit gold as the final round of the 2024 Track Nations Cup got under way in Milton, Canada. Katie Archibald, Jessica Roberts, Josie Knight and Anna Morris defeated Italy by more than six seconds despite trailing for much of the women’s race. Ethan Hayter, Dan Bigham, Ethan

Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Ineos Grenadiers owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has called for “real action” to ensure safety in road cycling following a number of serious recent accidents. Ratcliffe, 71, has written a letter to cycling’s world governing body the UCI outlining his concerns. “Governing bodies have made very few changes and

Getty Images Wout van Aert will not take part in this year’s Giro d’Italia as he continues to recover from injuries sustained in a crash last month. Van Aert, 29, broke his collarbone and several ribs at the Dwars door Vlaanderen one-day race in Belgium. He had been set to make his Giro debut, but

Getty Images By Craig Nelson BBC Sport Mathieu van der Poel broke his own record time to defend the Paris-Roubaix title after a stunning solo attack. The Dutch world champion, 29, pounced 60km from the finish and went on to beat the mark he set last year by almost three minutes. It was his sixth

Getty Images World champion Lotte Kopecky won her first women’s Paris-Roubaix as Great Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi claimed a podium place in a sprint finish. Georgi, 23, led out a six-strong group in the Roubaix Velodrome before being overtaken in the finishing straight. Italy’s Elisa Balsamo was second but Georgi just edged out the Netherlands’ three-time

Getty Images Reigning Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard suffered a collapsed lung in Thursday’s crash in the Itzulia Basque Country race. The 27-year-old Dane broke his collarbone and several ribs in a high-speed crash on a descent on stage four. His team, Visma-Lease a Bike, said on Friday that hospital tests also revealed bruising

Getty Images Reigning Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard suffered a broken collarbone and several broken ribs following a high-speed crash at the Itzulia Basque Country stage race. Vingegaard, 27, was among several riders caught up in the incident which occurred on a bend on a descent. Race leader Primoz Roglic and fellow Grand Tour