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By Matthew Kenyon BBC Sport Denny Burnett This article contains references to child abuse, drug addiction and suicidal thoughts. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, visit BBC Action line. As Felipe Nystrom approaches the hill, the cheers swell. His bike sliding and squelching through the mud, he reaches the bottom

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.

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

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

SWpix.com By Katie Falkingham BBC Sport It had been that long they had worked out the exact number of days – 4,095. Not since late 2012, more than 11 years earlier, had a British women’s team sprint squad won a gold medal. But at the Adelaide leg of the Track Nations Cup in February, Katy

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

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

By Tom Reynolds BBC Sport in Girona Mike McMonagle Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC Sport app and find the latest in the series here. It is early spring 2021 in Girona, Spain in the middle of yet another Covid-19 lockdown. Exercise is permitted, but only in the local

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

Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport There’s a comeback in road cycling this year which could be momentous – a huge achievement in a sport so demanding on the body. And, no, it’s not Mark Cavendish… Britain’s former world champion Lizzie Deignan starts the 2024 season looking to regain the race-winning form which made

Getty Images The UCI has suspended members of Cynisca Cycling after the team disguised a mechanic as a rider in an effort to gain entry to last year’s Argenta Classic. American team Cynisca were missing one of their five riders due to illness for the road race in Belgium. Mechanic Moira Barrett dressed as the

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

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

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

EPA Jan Tratnik claimed victory in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad race and called it the “biggest win” of his life”. The Slovenian finished ahead of Germany’s Nils Politt by three seconds in Belgium in an event that marks the start of the ‘cobbled classics’ season. Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock was eight seconds behind in eighth

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

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

Getty Images Mark Cavendish’s final season in the saddle is already off to a winning start, and his bid for Tour de France history promises to be one of the main storylines of this campaign. But with cycling’s profile continuing to rise after its Netflix treatment, the arrival of a blue-chip sponsor which has dominated