Cycling

Britain’s Zoe Backstedt won the women’s Under-23 European Cyclo-cross Championships in Pont-Chateau, France. The 19-year-old Welsh rider held off the challenge of Luxembourg’s Marie Schreiber, with Kristyna Zemanova of the Czech Republic in third. Backstedt has now added the cyclo-cross title to the Road European Championships women’s Under-23 time trial gold she won in September.

A fast food meal after a night out in 2017 changed the course of Lizzi Jordan’s life forever, but has opened the door to new opportunities. It left her in a coma and fighting for survival, and when she eventually woke, she was blind. But after hitting what she describes as “rock bottom” Jordan, from

Dutch rider Jeffrey Hoogland has smashed the men’s 1km time trial world record by almost a second. The current world champion posted a time of 55.433 seconds in Mexico as he beat Francois Pervis’ mark from 2013. The Frenchman’s time of 56,303 seconds had been the longest standing track world record. That was also set

PA Media A third man has been found guilty of robbing elite cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta of watches worth £700,000 in a knifepoint raid at their home in Essex. A balaclava-clad gang, armed with large knives, threatened the couple at their house in the Ongar area in 2021. Two men have already

Mark Cavendish says he is “shocked” by how hard the route for the 2024 Tour de France is. Wednesday’s announcement revealed the race, from 29 June to 21 July, will feature two visits to the Alps, with Paris avoided because of the Olympics. Cavendish, 38, has delayed plans to retire in order to try to

At a business dinner in downtown Zurich in the early eighties, Rolf Hess was humiliated by his boss in front of his colleagues because he didn’t know the price of the dollar. “I wanted to punch him,” says Hess, chuckling. “But he was right – you have to know these things [in business].” Now financial

Geraint Thomas has signed a new two-year contract with Ineos Grenadiers. The former Tour de France champion and double Olympic gold medallist had been approaching the end of a two-year extension he signed in 2021. Welshman Thomas turned 37 during this year’s Giro d’Italia, where he finished second behind Primoz Roglic. “Although you ‘never say

Great Britain’s Katie Archibald won the women’s elimination race at the opening round of the UCI Track Champions League in Majorca. The Scot, who finished second overall in last season’s endurance standings, broke clear in the final sprint to win. In the men’s elimination race, Will Tidball came second while Archibald and Mark Stewart were

Britain’s world champion Tom Pidcock won the final stage of the Mountain Bike Cross Country World Cup series at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec. The Leeds-born rider, 24, finished 26 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Mathias Fluckiger, whose challenge was curtailed by two punctures. Pidcock also won the opening race of the season in the Czech Republic, and had

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has delayed plans to retire and will race in next year’s Tour de France. The 38-year-old sprinter, who announced his retirement in May, has signed a one-year contract with his Astana-Qazaqstan team. He will have the chance to break the record for Tour stage wins which he shares with legend Eddy Merckx

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has delayed plans to retire and will race in next year’s Tour de France. The 38-year-old sprinter, who announced his retirement in May, has signed a new one-year contract with his Astana-Qazaqstan team. He will have the chance to break the record of 34 Tour stage wins which he shares with legend

Great Britain’s Evie Richards won the women’s cross-country short track race at the Mountain Bike World Cup in West Virginia. Richards finished in 19 minutes 54 seconds in Snowshoe to beat Dutchwoman Puck Pieterse by five seconds, with Australia’s Rebecca Henderson a further four seconds back. “I can’t believe it. I’m well happy,” Commonwealth champion

Great Britain’s Evie Richards won the women’s cross-country short track race at the Mountain Bike World Cup in West Virginia. Richards finished in 19 minutes 54 seconds in Snowshoe to beat Dutchwoman Puck Pieterse by five seconds, with Australia’s Rebecca Henderson a further four seconds back. “I can’t believe it. I’m well happy,” Commonwealth champion

Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the women’s road race at the European Road Cycling Championships in Col du Vam. The Netherlands’ Mischa Bredewold held on to win by four seconds after attacking with 10km remaining. Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes beat Belgian world champion Lotte Kopecky in a sprint

Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the women’s road race at the European Road Cycling Championships in Col du Vam. The Netherlands’ Mischa Bredewold held on to win by four seconds after attacking with 10km remaining. Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes beat Belgian world champion Lotte Kopecky in a sprint

Great Britain’s Josh Tarling produced one of the best rides of his career to win gold in the individual time trial at the European Road Cycling Championships in Drenthe. Tarling, 19, was 42.92 seconds quicker than Switzerland’s Stefan Bissegger, with Belgium’s Wout van Aert third. Anna Henderson, 24, won silver in the women’s race, finishing

Belgian rider Nathan van Hooydonck has retired from cycling after having an internal defibrillator fitted because of a heart muscle anomaly. The 27-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider was involved in a car accident last week when he fell ill at the wheel. Subsequent tests led to the issue being found and Van Hooydonck was fitted with the

Great Britain’s Josh Tarling produced one of the best rides of his career to win gold in the individual time trial at the European Road Cycling Championships in Drenthe. Tarling, 19, was 42.92 seconds quicker than Switzerland’s Stefan Bissegger, with Belgium’s Wout van Aert third. Anna Henderson, 24, won silver in the women’s race, finishing