Cycling

Tokyo gold medallist Beth Shriever is hoping for a “whole new Olympic experience” when she defends her BMX title in Paris next year. Shriever beat Colombia’s Mariana Pajon by 0.090 seconds in the women’s final in 2021, but crowd sizes were strictly limited in Japan because of Covid. She also won gold at a BMX

Yara Kastelijn claimed her first WorldTour win with victory on stage four of the Tour de France Femmes. Lotte Kopecky finished 14th to hang on to the leader’s yellow jersey she earned on the opening stage. Dutchwoman Kastelijn was part of a 14-rider breakaway and went solo inside the final 20km, finishing 71 seconds ahead

Lorena Wiebes won stage three of the Tour de France Femmes as breakaway rider Julie van de Velde was caught with about 200m to go. The Dutch rider beat Marianne Vos in a sprint to the line, while Wiebes’ team-mate Lotte Kopecky came in third to retain the leader’s yellow jersey. Victory on the 147km

Liane Lippert won the sprint for the line as the German claimed victory on the second stage of the Tour de France Femmes. Belgian Lotte Kopecky, who won stage one, launched her sprint at the end of a wet, 152km hilly route from Clermont-Ferrand to Mauriac first. But Lippert, 25, surged past her to take

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard sealed his second successive Tour de France triumph as Jordi Meeus sprinted to a surprise win on the final stage. Meeus, 25, edged Jasper Philipsen in a photo finish in Paris to deny his fellow Belgian a repeat of last year’s win on the iconic Champs Elysees. Vingegaard, 26, finished seven minutes

Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky won the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes with a late breakaway. The SD Worx rider attacked on the Cote de Durtol climb towards the end of a largely flat 124km stage that started and ended in Clermont-Ferrand. Team-mate Lorena Wiebes took the sprint for second from Charlotte Kool of

The Tour de France Femmes returns for its second edition this weekend since it officially returned to the calendar as a stage race last year after a long absence. The eight-stage event gets under way in Clermont-Ferrand on 23 July – the same day the men’s edition finishes across the country in Paris – and

Dame Laura Kenny, Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian, has given birth to her second child with husband Sir Jason Kenny. The couple’s first son, Albie, was born in 2017 but Kenny suffered a miscarriage in November 2021 and an ectopic pregnancy in January 2022. Laura Kenny has not ruled out competing at the Paris

Teenage Italian cyclist Jacopo Venzo has died after a crash during a race in Austria on Friday. The 17-year-old crashed as he descended during the first stage of the Junioren Rundfahrt and was flown to hospital in Linz by helicopter. The Campana Imballaggi Geo&Tex Trentino rider succumbed to his injuries on Saturday and the tour

Tadej Pogacar salvaged some pride by taking stage 20 of this year’s Tour de France as Jonas Vingegaard all but sealed the defence of his title. Pogacar has been unable to challenge Vinegaard’s supremacy in the past week, but sprinted past the Dane to win on the final day of competitive racing. Vingegaard holds a

The Tour de France Femmes begins its second edition on Sunday, 23 July in Clermont Ferrand, central southern France. The eight-stage race features a mixture of flat stages, hilly days, a time trial and a showpiece mountain-top finish on the Tourmalet in the Pyrenees. Last year’s winner Annemiek van Vleuten is returning to the start

Matej Mohoric won stage 19 of the Tour de France in a thrilling photo finish ahead of Kasper Asgreen in Poligny. The pair sprinted for the line at the end of a frantic day of racing, with the Slovenian denying Asgreen back-to-back stage wins by the width of a rim. They had to wait to

Kasper Asgreen claimed his first Tour de France stage victory as he held on to win stage 18 from an epic breakaway. The Soudal Quick-Step rider, 28, was part of a four-man group which seemed destined to be caught during the closing stages in Bourg-en-Bresse. But the leaders managed to stay clear, with Dane Asgreen

Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert has withdrawn from the Tour de France to return home to his wife who is due to give birth. The Belgian, 28, finished second in two stages of this year’s Tour. He was also an important helper for Jonas Vingegaard, who is on course for a second Tour win in a

Pfeiffer Georgi hopes wearing the British champion’s jersey will give her a “boost” at the Tour de France Femmes. The Gloucestershire rider is lining up as one of the leaders for Team DSM when the Tour begins on Sunday. Georgi says she is enjoying the “best” year of her career so far, with three victories

Jonas Vingegaard is on the brink of retaining his Tour de France title after opening up a lead of more than seven minutes on a gruelling stage 17. Two-time winner Pogacar struggled after an early crash on the queen stage and was dropped with 15km left. Felix Gall broke clear to win the stage, 34

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Jonas Vingegaard tightened his grip on the yellow jersey in the Tour de France after he blew away Tadej Pogacar in the individual time trial. The Dane won the 22.4km stage 16 from Passy to Combloux in 32 minutes 36 seconds on a decisive day of the Tour. Vingegaard increased his overall lead over Slovenian