Cycling

Ion Izagirre cruised to victory on stage 12 to end a seven-year wait since his last stage win at the Tour de France. Victory for the 34-year-old Spaniard came 11 days after Victor Lafay claimed a first stage win in 15 years for the Cofidis team. Mathieu Burgaudeau edged out Matteo Jorgenson in a sprint

Olympic BMX champions Beth Shriever and Charlotte Worthington have been named in Great Britain’s squad for the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. Olympic and world silver medallist Kye Whyte and Olympic bronze medallist Declan Brooks are also named in the squad of 23 for the event in Scotland. It means 200 athletes will represent Great

Mark Cavendish says it will take “a few weeks” to recover after having surgery on a broken collarbone. The British rider, who is set to retire at the end of this season, abandoned this year’s Tour de France after crashing on stage eight. Astana are set to offer the 38-year-old the chance to attempt a

Jasper Philipsen secured his fourth stage win of the 2023 Tour de France as he produced another powerful sprint to claim victory on stage 11 in Moulins. The Belgian worked his way up through the bunch and then kicked off the wheel of Dylan Groenewegen, who came second. The last rider to win four bunch

Venue: Various in Scotland Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch the finals of 13 World Championships across seven disciplines over 11 days on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Olympic gold medallist Tom Pidcock and five-time world champion Rachel Atherton are in Britain’s mountain bike team for the home World Championships.

Spanish rider Pello Bilbao dedicated his victory to his late Bahrain-Victorious team-mate Gino Mader after winning stage 10 of the Tour de France. Mader died aged 26 in a crash at last month’s Tour de Suisse. “It was the only reason [for the win],” an emotional Bilbao said at the finish. “It was a special

Venue: Various in Scotland Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch the finals of 13 World Championships across seven disciplines over 11 days on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Scotland’s Katie Archibald will lead the British team at the Track World Championships in her home city of Glasgow from 3-9 August.

Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch the finals of 13 World Championships across seven disciplines over 11 days on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Lizzie Deignan, Geraint Thomas and Sarah Storey have been included in the British squad for the Road World Championships in Glasgow next month. Mark Cavendish also

Canadian climber Michael Woods timed his ride to perfection to claim his first stage win on the Tour de France. Matteo Jorgenson was more than a minute clear as he began climbing the dormant volcano of Puy de Dome on stage nine. But the American was caught by Israel Start-Up Nation rider Woods less than

Movistar’s Annemiek van Vleuten clinched her fourth overall title at the Giro d’Italia Donne as Chiara Consonni won the final stage. The 40-year-old secured the title as compatriot Marianne Vos was held off by home favourite Consonni, 24, in a sprint finish in Olbia. Van Vleuten maintained her overall lead over Frenchwoman Juliette Labous, 24.

Mark Cavendish’s team are to offer him the chance to attempt to win a record 35th Tour de France stage in 2024. The British rider, who is set to retire at the end of this season, abandoned this year’s race after breaking his collarbone on Saturday’s eighth stage. Cavendish is equal with five-time Tour winner

Race director Christian Prudhomme said “the Tour de France is sad” after Mark Cavendish crashed out of what is set to be his final appearance in the event. Manxman Cavendish, 38, broke a collarbone in an innocuous-looking crash about 60km from the finish of stage eight from Libourne to Limoges. That means he is set

Mark Cavendish has crashed out of what is set to be his final Tour de France before retirement. The 38-year-old Manxman was involved in an innocuous crash 60km from the finish of the race’s eighth stage – a 200.7km run from Libourne and Limoges. Widely regarded as cycling’s greatest sprinter of all time, Cavendish came

Blanka Vas won a sprint finish to claim victory on stage eight of the Giro d’Italia Donne. The Hungarian rider timed her surge just right as she beat second-placed Chloe Dygert and Liane Lippert, in third, to the finishing line. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten retained a comfortable advantage of nearly four minutes in overall

Jasper Philipsen denied Mark Cavendish a record 35th stage win at the Tour de France with victory in Bordeaux. Britain’s Cavendish surged into the lead in the final sprint on Friday before Philipsen powered past him in sight of the line on stage seven. Cavendish jointly holds the record for most Tour stage wins on

Annemiek van Vleuten continued her dominance of the Giro d’Italia Donne with an impressive victory in stage seven. The defending champion powered away from France’s Juliette Labous and Italy’s Gaia Realini with 1.8km to go, landing a third stage win of the race. She finished 13 seconds ahead of Labous, with Realini taking third. Van

Last updated on Less than a minute agoLess than a minute ago.From the section Cycling Tadej Pogacar produced a stunning attack on the final climb to Cauterets-Cambasque as he soloed clear of defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to win stage six of the Tour de France. It was a superb response from Pogacar, who lost over

Annemiek van Vleuten won stage six of the Giro d’Italia Donne as she extended her overall lead. The defending champion, from the Netherlands, powered away from the peloton to take victory on the 104.4km run in Canelli. Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes was second after she beat Germany’s Liane Lippert, who was third, to the finishing