Cycling

Dates: 1 July – 23 July Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app The 110th edition of the Tour de France starts in Bilbao on Saturday. The previous 109 stagings of the epic race have produced winners from 15 countries – but can you name those countries? Can

Dates: 1 July – 23 July Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app The 110th edition of the Tour de France gets under way in Bilbao, Spain on Saturday, 1 July and finishes in Paris on Sunday, 24 July. The riders will tackle eight mountain stages and an

Britain’s Tom Pidcock says he loves descending but that the death of fellow cyclist Gino Mader has hit him hard. Mader died aged 26 following a high-speed crash during a descent at the Tour de Suisse this month, where Ineos Grenadiers’ Pidcock was also competing. Pidcock, 23, won stage 12 of last year’s Tour de

Britain’s Tom Pidcock will aim for stage wins at the Tour de France this year as Ineos Grenadiers also include 2019 winner Egan Bernal in their squad. Pidcock, 23, will aim to build on his 2022 success, when he won on the legendary climb up to Alpe d’Huez. “I’m excited to be back for another

England’s Fred Wright paid an emotional tribute to late team-mate Gino Mader after winning his first British National Road Championship title. Wright, 24, attacked late in the 189km contest and tearfully pointed to the sky as he crossed the line. “I was racing with him on my mind,” Wright said of Bahrain Victorious team-mate Mader,

British Olympic champion Bethany Shriever won gold in the fourth round of the UCI BMX Racing World Cup in the Netherlands. The 24-year-old kicked off the season by winning both women’s elite races in Turkey earlier this month. And she raced to a third victory of the campaign in Papendal on Sunday in 33.911 seconds.

Britain’s four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome has been left out of Israel-Premier Tech’s eight-man squad for next month’s race. Froome, 38, who has not won a race since 2018, had faced many mechanical issues in the build-up to the Tour. “Physically I was ready, but unfortunately I was unable to show my full

Kieran Reilly clinched Team GB’s first gold medal at the European Games with victory in the men’s BMX freestyle park, as Declan Brooks took bronze. Reilly, 21, posted an unassailable score of 92.33 points with his stunning second run, having already led with 88.96 on his first outing. British team-mate Brooks looked set for silver

Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar says a crash in which he fractured his wrist came at the “perfect time” for the 2023 Tour. The 24-year-old Slovenian, who rides for UAE Team Emirates, was injured at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race in April. But the timing of the accident meant he was able to rest before

Josh Tarling became the youngest British elite men’s time trial champion when he won by more than one minute at the National Road Championships. Fellow Welsh riders Anna Morris and Elinor Barker took silver and bronze in the women’s race won by the Isle of Man’s Lizzie Holden in Darlington. Tarling, 19, was one minute

Team SD Worx rider Marlen Reusser has won the third edition of the Tour de Suisse Women’s race. Switzerland’s Reusser finished one minute and two seconds ahead of teammate Demi Vollering, from the Netherlands, in the overall standings. “I had great support from Demi,” said Reusser. “And for the last thirty kilometres it was just

Great Britain has a team of 177 athletes set to compete at the 2023 European Games in Krakow, Poland. Team GB will compete across 18 Olympic sports from 21 June to 2 July, with qualification for the 2024 Games in Paris on the line in 10. There will also be qualification points up for grabs

American Magnus Sheffield has been discharged from hospital after he was involved in a high-speed crash during stage five of the Tour de Suisse. Swiss Gino Mader, who died aged 26 on Friday, also crashed on the same part of Thursday’s stage as riders descended from the Albula Pass in the Swiss Alps. Sheffield, 21,

This year’s Tour of Britain will finish in Caerphilly when it hosts the eighth stage on Sunday 10 September. The Welsh town last featured in the Tour a decade ago when an estimated 10,000 spectators lined Caerphilly mountain, organisers said. Stage eight will begin in Margam Country Park, near Port Talbot, before a double ascent

The team of Swiss cyclist Gino Mader, who died after crashing on stage five of the Tour de Suisse, have withdrawn from the race. Team Bahrain Victorious said they had taken the decision “following the tragic loss” of the 26-year-old. Mader was involved in a high-speed crash with American Magnus Sheffield, 21, on Thursday on

Britain’s Rachel Atherton took bronze at Saturday’s UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill in Leogang, Austria. Austria’s Valentina Holl won in front of her home crowd with a time of three minutes and 23.222 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Camille Balanche. Atherton was 7.334 seconds off the pace with fellow Briton Phoebe Gale fifth. Last week

It’s nearly a year since Britain’s Tom Pidcock displayed the perfect blend of bravery and skill as his superb descent of the Col du Galibier set up his brilliant stage win on Alpe d’Huez in the Tour de France. Afterwards, the Ineos Grenadiers rider was immediately labelled a daredevil – an astonishing talent whose ability

Swiss cyclist Gino Mader has died at the age of 26 after crashing on stage five of the Tour de Suisse. The Team Bahrain Victorious rider was involved in a high-speed crash with American Magnus Sheffield, 21, on Thursday on the descent of the Albula Pass and fell into a ravine. He was resuscitated at