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Gino Mader has been airlifted to hospital after crashing heavily on stage five of the Tour de Suisse. The Team Bahrain Victorious rider and American Magnus Sheffield, 21, were attended to shortly after crashing on the descent of the Albula Pass. Sheffield, of Ineos Grenadiers, was responsive but Swiss Mader, 26, “lay motionless in the

Thirty-one riders have been disqualified from the Under-23 Giro d’Italia for cheating on stage four. Spectator footage showed a number of riders holding on to team cars and motorbikes during the summit finish on the Passo dello Stelvio. Britain’s Noah Hobbs, of the Groupama-FDJ team, was among the disqualified riders. Of the 35 teams competing

Venue: Glasgow Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Follow live across the BBC Sport website, app & iPlayer Neah Evans has an apology to make. “Sorry Dad,” she says, with a laugh. Without father Malcolm’s persistence in urging her to get on a bike, she would not have become a world champion. Evans was a latecomer to

Jumbo-Visma rider Jonas Vingegaard has won the Criterium du Dauphine just weeks before attempting to defend his Tour de France title, starting 1 July. Denmark’s Vingegaard pipped Team Emirates and Britain’s Adam Yates by two minutes and 23 seconds overall. The eight-stage event in France concluded in Grenoble, with Trek-Segafredo’s Giulio Ciccone winning the final

The Tour Feminin des Pyrenees has been abandoned after two stages because of safety concerns. Riders complained about many roads not being closed to traffic and a lack of marshals for the three-day race in south-west France. Racing conditions were “highly dangerous”, said Adam Hansen, the president of riders’ union CPA. He said the “excessive

Britain’s Rachel Atherton and Jordan Williams both claimed victory at the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup. Atherton, 35, had raced just once since 2019, having struggled with a torn Achilles tendon before giving birth to her daughter Arna in 2021. The five-time world champion took the women’s elite title in three minutes 7.514 seconds,

Recent Giro d’Italia runner-up Geraint Thomas will return to action this month in the National Road Championships. Thomas is one of 37 WorldTour and Women’s WorldTour riders competing across three events from 21-25 June in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire. Fellow Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker also features, along with Katie Archibald, Fred Wright and Pfeiffer

Getty Images A man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at the family home of elite cyclist Mark Cavendish. Mr Cavendish and his wife Peta’s home in the Ongar area of Essex was broken into on 27 November 2021. During the incident, Mr Cavendish was seriously assaulted and violently threatened in front

British cyclist Harrison Wood hopes his selection for the Criterium du Dauphine can enhance his chances of racing in the Tour de France. The 22-year-old from Torquay has been included in the Cofidis team for the French-based classic which is seen as a warm-up for the Tour de France. Wood finished the first stage of

Britain claimed seven medals, including two golds, on the final day of racing at the Para-cycling Road World Cup. Fran Brown and Fin Graham both followed up time trial wins earlier in the event in Alabama, USA, with victory in Monday’s road races. Graham beat team-mate Ben Watson into second place in the men’s C3

Britain’s Geraint Thomas says finishing second at the Giro d’Italia is still “raw” but he is targeting more success later this season. Thomas, who turned 37 on Thursday, led for much of the final week. But he lost first position to Primoz Roglic in a dramatic mountain time trial on Saturday’s penultimate stage. After the

Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory in his final Giro d’Italia stage as Primoz Roglic secured the overall title. Slovenia’s Roglic finished safely in the peloton to confirm his first Giro title, with Geraint Thomas second. Thomas helped lead out Cavendish in the final stages, with the pair sharing an emotional embrace after the finish. More

Charlotte Kool won the RideLondon Classique with victory in the final stage as Britain’s Lizzie Deignan came third in the general classification. Team DSM’s Kool had a five-second lead over Deignan, 34, heading into Sunday’s final 92km stage around central London. The Dutchwoman, 24, narrowly beat Chloe Dygert and Maike van der Duin across the

British trio Fin Graham, Daphne Schrager and Fran Brown all continued their time trial dominance at the Para-cycling Road World Cup in Alabama. The trio all won their respective races to make it three World Cup time trial wins from three this season. Double Paralympic silver medallist Graham won his C3 event by over a

Welshman Geraint Thomas is “devastated” but also “proud” of his efforts as he slipped to second place in the Giro d’Italia behind new leader Primoz Roglic, who is set to win the race in Sunday’s processional final stage in Rome. According to tradition, the leader will not be challenged for the overall victory.

Geraint Thomas’ hopes of winning the Giro d’Italia look to have ended in agonising fashion as Primoz Roglic won the penultimate stage on Saturday. Roglic won a brutal mountain time trial by 40 seconds from Thomas to take a 14-second lead into Sunday’s final, processional stage. The Slovenian won the 18.6km stage despite having to

Britain’s Lizzie Deignan says she is “surprised” to be in contention after remaining second overall following stage two of the RideLondon Classique. Deignan is one month into her return after giving birth to a second child. The 34-year-old was due to support Elisa Balsamo but her Trek-Segafredo team-mate crashed in Friday’s stage. “Racing here is

Britain’s Geraint Thomas will defend a 26-second lead on Saturday’s individual time trial after Santiago Buitrago won stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia. Colombia’s Buitrago took victory from Canada’s Derek Gee, who was second for the fourth time in this year’s race. Behind them the general classification race sparked into life in the final 2km