Cycling

Annemiek van Vleuten produced another sensational ride to clinch the inaugural Tour de France Femmes title with a convincing final-stage victory. The Dutch rider, 39, had to change her bike three times because of mechanical issues on the eighth and final stage. But none of her rivals could live with her late attack on the

Great Britain’s Kye Whyte won silver at the BMX Racing World Championships, but defending champion Bethany Shriever had a surprise semi-final exit. Whyte finished second to Switzerland’s Simon Marquart in the men’s elite final in Nantes, missing out on gold by just over one tenth of a second. The Briton, 22, also claimed silver at

Hosts: Birmingham Dates: 28 July to 8 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra; live text and clips online. England’s Matt Walls was involved in a terrible crash in which

Hosts: Birmingham Dates: 28 July to 8 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra; live text and clips online. Scotland’s Jack Carlin was left “disappointed” with Commonwealth Games silver after

Annemiek van Vleuten took the lead in the inaugural Tour de France Femmes with a dominant ride on stage seven. Movistar rider Van Vleuten, who was eighth heading into the penultimate stage, went clear to beat Demi Vollering by three minutes 26 seconds, with Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig third. That means the Dutch rider will take

England’s Sophie Unwin was left in tears after she was not awarded a Commonwealth Games bronze medal despite placing third in the tandem B sprint. The Para-cyclist and her pilot Georgia Holt beat Scotland’s Libby Clegg and pilot Jenny Holl in what was called the bronze-medal final. They were displayed as bronze medal winners on

Hosts: Birmingham Dates: 28 July to 8 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra; live text and clips online. Para-cyclist Neil Fachie won Scotland’s first gold medal of the Commonwealth

Marianne Vos stretched her lead in the Tour de France Femmes after claiming a second stage win in Rosheim. The Dutch rider, 35, hit the front with 150 metres of stage six remaining and held on to win, with Marta Bastianelli second and Lotte Kopecky third. Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes were involved in a fall

Team DSM’s Lorena Wiebes won stage five of the Tour de France Femmes to claim her second victory on the inaugural Tour. The Dutch rider, 23, sprinted to victory in Saint-Die-des-Vosges after a hilly 175.6km stage from Bar-le-Duc. Wiebes, who won Sunday’s opener in Paris, finished ahead of Italy’s road race world champion Elisa Balsamo

Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser put in an impressive performance with Team SD Worx to comfortably win stage four of the Tour de France Femmes. She beat France’s Evita Muzic to the line by one minute and 24 seconds. Dutch rider Marianne Vos retains the yellow jersey, despite finishing in fifth on the hilly 127km stage from

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig won the third stage of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes while Marianne Vos finished second and retained the yellow jersey. Denmark’s Ludwig, 26, finished two seconds ahead of the Dutch rider. Ludwig managed to pull away from a six-strong breakaway coming into the finish line after the 133.6km ride from Reims

Hosts: Lee Valley VeloPark, London Dates: 29 July to 1 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app. Opening the door to her Airbnb, Laura Kenny was struck by a strong sense of deja vu. “Like I’d been in this

Marianne Vos claimed victory – and the leader’s yellow jersey – on the second stage of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes. The Dutch rider won a three-way sprint finish against Silvia Persico and Katarzyna Niewiadoma on the 136.4km stage from Meaux to Provins. Vos, 35, took the yellow jersey from compatriot Lorena Wiebes, who

The more the Tour de France changes, the more Geraint Thomas stays the same. This year’s Tour felt like the latest, perhaps most significant, iteration of this grand old race’s bold new era. Now it is Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar – the freshly crowned champion and the winner of the previous two editions –

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard secured his first Tour de France victory as Jasper Philipsen of Belgium won the sprint on the final stage in Paris. Philipsen was an easy winner on the Champs-Elysees while Vingegaard, 25, finished alongside his Jumbo-Visma team-mates after three weeks of racing. He beat last year’s champion Tadej Pogacar by two minutes

Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes won the first stage of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes, edging compatriot Marianne Vos in the final sprint in Paris. Wiebes, of Team DSM, swept past three-time road world champion Vos to clinch the leader’s yellow jersey with the historic win on the Champs-Elysees. Belgian Lotte Kopecky beat Italian Rachele

Jonas Vingegaard is set to win the 2022 Tour de France after finishing second to Wout van Aert in the stage 20 time trial on the penultimate day. Van Aert clocked 47 minutes 59 seconds to finish 19 seconds ahead of his Jumbo-Visma team-mate. Denmark’s Vingegaard, 25, now has an overall advantage of three minutes

Lizzie Holden is a Manx rider for the British Le Col Wahoo team and will be competing in the inaugural Tour de France Femmes, which takes place from 24-31 July. When I was growing up in the Isle of Man, I used to rush home from school every day to watch Mark Cavendish in the