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Getty Images Katy Marchant and Ethan Hayter won gold to take Great Britain’s tally to five at the European Track Cycling Championships, held in the Netherlands. On day four, Marchant became the first British woman to take the European 500m time trial title. Hayter then edged Denmark’s Niklas Larsen to claim a thrilling victory in

Getty Images Emma Finucane and Dan Bigham won gold for Great Britain on day three of the European Track Cycling Championships. Finucane, 21, became Britain’s first female European sprint champion by beating Lea Sophie Friedrich – a repeat result of last year’s world final. Bigham, 32, beat Charlie Tanfield in an all-British men’s individual pursuit

SWpix.com British Cyclo-cross Championships 2024 Host: Callendar Park, Falkirk Date: 13 January 2024 Time: Women’s & men’s elite races at 11:25 & 13:15 GMT Coverage: Watch live on BBC iPlayer and via BBC Sport website & app Scotland’s rising cyclo-cross star Cameron Mason is confident of defending his British title. Mason, 23, capped a fine

Getty Images Great Britain won gold in the men’s team pursuit gold for the first time in nine years at the European Championships in the Netherlands. Dan Bigham, Ethan Hayter, Ethan Vernon and Charlie Tanfield edged out world champions Denmark by 1.154 seconds to win in three minutes 45.218 seconds. The British women’s team, the

Getty Images Great Britain won two silver medals on day one of the European Track Cycling Championships in the Netherlands. Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell, Lowri Thomas and Katie Marchant were narrowly edged out by Germany in the women’s team sprint finals in Apeldoorn. Will Tidball, who aims to make his Olympic debut at Paris 2024,

Getty Images Remco Evenepoel will make his Tour de France debut in 2024, his team Soudal-Quick Step says. The Belgian, 23, is a two-time world champion and a Grand Tour winner having won the Vuelta a Espana in 2022. He had to withdraw while leading last year’s Giro d’Italia after testing positive for Covid-19. Evenepoel

The family of Melissa Hoskins say they are “utterly devastated” following the death of the Olympic cyclist. The 32-year-old, who represented Australia at two Olympic Games, died after she was hit by a car on Saturday. Hoskins’ husband, fellow Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis, has reportedly been charged with causing her death. In a statement, her

Tributes have been paid to former Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins, who died after she was hit by a car in Adelaide on Saturday. The 32-year-old represented Australia at two Olympic Games and was a world champion in the team pursuit in 2015. Hoskins’ husband, fellow Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis, has reportedly been charged with causing

World champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has reportedly been charged by police with causing the death of his wife after she was hit by a car on Saturday. South Australia Police said a 32-year-old woman suffered serious injuries and died in hospital in Adelaide overnight. A statement added that a man, 33, had been arrested and

New rules to protect riders in high temperatures are to be introduced by cycling’s global governing body. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) says its high-temperature protocol will reduce the risk of heat-related accidents. Under the protocol, a panel will be able to take action when temperatures and humidity pose a risk. Decisions could include moving

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Track cyclist Emma Finucane is the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year for 2023. In August, Finucane claimed her first major title as she took gold in the women’s sprint at the Cycling World Championships

Track cycling world champion Emma Finucane was in shock when she received the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year trophy. The 20-year-old from Carmarthen was given the award after a breakthrough 2023 – in which she became Britain’s first women’s sprint champion for a decade, won two European silver medals and took four

Sir Bradley Wiggins says the “haunting experience” of his father’s jealousy drove him to become a Tour winner. Wiggins, who retired from cycling in 2016, became the first Briton to win the Tour de France in 2012. “A lot of my cycling career was about running away from my past really,” said Wiggins, who was

Speaking to 5 Live Breakfast’s Rachel Burden, Laura explains why she has made the decision to return to cycling with the aim of competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The five-time Olympic gold medallist had a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy following the Tokyo Olympics and says she is keen to support other female athletes

Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Cycling Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian Dame Laura Kenny believes women athletes can struggle to get pregnant because of their lifestyle. Kenny, 31, won five gold medals and one silver across three Olympic Games at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The mum-of-two

It was on a university netball court in rural Leicestershire almost two decades ago that one of Britain’s most ambitious and enduring ideas in women’s sport was born. For 19 years, Loughborough Lightning have been a netball force – having last season won a second Super League title – and the most prominent side in

Tom Williams/BBC By Tom Williams BBC Sport, Cambridgeshire A top amateur cyclist says his sport is less inclusive and welcoming than ever after it banned transgender women from competing in the female category. Josh Jones, 31, from Cambridge, believes British Cycling’s new rules “fail the cycling community”. From next year, these athletes will compete in

Great Britain’s most successful female Olympic athlete Dame Laura Kenny is targeting a fourth Games in Paris next year. Kenny wants to prove that motherhood is no reason to end her career after the birth of her second child in July. She has won five gold medals and a silver across three Olympic Games at