Cycling

Beth Shriever never expected to win Britain’s first BMX SuperCross Olympic gold in Tokyo – she would have been “delighted” with any place in the eight-strong final. Victory was in her own words a “complete shock” but just weeks later she completed a “crazy and surreal” golden double with her first senior World Championship win.

Britain’s Simon Yates has withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia because of an ongoing knee issue. The 29-year-old had won two stages in Italy, including one after crashing on stage four to Mount Etna. However, the Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider has struggled with persistent pain and pulled out on stage 17. “Despite daily therapy and Simon’s tenacity,

Czech rider Jan Hirt claimed a first Grand Tour win with victory over a tough mountain stage as Richard Carapaz saw his overall lead of the Giro d’Italia cut to just three seconds. The 202km stage 16 from Sala to Aprica had three category one climbs and was seen as one of the toughest stages.

Ellen van Dijk has made history by setting a new women’s hour world record on Monday. The 35-year-old Dutchwoman raced 49.254km in 60 minutes at the Velodrome Suisse in Switzerland, beating Joss Lowden’s record – set in September last year – by 848 metres. Time trail world champion Van Dijk passed Lowden’s record in the

Giulio Ciccone claimed his first win in over two years with a fine solo victory on stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia as Richard Carapaz retained the race lead. Italy’s Ciccone, 27, broke clear of the remaining breakaway riders with 19km to go and was in tears after crossing the line in Cogne. After a

Britain’s Simon Yates claimed his second stage win of this year’s Giro d’Italia as Richard Carapaz claimed the overall lead from Juan Pedro Lopez. This year’s race was blown open on a thrilling stage 14, with Carapaz breaking away with 28km left. But Yates, 29, was among a trio that caught the 2019 winner before

Arnaud Demare took his third victory of this year’s Giro d’Italia on stage 13 – his 10th career Grand Tour stage win. In a thrilling sprint finish, the Frenchman held off Phil Bauhaus and Mark Cavendish, who had fought his way past Fernando Gaviria late on. “I was at the limit for sprinting. It’s exceptional

Stefano Oldani became the second Italian winner in two days at this year’s Giro d’Italia as he won stage 12 on Thursday. The Alpecin-Fenix rider, 24, formed a three-man breakaway with Lorenzo Rota and Gijs Leemreize, with each aiming for their first career stage win. And Oldani, 24, prevailed in Genoa to follow up compatriot

Biniam Girmay has been forced to abandon the Giro d’Italia one day after making history as the first black African winner of a Grand Tour stage. Eritrean Girmay won stage 10 on Tuesday but went to hospital after popping a prosecco cork into his left eye while celebrating on the podium. Despite later returning to

Five-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny says speaking out about having a miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy “gave lots of people a platform” to share their stories. Kenny revealed in April that, after becoming pregnant following last summer’s Tokyo Games, she miscarried at nine weeks in November. She added that she then had an ectopic pregnancy in

Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay made history on stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia as he became the first black African winner of a Grand Tour stage. The 22-year-old beat Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint for the line after an attacking finale. Van der Poel gave a thumbs-up towards Girmay as he

Simon Yates’ hopes at the Giro d’Italia look to be over after the Briton endured a difficult day on a gruelling ninth stage won by Jai Hindley. Yates, who injured his knee in a crash in the fourth stage, was dropped by his main rivals on the steep final climb and crossed 11 minutes 15

Belgian veteran Thomas de Gendt claimed another fine breakaway victory at a Grand Tour by winning stage eight of the Giro d’Italia in Naples. The 35-year-old was part of an initial breakaway before attacking again in the latter stages and winning a four-man sprint at the end of a hilly circuit. It is the Lotto-Soudal

Dutchman Koen Bouwman secured the first Grand Tour stage win of his career with an impressive uphill sprint on stage seven of the the Giro d’Italia. The 28-year-old was part of a four-rider breakaway during the closing stages of the 196km mountainous test from from Diamante to Potenza. Dutch rider Bauke Mollema was second, with

France’s Arnaud Demare beat Australian Caleb Ewan in a photo finish to win stage six of the Giro d’Italia. Demare, victorious in Sicily on Wednesday, was pushed hard to the line in Scalea by Ewan and had to wait for confirmation he had snatched it. Britain’s Mark Cavendish, looking to claim his second stage of

World champion Julian Alaphilippe has returned to light training after being hospitalised following a crash during the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race. The 29-year-old Frenchman hit a tree and suffered two broken ribs, a broken scapula and a collapsed lung. Alaphilippe’s Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team said the collapsed lung he had suffered had “completely healed”. They added

France’s Arnaud Demare won stage five of the Giro d’Italia in Sicily after a thrilling sprint finish. Britain’s Mark Cavendish, looking to win his second stage of this year’s Giro, was heavily fancied but fell away with several kilometres to go. Demare got into position before a tight final corner to take his sixth career

Germany’s Lennard Kamna won stage four of the Giro d’Italia in Sicily, finishing one second ahead of Spain’s Juan Pedro Lopez after a gruelling climb up Mount Etna. Lopez moved into first place in the general classification. The pair broke away on the 172km stage, finishing 34 seconds ahead of Estonian Rein Taaramae at altitudes