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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emma Smith BBC Sport journalist at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome, Paris 2 hours ago Comments Daphne Schrager and Steve Bate won Great Britain’s first medals of the 2024 Paralympics in the track cycling, after team-mate Kadeena Cox earlier

Getty Images 19 minutes ago Eddie Dunbar timed his break to perfection in the last kilometre to win stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana in Padron. The Irish rider, who finished seventh in last year’s Giro d’Italia, held off the field to win comfortably and take his first Grand Tour stage victory. Quinten Hermans

Getty Images 58 minutes ago Wout van Aert claimed his third victory at the Vuelta a Espana after being in a long-range breakaway on stage 10. The Belgian Visma-Lease a Bike rider was part of an early group to escape the peloton just over 30km into the 160km run from Ponteareas to Baiona. And he

PA Media Tyrone Smith BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter 42 minutes ago Six months after being mugged in Rio, Scottish cyclist Neil Fachie wants to create some “positive news” at the Paralympics in Paris. Fachie, wife Lora and her pilot Corrine Hall had their silver medals and other possessions stolen in March as they returned

Getty Images 1 hour ago Britain’s Adam Yates claimed a sensational victory on stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana to revive his hopes of clinching the general classification title. The UAE Team Emirates rider broke away 58km from the finish in the Sierra Nevada mountains and managed to cross the line one minute 39

Getty Images 1 hour ago Three-time Vuelta a Espana winner Primoz Roglic claimed victory on stage eight to close the gap on overall leader Ben O’Connor by nearly a minute. Saturday’s stage concluded with a category three climb to the finish, on which Roglic battled it out with Spain’s Enric Mas. The Slovenian, 34, raced

Getty Images 1 hour ago Belgium’s Wout van Aert claimed his second win at this year’s Vuelta a Espana with a thrilling late sprint on stage seven. Australia’s Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale), who took the red jersey with a stunning solo victory on stage six, retains his overall lead. Van Aert edged out Mathias

Getty Images 1 hour ago Australia’s Ben O’Connor claimed a stunning solo victory on stage six of the Vuelta a Espana to take the leader’s red jersey from Primoz Roglic. O’Connor went clear with 27km of the 185.5km course to Yunquera remaining and finished four minutes and 33 seconds ahead of Italian Marco Frigo. The

Getty Images 24 minutes ago Czech rider Pavel Bittner beat Wout van Aert in a photo finish to win stage five of the Vuelta a Espana in Seville. DSM-Firmenich-PostNL’s Bittner reeled in Van Aert after the Belgian launched his sprint early before edging him on the line, with Australia’s Kaden Groves in third. It is

Getty Images 27 minutes ago Australia’s cycling governing body expects Matt Richardson to be ineligible to take part in competitive events for two years after switching nationality to Great Britain. The 25-year-old track cyclist, who won three medals for Australia at the Paris Olympics, announced his change of allegiance last week on Instagram. Under Union

Getty Images 1 hour ago Three-time champion Primoz Roglic won the first mountain stage of this year’s Vuelta a Espana to claim the race leader’s red jersey. The Slovenian edged past Lennert van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) on the line to clinch Tuesday’s fourth stage after a gruelling 14km climb to Pico Villuercas in searing heat.

Getty Images 2 hours ago Two-time Olympic champion Tom Pidcock has been named in British Cycling’s 39-strong team for the 2024 UCI MTB World Championships in Andorra. The event in Pal Arinsal will take place from Wednesday, 28 August to Sunday, 1 September. With riders competing in the cross-country Olympic (XCO), cross-country short track (XCC)

Getty Images 1 hour ago Belgium’s Wout van Aert retained his overall lead at the Vuelta a Espana with a powerful sprint finish to win stage three on Monday. Van Aert held off Kaden Groves to claim victory on the 191.2km route – from Lousa to Castelo Branco in Portugal – and enact revenge on

Getty Images 2 hours ago Track cyclist Matt Richardson, who won three medals for Australia at the Paris Olympics, has switched nationality and will now represent Great Britain. The 25-year-old was born in Kent but moved to Western Australia at the age of nine, and maintained dual citizenship during his 16 years living there. He

Getty Images 22 minutes ago Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma claimed her first Tour de France Femmes title after holding off last year’s winner Demi Vollering, who won a dramatic final stage. Niewiadoma, 29, finished fourth on the Alpe d’Huez and collapsed into tears as she realised she had done enough to retain her overall lead from

Getty Images 8 hours ago Australian rider Kaden Groves won stage two of the Vuelta a Espana with a sprint finish as Belgian Wout van Aert took the overall lead. Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Groves finished Sunday’s 194km stage from Cascais to Ourem ahead of Van Aert in second and Corbin Strong in third. “It’s been a tough

Getty Images 32 minutes ago American Brandon McNulty won the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana with victory by two seconds in the individual time trial. The UAE Team Emirates rider finished the flat 12km stage between Lisbon and Oeiras in 12 minutes 35 seconds to edge out Czech rider Mathias Vacek. Belgian Wout

Getty Images 20 minutes ago Katarzyna Niewiadoma retained the overall lead in the Tour de France Femmes as Justine Ghekiere won the penultimate stage. Niewiadoma finished fourth in the 166.4km seventh stage from Champagnole to a summit at Le Grand-Bornand to keep hold of the yellow jersey. The Polish rider has a 27-second advantage over