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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

Getty Images 2 hours ago British cyclist Pfeiffer Georgi suffered neck fractures and a broken hand when she crashed on stage five of the Tour de France Femmes. Georgi, 23, went down in a mass pile-up with 6.3km to go on Thursday and was forced to abandon the Tour. Her team, DSM-Firmenich PostNL, confirmed on

Getty Images 16 August 2024, 10:29 BST Despite citing the opportunity to see the world as one of the most appealing aspects of his profession, it was witnessing one of cycling’s biggest events on his very own doorstep that solidified in Darren Rafferty’s mind that he wanted to pursue a career in the sport. The

Getty Images 15 minutes ago British cyclist Pfeiffer Georgi abandoned the Tour de France Femmes after getting caught up in a late crash on stage five, which also caused leader Demi Vollering to slip down the standings. Georgi went down in a mass pile-up with 6.3km to go and her team DSM-Firmenich PostNL later confirmed

Getty Images 49 minutes ago Dutch rider Puck Pieterse won stage four of the Tour de France Femmes as overall leader Demi Vollering took second place in a photo finish. Pieterse finished the 122.7km ride from Valkenburg to Liege in a time of three hours 12 minutes 28 seconds, as she pipped Vollering on the

Getty Images Jack Skelton BBC Sport Senior Journalist 13 minutes ago Defending champion Demi Vollering took the Tour de France Femmes lead with victory in the stage three time trial, after Charlotte Kool won her second straight stage earlier in the day. Dutch rider Vollering completed the 6.3km course in Rotterdam in seven minutes 25

Getty Images 14 minutes ago Welsh rider Josh Tarling will make his Grand Tour debut in September’s Vuelta a Espana. Tarling has been named in a youthful Ineos Grenadiers squad for the three-week Spanish race and will be among the favourites for the opening-day time trial. The 20-year-old from Aberystwyth is the current European time

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 1 hour ago A perspex barrier will be fitted around the Lee Valley VeloPark velodrome following a horrifying crash at the venue during the 2022 Commonwealth Games. A high-speed collision involving several riders resulted in England’s Matt

Getty Images Jack Skelton BBC Sport Senior Journalist 1 hour ago Dutch rider Charlotte Kool surged to win stage one of the Tour de France Femmes in a bunch sprint finish in The Hague. DSM-Firmenich PostNL’s Kool kicked clear with around 100m to go and held off the chasers to claim the first leader’s yellow

The Netherlands’ Harrie Lavreysen seals a gold medal in the men’s keirin final as Team GB’s Jack Carlin is involved in a crash on the final bend, ending hopes of a medal in the event. FOLLOW LIVE: Olympics: Campbell and Finucane win bronze medals in weightlifting & cycling as GB end with 65 medals Available

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Katie Falkingham BBC Sport senior journalist in Paris 2 hours ago Comments Track cycling sensation Emma Finucane made British Olympic history by winning individual sprint bronze for her third medal of the Paris Games. Not since 1964,

Watch as Great Britain’s Emma Finucane wins the women’s sprint bronze medal match against Dutch cyclist Hetty van de Wouw, completing a hat-trick of Olympic medals at the Paris Games. FOLLOW LIVE: Olympics: GB’s Finucane wins cycling bronze as Carlin goes for gold, Campbell in weightlifting Available to UK users only.

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Katie Falkingham BBC Sport Senior Journalist in Paris 26 minutes ago Ollie Wood and Mark Stewart missed out on adding another cycling medal to Great Britain’s collection as Portugal won a historic first Olympic gold on the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Pearlman BBC Sport Wales 1 hour ago Illness meant she was once in so much pain she almost quit cycling as she struggled to stand up, now Elinor Barker has made Welsh sporting history. Barker has