Cycling

Javier Martinez-Zubiko Charlie Rolls was crowned the world champion at the 2025 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Saudi Arabia A cyclist said it had not yet sunk in after he was crowned the world champion of bike trials during an event in Saudi Arabia. Charlie Rolls, 24, grew up …

Israel-Premier Tech have been targeted by pro-Palestinian protestors relating to the Israel-Gaza war, which was sparked by a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed. Israel responded by launching a military campaign in Gaza, during which more than 68,800 people have …

Great Britain’s Olympic BMX freestyle silver medallist Kieran Reilly has been ruled out of this weekend’s UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Saudi Arabia. Reilly was among the favourites heading into Saturday’s freestyle park event in Riyadh, but suffered a setback related to the broken foot he sustained in April. …

Are all modern velodromes the same shape? Who pays for bikes and cycling equipment? And how do riders choose their gearing system? Six-time Olympic cycling gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy and five-time Olympic gold medallist Dame Laura Kenny answer your Ask Me Anything questions. READ MORE: Finucane wins keirin silver …

Great Britain’s Emma Finucane wins silver in the women’s keirin after a close finish with Japan’s Mina Sato at the World Track Cycling Championships. SEE MORE: Morris sprints ‘like a champion’ to take silver in women’s points race Available to UK users only. BBC News

Great Britain’s Anna Morris leaps from sixth to second after the final sprint for the line to take silver in the women’s points race at the World Track Cycling Championships. SEE MORE: GB’s Archibald & Leech win madison gold Available to UK users only. BBC News

Great Britain’s Katie Archibald and Maddie Leech win gold in the women’s madison at the World Track Championships. BBC News

Josh Tarling and Josh Charlton won gold medals for Great Britain at the Track World Championships. Tarling delivered a first British gold of the championship in Chile by winning the men’s points race, amassing 750 points over the 40km event to beat American Peter Moore (675) to the title. Charlton, …

Great Britain’s Josh Tarling produces a blistering display to win his first track world title in the men’s 40km points race at the UCI Track World Championships. WATCH MORE: Archibald wins historic silver at World Track Championships Available to UK users only. BBC News

Matt Richardson claimed his first medal for Great Britain as they won silver in the men’s and women’s team sprint at the Track World Championships. Both teams were beaten to gold by the Netherlands on the opening day in Santiago, Chile, with defending world champion Emma Finucane leading debutants Iona …

BBC/Sally Hurst Steve Bate started cycling 14 years ago after being diagnosed with the degenerative eye condition retinitis pigmentosa and says the thought of going blind was ‘terrifying’ For the past 11 years cyclist Steve Bate has been competing for Great Britain, winning more than a dozen Paralympic and World …

On a fresh Sunday morning in Komenda we gathered behind the start line alongside Pogacar himself, resplendent in his world champion’s rainbow jersey. A fellow Slovenia-based Briton, Dave Goddard, confirmed that his main goal was “to avoid humiliation”. Local rider Anja Licen, who got her ticket to ride through a …

Jody Cundy claimed his 22nd world track gold medal with victory in the 1km time trial at the Para-Cycling World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. Cundy, 47, led home a British one-two in the men’s C4 event, finishing 1.7 seconds ahead of Archie Atkinson. It is an incredible 16th C4 …

It’s not necessarily obvious to those outside of the sport just how dangerous road cycling is, but descending speeds that can exceed 60mph, limited protection against impact with hard or sharp objects on courses set up on the road, and a sense of the need to push the boundaries of …

Great Britain’s Dylan Hessey won a gold medal in the BMX European Freestyle Championships in the Netherlands. The 22-year-old topped the standings with a score of 95.20 on his second run to take the men’s title at the Area 51 Skatepark in Eindhoven. Hessey finished above Croatia’s Marin Rantes (93.35) …

Cutting short major road races such as the Tour de France is the way to deter protesters, the professional cyclists’ union’s president says. CPA president Adam Hansen has made the call after La Vuelta a Espana was significantly disrupted last month, with the final stage cancelled. “Protesters should have the …

The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team have been excluded from next month’s Giro dell’Emilia in Bologna over public safety concerns. The decision follows disruption at the Vuelta a Espana this month, where the team were targeted by pro-Palestinian protests opposing Israel’s war in Gaza. The event in Spain was affected by …

Meanwhile, cycling’s world governing body the UCI announced it will retire the number 84 from women’s junior competition at the road worlds. It was assigned to Muriel Furrer, who died of a head injury following a crash during the women’s junior road race a year ago today in Switzerland. Organisers …

Pickering showcased his quality as a climber by winning the mountains classification at this year’s Tour of the Alps. He said he thought it was amusing that his dash to the start line had been picked up by a number of media outlets but hoped his performances would be the …

Africa hosts cycling’s Road World Championships for the first time. BBC News