Cycling

Spain’s Enric Mas extended his overall lead in the Vuelta a Espana with a late attack as Slovenia’s Jakob Omrzel won stage 12 to Calar Alto. Omrzel, 20, secured his first Grand Tour stage victory in imperious fashion, riding clear of his remaining breakaway companions on the 17km final climb …

Norway’s Andreas Leknessund secured an emotional first Grand Tour stage win as he led home a Norwegian one-two on stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana. The 27-year-old was part of the break from the start of the stage and after 137 kilometres he left behind his remaining companions on …

Tadej Pogacar recovered from a brief off-road excursion to outsprint Enric Mas and claim his third victory at this year’s Vuelta a Espana, but he was made to fight all the way to the line by the Spaniard on stage six. After attacking on the final climb and rapidly establishing …

The 2026 Mountain Bike World Championships are taking place in Italy this week and BBC Sport will be showing Sunday’s action live from Val di Sole. Coverage of the elite cross-country women’s and men’s events will be on iPlayer and the BBC Sport app and website. There is a strong …

Britain’s Matthew Brennan claimed his second win at the Vuelta a Espana in a sprint finish on stage five. The 21-year-old Visma–Lease a Bike rider comfortably held off Belgium’s Jordi Meeus and Italy’s Vincenzo Albanese on the run in to the line at the end of the 173.3km route into …

The third stage of the Vuelta a Espana was abandoned on Monday because of severe weather and hailstorms in the French Pyrenees. A severe hailstorm hit as the riders scaled the Col de Mont-Louis with 15km (9.32 miles) remaining of the 174km ride from Gruissan to Font-Romeu. Overall race leader …

Great Britain’s Matt Brennan sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday as overall race favourite Tadej Pogacar held on to the leader’s red jersey. The 21-year-old Brennan, riding his first Grand Tour, pounced in the final kilometres of the 214km ride from Monaco …

Australian rider Maeve Plouffe says she narrowly avoided being hit by a car during the first stage of the Tour Of Britain Women. The Netherlands’ Lorena Wiebes retained the leader’s green jersey with victory on stage two. Plouffe, 27, who rides for British continental team O’Shea Red Chilli Bikes, said …

Rui Oliveira won the final stage of the Volta a Portugal in his home city of Porto before dedicating the win to Finlay Tarling’s family. British rider Tarling, 19, died after an accident during stage eight of the race on Friday. The final two stages went ahead with the family’s …

British cyclist Finlay Tarling dies at the age of 19 in a serious accident during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal. BBC News

Demi Vollering showed her prowess on the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes to become the first two-time winner of cycling’s most prestigious stage race. The Dutch FDJ-Suez rider won the penultimate stage to snatch the leader’s yellow jersey from Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney and carry an eight-second lead into …

Demi Vollering raced clear to win stage eight of the Tour de France Femmes and snatch the leader’s yellow jersey with just one stage remaining. The race lead has changed hands for the second day running, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney having won on Mont Ventoux to replace Marlen Reusser at the …

Tour de France Femmes stage six results 1. Kim Le Court (Mau, AG Insurance-Soudal) 4hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds 2. Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra, EF Education-Oatly) same time 3. Puck Pieterse (Ned, Fenix-Premier Tech) 4. Sarah Van Dam (Can, Visma-Lease A Bike) 5. Celia Gery (Fra, FDJ United-Suez) 6. Liana …

Available for over a year Tadej Pogacar has dominated the Tour de France once again, and now has his sights set on this year’s Vuelta a Espana – the only one of cycling’s triple crown races he’s yet to win. Few would bet against him taking that title too. But …

Neil Fachie has confirmed his intention “after a magical couple of weeks in Glasgow” to “bow out of elite sport as Scotland’s most successful Commonwealth Games athlete”. The 42-year-old Para-cyclist had come out of retirement to compete in Glasgow and took two more golds with pilot Aaron Pope after victories …

Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser took the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes. The time trial world champion, 34, completed the course in 27 minutes and 30 seconds, ending the day with …

Norway’s Sigrid Haugset won stage three of the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift with a remarkable solo breakaway. Haugset of Uno X Mobility held off the challenge of Belgium’s two-time world champion Lotte Kopecky, with the SD Worx-Protime rider crossing the line one minute 24 seconds down after a …

Preparation explained part of the conversation. Watching her ride explained the rest. Again and again, people used the same word. Smooth. “She’s got a beautiful style. You could put a teacup on her back and it would not spill,” said two-time Commonwealth champion Katherine Bates. “She’s got an exceptionally strong …

England cyclist Matthew Robertson broke the Commonwealth Games record for a second time to earn gold in the men’s C1-C3 3,000m individual pursuit. Robertson, 27, had already taken the Games record in the morning qualification session, only for Scotland’s Fin Graham to break it and set up an intriguing gold-medal …

Teenager Henry Hobbs avoided involvement in a serious crash on the penultimate lap to sprint to victory in the men’s 10km scratch race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 19-year-old had already claimed a gold as part of the men’s 4000m pursuit team earlier in the week before following …