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Elisa Balsamo won her fourth sprint victory in four opportunities at the Giro d’Italia Women, finishing ahead of Maggie Coles-Lyster and Georgia Baker on stage six. The Italian was launched by team-mate Lucinda Brand, overtaking Coles-Lyster with 50m to go after the Canadian started a bunch sprint to the finish. …

“It’s completely changed how I think about it. I thought I’d be coming into this in a great place and trying to get that gold medal. But having had that time off, you just completely rethink it. “It’s frustrating knowing what I would like to do versus where I’m actually …

Demi Vollering won stage five of the women’s Giro d’Italia as Anna van der Breggen retained the overall leader’s pink jersey. Dutch rider Vollering pipped her compatriot to the line in a four-way sprint at the end of the first mountain stage of this year’s race, with Germany’s Antonia Niedermaier …

Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen claimed victory in the 12.7km individual time trial to take the leader’s pink jersey at the women’s Giro d’Italia. The four-time Giro champion won stage four in 31 minutes and 38 seconds, with world time trial champion Marlen Reusser one minute and fours seconds …

Overnight leader Elisa Balsamo strengthened her position at the top of the women’s Giro d’Italia standings by winning the second stage with a perfectly timed sprint in Caorle. Balsamo, 28, was handed a win in Saturday’s opening stage after Lorena Wiebes was disqualified for a bike weight violation, just hours …

Overall leader Jonas Vingegaard launched an attack during the tough final climb to clinch victory in Saturday’s stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia. It ensures the 29-year-old from Denmark will win the race as long as he safely finishes Sunday’s final stage in Rome and become just the eighth man …

Denmark’s Michael Valgren secured his first Grand Tour stage win of the Giro d’Italia in a nail-biting final 3km challenge to the finish line. “That’s for my son,” he said as he collapsed to the floor at stage 17’s finish line, holding up a green model his son had built …

Norway’s Fredrik Dversnes won stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia after the final lap in Milan was neutralised because of rider complaints about the race conditions. The 29-year-old Uno-X Mobility rider was rewarded for his breakaway and crossed the line for the biggest win of his career, ahead of three …

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard took the overall leader’s pink jersey as he rode away from the rest of the favourites on the final climb to win a mountainous stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia. The two-time Tour de France winner claimed his third stage win of the 2026 edition with a …

One of Scotland’s biggest medal hopes for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has revealed illness has hampered her preparations. Track cyclist Neah Evans has won two Olympic silver medals, as well as multiple golds at world and European level, but is tempering her expectations for her next competition after …

Italy’s Filippo Ganna dominated the stage 10 time trial at the Giro d’Italia, with a winning margin of nearly two minutes. Ganna, 29, of the British Netcompany Ineos Cycling team, beat team-mate Thymen Arensman, of the Netherlands, by one minute 54 seconds, with France’s Remi Cavagna of Groupama-FDJ in third, …

Giro d’Italia stage 8 results 1. Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 3hrs 27mins 26secs 2. Andreas Leknessund (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +32secs 3. Martin Tjotta (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +42secs 4. Thomas Silva (Uru/XDS Astana) +44secs 5. Lorenzo Milesi (Ita/Movistar) same time 6. Christian Scaroni (Ita/XDS Astana) +48secs 7. Corbin Strong (Nzl/NSN Cycling) +55secs …

Britain’s Adam Yates has been pulled out of the Giro d’Italia after suffering concussion in a heavy crash on Saturday. Yates, 33, hit a barrier at high speed in a huge crash on a wet descent that involved about 30 riders. Two of his team-mates suffered fractures and were taken …

The home win cements Blasi’s status as an emerging talent after winning the Amstel Gold Race and performing impressively at La Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Blasi, who began cycling competitively in 2024 after an injury ended her athletics career, was asked by a reporter how she would react if someone …

France’s Paul Magnier claimed the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia after a huge crash towards the end of a bunch sprint. The 22-year-old Soudal-Quick Step rider claimed his first Grand Tour win and the overall leader’s pink jersey, edging out Norway’s Tobias Lund Andresen of Decathlon-CMA CGM by inches, …

Available for over a year Ineos Grenadiers – formerly known as Team Sky – were the dominant team at cycling’s most famous race, the Tour de France, during the 2010s. Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal all claimed the yellow jersey while leading a squad of riders …

Pogacar’s triumph was his fourth win in five races this year, with three of them in Monuments – the five most prestigious, and difficult, one-day races in road cycling. The outlier was a second-placed finish at Paris-Roubaix last month. Despite this dominance, in Seixas he has a new rival who …

Colombian Cristian Camilo Munoz has died from a knee infection following a crash six days ago. The 30-year-old did not finish the Tour du Jura one-day race in France in which the accident occurred, and was treated by medics following the incident. He then travelled with his NU Colombia team …

Pidcock, who is famed in cycling for being a ‘demon descender’ – following his 2022 Tour de France stage win on Alpe d’Huez, in which he reached speeds of 100km/h – described the crash in March as “like one of these horror crashes you see… I [was] lucky I could …

Spanish cyclist Jaume Guardeno remains in a critical condition after suffering serious injuries in a collision with a vehicle last month. The 23-year-old, who finished 14th overall in last year’s Vuelta a Espana, was injured in a training ride on 31 March. Spanish media, external reported that Guardeno suffered a …