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Ben Wiggins, the son of five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins, has signed his first professional contract with Australian team Jayco-Alula. The 21-year-old, winner of world junior individual time trial silver in 2023, achieved a top-10 finish in the men’s race at the Tour of Britain in September. His father …

North, now 34, added: “I think it would be really special to help encourage women and girls to ride bikes. From a young age, I was surrounded by a lot of men and boys, and there weren’t so many females, especially when I was racing. “I want to show young …

Great Britain secured gold medals in the women’s team pursuit final and the men’s scratch race on day two of the World Track Cycling Championships. Erin Boothman, Anna Morris, Josie Knight and Millie Couzens overturned an early deficit in the team pursuit final to beat world champions Italy by more …

Great Britain’s women have to settle for silver after being beaten by China in the women’s team sprint final at the Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai. BBC News

Matt Richardson says he will co-operate with a British Cycling investigation amid allegations of misconduct – and promised do so with “contrition for the feelings of anyone involved”. On Monday, the 27-year-old was withdrawn from the Great Britain squad for this week’s World Track Cycling Championships in Shanghai. British Cycling …

Matt Richardson has been withdrawn from the Great Britain squad for next week’s World Track Cycling Championships in Shanghai amid reports he is under investigation for misconduct. British Cycling confirmed the 27-year-old Olympic medallist’s removal in a statement but did not give a reason. When approached by BBC Sport, British …

Demi Vollering continued her remarkable season with a thrilling victory to win the women’s road race world title in Montreal. The Dutchwoman held off a late challenge from Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney to add another title to her collection, following wins at the Tour de France Femmes, Giro d’Italia Women and World …

Available for over a year If you’ve watched cycling on TV, you’ve probably seen people racing away from the rest of the pack, or peloton – then struggling alone for mile after mile, before eventually being caught again. It’s a hard, risky way to go for the victory, and doesn’t …

Ireland’s Eddie Dunbar won the 19th stage of the Vuelta a Espana as Spain’s Enric Mas maintained his overall lead with two stages remaining. Friday’s stage was a hilly slog of 210.8km from Velez-Malaga to Penas Blancas, with Dunbar, 30, catching and passing Santiago Buitrago 300 metres from the finish. …

Primoz Roglic moved into second in the general classification and closed the gap on leader Enric Mas by over 30 seconds as he finished fourth in the time trial on stage 18 at the Vuelta a Espana. The four-time Vuelta winner finished in a time of 35 minutes and 41 …

Great Britain’s Matthew Brennan continued his remarkable Grand Tour debut by sprinting to a fifth-stage victory at this year’s Vuelta a Espana. The 21-year-old Visma Lease-a-bike rider edged out Jordi Meeus and Magnus Cort in a bunch sprint to win the 17th stage of the Grand Tour in Seville. In …

Belgium’s Tim Wellens won the 2026 Tour of Britain as Nils Politt claimed victory on stage five. Wellens began the day with a 21 second lead over Great Britain’s Lewis Askey and extended that to 42 seconds as he finished eighth, 21 seconds behind German Politt, on the final stage. …

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 …