Cycling

Tadej Pogacar took the overall leader’s yellow jersey at the Criterium du Dauphine with a dominant victory on stage six. The reigning Tour de France and road world champion put in a trademark powerful surge up the climbs in the French Alps to win the stage by one minute one …

Jonathan Milan won stage two of the Criterium du Dauphine with a sprint finish in Issoire. Lidl-Trek’s lead-out train hit the front during the final kilometre of the 204.6km ride from Premilhat, and they left Milan alone with 150m remaining. This year’s Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix winner Mathieu van der …

Just as when she delivered that podium speech in Roubaix, of which she says “there was pressure on that interview”, Deignan chooses her words carefully but effectively here. The “underestimation” she refers to is any suggestion by others that women’s sport somehow lacks the same punch or power as men’s. …

Teenager Cat Ferguson secured victory on stage three to take the overall leader’s green jersey at the Tour of Britain Women. The 19-year-old Briton, riding for Movistar, launched her attack with 150m remaining and held off compatriot Josie Nelson and New Zealand’s Ally Wollaston to the line. Ferguson moved into …

Stage two result 1. Mara Roldan (Can/Team Picnic-PostNL) 2hrs 57mins 38secs 2. Riejanne Markus (Ned/Lidl-Trek) +12secs 3. Ally Wollaston (Aus/FDJ-Suez) +18secs 4. Megan Jastrab (USA/Team Picnic-PostNL) Same time 5. Cat Ferguson (GB/Movistar Team) 6. Karlijn Swinkels (Ned/UAE-Team ADQ) 7. Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig (Den/Canyon Sram-Zondacrypto) 8. Sarah Van Dam (Can/Ceratizit) 9. Kristen …

Mara Roldan holds off the chasers to take her maiden win on the World Tour in stage two of the Women’s Tour of Britain finishing in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, with Riejanne Markus second and Ally Wollaston third. WATCH MORE: Women’s Tour of Britain stage one sprint Available to UK users only. BBC …

Former cycling star Bradley Wiggins, who recently made headlines after speaking about his post-career cocaine addiction, tells BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast’s Rick Edwards he “couldn’t care less what the newspapers want to sensationalise”. He said after his career ended, he “suddenly had to deal with things that people normally …

Since his retirement, Wiggins has spoken about his father’s jealousy and being groomed by a coach as a child, while he was also declared bankrupt in June 2024. Speaking last month, Wiggins detailed the extent of the cocaine addiction he developed after his retirement from cycling and explained how his …

Mauritian Kim Le Court beats Kristen Faulkner in a sprint finish to win the first stage of the 2025 Tour of Britain Women. The two riders worked well together along the Redcar coastline, holding off the chasing group with an advantage of up to 30 seconds. READ MORE: Watch Tour …

British rider Simon Yates produced a stunning performance on the penultimate stage of the Giro d’Italia to snatch the pink jersey from Isaac del Toro and claim his second Grand Tour title. Del Toro came into the 20th and final competitive stage of the race with a 43-second lead over …

Visma-Lease a Bike rider Yates was visibly frustrated after finishing 24 seconds behind Del Toro in seventh. “The plan was completely different from what we did today, so I will talk about that with the team,” he told Eurosport. “I will not say anything more about that.” However, team director …

“This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro,” Denz said. “Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that. “I was three months away from home to …

BBC Sport will broadcast live this year’s Lloyds Women’s Tour of Britain as part of its Women’s Summer of Sport coverage. The four-day race across England and Scotland begins on 5 June and will be aired live on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Several of …

Spaniard Carlos Verona won stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia with a long-range solo attack on Sunday as former champion Primoz Roglic lost significant time on the rest of his general classification rivals. Slovenian Roglic, one of the pre-race favourites, shipped a minute and a half to the rest of …

Britain’s Simon Yates is up to second overall in the Giro d’Italia after Kasper Asgreen won stage 14 on a day when a crash had a major impact on the general classification battle. Asgreen held on for a remarkable breakaway win, while race leader Isaac del Toro survived to extend …

Mads Pedersen held off Wout van Aert to claim his fourth stage victory of this year’s Giro d’Italia as Isaac del Toro extended his overall lead in the general classification. Pedersen powered through on a long uphill sprint towards the end of stage 13’s 180km route from Rovigo to Vicenza …

Olav Kooij won a close-fought sprint on stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia as Isaac del Toro retained the pink jersey in Viadana. Dutchman Kooij benefited from Visma-Lease A Bike team-mate Wout van Aert’s superb lead-out in the final kilometre. Casper van Uden finished second with Britain’s Ben Turner of …

Richard Carapaz launched a late attack to take victory on stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday, while overall leader Isaac del Toro finished second. Britain’s Tom Pidcock came fourth, just off the podium, as he was overhauled in the final metres by Lidl-Trek’s Giulio Ciccone. The 186km ride from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne’ Monti saw 3,812 metres of climbing, …

Dutchman Daan Hoole secured his first Grand Tour stage win as he beat Great Britain’s Josh Tarling in the time trial on stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia in Pisa. Juan Ayuso finished 22nd, over a minute and half down, but cut UAE Team Emirates -XRG team-mate Isaac del Toro’s lead in the …

British Paralympic medallist Daphne Schrager completed a double as she returned to international action at the Para-cycling Road World Cup in Italy. The 24-year-old from Wiltshire, who won Britain’s first medal at last year’s Paris Games when she took individual pursuit silver, won both races in her C2 class in …