Cycling

Tadej Pogacar was allowed to recover from a late crash on stage 11 of the Tour de France as Jonas Abrahamsen held on for his first Tour win. As Mathieu van der Poel chased down Abrahamsen and Mauro Schmid during the final 5km in Toulouse, Pogacar went down in the …

In the 2025 Tour alone, there have been a number of serious crashes and incidents that have forced riders to withdraw. Emilien Jeanniere abandoned during the fifth stage after fracturing a shoulder, while Joao Almeida left the race on stage nine after a crash two days earlier that involved a …

The Tour de France is won by the rider who completes the 21-stage race in the fastest total time. Each stage is timed from start to finish and the times are added together for each rider as the tour progresses. The rider with the lowest cumulative time across all stages …

Britain’s Simon Yates won stage 10 of the Tour de France on Bastille Day as Ben Healy became the first Irish rider to claim the yellow jersey for 38 years. Yates, who triumphed in his second Grand Tour at the Giro d’Italia in June, timed his attack superbly on the …

Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock won gold in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross-country race in Andorra as fellow Briton Charlie Aldridge clinched bronze. Double Olympic champion Pidcock started from the fourth row on the grid in Pal Arinsal but quickly moved into the lead group on lap two. The …

Tim Merlier won stage nine of the Tour de France in a sprint finish after Mathieu van der Poel’s hopes of an audacious breakaway victory were dashed inside the final kilometre. Van der Poel and team-mate Jonas Rickaert attacked at the start of the 174.1km run from Chinon to Chateauroux …

Great Britain’s Beth Shriever won gold at the BMX Racing European Championships in Valmiera, Latvia. Shriever, 26, claimed her first championship podium of the season with a time of 35.275 seconds, ahead of sisters Merel and Laura Smulders of the Netherlands. The Tokyo Olympic champion has bounced back from a …

Australia’s Sarah Gigante won the penultimate stage of the Women’s Giro d’Italia while Elisa Longo Borghini claimed the pink jersey as the overall leader. Gigante broke away from the chasing pack on the final climb of the 150km route from Fermignano to Monte Nerone to catch stage leader Longo Borghini …

Italy’s Jonathan Milan won stage eight of the Tour de France following a bunch sprint. Lidl Trek’s Milan beat Wout van Aert of Visma-Lease a Bike on the flat 171.4km stage into Laval’s Espace Mayenne. Milan, 24, waited patiently in the wheels of Mathieu van der Poel and Kaden Groves, …

Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar regained the race lead as he won stage seven of the Tour de France. Mathieu van der Poel reclaimed the yellow jersey from Pogacar by one second after a gruelling day for the Dutch rider on Thursday. Stage seven had the same finish as in 2021, …

Germany’s Liane Lippert won stage six of the Women’s Giro d’Italia with her Movistar team-mate Marlen Reusser holding on to the overall lead. The 27-year-old was part of a two-rider breakaway inside the last 10km of the 145km stage to Terre Roveresche and got the better of Fenix-Deceuninck’s Pauliena Rooijakkers …

Ireland’s Ben Healy produced a stunning solo break to win stage six of the Tour de France while Mathieu van der Poel regained the race leader’s yellow jersey. Healy and Van der Poel spent most of the 201.5km hilly stage in an eight-man breakaway before the former attacked with 42km …

Lorena Wiebes sprinted to victory on the fifth stage of the Women’s Giro d’Italia, her second win of the race so far. A group of 15 broke away from the peloton with 53km to go and on an almost entirely flat ride from Mirano and Monselice, pushed all the way …

Onley, a calm and unflustered character when interviewed, and his team say they have not changed the goal for the race. The main target is to win a stage, rather than go for a top-10 finish as an end in itself. Feet remain firmly on the ground, or rather the …

Remco Evenepoel won the individual time trial on stage five of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar took the yellow jersey from Mathieu van der Poel. Belgium’s Evenepoel, who is the world and Olympic champion in the discipline, lived up to his billing as favourite on the 33km route …

Sarah Gigante won stage four of the Women’s Giro d’Italia, as former leader Anna Henderson of Great Britain lost more than nine minutes on the leaders. Australian rider Gigante launched an attack in the final two kilometres of the climb from Valdobbiadene to Pianezze and won by more than 25 …

Lorena Wiebes won the third stage of the Women’s Giro d’Italia, but Great Britain’s Anna Henderson held on to the pink jersey for the overall leader. The Dutch cyclist saw off competition from British rider Josie Nelson, who took second place for Team Picnic PostNL in Trento. Weibes was led …

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar outsprinted Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Vingegaard as he claimed his 100th professional victory on stage four of the Tour de France. The result means that the Slovenian moves level on time with Dutch rider at the top of the general classification with Van der …

British rider Jake Stewart is targeting stage wins at the Tour de France after quickly shedding his ‘imposter syndrome’ doubts. The 25-year-old is riding in his second Tour following his debut at cycling’s showpiece stage race a year ago. It follows a great month for the Coventry rider who sprinted …

The final day of the German Track Cycling Championships was abandoned after several spectators were injured when two cyclists crashed into the crowd. The incident happened on the final bend of the men’s keirin semi-finals as the two riders careered over the barriers at a speed of about 35mph at …