Cycling

A decision on what comes next can wait. First, a chance to spend more time with family. When Thomas sealed victory after the final time trial in 2018, the first person he saw after crossing the finish line was his wife Sara, flown in by the team bosses to surprise …

Onley added: “To be honest, I’ve never even thought about a top five in the Tour before, so to get it in my first try in GC is quite incredible and I’m excited for the future.” After Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won his fourth Tour de France and Belgian Wout van …

Women’s races: Australian Saya Sakakibara is the Olympic champion and a two-time World Cup champion. She is on track for a third World Cup victory and will be looking to add the World Championship to her titles, but fourth is the highest she has managed to finish in this event. …

Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes out-sprinted Marianne Vos to win a chaotic stage three of the Tour de France Femmes, although Vos’ second place saw her regain the yellow jersey. A much-reduced group charged for the line in Angers after a crash in the final three kilometres split the race. Wiebes …

Those who follow cycling closely will know of Onley’s steady progress since taking to the senior ranks in 2023 with his Dutch team. But his journey started in the Scottish Borders, when local club Kelso Wheelers’ time trial route passed right by his front door and he got involved. Onley …

Women’s races: Australian Saya Sakakibara is the Olympic champion and a two-time World Cup champion. She is on track for a third World Cup victory and will be looking to add the World Championship to her titles, but fourth is the highest she has managed to finish in this event. …

Onley added: “To be honest, I’ve never even thought about a top five in the Tour before, so to get it in my first try in GC is quite incredible and I’m excited for the future.” After Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won his fourth Tour de France and Belgian Wout Van …

Double Olympic champion Tom Pidcock produced a dominant display to win the men’s mountain bike cross-country gold at the European Championships in Portugal. The 25-year-old finished 36 seconds clear of fellow Briton Charlie Aldridge in Melgaco, while Denmark’s Simon Andreassen was third. Pidcock started at the back of the pack …

Wout van Aert denied Tadej Pogacar a prestigious win on the final stage of this year’s Tour de France as the Slovenian secured his fourth Tour title. Reigning champion Pogacar had a lead of more than four minutes heading into the final day, when only the stage win would be …

Tadej Pogacar is set to secure his fourth Tour de France title after maintaining his overall lead, as Kaden Groves won the penultimate stage of this year’s race. Australian sprinter Groves, 26, claimed his first Tour stage win after launching a solo attack with 16km remaining. Pogacar completed the 184.2km …

When Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney held off a spectacular chase from Demi Vollering on Alpe d’Huez last summer to win the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift yellow jersey by four seconds, it was one of the most dramatic days in the recent history of women’s cycling. It is no wonder then …

Tadej Pogacar is set to win his fourth Tour de France after defending his lead on the final mountain stage of this year’s race, as Thymen Arensman held on for a dramatic victory after a gruelling ascent to La Plagne. Barring a remarkable turnaround, Pogacar will confirm his latest victory …

Organisers have shortened stage 19 of the Tour de France in order to avoid a herd of diseased cattle on the Col des Saisies. The route has been cut from 130km to 95km, with two of the five planned categorised climbs dropped. Riders will set out one hour later at …

Former world champion Lizzie Deignan has announced her immediate retirement after confirming she is pregnant with her third child. The 36-year-old is one of Britain’s most successful road cyclists, with 43 professional wins and an Olympic silver medal from the London 2012 Games. The 2015 world champion, whose other major …

In July last year – almost 10 years since her debut as a professional – Le Court recorded her biggest win when a gruelling sprint finish on the final stage of the Giro d’Italia saw her become Africa’s first female rider to win a stage on one of cycling’s Grand …

The Col de la Loze is the mountain on which Pogacar conceded the Tour two years ago, famously telling his team “I’m gone, I’m dead” as Vingegaard disappeared up the road. But on Thursday, he maintained control throughout a gruelling stage and neutralised Vingegaard’s early attempt to put him under …

An Ineos Grenadiers staff member has left the Tour de France after being asked to speak to the International Testing Agency about doping allegations relating to the 2012 season. David Rozman is one of the team’s soigneurs, a role which involves working as an assistant to riders and providing a …

Double Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams grew up in a male-dominated boxing world but never gave up on her teenage dream of one day competing at the Olympics. But when the sport debuted at the 2012 Olympics, she took her chance and went on to win gold, followed by another …

Valentin Paret-Peintre produced a late sprint to get past Ben Healy and claim a stunning win on stage 16 of the Tour de France. After a thrilling battle up the iconic Mont Ventoux climb, Healy looked set to claim his second win of this year’s Tour as he emerged from …

Remco Evenepoel was forced to abandon this year’s Tour de France as Thymen Arensman claimed his maiden stage win. Tadej Pogacar marginally extended his commanding overall lead over Jonas Vingegaard as he finished second on a gruelling mountain stage, with Vingegaard third. But Evenepoel, who was third in the general …