Cycling

The Tour of Spain: never likely to have quite the same brand impact as the Tour de France. But while the youngest three-week race of the Grand Tour trio is often the most overlooked, the Vuelta a Espana might just be the most competitive and entertaining of the year. Why? …

BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team explore why the Vuelta a Espana is starting in Italy. BBC News

Britain’s Matt Richardson has broken his own world record in the 200m flying start, a day after becoming the first cyclist to go under nine seconds in the discipline. The sprinter has now lowered the mark in the flying 200m on three occasions having briefly first held the record in …

Britain’s Matt Richardson and Will Bjergfelt set track cycling world records as Charlie Tanfield fell short in his bid to break the hour record in Konya, Turkey. Richardson, 26, became the first cyclist to clock under nine seconds in the 200m flying start – doing so in an event set …

Maniragena’s journey into elite cycling began when she joined Bikes for Future, an all-female team backed by humanitarian group Plan International and Learn Work Develop (LWD), a non-profit organisation implementing the scheme The initiative seeks to challenge gender stereotypes and empower young Rwandan women through sport. “What makes Olivia unique …

Richardson, who was born in Maidstone, Kent and moved to Western Australia aged nine, won two silver medals and a bronze for Australia last summer before switching his nationality. He won a trio of sprint titles at the British Track Championships at the start of the year, and followed it …

No Frenchman was won the Tour de France since Bernard Hinault in 1985. Ferrand-Prevot, who led by two minutes 37 seconds before the final stage, bided her time on the 124.1km route from Praz-sur-Arly – featuring more than 2,800m of ascent – before launching her decisive move. She had time …

Great Britain’s Beth Shriever won her third BMX world title as she triumphed at the 2025 World Championships in Denmark. Shriever, Olympic champion in Tokyo four years ago, crossed the line in 35.614 seconds to finish ahead of Australian Saya Sakakibara and Dutch rider Judy Baauw. Elsa Rendall Todd took …

The general classification competition was finely poised before Saturday’s dramatic action, with the top five riders separated by just 35 seconds. Le Court, of team AG Insurance-Soudal, held a 26-second advantage over Visma-Lease a Bike’s Ferrand-Prevot, while defending champion Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney and Vollering were both within 31 seconds of the …

Maeva Squiban produced a superb performance to become the first French rider to win a stage at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift as Kim le Court retained the yellow jersey. Squiban, 23, attacked with 30km to go on stage six and crossed the line in Ambert one …

Kim le Court became the first African to win a stage at the Tour de France Femmes, with her victory on stage five meaning she also took the yellow jersey from Marianne Vos. Mauritian champion Le Court took a risk as she sat up to celebrate as she crossed the …

Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar will not race in next month’s Vuelta a Espana as he takes a break before focusing on the World Championships. Pogacar won his fourth Tour de France last week to further establish himself as the dominant force in modern cycling. The 26-year-old won road …

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lorena Wiebes (left) has won five stages of the Tour de France Femmes during her career Bobbie Jackson BBC Sport journalist Marianne Vos lost out in a second successive sprint battle to Lorena Wiebes but retained the yellow jersey after stage four of the Tour …

Geraint Thomas will get the chance to bid farewell to cycling on home soil with Wales chosen to host the last two stages of the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain in September. The Tour of Britain is expected to be the final race of former Tour de France winner and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The 160 remaining riders had to contend with rain soon after the start in Nantua and intermittently along the route. Groves was then part of a 13-man breakaway that was formed after the second of the day’s four categorised climbs. His compatriot Harry Sweeny attacked over the day’s penultimate climb …

Image source, EPAImage caption, For the first time ever, the Tour podium was the same as the previous month at the Criterium du Dauphine – the final Tour warm-up Steve Sutcliffe BBC Sport journalist The 112th edition of the Tour de France is under way, with the three-week race ending …