Cycling

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 …

Belgian Wout van Aert produced a magnificent sprint finish to win stage nine of the Giro d’Italia. Van Aert, riding for Visma-Lease a Bike, held off Mexican Isaac del Toro – who narrowly finished second but took the lead in the general classification. Del Toro launched his attack along the …

Tom Williams BBC Sport, Norfolk BBC/Shaun Whitmore Jared Hill, 16, hopes to represent Team GB at the Olympics A teenage BMX racer’s dream of qualifying for the Olympics and winning a medal has been given a major boost. Jared Hill, 16, of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, has been selected for the …

It marks the fifth time the 27-year-old has been crowned Sportswoman of the Year, while Cavendish now has 10 Sportsman of the Year accolades to his name. Speaking to Manx Radio, external, Cavendish said it was “always a great evening” because “you almost take for granted what an incredibly sporting …

A former professional cyclist has swapped tarmac for open water and taken on a 3,000 mile challenge. Annasley Park from Herefordshire is attempting to row solo across the Atlantic, from Gran Canaria to Barbados, and raise hundreds of thousand of pounds for charity. She set off on 1 February and …