Cycling

The green jersey (maillot vert in French) represents the points classification. It is handed to the rider with the most points at the end of each stage and overall at the end of the tour. This jersey, which was created for the tour’s 50th anniversary in 1953, is often considered …

Completing last year’s podium was Remco Evenepoel, who achieved an impressive third place on his race debut. Belgium’s double Olympic champion, who won road race and time trial golds at Paris 2024, carries Soudal-QuickStep’s hopes following a fourth-place finish at the Dauphine, but he has yet to hit his very …

Now 57, Rowe, who subsequently got involved with cycling coaching, still feels the effects of the injury in terms of her mobility. Keen to accentuate the positive, she says: “I can do things in adapted form and I just thank my lucky stars I am here.” While Sarah may have …

Four-time Olympic medallist Elinor Barker has announced her 2025 season is over because she is pregnant for the second time. The 30-year-old Welsh competitor told social media followers the news after finishing 16th in the British National Road Championships in Ceredigion, more than five minutes behind winning compatriot Zoe Backstedt. …

Double Paralympic cycling champion Lora Fachie has announced her retirement from the sport. Fachie, 36, who is visually impaired, has been part of the Great Britain team for 15 years and competed at four Paralympics, winning seven medals and also claiming 15 world medals over her career. At the Tokyo …

Team UAE rider Joao Almeida edged past overnight leader Kevin Vauquelin to win the Tour de Suisse after a superb closing time trial. Portugal’s Almeida beat Austrian Felix Gall by 25 seconds and Frenchman Vauquelin, who finished the final stage fourth, by one minute and 40 seconds. “I think I …

Great Britain’s Ross Cullen registered his first ever BMX World Cup victory with a win in round four in the Netherlands. Cullen executed a perfect run of 33.98 seconds to finish ahead of American Cameron Wood by nearly five hundredths of a second in the men’s elite race. The win …

Tour de Suisse stage five results 1. Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) 4hrs 33mins 28secs 2. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates XRG) same time 3. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon–AG2R) +23secs 4. Kevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea–B&B Hotels) +57secs 5. Matthew Riccitello (USA/Israel–Premier Tech) +1min 5secs General classification 1. Kevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea–B&B Hotels) 20hrs 12mins …

Welsh cyclist Stevie Williams will miss the 2025 Tour de France and British National Road Race Championships. The 29-year-old, who won the 2024 Tour Down Under in Australia, has a knee problem and is left hoping to “be back on the start line soon”. Williams posted on social media: “Since …

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 …